playing again and again the same mission finally made me understand why i kept running into heavy losses despite i used the same exact approach (a couple of sniper+MG firing +/- 3 turns to the nest from cover while moving the assault team from the forest to remain undetected).
After running in so much "assault failed" message (that lead in the 'wake up' of the nest and so the deadly booby trap) , i tried to buy engineer instead of regular marine troops.
And there, no loss in two successive nest assault using the exact same approach.
Well, i guess my "make everything with regular marines" personnaly challenge is a bit too difficult for me, but i will try and try again until i find a way to lower the ratio of "assault failed" messages with those troops.
But i continue to not understand the reason sniper nests are immune to M79/grenade launchers/Iroquois MG attacks enough to never been forced to be "pinned down" while a couple of MG+sniper will get them in that stance everytime ?
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You are missing the point entirely. Simply pinning the unit is not sufficient to neutralize it and it's booby traps. You have to engage it from two - four directions and *****force it to fire back at you****
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Well, in my approach, waiting for the moment i finally "pin down" the nest , i have usually 2 squads at 2 hexagons distance hidden in forest not engaging and not been engaged.
As soon as the nest is pinned down, those squads can move in the adjacent hexagon and assault the nest -without any booby trap striking before the assault.
Only before being pinned down i will have a booby trap strike as soon as the squad arrive in the adjacent hexagon.
forcing the nest to fire back usually lead me into several loss i would like to avoid, as it has a higher % of hit than me.
Re: need help in a sniper nest assault
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