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Has this been tried? (Possible SAM Site Spoiler)[message #221174]

Mon, 15 June 2009 02:28

Cribbie

Messages:175
Registered:March 2004
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan

When done attacking a SAM sight, successfully, you can blow up the computer to delay the Queen's troops from putting it back online, in case you don't want to train any militia there. Has anyone tried laying land mines in the squares where the computer was? Would this delay the troops any longer? Or am I just reading more into the game than I should?

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Staff Sergeant

Re: Has this been tried? (Possible Spoiler)[message #221176]

Mon, 15 June 2009 03:26

Kindred

Messages:121
Registered:September 2006
Location: Australia, baby!

I'd say that since the sector isn't actually loaded, the mines won't do much.

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Sergeant

Re: Has this been tried? (Possible Spoiler)[message #221178]

Mon, 15 June 2009 03:40

Headrock

Messages:1760
Registered:March 2006
Location: Jerusalem

I would imagine that, to disable the SAM again, you'd have to visit the sector and hope that one of the enemies steps on the mine. Of course, then you'd have to replant the mine.

It wouldn't be an effective strategy, let's say.

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Sergeant Major

Re: Has this been tried? (Possible Spoiler)[message #221181]

Mon, 15 June 2009 04:55

The_Bob

Messages:415
Registered:May 2009
Location: Behind you.

AFAIK the game makes no checks regarding the state of the SAM. You could even level the whole facility to the ground (dunno if that's even possible tho) and it would still work.

Originally there were air raids planned for the game and controlling SAMs was supposed to decrease the chance of being attacked that way. Right now it just lets you use the helicopter in the controlled area and increases game progress.

Although setting up traps isn't entirely pointless, they would go off as soon as you attacked the SAM - so if you planted landmines and explosives all over the place, they would likely kill most of the enemies in the sector. Of course, laying all these traps would likely take more time then just shooting them, wouldn' increase your mercs' skills as much and could damage enemies' inventory. It might be fun to try some time.

I recall using landmines a lot in wildfire, since they were so plentiful there - someone buried a few crates of them in most sectors, just so my mercs could dig them up and plant them properly.

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Master Sergeant

Re: Has this been tried? (Possible Spoiler)[message #221190]

Mon, 15 June 2009 07:48

SpaceViking

Messages:751
Registered:January 2004
Location: Rochester, Minnesota, USA

Blowing up the computer DOES work. However, as soon as enemy forces with the right kind of mission (reinforcement IIRC) arrive the computer is automatically repaired. In most SAM sectors you have to take out nearly the whole sector anyway to get to the computer though I've done it from range using LAWs. What might be fun is if you battle to the computer area and leave some explosives with remote detonators at various spots around the computer so their blast will catch it but not each other. Then retreat. If the computer gets repaired sneak into the SAM site and set one off. Repeat.

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First Sergeant