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"malc" <malc@NOSPAM.gothcorp.co.uk> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 9 Oct 2003, Mark Morrison wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 11:21:57 +0100, malc <malc@NOSPAM.gothcorp.co.uk>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >That said, even the fairly basic missions are getting quite difficult
> > >now... It seems as if the Morelmen are tooling themselves up with
Advanced
> > >Alien Lasers and plasma weaponry along with human sniper rifles that
> > >outrange pretty much every weapon I've seen :o(
> >
> > I got my arse kicked.  I killed the 3 near the start, at the loss of
> > one of mine.  I ran past the wall and ran into 4 greys...
>
> I've just tried again with a slightly more tooled up bunch of guys....
> just to have them mind controlled and then demolished. Methinks this is
> going to take a bit more than fancy footwork and a few grenades!
>

Reading the official forums, it seems that the game suddenly ramps up the
difficulty quite a bit when you get to a certain point... I'd tend to agree
having just been wiped out on a base assault mission! A mission that has to
be completed to continue the plot AFAIK. Of course, standing in a group
outside the main base area to have a chat, heal my troops, and swap weapons
= not the best idea of the evening.

Also, it may have already been mentioned in this ng, but if you start the
game with the 'default' profile, you are playing on the 'Hard' difficulty
level :)

On the good side, I have found a couple of those flame throwers, and have
plenty of sun armor, enhanced combat armor, and heavy armor now.

Dave