- Dooms Flight
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- Elder Legendary Member
You're either first or you're last.
You'll never amount to anything, go back under your bridge.
Posted by: Awx
Posted by: Dooms Flight
Trying to finish Pillar of Autumn for the weekly challenge. I'm behind the chainlink fence at the end right before the MAC gun. I only have 9 plasma pistol ammo left and for the life of me I cannot get the elite with the fuel rod gun to stand still enough to take its shield down. Oddly enough, there doesn't appear to be an elite with a sword which there is in all of the videos I have seen. I think a FRG is slightly worse, though. I've jumped up to the MAC gun a few times and even gotten into it, but for some reason the mission isn't progressing...
The Field Marshall will wield an energy sword when you have taken his shields down.
You just have to pepper his shields down. It takes patience. I did it today just fine. If you need to, grab another plasma pistol from the five previous Grunts that you killed if you think you need it.
Believe it or not, but, the Field Marshall stood still for me. He was hiding behind a barrel, and I just peppered his left arm repeatedly until his shields popped.
After you kill the Field Marshall, the mission will only progress if you move up and down the stairs to the MAC. Moving up and down the stairs will trigger the Phantoms and the Cruiser to move into position.
Also, remember to grab the Hologram AA. Use it on the platform to distract the Phantoms so that you can squeeze off one MAC shot before they start shooting at you.
It helps if you have FULL health and FULL shields, as well.
I hit the cap today, so I saved and quit right before I completed the mission so that I can receive an easy 17,777 cR for tomorrow right off the bat.
I now have a checkpoint at the MAC gun and I can crouch behind one of the small walls there until I need to fire, but I can't seem to live long enough to get the second shot off. Unfortunately I was not able to kill the fuel rod field Marshall so I'm kind of sandwiched between the phantoms and him. I have drop shield as an ability and no shield at the checkpoint, so I guess it is just trial and error until I get lucky or figure something out.