- Hubb Lebowski
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- Exalted Member
No black and white in the blue.
I got to the end of Exodus for the first time today only to be killed by the second Wraith. I'd beaten the first one down via camo, driven the flipped Warthog to block the Chieftains' doors and returned to the area below the first AA battery when the second Wraith, after not shooting for about a minute, somehow "sensed" where I was and blew me sky high. Son of a -blam!-.
Posted by: Tyrant122312
We need a new way of dealing with Long Night's Focus Rangers. What I've seen so far is sh**ty and impractical for the average gamer. It can take several minutes to get one's shields down, and unless you have a monster-size TV, you won't know unless you zoom in every few shots.
We need to figure out a way to close the gap...
During all of my deep LNoS runs, I pop-shot the Rangers with plasma pistol overcharges from the left ledge, and it never took more than 4 shots (usually just 2 or 3, I think it took 4 only once). I hid behind the pillar next to the Needle Rifle crate and very quickly popped out and back behind the pillar to see where they were. If they were standing still to the right of the pillar attached to their ledge, I charged my plasma pistol, popped out, fired, retreated back behind the pillar, waited for the shot to hit, peeked back out to see if my target's shield was flaring, and fired away with the Needle Rifle until he died. As long as I never popped out too far from the pillar, the Ranger wouldn't dodge the overcharge. It's imperative to aim at the right-most Ranger, or the other one can easily kill you. If I took too much damage while popping out, I retreated behind the pillar and deployed the drop shield. If the Rangers wouldn't stand still, I put a few Needle Rifle rounds into them and waited behind the pillar for about 10 seconds. This method can be seen in the run in my file share. I could render a clip if anyone thinks it'd be worth it.
Vince: That happened to me a few times, too. If I didn't move much while I waited, he just stood there. When I circled the energy shield, he eventually jumped into space.
[Edited on 11.08.2010 2:36 PM PST]