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ogremindes
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It is so frustrating that space combat can be trivial and ground combat can be face-to-brick-wall hard on the same difficulty setting. Either every single ground combat mission needs to be re-tuned in line with space difficulty or space and ground difficulty need to be separated. 'Cause this just destroys the fun of the game.
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Well, in any case, check to make sure your difficulty is set to something you can handle (Elite, Advanced, Normal). When I made my second character as a Klink, my first space mission was near impossible - I was getting shot up left and right. It turned out that the difficulty slider saves from your other characters, which meant that I was doing the mission on Elite with complete beginners gear at that time. But of course, this was back in Season 5, so I don't know if they've changed it since then.
It would also help to know what level you are and whether your characters are equipped with up to date gear. If you're fighting at level 30 with mark 1 gear for example, you're bound to be at a disadvantage.
Also, if you have ever played in advanced or elite, and have been incapacitated during that time, you're likely to have a few injuries. The major and critical ones hamper your character's durability and damage potential quite a bit, not to mention that they can also stack.
I think the last important thing is what career in particular you're playing and more specifically, what kit you're using and know what it's capable of. Ex. I play an engineer with a fabrication specialist kit - I let my pets soak up damage while I go around flanking all the enemies. As an engineer, I can also momentarily tank with my abilities and deploy a cover shield when things go south. There's a lot of value to strategical thinking.
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I suppose part of the problem is because I've just been doing one-shots and pug stuff I haven't seen much ground combat. But still, focusing everything I had on the enemy captain barely scratched his shields and my boffs were completely overwhelmed by his hangers on.
as a tac you may need 1-2 healers in your grp.
medical tricorder, vascular regeneration should be atleast on one of your boffs.
engi boffs too can have shield heals
make use of "crouch" (+50% dodge)
make use of "aim"
use your own abilities and healpots frequently.
You mentioned stun grenade, so I'll assume you have something like a grenade satchel. Indeed, certain NPCs are immune to the stun grenade. As a tactical captain, you may as well aim for the damage and throw out photon grenades and hope for a knockdown. As for me, I love pulsewaves since they do a lot of damage in one burst. The secondary shot can also act as a cone AOE knockdown as well.
Still, through all this, playing smart is the best way to go. Know how much damage you can put out at once and if things fail, look for cover as you plan your next attack.
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The random exploration ground mission random MOBs are just plain broken (and have been since the Difficulty Slider was added) - Cryptic is well aware of it, but I guess doesn't see a good ROI for fixing it because the way that old random exploration system works, thy have to manually fix each map that has one of these sets of MOBs.
I rarely ever do exploration missions anymore, but when I do, I skip any ground ones with the random (IE non KDF, RSE, MOBs.) Sucks, but again, because of the way their 'exploration system' was generated - I doubt they'll ever fix the issue.
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Most players boffs still have standard issue gear.
Get a new kit. The ones from the regular kit dealers will be fine. I use the Fire Team kit generally. Lead off with a plasma grenade/ambush combo. Plasma grenade + Ambush = 1/2 of enemy group is dead/near death in 1-3 seconds.
Use Expose/Exploit mechanics. Carry one expose and one exploit weapon (I usually equip a minigun and a split beam). Use them appropriately. Vaporizing 2-3 enemies while they're exposed always makes me smile.
Give your Boffs weapons that match their Traits (so if they get a bonus to Exploit damage, give them an Exploit weapon). You'll want your medic to have Creative (superior, if you can swing it). +20% healing doesn't suck.
I've had much success as a tac running with 1 tac, 1 sci medic and 2 engineers (shield recharge, weapon malf). Dual pistols and split beams are good general purpose weapons to give them. Also, buy your boffs consumables (hypos, shield charges) and get them tribbles. As gthaatar mentioned, get your boffs decent gear, as well. It pays off in lowered frustration (nothing fancy. Tier appropriate commons are fine).
Generally, try to kill the weak enemies first. They die fast and it's less bad guys shooting at you. Ground shields are paper thin regardless so less incoming fire is always good.
We complete agreed... to where I snipped above...
I'd much rather the Space be made more difficult.
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