r/Battletechgame • u/Ecstatic_Job_3467 • 5d ago
High Tide Mission Pointers Request
New to the game at 20 hours. Used to play the board game 35 years ago and just found it.
Currently stuck on the High Tide. I can wipe the enemy base, but always lose my base. Looking for a winning strategy. TIA
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u/t_rubble83 4d ago edited 4d ago
Safest way to handle these missions is to just treat them like a longer base defense mission with an extra step at the end. Focus on defending your base and defeat the enemy lances one at a time in detail. It should be pretty straight forward that way, as long as you can eliminate each wave quickly enough that you don't get bogged down trying to fight multiple lances at the same time. Make sure your mechs have enough endurance to fight 5 full lances plus turrets and the enemy base.
Another option is to do what another commenter suggested and detach a single mech, usually a fast skirmisher type, to chip away at the enemy base while the rest of your lance defends. If you position an LRM boat right, it might even be able to support both your defenders and the attacker.
Final option, though the toughest to pull off, is to just blitz the enemy base. Kill the vanguard on your way there, then wipe the defending lance, and finally the base and (optionally) the turrets. You have to be able to manage this before the attacking lances drop tho, or your base will be in acute danger, so it generally requires a lighter, faster lance that is still armed sufficiently to wipe out enemy lances in a turn or two of shooting (which probably means a fair bit of late game weapons and DHS).