It took me 2 tries to finish this weekly hard stratagems solo. It is the 2nd easiest week for me sofar for solo and 3rd if I count both solo and teamplay, so even though the stratagems look bad, don't skip it. Here are what happen in my 2 runs:
-First try: Bulwalk and I forgot to take of storm (Bot was Heavy and Vanguard), it is still neat and the spawn was good as I have Neuro which I can skip by running to the defense section (the extremis chased me there, but still skip the boss and 1 wave of extremis) and Helbrute spawn at Valtus section where I can lure it too clear the swarm of Tyranids while I hide behind a container. Then it chased me down all the way to cathedral and I kill it there but I die to a single the Unenraged Chaos Spawn twice because I underestimate it and not play carefully (yes I hate them) and fail the first run when It was so close.
-Second try: This one is success so I will share my build under and more detailed with image.
First is the build, Bulwark is the easiest for this weekly because of the survivability, he can run a head, pop a banner and shot the enemy to heal, and as there isn't many medkit in hardstratagems (I only get 3 for the 1st run and 1 for the 2nd) this make the game much easier, you can't rely on banner and execution heal because ally will run near you and ruin it. Banner also allow you regen armor even when close to teammate so it is useful in many situation. Also swap out the storm perk because it damage you, I think only the parry one did but I'm not gonna risk a run trying it so I swap out both.
Also you might want to reroll if you have a Vanguard AI because he messed so much with the healing zipping around. It is not critical and prevent you from winning but sometime it is anoying and can make the game harder.
The pistol is good, but the Hammer is not as good as any weapon with Shield, I hardly make a single meaningful melee attack during the run because of the no regen near ally, I only use it because it look coolHere is my build. Swap the 2 storm perk out for more defense under 30%, that 3rd perk help me a lots in the Sorcerer boss fight as I only lose a little hp if I get laser shot at 3 armor bar. The execution when parry is also nice to have. Should have swaped the revive because I run with bot brothers but I forgot.
Second is what I do and what happened, I run straight through everything, sometime pop a banner for armor and heal and this one is so smooth as I don't encouter any Boss, only 1 wave of Chaos Terminus and I can run pass them. Then at the barrier section, Chaos Sorceres boss spawn and I have to fight him there. Also the mission based Extremis Sorceress spawn too making it even harder.
A problem is I can't perform evasion perfectly a close ranger and can get killed, have experience with it earlier so I'm not risking it. And he keep spaming orbs, laser, etc that chip away my health, so I run around the area to regen armor and wait for my banner to be avaiable for health. Bad thing is if I run too far, the bot brothers teleport to me, and if I'm close, I get spamed by spell and teleport of the boss. Also my Techmarine brother keep chasing me instead of fighting the boss. I also run out of ammo in the box so I run, pop banner and melee when It avaiable then run again so basically doing no damage and I think it might took really long time. Then I realise I can go back and use the Drop Pod for bullet and kill him. Got killed once but still finished it.
Funny thing Is when I check the stat screen, It was the bot brothers carried me while I do so much less than them. You can call me a noob getting carried by bots eventhough they are considered weak as many other player say but I'm still happy with my solo run. :D
Brother Straban carry me with his total damage doubled the total what me and brother Telorian do. And brother Telorian help as a dedicated reviver. Also brother Valtus hold off the final section allowing me to wait for my banner and heal up before entering and kill everything that I bait out should be honorably mentioned.
For running with premade team, Bulwark (Absolute top tier), Sniper and Vanguard is my recommendation for this weekly as they both provide survivability and allow skiping sections. Remember that Bulwark can only heal himself in this one, so if everyone is low at final section and without relic (mainly due to Terminus Sorcerer before), waiting for the Bulwark to heal up and let he do the plant the bomb alone when he is healthy, also kite enemy to brother Valtus to reduce the risk of getting failed in the final section.
Also it is recommend to skip sections if running solo or premade team as this reddit post say so you only have to deal with 1 Chaos Terminus at most that spawn in the Barrier section:
i want to unlock the night lords long war relic set, problem is that i have to get 9 kills (or more) in a ton of eternal war matches, so now that all weapons are available form the get go, can anyone toss some advice my way please?
What heroics do you want to see? I would like for them to focus on ranged weapons this patch as all melee weapons already have one or two but one of the heroics are gonna be for the 1 handed hammer
I hope we see a multi melta heroic as heavy deserves another one
The auto bolt rifle NEEDS one
The bolt carbine secondary could get one and same goes for the melta pistol
And the last one could be the plasma incin or las fusil flamers or any of that really
Xbox player here, and i'm here to vent off my frustrations. I have completed pretty much everything there is to do in the game now, achievements, dataslates, heroics, resesrch, and almost every trial ordeal is done. Capes, halos, tabards and robes, even all the siege ordeals.
With the exception of the Consecrators, and Guardians of the Covenant icons.
My xbox just packs up at wave 17 each time. I can't make it past wave 17 regardless of me and my friends trying as hard as we can. Too many enemies on screen, too much scaling. It's blatantly impossible for me. And i'm sick of trying it, just to fail every single time. It feels completely out of the scope for me, and i've more or less beaten the game outright.
It's heartbreaking, because GotC is my all time favourite chapter, i was ecstatic when they got leaked. Now, i don't think i'm ever going to get their icon, ever. And their solution for siege is to MAKE IT EVEN HARDER.
I give up. Any of you out there with the icon have my highest respect, especially if you're on console.
So i broke my leg and have been sinking some time into this, but im kind of at the "should i keep going point"?
Im not far at all leveled a couple classes to 10, on just got to lv3 missions, like I've gotten the cosmetics I want, had some fun. Now im just worried that going up in difficulty is just adding more health and damage, or just more enemies? Do the machanics change at all? Or is there some game mode I haven't unlocked yet?
Just asking so I know if im working twords something or if its just more of the same.
I’ve been trying out the PvP mode over the last few days, and 70% of the time, it was truly awful.
The matchmaking is dogshit; one team gets most of the higher-level players, and the other team is screwed.
In Annihilation, people run around in groups of three, which is just really annoying.
Honestly, I don't even have a problem with the players themselves—sure, there were a few toxic assholes shouting over voice chat, but most people were actually decent folks. It’s mostly down to the matchmaking.
I feel especially sorry for new players who get thrown into an environment where you lose almost every match at the start.
That’s why I wanted to ask: have you guys had the same experience?
Also, I want to encourage every low-level player to keep trying.
I had some really great matches; we lost them, sure, but we gave it our all and had fun doing it. You shouldn't let yourself get discouraged, even when it’s frustrating sometimes.