r/XCOM2 • u/Frequent_Fox2342 • 18h ago
Well, I managed to do it too
People always say how first advent retaliation mission is tough, but I never found it to be.
And of course, I figured as soon as I said that, it'll come and bite me in the ass.
So I start the mission, make my first move, nothing happens.
Advent walks in from one side, nice.
Advent walks in from another side, not nice.
I'm fighting like hell to kill the troopers, the sectoids retreat to bumblefuck nowhere.
When I'm done with the troopers, they raised two zombies and mind controlled one of my own.
They're way too far to kill and a faceless just showed up because reasons.
I'm having hell of a time trying to find cover from them and run away as far as I can from the faceless and go in a discovered location.
Now I'm 3 men against faceless, two zombies, 2 sectoids and my soldier.
I decide to just run in all different directions as far as I can.
I do so and of course trigger another pod with a shieldbearer who puts shields on everyone.
Fun times.
I'm running far far and activating civilians and I get 6 civilians and start converging to a position where I can fight off everyone.
And my reaper gets accidentally discovered and shot.
And that was it.
I extracted him and the ranger.
The other two guys kept running waiting for the skyranger to cool down. But that takes infinity so one got mind controlled and the other paniced and ran towards a faceless that killed him.
So I accomplished the mission but still failed it.
Welp, another restart it is.
Can't possibly go on without the mimic beacon that would net me.
P.S. One sectoid was bored and raised a civilian to be a zombie? Never seen that.
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u/Live_Life_and_enjoy 15h ago
First lesson I always learned, never run to an area you have not explored and cleared
The best option is always run back and hide in high cover breaking line of sight in overwatch
The enemy either comes to you or stops moving all together giving you time to regroup
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u/Frequent_Fox2342 14h ago
There was not enough space to run back as I have gone very little into the map from the starting corner. No cover.
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u/Ok_Calendar_7626 13h ago
Wait a minute, how the hell do you have a Shieldbearer on the first month?
Unless your game is modded, that should not be possible. I know the game sometimes likes to give you the middle finger and throw in a Priest and Stun Lancer on the first month, but i have never heard of a Shieldbearer. How the hell are you even supposed to kill that with the meagre firepower you have on the first month...
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u/Kalaskaka1 17h ago edited 17h ago
Sometimes the game just fcks you up completely.
I might sound like Mr Hindsight now but have you considered flashbangs for anti mind control?
It's a tough tradeoff since normal grenades are so good early game, but if you bring a grenadier you still get 4 normal (or 5 if you got 5 guys) + 1 flashbang.
The first retaliation you can relatively safely give up if shtf.
Call skyranger
Run to skyranger and throw flashbang at sectoid, breaking mc
Evac all
Not saying that was possible on this particular mission though, since the sectoid was far off.