I can sympathize with those having difficulty, this game has a penchant for unexpected spikes in difficulty. However, having said that I can give a few pointers on what I did.
Difficutly: Nightmare, Zeppelin is 95%+ health upon Captain announcing a suicide run. Few moments before the cutscene, Zeppelin is reduced to 75% in a matter of seconds (freakin cluster of islands near the end did that. Question is, would the cutscene have been halted if it died there?). I don't have a vid but only a save game when the last leg was announced.
What I did
- As others have said already, fly ahead... never wait... and kill more.
- Ignore flyers and concentrate on structures (nests are the least priority. I destroyed a few cause there's a point where there's nothing else to kill but nests. But IIRC there are nests surrounded by towers, I nuked those.)
- Always think of the next island you're going to nuke. Every time my nuke is recharged there's a big cluster of structures in front of me to use it on. Also, keep an eye on your mana and the nuke recycle time, make sure you have enough mana to dish out the nuke when its ready for use again. So, in effect, you're using your nuke regularly.
- Always prioritize the structures near the path of the Zeppelin (good thing the path is highlighted with golden arrows). Kill outwards.
well, I think everything I can come up further has already been mentioned so I'll stop here. The mission is not impossible. There are situations in other parts of the game that I think is a lot worse than this.
Well if what I said didn't work then there's only one explanation... I was just lucky.
Last edited by J747L; 06/10/11 04:50 PM.
