Need help on Sevastopol Russian mission

[JuggernautOfWar]

Originally Posted by Todd77

Are there any AP mines or Anti tank mines I can pick up? Once the AP miners are out of mines that's it for that squad?

Check the supply trucks in the rear of the defensive line.

[Todd77]

Still got overwhelmed by the time 6 boats are gone...Usually about when the giant german artillery shows up, 20 tanks come up the left and right flank. I dont see the airstrike button..there's riflemen, SMG men, AP men, 45 artillery gun, a bigger artillery gun, and flak gun..

Ill have to check the trucks, maybe I can lay down a few hundred tank mines...

I never used direct control..Who has time to micromanage each shot like that on each gun??

[Tomalak]

Originally Posted by Todd77

I never used direct control..Who has time to micromanage each shot like that on each gun??

Just thinking of a world without direct control makes me shiver uncontrollably and wake up in the middle of the night covered in sweat.

Seriously now, learn to use direct control, or you will have a really hard time later.

The point is not to micromanage each shot, but to take direct control over certain units in a critical moment. A single player controlled tank, gun or even a soldier can be a deciding factor of an entire mission. At least try to fire AT guns and that big coastal gun manually.

To be honest, I'm astonished you got this far without it, without quitting the game altogether. It is really quite an accomplishment.

About the air strikes, I'm at work now so I can't check. I'm not sure if you can run out of air strikes (or get your planes destroyed or something), but I am sure that, when you start the mission, there is an "air strike" button in the reinforcement menu, unless there is some additional modifier I'm unaware of.

[Todd77]

Well, I switched to easy mode after the first or second mission..There is no air strike available. Where exactly do I find anti-tank mines? I cant look in the trucks, just enter them.

I tried direct control...The question is, is this more accurate than ordering the artillery to attack a tank? I tried the flak gun, it can fire fast and its great...What happens when it runs out of ammo? How exactly do you resupply it?

The first thing I noticed in this game (compared to COH & WiC) is that soldiers and tanks die very easily. One hit will cripple them and before you can repair they're dead.

But I love the mission design in the game, and its pretty intense.

I think if I can get some AT mines down, and keep my flak guns safe long enough I have a decent chance. They usually get overwhelmed at some point and Im left with no guns to fight off wave after wave

[Prowlinger]

Ok there are some things that should have been in the manual in more detail...

Ok where you start out... select 1 soldier and "X" for examine to look into the nearby weapon crates. In one should be AT mines and the other should be AP mines. I would force the soldier to put ALL his belongings into the weapon chest (select ">>>") then double click on the mines (which will add as many as you can carry to your soldiers' inventory).

Now you have some mines...

Tell the soldier to go to a spot and select the "mine area" icon and then you will see a little red flag where he is supposed to put one...

I notice you can somehow do a line but I just hold SHIFT and select numerous spots for as many mines as he has.

Once you have mastered that...

Now get 3 soldiers doing mines at once...

About swapping out stuff... if you have a soldier that needs to resupply some cannon... again.. make him empty his inventory into a crate (so he has max room)... then open a crate / truck etc with "X" then select the shells (example) and put them in the soldiers inventory..

Next, go to the empty cannon and hit "X" (examine) on the cannon with your soldier... and then transfer all the shells to the cannon. Repeat as needed.
Could be easier but isn't too hard once you see how they designed it to work.

For that mission you also may want to transfer extra shells to your cannons... it is too hard to resupply them mid battle.

About direct fire over AI fire... sometimes using direct fire... you can focus where and what you want to and even get rare shots out of the normal weapon range... plus it is just fun mowing down infantry with big guns manually.

Hope this helps!

[Tomalak]

Just to add to Prowlinger's informative post, when you're aiming at a vehicle using DC, there is even an indicator showing you the chance to penetrate the armor at that point, by green, yellow or red color, allowing you to adjust your aim as the situation changes (distance, angle, etc). Plus you are much better then AI at prioritizing targets when, for example, two tanks of a different kind and a squad of infantry are approaching your armored vehicle.

[Todd77]

I looked in every crate in the trenchs (ammo, molotovs, pineapples) and the supplies stacked by the guns (artillery shells), but no AT mines

[Todd77]

something seriously must be amiss if no one else thought this mission was near impossible. Im on EASY and it is overwhelming. And I play tons of games and been gaming for 20 years. Im using direct control to good effect..Shot down 2 of their planes..Still getting pounded by the germans. Im playing at the slowest speed possible. No AT mines anywhere nor aircraft support available..Right around 5 boats safely away and they start knocking my guns out one by one.

[crazycelt]

try slowing down the game. Press backspace.

[torqual]

on first attempt of this mission i lost all trenches when the thrid ships was leaving harbor. i only had some units guarding the coastal battery and the bridge. i bought two anti air and some guns to guard the bridge. The aa fought off bombing planes an infantry. the guns shot down tank after tank. lost guncrews and guns all the time was sending in replacements all the time. the coastal battery last job before being destroyed was shooting the two thor batteries. the mission is only lost when you have no units surviving near the bridge.

first time on easy i had no air strikes. replaying the mission on normal i had air strikes. so its some kind of bug. its actually very hard to not win this mission. i tried this by only defending the bridge area. it works fine.