Mission 9, spawning howitzers

Blue Ghost · 02-28-2018, 05:17 PM

So, I've gone through the SP game again, and just finished Mission 9, the Coastal Assault mission where you assault by water with 12 GEVs to take out two command posts. I took out the two coastal howitzers in the city hexes, then faded back to city and water, and went forward again to take out the two antennas. Once I did that, I got my Mark IV reinforcement, played one or two more turns to get the Ogre on land, and still had more than half my GEVs.

Satisfied with my progress, I saved at that point to go grab some lunch. I then come back, and load the saved game only to find that the two coastal howitzers had respawned, a stack of three GEVs were frozen, and the next turn, another set of howitzers spawned on top of the originals.

This next part is actually harder to believe, because I managed to take out the extra howitzers, and actually won that game by steamrolling my Mark IV over the command post.

That, and the AI seemed to roll awfully high.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but typically howitzers don't magically appear on the map. Is that correct? >:)

I was tempted to file a Steam report against the AI for hacking, but begged off. The only thing that could have made the experience complete was if a Cthulu Ogre appeared on the map.

02-28-2018, 05:17 PM	#1
Blue Ghost Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Spinward Marches	Mission 9, spawning howitzers So, I've gone through the SP game again, and just finished Mission 9, the Coastal Assault mission where you assault by water with 12 GEVs to take out two command posts. I took out the two coastal howitzers in the city hexes, then faded back to city and water, and went forward again to take out the two antennas. Once I did that, I got my Mark IV reinforcement, played one or two more turns to get the Ogre on land, and still had more than half my GEVs. Satisfied with my progress, I saved at that point to go grab some lunch. I then come back, and load the saved game only to find that the two coastal howitzers had respawned, a stack of three GEVs were frozen, and the next turn, another set of howitzers spawned on top of the originals. This next part is actually harder to believe, because I managed to take out the extra howitzers, and actually won that game by steamrolling my Mark IV over the command post. That, and the AI seemed to roll awfully high. Correct me if I'm wrong, but typically howitzers don't magically appear on the map. Is that correct? >:) I was tempted to file a Steam report against the AI for hacking, but begged off. The only thing that could have made the experience complete was if a Cthulu Ogre appeared on the map.