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I just got the game a few days ago and man, I was hooked immediately. What a fantastically awesome game. I spent hours on New Hope Mission 2 just building that train around the map and creating a giga-network of mines, belts and trains. I absolutely adore the building component of the game.

So, it was pretty disappointing to run into New Hope Mission 3 and find that, not only does it completely remove the resource-gathering/building component of the game, but instead throws just an endless ways of basic enemies at you until you win or die. The only real solution I had to winning it was cheesing with "Hopscotch Turrets" where I just moved 4-5 turrets slowly across the map towards the enemy base. What a lame way to turn a fantastic game into a chore.

I don't mind a combat oriented mission, but couldn't it at least have some semblance of base building? Something like building up to overpower the enemy bases growing around you? Constructing an armada with your resources and taking them into battle? Surely removing the resource-gathering/building component of the game was not the best this mission could do?

I am worried if there are more missions like this coming up. If there are, I may just stick to sandbox or something - despite enjoying the goal-based missions prior to this one. Maybe I'm doing something wrong?

New Hope 4 is the last mission. You might want to start it for a tutorial on how to use oil, but you don't need to finish it if you get tired of fighting the biter raids.

How to win New Hope 3 by building factories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFAmaladfso

DaveMcW wrote:New Hope 4 is the last mission. You might want to start it for a tutorial on how to use oil, but you don't need to finish it if you get tired of fighting the biter raids.

How to win New Hope 3 by building factories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFAmaladfso

Thank you for that. I decided to redo the mission trying just mass-building the defense probes and I found that using an army of those and dropping quick turrets in the field made that mission a lot more fun and less annoying. I really should have given the building method on that mission a better chance. Onward with this great game!