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Hey guys,

I've got a bit of trouble with all the enimies right outside of my base. how could i tackle these pretty big bases to kill them at the moment they start to get annoying cause i want to expand my base. btw never taken one on before



1: My base
2: Expansion plans
3: Enemy base that needs to be destroyed
4: Really agressive base i want to shrink or completely kill

ok. 2 things to cover before i answer.

1. That looks suspiciously close to maxed biter settings.
2.

djkevino wrote: btw never taken one on before

you wot mate? let me get this straight, you've never taken on biters and yet you're playing a hardmode? Onya i like your style.

My suggestion, get decent tech otherwise you're going to get slaughtered.

I would suggest atleast power armor mk 1, exo skeleton x 1 fusion reactor + as many shields as you pack in there. When you attack, go with a combination of poison caps, distractor caps and destroyer caps.

Try a one two punch. Dance in, dust every worm in the place with poison caps and then retreat to your base. Rinse and repeat until all worms are gone. Once you've done that, load up your shotgun and get your hands dirty. Just run around the edge of the base with space held down. Ensure you have max destroyers following you and keep dropping distractors over the top of the spawners.

With some luck, you should be able to deal with those bases. They are sizeable and it may take several runs to clear them out. Good luck and post back with pics on how you go

-root wrote:ok. 2 things to cover before i answer.

1. That looks suspiciously close to maxed biter settings.
2.

djkevino wrote: btw never taken one on before

you wot mate? let me get this straight, you've never taken on biters and yet you're playing a hardmode? Onya i like your style.

My suggestion, get decent tech otherwise you're going to get slaughtered.

I would suggest atleast power armor mk 1, exo skeleton x 1 fusion reactor + as many shields as you pack in there. When you attack, go with a combination of poison caps, distractor caps and destroyer caps.

Try a one two punch. Dance in, dust every worm in the place with poison caps and then retreat to your base. Rinse and repeat until all worms are gone. Once you've done that, load up your shotgun and get your hands dirty. Just run around the edge of the base with space held down. Ensure you have max destroyers following you and keep dropping distractors over the top of the spawners.

With some luck, you should be able to deal with those bases. They are sizeable and it may take several runs to clear them out. Good luck and post back with pics on how you go

Sounds like fun Possibly streaming+recording this so when it's done everyone can see me fail 100 times before success

cool. post the link to the VOD when you're done