Aliens Fireteam Elite How to beat intense extreme and insane difficulty tips - best challenge cards

[@sofasupastargaming]

The main thing to remember on harder settings 1 never use synths you'll need a great team and communication. 2 clear time isn't important play safe. 3 Gear up put a great build together....and don't bring a flamer to a gunfight as you may well make your team fall over real fast

[@wtfronsson]

Heavy flamer can do a whole lot of work on high difficulties. You just need to deploy it very carefully. Demo always needs to switch to his rifle if he's turning towards his teammates, and the teammates need to respect the flamer's assigned field of fire. Generally you want the demo in front, standing in either Tech coils or a suppression station.

[@sofasupastargaming]

@@wtfronsson demolisher is a very tough class to play at later levels but when played correctly is amazing most times through their abilities... they are there for add clear and knockdown and I would say if possible it's better not to have a heavy weapon on them as it can just knock off too much health even with one error...but all down to team composition a gunner for me is very much key for easily taking out the big elites and technician demolisher etc for mopping up adds.....Heavy flamer can be absolutely amazing in the right hands its just tough on enclosed maps and the player needs great situational awareness

[@rocknroll1973]

​​@@sofasupastargaming I use the smart gun and focus on the adds while my teammates focus on the bosses. Works well. I learned to focus adds recently, I found that worked best. Then if all adds or a few left, go help with taking the boss down. Flamer is great when in hallways and you got a clear opening with teammates away from the line if your in front of them. Otherwise if I'm behind them I'll use the Kramer to be safe.

[@ermatthe]

I attempted the "Complete One Mission On Extreme" challenge yesterday. It was bonkers. Tried the first mission multiple times with multiple teams, loadouts and some of the suggested cards. As soon as we got to the part where the first warrior shows up it was game over man. Absolutely ludicrous. Plus there were more spots where aliens would show up along the way than in the lower difficulties. It sucks that on the PC voice communication isn't integrated into the game. Such an oversight in a team based game.

[@sofasupastargaming]

Wow I did not know that that's gonna be so tough doing these missions without communication would literally make it even more difficult as most times your setting up before each situation and getting ready to focus on 1 target etc....after more playtime I would say Doc with a nice damage set up and fast pick ups and unable to be knocked out of pick ups with the overshield and technician and a gunner should definitely make that first mission viable with human tanks on..Gunner is key for damage....But like you said if you cant communicate phew that's gonna go wrong real fast

[@TrevorPhillips2024]

The hard part is actually finding teammates

[@shokid24]

Yeah so far just playing with ransoms

[@thisplatformsucksalot3487]

Crossplay would really help with finding teams on console too

[@Blazingwheel]

Finding teammates then the constant dcs

[@jonathanstafford3383]

For real no one plays other than standard so trophies are going to be impossible

[@DocD173]

For real. Matchmaking has been improved and I haven’t been dropped from games as much recently, it’s still not where it should be. It still takes 5-10 min to match with 2 other people

[@rhythmnstealth]

Managed to beat Extreme last night for the first time due to getting lucky and being in a good team. Tried Insane and got murdered from the first batch of Aliens. Madness.

[@sofasupastargaming]

congrats on your first clear👍...... it is ridiculously tough insane 1 bit of bad teamwork especially friendly fire and your in trouble

[@Tehstampede]

Ammo Hoarder is absolutely essential for Intense and higher unless you bring a Recon, and even then it needs to be a good team.

[@sofasupastargaming]

anything over intense if your team is not good at communication it will be truly difficult...that single card though that doubles health is most probably the best card in the game to help people that are struggling on certain levels

[@plastikloser]

It's not easy, but you can do intense with the bots. I do it with the technician, but I don't fight out in the open. I pick corners and hallways to funnel them in. Luring the bots back is the trick. But the last stage on the second mission can't be done with out people. You get swarmed by too many elite synths

[@nietzschesnightmare]

Strange tip I think i might have found this morning at like 430a... I just decided to try it, and it SEEMED (anecdotal so take with a pinch of salt) to work EVERY time.... I wanted them to go into a hallway with me instead of shoot a far off trash mob? I turned towards the hallway, pinged the doors, and they would BOTH start running towards it. It also seemed to work to focus their fire... even on trash mobs, not just bigguns... Give it a try, let me know if you have any success too?

[@ryans413]

The health card is a life saver because on extreme and insane you get one health pack the one you start with there are no other health packs.

[@TheQuasimodoH]

Just beat the game on extreme - we used technition,gunner, and recon - challenge card was the one with double health, i used the stock shotgun, and the m42 rifle - drone,and electro turrent, was wayyy easier when we stopped trying to fight them head on, stay in the hallways and have one person bait them back to you , honestly only the last 3 levels were hard on extreme. we gonna beat Insane when we have time. we beat most the missions with 2 gunners and technition but the last 3 levels we had to switch tactics

[@sofasupastargaming]

very nice 👍

[@Phobos2085]

Just my opinion here, but I would put 35% weapon damage as number one. Reasoning is that it is so easy to get swarmed at higher difficulties. And like you said, there are so few First Aid kits. So having a higher health pool is great, until you no longer have the resources to replenish that health bar. But if you can kill the targets faster, there are less enemies that will make it to you and the damage they might have done is dealt with. As well it sets up up to create more openings to retreat to. It is obviously a double edge sword as a single mistake involving a flame thrower can wipe the group, but again let's chance for combat to devolve into a scramble when you are keeping the numbers down.

[@sofasupastargaming]

Can definitely work once your team has perfect co-ordination offense is generally the best defense it will just take a lot of practice and skill to do =)

[@rocknroll1973]

I beat the giants in the earth: contact campaign mission. First time completing insane...I honestly didn't know it was on insane until I got the achievement lmao. Then I completed another on insane which was the 2nd last mission in the campaign, the one before regicide. Accidentally killed my teammate with the flamethrower, but it was the very last boss and we killed all the adds before I Accidentally killed my teammate. so no big deal lol. We didn't communicate (no mics). Was random group. But we did go slowly and take out time. I was tech

[@stephensavory8666]

Completed extreme. Just me and my friend with an ai every mission. He ran gunner i ran demo. Both of us use the pathogen dlc ability modifiers. Extreme was a challenge but not hard once we learnt the areas. We ran overstimulated on every mission which in my opinion with the builds we ran made it so much easier. So in my opinion overstimulated is the best card. But thats down to our builds. Everyone builds classes different i:e recharge, damage, duration so no two are the same. Weapons are also crucially omportant and mission specific but at the same time everyone has their favourites for each build. Currently running through insane difficulty. Currently mission 2-3 running our usually demo gunner combo with ai. Switched ar for snipers and dmrs for obvious reasons. So far died 3 times at end game one synth node away from completion. Damn synth flamers throwing incendiary grenades up. Worse than standing in acid lol

[@311mikey]

Been going through the same thing a few more on extreme than going to insane.

[@thegrtgazoo]

Personally team comp wise i think best is gunner flame-technician demo on 100% xeno levels. Gunner nonflamer-tech recon for synth levels. Technicians charge coil is the best crowd control ability in the game imo.

[@sofasupastargaming]

when i made the vid the cooldown on the coils could not be reduced that was a big downfall...its been fixed now definitely making it best cc especially nice when paired with 25% reduced damage just incase

[@americanjoe9767]

Amount of alien coming at you, it’s really hard when you can shoot your team in intense and up!!! People keep killing them self!!! I would like to not worry about teammate shoot when hundreds of them are coming at you!!

[@sofasupastargaming]

That is actually one of the toughest parts team damage....demolisher with smart gun is always a safe bet and stay clear of flamers and other heavy is always a good idea...technician can also be nice with its flame turret

[@jonathanstafford3383]

Ya think the difficulties need to adjusted a bit for friendly fire/damage

[@bransolo9469]

The game is tough on extreme and insane as you need a really good team that works together than trying to kill as much enermies while getting in the way, need to have max combat rating (710), a good card to support and you need to know the exploits on the game like the retreat point where you need a teammate to stay behind the door that locks when all players go through but its a challenge when you get a spot where everyone's required to go through the door which complicate the strategy. Plus there is a glitch on mission 4.1 in the final area where the xenos can't get you which does help on that level but thats the only one in the game thats simple to do.

[@scottnunyos2315]

Most of the teams iv been with on this game are solid.

[@GMXR7]

I beat intense solo but could only beat 1st mission extreme with a real team...havent beat anything on insane yet

[@erikaSE973]

I got through Extreme and Insane but only on Priority One Ingress I have got all the trophies apart from now having to complete every Mission on Extreme and Insane may I just add Good luck with that...

[@SuperbossSlayer]

Cards is 1 thing. The perfect team is key, preferably 2 technicians and a recon or Medic

[@Belisarius536]

Two demolishers and a a recon and you'd walk through it in a day

[@SuperbossSlayer]

@iainfraser7588 definitely a day with the right team in insane, technician + recon or Medic I normally run with. Demolition, depending on the setup but most I've gone in with are just..... well.... guns blazing without thinking... dying in the process

[@bane4318]

I play solo alot and my main issue is just the bots sucking, I can play extreme alone however without the extra health card the bots get downed within 5 mins of the mission. I just wish they where a bit better.

[@sofasupastargaming]

bots are absolutely terrible a.i in this game

[@bane4318]

@@sofasupastargamingAgreed, they are butt. They should've implemented a way to order them around. Most of the time they just stand there and take the damage from the enemies and friendly fire. lol

[@Fuzzycatfur]

The worst part is that the bad ai for them seems to be intentional to push for multiplayer. A huge request at game launch was ai improvements for them, and being able to give them commands and loadouts, the dev team outright refused.

[@mr-baerwolf3814]

I love your vibe

[@sofasupastargaming]

thanks =)

[@DOGP00L]

Just finished extreme difficulty starting insane tomorrow night

[@sofasupastargaming]

very nice....best of luck with insane a real achievement to do the whole thing on that a truly tough challenge 👍

[@DOGP00L]

@@sofasupastargaming we have done the first 3 levels so far slow working progress

[@sofasupastargaming]

@@DOGP00L very nice I would honestly say completing each level is an achievement 1 false step or bit of miscommunication can easily result in starting over

[@petersteed6676]

Are you still playing? I'm on PS5 (UK) and looking for help with Insane mode. ID is Petmar2116 if you are able to help

[@BretttheGamer90]

@@petersteed6676 im looking for another person for Extreme and Insane so let me know

[@VGGFGFFDDS]

Intense isn't super hard, but jump to extreme and there's the huge difficulty difference 🤣

[@DOGP00L]

Just finished extreme difficulty

[@fnggaming89]

Anyone know what is the easiest intense mission to farm for those hidden guns??

[@sofasupastargaming]

play through the first few missions 1st is one of the easiest i would say

[@fnggaming89]

@@sofasupastargaming Gotcha

[@Mary...22-u9j]

game is fun but needs more missions and maps

[@sofasupastargaming]

Definitely I think they still have a few things planned with their roadmap so fingers crossed

[@thehunter7722]

The best card in the game is double damage half speed. It doubles all team damage and cuts your fire rate in half. If you use attachments with all fire rate perks it almost completely cancels out the low fire rate. Problem is i think they removed it from the game in an update because i haven't seen the card in a while. So i will have to disagree with you on your choice for the best challenge card. Human tanks is good but not as good as double damage.

[@patrickoae86]

How do you get Overstimulated card? I tried buying Standard and New Releases pack many times, but no luck. Which pack have it? Or maybe you get it somehow else?

[@311mikey]

They are definitely there just keep doing it till you see it pop up on the screen

[@bluemenace04]

How do people get to 700 combat score? I literally got a good stim build for my medic and its maxed, im still below 700 score.

[@sofasupastargaming]

its down to the skill grid being filled up and the weapons your using being maxxed at 4 star

[@bluemenace04]

@@sofasupastargaming thanks. But thats what I have, both of my guns are 4 star and my grid is full. My stims last 93% longer and my recharge speed is 43% too. And I got all sorts of slots fitted to make those stims more potent.

[@sofasupastargaming]

@@bluemenace04 that's a little odd possibly its glitched out try taking everything off and re equipping it if your maxed out on level your perks grid is full up and your weapons are 4star plus have attachments that's you maxed out in game currently over 700 maybe 715 or so

[@bluemenace04]

@@sofasupastargaming gotcha. I'll try that when I get home. Thanks for telling me that. People drop out of matchmaking when I try to do higher difficulty because I'm not at that magic number.

[@sofasupastargaming]

@@bluemenace04 teamwork and communication far surpass everything else the gear score helps but not ridiculously so...if your trying anything over intense I'd recommend being in a group with voice chat as they can be really tough without it 👍

[@aaronmartin3233]

Regarding the Trophy, I played one level on Insane instead of extreme will that void my last mission on extreme to get that Extreme mission trophy.🤔🤔🤔

[@phillipicus7446]

I almost got ultimate badass trophy 🏆

[@oldskool731]

why cant i see peoples names anymore it just says technician (CR: 710)

[@Rednation]

You can’t beat the game mode because match making doesn’t work 😂

[@johnny05100]

I haven’t had any issues since the patch. Late at night seems to be fewer people in the pool though

[@Rednation]

@@johnny05100 Just played this morning couldnt find anyone for horde mode i just dont get it

[@johnny05100]

@@Rednation you on console or pc? Also helps to disable your card option

[@sofasupastargaming]

it works a lot better than before but still isn't perfect if you are on xbox i'd suggest using the group tab and finding a group that way if your struggling to find people

[@Rednation]

@@johnny05100 ps4

[@2007Tubes]

Makes video on how to beat insane difficulty. proceeds to say he hasnt even tried it.

[@sofasupastargaming]

at the time of making the video their were matchmaking difficultuies in the game i was making my way though extreme insane is exactly the same but harder and better teamwork is required i was trying to help people out who would struggle by giving team synergy and cards

[@2007Tubes]

@@sofasupastargaming I dig it man, I appreciate the guide. I would just change your title or put a sticky comment saying you have now beat insane and this guide applies.

[@mikeyhanch0]

Are the armat cases random like the crates? I'm trying to find all of the weapons and I found the grenade launcher by accident

[@sofasupastargaming]

Been a while since I've played this what are the armat cases? If You mean intel that is fixed if you mean the weapons you earn those randomly as rewards when playing higher difficulty settings anything above standard if memory serves me

[@bimbom9826]

Lol i cant even find public matches

[@jblock2490]

How does anyone play this game without a mouse

[@vibiggs5280]

What platform this on

[@sofasupastargaming]

I believe its on xbox pc and playstation

[@deathhere5203]

Health and damage.

[@Greavesy]

Went for a no friendly fire attempt and someone got just 10 damage oh well try again

[@sofasupastargaming]

ouch thats gotta hurt so close

[@marc-andrelachapelle5707]

Try solo on map 1.1 more easier.

[@gradeAbra]

Anyway to beat higher difficulty alone without playing with others?

[@sofasupastargaming]

Honestly I'd love to tell you there is ...But the a.i just doesn't cut it for that in fact most times you will find they walk in front of your shots and even on intense you'll struggle to make it through missions because they go down very often and you have to patch them up....I wouldn't recommend trying anything over intense on your own and even in intense some missions will be very difficult to complete without a team

[@gradeAbra]

@@sofasupastargaming What about extreme mode possible to beat it alone?

[@sofasupastargaming]

@@gradeAbra possibly some missions I would say maybe not advised with all classes gunner or tech may be best shot with human tank cards to allow for any errors

[@g-moneyy7707]

@@gradeAbra there is absolutely no way youll be extreme or insane with bots. And if you do, you are god and i would like to game with you haha. Damn bots run right in front of you shooting ALL the time

[@greydude178]

GT: AndyNumber117, i use to play this game on insane, if you see me playing, invite me

[@GAMING-CELT]

Can it be done solo ?

[@seanwhitehall4652]

Not by me

[@mitchellgoldstein1573]

as long as you have a great build, you can beat the higher difficulties with bots, you do not need human players

[@sofasupastargaming]

Rather you than me =) it's all down to skill level currently I would not be able to complete Insane solo Ive tried and failed a few times already ha

[@mitchellgoldstein1573]

@@sofasupastargaming lol yea i've seen a few videos where they did it with bots but stil very difficult!

[@sofasupastargaming]

@@mitchellgoldstein1573 ridiculously one QuickTime event and its over you gotta be at the top of your game and later missions I feel would be ridiculously tough with a.i

[@wtfronsson]

No way lol. Extreme with bots you MIGHT get a mission or 2 done. But probably not.

[@sofasupastargaming]

@TheMetalCosmic both a.i is actually really bad often they stop shooting when you do even if there's just a few enemies left

[@Belisarius536]

I don't know what the fuss is I walked through insane in a day.

[@gla1776]

Anybody want to team up? I'm currently working through extreme on ps5, user gla-1984

[@ryanmcgregor5634]

Same here playing on extreme with a friend and need 1 more person. My PSN tag is AceofDiamonds-

[@TheeRogerWayne]

I think we might’ve played together. Trying the same thing right now.

[@jaydisgawthorn8476]

You still playing I'm on insane ?😅