Can We Save Haven Base? - Let's Play Terminator Dark Fate Defiance RTS (Realistic Difficulty) #2

[@Destroyer-cj7zz]

Loving this playthrough, man 2024 might be a great year for rts

[@ThreatXtra]

100% so many good ones coming up I cannot wait

[@AlvorReal]

Slight additional suggestion. Spread your minefields out a bit more and go for gaps between them, to avoid chain reactions. IRL, with how they're spaced, they probably shouldn't do that. But I think the drone explosions might simply be the widespread. So, yeah, going for smaller, detached sections might help avoid that.

[@Dexter-200]

Noo the Abrams my Abrams has carried me so much through all my mission ive done so far

[@RyuuTempest2045]

The wait is killing me, play more and upload.🤣🤣🤣🤣 nice game by the way. Hope you got more tank crew cause they are really important in later missions.

[@ThreatXtra]

Hmm yeh it seems only they can use the big fellas so need to keep them safe

[@murlocchieftain5176]

I appreciate you going ham at this. Rimmy disowned it cuz it's too hard, and it'll probably be too hard for me too. But, I knew I'd find someone deranged enough to try this shit

[@dakaodo]

Brilliant second episode. Not perfect but still a commendable fighting retreat despite bad parking jobs, matter-phasing enemies, and other shenanigans (RIP those guys who went north). Your tactical use of bounding troops to provide overwatch as you fell back was pretty nice, too bad the mission didn't give you enough time at the end to let that decision really make a difference. Your commentary is always great, but it really shines when you're panicking!

[@ThreatXtra]

Lol thanks the game is very fast I am happy we have the pause or I would be done for XD

[@captainuseless2120]

@@ThreatXtraYeah. I can't stand strategy games that don't let you pause. Trying to micromanage multiple battles at once is hard AF, and without being able to stop, take a breath, and evaluate your situation/strategy, I literally just can't.

[@AlvorReal]

Couple suggestions. First, you can use angles and site lines a bit better. When on the base defense, you could have had your Stryker and its humvees (or the Bradley on its own) sit back to the left. Down in that little pocket. Because the enemy has to come around an inward curving corner, you'd have your guns on target and be able to engage them with both a turret and the vehicles. Secondly, when doing withdrawals (as you learned a bit the hard way), don't pull back your entire force at once. Take the slowest guys and get them moving moving, then your light armor, and have your heavy vehicles reverse while firing (you did that pretty great!). And you don't need to retreat to your final destination in a single run, either. Have squads pull back to specific spots, then hold up so they can provide fire and engage any pursuers. Then, when the next unit is in position, pull your rearguard back. This is called leapfrogging or a phased retreat IRL. Finally, watch for sightlines and ranges a bit more with units like snipers. They don't "need" to be in buildings. Rather, you can have them post up behind the line of defense a good ways, so long as they have a clear shot, and still engage the enemy. So long as the enemy can't bypass your defenses to just attack your snipers, you can have both the sniper and his spotter firing at will and not have them take fire from outside their building. And that goes double for rangers. Have them smoke up your defensive positions, especially when withdrawing, to break the enemy's line of sight.

[@dolbz]

love how you forgot to take the jeep in the panic

[@tj2728]

Love the video waiting for more 😂

[@jonathanwelch4460]

FYI, you could've taken that humve at the end with you.

[@ornerylurker8296]

The reason your striker got wrecked twice in such fast succession is because each vehicle also has different defensive quadrants as seen in the unit portraits at the bottom. When the armor on one of these facing sides is compromised it becomes much easier to take section/component damage, and damage leaks through easier. It's also a big part of what allows cherry tapping enemy vehicles to get rid of their crews for stealing them.

[@Nadav69b]

It's fun to watch you play, you even add to the experience of the game.. Bless you, thanks

[@hbk4570]

this is was so fun with these weird ai decisions and glitches and also saving private Jeff at the end😂😂

[@TRON_1]

You can just get in the Humvee at the end and take it with you. An advantage for the next mission. There are so many things we don't know and that's what makes the game so special.

[@lastwolflord]

You always drive me crazy playing max difficult....lol. Even though you tend to be pretty good at it most times. I just hate things being unnecessarily difficult.

[@ThreatXtra]

I hate easy games I want to cry myself to victory!

[@okupant880]

@@ThreatXtra Spellforce 3 Circle Mage difficulty is for you then! (Me too :) )

[@lastwolflord]

@@ThreatXtra lol

[@josepalacio4775]

Subbed since I’m following all the same games you’re playing my man💯💯

[@HelmetHair]

Very entertaining playthrough so far. I found the game to be too damn hard myself, so interesting to see your tactics.

[@Vollification]

38:50 I have to go now, my planet needs me - Javelin

[@mranderson9553]

16:51 it's like an animation cell from older cartoons like scobby doo

[@Eveseptir]

Those engineers went full Leroy Jenkins 😂

[@josepalacio4775]

Keep up the great work !!!!!

[@RomanHistoryFan476AD]

Blair talked a big game, but Chicken ran off and vanished when things started to go south.

[@jaywerner8415]

RIP M1 Abrems! That would have been REAL nice to take with you.

[@Tema2kyboi]

Unknown what happened to her Abrams is still ok

[@mathewhopwood76]

Drinking game: take a sip every time the game is paused.

[@alexursus4719]

At the end of the mission, you could take the humvee with you, it’s there for this purpose, so that you could retreat with the equipment)

[@RevanBartus]

Episode 2 - they're in our base... That might be a short story 😂

[@blakeherrin1315]

Love this game

[@jacklarkson4505]

i dont know in the game but in real life ...m1126 stryker have light weight composite armor made from aluminum and ceramic and kevlar which can be added with cage or slat armor for better heat protection and bradely IFV have also reinforced aluminum with ERA on top of it for better heat protection.

[@danielelkin995]

Bobs tank crew. Inspired by the Bob Simple tank made in NZ. A tractor with steel plates added to it for armour.

[@ThreatXtra]

If only we can get that tank in the game sure it would be great XD

[@kragglewulf4105]

He's called Big Bob because he is famous with the ladies. *EDIT* 38:45 ATGM : Nawh fuck this Im out guys. Slater! Edit edit* Bro.... :< at the end you pulled a Biden and left all that American equipment there :

[@NYCFenrir]

Could you have taken the Humvee that was near the exit?

[@ThreatXtra]

I think yes but was in panic run mode XD

[@NYCFenrir]

@@ThreatXtra I blame Bob or whoever was stuck and distracted you.

[@riq6344]

@@NYCFenrir fricking Jeff always lagging behind:D

[@rabidsquirrel6540]

@20:20 Orissa has joined the fight!!!!

[@xzardas541]

Propably you know this already but stryker has just slightly better armor than humvee. Then is APC, Bradley with is able to survive anti tank gun(sometimes) and finaly proper tanks.

[@riq6344]

i feel like this information is something that should be in the game like in the menu with all discovered units for each faction

[@xzardas541]

@@riq6344 Oh this game lacks any kind of information at all, for half the time you have no idea what you are doing and rest of the time you think you have an idea but nope. I ended up using forced atack on abrams to test how vechicles actualy work. Hummve is made of cardboard and without cartell armor you are better off using vans with armor addon cause they are faster. Stryker and APC are mostly immune to rifle ammo but will still slowly die, very slowly. Bradley is only thing that is actualy immune to .50cal from front at least and sadly 90% of vechicles have .50cal. And tanks are only thing that shrug off autocanons, 30mm and less won't do shit from the front but get flanked and you are dead. In general do not even think about using vechicles for shootouts with anything more than random militia, terminators will shread anything weaker than bradley(and even bradley can be penetrated by plasma rifles from sides). Only thing you want to ever draw fire is abrams with APS and extra armor.

[@mranderson9553]

from what i've seen anyone who try's to hold those buildings near the cave entrances suffer, don't feel bad about that ranger squad who got gunned down and the tank

[@KazzoKiller3890]

I thought you said you played the demo before?

[@ThreatXtra]

I did mission 1 2 , 4 ,5 all the way through but only a bit of haven on the demo ( 2nd preview I had skipped haven)

[@KazzoKiller3890]

@@ThreatXtra ahh ok, makes sense. Bro, so sorry to see what happened to your engineer and tank :(

[@regentmad1037]

pretty sure the R's short for Robert

[@blackcorp0001]

Bob is usually short for Robert

[@blackcorp0001]

Or Rob

[@strider6274]

If I’m supposed to be team human these characters are really making it difficult

[@kinagrill]

The music is great... just not Legion-verse fan - so trying my best to auto-correct mentally any mentions of Legion to Skynet and non-norm HK mentions to be the equivalent of the Skynet-Verse.

[@aracniphobia1]

So maybe I'm out of the loop with Terminator, but why are they calling it Legion instead of Skynet?

[@ThreatXtra]

Apparently its a new universe skynet will always live in my heart!

[@aracniphobia1]

@@ThreatXtra So they just retconned Skynet out of the picture??? That's... Disappointing, but the game looks fun at least. Seems a good way to get back in with it.

[@strider6274]

@@aracniphobia1the canon story now is T1 and T2 leads to successfully preventing skynets creation, after T2 skynet managed to send one last Arnie and kill John Connor, T:dark fate legion is bootleg skynet repeat T1 formula

[@vaultdovah5722]

Big Bob's name starts with "R". I'm guessing his name is Robert. I've met people named Robert that go by Bob.

[@forlornfoe]

Well that was rough and a bit goofy with that Abrams wackiness, this game does pretty cool things with the resupply and utilities like mines & smokes. I don't know much about Terminator lore past the first movie, but the setting of "Haven" being hidden for clearly a long time must be purely due to Legion incompetence, considering how superior tech they are supposed to have. I already dislike the story too, Church really doomed the base. Still, eager to see how you manage to survive and the tactical map looks like it might be an epic journey.

[@jasoncarll8073]

the graphics are really insane eh

[@adamnichols476]

Mason is based. Church really was an idiot to take out thatconvoy.

[@leebob9514]

😊

[@AlkaloidGames]

i have problem finish this mission no losess,last tank is too op...and omg this mess pop up alredy hurt my brain..broke all few immersion too many time... was enoff a chat on the top for most of them. C&C first things destroy bridge ctrl+click XD

[@mackheadrum1295]

big bob proboly his nick name sense most armys love giving each other hazzing nick names based on stuff you did

[@dimitrij6]

R. - Robert, i.e. Bob

[@Heroiclezend]

First

[@Jagonath]

Cool looking game, but way, WAY too hard. Absurdly hard. It's practically impossible to even understand what you're supposed to be doing, even in the tutorial missions (specifically this one).

[@etarckneus9702]

It’s a shame this game is so buggy.

[@ThreatXtra]

I have seen bugs but nothing earth shattering.

[@ericauditorecheung4856]

Dumb dumb left Humvee

[@worsetuna6877]

Poor game play.