Mission 1: WoL: James Raynor is replaced with Rames Jaynor, who is statistically just a normal marine but still has to survive. LoV: You have half your normal forces including reinforcements and the objectives are timed. Also the AI's targeting has been buffed to target that which you most hold dear and Zeratul takes up half the screen. Mission 2: WoL: Adds Goliaths and Thors to the attack waves, but pre-placed enemies are unchanged. LoV: The possessed Protoss also send attack waves on top of the normal Zerg attacks, and the objective is both timed and guarded by a Hybrid Dominator, whom you must fight and kill with only Stalkers in a space roughly the size of a walk-in closet. Also the AI's targeting has been buffed to target that which you most hold dear and Zeratul takes up half the screen. Mission 3: WoL: Your base has no minerals and you must pillage the surrounding homesteads for meager scraps to fund your defenses. Swann is proud of you. LoV: Adds an entire extra faction with their own attack timings and pre-placed defenders in addition to the normal enemies, and an "optional" objective that removes your shields and drains your top bar at regular intervals timed to coincide with enemy attack waves. Also the AI's targeting has been buffed to target that which you most hold dear and the scripted attacks now trigger based on time instead of being tied to the objectives. Zeratul aside, so far this feels less like the old Challenge Gauntlet, and more like a Nightmare Beyond Nightmare. It's not ridiculous, just ridiculously hard. In fact, I'm going to make a prediction that the challenge for Brothers In Arms is going to be either "Raynor and Valerian don't send attacks/are completely absent" or "the pulse only stuns your allies, not the enemy," instead of something more off-the-wall like "the pulse causes your allies to temporarily become hostile to you instead of being stunned"
@browncoatebberon71216 ай бұрын
Fun read.
@GrasshopperKelly6 ай бұрын
I'd be quitting if the allies turn hostile...
@nahm3216 ай бұрын
> 12 pm episode > 40min spear of adun I think we're in for a rough ride today boys
@Shtoops6 ай бұрын
4:34 "I guess we're fighting zerg, terran, and protoss on this mission" I honestly like this from a narrative perspective. Amon controlling all the races on In Utter Darkness was genius, and I think having him control all the different races and actually using them together makes a lot of sense. A lot more sense than just not making use of them. I hope that it stays consistent throughout the campaign that on missions where's youre fighting against Amon, he actually is using all of his resources.
@AtticusKarpenter6 ай бұрын
Yea in vanilla LotV Amon having all three faction troops is just lazy excuse to have Artanis fight against any race in missions without making up reasons for that. What it should look properly is like you fight against mixed team in 4vs4 game and increasingly cursed and crazy stuff like medics/medivacs healing ultralisks or sentries walling off siege tanks with forcefields so you can't approach them
@ironmilutin6 ай бұрын
@@AtticusKarpenterOverlord dropping a Thor in his mineral line
@dancingmathusalem54516 ай бұрын
Eh, I disagree in general. For this mission it makes sense (bring zerg and mobius to fight the protoss until you take control of most of them, then mop up the rest), but for the rest of the campaign it's not like Amon has infinite forces that can be everywhere all at once. He's breaking a lot of eggs and making a lot of omelettes, it makes sense that his forces would be spread over the whole sector
@abaddonarts11296 ай бұрын
I fully agree! I think it'll make so many of these missions cooler (though a bit unexplained if there is ever a mission not against Amon?)
@tabula_rosa6 ай бұрын
it honestly would be really fun if different missions mixed the races differently. like one mission is all terran air & low tier bioball zerg, or another mission has photon cannon positions guarded by adepts and medics and if you pull the adepts they shade back to the photon cannons to get healed. or a siege tank that has a lurker behind it, so far back that it can only attack if you you're inside of the tank's minimum range. or getting harassed by an attack wave that consists of a viper, a pair of DT's and an infested CC, with the viper parasitic bombing air & backing off or abducting your ground units into the DT's one by one as the CC builds SCV's, so the viper can back off to the CC feed off of it & it gets repaired in between feedings imagine going to jump onto a siege tank line with zealots & getting forcefielded off of them, or trying to get the surround on a lurker and they drop a forcefield not to block you from getting to it but to funnel your army into a line to maximize its line damage. or, god forbid, a herc air dropping lings onto you along with a pair of guardian sentries to give them bonus armor imagine a nydus worm popping Annihilators who dump their annihilation cannons onto your base and then jump back into the nydus worm, with a "frenzied attack" timer letting you know when their cannons are off cooldown
@drmuffin84036 ай бұрын
It looks like the spear of adun energy gain is proportionnal to the amount of objectives done, which actually makes sense. So during all the begining, it only had 1/5 of its normal regen, no wonder it was so slow.
@Anergyne6 ай бұрын
That is actually a really cool detail.
@miramosa77686 ай бұрын
Yeah, it's imprecise obviously but I counted a bit shy of four seconds per energy before the second objective, and barely above two at the end.
@techpriestsalok81196 ай бұрын
I’m hoping for more meme challenges as we get into the campaign. Extort the colonists for minerals because friends let friends massacre civilians type stuff.
@Y0G0FU6 ай бұрын
As long as these memes are not on the Zeratul level i agree :p
@actuallyKriminell6 ай бұрын
The meme missions are definately the best content wise
@AtticusKarpenter6 ай бұрын
This Mindhawk gauntlet seems more like his version of Nightmare difficulty than his version of memes of liberty (before memes of liberty) that his previous gauntlet was. Fine by me, but i agree, meme gauntlet was absolutely hilarious and super enjoyable
@cyrian25916 ай бұрын
@@Y0G0FU, but those are the best memes
@DeadlyNightshadeZ6 ай бұрын
Hierarch, I'm not sure how this is possible, but I'm detecting high concentrations of RAW SOLARITE in the native Terrans here. I will see to it the solarite is collected properly. "Karax no!"
@Lucarioux6 ай бұрын
18:41 EXCUSE ME THE AI MICROS BANES TO TARGET GROUPS OVER SINGLE UNITS?!? I can't recall if that was in nightmare but that is just as bs as anti-armor units ignoring the Zealots. which is exactly what I expect from this challenge gauntlet.
@dsuffers30326 ай бұрын
So Amon somehow got Mobius Company to send to the site of where the Spear of Adun is stationed. And they brought an EMP Pulse just to give Artanis a bad time Mobius has Siege Tanks, bunkers, Marauders, and Marines. Zerg has Hydras, Mutalisks, and dysfunctional Guardians. Prossessed protoss have Zs and Dragoons. And Scouts. And Carriers. The player only has Stalkers, Zealots, ane a Spear of Adun on half its functional RAM. Wowzers And oh the Hybrid is just the icing on a mess of a cake
@cancerguy54356 ай бұрын
I find it funny how you've forgotten the two most special guests of this show - immortals and infestors ;)
@dsuffers30326 ай бұрын
@@cancerguy5435 I left them out for the viewer to be surprised Amon stole some pretty good guests for the show :) I loooooooove fungal growth
@great_hedgehog81996 ай бұрын
don't forget spectres! in case all the rest of the anti-armoured menaces were just not enough
@darmorel5496 ай бұрын
@@great_hedgehog8199 and reapers because you need some anti light to prevent the player from going mass Zealots
@DeadlyNightshadeZ6 ай бұрын
The ai making its anti-light prioritize light, and its anti-armored prioritze armored, is already such a massive difficulty spike. Ordinarily the issue with a death ball is you wind up with collossi attacking roaches while immortals shoot at zerglings, and other such bad targeting which makes units much less effective. The AI auto switching its targeting to shoot at the more efficient target is a MASSIVE buff. And then on top of that the AI is also prioritizing low durability units to finish them off and lower your damage output. Thats insane!
@InexplicableInside6 ай бұрын
I'm a little surprised it took Grant so long to realise that he should attack *before* the EMP strikes rather than after (since an EMP on already-depleted shields is almost no problem at all), but that mission was definitely savage regardless.
@christopherstephens28496 ай бұрын
also not sure he noticed it was nerfing his shields not the energy on the shield batteries, it's just that the batteries immediately recharge the shields so run out of energy that way
@ACEYGAMES6 ай бұрын
@@christopherstephens2849 He defs knew that second part, but it means the battery is always out of energy for fights which is when its energy matters.
@Mythmaker126876 ай бұрын
Giving the player extra Spear of Adun abilities, and then nerfing it into the ground, is definitely the biggest troll so far.
@bluesbest16 ай бұрын
"Hey, look! Deploy Pylon takes 25 less energy!" "Psych! Guess what, all abilities take 25 more energy!"
@petrowegynyolc71086 ай бұрын
I'm expecting the reasonably priced SOA abilities to be some extreme trolling. Like, solar lance but striking in an L- shape instead of a line. Time-stop stopping your army. Guardians hell summoning a Primal Guardian beside a wounded unit which is hostile to everyone.
@Santisima_Trinidad6 ай бұрын
I honestly believe that mindhawk made these missions very anti stalker not because he thought the stalker was too strong to tune challenges around, but because he knows grants fucking adores the things and so the hardest challenge would just be not building a ton of them.
@sebastienlecoq39566 ай бұрын
It make sense that the retaliation attack are fixed and not in retaliation, considering the standard cheese is to kill all the objective at once to prevent retaliation. In addition to be able to sync them with EMP blast as a bonus.
@abaddonarts11296 ай бұрын
Its very notable that Mindhawk incorporated the anti-shield mechanic the mission before you unlock Dragoons, which were said to have +100% regen on shields and can do so in combat. I'm betting we won't see any more shield effects after this one once you have that unit, since it'll counter it.
@Shtoops6 ай бұрын
I feel like this could be something of a meta troll. Like, he introduces the counter to gimmicks after the gimmick has already happened.
@amplesstratleholm76096 ай бұрын
To be fair Sky Shield still has the EMP shield thing
@gl4dius4pple756 ай бұрын
What a nice man Mindhawk is, helping Grant fight his Stalker addiction 😊
@avitraangelica92786 ай бұрын
I really like the changes on this mission, actually! They make the first part of the mission into a challenging defense, but also encourage building up to do big pushes at the end and don't punish you for actually completing the objectives. It feels like a natural extension to the structure of the mission, but also completely changes how it needs to be approached at the same time, which is impressive!
@peterjohansson18286 ай бұрын
well it would also be nice if it wasn't so extremely punishing
@avitraangelica92786 ай бұрын
@@peterjohansson1828 The previous Gauntlet did have much more approachable, though still challenging, lower difficulties for players who wanted to enjoy the changes without the punishment, so hopefully that will happen with this one, too! ^v^ The turbo-evil mode is more or less custom made for Grant to suffer through for our entertainment, given the context of the first Gauntlet.
@peterjohansson18286 ай бұрын
@@avitraangelica9278 ye ik :) and it is fun to watch and you're these look like really cool changes.
@CascaDEER6 ай бұрын
Its so satisfying to see Grant slowly but surely disassemble this extremely difficult mission
@eomerseored6 ай бұрын
conspiracy: Mindhawk played terran in the begining of heart of the swarm, and is now punishing the stalkers for what they did
@Sernyx_X6 ай бұрын
40:02 the zealot is like "MY LIFE FOR AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaªªªªª" _[gets crowd surfed by the wave of stalkers]_
@eadbert19356 ай бұрын
what i think it really interesting that the most "anti-stalker" thing added isn't a unit type, but smarter AI blink being nearly useless as they will keep target firing the low-health targets makes blink micro a lot weaker oh, and the "i will not die just 2 hit only one target" banelings are insane.
@much73956 ай бұрын
It's so nice to see the Zealot be integral in these early missions
@SS_BAJA6 ай бұрын
The banelings running around the single stalker to detonate on the rest of the army is beautiful
@helper53046 ай бұрын
Shield will be useless. The shield generator: “am i a joke to you?”
@cranapple33676 ай бұрын
Mindhawk's mission tuning is the design equivalent of Grant's stalker micro. This mission feels like ultra brutal All In.
@ChannelMiner6 ай бұрын
All mod makers are trolls, MindHawk is proof of this.
@MindHawkHotS6 ай бұрын
Correct.
@HaiMinh-r8g6 ай бұрын
The more you think about it, the better it gets😂
@Certifiedgooner6 ай бұрын
Considering that Grant has to constantly save and reload, is not a “challenge run”, it’s a kaizou run.
@zaxtonhong39586 ай бұрын
Now, all will be consumed by the cleansing flame?
@Eragon0576 ай бұрын
Mindhawk did both of the previous campaigns too, right? I wanna try these out
@brianfhunter6 ай бұрын
43 min... Oh, Grant is doing 2 missions today? 7 min later. Yeah, definitely NOT 2 missions today...
@Sergeius3706 ай бұрын
Legacy of the void: anti-stalker edition
@DeCode3436 ай бұрын
11:12 "when is it my turn?!" Every Elden Ring player😅
@onefaier63516 ай бұрын
Every card game or turn based game too
@Granas19886 ай бұрын
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A RPG! What role am I playing? The fuc*ing victim?!
@hendrikgreiner84496 ай бұрын
Not so much in the Base Game, but *very much* in the DLC.
@DeCode3436 ай бұрын
@@Granas1988 it's not that bad xD there are moments of it, but my thought since dark souls was: You are the scariest thing out there. Whatever they do to you, you keep coming back until they are dead and gone. (unless you go hollow, aka stop trying)
@DeCode3436 ай бұрын
@@hendrikgreiner8449 we all came there to die and die and die and eventually succeed. It's probably the last implementation from From and Myazaki. I like the going out with a murder bang😅
@MrNicoJac6 ай бұрын
36:55 Grant, I think that, since you decided to save the Shield Overcharge at this point, you could have used the Deploy Pylon. DP costs 75 energy, and SO costs 125. So you could've DP'd and still had the SO for whenever you needed it. And since you seem kinda mineral starved at that point, a "free" 100 minerals would be welcome! (and then you can collect all the points of the SPear of Adun, and no ticks upwards are "lost" by reaching the cap) Anyways, I will _absolutely_ need cheats to beat this mod, and I'm _deeply_ impressed that you have the skills to pull this off! Really looking forwards to the rest of the series ^^
@mikoajciemiega80186 ай бұрын
Im little disappointed with the lack of memes so far, first gauntlet was full of them: rames jaynor, genocide swann, surrender to this pear etc
@Y0G0FU6 ай бұрын
Not much room for memes in the first 3 Protoss Missions. But i bet Mindhawk has plenty in store for later.
@Sergeius3706 ай бұрын
What about giant zeratul window in a second mission?
@AleksanderDrako6 ай бұрын
Zeratul is a meme, but is not a funny to deal with meme.
@desfoxofthedesert6 ай бұрын
Super glad that the AI didn't have the hunterling, those bane pathing right into the stalker crowd are such a pain to watch
@levsonc6 ай бұрын
Real game missions: reward early aggression and map exploring. Extra-difficulty: you have to sit at home at build army for 10 minutes at least, while defending your base and then micro well to have chance to win. That's the problem with ridiculously high difficulties: they have only one right solution like puzzle you have to solve.
@debo27926 ай бұрын
Rewatching your older mod playthroughs you often say the begining is very hard then you can snowball it. I'm glad they're giving you a rough time throughout now.
@Nekoyashiki-san6 ай бұрын
Thanks for challenging this crazy mod for us! ^^
@AylorAivo6 ай бұрын
But what about the bonus objective? How will we ever know what they give if you don't get all the pointless extras?
@GameBoy-ep7de6 ай бұрын
To maximize "unfortunate timing" it might be nice to have the attack groups wait just before an enemy group, and advance for either their attack on the player's base or when the player brings his army in. Could make it so that the player will always have "unfortunate timing", and maybe have this only happen when it's Grant playing, just to troll him.
@BuddyWudzyn6 ай бұрын
Man that was some of the best sc2 I’ve ever seen you play (and you usually play insanely well)
@Ricardo_Rick6 ай бұрын
The fact that the mod maker knew Grant never build defenses at home and capitalized on that was genius, really well played by exploiting his built in weakness of leaving the door home opened at all times XD Edit: how many of you wants to be that SOA solarite choices are almost all nerfed btw?
@jaydenly81536 ай бұрын
He’s also not in the wrong since cannons and batteries aren’t really going to do much vs all 3 race attack waves
@Ricardo_Rick6 ай бұрын
@@jaydenly8153 they are not for defending on their own, they are used to buy time, tank shots and restore shields in the early game, a canon is 150, that is one and a half zealot with more hp, ranged attack and that can tank shots
@Certifiedgooner6 ай бұрын
Without shields from the emp, cannons get shredded. There are the anti armor and anti structure units like reapers, specters, banelings, and dragoons that deal bonus damage against cannons. That’s not even taking into account the sheer numbers they send at you that you need to invest a lot into static defense to compensate for, in a mission you need to clear objectives throughout the map with zealots and stalkers. Keep in mind all this on one base.
@Ricardo_Rick6 ай бұрын
@@Certifiedgooner reapers don't do bonus damage and the shield can be restored by bateries, like i said they are not for a sureproof lasting defense, they are there to buy time since its not a good idea to split your army
@ironmilutin6 ай бұрын
@@Ricardo_RickTrue, unlike an actual EMP, this one just drained shields, shield batteries kept their energy so they could've been used as a sort of counter to the blast prior to destroying the EMP.
@OstroGothic6 ай бұрын
I'll say - this campaign makes it feel like the protoss are really fighting against impossible odds to save the universe. Nonstop fighting against huge waves of enemies, having to pull out all the stops to get ahead of Amon
@abrittishpanfish62696 ай бұрын
having to fight the entirety of starcraft 2 for only the third mission
@redteam66316 ай бұрын
Hey there Grant. In these times of stress and shit, I find your content very refreshing and helps me disconnect from the world and relax a bit. Thanks.
@Romanian9016 ай бұрын
this mission on the enemy's side would take 20 seconds
@MrCMaccc6 ай бұрын
Watching the absolute insanity that happens in these missions really makes me wonder if these missions were even tested to make sure they were beatable before hand. I'd never be able to do this and Grant is an absolute monster
@Knightsof16 ай бұрын
im pretty sure these missions were made this way with grant or any player of his skill level in mind
@Fanggle6 ай бұрын
Marines on Aiur? Impossible!
@dragonoflocniroth6 ай бұрын
I like how the campaign feels so much more tactical, not only does mindhawk just troll you, he just straight up improves the base game and then slaps a challenge on top, it feels freaking awesome to watch, maybe not play but really like the core concept here.
@cellulanus6 ай бұрын
In fairness I think the Stalker is such a powerful unit about the only way you can force someone to use more zealots is with a heavy anti stalker bias in the enemy composition.
@saevin7th6 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure this kind of stuff is my favourite SC2 content: weird challenges that make you REALLY think and put you in weird positions from a familiar situation. Also explains why I liked the reversed campaign ultra challenges
@TheRealXartaX6 ай бұрын
If only Protoss had a tool to refill shields. Maybe a structure.
@Slaanash5 ай бұрын
24:26 I like how the bits fly up since that's supposed to be on Sky Shield. It'd have been a good troll around 38:30 if it did the "Enemy Drop Pods Incoming" line and dropped like 2 firebats.
@kungfumaster98836 ай бұрын
Im not sure if this feature was taken out in this challenge, but I remember when you activate the power cells, it gives off a power field in which you could warp units in, i use to construct batteries and cannons around them. Seeing Grant consistently warping in units from pylons at home when he is right next to a activated power cell really puzzled me.
@amplesstratleholm76096 ай бұрын
Yes you can still warp in on the freed power cells, as evidenced in 27:26, 33:09, and 34:18. Grant probably assumed that he doesn't have that option because the near south power cell you had for free wasn't really freed until he broke the EMP scrambler on 24:17.
@Truck_Kun_Driver6 ай бұрын
> be me > 2h30 > New GGG video > 40 mins video Welp, there we go.
@朕是神6 ай бұрын
Not a big fan of the AI targeting low hp units, or anti armor units targeting stalkers. It's not a blanket increase in difficulty, it only selectively nerfs pullback micro while not hurting f2 amove much. That should be the opposite of what you want for a challenging mod. The more impactful good micro is for the player, the stronger attack waves can be while still keeping the missions possible.
@raynightshade83176 ай бұрын
I hope it gets memey. Cause so far its just been miserably difficult.
@yessir69196 ай бұрын
Oh god, it's so brutal. Well, technically it's nightmare, but still, it's hard as hell.
@girahimeslord61036 ай бұрын
So the goal of this mod is to simulate wath would happen if ammon was not a bronze sc player ! Interesting
@maca90956 ай бұрын
Idk why but I feel those 43 minutes are not for mission 3 and 4, only the third one
@Sperber906 ай бұрын
I was afraid of the mission but this seems really hard, but managable. Really well played!
@danpitzer7656 ай бұрын
The only thing I could think of regarding using batteries with that EMP is that you'd need 3 of them any time you'd normally build 1. Letting them split the work to get some shields back online. Kinda expensive.
@XayadSC6 ай бұрын
shield batteries can be control grouped and turned autocast off when there are no attack waves, i playtested the mission and it works wonders to just let the units/cannons regen normally when there are no attacks, and as soon as a big waves comes get all batteries online again
@benedict69626 ай бұрын
More than 3. Every shield battery will waste energy healing each other instead of the primary target. At a certain point you're better off using pylons with health
@Sanchez92416 ай бұрын
u ccan just build millons of cannons and batteries at enterance to the base after destroying disruptor
@spacepotato47956 ай бұрын
I can't wait to see what else MindHawk prepared for you The suffering will be immense
@Y0G0FU6 ай бұрын
"i thought i was done but it was just the Prelude" looks like Grant forgot that this is Nightmare for a second ^^
@zaxtonhong39586 ай бұрын
Nightmare is a totally different thing tho
@Y0G0FU6 ай бұрын
@@zaxtonhong3958 no. As grant said in the first Video Mindhawk did use Nightmare as a Baseline and added his Challenges. At least this is how i understood it :P The size amd frequency if attack waves so far at least looks alot like nightmare😂
@zaxtonhong39586 ай бұрын
@@Y0G0FU He was describing the core thought process of nightmare. He wasn’t saying the gauntlet is based on nightmare. The nightmare version of this mission had another base. It also didn’t do double-prong attacks like we see here
@HyperShadow9916 ай бұрын
im gonna try this when its released but DEFINITELY not on brutal.... yes i am a coward
@bunnyphang6 ай бұрын
Aww, all the overpowered and overused units and structures have been nerfed. Finally Grant gets to feel what it's like to be a Zerg main :D
@TheCrackersman6 ай бұрын
Honestly I really like all these changes. It feels like the cards are stacked against you, which fits the theme of the campaign. It feels like the enemy is reacting to your efforts, instead of sending automated responses. And especially, there is tangible progress from your actions; the EMP goes down, and each battery gives you extra energy. The memes are a bonus, but I kinda like the serious tone this captures.
@jplayah52646 ай бұрын
"This 100 shields is just not 200 shields, is it?" No, Grant. It really isn't.
@pontusbergqvist1716 ай бұрын
Wouldent it be fun after grant plays thorugh the level to be able to see MindHawk himself beat the same level and see his techniqe. That would be intressting.
@aqj20146 ай бұрын
man if this is spear of adun, the missions on ulnar, slayn, and cybros are gonna be hell
@loleq806 ай бұрын
It's just that this mission would be waaaay to easy for Grant if he would fight with full shields. That is why he waited with attacks for the EMP pulse. :D
@LordBooga6 ай бұрын
I noticed that the EMP doesn't actually drain the Shield Batteries energy, so a bank of them could help a lot.
@kajaxochi85626 ай бұрын
Way too much investment into something that doesn't increase dps. Just getting more shooty stuff is going to do way more.
@rodon2656 ай бұрын
"was it just a bad timing?" Honestly, all time is a bad time. In this mode. edit: this is literally the dark souls mode.
@sitrilko6 ай бұрын
30:45 was that a freakin' guardian attacking!? I can't recall the last time I saw a guardian in an attack wave
@anonimus3706 ай бұрын
anti-stalker bias would be way better when you have more than 2 units, until then it's kinda unfair. Which, to be fair, is the point, no?
@neochance6 ай бұрын
I was stressed just watching that
@profiscus6 ай бұрын
Grant grant he’s our man if he’s not giant No one can
@FearTheCaboose13376 ай бұрын
Honestly. I think the anti-stalker bias is nessisary. They are insanely good against the ai when anti-armored tools arent avaliable to them, which is the entirety of Aiur
@RecKooo6 ай бұрын
"Spear of Adun is always hard" /GGG ad 2024/
@Antare56 ай бұрын
Hybrid on Aiur! It is they who are controlling the....terrans.
@PoeticMistakes6 ай бұрын
I spent most of the episode begging him to get +1 shields.
@mossblomma6 ай бұрын
That was great!
@iaNdaveNport.6 ай бұрын
Hybrid fishing is the best sport
@sage52966 ай бұрын
I wonder if the issue was more that stalkers are too OP if microed well, so they have to be countered to balance them? I think the real reason tho is that these balance changes apply over the whole campaign, and they'd be a lot more reasonable if you weren't limited to 2 units still at this point
@MrNicoJac6 ай бұрын
I hope MindHawk increases the mineral count, cuz this mission seems one where it's pretty easy to run out at your main base, and then you're fucked 0__O
@Twilightavalon6 ай бұрын
Its hard to find joy in these types of missions. You get worst stuff than the base game while your opponents are x10 harder. Constant attacks, constant handicaps... you have zero room for mistakes, it snowballs too fast and its purely impossible for normal people.
@DeadlyGrub6 ай бұрын
I still feel like mindhawks challenges are more artificial difficulty then fun... His other stuff was find the single solution to the problem other wise suck. And this is better but still just seems like stacking bullshit rather then real difficulty.
@Ghooostie6 ай бұрын
That's the point. If you listen to Grants explanation in the first part, he says the challenge gauntlet is "meant to cheese you, and you are meant to cheese it back. It is a series of gimmicks that are exceptionally difficult"
@QJrocks6 ай бұрын
It's also worth noting that there are tricks to the mission that Grant didn't utilize (not that I blame him, pretty difficult to notice it in all the chaos). The EMP doesn't actually drain Shield Battery energy, and as others have pointed out, it's possible to turn their auto-cast off and save them for attack waves. This makes static defense a lot more usable when it comes to defending enemy aggression
@EEVEEwolf16 ай бұрын
I know its kinda a waste since there are generally better things to use the crono surge on, but i found that it (at least vanilla crono) can be used on the nexus and by the time it runs out you can have fully saturated your main (and then some depending upon how many minerals youve got) but thats just me, not the best at SC2 as much as i love it
@ManAtPogo6 ай бұрын
I thought about idea of having a bit more gateways and then... making units just after the EMP so they got shields
@ManAtPogo6 ай бұрын
And another is upgrade order: armor then attack? Also I am nowhere even close to your level so these ideas may not be correct. But sharing is caring or something...?
@tasuelxd6876 ай бұрын
R.I.P spinecrawler family 🙏🙏😔😛
@MrBlbll6 ай бұрын
Consideration not brought in the video: toggling autocast for the shield battery on/off instead of always keeping it on autocast. Regardless, very well done!
@Ricardo_Rick6 ай бұрын
Or making more batteries since they don't lose energy with the pulse, i'd say 3 on each side might do wonders
@Y0G0FU6 ай бұрын
Mindhawk is not pulling any punches lol. This Mission is Vicious especially with this low Tech.
@CameronHimlie6 ай бұрын
"When's MY turn?!"
@Hadanelith16 ай бұрын
How about that bonus objective, huh guys?
@KD8_NotTheShoes6 ай бұрын
this is just "masochist" difficulty lol
@zackwalker21726 ай бұрын
Dispair of adun, huh?
@morgrimgaming73426 ай бұрын
Imagine this, but in Real Scale... By the way: Deathless Real-Scale when?
@aaronhar11196 ай бұрын
Terran on Aiur, impossible!
@luisphelipe9146 ай бұрын
W
@MrSmbai6 ай бұрын
"I guess we are fighting terran" What the fact that the challenge said that Moebius Corps brought an emp scrambler didn't clue you into that terrans are here?
@ChavaYang6 ай бұрын
Hawk tuah
@yuridhjeeyn90346 ай бұрын
Does the Bonus do anything special? Because he sure forgot to do it.
@khankhomrad88556 ай бұрын
This is just mean.
@bobross62286 ай бұрын
Grant misclicked the AM/PM?
@tylk23686 ай бұрын
He said in his discord that he's experimenting with release times, so he's doing this series in the pm for now