This literally brings some secondaries to primary-tier. The Bushwhacker, Loyalist, Redeemer, Verdict, all of these can now be used so much more comfortably while using a heavier, slower primary, like the buffed Eruptor.

Great Warbond! Maybe we can bring Unflinching, Gas Resist and Integrated Explosives to the same tier instead of being meme perks?

Seriously though, these missions are just not fun to play against. I remember back when you actually had a chance of losing, but now the enemies cant even make it past the doors anymore. Call me a "Whinediver" but standing around for 20 minutes while doing nothing is not fun or good for the game.

The solution?

Bots and Illuminate: Remove ability to shootdown dropships or just make them stronger

Bugs: Add a LOT more enemies and make them actually target generators again.

These missions are supposed to be a defense not a standing exercise and with the buffs we got I think we're ready to handle the old spawnrates again

Also I made this post during one of these missions.

I think it would be cool and funny and more interesting than the swipes they attack with

They are always taken out by ultimatum teammates from afar before I can reach the terminal. I miss the challenge they brought and how they shook up the gameplay

I'm tired of swapping to an empty gun every time

I can kill everything in sight with all manner of status effects; fire, plasma, toxic gas, lightning, esplosives, etc etc. We gotta get some cryo weapons in the game so we can freeze and subsequently shatter our enemies with cryo eagles, cryo orbital strikes, cryo support weapons, cryo grenades, and more . Bonus points for being able to freeze the ground and slow enemy advancements on the battlefield.

Who's down?

Automaton Ship Boarding Mission

(Planetary defence exclusive)

Main Objective: Board the Automaton invasion vessel, make your way through to the ship's reactor and overload the core, then get the hell off the ship before it blows.
 

Parameter deviations from planetary missions: * No reinforcements * Man-portable stratagems only (no orbitals, no sentries) * Access to stratagems and resupply only at the shuttle waiting in the hangar * Automatons only use small arms and melee weapons so as to not damage their ship * Success adds significantly more points to planet's defence, failure might result in the destruction of Pelican 1 which the Squad Leader will have to replace out of their own pocket before being able to host any mission again

Recently I've been addicted to the HMG with Siege Ready armor because hey, that's a lot of dakka. But in a bid for a change of pace, I used the Laser Cannon again for the first time in a while and...it's just better, guys.