I did this using an assault rifle just tap the left mouse button every so often at the little smelters and they fall over then pop thier tank and watch them them squeal.
I did this using an assault rifle just tap the left mouse button every so often at the little smelters and they fall over then pop thier tank and watch them them squeal.
Been trying for the last 4 hours on this...I am not the best of gamers I admit that... the strategies I am using is the same as the rest...This wouldn't be so damned annoying if you didn't have to stop and redo the entire damn first phase EVERY F-IN time and have to escape the cutscene as well.... generally when there is a cut scene it represents a break and a saved time out.
I am having a really hard time hitting the stupid canisters on the backs of these guys. Not to mention that once they get to me and breathe fire I can't see the damn things to fire at them once the screen clears I has a nanosecond to target the cannister and fire at them... Gentreally with a burst which then kills the little ****ers. not exactly what you want...since you need them to run back.
It a really super annoying Mechanic that there's only one way to accomplish this to progress through a main line story
This fight is really easy if you realize how stupid the AI is.
I just ran behind the two containers on the far left, right below the boss and sniped the tanks of the scorchers the second they came out of the hatches.
You can just stay behind there for ever, it offers excellent cover against... everything. The boss can't hit you with grenades there either, and only the guys spawning from the door right next to you will aggro, the rest will aggro dat chick on the catwalk. And she seems immortal.
Good info on my last fight I actually had run up to this area and realized all the mobs but the one coming out that door do not aggro you and want to work on it that way.Originally Posted by Yoko1337
Just really find it SUPER annoying once past part one of that boss fight they make you repeat it again and again.
Any one have any idea how much HP the Jackleg Joe has?
It can be the most annoying battle in the game until the final showdown with Nim. It is a single person mission, even if grouped you cant have anyone else in there with you. And the resetting to outside on death is a pain. Most other missions you can die and run back and continue from where you were but not this one.
Tips, as stated use melee to nock down the smelters. Also some weapons proc elemental effects on melee hits but not sure if any of them still proc fire, if you find one that does it really helps. Also flare pistol if you find one can help. And grenades to burn their tanks. And in the second part with the smelters if you dont aggro the rest of the mobs they all go after Rosa and you can ignore them for a while.
I have beat this mission at least 6 times in Betas and Alpha and yet I still have days I cant do it like today, after like 10 restarts I got frustrated and dropped it.
I have been on this for 6 hours....plus last night for 2. Probably so far about 60 tries. Its not just frustrating its down right irritating. The mouse targeting can't focus in time on the smelters tanks. Either the sensitivity moves too fast or...too damned slow. I have tried to adjust the mouse sensitivity numerous times so far. Melee doesn't work well for me as the smelters burn me too fast too my death.
Seems sniping from the sides as they come out of the tunnels is best way but they f-in moving around so you can't target the G damn tanks and that's where mouse sensitivity issues screw me Plus since I use a grenade launcher in first phase I am always out of ammo in this phase on the launcher which makes me have to expose myself to run for 15 grenades in order to have a millisecond to do damage on the Jackleg Joe.
Since none of the mobs I kill drop ammo here all the Ammo regen perks are useless so I can't get topped up without going to the ammo packs on the side
What odd mechanics.....
Ehh I will get it some time I hope...I am just bored having to do the stupid first phase which seems to serve no purpose other than kill x amount of mobs
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER ....Ad infinitum ...Again
OMG I finally got to 4th phase ....yey !!!!
where he comes out and spams Grenades like an ***..then runs over to you and mellee wallops you spams grenades you some more and you insta death basically...boss damage seems a slight bit OP in this phase or is there something I am missing here..mind you out of about 80 tries now this is the first time I have seen this phase.
OMG I finnished it...83 tries...
So I had to switch around my weapons a fair amount and went with a straight AR Grenade launcher combo..rleying on grenade launcher in phase 1 then the AR for Phase 2 then using grenade alauncher and cloak ability in phase three primarily staying far away fro Jackleg Joe in that phase as possible so he couldn't aggro me so hard
What helped me transition between phase two where there are smelters and phase three when Jackleg Joe comes downstairs and grenade spams was changing the sight on my assault rifle which gave me burst chance of hitting the tank but with better precision than without a modded scope
and using an AR that did a little less damage so the smelters stayed alive from the burst from my AR.
OMG..I am so glad that's done and over with...wow...
thanks to every one that had suggestions they all helped me a great deal keep at this particular mission as I was earlier wondering if I would even get through it..Yey
This fight can be a pain, especially since you need to redo all. I haven't done it in release yet but it used to work well for me with grenade launcher and AR/SMG/LMG. Grenades to ignite the smelters and one of the guns to kill Joe. Now Nim, he is still on a different page of obnoxious ...
Great....cant wait for that! /sarcasm off
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