Rough Randy sent 5-Man Siege vs 4-Man Colony: This Expected?

[MikeLemmer]

Yeah, that sounds very unlucky, which can happen. Curious though, how open where you? Sandbags and rocks aren't too good on their own, you would ideally want to stay behind corners.

I had pillboxes set up at every corner of my base consisting of a row of 1x1 granite columns behind sandbags. I decided not to wait for them to assault my base; their incendiary mortars scared me because I was still at the point where 80% of my buildings were wooden. They set up next to a small hill I used as cover. I had my pistol-wielder build a sandbag near the corner and take potshots at that while my survival-rifle took shots from further back.

They downed my pistol-wielder first. Before I could save him, he got killed by a stray bullet from the survival-rifle. I had my 2 melee try to flank around a random wall; one got insta-killed behind the wall due to some weird quirk with LoS, the other one got insta-killed rushing them. My last colonist died because the pregnant husky halfway across the map went Manhunter upon her master being killed and chased her down.



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[ShadowTani]

Ouch, sounds like you did everything you could then. In DF that would be a loss that the dwarven bards would sing songs about. x3

[MikeLemmer]

What surprises me is that apparently mortars can shoot over natural hills? They were hitting me from the north, over that small hill just north of my base. Does that mean they can shoot mortar straight into the center of mountain bases, too?

[ShadowTani]

Yeah, I believe they can hit through mountain roofs as well, but I haven't really played mountain bases since the infestation mechanism came out so I can't say for sure (as I might remember wrong, or it may have changed since then).

[MikeLemmer]

Ouch, sounds like you did everything you could then. In DF that would be a loss that the dwarven bards would sing songs about. x3

Not quite. I had 3 huskies back at base I could've taken with me, but one had a missing leg, the other was pregnant, and frankly pets in combat seem more trouble than they're worth unless you're just kamikazing them; they keep wandering out of cover and getting shot.

[ShadowTani]

Animals in Rimworld are like potions in RPG's, you don't use them just in case you may need them more later. x3

[night777]

One of the most heroic moments I've had was...

My 7 man colony was rolling along. It was Winter in the Boreal Forest, and everyone was locked up inside because a pack of 24 manhunting Wargs were in our courtyard. My only friends, my best friends, the Peaceful Rest Valley outlanders decided to send me a helpful raid of five men during this time..

The wargs took them all down right outside of my doors. I was sure none of us were any match for the Wargs, but after a few hours I couldn't just watch these men bleed to death outside my wall.

The crazed Wargs seemed to migrate a full screen south, and I thought, now is my chance to mount a rescue. My men geared up and we rushed out the door in an effort to grab 'n go with the colonists. I figure worst comes to worst I'll fight these Wargs in my one-door choke point I've opened.

Good god, the Wargs just all turn and assault as soon as my boys started picking up the wounded. My soldiers are caught in the open field, getting thrashed by Wargs. A few men made it inside; I had to drop a survivor on a workbench so that pawn could help our three full power armored body guards fight off the massive swarm. Wargs went down. My boys went down. Everyone in the rescue fought valiantly, with rifle and gladius... The colony seems doomed, visitors and residents alike.

All of the men are down with bleeding wounds.. except one.

Howell the surgeon. He was in the operating room waiting to bandage the rescued, as they had been bleeding for a long time and would need immediate care.

But it came down to something else altogether: Howell versus ten wargs.

Howell, with no weapons training picked up our elite bodyguard MaceySOL's Charge Rifle.. and marshaled our two Dromedaries, a few Elk, our half dozen trained turkeys, and our two Timber Wolves.

With over half a dozen colonists laying wounded Howell and his band of furry and feathered creatures went into that dark wintery night..

And saved the colony.