Best way to deal with Lancers when low on steel/plasteel/uranium?

jpinard · October 31, 2018, 05:33:48 PM

I got in a pickle and I'm getting hammered by Lancers each time they show up. Half my pawns are missing arms and legs now and my turrets don't have the range to hit them. Any tips?

Canute · October 31, 2018, 05:53:34 PM

Try to play without turrets ! :-)
Hide behind walls out of sight, then the lancer come closer.
When they are in range, shoot at them.
If you like to micromange a bit more, move out of sight again until they move, then move out and shoot.
If you got shieldbelts, you can select 1-2 pawn as target dummys to hide/move behind cover so the lancer shoot at them, while your other pawn are pretty safe.

Shurp · October 31, 2018, 05:55:09 PM

1) Build a perimeter around your turrets just short of your turret range. Leave an opening. This forces anyone who wants to attack your turrets to get within range of your turrets. (Note that sappers will walk around and try to find somewhere else to attack your base)

2) Perimeters work to force raiders in range of whatever weapons your colonists have too.

3) Put your colonists behind walls/doors/sandbags. Cover helps a lot. Once you've shot out the scyther's sensors they have a hard time hitting anything.

and

4) If your colonists loose too many limbs... you can always eat them and the storyteller will send you more

jpinard · October 31, 2018, 06:32:06 PM

Ohhhh fantastic ideas. Thanks!

AileTheAlien · October 31, 2018, 08:20:33 PM

Sniper rifles outrange everything else.

b0rsuk · November 01, 2018, 05:10:33 AM

RUN AWAY!!!

I had 3 fights with mechanoids in this game. In first and third colonists got shot in the heart. From now on I'm not fighting mechs before advanced plasteel helmets and armor vests.

jpinard · November 01, 2018, 12:25:59 PM

Quote from: b0rsuk on November 01, 2018, 05:10:33 AM
RUN AWAY!!!

I had 3 fights with mechanoids in this game. In first and third colonists got shot in the heart. From now on I'm not fighting mechs before advanced plasteel helmets and armor vests.

But won't they tear everything apart if you don't deal with them?

bbqftw · November 01, 2018, 02:42:19 PM

Funny thing is that charge lance will still kill with a normal flak vest protected heart shot over 70% of the time

If you let a lancer take a shot at an unshielded pawn, you made a mistake. Devise your strategies accordingly from that premise.

cultist · November 01, 2018, 04:59:38 PM

Use walls to force the lancers into a smaller area where they can't outrange your turrets. Do everything you can to give them other targets than your pawns (turrets or expendable animals).

Shurp · November 01, 2018, 07:42:50 PM

Rewind to 1.8 and put on an armor vest that *can* take a charge lance hit to the chest without killing your pawn.

(But a head shot will still brain him)

Kirby23590 · November 02, 2018, 12:13:42 PM

If it's a single lancer.

Bush rush everyone with their fisticuffs...

These lancers suck when in close range, but if they get to fire their charge lances, just hope for the best and if your guy get's shot & is bleeding. Put him or her out of danger.

Try to lock em down with melee even without any weapons or when the guy is using a ranged weapon. Of course you could call in your allies from the Comms console to do the work for you or use EMP Grenades if you have them.