yeah, that's the plan. unfortunately there's no timer in game, so i termissed by so much. i also got 3 starport but mistake would be (i think) i waiting too many banshees.

my earlier attempt was 29 mins. 2nd time i aim for some expansion.

gonna try again.

goldfries & alexwlh: Thanks for the suggestion dude! But I got a different approach with the "Speed Too!" achievement. All i did is spam marines, marines and more marines. At the same time, spam vikings to deal with those pesky mutas and broodlords.

I managed to complete the achievement around 23mins. The "One shot kills 50" is really easy as what goldfries have mentioned earlier.

Now i am struggling to get the achievement for the last mission. Any tips on how to hold the fort?

watch the video on All in - Brutal - no Nova in youtube, very very impressive, basically you need speed of controlling everything, kill every single nydus worms(choose the air mission) very fast b4 they eject anything dangerous, and make flame tower everywhere near nova to lure queen to cast spell there instead of your tanks =). saw that video and seriously you can use that in hard without a problem(ppl did it in brutal, so hard should be easier, and even so you can use the nova once to get the achievement).

"speed too" is quite easy with ghosts, i did with all ghost with their upgrades(perma hidden and no need energy +2 range and +3 spot). also you need scanner, scan the base b4 you go in, so if there are ultra/brood lords, you need to be very careful about them(only them are dangerous). With enough ghost nothing else(beside those 2) able to damage your ghost, when ultra comes, either kill it fast or kill the detector fast, press r and click on the bull fast and repeat, 45 damage per snipe and with normal attack, it should be dead b4 reaching your ghost, and for brood lords, you must snipe them fast, they have heavy armor but snipe ignore armor, few shots can kill 1, with good timing/scan/snipe/enough ghosts/avoid the boss, you can take all bases out without losing a ghost.

This post has been edited by narf03: Aug 24 2010, 12:19 PM

Even with spamming Nova, my brutal All In was won with 0 base and 0 units with the artifact having about 40% HP left with Kerrigan and the entire zerg force attacking it lol. Without Nova on Brutal must be something.

Ever tried the one without Nydus? Gosh those Muta and Broodlords + massive ground attacks, that is a nightmare. I'm more interested to see how people defeat this on brutal.

i tried out both, my not-so-expert skill also can mange to reach 98.9% on ALL IN in Hard Mode vs Nydus.

I tried the one against air units, till now i haven't the chance to reach even 80%. Either that or I'm not trying hard enough.

ahh well. will try again some other time.

Did you wall up your base? I found out that sealing your base fully is not the best method. I tried leaving just a small space for them to rush in, so instead of hitting my Depots they try to rush in and die. About 4-6 Tanks, 1 initial Bunker loaded with Marines, 3 Thors and about maybe 5 Marauders with 3 Medics in each entrance will do. 2 groups of Banshees (At least 6 per group to be effective), 1 group supporting north and another south. These 2 groups will need to go out the moment those Nydus pops up. Kill the ones inside your base first before venturing out. With 2 groups killing the Nydus seperately, they should drop before much stronger units comes out.

Don't use your Banshees to attack Kerrigan without stun, it is too costly. Use your Thors to stun her, then Banshees fly in. 3 Thors per entrance you should be able to keep her stun locked for the whole duration. I din't know where to even find the build button for the fire turrets so I don't know their effectiveness, but seeing there are so many Zerglings I think it will be a very good support turret. Hope this helps.

i did ALL IN brutal and ALL IN hard(no nova) without killing any nydus at all. just gotta make a shitload of tanks and spam the slow towers around the chokes. didn't bother with bunkers, in fact i salvaged the first 4 bunkers to get some cash lol. have like 50 marines on standby and i only use them for kerrigan, stm and charge her when you see an opening before preferable b4 she's too close to your tanks. if you don't have slow towers then you might have to go around killing the nydus.

lol just got my "Speed Too!" archievement. I different approach...just use about 8-10 bashee and 10 vikings. Play the smart way..find the loophole where most less defense and slowly move in with bashee invi and viking helping to hit those detector n mutalisk while bashee take care of ground ..complete the mission in 20min times. left 3more hard mission to go >.<

TSJ: I used that too lol! Last base was a suicide mission but who cares, win anyway

I find that 2 of the hardest achievement was the Super Nova thingy and The Drill. Damn man, those were even harder than All In.

Supernova is kinda easy IMO, just produce lots of Banshees and cloaked in and kill. Yeah the All In is insane, only allow to use the Artifact once. I wonder which mission shall we choose prior to that to have an easier final mission. Shall we eliminate threat of Zerg Air Unit or those Nydus Worms?

Yahoo!!! Managed to complete all the campaign achievement. I felt like i was cheating in "All in" where i basically wall off the artifact with supply depot in order to prevent the Zerg from destroying it.

I am off to tackle the Brutal difficulty

First time i play in i take out nydus worms and flying unit were fine as in normal but in hard is disaster specially on broodlord. Now i restart campaign n take out zerg air unit. Gona try to see the ground forces of zerg but i think is easier to take care off. I duno..will check it out tonight once im back from outside =)

i choose colo over carrier cos i like the fella to just stand there and burn everything.

ARGH


These are the only two of the 'regular' achievements I'm missing (not including the brutal, and 8-hour normal campaign). Dunno why I keep losing a marine to the brutalisk. Even when I put raynor waaaaay in front, the brutalisk will still take a detour to swipe at a marine halfway and one hit kill him =_=;;

Then lock and load ... the first part is easy peasy but the second part wah ... panic lol when the hybrid is chasing ...

This post has been edited by deodorant: Aug 26 2010, 09:49 AM

i solo the brutalisk with jimmy. just run around and use the railgun on it. takes like 5 rounds i think and stop only to shoot. if you get low there is a health pack in the room. i also read u can use the robot you control earlier to kill it...not sure how is that done.

yes. solo the brutalisk with jimmy. jimmy has 500 health. run. gun. grenade if you manage. basically each time jimmy stops, the brutalisk should not hit him more than once.

by the time he's done, he should be barely alive. yes. leave him alone. marines and medic can go back to some secluded place. you can bring medic along but I'd rather not risk it.

my placement on green is that Jimmy is at a safe distance from brutalisk's 11 o'clock or so. after release, just run around towards the other end of the lab.

Ahh for that mission i use jimmy to lure the brutalisk to the enemy, by destroying the door 1st b4 i release the brutalisk.

Poor mengsk marine.

aiyah i think i reply wrong thread.

Yes air unit is easy for normal, but when i try brutal then it was crazy, they come from all direction and hardly defend (i use the cloaked ghost keep sniper broodlord like how people do in youtube but i barely survive until last wave at 99.7% recharge and overrun by them) So i restart and take out air unit and try again, using siege tank defend + banshee kill nydus worm and manage to win in 1 try. Finally completed all brutal..

I found 2 brutal mission is super insane for me where i so frustrated retrying:
1) Engine Of Destruction - So hard to protect stupid Odin drove by damn Tycus, can you just wait a while before you continue push? I hope i can use my SVC to stop you moving, hmm maybe you guy can try build building block him from moving to enemy base?
2) All In - Crazy Kerrigan + Air Unit

can you not just park siege tanks or marines in front of him?

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Added on August 26, 2010, 12:13 pmi try that in hard mode also susah liao. well. maybe my lousy choice of technology upgrade on my 1st campaign run (playing hard mode. cacat. many things fail to achieve. choose some less useful upgrades also)

furthest i got was 98.9%