Counterpoint Walkthru
From this past week, I've found that the easiest place to get Terran marks is in the new space queue, Counterpoint. I put together a little walkthru as people come to play S11 this weekend (I'll be updating this in the future as the strategy develops).
Part 1
Required Objectives:
Optional Objectives:
Strategy
Fly to DS9 and kill all the Terran ships. Don't worry about healing DS9 because it's pretty solid.
Part 2
Required Objectives:
Optional objectives:
Strategy
There are portals that spawn several dozen kilometers from DS9 along with a few Terran ships. 2 or 3 players should go to these (they are marked on your map in white) to clear the Terran ships and close the portals, while the others stay and defend DS9. There are only 2 rifts open at a time, so everyone scrambling to the portals isn't efficient.
Taking damage stops the portal-closing process, so that's why we clear the ships first.
Part 3
Required Objectives:
Optional Objectives:
Strategy
This phase can be tricky because there's a lot going on. But you can do it in 2 easy steps:
a) Everyone go to Terok Nor and pew pew it down to 35-40%. Then stop shooting! This way you don't trigger its self-heals.
b) Now ferry assault teams from DS9 to Terok Nor. Don't shoot at Terok Nor, and you don't really need to fire at the ships that are attacking DS9 because they're pretty weak (the worst I've seen in a pug is DS9 getting down to 94% average health).
You can do stuff while transporting, so use heals and Tactical Teams to keep your health up (your shields go down or transport), and use Attack Pattern Omega, Evasive Maneuvers, and Emergency Power to Weapons to keep moving. You don't need to stay close to either station while the transport process is occurring.
[update: running this queue this weekend on normal and advanced makes me wonder if this is all necessary, if it's not more efficient to just transport troops and shoot at TN when you're near it. On elite, though, I think it still makes sense.]
Phase 4
Optional Objective:
Strategy
Pew pew pew! Take that, Admiral Leeta of the ISS Enterprise!
It's over!
Part 1
Required Objectives:
- Clear the ships (Normal, Advanced, Elite)
- Keep ds9 above 50% (Elite)
Optional Objectives:
- Keep DS9 above 75% (Normal, Advanced)
Strategy
Fly to DS9 and kill all the Terran ships. Don't worry about healing DS9 because it's pretty solid.
Part 2
Required Objectives:
- Close 5 portals (Elite)
Optional objectives:
- Keep DS9 above 75% (Normal, Advanced, Elite)
- Close 5 portals (Normal, Advanced)
- Bonus: close additional portals (Normal, Advanced)
Strategy
There are portals that spawn several dozen kilometers from DS9 along with a few Terran ships. 2 or 3 players should go to these (they are marked on your map in white) to clear the Terran ships and close the portals, while the others stay and defend DS9. There are only 2 rifts open at a time, so everyone scrambling to the portals isn't efficient.
Taking damage stops the portal-closing process, so that's why we clear the ships first.
Part 3
Required Objectives:
- 15 Assault teams landed (Elite)
Optional Objectives:
- Assault teams landed [just a counter] (Normal, Advanced)
- Bonus assault teams landed [counter] (Elite)
- Get Terok Nor's average health to below 50% (Normal, Advanced, Elite)
- Keep DS9's average health above 50% (Normal, Advanced, Elite)
Strategy
This phase can be tricky because there's a lot going on. But you can do it in 2 easy steps:
a) Everyone go to Terok Nor and pew pew it down to 35-40%. Then stop shooting! This way you don't trigger its self-heals.
b) Now ferry assault teams from DS9 to Terok Nor. Don't shoot at Terok Nor, and you don't really need to fire at the ships that are attacking DS9 because they're pretty weak (the worst I've seen in a pug is DS9 getting down to 94% average health).
You can do stuff while transporting, so use heals and Tactical Teams to keep your health up (your shields go down or transport), and use Attack Pattern Omega, Evasive Maneuvers, and Emergency Power to Weapons to keep moving. You don't need to stay close to either station while the transport process is occurring.
[update: running this queue this weekend on normal and advanced makes me wonder if this is all necessary, if it's not more efficient to just transport troops and shoot at TN when you're near it. On elite, though, I think it still makes sense.]
Phase 4
Optional Objective:
- Defeat reinforcement groups in 3 minutes (Normal, Advanced, Elite)
Strategy
Pew pew pew! Take that, Admiral Leeta of the ISS Enterprise!
It's over!