I posted this in an old thread in the DA section ( http://forums.impulsedriven.com/306718 ), but think I have a better chance at a reply if I re-post it here. Sorry if that offends anyone. I'm quoting the guy who started that thread back in 2008. He never got an answer.
I am playing the Dread Lord campaign but is stuck with the "Escape" mission. In this mission you have to conquer at planet belonging to the Dread Lords. When you invade the planet you have an advantage of -21474 compared to 86 for the Dread Lords. Despite you sending 50000 soldiers to invade the planet against 20 you keep loosing.
How can I conquer the planet and get on with the mission?
Sincerely Torben Skovbo Hansen
I'm having the same problem. Last night I first tried an early invasion (three waves of 2,000 each) when I saw the planet had no ships in orbit. All wipe outs. I tried again later with a fleet containing 36,500M, soldiering at +80%, maxed logistics, Tir Quan training built, bombardment and tidal disruption researched, etc. And a bunch of turns after that, tried it with 66,000M.
Both attempts were wipe outs.
Today I researched every single tech. There was nothing left to research. I'd decided their tech advantage was what was hurting me. Waste of time, but I then loaded huge holds with 16 advanced troop mods each and fleeted 5 of them since that's all that'll fit (max logistics is at 58). I added a 5 logistics 6,000M cargo hold carrier and a 3 logistics 2,000M small hull carrier to bring my total to 88,000M troops.
Wipe out.
I had saved, so I reloaded and tried every type of invasion; Normal, Mass Driver, Core Detonation, Tidal Disruption, Gas, and for the hell of it, Information.
Wipe out. Every time.
I've yet to kill one single DL soldier.
Hell, I even built, and maxed out, a military and an influence starbase on top of the planet just in case they might help. They didn't.
In the previous scenarios, 2,000 - 4,000 troops using mass drivers, or even core detonation, would almost always win, so this is very odd.
Something that really bothers me is that the DLs show a negative Tech rating at the invasion screen, so I don't know if I'm missing something or if the scenario is just bugged. DL tech rating is -272
Anyone have a clue for me?
Again, this is the final scenario, Escape, not the earlier ones. This one is different. I say this because of the replies I saw in the other thread, those guys who posted there were thinking of Achilles Heel or Apocalypse.
I'm playing at Challenging level, in case that matters.
