A ton of silver spiders, and just that 😂😑😑😑😑😑. Not only do they have a gazillion armor, but their movement is also very varied and unreliable. It's very usual to see a spider jump half the map to your back, and in the case of this mission, it's not only one. The main issue is how fast you can be in a sea of webs and even one of the supplied 175k+ armor Nixs will melt in 1 or 2 secs.
It can be done just using them but the number of ammo in all 4 Nixs is not exactly enough, but not very comfortable to be safe.
There are 4 Nixs along with a squad of WDs in each in 2 of the beaches, to the back left from start. The WD NPCs have tremendous issues leaving the main beach, even the group in the smaller beach is sometimes slaughtered as it gets to the main beach from their initial position.
2 places will spawn more than 10 silvers if you pass near them, the jp wiki mentions 3 but the one by the beach will the spiders spawn anyway if you go near it or not. The easiest to know is the bridge (where you start in the infamous easy to farm mission 87) and in the mountains near the river to the left and right of this bridge. I do think it's possible that on some occasions and runs they will spawn anyway, at least it seems to happen.
There are 165 silver spiders in this mission. Considering that they usually drop 2 crates (but can also be just 1 or 3), it's at least 330 crates. Remember that only 128 crates can be on the map at the same time and the goal is crate collection, not zipping through the mission.
Essential weapons:
- Heavy Bomber Phobos Z Plan 4. I think I tried every weapon to see which ones could kill, delay or cause havoc on the spiders to help. This was the only one that worked. It's also easy to use since you can just exit a Nix and launch it without aiming, it will be in the direction you are facing and you just need to step back a little to avoid getting hit.
- FZ-GUN MX or ZEXR-GUN. The first are the best towers to handle silvers, as they stun them and can do that to several at once. However, for collection purposes, the ZEXRs can be more useful. You can also use the DLC KM6 Plan X18 if you have it, but unlike the Phobos won't stun and blast spiders, and it won't kill them in 1 attack unless they're in the center of the attack pattern
- Guard Assist Gun G. These will help tremendously in the survival of the Nix. A major plus is how fast they rebuild. Not easy or a good idea to apply during the more stressful Nix changes,
- Blacker E9 or E10, for its speed, it's the best escape vehicle. You can also try a Grape. The Nix Assault is also quite good.
Armor: 1000+
surviving until the vehicle arrives isn't easy. After that you either manage or not, no armor will save your ass if things go berserk
Plan:
Drop the turrets to your back around the start position. Your goal is to capture the NPCs and stay near the blocked tunnel entrance, so spread the turrets in a way that covers the enemy's approach from their spawn points. When near the tunnel, start throwing Phobos attacks, with some luck 1 or 2 silvers will die, enabling you to call the vehicle. You'll probably be able to call 3 or 4 Phobos attacks but after the second it's likely a new wave of spiders will have spawned outside the map to the tunnel side, so throw the Phobos to that area.
Surviving until the vehicle arrives is unreliable. Keep moving slightly, shoot a Guard gun pellet to the ground to help if you want. When the vehicle arrives, use a Guard pellet on it and enter it. If it's a tank run away immediately to the beach by the right track. If it's a Nix Assault you can stay in the start area and clean up the 2 initial spider waves.
Your Nix Assaults have 90k armor, the 4 that the mission has provided on the beaches have almost twice that. Once you reach the smaller beach capture the WDs, enter a Nix if necessary (it will be mandatory if you're in a tank), and proceed to the next beach. The Nix Asssult is fast and its jumps are huge but be careful as sometimes it's a hindrance. It's also really easy to get into an uncontrolled fall on them or be stuck in slow motion during a climb. The NPC WDs have some real troubles crossing the area between the 2 beaches, often they will get stuck in that area and will be massacred by the spiders.
From this point on, the whole idea is to get from the end of the big beach to the start area, killing a few spiders at these ends, to avoid spreading too much the crates. Once you hop back to the other area, prepare turrets, rebuild Guard Gun and summon new Nix Assault if you want and have it, and pick all the crates you can.
You just have to be careful when the last wave of 60 silvers spawns at the end of the bigger beach. This wave will destroy your Nix if you're not careful, so get away from that point if you're near when they spawn. Once you've done this mission a few times it does become reasonably easy.
Take advantage of the last one or two spider groups that can be spawned at the end, as these can also provide a few weapon crates.
With the ranger and WD something similar can be done but takes more time and you have to be a LOT more careful. The lack of the Guard gun means the supplied Nixes can fry in a snap, you can't leave turrets to do your job while you're picking crates and you can't summon further Nixes (if that was your choice). The AR has a huge advantage here.
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