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I think the ones that run in and attack you are slightly armored, because they have exoskeleton. I believe it said "strong", which is not too bad. The ones that can shoot (or spit or whatever) several times per round are not armored. Neither are the useless snail-things.

I tried a single shotgun blast on a bug, and it didn't seem to damage the thing any more than a single round from a Mac-10. I only fired 1 shot, though, so I might just have been incredibly unlucky, I dunno. Now no one on my team uses shotguns anymore. They were pretty good in the beginning, but now I can't really find use for them, with their high demand for APs and lacking versatility.

I usually only fight at night if I am attacked, or accidentally stumble onto roaming squads. My usual tactic is to run around the map crouched, using cover as much as possible, and then when I see an enemy, form a line of prone soldiers, and shoot the sucker in the head repeatedly. Sometimes, as I walk along (or inside) a house, someone will hear an approaching enemy around the corner. In that situation, I will try to form a line as best I can, and wait for them. In that case, a good burst is very effective. I will sometimes let Ira burst at medium range, when I am dealing with a group of enemies - not because I expect her to hit anything (although she occasionally does), but just to keep the bastards busy as the more able soldiers move to cover, or set up shots. Also, when dealing with the crepitus in the mines, bursts were critical to the success of the team. It was very dark, and the bugs could really take a beating, so much of the fighting took place at very close range. The FN FAL would not have been a very good weapon down there, although it would have been a lot better than the mini-14s a couple of my guys were forced to settle with...

Kim Cattrall is a great suggestion - she was in Split Second, The Greatest Movie Of All Time! That qualifies her for ANYTHING, regardless of age or gender.

Yeah, I had a spring rod and barrel extender attached to the first C-7 I found, but then the barrel extender fell of when I was fighting the bugs. I didn't put it back on because I think the range is good enough, and I mostly shoot when prone, so I just added a bipod instead. I am saving the rest of the springs and rods for later, because I read somewhere that the supply is very limited. The FN FAL... Single shot is good, and it is very fast, but the burst is rather pathetic, isn't it? That 1.13 patch/mod is sounding more and more interesting, but I am playing through the vanilla first, since it was recommended in another thread on this forum. I am really starting to look forward to it, though! I also like that the source code is available, so one could have a peak inside... Gotta love those developers.

The misspelled one... (;

And it would totally improve his numbers in the poles.

The only thing that is better than not being hit much is not being hit at all. (; Using Cliff, and the Duck & Cover method, I didn't even get attacked, at all. Dumb beetles didn't give their queen legs, and she was just too slow for formerly drunk Dr. Cliff. You were (partly) right about the HPs. Some of the bugs had a little armor, but all in all, it was more effective. I have sent the team on holiday at Drassen Airport, where a bunch of goodies were waiting for them. Now the team is equipped with G41s, a M24, a C-7, and I was even able to procure 1 slightly used M-14 from Bobby Ray's, Also, everyone now has sniper scopes, which should improve things quite a bit. After this little adventure, Ira has become quite mediocre, and even manages to be slightly useful in combat. She is now up to 81 marksmanship! Not all bad. While the team was in Drassesn, the queen launched a major attack on Grumm mine, consisting of 20 more or less heavily armed soldiers. Luckily I had 20 militia there, as well as Maddog, and together they were able to defend the place, although with heavy losses. The good part is that Maddog could collect one FN FAL, and another C-7 from the bloody puddles. The plan now is to airlift the team back to the mine to get the weapons and help train more militia. Then march on to take care of Balime and Alma, which was what I was doing when the Bugs attacked.

Yes, you are right, of course. Besides, how could they be shooting already, when we haven't even finished casting the movie yet. (; Except for Segal, I simply can't agree with you there. I used to think so about Stalone, as well, until I saw Copland and re-watched the original Rambo.

Yay! I did it!! The queen is dead! No, not that one, the bug queen.. The real monster still lives. Sorry. It took a few tries, but in the end the team was successful, although more or less chewed to pieces. Here is another reason to like Cliff: He was the only one who could kill the queen, and not take 1 point of damage. Why? He is so fast that the queen doesn't get interrupt as he steps out, fires a salvo or two, and steps back into hiding. A couple of clips of this, and bye bye bugs. I tried it with 2 of the other soldiers, too, but that went sour quickly. I got some Royal Jelly out of the deal, too. Now I only have to find some toast. Delicious!

I think he is Hispanic, so maybe Edward James Olmos should play him? Oh, and Bruce Willis should put on a wig and some makeup and play Nails! He would be great at that! EDIT: Whoa, are they already making it?? IMDB link None of us seem to have thought of Sylvester Stallone, strange.

He really would, now that you mention it!

Thanks for that! About Bobby Ray's, he only has crap weapons for now, but it is slowly improving. Last time I checked, they even had some 7.62 NATO ammo, which is nice, though only a couple of clips. I have yet to actually buy a gun from them, though, since the ones I find are far better or equal to their stock. I get plenty of 5.56 rounds, which is what all my weapons use, except for the M24s, but still no APs for that caliber. Except if all non-HP 5.56 are AP? I have noticed that the number on the gun, indicating shots left, is red... I went back in the mine, and now it is full of monsters, so maybe it was a bug? (pun!) I have noticed quite a few of those, including one where the team never enters the map after leaving a sector. I had to ALT-TAB to the desktop and kill the program from the task manager to get out of that one... Luckily, it is a habit of mine to save before leaving a sector. Whoa, I just checked Bobby Ray's as I was writing this, and now they had 2 G41s, and 1 M24, and a whooping nine 7.62 clips! Not bad at all!

Thanks for the heads up on the hollow points! I was wondering about that. This Gabby fellow is interesting, where can I find him? I didn't find any queen, or other bugs for that matter, on the lower Grumm mine levels. Only the eggs (if that is indeed what they are). I just discovered that I can, in fact, destroy the things with explosives or grenades, but they have to be detonated right exactly next to them, unlike walls. It takes 1 stick of TNT, or 2 hand grenades. Maybe I will find the queen in another mine. Ira doesn't shoot that as much as she runs around, patching every ones wounds. Maybe I should think about upgrading? Hmm... Any suggestions for a good replacement? Also, I don't have any AKs or FN FAL rifles, only Mini-14s, a single C-7, a G41, and a couple of M24s, which aren't used much due to lack of ammo.

I see this more as a dialogue based art-film where Woody Allen would play all the parts, including the part of director.