To Catch A Criminal LTQ: Walk through

[Devin]

For a summary of this and prior LTQ events, and links to the respective walk throughs, see the LTQ Historical Summary post: http://www.funzio.com/forum/showthre...orical-Summary

Boost Situation Update
- May 26: CJ54 posts update. Thank you CJ54. Summary is GREE may run a script to find those who received a duplicate boost effect and reward with some unit or gold, the gold being more likely. http://www.funzio.com/forum/showthre...l=1#post782234

- May 25: no update before event ended.

- May 24: no update.

- May 23: no update.

- May 22: CJ54 posts update. Summary is that recycled units with boosts should not have been used in this LTQ (or last), that these boosts cannot/will not be made to stack as it would have consequences, and they're looking at what they can do about the situation. Thank you CJ54 for updating. http://www.funzio.com/forum/showthre...l=1#post773198

- May 21: Sirius confirms they're collecting more information about boosts not working and/or not displaying. Thank you to Sirius for updating. http://www.funzio.com/forum/showthre...l=1#post772253

Requirements (normal mode only):
Note, I will bold and identify if new requirements are discovered. These appear to be complete.

Level required: Likely lvl 40. The LTQ event will show up in your Goals, and will have a small 'limited' icon next to it.

Barracks: lvl 7 for Flamethrower Soldier
War Factory: lvl 7 for Leopard Tank
Air Field: lvl 7 for Pavelow Helicopter
Shipyard: lvl 4 for Cruiser

Elite Training Facility: lvl 1 for Heavy Gunner
Robotics Facility: n/a
Advanced Airbase: n/a
Dry Docks: n/a

I have 1200 energy, and energy refreshes have usually been the full +1000 energy. Energy requirements are documented discretely based on feedback and requests.


===NORMAL MODE===

1/42: Enemy Outpost: sam launcher (20)
Energy Required: 20
Gazelle Recon Chopper (air, 43/99)

2/42: Enemy Outpost: sam launcher (11), turret (16), ruined fighter plane (10)
Energy Required: 37
Concrete, 15000 cash

3/42: Enemy Outpost: turret (21), helipad (12), barracks (22)
Energy Required: 55
Armored Assault Tank (ground, 90/60)

4/42: Enemy Outpost: military tent (17), guard tower (18), guard tower (14), installation sentry (19)
Energy Required: 68
Concrete, 150 valor

5/42: Enemy Outpost: battle tank (3x 23), jungle trooper (14), missile officer (16)
Energy Required: 99
Spetsnaz (infantry, 90/71, strong against ground)

6/42: Offshore Drilling Rig: drilling rig (22), drilling rig (2x 25), hapless civilian (15), larger bunker (22)
Energy Required: 109
Concrete, 40,000 cash

7/42: Offshore Drilling Rig: battleship (27), aircraft carrier (3x 28), cruiser (17), frigate (20)
Energy Required:148
Arctic Radar (ground, 40/125, strong against sea)

8/42: Dictators Compound: desert house (22), blown up car (20), border guard (30), sam launcher (2x 36), police truck (31)
Energy Required: 175
Concrete, 400 valor

9/42: Dictators Compound: guard tower (27), modern palace (30), dictator's palace (4x 34)
Energy Required: 193
Heavy Combat Boat (sea, 88/92)

10/42: Shipyard: marine trooper (53), shipwright (40), gunner hakim (2x 50), naval officer (45)
Energy Required: 238
Concrete, 65,000 cash

11/42: Shipyard: shipyard guard (42), shipwright's apprentice (2x 50), shipwright (40), naval architect (52), ship yard (43)
Energy Required: 277
Mortar Marksman (infantry, 116/98)

12/42: Mountain Pass: satellite uplink (3x 100)
Energy Required: 300
Concrete, 650 valor

13/42: Mountain Pass: mountain garrison (3x 108)
Energy Required: 324
Infantry Transport Tank (ground, 89/108)

14/42: Mountain Pass: sandbag bunker (4x 93)
Energy Required: 372
Concrete, 90,000 cash

15/42: Mountain Pass: general dustom (3x 103), medieval palace (110)
Energy Required: 419
Veteran Mauler (ground, 103/94)

16/42: Suspicious Village: village hovel (4x 120)
Energy Required: 480
Concrete, 900 valor

17/42: Suspicious Village: sandbag bunker (3x 114), regime gunman (2x 95)
Energy Required: 532
T-80 Manned Tank (ground, 82/115)

18/42: Suspicious Village: sandbag bunker (3x 130), henrik van der waals (2x 100)
Energy Required: 590
Concrete, 115,000 cash

19/42: Suspicious Village: family home (5x 122)
Energy Required: 610
Recommissioned Sub (sea, 99/99)

20/42: Suspicious Village: sandbag bunker (3x 130), anika ahrens (2x 104), painted house (92)
Energy Required: 690
Concrete, 1150 valor

21/42: Docks: docks warehouse (5x 140)
Energy Required: 700
Task Force Jet (air, 121/104)

22/42: Docks: enemy marine (100), docks warehouse (5x 140)
Energy Required: 800
Concrete, 140,000 cash

23/42: Docks: blue shipping container (4x 110), red shipping container (3x 115), green shipping container (84)
Energy Required: 869
Jungle SAM (ground, 200/117)

24/42: Emir Island: luxury villa (4x 125), tug boat (3x 152)
Energy Required: 956
Concrete, 150,000 cash, 1400 valor

25/42: Border Guard Complex: supply silo (4x 102), commander idris (7x 94)
Note: the green arrow might not show above commander idris- I had this problem, as did several others. Make sure to select the mission in the ltq, and complete the mission. It worked as expected for myself and others.
Energy Required: 1066
Covert Jet Fighter (air, 200/124, +2 Energy Regeneration)

26/42: Oil Refinery Plant: refinery platform (4x 176), commando sharpshooter (2x 148)
Energy Required: 1000
Concrete, 165,000 cash

27/42: Oil Refinery Plant: distillation column (4x 172), refinery warehouse (3x 170)
Energy Required: 1198
Nighthawk (air, 187/146, strong against air)

28/42: Oil Refinery Plant: refinery platform (6x 196), gas processing plant (118)
Energy Required: 1294
Concrete, 1650 valor

29/42: Oil Refinery Plant: storage tank (5x 156), refinery platform (4x 150)
Energy Required: 1380
Polar Recon HSV (sea, 230/161, strong against sea)

30/42: High Mountain Village: jungle truck (4x 178), satellite uplink (4x 195)
Energy Required: 1492
Concrete, 190,000 cash

31/42: High Mountain Village: mountain hut (5x 210), covert fighter (3x 172)
Energy Required: 1566
Desert Cobra (air, 227/194)

32/42: High Mountain Village: stone hut (94), stone hut (6x 184), regime die-hard (3x 158)
Energy Required: 1672
Concrete, 1900 valor

33/42: Naval Battle: oil drilling rig (5x 264), destroyer (2x 236)
Energy Required: 1792
Phantom Striker (air, 238/261)

34/42: Naval Battle: nuclear submarine (4x 340), stealth boat (167), transport boat (2x 176)
Energy Required: 2239
Concrete, 215,000 cash

35/42: Naval Battle: torpedo boat (4x 280), advanced destroyer (2x 370), combat boat (145)
Energy Required: 2005
First Strike Tomcat (air, 347/186, -20% health regen time)

36/42: Naval Battle: battleship (5x 318), drilling rig (3x 158)
Energy Required: 2064
Concrete, 2150 valor

37/42: Government Area: recruitment facility (5x 240), battle tank (4x 256)
Energy Required: 2224
Air Defense Carrier (sea, 215/334, strong against air)

38/42:
Government Area: sam launcher (5x 288), zuma mbeki (3x 310) (leapard tank)
Bomb Maker Compound: sandbag bunker (6x 318), cargo truck (4x 250) (flamethrower soldier, heavy gunner)
Energy Required: 5278
Concrete, 240,000 cash

39/42: Insurgent Block: guerrilla commander (12x 233)
Energy Required: 2796
2400 Valor
Land Stalker (ground, 562/441)

...hmm, odd... I'm a level forward??? maybe lvl 38 was 2 levels somehow??

41/42: Bomb Maker Compound: seamus mctaggart (13x 244)
Energy Required: 3172
Concrete

42/42: International Quarter: ghost operative (13x 252)
Energy Required: 3276
250,000 cash, 2500 valor
DEA Airborne Support (air, 1500/1000)


NORMAL MODE COMPLETE

TOTALS FOR NORMAL MODE:
Raw gains (a/d): 4,867/4,029
Bonus gains: +2 energy regen, -20% health regen time
Valor gain: Approx. 15,250
Gold spent: 580*
Enery Used: 44,575
XP gained: 9,812*

*Note: I pre-staged several missions, which reduced xp gained and gold spent.


=== PRESTIGE MODE ===
... in next post, continued

[Devin]

For a summary of this and prior LTQ events, and links to the respective walk throughs, see the LTQ Historical Summary post: http://www.funzio.com/forum/showthre...orical-Summary

Note: With knowledge of the entire event, I might have considered stopping at lvl 31/53 prestige. See Note #2 also. A quick glance of the units vs costs suggests a fair premium for limited gains to complete lvl 32-53 in prestige mode. Stopping after completing lvl 31/53 also means that it is not necessary to upgrade unit buildings above what is needed for normal mode.

Note #2: With the unfolding bonus stacking situation and that boosts don't stack, but that Gree might do something about it, I have no good advice. It depends on (a) if Gree does something, (b) if they do something that correlates to levels in the LTQ, and (c) if you already have the boost units or not. Gree could create awards to directly replace those won at each specific level, in which case going to lvl 31 makes sense. Gree could make some magical award for everyone that finishes prestige as compensation, in which case stopping at 31 would be a problem. Gree could do nothing at all, in which case the rewards in prestige are very light compared to prior LTQs and going free would appear to make sense.

Requirements (prestige mode- additional to normal mode, i.e. lvl 43-53):
These requirements appear to be complete. The bolded items are new increases above all prior LTQs.[/i]

Barracks: lvl 8 for SEAL
War Factory: lvl 9 for Mobile Artillery (Overrun Airbase)
Air Field: lvl 9 for Stealth Surveillance Drone
Shipyard: lvl 6 for Mine-Launcher

Elite Training Facility: lvl 2 for Commando
Robotics Facility: lvl 2 for Stryker
Advanced Airbase: lvl 2 for Osprey VTOL
Dry Docks: n/a

I have 1200 energy, and energy refreshes have usually been the full +1000 energy. Energy requirements are documented discretely based on feedback and requests.


=== PRESTIGE MODE ===

1/53: Enemy Outpost: sam launcher (20)
Energy Required: 20
15,000 cash
Long Distance Bomber (air, 154/103)

2/53: Enemy Outpost: sam launcher (11), turret (16), ruined fighter plane (10)
Energy Required: 37
Concrete, 150 valor

3/53: Enemy Outpost: turret (21), helipad (12), barracks (22)
Energy Required: 55
Concrete

4/53: Enemy Outpost: military tent (17), guard tower (18), guard tower (14), installation sentry (19)
Energy Required: 68
MG-26 Main Striker (air, 116/141)

5/53: Enemy Outpost: battle tank (3x 23), jungle trooper (14), missile officer (16)
Energy Required: 99
Concrete, 400 valor

6/53: Offshore Drilling Rig: drilling rig (22), drilling rig (2x 25), hapless civilian (15), larger bunker (22)
Energy Required: 109
Light Mortar Tank (ground, 93/121)

7/53: Offshore Drilling Rig: battleship (27), aircraft carrier (3x 28), cruiser (17), frigate (20)
Energy Required:148
Concrete, 65,000 cash

8/53: Dictators Compound: desert house (22), blown up car (20), border guard (30), sam launcher (2x 36), police truck (31)
Energy Required: 175
Concrete, 650 valor

9/53: Dictators Compound: guard tower (27), modern palace (30), dictator's palace (4x 34)
Energy Required: 193
Black Eagle (air, 133/82)

10/53: Shipyard: marine trooper (53), shipwright (40), gunner hakim (2x 50), naval officer (45)
Energy Required: 238
Concrete, 120,000 cash

11/53: Shipyard: shipyard guard (42), shipwright's apprentice (2x 50), shipwright (40), naval architect (52), ship yard (43)
Energy Required: 277
900 Valor
LRB Specialist (infantry, 180/95)

12/53: Mountain Pass: satellite uplink (3x 100)
Energy Required: 300
Concrete

13/53: Mountain Pass: mountain garrison (3x 108)
Energy Required: 324
Silent Thunder (air, 164/120, not-indestructible)

14/53: Mountain Pass: sandbag bunker (4x 93)
Energy Required: 372
Concrete, 1150 valor

15/53: Mountain Pass: general dustom (3x 103), medieval palace (110)
Energy Required: 419
Marine Sniper (infantry, 224/126)

16/53: Suspicious Village: village hovel (4x 120)
Energy Required: 480
Concrete, 170,000 cash

17/53: Suspicious Village: sandbag bunker (3x 114), regime gunman (2x 95)
Energy Required: 532
1400 valor
Storm Tank (ground, 115/245)

18/53: Suspicious Village: sandbag bunker (3x 130), henrik van der waals (2x 100)
Energy Required: 590
Concrete

19/53: Suspicious Village: family home (5x 122)
Energy Required: 610
205,000 cash
Blue Striker (air, 215/150, +2 valor from attacks)

20/53: Suspicious Village: sandbag bunker (3x 130), anika ahrens (2x 104), painted house (92)
Energy Required: 690
Concrete, 1650 valor

21/53: Docks: docks warehouse (5x 140)
Energy Required: 700
Cold-Weather Fighter (air, 255/145, strong against sea)

22/53: Docks: enemy marine (100), docks warehouse (5x 140)
Energy Required: 800
Concrete, 230,000 cash

23/53: Docks: blue shipping container (4x 110), red shipping container (3x 115), green shipping container (84)
Energy Required: 869
1900 valor
Armed Infirmary (ground, 125/305, 20% casualty reduction)

24/53: Emir Island: luxury villa (4x 125), tug boat (3x 152)
Energy Required: 956
Concrete

25/53: Border Guard Complex: supply silo (4x 102), commander idris (7x 94)
Energy Required: 1066
265,000 cash
Prototype Fighter (air, 257/178)

26/53: Oil Refinery Plant: refinery platform (4x 176), commando sharpshooter (2x 148)
Energy Required: 1000
Concrete, 2150 valor

27/53: Oil Refinery Plant: distillation column (4x 172), refinery warehouse (3x 170)
Energy Required: 1198
Sea Destroyer (sea, 300/212)

28/53: Oil Refinery Plant: refinery platform (6x 196), gas processing plant (118)
Energy Required: 1294
Concrete, 310,000 cash

29/53: Oil Refinery Plant: storage tank (5x 156), refinery platform (4x 150)
Energy Required: 1380
2400 valor
Falcon Supersonic (air, 327/197, +2 Energy Regeneration)

30/53: High Mountain Village: jungle truck (4x 178), satellite uplink (4x 195)
Energy Required: 1492
Concrete

31/53: High Mountain Village: mountain hut (5x 210), covert fighter (3x 172)
Energy Required: 1566
325,000 cash
First Strike Tomcat (air, 347/186, -20% health regen time)

Yes, a second one, no I cannot tell if they stack - my gui definitely doesn't show all the health regen time reductions I have, let alone if they are stacking

32/53: High Mountain Village: stone hut (94), stone hut (6x 184), regime die-hard (3x 158)
Energy Required: 1672
Concrete, 2650 valor

33/53: Naval Battle: oil drilling rig (5x 264), destroyer (2x 236)
Energy Required: 1792
Covert Ops Mercenary (infantry, 326/241)

34/53: Naval Battle: nuclear submarine (4x 340), stealth boat (167), transport boat (2x 176)
Energy Required: 2239
Concrete, 390,000 cash

35/53: Naval Battle: torpedo boat (4x 280), advanced destroyer (2x 370), combat boat (145)
Energy Required: 2005
2900 valor
Wavebreaker (sea, 370/255 not-indestructible)

36/53: Naval Battle: battleship (5x 318), drilling rig (3x 158)
Energy Required: 2064
Concrete

37/53: Government Area: recruitment facility (5x 240), battle tank (4x 256)
Energy Required: 2224
415,000 cash
Elite Ops Specialist (infantry, 361/290, strong against sea)

38/53: Government Area: sam launcher (5x 288), zuma mbeki (3x 310) (leapard tank)
Energy Required: 2370
Concrete, 3150 valor

39/53: Insurgent Block: guerrilla commander (12x 233)
Energy Required: 2796
Siege Tank (ground, 410/290 not-indestructible)

40/53: Bomb Maker Compound: sandbag bunker (6x 318), cargo truck (4x 250) (flamethrower soldier, heavy gunner)
Energy Required: 2908
Concrete, 440,000 cash

41/53: Bomb Maker Compound: seamus mctaggart (13x 244)
Energy Required: 3172
3400 valor
Soldier Assassin (infantry, 440/316, strong against infantry)

42/53: International Quarter: ghost operative (13x 252)
Energy Required: 3276
Concrete

...NOTE: the prior 42 prestige mode levels are identical to the 42 levels in normal mode. Now for the additional ending!...

43/53: International Quarter: sneaky subversionist (4x 312), masked bomber (6x 244), destroyed car (3x 224)
Energy Required: 3384
545,000 cash
Executive Chinook (air, 450/325 not-indestructible)

44/53: Steel Plant: magnetic crane (5x 332), factory (6x 276), cargo truck (170)
Energy Required: 3486
Concrete, 3650 valor

45/53: Financial District: personnel carrier (4x 258), patrol vehicle (4x 270), armored truck (5x 318)
Energy Required: 3702
Elite Base Defense (air, 336/464)

46/53: Capital City: personnel carrier (3x 280), patrol vehicle (5x 340), armored truck (4x 310) - NEEDS SEAL, stryker
Energy Required: 3780
Concrete, 650,000 cash

47/53: Steel Plant: the foreman (14x 280)
Energy Required: 3920
3900 valor
Diamondhead Bomber (air, 550/450 not-indestructible)

48/53: Financial District: commtek agent (14x 288)
Energy Required: 4032
Concrete

49/53: DMZ: lt. jae park (15x 326) - comanche heli
Energy Required: 4890 ...oh yeah, now the energy requirements are up there!...
735,000 cash
Mine Recon Submarine (sea, 463/724)

50/53: Overrun Airbase: air traffic control (5x 320), aircraft hangar (3x 265), turret (215), assault bunker (6x 365), airfield (3x 264)
Energy Required: 5592
Concrete, 4150 valor

51/53: Overrun Airbase: communication center (2x 242), fighter hangar (2x 210), armored truck (4x 255), personnel carrier (2x 278), heavy bomber (272), aircraft carrier (7x 410) - comanche, harrier
Energy Required: 5622
APC Demolisher (infantry, 479/718)

52/53: Overrun Airbase: destroyer (235), aircraft mechanic (244), armed flagger (3x 290), traffic officer (2x 219), bomber pilot (2x 248), squadron leader (3x 338) - stealth surveillance drone, mine launcher
Energy Required: 3297
Concrete, 800,000 cash

53/53: Overrun Airbase: msgt. tetsubane (16x 334)
Energy Required: 5344
4500 valor
DEA Interceptor Tank (ground, 3900/2600)


PRESTIGE MODE COMPLETE - LTQ EVENT COMPLETE


TOTALS FOR PRESTIGE MODE
Raw gains (a/d): 9,146/7,639**
Bonus gains: +2 valor from attacks, 20% casualty reduction, +2 energy regeneration, -20% health regen time (unknown stacking)
Valor gain: 41,050
Gold spent: 1560*
Enery Used: 91,624
XP gained: 30,432*

*Note: I pre-staged several missions, which reduced xp gained and gold spent.
**Raw gains only include stats from indestructible units (i.e. non-indestructible units are excluded).

TOTALS FOR ENTIRE EVENT (both NORMAL and PRESTIGE MODE):
Raw gains (a/d): 14,013/11,668**
Bonus gains: +2 energy regen, -20% health regen time, +2 valor from attacks, 20% casualty reduction, +2 energy regeneration, -20% health regen time (unknown stacking)
Valor gain: 56,300
Gold spent: 2,140
Enery Used: 136,199
XP gained: 40,244

**Raw gains only include stats from indestructible units (i.e. non-indestructible units are excluded).


This one is *definitely* tougher folks!

And to reiterate what I said at the beginning of this prestige mode info:

Note: With knowledge of the entire event, I might have considered stopping at lvl 31/53 prestige. See Note #2 also. A quick glance of the units vs costs suggests a fair premium for limited gains to complete lvl 32-53 in prestige mode. Stopping after completing lvl 31/53 also means that it is not necessary to upgrade unit buildings above what is needed for normal mode.

Note #2: With the unfolding bonus stacking situation and that boosts don't stack, but that Gree might do something about it, I have no good advice. It depends on (a) if Gree does something, (b) if they do something that correlates to levels in the LTQ, and (c) if you already have the boost units or not. Gree could create awards to directly replace those won at each specific level, in which case going to lvl 31 makes sense. Gree could make some magical award for everyone that finishes prestige as compensation, in which case stopping at 31 would be a problem. Gree could do nothing at all, in which case the rewards in prestige are very light compared to prior LTQs and going free would appear to make sense.

Enjoy

[PITA4PRES]

THE MAN is gonna do it again!!

[pelle plutt]

REG for the win!!!!

+2 energy regen unit on lvl 25!

-20% health regen time on lvl 35

Looks like Gree is pushing inflation like crazy this time around =)

+ the units dont stack, so all the people who managed to get them through the first set of collect 10 events will miss out....

[Rambozo]

Go dude !!!! Goooooooo

[Allday]

Devin, Thanks man

[Miner]

Greatest Faction Member EVER!

Oh and... ON THE FIRST PAGE!

Normal Mode Mission #26 comes with a +2 Energy Boost!

[MajorPain]

Get em' Devin!

[ppownage]

Greatest Faction Member EVER!

Oh and... ON THE FIRST PAGE!

haha LMAO xD good luck devin

[Some Random Clown]

Did you prestage any multi hit targets this time? I did a few just to try and get farther as a free player.

[tac00]

The man. The myth. The legend. He is back again to help the rich and greedy and poor alike!

Our hero Devin!

[hoho]

Devin, you are awesome

[Thief]

What you haven't finished yet? Hahaha just kidding thanks again Devin! You are the man!

[Rowdydowdy]

Thanks Devin!

[Adm.J]

So far this is not showing up for my level 31 player. Also, it seems that Gree may be on to the pre-staging, as it seems that this is not following quite like previous LTQ's. Could just be me though.