Eclipse Heavy



Eclipse heavy’s are the heavy weapon fire support for the mercenary organization Eclipse. Heavy’s are exclusively human they possess no shielding on normal they do however gain armour on higher difficulties such as hardcore and Insanity. They are used to cause large amounts of damage to an opposing squad they typically stay as far away as possible letting troopers and other troop types pin the enemy down while they stay behind cover and unleash their missiles.

They are equipped with M-77 missile launchers which can cause moderate amounts of damage they can however consistently pepper a squad with them quickly killing particularly on Insanity. On normal and veteran the heavy’s missiles do not retain homing capabilities on higher difficulties however they do making them even more deadly. Heavy’s are usually deployed as a complement to a normal squad or as a group of heavy’s. If deployed singularly to a squad they will simply barrage the player in support of their squad they should be considered a priority target as they can force a player out of cover. If deployed as a heavy squad they are actually much easier to deal with it is important to time shots so that the missiles will be unable to make contact.

On higher difficulties the best tactic with heavy’s is simply to snipe them from a distance, a squad is usually safer in cover than having to risk being hit by a homing missile that staggers them and leaves them vulnerable to any opponent with a firing line. The misslies also have a high chance of killing if 2 or three hit in quick succsession