Earth Defense Force 2017/Walkthrough

Teams
Ranger team - 1x ranger captain (red helmet) and 4x rangers
 * Love Kamikaze attack
 * Hate Hektor's Laser canon
 * You can force them to be under your command by killing their captain

Storm team - small team (usually 3 of them)
 * Love Destroying buildings
 * Hate Spiders
 * Your team

Scout team - small team (usually 3 of them)
 * Sometimes come under your command
 * Hero = Scout 4 in Stage 53

Mole team - Unknown
 * Love Shooting rockets at walls

Omega team - Super team with laser rifles
 * Love Killing Hektors and Gun ships
 * Hate Queen and Dino-mech
 * They have ZERO laser rifles which they can RELOAD in Stage 52 and 53
 * Although HQ won't let you use these ZERO laser rifles

Weapons

 * Pure Total Fire Power (PTFP) - Damage per/sec without reload time
 * [Damage/s]　=　[Damage]　＊　[Rate of fire/s]


 * Tactical Total Fire Power (TTFP) - Damage per/sec including reload time
 * [Damage/s]　=　[Damage] ＊ [Capacity] / ([Capacity-1] / [Rate of fire/s] + [Reload/s])

Assault Rifles


 * Assault rifles has good fire power, good range and most of them have less than 3 sec fast reload time.
 * There are three main rifles. Basic AF rifle, Small ammo but powerful ST rifle and Semi auto burst type B rifle. There are also two special type including 2WAY type AF-V and less accuracy but powerful AF18X.
 * Assault rifles are recommended for a protracted war because of the large ammo and fast reload time.
 * These type of weapons including Flame Thrower etc... which you have to shoot Ravagers continuously, means that you'd have less opportunities to roll to evade their attacks.
 * Also it's not recommended to use against fast moving Gunships because of the same reason.
 * If you shoot horizontally and turn, there is a big chance to shoot your team.


 * AF20RAR
 * Best for stopping the Ravagers coming at you. You can stop them for max 17 sec and reload time is almost unnoticeable. It's HARDEST's weapon but you could use it on some stages in Inferno where your have a big team.


 * AF99ST


 * It has a range of 480.0 and could be used to take Spaceship down which mean that you could use this weapon for short distance as well as long distance battle and let you have an extra choice of weapons for your tactics.

Shotgun
 * Standard Baffalo type, Semi-auto Sparrow type, Wideshot type spread bullets and Governor type has more bullets per a shot.
 * You can use it for Ants, Spiders but also Gunships.
 * Some of them has a long reload time and might take a while to finish.
 * Dead bodies might become obstacles in Cave mission but you could blow them away with shotguns


 * Buffalo Wide
 * It seems difficult to use as it spreads horizontally but all of the Spiders, Nest and Ants's targets are wide and actually you can hit better with this gun. Also, Gunships likes to move horizontally and you could use this gun well in middle distance (they will move vertically in short distance) Good reload time and power is best for Red Ants but not for Hektor.

Rocket Launcher


 * Five Card XB


 * This rifle has the longest range and you could use it like Bound guns in Caves. Damage 1200/0.7sec might seems weak when you compare with Bound guns but it won't disappear for 2000m and most of the bullets will hit means that actual fire power is more than you imagine. In fact, you can equip 2 of these in Stage 25 etc... and you can finish by just shooting randomly. You can use it in other stages but be careful not to alert some Ravagers waiting far away by mistake.


 * Zero Laser Rifle


 * It's a special weapon you can use after finishing the EASY mode. You cannot reload but it'd creat 18000 damage in only 3 sec. Stages such as 7 and 19 in NORMAL where you just need to destroy Spaceships can be finished without seeing Ants nor Spiders.




 * Lysander Z x2


 * INFERNO You would need roughly 6 shots per Hektor. Change weapon as soon as you shoot. Master this and you will become the true Storm 1. Can't find Lysander Z? me too.

Rocket launcher

The Ravagers
There are a few different types of Ravagers.
 * Won't attack till you get close or shoot one of them.
 * 1) Try not to shoot aimlessly and wake them up by mistake.
 * 2) Stop Ranger teams to Kamikaze attack and create hell by shooting Red helmet. Keep them under your control.
 * 3) Prepare for the war. Clear the battle field, put a bike next you to run away, try go behind, put C70 and set ZE-guns, collect all of your team mates before you make move.


 * Won't appear till 1st wave of Ravagers been cleared.
 * 1) Leaving Spider to the last is very dangerous. Try leave one Red Ant (or Ant) and reload your guns, collect health, set C70 where they appear etc... to get ready for next wave.


 * Others


 * 1) Mothership (Stage53) will be activated with time, Quadraped Fortress (Stage34) will be activated when certain numbers of Ravagers been killed.
 * 2) Mothership, Quadraped Fortress, Flying Saucer and Dino-tech won't get damaged by Genocide Gun.

C70 suicide attack

 * You have 1.5 sec of no damage while standing up
 * Equipments = C70 + Firecracker 1 (or MLRA-3)
 * Place C70 and blow yourself up → detonate

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