The purpose of this thread is to increase the difficulty of the current missions by doing them someway handicapped. Once someone completes a challenge a new one will be posted. The first challenge is to beat dummy assault using only a brain bot using only vanilla content. And not digging through the base.

Use the attached lua file to start with a brain bot. Backup your Missions.rte/Scenes/Scripts/Dummy Assault.lua and replace it with the provided file.

Post pics to prove that you've completed the challenge and don't cheat!

:/ I tried beating it with one actor only. I've gotten to the brain room with only a Ronin carrying a shovel and a Sniper Rifle, only digging through vents, and not picking up enemy weapons.
So by vanilla content you mean all of the vanilla content? Or only the super vanilla content (Ak, laser rifle, etc.)?

Use just the brain bot, use any vanilla (coalition, ronin etc.) guns. No mods.

Okay, I'll take you up on tihs chalenge tomorrow.

So we can have infinite bombs if we feel like it?

I beat the whole thing with one light clone who started only with a lady pistol.
Will try this challenge in a bit.

OMG, I was just screwing around using my favorite war tactic (sending endless waves appon waves of men at them). However I really didn't need to do anything cause as soon as I had my army finally built up and marching toards the dummy base "WIN" didn't fire 1 bullet. After 3 times I found out that a rouge dummy just decided to dig, dig, dig, and dig some more until he reaches their controler then proceeds to maul it with his turbodigger.
Easy as pie!

I got close, but I didn't quite make it.
I should have just gone back down for my grenade launcher.
My try.

I did it with an unarmed robot.
The dummys decided to kill their own brain for me though.

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Heavy Sniper rifle and a Mauler Shotgun. Boy was that turret on the left a pain.
And you kiddies never had to play the REALLY hard version of this level back when it was in beta.
The turrets had such a low mass that bullets went right through them, and they were pinned. The only way to kill them was to repeatedly fire at their base until they were out of life.

Okay, TLB beat this already, next one is to do the same without buying anything. You can use the vents for this.

I beat this with a Browncoat Heavy and a heavy sniper rifle under the 6 min demo time limit. I still had about a minute left on the clock, and probably more than half my health. How do I do this? First I quickly ordered the browncoat heavy and weapon in a dropship, then when the dropship came I commandeered it left to the right of the big bay-like opening (left of the dummy lookout tower) and dropped my actor there. I solid snaked and stealth sniped probable shooters (like the dreadnoughts in my way), even killed a dummy with a devastator just by dropping behind it without jetpacking and crushing it by forward body weight. The turrets took some tactical sniping, I only took the right one out, and I managed to drop down to where the brain is. The rest is a simple click on the keyboard.

Gah! I give up for now. I got all the way to the brain room with an annihilator cannon and a grenade launcher, but ended up killing myself with shrapnel without managing to even hurt the turrets. Frustrating. Going to give it another go later on today.

Btw fun thing to do: Use only drone to beat entire First Signs mission.
That thing can even operate a computer and dig! : O

Wow, I thought I was the only one. Challenge: Beat first signs with an uber cannon only. Sounds easy, it's not.