O.K, I just got thru the Hornest's nest mission on my 3rd try!! LOL.
Didn't do anything special, I flew in "realistic mode"....When the first wave of cargo planes came in, I shot down 3 whilst I kept telling my squad to attack then once those were cleared the game clicked to next target, which was ground AA which I destroyed, after checking the map and seeing the next wave of transports were a ways away ofcourse...This happened one more time, cleared the next wave of transports then attacked AA> Mission Accomplished!?
I was astonished, since so many had extreme difficulty with this mission that it was over so quickly....totally beats me how I managed it so easily! I think I myself, managed to shoot down a total of 6 transports 'only' in total.
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