i duno i just started a hardcore game and both of the first recruit missions have you running in gauntlets against 12-20 bots, without saves and often without any ammo resupply. autoaim for the AI means anytime you shoot at them you lose shields, so whenever i kill one i have to wait for my shields to recharge again.
it becomes a game of hide behind things and wait for abilities/shields to recharge. positioning/flanking doesnt mean crap cause you dont have the time to do inflict damage since 4 shots take you down, and youre always up against a squad of 4+ units. you can only kill one at a time because of how small your clip is. an entire clip form the assault rifle, at point blank, can only down 2 maybe 2 and half bots. that still leaves the other 2 to autoaim your shields down.
i mean during most missions i just fly through mashing abilities 80% but then there comes the gauntlet-type events where you cant save and its just wave after wave
maybe its cause im on my 2nd play through and all my guys are like level 23 already so the AI is alot tougher