*Well done, Tenno. You sent the Nightwatch Corps. a message they won't soon forget.<br><br>The Lotus
*Well done, Tenno. You sent the Nightwatch Corps. a message they won't soon forget.<br><br>The Lotus
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TACTICAL ALERT LONG SHADOW - Revenge of the Nightwatch Warframe
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Revision as of 18:10, 30 September 2016
Tactical Alerts are special Alert missions that feature unique challenges and enemies compared to traditional Alert missions. While Tactical Alerts appear for a limited time like normal alerts, they occupy their own unique mission node within a planet, and disappear only once their designated duration has expired, making them more similar to Events. They were first introduced in Hotfix 14.2.4 (2014-08-23).
Mechanics
Example of an active Tactical Alert.
Unlike traditional Alert missions, Tactical Alerts can contain non-standard enemy compositions such as large numbers of advanced units or even multiple instances of boss units that make the opposition deadlier than usual. Additionally, Tactical Alerts can impose restrictions that limits a player's loadout; many feature so-called "Void Sensors" that places a maximum Conclave point limit that restricts players on the type of weapons and equipment they can carry, which forces the player to use underpowered equipment or incomplete loadouts. Other Tactical Alerts may have other types of restrictions, like being able to use only a specific weapon.
Tactical Alerts also do not disappear after a single run; instead, each successful run of a Tactical Alert will grant points that accumulate with each subsequent run. The Tactical Alert is completed after a certain amount of points are acquired, which will then grant players the stated reward.
Additionally, after completion players have the option of running a Stratos Challenge, which is a more difficult version of the completed Tactical Alert with more powerful enemies and even lower Conclave point limits. Completing the Stratos Challenge has similar mechanics to the above, and will grant a Stratos Emblem (also known as a Tactical Specialist Emblem) upon the first completion, with subsequent completions changing the rank of the badge each time a challenge is completed.
The second mission is a Grineer Shipyard Defense mission, though the map has a higher than normal chance of producing lightning strikes.
The third mission is a 20-wave Survival mission onboard a Grineer Galleon, with the Fire environmental hazard active; the level will periodically proc Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist.status effects on both Tenno and Grineer alike.
The final Endurance mission is similar to the third mission, but with a Cryogenic Leak hazard, with ice patches on the ground that will deal Script error: The function "Proc" does not exist. proc on units that walk through them.
Intro
Tenno,
The Nightwatch Corps. are back. A lone survivor from a massacre near Ceres has revealed that they have set up base there. We need to know what they’re up to.
Travel to Ceres and intercept their communications. Good luck, Tenno.
The Lotus
Success
First mission:
Tenno,
We have recovered vital information from the messages you intercepted. Take this with my thanks.
- The Lotus
Three next missions:
Well done, Tenno. You sent the Nightwatch Corps. a message they won't soon forget.
The Lotus
Media
TACTICAL ALERT LONG SHADOW - Revenge of the Nightwatch Warframe
Completed Alerts
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Trivia
The Avalanche Offensive of Update 14.2 (2014-08-13) functioned very similarly to Tactical Alerts, likely because it was an early test of their implementation.
A Tactical Recall weekend mini-event was held from December 10, 2015, to December 14, 2015, in which the Christmas 2014 Tactical Alerts Pack Mentality, Toxic Terrors, Fleet Footed, and Fight or Flight, were reintroduced as 24-hour alerts with different rewards from their original appearances.
Patch History
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