So I did the Black Garden solo last night and I just wanna say

that final area.
I'm still stuck at Lvl 21 but cruising thru for the most part with my Scout, Sniper & RL... have a bit of trouble in one area but really my fault for trying to bumrush the area.
I get transported to the final area and just get mauled. Scout rifle just isn't a good choice for the intro bit and there's no safe haven where I could swap out. I died like 15 times until I worked out a good plan... then come the statues.
1st one goes easy, 2nd is tougher since I ran out of ammo for Snipe & RL. Third was the worst having to rely on the Scout and scavenging like crazy for ammo... ANY ammo :lol:
But man it felt good to take out that last sucker. I will say, that experience really captured the old feeling of the NES days. You know, where you're struck by that AHA moment and get past the roadblock.
Odd part is that I thought I chose the mission as part of a Strike; don't remember if it was the daily or just random strike. But when I look at my profile, it's listed under Story mission. Guessing that happened since I still haven't progressed the story past the Moon.
Also got that pulse rifle from the stranger at the end of the mission.
Trying to get kills with a hand canon or scout rifle feels so under powered. By the time you get 1 or 2 of 4 shots needed to get a kill out, you are dead to a shotgun or auto rifle because they kill you in one shot or less than a second. Even if you are getting headshots it still takes at least 4 hits to get a kill.
Yup. I gave up on those bounties because you just don't stand a chance. The only way I see getting those headshots would be poaching kills from your teammates and I try to not do that sorta stuff.
But it IS a great way to get the Assists bounty. I cleared that in 5, maybe 6 matches. I'd whittle down the health far enough before I was killed that a teammate would eventually come by and finish off for the kill