Statuesque

Opportunity

Claptrap’s plan to destroy the statues of Handsome Jack is just the type of bold thinking this revolution needs! Unfortunately, it’s not going to be as easy as the little robot might suggest. Accept the mission from the Opportunity Bounty Board, and head east toward Living Legend Plaza, where the nearest statue of Handsome Jack is located. Shoot the statue with a single bullet to discover its imperviousness without wasting too much ammo.

This might be a roadblock to lesser minions, but not you! Continue east to the Orbital Delivery Zone to find an inactive Overseer Bot that Claptrap had discovered in his scouting of the area. Don’t worry about fighting the Constructor Bot that often appears on the helipad or any of the other Loaders or Engineers in the area, as they’ll only cause you to use up your ammo. Instead, just run inside the shed where the Overseer is, and press the button on its side to hack it.

The Hacked Overseer automatically flies back along the path you just walked and begins using its laser to cut through the base of the first Handsome Jack statue. Your job is to protect it at all costs. Equip a Corrosive sniper rifle and shotgun along with some Corrosive grenades and a rocket launcher. Dozens of Loaders and Engineers are going to flood the area in an effort to stop the Hacked Overseer from destroying the statues. With four statues to topple, you must minimize the amount of damage the Hacked Overseer receives at each stop.

Watch the minimap closely and focus on the strongest enemies first (WAR Loaders, Badass Loaders, and Constructor Bots), groups of lesser enemies second (Combat Engineers and GUN Loaders), and individual weaker enemies last (Engineers and ION Loaders). The key to successfully completing this mission is one of efficiency: you must make the most of your ammunition supplies and seek to eliminate the largest, condensed threats first. Don’t worry about conserving your rocket launcher ammo if a single rocket can take out a half-dozen Combat Engineers—fire that rocket! Similarly, you must have the restraint to ignore a group of relatively weak GUN Loaders if there is a Constructor Bot on the battlefield.

One of the most challenging aspects of this mission is managing your ammo supplies. Fortunately, there’s a trick you can employ to buy yourself some time to forage and maybe even run to a nearby vending machine. The Hacked Overseer will not relocate to the next statue until every enemy that attacked it is destroyed. Use this to your advantage by leaving a normal Engineer or Combat Engineer alive at the end of each battle so you can scour the area for ammo and money, and maybe (if close by) even loot some containers or hit up a vending machine. The Hacked Overseer can withstand a few bullets from a weak enemy without becoming overly damaged. This tactic may keep you from completing the very difficult bonus objective, but it’s more important to maintain your ammo reserves. 

Be prepared to protect the Hacked Overseer against a Super Badass Loader while it cuts down the third statue. Lob a grenade or two at any remaining groups of enemies, then focus your full attention on the second Super Badass Loader. The fourth statue isn’t far from the pier leading to the crane in the western corner of the city. Survive the attack at the third statue, and you should be able to keep the Hacked Overseer safe through the fourth statue. Good luck!