There's no tactics, only Randomness. 1) Spawn point. Imagine complete defeat on a mission because of reinforcements appeared exactly on your position. Restarted mission: knowing where reinforcements are coming from it's possible to complete mission with no damage at all. 2) Simple mission to ambush convoy: 4 mechs of normal tonnage + 2 vehicles with more armor than your mechs + 2 vehicles. Absolute defeat. Hard mission to destroy heavy mechs: you just defeating them one by one before they get in range. 3) Mission A: Absolute win because you scored headshots to 2 enemy mechs. Mission B: almost all your shots are missed, you've lost 2 pilots by headshots.