Are barriers completely reliable?
Not while the issue remains active.
Plan a High Value Assets defense, protect fallback lines, and account for the current confirmed Illuminate clipping issue.
The mission demands a defense plan that survives more than one choke point. While the Illuminate clipping issue is active, do not assume terrain and barriers will always hold every new enemy.
Assign repeatable anti-heavy pressure, sustained crowd control, a mobile response, and at least one defensive fallback. Avoid four static choices that cannot recover behind the expected line.
Editorial recommendation: hold the first lane without committing every cooldown, then preserve a second position and mobile response for leaks, clipping, or a collapsed gate.
Arrowhead confirms new Illuminate enemies may clip through terrain and obstacles in High Value Assets. This is an active Known Issue, not a normal mission mechanic.
Record the enemy, barrier, build, planet, difficulty, and video. Do not classify every loss as the same bug without evidence.
Not while the issue remains active.
No. It is editorial risk reduction.
The official list does not name every unit.