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FrickenMoron posted:The Surgical Sitrep is broken. Its supposed to cull the amount of pods to two in a mission but that script never triggers. That makes a lot of sense, I think I could have taken out the first six but the last three was just too much.
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It's not a proper XCOM game unless a critical difficulty script is broken.
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sean10mm posted:Has anybody played WOTC with just Shen's Last Gift DLC enabled? Does it gently caress you over with the new fatigue system or is it no biggie? Like Dinictus said get ready for your soldiers to be out for up to two weeks.
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I get a lot of unintentional save scumming due to the sheer number of crashes that happen Anything with lost, and anything that plays with action points like grapple are huge triggers Quality took a huge dip with wotc, and for whatever reason the XCOM team has very lovely post release support as far as fixes go
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Sep 17, 2017 14:55
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I got so lucky that the first available templars order in my game was 20% faster will recovery. This cuts down on tired time so much.
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oswald ownenstein posted:
I'm pretty sure there's 18 enemies on that one, including the Sectopod itself, which is crazy since you're most likely still stuck with mag rifles and plated armor. oswald ownenstein posted:Anything with lost, and anything that plays with action points like grapple are huge triggers And yeah it seems like my game crashes like 10% of the time whenever a skirmisher uses their grappling hook. Fix your game Jake 
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Sep 17, 2017 14:59
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Captain Oblivious posted:Sort of? I think the game is busted in that it can't account for more than one capture. I had a Templar and a Ranger get captured in my Ironman run. A rescue mission for the Templar happened fairly quickly. The Ranger though....it's been six months Few pages back: I was able to eventually rescue both captured troopers. All gear returned. Nearly lost the Grenadier to his prison truck exploding in a hail of overwatch fire. They get 5 health as a VIP instead of their soldier health.
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Sep 17, 2017 15:39
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Anyone notice that burrowed Chrysalids negate Shadow's detection range?
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Shumagorath posted:Anyone notice that burrowed Chrysalids negate Shadow's detection range? Yeah, that's pretty nasty. Reapers might be good at evading sight, but they apparently haven't learned to walk without rhythm...
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Not that I'm negating others' experiences but I'm yet to have a single crash with WotC from playing it heavily since release (apart from trying to run older mods on my first load).
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Sep 17, 2017 15:58
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Ravenfood posted:In many ways, the Skirmisher class draws from many of the same ideas. Some overwatch gimmicks, early double-fire, and general reliability. I haven't used any infantry class mods since before the Rulers DLC, but I don't really feel the lack anymore tbh.
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Shumagorath posted:Anyone notice that burrowed Chrysalids negate Shadow's detection range? I guess they work like grabboids and feel your vibrations. Speaking of reaper interactions, apparently Banish doesn't get to shoot more than once if you use it on an unactivated pod and make them scamper, even with the upgrade.
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Restrained Crown Posse posted:Not that I'm negating others' experiences but I'm yet to have a single crash with WotC from playing it heavily since release (apart from trying to run older mods on my first load).
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Sep 17, 2017 16:07
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I've not had any crashes either and I constantly alt-tab and all sorts of other stuff that would normally trigger it. Which is nice. Second Chosen mission and Command reacts with exactly the same level of surprise when you see the Sarcophagus. That feels really lazy.
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Sep 17, 2017 16:14
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XCOM doesn't crash from abusing alt tab and such, it crashes (as it did in vanilla) due to bugs with movement calculation - which is why you'd get crashes a lot when using the officer action perk thing to get an extra blue move in LW2, or crashes when grappling
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Is the RAGE suit really good for anything in particular? The Icarus and Serpent suits have pretty obvious benefits, but I struggle to think of a scenario in which I'd rather use the RAGE suit than a WAR or WRAITH. Also I have no idea where the hell the Archon King has gone. Ever since the Retaliation mission many months ago where he wrecked my poo poo and I emergency evac'd, I haven't heard a peep from him. All other Rulers dead but still no sign 
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Captain Oblivious posted:Is the RAGE suit really good for anything in particular? The Icarus and Serpent suits have pretty obvious benefits, but I struggle to think of a scenario in which I'd rather use the RAGE suit than a WAR or WRAITH.
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The Rage suit is useful for it's panic ability and the fact that it grants a free melee attack once a map.
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Captain Oblivious posted:Is the RAGE suit really good for anything in particular? The Icarus and Serpent suits have pretty obvious benefits, but I struggle to think of a scenario in which I'd rather use the RAGE suit than a WAR or WRAITH. I put it on my Ranger for the +1 Movement. The RAGE Strike isn't really super useful except for I think blowing up cover, but it doesn't lose much in exchange for the Movement and can still mount Heavy Weapons. Since they needed to be closer to enemies and it scared the hell out of Berserkers literally every time, it was kind of hilarious. I'd run up, slash a Berserker. They'd panick and not counter and then when they try to flee they get slashed again. Also the Assassin's sword is insanely good and thanks to it being pretty much guaranteed damage was a valid alternative to her shotgun.
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On a completely unrelated note I'm kind of baffled by how they call the Assassins sword a katana. Now that I actually have the thing it looks...nothing like a katana. If anything it resembles a jian or other straight sword. I really have no idea why it's even called a katana.
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Captain Oblivious posted:On a completely unrelated note I'm kind of baffled by how they call the Assassins sword a katana. Now that I actually have the thing it looks...nothing like a katana. If anything it resembles a jian or other straight sword. The project when you research it is called "Hanzo" as well. While I'm not having any crashes there's an insane amount of bugs. Now for a lot of my shots it zooms in on my character's face. So I can't see what the gently caress has just happened. Or I'll get a slow motion overwatch shot that never fires but the entire rest of the enemy's turn is in slow motion. And something that might be a bug but I'm not sure. The Templar resistance order that makes all abnormal mental states only last for a turn means they basically run out instantly. So if you get beserk it just means you get a free go at shooting four times at an enemy, then it's fine next go. It's either super strong or bugged, anyway.
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The number of photos I took after rescuing this woman was kinda silly, but the group shot of her bondmate and everyone who ran covert ops / the rescue mission was only a couple adjustments off perfect after I clicked Random a few times: Captain Oblivious posted:On a completely unrelated note I'm kind of baffled by how they call the Assassins sword a katana. Now that I actually have the thing it looks...nothing like a katana. If anything it resembles a jian or other straight sword. 
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Captain Oblivious posted:On a completely unrelated note I'm kind of baffled by how they call the Assassins sword a katana. Now that I actually have the thing it looks...nothing like a katana. If anything it resembles a jian or other straight sword. PSIONICALLY FOLDED A BILLION TIMES
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Shumagorath posted:The number of photos I took after rescuing this woman was kinda silly, but the group shot of her bondmate and everyone who ran covert ops / the rescue mission was only a couple adjustments off perfect after I clicked Random a few times: But it doesn't even look ! The only part is the name! I'm freaking out here! 
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Is there an ini edit to change the intel cost of revealing hidden dark events? I want to try Grim Horizon but drop the cost of figuring out which dark events to let gently caress me.
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Captain Oblivious posted:But it doesn't even look Assassin is a weaboo confirmed.
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Hey guys I've been playing WoTC on PS4 and I'm exceptionally bad at it, but I have a few questions; -If I choose to disable the Lost & Abandoned mission on restart, am I hosed out of hanging with the cast of TNG? It's not a bad mission but it takes like half an hour and you literally get no rewards at the end of it. -Is it just me or are reapers absurdly useful compared to the other new classes? The other two are still good, and granted I'm only midway through their talent tree, but scouting and remote detonation is basically insane. -Do covert missions cycle out or do ones you haven't done stay available? I got two back-to-back 'delay the Avatar' deals when I was only at like four pips but I did them for fear of 'missing' them when there was other cool poo poo I wanted to do. -Is there a cap on +Aim and +Mobility bonuses from covert ops and the like, or could I hypothetically create some some kind of god-soldier who can run a mile on a single turn and 100%s every shot? -Are SPARKs still worth it, especially if you don't get the free one from playing Shen's Gift? Seems like you'd need to get one early to make it worthwhile and they're pretty expensive if I remember right.
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Reapers are very hard to build wrong once you realize they're scouting and demotions with one-off instakill (if you can kit them right). The aesthetic gets too many people thinking of sniping before they figure that out. Templars require you to get good rolls on extra skills and aren't even that good without Bladestorm, but if they get more than two of those key skills they're ridiculous. Skirmishers require you to plan their build based on mobility and slashing or tonnes of free actions but their weapons are their glaring weakness.
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Wolfsheim posted:-Is it just me or are reapers absurdly useful compared to the other new classes? Wolfsheim posted:-Do covert missions cycle out or do ones you haven't done stay available? Wolfsheim posted:-Are SPARKs still worth it
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Shumagorath posted:Skirmishers require you to plan their build based on mobility and slashing or tonnes of free actions but their weapons are their glaring weakness. Mine rolled Return Fire and Lightning Reflexes which is fun, but I feel like skirmisher, more than any other class, require a Superior Auto-Loader to live up to potential.
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Yeah, to really drill in the Reapers part. They are loving awful snipers in a game that already hates snipers. If you use them as a sniper, you will find them the worst of the classes. If you have them be your scout, and have them dick around looking around the rest of the map to find things to blow up/pod wipe while your team fights initial pods, they are a godsend.
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reapers are assy and make the ai absolute chumps
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SPARKs are definitely worth it if you get a Plasma Blaster because it makes Null Lance look like poo poo. Shredstorm Cannon can also delete half the board. Can you afford one with integrated DLC? Doubtful on Commander and up, as it will be a level behind your human gear for months. If you plan to do the whole Tower mission then they're worth the rest of the investment without question.
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Well I have managed to go without too much crashing this last week, but it just crashed mid-cutscene while going into the final level. Hope it auto-saved!
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The star of this campaign has definitely been my Templar. Gotta be said; a Templar with Bladestorm and Reaper is loving absurd. She's basically an "I win this mission no problem guaranteed" card I can slot in whenever she isn't tired. Also highly recommend enabling bonus skills for SPARKs. It helps make them a more attractive option. One of mine has Chain Shot which has been really useful. The other just picked up Death From Above which seems like it could be great seeing how easy it is to get the high ground with a SPARK.
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I ended up kind of scumming the final mission because it refused to let me bring two SPARKs even though both were available. I ended up bringing a rather bad Templar because he was bonded to a Support and I missed a crucial Teamwork. I ended up with Plot Reaper (KIA) SPARK with Shredstorm (wasted Shredstorm, Punch, Overdrive on Warlock invuln ) Generic Skirmisher Maxed PSI Operative Healer Support Templar with Reaper Final blow was with SPARK Punch. FYI - the Warlock's ghost army thing - which I had never seen prior - makes it invulnerable. I would have killed him off prior but the final mission plot kind of compels you, roleplay-wise, to start it. Previous to this I'd just body him because he was Brittle.
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Wolfsheim posted:-If I choose to disable the Lost & Abandoned mission on restart, am I hosed out of hanging with the cast of TNG? It's not a bad mission but it takes like half an hour and you literally get no rewards at the end of it. Without Lost and Abandoned you don't get the VO from that mission and those specific characters, obviously, but I'm about 90% sure that the voice sets they are assigned by default are still those particular actors anyway, so you would just need to set the random Skirmisher and Reaper you get instead to those voice sets. (so Male Skirmisher 1 and Female Reaper 1, I think?) The faction leaders who are ALSO voiced by TNG alums (Betos/Geist/Volk) remain unchanged regardless of Lost & Abandoned except, again, that you're missing their VO from that mission if you disable it.
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Shout out to Hail of Bullets, which doesn't get as much credit as it deserves.
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The Biggest Jerk posted:Shout out to Hail of Bullets, which doesn't get as much credit as it deserves. Hail of Bullets is lowkey one of the best abilities in the game. It's a shame I always seem to only roll it as a hidden ability on my Rangers.
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