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Taffer posted:That was my first reaction, but it's actually amazingly configurable, so I tweaked away the things I didn't like, and made a few things easier for my lovely babby xcom skills, and I'm having a blast with it now. I set it up so that it's not really much harder than vanilla, just a lot more interesting. Long War is a good alternative if you're rolling vanilla classic without losing anybody and nobody is even getting hurt and its getting boring. I was totally poo poo at LW until I watched a few streams though. It's hard to understand what to do on the meta game unless you see what happens later.
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Cythereal posted:Comedy option that won't happen: gillmen.  "Get me a plasma rifle."
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Jun 4, 2015 05:16
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TEAYCHES posted:They said it wasn't influenced by Apocalypse, or that the 5th class wasn't a hybrid? Wasn't influenced by Apocalypse
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Jun 4, 2015 05:23
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Pharmaskittle posted:I loving hate Thin Men, but I'd be cool with them as a rebel ally since they seem like the most autonomous of all the alien client species. Other way around actually, I think there was some fluff somewhere that said they're valued for their loyalty or something
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Jun 4, 2015 05:25
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TWIST FIST posted:Other way around actually, I think there was some fluff somewhere that said they're valued for their loyalty or something Why would loyalty ever be a problem for the aliens, anyway? Aren't they all kept in line by the Ethereals' mind control and genetically programmed to serve?
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Jun 4, 2015 05:58
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Pakled posted:Why would loyalty ever be a problem for the aliens, anyway? Aren't they all kept in line by the Ethereals' mind control and genetically programmed to serve? i dont know they just said it somewhere !!
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Jun 4, 2015 05:59
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5th class will be Lobstermen. Duh. 
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Jun 4, 2015 06:00
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Fuzz posted:5th class will be Lobstermen. Duh. It's actually just a buff sailor from Maine. That kind of lobsterman.
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Jun 4, 2015 06:02
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If Jake Soloman carries a Snakewoman bodypillow in his hype videos I guarantee triple sales.
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So basically xcom 2 is a "terrorism on a dystopian society" game? the one i've always wanted...
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TWIST FIST posted:Other way around actually, I think there was some fluff somewhere that said they're valued for their loyalty or something I was going by them being infiltrators, which requires a certain amount of independence, and the interrogation results saying that they rolled over like, instantly. I don't remember anything like what you're talking about, but I haven't dug into fluff that much so I'm sure there's a ton of in-game stuff I'm unaware of.
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Jun 4, 2015 06:16
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Slenderman has turned into snake tittay. Truly Jake Solomon's mastery of the Internet knows no bounds.
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Jun 4, 2015 06:28
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Who knew there were so many XCOM fans.
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What if... they were snake titty all along? Just in their human disguise???
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NeoSeeker posted:So basically xcom 2 is a "terrorism on a dystopian society" game? the one i've always wanted... Man now I want it to be 'terrorise an alien utopia'. XCOM fights the aliens but all they want is to uplift humanity. "What the gently caress is wrong with you jerks!?"
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I always wanted a co-op campaign mode in xcom where you and a buddy (or multiple buddies) split control of the squad when you go out on missions, kind of like in the dawn of war games. Make it happen Mr. Soloman.
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TWIST FIST posted:i dont know they just said it somewhere !! Temple ship mission, they said the thin men had great loyalty and were totally cool, but didn't have the gift for psionics. They were the only race the etherals seemed to like.
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Uncle Jam posted:Long War is a good alternative if you're rolling vanilla classic without losing anybody and nobody is even getting hurt and its getting boring. I'm not even at that point honestly, early-game classic destroyed me when I played ironman. I really dislike the earlygame though because of how annoyingly limited it is, and that's one of the big things that LW improves, that's why I modded LW to be easy for my lack of skills. I really enjoy the improved strategic options and the way that individual missions are less important than your overall performance. I did watch a few videos though that gave me some idea of how to play it, since it's quite a different beast than vanilla.
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Night10194 posted:It's actually just a buff sailor from Maine. That kind of lobsterman. Lobstermen too op.  No alien can withstand the Lobsters Claw.
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Jun 4, 2015 06:39
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BenRGamer posted:Wasn't influenced by Apocalypse I mean it pretty clearly is modern apocalypse with all the stupid power rangers cult poo poo removed so I don't think it matters what they say, they were influenced by it whether they realize it or not.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:
this should be in the OP
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Pakled posted:I know that between the game having a stealth focus and X-Com having never acquired alien technology, it's looking pretty unlikely MECs will show up, but dammit, punching aliens' lights out is loving awesome and will be sorely missed if there aren't any MECs in this game. There needs t o be some kind of content for XCOM2 Enemy Without. Pharmaskittle posted:I loving hate Thin Men, but I'd be cool with them as a rebel ally since they seem like the most autonomous of all the alien client species. There were Muton mercs in The Bureau. I like the idea of Alien slave races realizing that the Ethereals have no place for them anymore since gene modded humans are a superior servitor race. So when the Advent troopers come to round up the old alien troopers for extermination, they book it and find more in common with XCOM than their old allies. NeoSeeker posted:So basically xcom 2 is a "terrorism on a dystopian society" game? the one i've always wanted... Liberal crime squad has been out for years! Cuntellectual fucked around with this message at 06:59 on Jun 4, 2015 |
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everything they have shown so far takes place in a bright white-lit colourful future megacity that looks identical to the standard apocalypse level, maybe these are super secret terror missions that make up only a small portion of the game and the rest of it is still fighting shot down ufos in forests but I doubt that. there's the fighting humans element as well and theyre basically one of the factions from apoc with all the stupid poo poo removed. overall it looks like a modern streamlined version of it and the fact they dont seem to acknowledge this is a bit worrying, do you guys even know what it is you're making? lol
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Pharmaskittle posted:I was going by them being infiltrators, which requires a certain amount of independence, and the interrogation results saying that they rolled over like, instantly. I don't remember anything like what you're talking about, but I haven't dug into fluff that much so I'm sure there's a ton of in-game stuff I'm unaware of. The thin men are great infiltrators and navigators, and are kind of revered because they're pretty smart despite the horrific genetic experimentation, and not diminutive twerps like most sectoids. Certainly less disastrous than some of the other uplift attempts, like floaters. I think the idea was that they're higher in the Alien hierarchy than their early appearance and frailty in the game would have you believe. Also, could have been the devs giving an in game nod to them being frustrating as hell to deal with.
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I assumed it was a joke about how they resemble Sid Meyer.
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Mr. Unlucky posted:everything they have shown so far takes place in a bright white-lit colourful future megacity that looks identical to the standard apocalypse level, maybe these are super secret terror missions that make up only a small portion of the game and the rest of it is still fighting shot down ufos in forests but I doubt that. there's the fighting humans element as well and theyre basically one of the factions from apoc with all the stupid poo poo removed. overall it looks like a modern streamlined version of it and the fact they dont seem to acknowledge this is a bit worrying, do you guys even know what it is you're making? lol Everything they have shown? It's one trailer. Not exactly encompassing everything that's gonna be in the game.
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Man, it took the internet like no time in taking this whole snake-boob thing to its most logical internet conclusion (a lot of fan art bordering on porn).
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I want these guys:
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I'd love an alien first class. It makes some sense: Support: The new specialist class is mostly the same, utility and some stealth. Assault: Now the ranger, more close range and mobility focused. Heavy: Now specifically a grenadier, focused on environmental destruction and group control. Sniper: Still basically a sniper. What's missing? Splitting the classes from LW made me realize certain roles were lacking. The one that stands out most to me is the Infantry. It feels like with the heavy becoming more of a demolitionist and the assault becoming more like LW's run and gun assault leaves your basic mid-range backbone support open. Where's our heavy shock troop? Hell, I'd field a Muton in that slot. Where's our heavy shock troop? Mr.Pibbleton posted:Temple ship mission, they said the thin men had great loyalty and were totally cool, but didn't have the gift for psionics. They were the only race the etherals seemed to like.
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Jun 4, 2015 07:24
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Nah that happened when one of their science guys explained that humans are sexually dimorphic.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:
das fukken kawaii
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In Long War, is the maximum strength of the alien's air game exposed in the INI yet? I want to cap it out so I can theoretically play an endless campaign, which is possible now that the alien ships don't eventually become literally invincible, but I want the cap to be something my firestorms can actually take out. As it is the cap is still well in the "basically impossible" range and I want to know if I can scootch that down a bit.
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I would like to see the operations officer overseeing the missions (like Bradford) be a customizable aspect, one that opens up tactical options in the field from afar in exchange for having one less unit on the ground.
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Huszsersvn posted:I would like to see the operations officer overseeing the missions (like Bradford) be a customizable aspect, one that opens up tactical options in the field from afar in exchange for having one less unit on the ground.
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I can't understand how I have read pages and pages worth of hype and boobie-venom drinking and there have only been two or three posts dedicated to thirsting for the lives of the collaborators. XCOM fought tooth and nail, sacrificed dozens of Rookies and almost eight experienced soldiers. Five continents are strewn with the debris of our interceptors and their pilots. The same six bland commercial areas were leveled by grenades and rockets thousands of times. Even in our darkest hour, our guns blazed and our hydraulic fists pounded until the bodies controlling them went cold, but now in its despair Humanity has begun devouring itself, men and women groveling for scraps of Meld and catching at the hems of Ethereals' robes. XCOM was beaten, but we were not defeated. We slipped through the cracks, faded into the background, and kept our vigil. We have been scraping together the foolish, the hopeless, the desperate and the disowned, have been scavenging through the garbage of the Advent post-scarcity. We are watching, and we have taken note. Collaborators will pay, and the City Centers will burn. XCOM2: There Will Be Blood.
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The snake tits were first against the wall when the revolution came.
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If loving snake tits is wrong then I don't want to be right. Do you think viper-senpai will notice me if I get gene therapy?
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GruntyThrst posted:If loving snake tits is wrong then I don't want to be right. Do you think viper-senpai will notice me if I get gene therapy? XCOM2 Comfirmed as high school dating game.
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