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Polaron
Oct 13, 2010

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My only problem with the gene mods is that they force your guys to lose their armor, which can be annoying if you had a certain Look you were going for with your squad. They're a lot of fun otherwise.

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Polaron
Oct 13, 2010

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Michaellaneous posted:

Thinking of, where did the Thin Men get their suits? Like....they seem too human to be alien made, so I guess that is what they are actually doing when raiding worthless warehouses? :v:

I always assumed it was part of them.

Polaron
Oct 13, 2010

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Speedball posted:

Oh, just for discussion: What's your favorite character class?

An Assault run through the MEC trooper upgrades.

Polaron
Oct 13, 2010

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Psion posted:

magical things happened when Teal'c went off base.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1pUapH3_ng

Was that the same episode as when he nailed a fleeing robber with a thrown avocado from like a block away?

Polaron
Oct 13, 2010

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Speedball posted:

Archer is pretty funny but I have difficulty watching a show where everybody is all rear end in a top hat, all the time.

It makes the rare moments when they aren't assholes even better

Polaron
Oct 13, 2010

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Speedball posted:

Oh, right, I forgot: I'm open to suggestions for new code names for Bar-Lev.

M-1

Also she really needs a helmet. The MEC Troopers look so weird with tiny heads without helmets of some kind.

Polaron
Oct 13, 2010

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FredMSloniker posted:

You might try checking out The Definitive X-Com Commanders Guide, also in this fine subforum. Instead of a narrative LP, the LPer focuses on how to play the game right. So far he's gotten through 36 missions without losing a single soldier.

EDIT: and he's playing semi-ironman (i.e., not in-game Ironman, but only to avoid a game-breaking bug ending the LP.)

There's also YouTuber Zemalf, who goes through an entire Impossible Ironman run without losing a single mission, interceptor or soldier (and I believe it's a blind Enemy Within/Operation Progeny run at that).

The best part is that he didn't set out to do a perfect run, but his playstyle (while sometimes maddening to watch) absolutely breaks the computer over his knee.

Polaron
Oct 13, 2010

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If only you could modify the game so that XCOM fired blue lasers and EXALT red

Polaron
Oct 13, 2010

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Dooky Dingo posted:

Please do not talk about my fig-related PTSD TUMBLR unless you use trigger warnings first, CIS-Fruit scum.
TIA.

Please stop eating figs unless you are Asian/Mediterranean because that's cultural appropriation.

Polaron
Oct 13, 2010

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Ego Trip posted:

:colbert:

Also, everything by Iain Banks is great and worth reading. Don't be like me and read Excession as your first Culture novel, though.

I did that.

It was a heck of an introduction.

Polaron
Oct 13, 2010

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Heir03 posted:

What game is that one picture from near the beginning. The one with the guy in the old timey hat?

The XCOM third person shooter.

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Polaron
Oct 13, 2010

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Speedball posted:



I didn't notice it until now but EXALT has custom wallpaper with their logo on it.

Ah, I see EXALT went to the HYDRA school of base decoration.

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