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Wait a minute, beaglerush's dudes announce their overwatch. Mine never have done that.
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Seriously, what is with the Thin Men never not landing critical hits. A single Thin Man just took out an entire team on the second mission of the game.
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Nov 15, 2013 04:52
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UberJumper posted:I really miss xcomtoolboks. Why? Does it not work with Enemy Within or something?
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Nov 15, 2013 04:53
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Yes, he's going to move to this channel: http://www.twitch.tv/miss_jamball 
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CommissarMega posted:Why? Does it not work with Enemy Within or something?
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Nov 15, 2013 04:54
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nnnotime posted:Thanks. Looks like Beaglerush was off to a very bad start Ahaha, all of those 80%+ misses, followed by all four of his soldiers sniped out of heavy cover, one while hunkering down. Beautiful.
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Nov 15, 2013 04:54
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Well, I'm doing the fishing village and I still do not have carapace armor. I have a MEC, just got the OTS, building alien containment now. It's May. I have five satellites and am 1 scientist short of another uplink. Rushing Mecs was a horrific mistake I think.
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Nov 15, 2013 04:54
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nnnotime posted:Thanks. I just heard Beagle say on stream that he's going to switch channels after this mission. Will that impact the steaming link? Yes, new Stream is http://www.twitch.tv/miss_jamball
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Nov 15, 2013 04:55
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Just finished the game again, and got all the new achievements to go with it including Army of Four (beat the game while never getting a squad size upgrade on classic or higher difficulty). It was pretty fun, and all the new stuff is cool and shiny and all that. Now I just need to get those damned two multiplayer achievements so I can 100% the game.  Anyway, as I said I got all the new achievements for Enemy Within, so if anyone is iffy about the specifics of how to get them you can ask me. 
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Nov 15, 2013 05:02
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Eraflure posted:God I'm dumb. Thank you, I haven't played since the teleport bugs appeared, I'm really rusty. Having someone with 13 HP and either of the tier 1 subsystems in month 1 is worth it. Just choose someone who has 75+ aim.
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Nov 15, 2013 05:04
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RBA Starblade posted:Well, I'm doing the fishing village and I still do not have carapace armor. I have a MEC, just got the OTS, building alien containment now. It's May. I have five satellites and am 1 scientist short of another uplink. Rushing Mecs was a horrific mistake I think. Eh, I'm very likely to be in the same boat in an hour and I've been focusing on getting more satellites up to the exclusion of fun things like robots, lasers, and even a bigger squad up until a few minutes ago.
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Nov 15, 2013 05:07
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IT'S AN UGLY PLANET, A BUG PLANETErnie Muppari posted:Eh, I'm very likely to be in the same boat in an hour and I've been focusing on getting more satellites up to the exclusion of fun things like robots, lasers, and even a bigger squad up until a few minutes ago. I thankfully did just get the OTS so I have six guys.
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Nov 15, 2013 05:09
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TescoBag posted:So, who thinks it's possible to mod in a rifle version of the rail gun or particle cannon (with reduced damage obv) because plasma weapons are stupid Just gonna quote this because it was at the bottom of the last page and I'm genuinely interested on if someone thinks this is possible. So, is there a wiki location with all of the class advantages for MEC conversion?
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Nov 15, 2013 05:12
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MadHat posted:Yes, new Stream is http://www.twitch.tv/miss_jamball Is MissJamball his woman? thanks VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV nnnotime fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Nov 15, 2013 |
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Nov 15, 2013 05:15
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nnnotime posted:Bahaha, the banter is a riot between Beaglerush and MissJamball. You should have seen an xcom stream beagle did a few months ago. It was a bit overwhelming. But yeah, Jamball is his girlfriend.
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Nov 15, 2013 05:22
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A mission and Meld question: can you abort a mission by escaping via the SkyRanger, yet still keep the meld you took? Just wondering if that's an option in the early game: lose a few missions for the trade-off of accumulating more meld.
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Nov 15, 2013 05:25
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I had an empty slot on a mission, due to having people injured etc, so I grab a rookie with a fedora, give him a neckbeard and dress him in black. Goony McGoonerson lives. His stats aren't great, so I figure he can be a bullet magnet and just run around being reckless. He lives through the first mission, becomes a support. I take him along on a council mission (still wish I knew in advance that if you decline unique ones they never come back. No wale mission or operation slingshot for me! Or progeny because I failed the first mission), and he rushes around like a madman slaying thinmen left and right. Goony McGoonerson, stop being so good. You were supposed to be a joke, but you are becoming something more... Also don't you hate it when the game fucks you over with classes? I have 3 or 4 heavies and only one assault. I love assaults. I need another one!
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Nov 15, 2013 05:28
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Holy crap, just finished the tanker mission. I only had the basic gear, but had 5 soldiers, no mec was available. I managed to clear the mission with no deaths or injury. 2 days later confounding light comes up right before my mecs would be repaired and lasers would have been finished...
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Nov 15, 2013 05:35
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Meis posted:Also don't you hate it when the game fucks you over with classes? I have 3 or 4 heavies and only one assault. I love assaults. I need another one! I feel like this is something thats come with EW. When I started my new game I was getting snipers constantly (think I had 4-5 at one point) when all I wanted was an extra heavy. Games now making GBS threads supports at me and I still only have 2 heavies and 2 assaults (was 3 but exalt killed one) out of my 20 odd roster.
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Nov 15, 2013 05:40
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Meis posted:I had an empty slot on a mission, due to having people injured etc, so I grab a rookie with a fedora, give him a neckbeard and dress him in black. Goony McGoonerson lives. His stats aren't great, so I figure he can be a bullet magnet and just run around being reckless. He lives through the first mission, becomes a support. I take him along on a council mission (still wish I knew in advance that if you decline unique ones they never come back. No wale mission or operation slingshot for me! Or progeny because I failed the first mission), and he rushes around like a madman slaying thinmen left and right. Goony McGoonerson, stop being so good. You were supposed to be a joke, but you are becoming something more... My my current game is 80% assault, 40% sniper, ONE Support (which i turned into a MEC), and 4 assault (2 of which died early on). My last 2 assault are getting all the best gear, armor, and gene mods because I sure as poo poo ain't getting better Assault dudes.
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Nov 15, 2013 05:43
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Oh you fuckers want me to get every single squadmember to the evac point and not just one of them. This mission is amazing and terrifying.
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Deuce posted:Wait a minute, beaglerush's dudes announce their overwatch. Mine never have done that. Yeah, I was weirded out by that too
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Nov 15, 2013 05:44
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If they do a sequel (they probably will) and it doesn't have Chrysalids in it, you know what I want? Brainsuckers. Brainsuckers were inarguably the most lethal critters in Apocalypse, and you started fighting them on day 1.
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Nov 15, 2013 05:44
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RBA Starblade posted:Oh you fuckers want me to get every single squadmember to the evac point and not just one of them. This mission is amazing and terrifying. You can abort ahead of time, it just leaves everyone behind.
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Nov 15, 2013 05:44
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nnnotime posted:Yes, Toolboks does not work with EW, and from what I think Uberjumper mentioned, the author is not going to make a version for EnemyWithin. The author is on the fence, now apparently for updating it. Honestly i just wish she open sourced it if she doesn't have any interest in continuing.
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Nov 15, 2013 05:48
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Eraflure posted:For those playing on classic/impossible : do you really use MECs ? I just removed excess limbs from one of my snipers (squaddie, meh stats) and put him in a level 1 MEC suit, just in time for a thin man mission. He took one shot and lost 9 of his 12 HP. He then proceeded to miss all his shots and spend half his time reloading. Really though, you're better off converting a good soldier into a MEC then a lovely soldier. It seems impossible to pull them out of the crater of bad stats, whereas a high level MEC just plows late game so well. comatose posted:Did you activate one of the transmitters? It prevents EXALT from using their weapons for a turn...
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Nov 15, 2013 05:56
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RBA Starblade posted:Oh you fuckers want me to get every single squadmember to the evac point and not just one of them. This mission is amazing and terrifying.  No idea how you got it in May, goddamn.
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Nov 15, 2013 05:59
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StashAugustine posted:You can abort ahead of time, it just leaves everyone behind. Yeah I saw that, but turns out I didn't need to. The mission is really sped up if you use a MEC: just jumpjet up to the transponder! XCOM: 25, Chryssalids: 0.  Now I've gotten carapace armor on some dudes, sent my sniper on some tactical stealth action (I hope she doesn't need that laser pistol to be upgraded), and I've finally gotten a loving arc thrower. Next up: upgrading the mec, maybe, eventually, getting around to building a gene lab. Too bad EXALT stole the gene lab money. EW is fantastic.
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Nov 15, 2013 05:59
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MadHat posted:Yes, new Stream is http://www.twitch.tv/miss_jamball First thing I see is him missing 2 flanked shots and then his point blank shot being one short on damage, FOLLOWED by the alien critting the exact damage to kill his flanker. I would've quit right there.
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Nov 15, 2013 06:00
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Holyshit. While that EMP module doesn't have nearly the fun-ness and general usability as the mine launcher does, it has a very, VERY important purpose: shutting down Sectopods. With their "only take half damage" EW buff, Sectopods effectively have a whopping 50 health now, which is why I nearly panicked called a wipe when I activated 2. Thankfully, due to a mixture of a mind controlled Elite Muton Sacrifice, weird Sectopod pathing AI, EMP module stuns and lots OF MEC-PUNCH, my team walked out alive (if limping). Oh, and there's a special animation for a MEC punching out a Sectopod.
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Nov 15, 2013 06:00
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I got everyone to the Evac on the Whale Mission, than one died to a Chyssalid during the Cutscene...
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TescoBag posted:Just gonna quote this because it was at the bottom of the last page and I'm genuinely interested on if someone thinks this is possible. 1. Possibly maybe but it'd take effort to put together and it's dumb. 2. Gee, I wonder. edit: Alkydere posted:Oh, and there's a special animation for a MEC punching out a Sectopod.  There's also ones for Berzerkers and Mechatoids. None for Chrysalids or Ethereals though. Wales Grey fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Nov 15, 2013 |
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Anyone have any protips for alien retaliation ? I guess I need to have another MEC, or just throw more base security out of cover to draw fire? I killed my last ironman run on it, so now I'm wimping out, but its still a pretty tough road.
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Eraflure posted:Won't it hurt his stats in the long run ? Doesn't a sniper colonel turned MEC get a lot more levels and stats boosts than a sniper squaddie turned MEC, or does it balance itself out once they become MEC colonels ? I'm playing with the randomized stats options from second wave if that matters. You don't get to level up twice. If you convert a colonel into a MEC, you get a colonel-ranked MEC with the same stats and just repick his skills from the MEC tree.
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Silly question, but how does one free-rotate the Earth in Mission Control? Is it possible? I thought I could freely rotate the globe when playing Enemy Unknown, but I cannot recall. EDIT: It appears my question is not silly for some: http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?278866-Can-t-rotate-hologlobe For producing such a great game, it's surprising Firaxis has such sloppy coders. nnnotime fucked around with this message at 07:15 on Nov 15, 2013 |
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comatose posted:I feel like this is something thats come with EW. When I started my new game I was getting snipers constantly (think I had 4-5 at one point) when all I wanted was an extra heavy. Games now making GBS threads supports at me and I still only have 2 heavies and 2 assaults (was 3 but exalt killed one) out of my 20 odd roster. This exact same thing happened to me. I had to do quite a few missions with 3 non-squad sight snipers.
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Rotating the holo-globe never really had a purpose so it's not unreasonable that it was removed. It was nice to do once or twice though.
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Wales Grey posted:1. Possibly maybe but it'd take effort to put together and it's dumb. Yeah, the unique punch-fist animations are great. You've got "You have chicken-wing guns, I still have ARMS!" against the MEC-toid, "I don't care how hopped up on drugs you are, HYDRAULICS BEAT FLESH!" where the Berserker jumps up on to the MEC before being pushed off and put down, and finally the MEC jumps up and does a giant drop on Sectopods. Also, just now beat the Temple Ship which means I've a fresh set of second-wave options (that I'll probably never use 90% of). I was really disappointed about the Temple Ship had nothing new in it. The only difference is that the dual Sectopods are now a lot more dangerous with their armor perk. Oh, has anyone else had problems with armor customizations not sticking? I'd paint up my MECs and give my XMEN sleeves, but a mission later they'd just reset.
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Henry Scorpio posted:Rotating the holo-globe never really had a purpose so it's not unreasonable that it was removed. It was nice to do once or twice though. I couldn't get it to work the last time I played EU, but in EW I've been spinning that poo poo by holding down left trigger and moving one of the sticks.
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Rascyc posted:Yeah, I did. That's what it does? I thought it just delayed reinforcements too. Welp It's basically like hitting them all with disabling shot. They have to reload to fix it.
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