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Overdrive is great for rushing ahead and activating more pods. Overdrive through cover even more so. When you're ahead of the squad, having rushed through a wall to punch someone and used your heavy weapon to destroy even more cover... that's what synergizes with Bulwark. In my opinion, even if you only use overdrive once in a mission, wrecking ball is the obvious choice. It makes overdrive so much better, not only because it destroys cover but also because it lets you ignore movement obstructions.
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Migishu posted:Wait, do we NOT have a Duke Nukem soundpack for this? XCOM spreads, sometimes in hilarious ways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jale2RRyNak&t=382s
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Wrecking ball just sounds way more rad in general especially with the punch mod and therefore must be the right choice.
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LorrdErnie posted:Wrecking ball just sounds way more rad in general especially with the punch mod and therefore must be the right choice. As long as Julian doesn't start singing afterwards.
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Do you think we might see a soldier go down the Gunslinger branch of the Sharpshooter, just so we can see stuff?
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sincx posted:As long as Julian doesn't start singing afterwards. Don't worry. As an insane homicidal killbot, all he can sing is "Daisy Bell".
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TheNabster posted:Do you think we might see a soldier go down the Gunslinger branch of the Sharpshooter, just so we can see stuff? Unless there's a skill that puts the beginning of the pistol's long range penalties at about where the sniper rifle starts to get its close range penalties or vice versa, I really don't know why they think that people would spec for pistols when there's a perfectly good shotgun unit in the game. IIRC, EW's second foundry upgrade to the pistol did something like that, but it mostly just made for better infiltration units Ooo, I would love to see EXALT again, like as vigilantes in urban maps. Take cover near a random civilian after breaking stealth, then he pulls a bandana up and trains a plasma pistol on you, like a tiny, annoying Faceless. It would almost make sense to start installing sleeper cells in cities now that XCOM has started to become a legitimate problem for ADVENT and it sounds like almost everyone gets gene therapy from the aliens anyways. That might be a little too far though, since it would incentivize blowing up random civilians just in case they're secretly evil
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The Door Frame posted:Unless there's a skill that puts the beginning of the pistol's long range penalties at about where the sniper rifle starts to get its close range penalties or vice versa, I really don't know why they think that people would spec for pistols when there's a perfectly good shotgun unit in the game. IIRC, EW's second foundry upgrade to the pistol did something like that, but it mostly just made for better infiltration units Why would EXALT help the aliens? They were scum, but they were freelance scum. The aliens hated them as much as we did.
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The Door Frame posted:Unless there's a skill that puts the beginning of the pistol's long range penalties at about where the sniper rifle starts to get its close range penalties or vice versa, I really don't know why they think that people would spec for pistols when there's a perfectly good shotgun unit in the game. IIRC, EW's second foundry upgrade to the pistol did something like that, but it mostly just made for better infiltration units Okay, We have Exalt right, so it's a bunch of humans, who otherwise look normal, but from out of nowhere can become enemies for Xcom to fight. "Commander, what would you do if Xcom were forced to fight an enemy force comprised of humans who specialized in Guerrilla warfare" "Commander, what ideas do you have for splicing alien biology with humans using this 'Meld' substance" "Commander, if we were to build mechanized infantry, what weapons would they use?" Enemy Within was just one big extra scenario that ADVENT was running through the commander.
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Aug 26, 2016 11:27
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How about Julian "Romhack" Shen? Or maybe Julian "DisOWNED" Shen. Or possibly Julian "Serfbot" Shen.
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chiasaur11 posted:Why would EXALT help the aliens? Thematically? I have no idea. I thought that dunking on EXALT every few weeks was a nice, relaxing activity. And I just like the Faceless and the idea of going somewhere that looks benign and a little strange, but is a gigantic loving trap, like Newfoundland
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Aug 26, 2016 16:26
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Julian "Skynet" Shen If we throw out enough maybe one will stick.
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Pistols and shotguns perform very different jobs. Also, all Sharpshooters have squadsight, so Gunslingers snipe just fine. Snipers have their own hilarities later admittedly. Something I was reminded of today though, is that Faceless regen health. And regen happens before burning/poisoned etc. Also that Bladestorm is win. Might be worth someone who has more know-how doing a post about what the statuses are and do. It's hard to know what abilities disorientated and burning stop, pretty sure I had an officer with both use Mark and I'm not sure if you can make melee-only enemies unable to act.
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Hogan going wild is awesome, but Man Whore is still the best. Also, you should take Wrecking Ball for Julian, it sounds just too fun to go around and destroy everything Apocalypse style.
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chiasaur11 posted:Why would EXALT help the aliens? They wouldn't, but they still think they're the rightful rulers of humanity. They're a wild card. Say they've been hiding as well as XCOM the past 20 years, their leaders kissing alien rear end with everyone else while secretly diverting supplies and technology to raise a generation of zealots in hidden shelters. You might run into them stealing from your supply caches. You might be able to take advantage of them by sending them after a Dark Event mission you don't go after yourself, so you'd lose the reward but not have to deal with the Dark Event effect. They might steal Avatar Project progress, which helps you out in the short run, but if the Avatar Project is something they can use for themselves, it could set up an alternate endgame. If you are really ambitious I bet you could put together a "play as Exalt" mod. I haven't figured out how their Geoscape would work without the Avenger but sure there's some way you could do it.
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IMJack posted:They wouldn't, but they still think they're the rightful rulers of humanity. They're a wild card. Say they've been hiding as well as XCOM the past 20 years, their leaders kissing alien rear end with everyone else while secretly diverting supplies and technology to raise a generation of zealots in hidden shelters. With the X-COM 2 reveals, I don't think EXALT ever actually existed in the setting.
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It's possible that EXALT was a simulation of fighting XCOM agents or other humans for the aliens so they'd know how to react to a escalating foe or something.
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Aug 26, 2016 19:09
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Julian "STOMP STOMP" Shen
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Julian "Hachi Machi" Shen
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Cynic Jester posted:Julian "Tachikoma" Shen
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It looks like Hulk Hogan is well on his way to becoming this thread's Nittien. God drat.
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Cynic Jester posted:Julian "Tachikoma" Shen Count my vote for this,too.
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I vote Julian "Bulwark" Shen.
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Julian Megaman Shen is the clear choice for a super fighting robot. Or for the comedy option, Beck. Fix your game Imafune
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Canuck-Errant posted:Julian "STOMP STOMP" Shen Also, for something to make Eph Phatha's nickname have more P's and H's, instead of the 40k-inspired "Tech Priest", I suggest "Technophage".
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julian "julian" julian
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Cynic Jester posted:Julian "Tachikoma" Shen To hear that anger from that name, voting that
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You know, I can't quite pin Julian's VA. Part of me wants to claim Dee Bradley Baker, but I can't find anything online to confirm it.
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Blind Sally posted:Julian "Number 5" Only if we play I Need a Hero everytime he deploys.
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VolticSurge posted:Only if we play I Need a Hero everytime he deploys. And every time he Overdrives.
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Narsham posted:But "Gollop" probably isn't a good nickname for him in-game. How about "Lobstakilla" for the Spark's nickname? Too soon? By this logic, we should go with Slab. He claimed the nickname by right of conquest.
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So is this just going to be 2 weeks of Julian name suggestions until Jade comes back?
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Garrand posted:So is this just going to be 2 weeks of Julian name suggestions until Jade comes back? Hopefully not, considering "butter robot" has already been posted and it cannot be beaten despite Jade's disagreement!
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Green Intern posted:Julian "Butt Robot" Shen On second thought, I vote for this. As an aside, do you get medals in this game like in the previous XCOM? If so, I vote the first one we get be named Butt Medallion.
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Green Intern posted:Julian "Butt Robot" Shen Also voting this.
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