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temple posted:In honor of the eclipse, I beat veteran and X Com 2 for the first time. The game is better than the previous ones by a large margin but it's harder in every way too. It's really a choice of if you want it or not. Psi-troopers are loving amazing but it's very much a tradeoff. You get the requisite research early but it takes so much resources you have to chose if you want them. Later on you can get them and gently caress around, but at the same time you've lost some of the lead-up to get more than 1-2 really strong psykers.
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One thing I hope the expansion does is either make Elerium Cores plentiful/craftable or let me pick the outcome of projects if they're going to stay rare. The craftable cores mod was a godsend and even then I ran out in the late game.temple posted:In honor of the eclipse, I beat veteran and X Com 2 for the first time. The game is better than the previous ones by a large margin but it's harder in every way too. Shumagorath fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Aug 22, 2017 |
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Exposure posted:He took a non-kill shot beforehand, which meant that Silent Killer only stopped the increase from 50% to 80%, not the initial 0% to 50% chance. (So actual bug is that the UI should indicate the different chances depending on when it's a kill shot or not when applicable.) Ah, that's better then.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 11:22 |
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I like A Better Advent 2 a lot, but it's pretty rough early on, even on Veteran, until you get all of the squad size upgrades, given that the mod increases pod sizes in addition to other things. Also Sectoid Soldiers in Operation Gatecrasher is nasty, and I lost two of my rookies. The Advent Gunslingers seem to love using Faceoff as well, and I'm definitely getting more wounds than vanilla.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 17:05 |
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Colgate posted:I like A Better Advent 2 a lot, but it's pretty rough early on, even on Veteran, until you get all of the squad size upgrades, given that the mod increases pod sizes in addition to other things. ABA2 is definitely balanced for squads of 6-8, not 4-6.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 17:29 |
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Did they ever fix Wet Work so it's not useless? I remember it was insanely powerful at launch, they patched it but inadvertently broke it and made it useless in the process, and then I never saw if I got fixed to work correctly again.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 17:45 |
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Backhand posted:Did they ever fix Wet Work so it's not useless? I remember it was insanely powerful at launch, they patched it but inadvertently broke it and made it useless in the process, and then I never saw if I got fixed to work correctly again. Um perhaps I'm forgetting something, but all I remember is that Wet Work used to apply retroactively (meaning you got the exp you would have been getting up to that point, in one big dump, for every soldier that had earned exp) as soon as you researched it. Which makes sense to fix. It's always been really good early in the game if you could spare the supplies. Edit: I'm thinking about trying a legend run that goes straight for psi asap, I've never tried to rush it, it's always an afterthought. wuffles fucked around with this message at 18:42 on Aug 22, 2017 |
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Just ordered from GreenManGaming for -15%. Interestingly the price showed as only -5% before I logged in, so it may be worth doing that to see what happens.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 18:58 |
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can some1 explain the integrated dlc option in wolc.. why does disabling the story missions mean the dlc is better integrated. i havent played them and i dont want to ruin the expansion
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 19:46 |
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Not Al-Qaeda posted:can some1 explain the integrated dlc option in wolc.. why does disabling the story missions mean the dlc is better integrated. i havent played them and i dont want to ruin the expansion If you play a lot of ironman you generally don't want to play the exact same scripted DLC story mission over and over. The integrated option just gives you the cool new stuff from the expansions without having to dick around with the story aspects.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 19:48 |
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How does unlocking the mechs work if you, err, disable it? Do you start with them unlocked?
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 19:59 |
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Yeah, it's just in the Foundry for research. Bit pricey tho
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 20:01 |
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Dongattack posted:How does unlocking the mechs work if you, err, disable it? Do you start with them unlocked? First one is free (sans time) in the Proving Ground. I usually leave the Alien Hunters Story on because I suck and it means I don't have to deal with the rulers.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 20:07 |
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These advance copy streams are definitely working, my desire for this expansion is nearing fevered levels.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 21:11 |
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I can't wait to ragequit over getting beaten by alien weaboos, edgelords and fanatics.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 21:54 |
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I want a mod that lets rulers and chosen spawn in the same mission. just so i can watch the Berserker Queen beat the poo poo out of one of them.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 22:00 |
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If a Chosen drops in on a facility mission that has a Ruler on it, that might happen already!
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 22:24 |
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marshmallow creep posted:If a Chosen drops in on a facility mission that has a Ruler on it, that might happen already! Supposedly it's hard-coded that they can't appear on the same map.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 22:26 |
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It'll probably be enabled in the next Long War mod
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 23:05 |
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marshmallow creep posted:If a Chosen drops in on a facility mission that has a Ruler on it, that might happen already! I wonder how much of that is to prevent the Berserker Queen from murdering the Chosen before you ever see it.
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 23:13 |
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The Berserker Queen certainly helped me out on a retaliation mission once. Killed half the attacking aliens before I even got to them! Reading some previews, you can gain the ability to extend timers on missions or even delay them? That's awesome.
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I haven't played since winning my release campaign, are the ayy leaders hostile to regular ayys?
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# ? Aug 22, 2017 23:44 |
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Berserker Queen can be made hostile against anyone, much like regular berserkers. The rest are pretty standard.
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 00:01 |
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Speedball posted:The Berserker Queen certainly helped me out on a retaliation mission once. Killed half the attacking aliens before I even got to them! Berserker Queen is how I got a perfect retaliation once. Apparently she does no damage to the civilians, and since she apparently gets turn priority due to being the BIG BOSS on the map the AI will move her first at enemies until she's activated. I managed to trigger her pod last and as far as I could tell she had been bouncing back and forth between two civilians, slamming the ground at their feet. She even did it a couple of times as I mopped her up, which meant the mutons in her pod focused on me.
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 00:08 |
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I lost a retaliation mission once because every member of a very large pod went bug gently caress murder crazy and killed a civilian each, and watching some of these wotc retaliations on YouTube makes it look like that level of carnage is to be expected. You will lose two or three people a turn.
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 00:32 |
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The civilians have terrible tactical awareness. Oh, let's duck behind this gas tank. Run towards the scary faced aliens. Lemme stand right in the middle here with no cover so you can't rescue me and stay in cover.
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 00:39 |
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I am going to charge into this smoking bus to shoot an alien, miss, then die when the bus explodes.
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 01:44 |
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I tried to pose my soldiermans in the Propaganda Center Photobooth, but after I save a poster, it looks like it immideately deletes it from the requisite folder on my hard drive. Has this happened to anyone else and how did you solve it? I'm using the default C:/Users/Me/Documents/MyGames/XCOM2 Propaganda Center/XCOM Game/Photobooth path. EDIT: Might be avast antivirus. can't check now. Or is it Sputnik fucked around with this message at 13:58 on Aug 23, 2017 |
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marshmallow creep posted:I lost a retaliation mission once because every member of a very large pod went bug gently caress murder crazy and killed a civilian each, and watching some of these wotc retaliations on YouTube makes it look like that level of carnage is to be expected. You will lose two or three people a turn. I once got pinned down by a pair of Mutons while a Stun Lancer went around and killed all the civvies
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 13:43 |
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Imagine a retaliation mission where the boss is a stun lancer...with Reaper.
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Or is it Sputnik posted:I tried to pose my soldiermans in the Propaganda Center Photobooth, but after I save a poster, it looks like it immideately deletes it from the requisite folder on my hard drive. Has this happened to anyone else and how did you solve it? I'm using the default C:/Users/Me/Documents/MyGames/XCOM2 Propaganda Center/XCOM Game/Photobooth path. | | | | V Ok, so it was Avast pulling tricks. I couldn't find the specific issue, but I disabled it for 10 minutes and could save photos to disk.
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 16:12 |
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wuffles posted:Um perhaps I'm forgetting something, but all I remember is that Wet Work used to apply retroactively (meaning you got the exp you would have been getting up to that point, in one big dump, for every soldier that had earned exp) as soon as you researched it. There was a period after they patched Wet Works so that it worked in some really bizarre way that I don't remember the details of. (It's probably in this thread at some much earlier point.) It was something like, the bonus didn't kick in unless the soldier was wounded on the mission or some bizarre poo poo like that. I know that's not exactly it, but it was something screwy in that vein.
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 16:51 |
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I have preordered War Of The Chosen and the Mario Rabbids game. Gonna get my squad based tactics fill.
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 23:05 |
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Ugh, I tried to watch some of the pre-release stuff since I was getting antsy. And I learned I absolutely cannot watch other people play Xcom. Holy poo poo ChristopherOdd is infuriating to watch. "Yeah I desperately need supplies on this supply raid. Better get in long drawn out battles with ADVENT at range in cover instead of even trying to move up to the boxes or flank with my concealed Reaper or Ranger. Oh no, how did I not manage to get any of the supplies"
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# ? Aug 23, 2017 23:08 |
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Zore posted:Ugh, I tried to watch some of the pre-release stuff since I was getting antsy. Most streamers are infuriating but I've actually found Richard_Hammer to be enjoyable because he just plays the game, gets pissed at moments, and doesn't have many annoying gimmicks. That being said, I still find myself yelling at them when they miss something obvious.
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 01:15 |
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The ones I've been watching, I just skip watching the missions, and watch the Avenger what it's
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 01:23 |
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Zore posted:Ugh, I tried to watch some of the pre-release stuff since I was getting antsy. His geoscape is whats tilting me, especially the two months of floating the resistance contact order he's not using. At least on missions he's checking his remote starts now. Still, it's nice to see things going okay for him even with those huge inefficiencies, because it really makes me think WotC L/I will be easier than base if you just pay attention to all the new subsystems. So I'll probably just start on L/I.
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 02:34 |
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I just can't watch streamers because they remind me I'm not playing the game myself yet.
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 02:37 |
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Does anyone else feel like the game is going to get a bit too busy with both Chosen and boss aliens running around? Every single mission is going to have some rear end in a top hat that gets a turn every time one of your guys takes an action.
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# ? Aug 24, 2017 04:29 |
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Shumagorath posted:Does anyone else feel like the game is going to get a bit too busy with both Chosen and boss aliens running around? Every single mission is going to have some rear end in a top hat that gets a turn every time one of your guys takes an action. The Chosen don't get that mechanic though, right?
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