The Commander's Field Manual to the XCOM 2 Resistance

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Let's Play! > The Commander's Field Manual to the XCOM 2 Resistance

«‹›2 »

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Best birthday present ever.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2016 03:22

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 03:39

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

heenato posted:

I mean, it's partly because I'm really bad at the game, but hoo boy. I cannot tell you how many times one mistake in a battle actually cost me my entire campaign. So I'm looking forward to this to maybe show me how not to be so awful, and then maybe the game will be fun.

Sounds like you need to invest in backup plans. Both in-mission (never save critical shots or advancing a position for the last character of the turn if you can possibly avoid it) and outside of it (have backup soldiers, not just an A-team, and cycle them so it's not a bunch of rookies in the lategame.)

# ¿ Jul 11, 2016 16:12

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

I was creating a character, and while from what I remember of the stories she certainly COULD have Guile hair, the Mad Max DLC added pigtails which are her iconic feature.

# ¿ Jul 11, 2016 22:53

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Really between all the official DLCs you have a buttload of gear to pick from. I think you only *need* to delve into the workshop in that respect if you're looking for unique stuff like Disney princess dresses.

...one sec, need to go check something.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2016 01:51

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

I'm banned from haikus because mine sound like normal speech and it makes folks mad.

# ¿ Jul 14, 2016 03:26

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Bloody Pom posted:

One syllable too many in the middle, sadly

Oh bother.

# ¿ Jul 14, 2016 04:12

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Blind Sally posted:

surely there needs to be a new carbonated beverage to talk about this game around. new XCOM, new soda. ginger beer chat? cola chat? i, for one, hope we are able to chat about the highest of quality hand-crafted small-batch gluten-free ethically-made vegan organic colas.

I'm definitely a fan of ginger beer, but I don't have conisseur tastebuds. "Tastes more like ginger and less like sugar" is about as far as I go.

# ¿ Jul 14, 2016 17:08

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Ciaphas posted:

Fire is two syllables and "But Dave was on fire" is six you dweebs

Haiku argument, is fire just one syllable? Guess you disagree.

# ¿ Jul 14, 2016 21:56

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Ciaphas posted:

Only if you're a redneck and pronounce it "fah" and I'm dying on this goddamn hill you can't stop me

I used to know what those sorts of words are called, because I had the same issue. Some words are two syllables when you say them slowly, but one in normal speech. World, fire, stuff like that. My real name's a bit of one as well, and I used to feel annoyed that it felt like more of a mouthful of a name than it looked like it should be. They're kinda one and a half syllables long.

E: Heck, that Daft Punk "around the world" song deliberately plays with that word's use as one or two syllables.

# ¿ Jul 15, 2016 03:54

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Rick_Hunter posted:

Apparently. He's the 'Advent Speaker' which I assume is the Thin Man on the TV.

What are you talking about? That guy is totally human. He even wears sunglasses at night like humans do.

Bruceski fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Jul 16, 2016

# ¿ Jul 16, 2016 00:56

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

VolticSurge posted:

I dunno,Lilly's got her moments. Tygan's as boring as a stick,though.

He's just focused on those ADVENT burgers he left behind.

# ¿ Jul 16, 2016 05:07

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Cythereal posted:

Essentially, ADVENT has placed certain areas off-limits to absolutely everyone and X-COM saw really weird poo poo coming out of these contagion zones - animals made of glass and other bizarre stuff. They saw ADVENT forces going into these zones armed with flamethrowers, which the book notes are not standard ADVENT equipment.

There's an event or two in this game that references them, but nothing's come of them yet. Could be foreshadowing for X-COM 3 or just "hey, weird poo poo" for flavor.

That's where ADVENT is fighting the 1960 XCOM remnants that they woke up.

# ¿ Jul 16, 2016 18:24

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

The Lone Badger posted:

Those sectoids had made some sick gains in their downtime since XCOM1.

Pectoids.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2016 04:01

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

The Lone Badger posted:

Is it possible to dress a sharpshooter up as a cowboy?

I've got soma passable Ocelots, though I had to go for brown vest instead of a trenchcoat for Shalashaska, and Adamska needs a beret mod.

# ¿ Jul 18, 2016 21:47

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Yeah, you can argue X vs Y, but at least both of them have a point. They may fit different playstyles, but there's no "that's garbage" class, and even the overlooked skills are because they're alongside very useful ones (the first grenadier skill for example), not because they're a bad idea.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2016 03:59

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

If you watch Hackers then 75% of 90s internet pop culture will become recognizable. That movie is our international anthem. You also get to see a young Sherlock Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller, not Cumberbatch) make out with Angelina Jolie.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2016 05:53

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Green Intern posted:

This is actually more than just a convenience tool. If a Gremlin passes through enemy awareness squares while you're concealed, it will count as breaking concealment. Not having to move to see what a hack is removes that risk. It might only break concealment if you go through with the hack attempt though?

The lamppost itself has awareness squares and I've never seen this happen. Do you have proof handy?

# ¿ Jul 19, 2016 14:23

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Sectoids in XCOM were the chaff, the ADVENT troopers. Pectoids are a force multiplier; if other things require your attention, they can and will make a bunch of complications.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2016 18:24

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

When I reload a save, I get different hack rolls. What are you guys talking about?

# ¿ Jul 20, 2016 00:44

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Veloxyll posted:

A Random number is one that you cannot know before pressing the button. If it's pre-rolled and your next 4 actions have their numbers assigned, even if you load, it is not random. You have some idea what the numbers are.

No number is truly random (well, we're not sure about quantum/radioactive decay, so very few numbers are random). You live in a universe with pre-generated pseudo-random results, you just can't reload your life to notice.

Face it folks, :xcom:

. As long as the RNG's pseudo-random enough that you can't predict results from previous ones ("I rolled a 23 on that hack, which means I need a 74% chance to hit my next shot") it's good enough.

# ¿ Jul 20, 2016 15:28

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Everyone talking about XCOM2 Long War mods, do these require changing the base game to an overly long slog that has more bad decisions than good, or is it shorthand for "the team that made that overly long slog with more bad decisions than good"?

# ¿ Jul 21, 2016 18:18

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Madagascar has closed its borders.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2016 01:49

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Shouldn't we see what nicknames the people earn? Why make a random nickname pool?

# ¿ Jul 23, 2016 07:10

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

A Curvy Goonette posted:

Is there a list of mods that would be good to install after playing through the vanilla game?

Depends what you're looking for in a replay. Harder? Easier? A few tweaks? So many classes that you have no clue what anyone can do and who's broken in either direction?

# ¿ Jul 25, 2016 02:38

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

One of my snipers picked up shredding attacks through the AWC. I gotta say, the ability to reach across the map and pop some guy's armor is incredibly handy.

I think Blast Padding would become more interesting if it gave 1 armor per tier rather than just 1 armor. That scaling with weapons is really what makes shredding pull ahead,

# ¿ Jul 25, 2016 17:41

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Not only do cart wheels lock up when you remove them from the lot, but sometimes the mechanism glitches. I'm kinda surprised Gnu has never had to wrestle with a cart in-store that has a wheel that isn't cooperating.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2016 19:47

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Brainamp posted:

Damnit. I was thinking of medical protocol, not aid.

Like half the specialist abilities have protocol in the name. Really gets confusing after a while.

Protocol Protocol: when using a Protocol, it does not cost an action of the character has used another Protocol this turn. Protocol.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2016 00:19

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Zomborgon posted:

I just noticed that equipping a soldier with the murder axe makes "axe" replace all instances of "sword" in skill trees- even at promotion. Nice attention to detail.

It seems to have fields for [Main Weapon] and [Secondary Weapon]. My sniper's shredding attacks said "attacks made by this unit's sniper rifle remove armor" to make clear I couldn't pistol it off. Man that wopuld be amazing if I could.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2016 03:44

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Wrong thread

# ¿ Jul 27, 2016 07:33

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

I like the low-mod use. The Commander's guide to surviving XCOM should not be "change a bunch of things."

# ¿ Jul 28, 2016 01:27

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

We were at the ADVENT site
Everybody had crazy outfits
Somebody went under a dock
And there they saw a rocket
But it wasn't a rocket
It was a Rocket Lobster!

# ¿ Jul 31, 2016 05:38

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Tin Tim posted:

I always assumed Jade was a Hard Gay impersonator irl and now you're telling me that's wrong???

My world is shaken

No mere impersonator, he's the real McCoy.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2016 19:45

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

CrazySalamander posted:

What is this a reference to?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDZy6-fMCw4

I'm gonna go feel old, now. Don't mind me.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2016 20:46

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

TheDarkFlame posted:

Also, I like that they changed grenades so they're now tied to the grid, to stop the dumb ritual of pixel-hunting that preceded every grenade throw. And it doesn't seem to have helped? Is that just you, or just a particularly awkward place to put a grenade, or what?

Every once in a while it'll turn out that where you're trying to drop a grenade involves coinslotting a window or something. They actually have a throwing arc. Sometimes there's hoiccups with buildings too, trying to drop something on a roof when it thinks you're pointing at the floor.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2016 22:44

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

I skulljacked my first officer in the middle of a rough mission, had no biggie and won. :smug:

# ¿ Aug 6, 2016 20:10

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Julian was really stupid in how he approached matters. Be friendly, have Lilly transfer the mind, THEN deploy the killbots.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2016 03:04

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Honestly between the Spark's Overdrive and rocket, and Shen's hack, I think the 6 armor is there both as a tutorial of sorts and also to keep you from nuking the thing on turn 1.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2016 18:25

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Pittsburgh Lambic posted:

I love how the debriefing music changes if you've taken KIA. The soldiers on the Skyranger look more somber on the way back too, if they're bringing a body with them

Of course they bring it back. Lobsters are good eatin'.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2016 20:00

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Rick_Hunter posted:

Who told you to bring a dead lobster back? Enjoy your food poisoning, idiot.

That shoot cooked him pretty thoroughly, so it was more like leftovers.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2016 22:23

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 03:39

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

Lunethex posted:

In XCOM 2, Canada annexed America.

Meanwhile New Mexico is the Advent-remapped Mexico and not, you know, the state New Mexico.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2016 07:18

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Video Games > Let's Play! > The Commander's Field Manual to the XCOM 2 Resistance

«‹›2 »