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My understanding is that actually a lancer can’t inflict unconscious unless the soldier has been previously wounded at least once this mission, so you didn’t get nearly as lucky as you thought. That gatekeeper choosing to float idly around instead of doing 7 damage to everyone probably made up the difference though.
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Dead Reckoning posted:That giant faceless/zerker pod would have been a great time to use Shepard's Void Rift: they're all relatively weak mentally, so there's a good chance of panicking or mind controlling a few and letting you focus on the rest. I think this is where FairGame's unwillingness to use the psyker really showed. Big pod in a small space - an ideal target. Of course it didn't matter in the end, end-game troops being as powerful as they are. I'm looking forward to the grand finale!
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Well that was quite an evil place to cut the video off.
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A pod of basic Advent infantry isn't going to do anything at this point, even if they get full turns.
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 And at last, the LP is finished. What a loving year. My thanks to all of you who were patient with me as I worked through some poo poo; I hope you enjoyed it. For what it's worth, for those of you who followed me from the XCOM Long War thread: while the last year has been loving terrible for lots of micro and macro reasons, my health has improved immensely. I'm not 100%, and never will be, but it turns out getting off the vegan diet made a huge difference. Frank Reynolds had it right all along: gotta have an egg during this trying time. Anyway, had I not been playing on the PS4 here, I absolutely could have narrated the back half of this LP. At some point in the future I'll do another LP, this time with voice narration. Hopefully Chimera Squad, though I'll have to wait to build a new computer before I can do that. Anyway, I sincerely hope 2021 is better for all of us. All best, Your Pal FairGame, shooter of various aliens
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It's missing the subtitles for me. vvv No apology necessary! Now to watch the video 
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Jan 9, 2021 18:11
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DTurtle posted:It's missing the subtitles for me. I failed to press publish after I saved them. Fixed now, and sorry for the inconvenience.
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Jan 9, 2021 18:42
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Have you thought about playing Phoenix Point? Its a better successor to Xcom than XCOM.
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Jan 9, 2021 20:30
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Yaaay good job fairgame!
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So, after watching: 1. Codexes appear, you say: I have to take care of them otherwise I'm in trouble, proceed to ignore them for most of the turn, one survives and you're in trouble  2. Wow, that is a lot of aliens appearing, I can really see how you will be quickly overwhelmed. 3. If the Chosen are still alive: Do they appear with the various alien pods porting in? How impossible is it with them still active? Thanks for the great LP! You made the game look easy. I think the commentating through the subtitles worked really well.
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Jan 9, 2021 20:45
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 You saved the day again unaccountable military death squad  Were the aliens getting bonuses to dodges in that mission or what because wow there were a lot of them. Anyways fun times all around, great to see something I could never do, thank you.
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DTurtle posted:1. Codexes appear, you say: I have to take care of them otherwise I'm in trouble, proceed to ignore them for most of the turn, one survives and you're in trouble The chosen do show up at the end, and it's loving rough
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Dan & Grace did an XCOM2 LP where, true to disorganized and haphazard form, they didn't wipe out the chosen before the end level, and they do show up, but not all at once. There's one early on in the level, one just before the transition to the final battle arena, and one in along with the avatars. Not sure if that order is fixed but for D&G they went Assassin, Hunter, and Warlock respectively.
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Congrats Fair! Great job! Oh my that fan fire though  sincx posted:I never figured out how to do the last room correctly. I had to use the "camp outside the entrance and bait the avatars over" strategy. Also the Warlock's rifle does double damage against psionic enemies, including Avatars.
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Good job, FairGame! Things were getting pretty hectic in there, yet you got the job done. I know why you didn't go hunting for the other Ruler armours - it is a huge ball-ache, especially that bastard Archon King. I found the Archon armour really, really helps with mobility and getting your sniper all set up, and the RAGE SUIT mounts a heavy weapon. Panicking Mutons and Archons is just the cherry on top. sincx posted:I never figured out how to do the last room correctly. I had to use the "camp outside the entrance and bait the avatars over" strategy. FairGame did a good job of saving most of his toys for the last room. There are other things you could do - give your Spark the skill Bombard or Nova for AoE damage, bring lots of WAR suits for heavy weapons, bring team-mates with high-level bonds. I usually split my forces and camp each group at either end of the big central block, and then mind-control some archons to buy time. Then again, I don't play on the highest difficulties.
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Thanks so much for this LP and the Long War LP. Your aggressive style really and commentary makes these a blast to follow, hope you're back to LP another game in the future.. I also hope 2021 treats us all better as well.
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Congrats FG! Thanks for the LP! Definitely wish you, and everyone else here, a much better 2021 overall than 2020 has been.
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Just had a chance to watch this final episode! I really like the last battle. I know you call it horrible, and I get that they have to be a little cheesy by just dumping untold quantities of bullshit, but I'm glad it's a challenge, and not much else could be by that point, as we've seen in other late-game episodes. But you fought your way through it as expertly as everything else, and it's been a fun ride! Thanks for sticking through it despite all the health and other issues. Hope to see some Chimera Squad some day when your computer has a solid upgrade (or replacement).
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Yeah, thanks! This has been really entertaining and we all appreciate it that you hung in there to see it through. I hope this year treats you better than the last! [edit]Also that null lance being unable to hit both avatars was bullshit Speaking of x-com-likes, I've been keeping one eye on phantom doctrine recently - it looks interesting, has anyone played it?
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Crazy Achmed posted:Yeah, thanks! This has been really entertaining and we all appreciate it that you hung in there to see it through. I hope this year treats you better than the last! Yeah, it's... okay. Can't remember too much of it except a couple of the voices being incredibly irritating. Wouldn't really recommend it unless you really want a janky coldwarpunk Invisible Inc
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Congrats on getting through it! Thanks for this, it was a blast.
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eating only apples posted:Congrats on getting through it! Thanks for this, it was a blast.
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Well done Commander Fairgame. I look forward to your next command.
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Robert Deadford posted:FairGame did a good job of saving most of his toys for the last room. There are other things you could do - give your Spark the skill Bombard or Nova for AoE damage, bring lots of WAR suits for heavy weapons, bring team-mates with high-level bonds. I usually split my forces and camp each group at either end of the big central block, and then mind-control some archons to buy time. Then again, I don't play on the highest difficulties. I have a ton of things I do to run my playbook for the final room. I'll spare everyone the details, except to note that an Avatar afflicted by Void Conduit cannot teleport.
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