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UberJumper posted:I made a tool to patch the XCOM Enemy Within executable, to allow you to modify the DefaultGameCore.ini file, in the Config folder, without needing modpatcher. This is a little over my head, but would this tool be able to make it so you could bypass the launcher that selects between EU and EW? I'm pretty sure that's where my system is failing and if I can use a work around now instead of waiting for a patch from Firaxis, that would be awesome.
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oswald ownenstein posted:I'd pay out the rear end for map pack DLC, along with more international voicesets. There's a lot of money to be made here Firaxis, get with it! Jamaican, Cockney and really well spoken english gentlemen voices please Firaxis. Is there anywhere with all of the gene mods listed out, still aint played the dlc looking forward to it
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Nov 13, 2013 07:22
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Did they lower the damage output on assault rifles? I used to be able to kill sectoids with one shot, now I'm only doing 2 damage, and the only 2nd wave option I have on is the aim bonus you get to flanking. Also, the kill cams no longer trigger even though I have 3rd person camera on. One more question: I'm playing iron man classic, and I'm almost done my first month but I'm only going to have one new satellite built before my monthly review. Is this worth restarting over?
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Nov 13, 2013 07:23
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Hellburger99 posted:This is a little over my head, but would this tool be able to make it so you could bypass the launcher that selects between EU and EW? I'm pretty sure that's where my system is failing and if I can use a work around now instead of waiting for a patch from Firaxis, that would be awesome. nope, but you can bypass the launcher by launching XComEW.exe from: <whatever>\Steam\SteamApps\common\XCom-Enemy-Unknown\XEW\Binaries\Win32
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Nov 13, 2013 07:25
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One of the EXALT Intel pieces I just got gave me the clue: "The EXALT base is in a country that you can play in Civilization 5" That's kind of a weird clue, what if someone hadn't played Civ 5?
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Nov 13, 2013 07:28
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gently caress that first council mission, I've wiped to it twice now.
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Nov 13, 2013 07:30
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Photosynaesthesias posted:One of the EXALT Intel pieces I just got gave me the clue: Google?
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Zebrasectomy posted:Did they lower the damage output on assault rifles? I used to be able to kill sectoids with one shot, now I'm only doing 2 damage, and the only 2nd wave option I have on is the aim bonus you get to flanking. Also, the kill cams no longer trigger even though I have 3rd person camera on. Assault Rifles have always done 2-4 damage on a non-crit. You were lucky before. 1 sat in March is totally acceptable.
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Nov 13, 2013 07:31
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UberJumper posted:nope, but you can bypass the launcher by launching XComEW.exe from: Hmm, tried that and it's still not working. Thanks, though. It's narrowing down my list of possible issues at least.
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Nov 13, 2013 07:32
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UberJumper posted:nope, but you can bypass the launcher by launching XComEW.exe from: That doesnt work for me  I decided to play through my anger at not having a hunker down button and it is good so far outside of the occasional line of site bug and the one time my game crashed when a seeker tried to strangle my dudes. I really hope they add in more quality of life improvements in a patch, like basically everything in toolboks.
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Nov 13, 2013 07:41
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drat you Training Roulette why do you put such a difficult decision on me (CCB vs Suppression).
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Nov 13, 2013 08:01
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So after playing for the past 12 hours I have decided Mecs are in fact the coolest thing to ever appear in a video game. Punching an enemy mech to death into a tank and having the tank explode and my guy shrug it off like it was nothing is the best. During an Exalt mission they had 4 snipers all clustered around. Took both my mechs and dropped grenades all over them for some sweet sweet kills. Punching things to death never gets old. I kinda hope there is an upgrade to the railgun though and the tech tree just doesn't stop there.
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Nov 13, 2013 08:04
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I'm starting to value future combat from Asia a lot higher now. The foundry has a ton of new awesome toys but they are so expensive! I rushed south america for instant autopsies but I think I'll try and rush asia next time. Also I skipped the first slingshot mission and now it's been 2 months and it hasn't shown up again, did they change something there?
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Nov 13, 2013 08:08
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UberJumper posted:I made a tool to patch the XCOM Enemy Within executable, to allow you to modify the DefaultGameCore.ini file, in the Config folder, without needing modpatcher.
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The Base Defense mission is great, but it sucks that you don't get a chance to equip your squad. You get randomly chosen squad members fed to you throughout the mission, but even the four you start with just get whatever equipment they were using. Luckily I started with two of my MECs but other than that I got my B Team members in no armor and ballistic weapons.
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Nov 13, 2013 08:12
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Photosynaesthesias posted:Just found an awesome MEC combo I understand that we have to put our troops first commander, but every alien we kill with explosives is one less chance to
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Nov 13, 2013 08:15
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Nov 13, 2013 08:18
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So, the hyper reactive pupils gene mod is a little awkwardly worded. Does it mean that as soon as the soldier misses a shot, that they get +10 aim on any shot for the rest of the mission?
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Nov 13, 2013 08:21
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gecs posted:So, the hyper reactive pupils gene mod is a little awkwardly worded. Does it mean that as soon as the soldier misses a shot, that they get +10 aim on any shot for the rest of the mission?
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Nov 13, 2013 08:23
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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misguided rage posted:Fairly sure it resets on a hit. Not sure if it stacks on consecutive misses. I use it on assaults with the double fire skill. Everyone else gets depth perception.
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Demiurge4 posted:I use it on assaults with the double fire skill. Everyone else gets depth perception. Its also amazing on Heavies with Bulletswarm, especially since they can pick that up immediately.
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Photosynaesthesias posted:One of the EXALT Intel pieces I just got gave me the clue: It also puts little icons next to countries that have been ruled out by the hints while you're in the covert operations tab.
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Nov 13, 2013 08:31
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Man, this is the first time I've really made a stab at Classic, and with all the new stuff that Enemy Within throws at you I don't even know what the hell. I'm losing at least a guy a mission, it's a friggin meat grinder, and I don't have half the troops, funds, space, or time I need. GAAARRRRRGGH Next time I start over, I'm building TWO Mecs. I can say, though, that mimetic skin is something you don't ever want to be without because it can make your troops so, SO much more survivable.
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Nov 13, 2013 08:32
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Enable Second Wave option to prevent Vahlen from bitching about explosives; Vahlen starts bitching about meld.
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Nov 13, 2013 08:40
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wtf is this mini sectopod attacking me when I only have ballistics. Am I severely loving up research?
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Well I've ran into a new bug. One that spawns thin men ready to shoot on the same turn they spawn rather than just overwatching. That IS a bug, right? I'm on a VIP find and rescue mission, what seems like a new one, and after I found the VIP and started escorting him, some of the thin men are literally just materializing out of thin air and one shotting guys instantly. I just quit after one just appeared a few tiles away from my VIP and instantly shot him dead. That's fun. Am I the only one who experienced this? What are you supposed to do about it?
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WYA posted:wtf is this mini sectopod attacking me when I only have ballistics. Am I severely loving up research? If you did not research Weapon fragments>> meld>>LASERS in that order than yes. I just did the dumbest thing. Month four was approaching and I had 3 sats on standby and US was in the red. I forgot to put up a sat before council report . There goes my perfect C/I game 
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End of the first month on classic and I have a sat to launch. China is 5 red bars, and the rest of asia is 4 orange. Is the better option to say gently caress asia and just focus on getting south america for research, north america for money, or should I throw the satellite in china to try and salvage asia?
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VoLaTiLe posted:Jamaican, Cockney and really well spoken english gentlemen voices please Firaxis. I'm now imagining "Worms"-variety voice packs.
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What tech do you need to research to get Level-II MEC suits?
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They really need to tell you what tech does stuff because at this point there are way too many research options and now I have to fight cyberdiscs and poo poo with ballistics. THANKS XCOM I might restart because pretty sure my game is hosed, 6 countries out so far. Don't remember classic being this difficult in vanilla
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Speedball posted:What tech do you need to research to get Level-II MEC suits? UFO Power Source. Haven't found the one for Level 3 though.
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WYA posted:They really need to tell you what tech does stuff because at this point there are way too many research options and now I have to fight cyberdiscs and poo poo with ballistics. THANKS XCOM You have new toys and choices but the base strategy is still the same. Rush lasers. I added meld in because chances are you won't have downed the first ufo before weapon fragments finishes.
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TescoBag posted:I am disappointed there is no British accent added in the expansion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_OQR5EjPDk  Byers2142 posted:Whining VIPs don't count as 'helpful' advice; they're just douches. Ugh, I hoped the reduced VO option would stop that. Seriously, who though making the people you have to save insufferable shits was a good idea? They make me legitimately angry, and the idea that someone actually made them this way and put them into a product that people buy is baffling. WYA posted:They really need to tell you what tech does stuff because at this point there are way too many research options and now I have to fight cyberdiscs and poo poo with ballistics. THANKS XCOM Is it unclear that researching weapons fragments leads to better weapons? Then the next next is literally called Lasers.
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So after not playing XCom after basically marathoning like 4 runs at release I decided to drop in to the new content on Classic. Not a single noob has survived past the second mission, my core of 6 rank 3-4 guys usually has 2 or 3 uninjured and the poor recruits just end up in body bags before they even get their second kill. The more frantic playstyle is definitely incredibly engaging. You have to rush to get your meld, but moving a step too fast or too far gets you reamed. Its more strategic to spread out and draw the fight in multiple directions rather than get your group pinned down behind one wall, but you still need to stay just close enough that you don't get ninja strangled. Its a hell of a balancing act to keep it all together, especially with the new better designed maps where there is always an angle to get you killed if you don't draw out perfect strategy every turn and even then everything manages to go to poo poo even faster than vanilla. I feel for the poor souls who pick this up now with the new DLC and decide to try a classic run blind.
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oswald ownenstein posted:I'd pay out the rear end for map pack DLC, along with more international voicesets. There's a lot of money to be made here Firaxis, get with it! I was pretty excited but then disappointed to find that there didn't seem to be any asian language packs
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That Base Defense mission sure was something. I lost 1/3 of my entire army, including 3 Colonels and a Major - two of my MECs, an Assault, and a Sniper. R.I.P. Col. Svetlana 'Freya' Vorobyova, with 35 missions and 100 kills under your belt, my first Augmented solder, and recipient of every medal I can give, you served Earth well 
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Amusingly the support crew that you lose on that mission don't show up on the memorial.
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