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Rorahusky posted:Back before Enemy Within came out, that Muton used to be a Chryssalid. Fun times running into one of those on your first Council Mission. It's still one on Easy/Normal, and I stand by a Muton being more threatening. Chryssalids have less health and where and when it appears in the mission actually makes it pretty easy to just waste as soon as it appears without it ever taking an action.
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As a Mech Zhang is actually supremely useful, he's got a high aim stat and he turns into a Heavy subclass of mech, which is the most useful in my opinion, as its special ability is making the nearest visible alien have -20 aim. That said, his high willpower will also make him very useful for something ELSE later on too...
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Sep 15, 2014 02:20
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How much can you customise a MEC to look like a large angry panda bear as a joke?
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Sep 15, 2014 02:43
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Zhang has been the MVP in my group and a personal favorite. His motivation was: "Seriously guys, we're getting invaded and you're having a bidding war? gently caress you all." Leave him as is, every motley crew need the sane badass to be baffled by the absurdity of it all.
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Sep 15, 2014 02:51
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I vote to leave Zhang the badass normal of this crew.
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Sep 15, 2014 02:53
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Quiet Python posted:I vote to leave Zhang the badass normal of this crew. Well, normal for now. Heh.
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Sep 15, 2014 02:57
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Normal Zhang!
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Sep 15, 2014 03:09
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Zhang for pure humanity, he's too smooth to get meld spilled on him. Though if he gets a critical injury, chop him up.
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Sep 15, 2014 03:10
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Chalk me up as another vote for normal Zhang.
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Sep 15, 2014 03:12
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Yeah, leave him be. Gene-mods if anything. Leave his hair color as-is, too, and have everyone else be immensely jealous.
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Sep 15, 2014 03:20
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Archenteron posted:How much can you customise a MEC to look like a large angry panda bear as a joke? The best I could find was  
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Sep 15, 2014 03:41
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Normal!
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Sep 15, 2014 04:38
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I don't know much about Zhang, but this LP has recently got me back into playing XCOM. I think I'm gonna join the chorus of Badass Normal.
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Sep 15, 2014 04:41
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Normal for now. We'll see what makes sense later.
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Sep 15, 2014 05:03
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Don't know anything about this game other than what the LP is saying, but chopping up and attaching hyper advanced irreplaceable tech to a double agent you literally just met seems like a winning move to me. Go for mecha-triad dude.
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Sep 15, 2014 05:05
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I vote normal until he gets a promotion or two under his belt.
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Sep 15, 2014 05:05
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SwissArmyDruid posted:I vote normal until he gets a promotion or two under his belt. Well he starts off as a Lieutenant.
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Sep 15, 2014 05:07
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I vote normal. Anyone got pics of mecha Zhang? End game spoilers: Zhang can get PSI powers?
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Sep 15, 2014 05:19
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Yes. I didn't know the Friends in Low Places Muton has a regular plasma rifle instead of an LPR. They don't usually get those until June.
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Sep 15, 2014 05:34
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SSNeoman posted:I vote normal. Anyone got pics of mecha Zhang? Not only can he, I'm pretty sure he's basically guaranteed to have them.
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Sep 15, 2014 05:39
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Feinne posted:Not only can he, I'm pretty sure he's basically guaranteed to have them. My version of Zhang didn't, the only psionic guy I had was as Assault I'd had since the beginning of the game. Was that a change added in Enemy Within?
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Sep 15, 2014 06:16
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MEC him.
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Sep 15, 2014 06:24
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Keeping him a normie sounds best. The grizzled veteran always plays his part best when he's a little removed from the craziest action. And not only can Zhang do the late-game thing, but he can also do the end-game thing. I don't really get the hate for him myself; his characterization is completely limited to the one mission we just saw (and unique action lines, oh boy) and it's easy enough to just bury him on the deployment chart if you want.
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Sep 15, 2014 06:38
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Voting for Zhang to be normal. He's got the skills to be successful without undergoing genetic modification or mech suit surgery. Plus, I don't know, something about Zhang makes it seem like he would be opposed to either one. He's spent years as a Triad, relying on his own skills to survive. I don't think he would want to tarnish the success he's had by during into some super solider. He'd like to kick rear end as a regular dude to prove a point.
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Sep 15, 2014 07:01
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Normal Zhang, future Psy Trooper later
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Sep 15, 2014 07:05
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Normal zhang.
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Sep 15, 2014 07:33
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If only there was a pistol-specialist class (well, beyond snipers with Gunslinger). I'd have Zhang be that, spouting off lines from John Woo movies as he guns down Sectoids...
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Sep 15, 2014 07:37
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Let's make Zhang a genetrooper!
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Sep 15, 2014 07:41
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I vote Normal Zhang as well.
I can have moments of... eccentricity and sometimes be quite curious about things. Please forgive me if I do something foolish or rude.
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Sep 15, 2014 07:49
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Gonna throw my vote with the Badass Normal Zhang crowd here.
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Sep 15, 2014 07:53
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Keep him as is for now. If he messes up, he's of Triad origins. We just cut off a bit more than a finger.
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Sep 15, 2014 07:54
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Speedball posted:Well he starts off as a Lieutenant. I know that, I mean on top of that, so you can see how his stats go. You did pick the random stat growth option, right?
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Sep 15, 2014 08:28
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Normal Zhang for now. On Chryssalid chat: I hated Terror from the Deep's Tentaculats so much more, since they could fly (underwater).
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Sep 15, 2014 08:30
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Don't chop Zhang's limbs off, unless he get critically wounded. Zhang gets a lot of hate, somehow. I liked the guy, he's always been very solid in my runs! Well, in the runs he don't get killed by a freak accident, like a panicking rookie or two mutons throwing grenades in his face while wounded. In three out of five games that were Ironman Impossible, he's never survived ...certain events following this mission, always due to some freak accident. I think he's cursed, for me.
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Sep 15, 2014 08:47
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Simply on the basis that him and Eva are the only two heavies you have at the moment, I'd be tempted to keep him normal for now. Of course, if he does get critically wounded...
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Sep 15, 2014 09:11
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I vote for keeping him Badass Normal, even if he does get critical wounds.
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Sep 15, 2014 13:50
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AJ_Impy posted:Keep him as is for now. If he messes up, he's of Triad origins. We just cut off a bit more than a finger. That's the Yakuza who do the finger cutting thing, not the Triads...
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Sep 15, 2014 14:25
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GhostStalker posted:That's the Yakuza who do the finger cutting thing, not the Triads... And? We're here to fight aliens, not ponder the niceties of east Asian crime syndicates. We've got bigger gaijin, or gweilu as the case may be, to worry about.
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Sep 15, 2014 14:41
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AJ_Impy posted:And? We're here to fight aliens, not ponder the niceties of east Asian crime syndicates. We've got bigger gaijin, or gweilu as the case may be, to worry about. Please, it's gwailo. Zhang is from Hong Kong, and therefore speaking Cantonese. Also, I don't think Mandarin speakers actually use gweiliu as an insult. Laowai, maybe.
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Speedball posted:If only there was a pistol-specialist class (well, beyond snipers with Gunslinger). I'd have Zhang be that, spouting off lines from John Woo movies as he guns down Sectoids... What about covert operatives?
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