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ProfessorBooty posted:If I want a soldier to have a certain nickname, I'll give it to her or him - if I'm just throwing out an idea, it means I'm just voting (mostly) fairly, don't let my suggestions discourage you from making your own. Also, nicknames have an 11 character limit, which really sucks IMO. I'm just giving you a hard time mostly Booty, I'm just throwing out alternatives personally because I really like 99 percent too. I also forgot to ask if keeping your scouts with marksman rifles is typically how you run them after a certain month? Do shotguns just sorta fall off in usefulness to spam on most of your soldiers, or do you think with the ballastics shotgun nerf they aren't as useful to have as many of? And the most important question, does my scout build keep the shotgun or switch to rifles?
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SaffronKit posted:I'm just giving you a hard time mostly Booty, I'm just throwing out alternatives personally because I really like 99 percent too. A lot of it comes with the decision to make a second scout build, meaning that either I make more scouty-scouts in case they get hurt, or I significantly lower the chances of them getting hurt so I can move on to make snipers. Also, I've been extremely impressed by the performance and versatility of the scout with a marksman rifle, it means I have a more flexible (if slightly less powerful) sniper on every mission, and having more distance means I can have greater control of lightning reflexes. Your build will probably stick to shotguns for most missions, then move over to some sort of strike rifle for terror missions. The shotgun nerf hurts - and directly affects how my assaults do in two missions now (one we haven't seen yet), but it wasn't a consideration.
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May 22, 2015 18:12
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ProfessorBooty posted:
Honestly, Kurieg is hitting every rocket. Let's hope this streak won't break. Ninety-Nine's great. I'll vouch for that one.
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May 22, 2015 22:54
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Ninty-Nine is indeed perfect.
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May 22, 2015 23:56
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Man I was looking to see if I could pick up Enemy Within so I could start my own Long War game (I would be playing Witcher 3 except I am worried it will break my already fragile, dying PC) but I can't find it for less then 20 bucks anywhere, it's still 50 on Steam too.
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May 23, 2015 01:14
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Gridlocked posted:Man I was looking to see if I could pick up Enemy Within so I could start my own Long War game (I would be playing Witcher 3 except I am worried it will break my already fragile, dying PC) but I can't find it for less then 20 bucks anywhere, it's still 50 on Steam too. Wait for the steam summer sale. Think I got it for like 10 bucks.
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May 23, 2015 03:20
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Gridlocked posted:Man I was looking to see if I could pick up Enemy Within so I could start my own Long War game (I would be playing Witcher 3 except I am worried it will break my already fragile, dying PC) but I can't find it for less then 20 bucks anywhere, it's still 50 on Steam too. Also, the Long War mod only works with the steam version (at least, I'm reasonably certain that's the case). Just wait for the summer sale.
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May 23, 2015 10:00
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So with the terror mission in Australia, will that free the country, or does it just increase panic elsewhere if you fail?
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May 23, 2015 12:28
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HiKaizer posted:So with the terror mission in Australia, will that free the country, or does it just increase panic elsewhere if you fail? You need to do Base Assaults to free a country, to the best of my knowledge.
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May 23, 2015 12:34
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 Youtube Link We're off to save Australian refugees. I brought a pretty strong squad and I think things went reasonably well except for one unintended activation. Also, I didn't bring medkits. Oops.  Congratulations Congojack in making Corporal! Congojack needs a nickname!My nickname suggestion for CongoJack: First Blood, in memory of him being the first downed soldier (and despite this, he's still an amazing sniper - being critically injured isn't a huge deal guys, trust me!). Perk Talk Flush v. Aggression v. Battle Scanner Flush fits in with the scout tries to get bad guys out of cover so others have a better shot - Flush + Holotargeting is a good combonation in that manner. But flush is flush, sometimes it works against your best interests, and sometimes guys don't actually move. With that in mind, I usually use flush as an ability that gives me a great chance to kill a low HP unit, it is something that's worth picking up, except... Battle Scanner is an amazing perk. Scouts get two battle scanners, and the battle scanner perk provides an extra +50% to their throw range, so even a long range scout can throw a battle scanner far enough away to give good intel. Aggression is a nice perk  . I'll give this perk to damage/crit scouts.New Stuff! (We had it available before, but I failed to talk about it, oops) Reinforced Armor Reinforced Armor provides +1 DR, +1 HP, -2 mobility, and -6 defense. I used to not consider using this armor, but now that MEC tanking is a long ways off we have to consider bio-tanking, so this + will to survive + cover provides around 3 DR, which is pretty significant at this stage of the game. The -6 defense seems like a really bad thing but its kind of desirable so the aliens are more likely to shoot at your tank.
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May 25, 2015 13:07
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Professor you are a lifesaver. My PC is currently choking to death and I am 3 days away from my replacement parts arriving. I can't play any video games and all I have is youtube, thank you for providing content I want to watch. Edit: Even better we are going to save my home country! Gridlocked fucked around with this message at 13:19 on May 25, 2015 |
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May 25, 2015 13:09
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So wait, isn't phalanx armor supposed to stop things from being damaged like that? Does that mean it doesn't protect itself?
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May 25, 2015 13:59
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That shotgun was a disgrace to it's family.
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May 25, 2015 14:30
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Kidneyman: Would you say I have stormtrooper accuracy. Missing when under pressure but hitting when I'm the hero.
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May 25, 2015 14:46
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SaffronKit posted:1% or The One Percent because I like my nicknames to be rich with humor!  Didn't do much SaffronKit posted:So wait, isn't phalanx armor supposed to stop things from being damaged like that? Does that mean it doesn't protect itself? We need armour for our armour!
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May 25, 2015 15:47
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I really hate mech unit dr. Also you got really lucky that the chrysallids didn't just all swarm to you, they always do that to me 
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May 25, 2015 16:12
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Armor has some chance of breaking if a unit takes actual HP damage. I think it rises linearly with 0 hp damage = 0% chance of breaking, soldier on the brink of death = 20% hp damage. So that was a 10% chance with Tom. Still, it would have been better if I remembered Megane had HEAT warheads, then one AP grenade would have taken care of that seeker. Whoops v  v
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May 25, 2015 16:13
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I'm putting money on the table that we went into Australia solely to rescue our newly-minted officer Gridlocked's cat. e: THe phalanx armour doesn't need fixed. Just leave it as it is; fused to my chest hair. TomViolence fucked around with this message at 16:58 on May 25, 2015 |
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May 25, 2015 16:20
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That mission went pretty well considering that bad activation turn. Good job guys, especially Gridlocked.
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May 25, 2015 18:53
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Woo! Survived the evacuation of Australia. As far as terror missions go, that went pretty well. Long War isn't quite at murder everything you know and love mode yet.
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May 25, 2015 19:07
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I think I have a name for Congojack proper. Do more experienced do more damage too as they level up? Pointer made short work out of that Scout. Though, come to think of it, that could be that finished research, rather.
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May 25, 2015 19:18
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Dinictus posted:I think I have a name for Congojack proper. I heartily second 'Banana Man' for Congojack.
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May 25, 2015 20:02
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I did it you guys, success through mediocre shots.
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May 25, 2015 20:17
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Dinictus posted:Do more experienced do more damage too as they level up? Pointer made short work out of that Scout. Though, come to think of it, that could be that finished research, rather. More experience just means better % chance to hit. I think one or both of those shots were critical hits. The research also likely helped. I've never seen a two-shotted scout with sting rays before. Get a grip, Congo, you're part of the team. As a matter of fact, I have a lot of depressed soldiers (I blame myself for the majority of this - I'm trying to fix my attitude). Not everyone can be the 6-kill-per-mission soldier, and we need soldiers that provide a sturdy foundation so those mega-kill soldiers can actually function.
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May 25, 2015 22:04
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No one is ever going to live up to Van Dorn's alien massacre. Really anything near that end of the scale is a bit unlikely to keep happening, though I can dream of getting a multi-kill with a shotgun one day.
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May 25, 2015 22:09
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Can't believe it's nearly another month before I can get me some again.  I really think the ingame TomViolence has himself a necklace of alien ears by now.
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May 26, 2015 00:10
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TomViolence posted:Can't believe it's nearly another month before I can get me some again. That was a pretty unlucky overwatch you ate. I should have brought at least one medkit - it was pretty much two unlucky shots (40% from the Floater - who I was certain would shoot a civilian, and about 30% from the overwatching seeker). Also, I didn't listen to my own advice from like 10 episodes back to be wary of stealthed overwatching seekers.
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I'm actually quite liking the changes to Seeker AI so far. Normally you'd just see them all cloak and make a beeline for someone in the back, but instead of going for one of your soldiers, a seeker took a position where it could overwatch to cover for his buddy. Honestly makes them a lot more threatening.
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Where'd that Cryssalid that was on 1 HP that we grenaded go? There was 2 damage and another corpse and everything! And think, Van Dorn would've solved all those crysallid problems with one rockets.
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Veloxyll posted:And think, Van Dorn would've solved all those crysallid problems with one rockets. I'll bring Rocketeers on a terror mission once they make a few more ranks. It sucks to accidentally blow a hole in the wall and activate seven more cryssalids.
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ProfessorBooty posted:I'll bring Rocketeers on a terror mission once they make a few more ranks. It sucks to accidentally blow a hole in the wall and activate seven more cryssalids. Booty I don't feel you did enough to save my cat. 
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Gridlocked posted:Booty I don't feel you did enough to save my cat. To be fair, it was YOUR mission Even if you made Tom tank instead of you
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Veloxyll posted:To be fair, it was YOUR mission Even if you made Tom tank instead of you Tom broke ranks and rushed ahead. Also he missed on a 100% shot, who does that?
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Gridlocked posted:Tom broke ranks and rushed ahead. Also he missed on a 100% shot, who does that? I take complete responsiblity for this. I just wanted more ears for muh necklace. What d'you mean 'lids don't have ears?
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TomViolence posted:I take complete responsiblity for this. I just wanted more ears for muh necklace. What d'you mean 'lids don't have ears? They have skulls.
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Gridlocked posted:Tom broke ranks and rushed ahead. Also he missed on a 100% shot, who does that? He'd just gotten shot in the face with plasma Twice. Detheros also had a pistol. Though whether that could overcome seeker armour. Tom "Sickbay" Violence Veloxyll fucked around with this message at 02:07 on May 26, 2015 |
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I haven't had a chance to watch the video yet, but hooray for rescuing people from my city!  The mission sounds like it was rough.
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My heart sank seeing Megane's grenade leave both Crysallid with one health and then proceeding to kill those two civilians. They didn't have to die, drat it 
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Veloxyll posted:Detheros also had a pistol. Yeah, but with the recent funding shortage we don't have any ammo for the pistols, Commander says we need to take them because "It looks right" or something like that. Also been really enjoying the videos lately, keep up the good work Booty and Kidney.
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e2: ^^ Thanks! I really appreciate feedback ^^ No way a pistol would penetrate armor, not to mention he was recovering from being strangled and he doesn't have gunslinger, it would have been like a 10% shot. e: not including the fact it would have to do 3 damage, which is crit territory. ProfessorBooty fucked around with this message at 06:47 on May 26, 2015 |
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