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The delay kinda killed the hype for me. I mean, I'm still waiting for it and will get Xcom2 as soon as possible, but 6 months are still longer than 3.
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Bholder posted:The delay kinda killed the hype for me. I feel the same way but I suspect it more "delayed" the hype than killed it for me. I'm pretty sure when January rolls around I'll be frothing at the mouth again, all hyped up for XCOM2: Guerrilla Boogaloo.
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I'm still hyped as hell. And I'm glad I have more time to mess with the Long War .ini settings ect., because once XCOM 2 comes out I know that no one will likely even so much as sniff the original. Might as well have fun with it in the company of others while I still can.
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Sep 6, 2015 15:38
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eldridge cleaver posted:Vahlen would never hurt me like that. you don't know poo poo DOWN JACKET FETISH posted:repost it's obvious that vahlen has gone into torture withdrawal due to the alien victory. humans make a perfectly acceptable
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Sep 6, 2015 15:44
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Suitaru posted:you don't know poo poo Burn that fucker Vahlen! I'll never be able to see her as anything other than a murderous and torturing angle of death. I love her.
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Anyone going to Firaxicon this year? Figured it was a good excuse to get an early look at the game now that the release's been delayed, would be nice to meet up some goons while I'm there. I know some of you owe me a drink. 
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My game went into overdrive or something. 20 active aliens, 3 outsiders, a mectoid... just all around lol. It would be ok but I'm still on the stupid bomb mission. I have to move up. Sigh.
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I'm getting hammered. I've never had a commander fail before. He tried to take over my guy and the line was, "I'm not a traitor, dammit." lol. I'm so hosed. edit: poo poo, he did take my guy. I'm more hosed than I thought. sigh. Pohl fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Sep 6, 2015 |
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Sep 6, 2015 18:58
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Another mind commander and another Outsider??? I'm gonna restart. This poo poo got way too real for me.
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Sep 6, 2015 19:10
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Pohl posted:Another mind commander and another Outsider??? I think you have confused your SA login with your Twitter login.
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Deuce posted:I think you have confused your SA login with your Twitter login. I try not to post too much, but if I don't, this thread ends up on page 5 or 6 of games. Go ahead and hate me for my posting, but at least I'm posting in this dead thread. Edit: Oh yea, I'm still excited and having fun, because it is a loving game. Sorry if that makes you mad. Pohl fucked around with this message at 19:24 on Sep 6, 2015 |
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Sep 6, 2015 19:16
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Pohl posted:I try not to post too much, but if I don't, this thread ends up on page 5 or 6 of games.  Doesn't everyone use bookmarks? Games moves way too fast for me to keep up.
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monster on a stick posted:
Me too. Frankly, I don't browse the forums on my cell phone, either. When I'm out, I'm out. I like to do the forum when I'm at home, but I'm not taking it with me. In fact, I'm going out to lunch with some friends right now. The forum is not coming with me. I mean I love you guys and gals, but come on...
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:And isn't the canon that we never got passed ballistics? So XCOM was basically a poorly performing spec ops team? Lasers. We got that far. ...And apparently 'you' left enough of an impression that you were worth keeping for 20 years, worth rescuing after a tipoff that could have easily been a 'final wipe-out' trap, and that you were talked about for 20 years. That's...quite an impression. If they go with 'You were a potential Volunteer'...I dunno. It'd fit but also not. Bloodly fucked around with this message at 02:55 on Sep 7, 2015 |
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DOWN JACKET FETISH posted:have fun at the gym, Pohl I had a hamburger and beer and a bunch more beer. It was a good day! No Gym!
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SupSuper posted:Anyone going to Firaxicon this year? Figured it was a good excuse to get an early look at the game now that the release's been delayed, would be nice to meet up some goons while I'm there. I know some of you owe me a drink. I'm going. Not sure if I owe you a drink but I'll buy you one anyways for being so awesome.
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Bloodly posted:Lasers. We got that far. I still feel like it's going to be a "Things were going well until you were betrayed to the aliens, XCOM fell shortly after your disappearance. Now that we've found you, we have a chance again." type of thing. If it was supposed to be a typical I/I run that should be canon, then I'd probably say half of the players died on the first mission while others probably made it a month or two in and just got hosed.
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Alkydere posted:I feel the same way but I suspect it more "delayed" the hype than killed it for me. I'm pretty sure when January rolls around I'll be frothing at the mouth again, all hyped up for XCOM2: Guerrilla Boogaloo. I packed up my XCOM hype and have it crated up for January or so. Meanwhile I've dusted off the Star Wars hype I last used for RotS.
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Firaxicon is one of the handful of cons that makes me annoyed at living in the midwest. I'd really like to go, but traveling 1000 miles to get there is pretty hard to justify when I have so much work to do.
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Playtest trip report on my Long Warrified Vanilla mod. I started a brand new playthrough on normal (it's designed to be played on normal, no bonuses, no penalties on any units) and got hilariously lucky to have a 15 mobility, 75 aim rookie. Fed her the first 4 kills and she rolls Sniper. Proceed to further feed her kills and eventually wind up with a support squad with a 14 mobility heavy, assault, support, secondary sniper, and 15 mobility support. Current builds: Support 1 Covering Fire, Dense Smoke, Opportunist, Smoke and Mirrors, will grab Sentinel. I got this support at SGT. from a council mission and she rolled fairly good aim so I wanted to make her an overwatcher. The extra smoke is great for when I'm in a bad spot. Support 2 Battle Scanner, Dense Smoke, will grab Field Medic, Smoke and Mirrors, and Savior. High mobility, low aim, perfect full support support. Not much else to say there. Secondary Sniper She doesn't get many kills due to lovely aim but I'll most likely make her into a Covert Operative with the appropriate perks. Assault Hybrid infiltrator. Aggression, Lightning Reflexes, Resilience, Close Encounters, and will get Rapid Fire. He runs up to things, shoots them, and handles overwatches. Resilience to prevent him from getting gibbed. Heavy Full explosives Heavy. Shredder Rocket, Grenadier, HEAT Ammo, Rocketeer, and will get Danger Zone most likely. My main cover destructor and general rear end in a top hat explosives dude. Haven't gotten another heavy to make into a gunner (preferably one with high aim) yet but that will probably replace the secondary sniper especially when she gets to being an operative. Primary Sniper High Mobility Skullfucker. Snapshot, Precision Shot, Bring Em On, drat Good Ground, and will get In The Zone. Combined with my cover destruction, my angel of death absolutely demolishes anything she gets line of sight on. It's rather absurd. Right now, initial reaction is that Assaults and Snipers feel very powerful. Supports feel very safe. Heavies are extremely valuable as cover destructors. Haven't used any Mecs yet but I'll be converting one of my sniper extras into a Mec eventually, along with an assault as well. Snipers need to really be guided and carried in the beginning, the difference between my Major Sniper and my Squaddie is nothing short of amazing. I rushed armor first to make sure I never had my Sniper away for any missions due to any lucky shots. It's worked out nicely in my favor as everyone can take a shot or two and not need to worry about a sickbay visit. I upped the starting number of Scientists and Engineers to 10, but I think I may revert that change as it may have made this initial start far too easy. It makes getting armor OR lasers much easier to pull off before the first terror mission, and it makes satellite rushing a non-issue due to being able to blast out an uplink AND satellite out of the gate. My alternative solution may be to up the number of scientists/engineers gained from abductions to 5 instead of 4. Still need to do more testing.
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 A small UFO, cool. Oh, how many aliens just activated and ran around like fools? 20 or more? Good times. I'm gonna set the drat world on fire with my mecs. 20 activation's? just lol.
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Oh cool so the new XCOM is like Nobunaga's Ambition?
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Pohl posted:
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Ernie Muppari posted:i hate that map Yeah, that one's just so awkward it's frustrating even in EU/EW. I can't imagine what kind of headache it causes in LW.
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Anyone who is using my vanilla mod, re-download the ini file. I accidentally misspelled one of the perk names which prevented the Assault's final abilities from working properly.
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Just finished doing the Army of Four achievement. It's a nice challenge having to limit yourself to 4 men/mecs for the entire game. Final squad was Heavy, Sniper, Support, and Mec, with an Assault for covert ops/backup when someone was wounded.
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Davethulhu posted:Just finished doing the Army of Four achievement. It's a nice challenge having to limit yourself to 4 men/mecs for the entire game. Final squad was Heavy, Sniper, Support, and Mec, with an Assault for covert ops/backup when someone was wounded. Nice. You are doing god's work. Seriously though, good job.
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Ernie Muppari posted:i hate that map Their was loving 16 aliens inside and five muttons on the right. Did I say fire and rockets, earlier? Oh, we had a big party. Edit: and I got that drat meld, you know I did. Pohl fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Sep 8, 2015 |
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Just finished a Classic Ironman run on Vanilla. Here's my beautifully laid out base:  And I think it's time to do an Impossible run if I managed this so easily:  No shot of the memorial wall but only lost 4 guys. RIP my poor rookies. Davethulhu posted:Just finished doing the Army of Four achievement. It's a nice challenge having to limit yourself to 4 men/mecs for the entire game. Final squad was Heavy, Sniper, Support, and Mec, with an Assault for covert ops/backup when someone was wounded. What difficulty were you on?
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Litany Unheard posted:
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Litany Unheard posted:What difficulty were you on? Classic. I've beaten Impossible but I find Classic more enjoyable.
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Internet Kraken posted:A 4 man run on Impossible sounds...well, impossible. Yah, I didn't want to be reduced to constant save scumming. Gonna try the 4 mec achievement next, maybe I'll jump to impossible for that. Also unrelated but does anyone know what triggers the ethereal reflect ability? Is it just a random chance for any incoming attack?
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Internet Kraken posted:A 4 man run on Impossible sounds...well, impossible. Davethulhu posted:Yah, I didn't want to be reduced to constant save scumming. Gonna try the 4 mec achievement next, maybe I'll jump to impossible for that. If you decide to go with cover destruction: ITZ Sniper, Rocket/Grenade heavy, Tank Assault, MEC. If you decided to go with defensive measures (I wouldn't with Impossible): Double Tap Sniper, Tank Assault, Smoke Support, MEC.
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Magitek posted:So where the christ is the XCOM2 PAX panel video? Well they just put up vid of last year's Firaxicon, so I'd put the ETA at 11 months.
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Davethulhu posted:Yah, I didn't want to be reduced to constant save scumming. Gonna try the 4 mec achievement next, maybe I'll jump to impossible for that. I think it is a random chance for any incoming attack from a gun, as in, it can't trigger on rockets, flamethrowers or Kinetic Strike Modules. Or grenades. 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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FraudulentEconomics posted:Anyone who is using my vanilla mod, re-download the ini file. I accidentally misspelled one of the perk names which prevented the Assault's final abilities from working properly. can you re-link it or just specify the change to be made?
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