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Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
The Phantom skill is absurd. It's basically memetic skin except you get it as a first skill for Ranger. A lot of my early encounters are just coward snipers raining death.

The default difficulty might be super easy baby mode honestly, unless Advent Lancers and Vipers are supposed to miss flank shots all the time.

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Sininu
Jan 8, 2014

I hacked an Advent turret, but how do I know when my control over it expires?

Junpei
Oct 4, 2015
Probation
Can't post for 11 years!
I found out how EXO Suits are balanced.
Cost: 2 ADVENT Trooper corpses, 1 Elerium Core, 5 Alien Alloys, 5 Elerium Crystals.
Time to make: Depends on if PG is staffed, but usually when unlocked 15 days.

Kennel
May 1, 2008

BAWWW-UNH!

Peewi posted:

Yeah, it's in the tools section of your Steam library. I'm downloading it now.

Nice!


(Thankfully estimation is totally wrong)

Pharmaskittle
Dec 17, 2007

arf arf put the money in the fuckin bag

To anyone else getting hit with additional downloading/unpacking time, it looks like unchecking the soundtrack and resistance warrior pack on the library screen lowers your ETA if you want to just save loading those for later.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

ALL ABOARD THE SCOTLAND HYPE TRAIN!

CHOO CHOO
In. :derp:

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Sorry if I missed it, anyone tried out the leadership mod yet?

Elswyyr
Mar 4, 2009
I don't seem to have a 1440p resolution option on PC. It seems like an obvious oversight they're gonna deal with, but is there a config file or something I can edit in the meantime?

ProZocK
Apr 22, 2013
Here, to make up for dicing you, multiple times, have some nice, calm text.
Is this going live midnight on the americas?

CrazyLoon
Aug 10, 2015

"..."
Finally done with the unpacking after 45 mins or so aaand that's me dropping out of this thread for a while. Enjoy and hope to see some of you in the multiplayer in a few days. :)

The Iron Rose
May 12, 2012

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:

Tae posted:

Sorry if I missed it, anyone tried out the leadership mod yet?

I have it but have yet to unlock leaders yet, I admit I'm not 100% sure on how to yet.

Dongattack
Dec 20, 2006

by Cyrano4747
lmao the FPS is so loving bad on a computer that should be decimating this game, thank god its not a twitch shooter or anything where it matters, but drat its annoying still

VodeAndreas
Apr 30, 2009

Elswyyr posted:

I don't seem to have a 1440p resolution option on PC. It seems like an obvious oversight they're gonna deal with, but is there a config file or something I can edit in the meantime?

Played fine for me at 1440p in both full screen and borderless this morning. Started up at correct resolution, didn't have to mess with anything. Try borderless if it isn't working properly in normal full screen?

Beef Hardcheese
Jan 21, 2003

HOW ABOUT I LASH YOUR SHIT


ProZocK posted:

Is this going live midnight on the americas?

That's what I'm wondering. The chart posted last night(?) said midnight, but it's about 7pm EST and Steam is telling me "approximately 6 hours".

Paingod556
Nov 8, 2011

Not a problem, sir

Just enough time to get this sorted before work. Looking forward to the full goon pack and getting all y'all killed in increasingly stupid and :mediocre: ways



Download- http://www.mediafire.com/download/qaccas6s7dai1wa/Paingod.bin

Lamquin
Aug 11, 2007

Dongattack posted:

lmao the FPS is so loving bad on a computer that should be decimating this game, thank god its not a twitch shooter or anything where it matters, but drat its annoying still

Yeaaah... I'm using an Geforce 970 and this game is maxing it out on the Medium preset. I'm currently getting ~40 FPS in the new base. Yikes.

Zore
Sep 21, 2010
willfully illiterate, aggressively miserable sourpuss whose sole raison d’etre is to put other people down for liking the wrong things
Its weird I exceed the mins but even on all the lowest settings I'm still getting everything really choppy.

Might need to get a new laptop :(

Klyith
Aug 3, 2007

GBS Pledge Week

Rookersh posted:

Would be nice to hear if they basically start 2 by saying hey yeah, literally all of the events of EU never happened, the whole thing was in your head after your capture.
Good news!


Tae posted:

The default difficulty might be super easy baby mode honestly, unless Advent Lancers and Vipers are supposed to miss flank shots all the time.
Yeah the description of how veteran is for people "familiar with xcom" should be more like "for people who played xcom 1 on normal".


OTOH one thing I'm hearing from the people who've played all the way through review copies (and beaglerush on twitter) is that the difficulty curve is much different than it was in 1. Not nearly so front loaded, like how Impossible used to be all about getting through the first 2 months and then just riding the power curve to victory. So if you pick Commander difficulty and it feels too easy at first, there may be some spikes further on into the game.

Fojar38
Sep 2, 2011


Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia


also here's a stupid take
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All these posts about FPS problems using cards that exceed the requirements are seriously triggering me

Ziji
Oct 20, 2010
Yossarian lives!

Klyith posted:

Good news!

Yeah the description of how veteran is for people "familiar with xcom" should be more like "for people who played xcom 1 on normal".


OTOH one thing I'm hearing from the people who've played all the way through review copies (and beaglerush on twitter) is that the difficulty curve is much different than it was in 1. Not nearly so front loaded, like how Impossible used to be all about getting through the first 2 months and then just riding the power curve to victory. So if you pick Commander difficulty and it feels too easy at first, there may be some spikes further on into the game.

Still super impatient waiting for the game to unlock, glad to hear this difficulty perspective. I played EU/EW on normal just because I wanted to coast through it and not be TOO challenged but am looking forward to Commander or Legendary on this. Happy to hear it's exactly what I want.

Crosspeice
Aug 9, 2013

The main thing killing me is loading missions and that, takes around two minutes or so.

Dongattack
Dec 20, 2006

by Cyrano4747

Fojar38 posted:

All these posts about FPS problems using cards that exceed the requirements are seriously triggering me

BETRAYAL

Elderbean
Jun 10, 2013


What should I prioritize as far as building stuff goes?

Cippalippus
Mar 31, 2007

Out for a ride, chillin out w/ a couple of friends. Going to be back for dinner
unpacking over :getin:

Dongattack
Dec 20, 2006

by Cyrano4747
FWIW i turned AA down to FXAA and it's around 60 fps now from like 30-40, cutscenes seem to be locked at 30fps (why)

edit: it's still pretty inconsistent and poo poo tho, stuttering all over

Super No Vacancy
Jul 26, 2012

what is the easy vpn program plz

e: vpngate

Super No Vacancy fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Feb 5, 2016

Tae
Oct 24, 2010

Hello? Can you hear me? ...Perhaps if I shout? AAAAAAAAAH!
Do I get to use scientists in something, because they don't seem to make my research faster unless I'm missing an option.

edit: Since when did reloading not end your turn??

Tae fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Feb 5, 2016

Speedball
Apr 15, 2008

Aaaand another stream of dumbasses getting their asses blown the gently caress up by the tutorial mission. Ahahahaha. (In this case, Angry Joe being a fool and playing it to the wire, and overwatching one soldier instead of disarming the bomb).

I'm going to make this a loose but strong rule: never ever play things to the wire. Disarming the bomb at the last second is for movie stars.

The Iron Rose
May 12, 2012

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:
FPS is pretty shakey, but I have it around 30FPS on low-medium settings at 1080p. I have a 960m too, which is around the equivalent of a 750ti.

So yeah this game is murder on GPUs. I wouldn't want to be playing on anything less than what I have.

Excited to play it on my 970 on my desktop though!

Crosspeice
Aug 9, 2013

Yeah even with rushing and taken fools down when I could, a recent VIP kidnap mission went down to the last turn out of 12. Though I did nearly encounter three pods at once.

CrazySalamander
Nov 5, 2009
Is anyone good streaming this game?

Kanos
Sep 6, 2006

was there a time when speedwagon didn't get trolled

Crosspeice posted:

Yeah even with rushing and taken fools down when I could, a recent VIP kidnap mission went down to the last turn out of 12. Though I did nearly encounter three pods at once.

I had one motherfucker Advent Officer with 2 HP evade four overwatches and nade half my squad on a rooftop, causing the roof to cave in, 2 of my troops to fall to their deaths, and forcing me to completely reroute my escape with a VIP so I barely got out on the last turn.

Zoran
Aug 19, 2008

I lost to you once, monster. I shall not lose again! Die now, that our future can live!
Anyone know how to assign waypoints when moving soldiers?

ihatepants
Nov 5, 2011

Let the burning of pants commence. These things drive me nuts.



Until the "official" goon pool is up, I've uploaded everyone, who has posted a link to their character so far, to this Dropbox folder:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ywnc71cgb8sht9p/AAAXzjGvNIwljlu83ZrNg8rOa?dl=0

Beef Hardcheese
Jan 21, 2003

HOW ABOUT I LASH YOUR SHIT


CrazySalamander posted:

Is anyone good streaming this game?

I want to see someone BAD stream this game, so I can see first hand what not to do.

SniperWoreConverse
Mar 20, 2010



Gun Saliva
oh gently caress what happened did it come out already!?
I forgot to preorder poo poo should I just get this on steam? I'm guessing there's no way to get the game + dlc pack for less than $75?

Randarkman
Jul 18, 2011

Did the Steam servers poo poo themselves or something? I had preloaded it yesterday and now when I sit down to try this it seems to be stuck eternally at 100% not downloading a goddamn (it was 98% and not doing anything before I disabled the preorder DLC stuff).

e: Supposedly it's unpacking. Is there any way to have any indication of how long that can take? I guess unpacking some 35 GB might take a while though.

Speedball
Apr 15, 2008

Beef Hardcheese posted:

I want to see someone BAD stream this game, so I can see first hand what not to do.

Then head on over to http://www.twitch.tv/angryjoeshow because Joe just blew up his whole team on the tutorial twice in a row. Yes, TWICE. Once due to ignoring the countdown, a second time due to the truck catching on fire and blowing up his whole team.

Ziji
Oct 20, 2010
Yossarian lives!

SniperWoreConverse posted:

oh gently caress what happened did it come out already!?
I forgot to preorder poo poo should I just get this on steam? I'm guessing there's no way to get the game + dlc pack for less than $75?

Still not out in US region (if that's where you're from). You've got time! GMG should have a voucher in the VIP section

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FraudulentEconomics
Oct 14, 2007

Pst...

CrazySalamander posted:

Is anyone good streaming this game?

Beagle will be streaming sometime tonight.

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