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AegisP
Oct 5, 2008
He gave all the aliens Beam weapon damage from the start, ahaha

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Internet Kraken
Apr 24, 2010

slightly amused
"I want all the aliens to be like thin men"-- a broken man

Speedball
Apr 15, 2008

I told myself my machete was a tool of justice. I guess I needed something to keep the reaper in check while I was knee-deep in alien bodies. But all of this is a wake-up call to what I really believe. I was born to kill!

I'm saying Jack... is back!

That nickname you like so much? Wanna know how I got it? How about I give you a demonstration. Looks like it's time for Jack... to let 'er rip!

HenryEx
Mar 25, 2009

...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...
Grimey Drawer
He didn't just buff the enemy though, he made some actual adjustments. Like, made grenades do 1-5 damage, as opposed to the normal 3-4. Less reliable, but can be better. Flash grenades have a bigger aim penalty, and the like.

cheesetriangles
Jan 5, 2011





Did anyone else fail the tutorial?

AegisP
Oct 5, 2008

HenryEx posted:

He didn't just buff the enemy though, he made some actual adjustments. Like, made grenades do 1-5 damage, as opposed to the normal 3-4. Less reliable, but can be better. Flash grenades have a bigger aim penalty, and the like.

I liked the idea, that he sadly couldn't figure out how to implement, of making armour twice as effective against grenades.

TescoBag
Dec 2, 2009

Oh god, not again.

What is with all the aviators and guile cuts

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


Love Beags saying he balances for fun vs JC and LW :v:

The Iron Rose
May 12, 2012

:minnie: Cat Army :minnie:

Henry Scorpio posted:

There is a bat file in the launcher directory that launches the game in "dev mode".

motherfucker

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


Does scrolling/moving in general with the mouse feel really off to anyone else? I feel like I'm always scrolling much too far.

HenryEx
Mar 25, 2009

...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...
Grimey Drawer
Also, a good Beagle idea to make Mimic Beacons less ridiculous: Makes their duration basically infinite, but gives them only 1 health, so the first attack destroys them (meaning, the enemy notices it's a hologram after the first attack).

They are only good for one shot, but you can set them up in advance.

Lunethex
Feb 4, 2013

Me llamo Sarah Brandolino, the eighth Castilian of this magnificent marriage.
Bradford walking around with a helmet on.

Oh god.

He may yet get that sweater back.

AegisP
Oct 5, 2008
He gave everyone hats :)

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


64 health sectopods.

:eyepop:

HenryEx
Mar 25, 2009

...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...
Grimey Drawer

AegisP posted:

He gave everyone hats :)

He also gave sectopods 64 health and 7 armor..........

AegisP
Oct 5, 2008
Huh, you can actually mod the AI behaviour in the ini. That's really cool.

Edit:

HenryEx posted:

He also gave sectopods 64 health and 7 armor..........

Now he just needs to give Sectopods hats.

raverrn
Apr 5, 2005

Unidentified spacecraft inbound from delta line.

All Silpheed squadrons scramble now!


Holy gently caress two MECs just MURDERED me. 4 KIA.

Jabor
Jul 16, 2010

#1 Loser at SpaceChem

idonotlikepeas posted:

Hey, folks.

This may only be temporary, until I hear from Durinia, but here's the goon pool so far:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4vbWbHpBrhqTFNsLTJGcmpVR2c&usp=sharing

I'll keep updating this one for now, and one of us will post a new link if different arrangements are made.

jabor.bin doesn't seem to work for me; anybody else tried it?

Uh, I may have messed something up. I'll take another look at it once I get home tonight.

Azran
Sep 3, 2012

And what should one do to be remembered?
So, how's the game?

Coolguye
Jul 6, 2011

Required by his programming!

Azran posted:

So, how's the game?

GAME

GOOD

GOOD

GAME

HenryEx
Mar 25, 2009

...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...
Grimey Drawer
:perfect:

deep dish peat moss
Jul 27, 2006

I just used an Australian VPN to unlock the game early, spent an hour unpacking it, and when it finished unpacking I got an error about the Steam network being too busy to handle my request. I tried launching the game again and now I have a "Completing installation..." window that's stuck at 1%

I wish I wasn't playing real life on Ironman.

e: The "Play" button was replaced with a "Pre-Load" button in Steam :xcom:

Diogines
Dec 22, 2007

Beaky the Tortoise says, click here to join our choose Your Own Adventure Game!

Paradise Lost: Clash of the Heavens!

I am about to start. As a player of Xcom since the original launched, should I be playing on commander or veteran? I don't want to do legendary on my first play through. I am not playing Ironman.

I tried max difficulty and ironman for the last xcom on my first play through and it was torturous with the free move aliens get.

Dongattack
Dec 20, 2006

by Cyrano4747
Is there a list that exposes all the skills in the soldiers skill tree? Having these hidden so you can't plan is a really stupid design decision that i'm kinda surprised is still in the game after LW.

Strong Sauce
Jul 2, 2003

You know I am not really your father.





How bad are the missions in terms of rushing you? I was fine with the occasional bomb ones in EU/EW, but if its every mission, that seems kinda annoying. Sometimes I just like to set it up so the bad guys run into a huge arc of fire that I created.

Pomp
Apr 3, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

Coolguye posted:

GAME

GOOD

GOOD

GAME


Strong Sauce posted:

How bad are the missions in terms of rushing you? I was fine with the occasional bomb ones in EU/EW, but if its every mission, that seems kinda annoying. Sometimes I just like to set it up so the bad guys run into a huge arc of fire that I created.

sometimes they hassle you into take risky plays, sometimes you're only gonna hit the time limit if you jerk off for awhile, some have no limit at all and you can go back to overwatch creeping

Strong Sauce
Jul 2, 2003

You know I am not really your father.





LOL AngryJoe's team member got mind control and grenaded 2 team members + a civilian

Pomp
Apr 3, 2012

by Fluffdaddy
mind controlled units keep unused overwatch shots :rip: Ivan Sodorov

Paracausal
Sep 5, 2011

Oh yeah, baby. Frame your suffering as a masterpiece. Only one problem - no one's watching. It's boring, buddy, boring as death.

Strong Sauce posted:

How bad are the missions in terms of rushing you? I was fine with the occasional bomb ones in EU/EW, but if its every mission, that seems kinda annoying. Sometimes I just like to set it up so the bad guys run into a huge arc of fire that I created.

The majority of missions I've played have had some kind of objective timer.

monster on a stick
Apr 29, 2013
Who is the "survivor of the old war" from the pre-order bonus anyway?

TG-Chrono posted:

The majority of missions I've played have had some kind of objective timer.

:sigh:

Orgophlax
Aug 26, 2002


Currently unlocking through a VPN. Do I need to stay corrected to the VPN to play then, or do I just need it for the unlock?

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


I asked this earlier but maybe it might be seen now. I preordered this through Steam but found out about the GMG voucher and wanted to cancel. 24 hours later they still haven't contacted me. This is my first time using the Steam refund feature, does it usually take this long for them to authorize a refund? I don't want to wake up tomorrow with them not having responded and have to decide to just buy the GMG one before work and before the voucher expires or not.

monster on a stick
Apr 29, 2013

Eimi posted:

I asked this earlier but maybe it might be seen now. I preordered this through Steam but found out about the GMG voucher and wanted to cancel. 24 hours later they still haven't contacted me. This is my first time using the Steam refund feature, does it usually take this long for them to authorize a refund? I don't want to wake up tomorrow with them not having responded and have to decide to just buy the GMG one before work and before the voucher expires or not.

It takes a few hours. I'd just buy it through GMG.

My whole reason to buy through Steam was to see if I still liked the game 2 hours in, so I can buy through GMG to save $$.

idonotlikepeas
May 29, 2010

This reasoning is possible for forums user idonotlikepeas!

Orgophlax posted:

Currently unlocking through a VPN. Do I need to stay corrected to the VPN to play then, or do I just need it for the unlock?

If you put Steam into offline mode, you can then disconnect from the VPN and the game will continue working as long as you stay in offline mode.

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


monster on a stick posted:

It takes a few hours. I'd just buy it through GMG.

My whole reason to buy through Steam was to see if I still liked the game 2 hours in, so I can buy through GMG to save $$.

I put in the request over 24 hours and they haven't even authorized it, is why I'm worried. And there's no way to contact them apparently. :ohdear:

Diesel Fucker
Aug 14, 2003

I spent my rent money on tentacle porn.
First mission and it couldn't have gone any worse. Welcome home.

Harrow
Jun 30, 2012

What's this about not being able to play the tutorial on Ironman?

I really want to do an Ironman playthrough as my first, like I did with EU.

Ravenfood
Nov 4, 2011
My plan to pick up so much overtime that they had to call me off tomorrow has backfired spectacularly. At least I'll get a decent paycheck out of the last hellweek. Have fun, jerks.

Malachite_Dragon
Mar 31, 2010

Weaving Merry Christmas magic
So what are the rules in place for making a goonsquaddie to add to the goonpool

Harrow posted:

What's this about not being able to play the tutorial on Ironman?

I really want to do an Ironman playthrough as my first, like I did with EU.

My guess is they'd like you to learn how to play the game first before you start throwing people into the meatgrinder. Could be worse; they could've disabled it entirely until you've completed the game once, ala the Second Wave stuff from 1.

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monster on a stick
Apr 29, 2013

Eimi posted:

I put in the request over 24 hours and they haven't even authorized it, is why I'm worried. And there's no way to contact them apparently. :ohdear:

Weird, the two times I asked for a refund it was turned around quicker than that. Now I'm worried that my scheme will backfire :ohdear:

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