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Whelp, lost my first campaign. AND I LIKED IT.
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Are there any release valve story missions like the alien base from the last game I should know about? Because I can feel the strategic layer spiralling out ot control. I'm building Comms as fast as I can but I'm unsure if it's going to be enough.
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Feb 6, 2016 09:38
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redreader posted:Let's talk about poison: i just had a 1 health poisoned lancer run around for 5 turns killing civilians on a terror mission. Poison actually does damage and not just a stat debuff to enemies right? Fucker lost me the mission. I save scummed that poo poo gently caress him
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Feb 6, 2016 09:38
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Poison, acid, and fire do a random amount of damage for a random amount of turns that depends on the element. Poison does the least and also counts as disoriented, acid is in the middle but only does damage if they move, and fire does the most but only works on squishies.
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Feb 6, 2016 09:42
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Just realised I can get an instant autopsy once I kill enough dudes of that type. Making me reconsider my research order for future playthroughs since at the start you don't have enough funbucks to really buy anything.
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Feb 6, 2016 09:45
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Good on everyone who says this game is not that hard. The second level 'recommended for xcom veterans' out of four levels, kicks my rear end.
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Feb 6, 2016 09:46
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Oooh, just a note, the "Reisistance Kevlar Armor," while really nice for cosmetic options, counts as some sort of special armor for programming purposes and will not automatically upgrade to Predator armor like regular Kevlar will. Probably similar to how all the DLC starter weapons in Fallout: New Vegas didn't "count" as their respective weapon types for completing challenges (like a machete you got that wouldn't count for machete kills). I love my exo armors. My soldiers look like the guy from Elysium and now they all have rocket launchers. I was lamenting that Grenadiers didn't have a rocket option before, but now I can give everyone a rocket! Or a flame thrower! Man... if they retooled basic stuff your soldiers get in these missions I wonder how well they'll slot in MECs when they come in. I mean, besides rocket fists.
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Feb 6, 2016 09:46
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gg xcom Concealment ambush, troops miss three point blank overwatch shots, resulting in an unconscious trooper from a stun rod. Killing him with a sword slice results in a death from a revealed mec squad. Third trooper dies hacking objective to two flashbanged sectoids. Evac two live troops and one unconscious soldier. Ok, fine. Next mission. Trigger ambush, miss four short range overwatch shots, trooper gets crit for half his life. e: almost forgot, one of my soldiers promptly dies to an enemy overwatch shot after a triggered muton from the ambush grenades three of my soldiers  gently caress overwatch. victrix fucked around with this message at 09:52 on Feb 6, 2016 |
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Feb 6, 2016 09:49
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How long do I have to play before I see snake tits??
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Feb 6, 2016 09:49
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Liquid Penguins posted:How long do I have to play before I see snake tits?? Not long, friend.
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Feb 6, 2016 09:49
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victrix posted:gg xcom Putting everyone into overwatch for reveal is such a trap. Need either a Ranger to finish the job or something to make poo poo safer.
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Feb 6, 2016 09:52
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Speedball posted:Oooh, just a note, the "Reisistance Kevlar Armor," while really nice for cosmetic options, counts as some sort of special armor for programming purposes and will not automatically upgrade to Predator armor like regular Kevlar will. To make it worse, when it does this to my troops, it apparently removes their custom appearances until I put the resistance kevlar back on, reverting them to their buzzcut rookie look. At least I finally figured out what was causing it.
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Feb 6, 2016 09:56
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Elliotw2 posted:Poison, acid, and fire do a random amount of damage for a random amount of turns that depends on the element. Poison does the least and also counts as disoriented, acid is in the middle but only does damage if they move, and fire does the most but only works on squishies. Duration to at least a large degree seems to just be based on a random chance to get rid off the effect that's checked every turn, I've had it stop after two turns, but then I also got my Gunslinger poisoned during Blacksite and he lost 6 health just from that. I almost thought he'd die from it.
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Feb 6, 2016 09:59
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hahaha i just had a reaction shot where a sectoid dropped down to another roof, a stocked soldier missing it, but hitting the ground, and the sectoid falling to its death.
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Feb 6, 2016 09:59
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Speedball posted:Oooh, just a note, the "Reisistance Kevlar Armor," while really nice for cosmetic options, counts as some sort of special armor for programming purposes and will not automatically upgrade to Predator armor like regular Kevlar will.
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Feb 6, 2016 09:59
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redreader posted:Good on everyone who says this game is not that hard. The second level 'recommended for xcom veterans' out of four levels, kicks my rear end. XCOM 2 is pretty hard, don't feel bad if you need to turn the difficulty down.
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Feb 6, 2016 09:59
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was so good in old xcom and now i am old and busted. all things are hard. pektoids steal my mans and use them to shoot my other mans. I saw a muton and it immediately shot all my mans in the face. a civilian turned out to not be a civilian and I had a bad day. no wonder earth lost
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Feb 6, 2016 09:59
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How are you guys posting so much? Loading screens? I'm moderately keen on the avatar doom clock, but I could do without. Psi troopers own hardcore. Got domination as one of my first abilities and its made dealing with various unit's super easy. Im a coin flip from happiness when I see Gatekeepers. Similar coin flip makes me happy to see sectopods. I used to open engagements with grenades, now I take control of an Andromedan and use it to face tank shots and ruining cover so my sniper can mop up after ocelot lowers everyone's health into one hit sniper range.
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Feb 6, 2016 10:00
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kater posted:Putting everyone into overwatch for reveal is such a trap. Need either a Ranger to finish the job or something to make poo poo safer. Normally I don't bother because overwatch accuracy is garbage, but I saw a loading screen tip that said overwatch shots are full accuracy. gently caress a bunch of that, doing single action reveals from now on xcom1 style. e: lost 4/5 soldiers that run from a panic spiral after the first death (from a trooper behind full cover with a smoke grenade on him  )victrix fucked around with this message at 10:04 on Feb 6, 2016 |
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Feb 6, 2016 10:00
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Elliotw2 posted:XCOM 2 is pretty hard, don't feel bad if you need to turn the difficulty down. (At least now I know what actually happens when you try to machete a Muton.)
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Feb 6, 2016 10:01
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Thaaaaaaaaaat's... http://i.imgur.com/hHbTaN8.gifv ...XCOM! I'm not even mad, it was so ridiculous I had to laugh.
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Feb 6, 2016 10:03
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I just had an assasinate a VIP mission with 12 turns on the timer. I spent the first 5 setting up. Of course once i engage they call in reinforcements. So with the target down i spent 3 turns trading fire with hostiles before i had to make a run for it. Managed to shutdown the mech reinforcement that got dropped on the evac zone and take out 2 of the troops. Had 1 soldier left on the battle field because she just couldnt make it to the evac zone at the end of the turn. The mech reboots and then sets it self into overwatch right on the pad >< It misses as she runs right past its feet and climbs a rope. I really dont like the timed missions, not because of the time, but because so far every single mission has a squad waiting for me at the evac zone, or at the point i need to reach. (totally unrelated, i have a sniper that misses 80+% shots all the time. I also have a support unit that seems to always hit when under 45%.) Oh and the base defence was pretty awesome once i got the upper hand. Everyone just sitting behind the line in overwatch... Infinite spawns?
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Feb 6, 2016 10:03
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gently caress. ING. SNAKEMEN. Or women. gently caress THE GRAB SO VERY MUCH
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Feb 6, 2016 10:06
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Meskhenet posted:(totally unrelated, i have a sniper that misses 80+% shots all the time. I also have a support unit that seems to always hit when under 45%.)
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Feb 6, 2016 10:06
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If I have Shredder on a grenadier, do Demolition or Suppression apply it? I'm hoping they both do since they're both extremely good but if only one does that's kind of the only real option to take unfortunately. Armor is too good where I'm at right now.
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Feb 6, 2016 10:07
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For the second time OUT OF TWO TIMES, I made the dumb mistake of being near the VIP and shooting an alien, and actually shooting the VIP because I didn't think that he would be the first 'alien' in my sights, or indeed one of them at all. Yes, I always kill VIPS. because gently caress getting another engineer, right?
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Feb 6, 2016 10:07
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khy posted:gently caress
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The Shortest Path posted:If I have Shredder on a grenadier, do Demolition or Suppression apply it? Suppression would assuming they trigger the overwatch part of it, Demolition doesn't actually target enemies so it obviously wouldn't.
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Feb 6, 2016 10:14
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Sykic posted:Thaaaaaaaaaat's... The flipside to this is that Holotargeting is really loving good because it turns these shots into Also you have Stocks for when your clutchmaster fails you.
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Feb 6, 2016 10:16
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Guys, there still doesn't seem to be a fix for getting xcom to work from the screen death thing. I know other people are having the same difficulty on steam, and I know I've been gone about this a lot, but is there anything people could suggest that would help?
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Feb 6, 2016 10:16
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Meskhenet posted:
I had one of those as well where the sniper was one square away. Always evac your furthest person first. Alternately,
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Feb 6, 2016 10:20
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Vib Rib posted:Good to see this thread starting to get back on track. I realize you have a fixation but stick with me, I'm complaining about the grab, because it sucks  Also gently caress retaliation missions, they are so much bullshit and I swear to god the difficulty spike sup 3 times higher than normal missions for no good reason. khy fucked around with this message at 10:33 on Feb 6, 2016 |
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Feb 6, 2016 10:22
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Andromedon is cool New chrysalid is 
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Feb 6, 2016 10:23
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Is there any way to tell how long a hacked robot will stay in your control, or do you just have to sweatily march that MEC into combat and hope it dies before it becomes a problem again?
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Feb 6, 2016 10:28
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Scoss posted:Is there any way to tell how long a hacked robot will stay in your control, or do you just have to sweatily march that MEC into combat and hope it dies before it becomes a problem again? I thought it had a timer, but I'm confusing myself now. On a related note, the tooltip for hacking (that little ?) says turrets stay hacked forever, but they don't.
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Feb 6, 2016 10:30
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How do you start a game with ironman? I don't see the option anywhere
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Feb 6, 2016 10:30
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Specialist is the most hilariously broken random poo poo in the game. I just hacked what looked like a lamp post and reset my entire team's action points. I thought I was completely hosed and instead everything is lying dead at my feet. :Edit: I haven't even unlocked psi operatives yet.
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Feb 6, 2016 10:32
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Thought I'd be clever and complete a VIP extract in concealment the entire mission. That worked fine until I opened his cell door. Then this happened in one turn: 
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Feb 6, 2016 10:32
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Yeah, concealment is not for that. That's a trap. I actually read some guy John Teasdale's IGN article on XCOM2 and he expressly warned against doing that because, well, that would happen. So instead I use concealment to clean up the first pod I run into swiftly and cleanly.
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Antti posted:Yeah, concealment is not for that. That's a trap. I actually read some guy John Teasdale's IGN article on XCOM2 and he expressly warned against doing that because, well, that would happen. So instead I use concealment to clean up the first pod I run into swiftly and cleanly. Yeah I set an explosive on a monument in concealment thinking I was offered an opportunity to stealth and got five troopers and some pectoids up the butt as a reward. Concealment is for killing things. Only for killing things.
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