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I think in the retcon of XCOM 1 the aliens invaded with Battleships, Sectopods and Elite Mutons from day 1 so the Commander successfully surviving for two months and actually shooting down some UFOs and capturing a supply ship with ballistic weapons and kevlar is really impressive. Also Gunslingers are great because on top of being able to dish out some ridiculous damage with really high accuracy, they can still snipe perfectly well because 90% of the effectiveness of the Sniper Rifle comes from Squadsight.
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So, is this game trying to tell me that XCOM Enemy whithin was actually an alien hallucination that occured some time after the XCOM headquarters got invaded? That would be a creative retcon.
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Jul 18, 2016 03:33
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Cythereal posted:I don't actually own this game - waiting for a 40% or more sale on steam. Well you just did, it was on sale during the steam sale.
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Jul 18, 2016 03:38
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Kurieg posted:Well you just did, it was on sale during the steam sale. And the Humble Bundle, for 40% off. Edit: Newegg has the Deluxe Edition for 45% off and the Standard Edition for 40% off. Digital code, not physical copy. They also have the Season Pass, but only for 20% off. Canuck-Errant fucked around with this message at 03:50 on Jul 18, 2016 |
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Jul 18, 2016 03:46
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The Lone Badger posted:Those sectoids had made some sick gains in their downtime since XCOM1. Pectoids.
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Jul 18, 2016 04:01
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Tombot posted:So, is this game trying to tell me that XCOM Enemy whithin was actually an alien hallucination that occured some time after the XCOM headquarters got invaded? That would be a creative retcon. Yep. All those games of EU/EW were just battle sims while captive. "The sheer volume of encounters you were processing was astounding," indeed.
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Tombot posted:So, is this game trying to tell me that XCOM Enemy whithin was actually an alien hallucination that occured some time after the XCOM headquarters got invaded? That would be a creative retcon. Yeah. Enemy Within is actually the aliens running scenarios to see how the resistance might handle advent mecs and genemods.
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Jul 18, 2016 04:04
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Edit: Nevermind, sperging.
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Jul 18, 2016 04:11
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ulmont posted:Yeah. Enemy Within is actually the aliens running scenarios to see how the resistance might handle advent mecs and genemods. So it's basically MGS 2. Minus A.I. Vahlen saying "I need scissors,61."
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Jul 18, 2016 04:41
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I like my snipers to stay snipers but if you don't take lightning hands every time then I just don't know what to say.
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Jul 18, 2016 06:56
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VolticSurge posted:So it's basically MGS 2. Minus A.I. Vahlen saying "I need scissors,61." "I need scissors- More corpses." Avitus Vahlen reveals a terminator suit made of alien corpses.
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Jul 18, 2016 07:17
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I eagerly await my soldier's appearance now, just because I'm curious how Jade will pronounce her name 
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Jul 18, 2016 07:28
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Personally I can't wait till my character shows up. I already got a call out from how ridiculous they look, so its absolutely essential they appear in the LP
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Jade Star posted:Operation Nigel Cummings' Fart A minor correction: grenade damage spread isn't 50-50; it's 80-20. DefaultGameData_WeaponData.ini posted:FragGrenade_BaseDamage = (Damage=3, Spread = 0, PlusOne = 20, Crit = 0, Pierce = 0, Shred=1, Tag = "", DamageType="Explosion") You could have got a 100% chance to hit that last guy with the shotgun, and this is one reason why I find swords to be slightly underwhelming. The problem with swords is that 88% chance to hit is 12% chance to die. Of course, that last guy was on fire, so he'd have burned to death at the start of the next alien turn anyway. Firaxis may have conceded that sword-haters had a point - swords got two buffs in the last patch.... but Jane Kelly is benefitting from neither of them right now, because one needs a promotion and the other needs the Gorilla tactics school. Oh, and I guess it's no longer a spoiler to post this: 
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Oh man, digging through Ini's. I hate doing that, but love seeing the actual code to clarify things. So is that 80% to do 3 damage then? cause plusone=20 doesn't really tell me.
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Presumably, it's plusone to damage, and the 20 is what the rng is checked against for the variance. so yeah, 20% for 3+1, 80% for just 3
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Green Intern posted:Agreed. Once you get the special ammo types it can get completely stupid with gunslingers. That said there are some missions where I'd rather take a specced Sniper rather than a Gunslinger, but those are less common. Cythereal posted:Also, Jade, I won't be bothered if you rename Alessandra to something you can pronounce. 
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Jul 18, 2016 11:36
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Is it possible to dress a sharpshooter up as a cowboy?
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Is that converter mission new or special for the difficulty level you are playing at? I admit I haven't played for a long while and I did play on the easiest difficulty as I was/am still awful at the game but I distinctly remember that the mission after the tutorial was always a bomb mission on a statue and I can not remember ever playing the mission you have just shown.
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Jul 18, 2016 11:47
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koolkevz666 posted:Is that converter mission new or special for the difficulty level you are playing at? I admit I haven't played for a long while and I did play on the easiest difficulty as I was/am still awful at the game but I distinctly remember that the mission after the tutorial was always a bomb mission on a statue and I can not remember ever playing the mission you have just shown. Bomb mission on statue replaces tutorial (you play the team playing distraction)
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Stormgale posted:Bomb mission on statue replaces tutorial (you play the team playing distraction) Ah that must have been it, thanks for pointing it out.
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Could you pot up Guava's mic audio a bit? Towards the end of the second video he was getting kinda hard to make out at times.
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Yeah, working on that. Guava is a natural soft speaker, calmer, more sensitive kind of guy than I am with my brash, louder more outspoken American ways. Interestingly, he did bump up his volume from the first recording, so I guess we still have a ways to go.
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The Lone Badger posted:Is it possible to dress a sharpshooter up as a cowboy? Unexpectedly difficult, since there's not a lot of clothing options that look sufficiently cowboy-like. I tried and wound up with whatever the hell this is supposed to be: 
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Jul 18, 2016 16:01
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Crocodile Dundee. That is what you made.
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Now make him a Ranger,for accuracy.
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Jul 18, 2016 16:11
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This was posted in the Games thread.
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Pittsburgh Lambic posted:Unexpectedly difficult, since there's not a lot of clothing options that look sufficiently cowboy-like. I tried and wound up with whatever the hell this is supposed to be:
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Can we keep Sq. Jane Kelly on board for the moment? She seems pretty good at her job and it will be a shame to retire her to permanent paperwork forever.
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She'll be in charge of training you all to go gently caress up 99% shots in the field.
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TheNabster posted:Can we keep Sq. Jane Kelly on board for the moment? She seems pretty good at her job and it will be a shame to retire her to permanent paperwork forever. send her on increasingly dangerous and suicidal moves and see how long she lives
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That first mission when I played XCOM 2 made me go "haha, a Sectoid," followed by "oh, you're a little beefy" and then "jesus loving christ" when it took its turn. The Sectoid did that thing it does as its first action on my first mission. Got my Jane Kelly killed. 
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She will be a good suicidal scout.
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AriadneThread posted:send her on increasingly dangerous and suicidal moves She's a ranger. That's what you do.
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One thing that always bugs me is the overuse of stock animations, like your soldiers on a return trip from a successful mission. One guy pats his knees, leans forward, then leans back. Two more soldiers pat their knees and lean forwards and back, the first guy does it again. When a full six man squad is doing all that again and again it just gets jarring. Not just in the skyranger, I saw a playthrough where the player was setting up a project in the proving ground and two engineers were putting synchronized swimmers to shame, using a wrench, standing up and wiping their brows in perfect harmony. Unfortunately, I doubt even modders can fix that issue.
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Rabidredneck posted:Two more soldiers pat their knees and lean forwards and back, the first guy does it again. When a full six man squad is doing all that again and again it just gets jarring.
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tlarn posted:That first mission when I played XCOM 2 made me go "haha, a Sectoid," followed by "oh, you're a little beefy" and then "jesus loving christ" when it took its turn. That fucker killed half my squad, first with his special things and then second with 'Okay, all he has is special things, oh gently caress he still has a gun.' Also, LP has me finally trying the game.
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Nyaa posted:It's important to triple check for knee injury. It could be career ending. This made me laugh.
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The Lone Badger posted:Is it possible to dress a sharpshooter up as a cowboy? I've got soma passable Ocelots, though I had to go for brown vest instead of a trenchcoat for Shalashaska, and Adamska needs a beret mod.
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GuavaMoment posted:She's a ranger. i'm glad we see eye-to-eye
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