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"In this game there are always many things for you to do, and you never have enough time to do them or stuff to do them with" Perfect review.
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Elth posted:Seeing how most of the aliens are simply cloned en masse, presumably from a master copy that suits that particular role, the need for differing genders for reproductive purposes seems moot. And maybe the aliens kept a viable breeding host around for reasons - possibly research or cloning improvements. And their ship crashed also for reasons.
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Oct 11, 2016 13:58
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Veloxyll posted:Vahlen probably just adjusted regular snakewomen so that they'd be fertile for REASONS. The viper autopsy mentions that the "breasts" are the viper's venom glands and sacs, expelled by muscular contraction. Of course it's still just an excuse to have snake women with tits.
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Oct 11, 2016 14:04
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Onmi posted:I doubt it, I got a mission where bodies were found inside tubes in a ship that's implied to have been the Furies since you didn't save them. I remember the French lady because she has a rescue mission dedicated to her but I don't remember the furies at all. Cythereal posted:The viper autopsy mentions that the "breasts" are the viper's venom glands and sacs, expelled by muscular contraction. What a coincidence! My breasts are also venomous.
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Oct 11, 2016 18:17
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Jenner posted:I remember the French lady because she has a rescue mission dedicated to her but I don't remember the furies at all. ...the Furies are the 3 psykers you rescue in the mission after rescuing Annette Durand. Portent -> reveals there is a missing truck with suspicious cargo; [time passes, X-Com base is assaulted] Deluge -> rescues Annette Durand; she notes that "You have to help me find the others!" Furies -> you rescue the others (the Furies; each one has a nickname that is a Fury from Greek mythology) from an Abductor ship before time runs out and they blow up.
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Oct 11, 2016 18:58
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ulmont posted:...the Furies are the 3 psykers you rescue in the mission after rescuing Annette Durand. It's possible and I suppose even kind of likely to miss the Furies mission, depending on your playstyle. It happened to me the first time I played and probably would've happened again if I hadn't noticed a steam achievement that mentions it. It's a rather forgettable detour anyway.
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Oct 11, 2016 19:41
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Annette and the Furys are all guaranteed to be psychics is the biggest advantage to them.
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Oct 11, 2016 20:59
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Jade Star posted:A&W, Mug, And Barqs are all what I'd call the Soda Rootbeers. They aren't bad, but they're carbonated and use syrups or processed sugars and come out more like soda than what I'd call a proper rootbeer. IBC is a good start to real rootbeers. Not particularly high end, but it's good and easier to find. Thanks for the advice, Professor!
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Oct 12, 2016 16:52
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RareAcumen posted:So there's Maine root, Virgil's, Stubborn Soda; Classic Root beer, Stewart's fountain, Honest Fizz organic Root beer, Capt'n Eli's, Blue Sky creamy, Stevia Soda, and Zevia Ginger root beer. FWIW, I've tried a Zevia beverage (their cream soda) and it was terrible. A very heavy stevia aftertaste.
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Oct 12, 2016 17:10
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I am surprised how harshly Reaper is viewed. Yes the drop off in damage is a pain and there is always a chance that the sword strike will miss and thus break the chain, however there are ways to get around that. The free ax throw can be used in the middle of a reaper chain without ending it, and if you set up the chain just right, you can end it with the shotgun to take care of the toughest enemy in a group. That and it is great in timed missions as it is a way for a single soldier to clean up an encounter and push forward at the same time.
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Oct 12, 2016 17:18
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Hunt11 posted:I am surprised how harshly Reaper is viewed. Unfortunately, Reaper is against Rapid Fire.
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Oct 12, 2016 17:23
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ulmont posted:Reaper is a very nice ability, and if it was up against almost any other Ranger ability I'd take Reaper. Fair enough. I suppose i just never felt the need for Rapid Fire as gunslinger with face off can handle most of my high damage needs.
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Oct 12, 2016 17:31
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Rapid Fire with most special ammo types can delete one target a turn. That's hard to beat. Reaper can clear several targets on a meticulously set up turn. Both are excellent, but more often than not I just want one target to die right this minute.
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Oct 12, 2016 17:36
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Hunt11 posted:I am surprised how harshly Reaper is viewed. For a moment there, I assumed that Reaper was the name of a root beer.
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Oct 12, 2016 18:16
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Zomborgon posted:For a moment there, I assumed that Reaper was the name of a root beer. I had this same thought.
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Oct 12, 2016 18:41
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Zomborgon posted:For a moment there, I assumed that Reaper was the name of a root beer. Also same. Adding to rootbeer chat, I've had a keg of Virgil's and if you're used to soda root beers you're going to get a kick in your tastebuds. Definitely drink it cold.
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Oct 12, 2016 18:48
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ulmont posted:...the Furies are the 3 psykers you rescue in the mission after rescuing Annette Durand. That quest never popped up for me. Interesting.
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Oct 13, 2016 00:17
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Devil's Canyon usually makes beer but they do have a root beer keg available in 5 and 15 gallon sizes. And growlers.
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Oct 13, 2016 00:41
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Jenner posted:That quest never popped up for me. Interesting. It was a part of a DLC and on top of that you most likely woulden't get to play the second part until a long time into your game.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:16
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HOOLY BOOLY posted:It was a part of a DLC and on top of that you most likely woulden't get to play the second part until a long time into your game. It came with Enemy Within, it should be noted, but it also opened with an infamously tough mission that I've heard some people skipped and never got it offered again.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:32
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Jenner posted:That quest never popped up for me. Interesting. Cythereal posted:It came with Enemy Within, it should be noted, but it also opened with an infamously tough mission that I've heard some people skipped and never got it offered again. Jenner posted:I remember the French lady because she has a rescue mission dedicated to her but I don't remember the furies at all.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:41
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Cythereal posted:It came with Enemy Within, it should be noted, but it also opened with an infamously tough mission that I've heard some people skipped and never got it offered again. The whale Chryssalid one?
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Oct 13, 2016 01:44
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RareAcumen posted:The whale Chryssalid one? Deluge. Thin man hell in the first month or two of the game.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:46
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RareAcumen posted:The whale Chryssalid one? No, the one where Thin Men drop into flanking positions and wreck your poo poo. http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Portent_(EU2012) Cythereal posted:Deluge. Thin man hell in the first month or two of the game. You mean Portent.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:46
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Oh, the first EXALT encounter mission.
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Oct 13, 2016 01:48
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Portent is a pain because it's the second month and you'll most likely have barely any laser weapons, Mecs or SHIVS and the entire map is thin men plus a single sectoid. The big advantage the player has is the spawn locations are always the same so you can abuse the hell out of that with overwatch traps and make it easy to stun two of them on the roof. P.S. Jade, try Swamp Pop Praline Cream soda next. It's very sweet but tastes heavenly. It's a sipping soda. LEGO Genetics fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Oct 13, 2016 |
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Oct 13, 2016 01:58
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I think Reaper is also kinda not as useful since, if I recall right, there are several abilities that can be used to do the same job, but without the added disadvantage of potentially revealing a pod or leaving a guy out of position.
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Oct 13, 2016 09:34
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I kinda wish we had a character named Erich Rhoemer that whenever he attacked the klezmer music would start playing.
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Oct 13, 2016 13:08
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It's 100% possible if you have the mod tools.
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Oct 13, 2016 14:08
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Lunethex posted:It's 100% possible if you have the mod tools. I definitely believe it, just wish it was in the LP. Or have the some of the aliens be Rhoemer and have a Logan character.
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Oct 13, 2016 15:35
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I've tried the - non-soda? - root beers like Virgil and Weinhart's and I just can't get into them so I always gravitate towards the usual suspects like Barq's and Mug. What's the difference between the two types?
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Oct 13, 2016 19:49
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Rick_Hunter posted:I've tried the - non-soda? - root beers like Virgil and Weinhart's and I just can't get into them so I always gravitate towards the usual suspects like Barq's and Mug. What's the difference between the two types? There's really no actual distinction, since they're all carbonated, but the commercially widespread root beers like Barqs, Mug, or A&W tend to be more heavily sweetened/carbonated. Note that the sugar content of a soda doesn't necessarily correlate to how sweet it tastes - adding acids to soda to cut the sweetness is very common. Dissolving CO2 into water to create carbonated water actually makes a mix of water, carbon dioxide, and carbonic acid, and while the pressure and temperature remain constant it stays in equilibrium. However, once the CO2 is allowed to escape, the carbonic acid eventually breaks down entirely, leaving only water behind. This is why flat soda tastes bad - it's actually missing the carbonic acid part of the drink that cuts the sweetness.  It's possible, but not really practical, to re-carbonate soda and restore the taste. Many sodas also use additional acid(s) for flavor - phosphoric acid gets used in Coke, among other sodas, which helps stabilize the flavor as it goes flat. (Bonus fact: CO2 doesn't really dissolve well without a catalyst, since water is polar and CO2 isn't, so to get CO2 into your bloodstream it's first converted to carbonic acid (which is polar) by enzymes and then converted back to CO2 for removal via the lungs.)Your Henry Weinhard's or Virgil's or IBC tend to be less aggressively sweetened and counterbalanced with carbonation/acidity (although pretty much all root beer is carbonated). Barq's and Mug are crafted to have pretty wide appeal - just because you don't like the same root beer as Jade doesn't mean there aren't other root beers out there that you might like better.
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My first job as a teenager was at the local A&W in my local mall's food court. At first I was delighted because I liked their root beer a whole lot, but then I would come home smelling like A&W Root Beer and I would have to brew the root beer and I would have to just overall smell the root beer and taste the root beer at all hours of the day. My dream became a nightmare.
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Oct 13, 2016 23:25
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CJacobs posted:My first job as a teenager was at the local A&W in my local mall's food court. At first I was delighted because I liked their root beer a whole lot, but then I would come home smelling like A&W Root Beer and I would have to brew the root beer and I would have to just overall smell the root beer and taste the root beer at all hours of the day. My dream became a nightmare. that's generally the way it is with any food or drink job.
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It was so traumatizing that I decreed to myself that I would never work fast food again, and for the rest of my teenage years I worked jobs that were equally crappy, but I always remained thankful that at least they couldn't ruin the taste of A&W root beer for me.
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Oct 13, 2016 23:37
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CJacobs posted:My first job as a teenager was at the local A&W in my local mall's food court. At first I was delighted because I liked their root beer a whole lot, but then I would come home smelling like A&W Root Beer and I would have to brew the root beer and I would have to just overall smell the root beer and taste the root beer at all hours of the day. My dream became a nightmare. My roommate after college worked in his grandpa's oil refinery. I didn't know the different parts of oil/tar had different odors, but after a couple of years with him I can now smell naphtha from half a mile away. That odor clings.
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Oct 13, 2016 23:48
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How is it that we haven't had a rootbeer themed soldier yet? Like Andy 'Sasparilla' Weinhard or something with a pleasant soft brown bubbly color scheme?
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Oct 14, 2016 00:49
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McKilligan posted:How is it that we haven't had a rootbeer themed soldier yet? Like Andy 'Sasparilla' Weinhard or something with a pleasant soft brown bubbly color scheme? Because nobody submitted one would be my guess.
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Oct 14, 2016 00:52
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Kwyndig posted:Because nobody submitted one would be my guess. I think I submitted one? I remember doing so but I might be wrong. If I did she either wasn't picked/hasn't been picked yet or she hasn't come up. Also yah, I did the French Mission and finished the game and the furies mission never came up. No loving idea. Fix your game Jake.
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Jenner posted:I think I submitted one? I remember doing so but I might be wrong. It takes a really long time for that mission to proc. Like sitting on the final mission for a month or two long.
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