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MrL_JaKiri posted:It's pretty noticeable if continents don't join up any more Especially if it's a cross continent link that's missing. It can be really painful when RNGeezus decides to take away your ability to go round the world in either direction. Loss of continent links can easily leave you many regions away from a facility.
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As happened to me in my second game - started in North America, had to go NA -> SA -> Africa -> Europe -> Asia -> all the way east to get to my second facility.
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Oct 15, 2016 11:08
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I just noticed after starting a new ironman game, it's apparently not saving my game. Start a new one, explicitly hit save. Check that its appearing in the load menu...cool. go back the next day and it's gone Fast forward to my 5th start and screw iron man , making 12 copies of each save. I am SO sick of the first mission.
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Oct 15, 2016 12:51
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Yeah, missing out on cross-continent connections sucks, I'll definitely agree to that.
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Oct 15, 2016 16:56
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Roundboy posted:I just noticed after starting a new ironman game, it's apparently not saving my game. This is might be a dumb question but you know Ironman is just one autosave right? Did you try hitting continue? I've never heard of this bug.
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Oct 15, 2016 17:21
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My save directory is completely empty. I have nothing to load when I come back to the game
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Oct 15, 2016 21:22
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Any tips for doing the skulljack objective, like other than the obvious "skulljack the red dude"? I think I'm just paranoid because I've also got the Berserker Queen roaming about on just over half health and having that strolling in when I start the Avatar fight would be awful.
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Oct 15, 2016 21:42
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Flashbangs are very useful, especially when it comes to the skulljacking process. Because it stops one very annoying thing from happening after you skulljack an officer.
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Oct 15, 2016 21:52
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Yeah, keep a flashbang in reserve when you do the skulljack objective, they'll shut down the psionic abilities of both enemies that appear when you do the two skulljack objectives. It's more important on madam Codex than it is on mister Avatar, but you should still have a flashbang handy for either of them until you get the hang of how to take them out quickly. For the Berserker Queen, it's really best to try to lure her into enemy pods if you can manage it, so she wastes her Ruler Reactions on smashing ayys instead of your troops.
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Oct 15, 2016 21:59
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Thanks, also, that demonstrates how far behind I am on the story, got the top weapons and the top armours other than the rulers but I've not even fought the first Codex yet.
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Oct 15, 2016 22:21
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I suck at XCOM 
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Anime_Otaku posted:Thanks, also, that demonstrates how far behind I am on the story, got the top weapons and the top armours other than the rulers but I've not even fought the first Codex yet. That's happening to me in my current game as well, it's already June and i'm just now building the Shadow Chamber. That's not necessarily a bad thing in this game though since it's must easier to keep the Avatar track in check than it was to keep Panic under control in EU/EW so you can go quite a bit without worrying about running out of time for a little while at least.
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Oct 15, 2016 22:30
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If you have the DLC then don't bother with flashbangs and just use the frost grenade on the Avatar. For the Alien rulers the Stasis power can be used to shut them down for a turn and give you time to prepare. Remember that free actions (such as the ax throw and lightning hands) and overwatch are your best tools for dealing with them.
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Oct 15, 2016 22:32
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Kwyndig posted:Solace is not preventative, it has to activate
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Oct 15, 2016 22:55
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So uhh, using that Long War Perk Pack... and my assault has that perk that increases crit damage by 1 for every enemy you can see, to a max of 8. He just got a crit for 19, and I'm only on mag weapons. I think he retroactively erased that Codex from all of history.
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BlazetheInferno posted:So uhh, using that Long War Perk Pack... and my assault has that perk that increases crit damage by 1 for every enemy you can see, to a max of 8. I had an Assualt using the LWPP that on top of her class ability to get +1 damage with shotguns she got Lethal (a flat +2 damage), and then I also gave her a Grimy's Mod shotgun with High Caliber ammo (bonus 30% damage, -2 ammo) and a level 2 extended mag to cancel out the ammo loss. My response to reinforcement calls was to park her as close to the flare as possible and reload so she got a CQC roll on each of them with her flak cannon, and she ended up with like triple the kill count as anyone else.
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Oct 16, 2016 05:49
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Urdnot Wrex is currently sitting at 13 missions and 59 kills. I'm eager to see that number continue to go up now that he's hit max rank and picked up Lethal for himself, since the AWC gave him Rupture.
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Oct 16, 2016 06:44
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Anyone know what the requirements for the 'Bells and Whistles' achievement are for Shen's Last Gift DLC? I have anodized chassis and elerium phase cannons equipped but I'm not getting it.
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Oct 16, 2016 09:19
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BlazetheInferno posted:Urdnot Wrex is currently sitting at 13 missions and 59 kills. I'm eager to see that number continue to go up now that he's hit max rank and picked up Lethal for himself, since the AWC gave him Rupture. He's gonna die in the next mission from an exploding trash can
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Oct 16, 2016 09:38
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damnfan posted:Anyone know what the requirements for the 'Bells and Whistles' achievement are for Shen's Last Gift DLC? I have anodized chassis and elerium phase cannons equipped but I'm not getting it. Maybe the bit needs maxed out too?
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Oct 16, 2016 15:01
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The BIT is basically an armour upgrade (you get a powered version with the last set of SPARK armour), unless you get something from gremlin upgrades. Also finally took my Psi-op guy out on a mission, used the AOE that can be upgraded to roll a chance to inflict Insanity on a Muton and a Codex and was amused when the Codex panicked, cloned then tried to kill itself. I've now got all three alien armours, what have people been using them on? Currently I've got the R.A.G.E. suit on a ranger, I have two now, I bought one and gave her all the sword skills so she's probably the best of the two for it. The Serpent and Icarus suits I have on my Sharshooters, though I might swap them about so the Gunslinger has the Serpent suit as I imagine being able to pull a guy out of cover then start a face off is pretty effective.
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Oct 16, 2016 18:17
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What gene mods are best used on what class/build in EW?
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Oct 16, 2016 18:54
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The bone marrow (regen) one for everyone because it reduces recovery time... that's pretty much the only one I ever used, aside from the eye upgrade that was basically custom built for snipers.
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Oct 16, 2016 19:43
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The leg muscles one is another great one for Snipers, as it makes it really easy for them to get into good elevated positions to snipe from.
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Oct 16, 2016 19:49
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Memetic Skin for Assaults (which is usually what class I use for forward scouts.)
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Oct 16, 2016 19:52
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memetic skin snaps the game directly in half and is good for everyone (which is why it is so expensive).
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Scrap Dragon posted:What gene mods are best used on what class/build in EW? I think jumpy legs are good for everyone, because who doesn't like jumping?
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:I think jumpy legs are good for everyone, because who doesn't like jumping? Jumpy legs on everyone requires a less aggressive playstyle than what I usually went with, since injuries could mount up fast if you weren't careful. Coolguye posted:memetic skin snaps the game directly in half and is good for everyone (which is why it is so expensive). That it does, which is why there's no direct equivalent to it in 2. Instead we got the concealment mechanic and the completely opposite effect mimic grenade. edit: One class completely broke the game with mimetic skin since it had a 'treat half cover as full cover' ability pick, but my brain is wonky today and I can't remember which one it was. Kwyndig fucked around with this message at 21:14 on Oct 16, 2016 |
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Oct 16, 2016 20:58
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I like to put mind-control immunity on assaults. Close combat specialists triggers on your own soldiers' movements if the assault gets mind-controlled and is just such a pain to plan around when trying to kill the controlling alien.
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rabidsquid posted:The berserker queen is actually great because unless I always get really lucky bugs with her, she just shows up and kicks the poo poo out of other aliens until you reveal her. I had her show up on a terror mission and kill half the map for me, while ignoring civilians for whatever reason Had a stupid hard "protect the device" mission in which the queen killed everyone. Also... I can't get predator armor... I'm missing a corpse that I'm guessing I sold. I'm about 40% through... There's no way I'm getting a trooper corpse huh? I should probably just go straight for power armor. I haven't played since the DLCs (except the turn everyone in to a freak one).... So far I like SPARKS but like an idiot I didn't pick melee
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karma_coma posted:Had a stupid hard "protect the device" mission in which the queen killed everyone. Troopers show up the whole game, there'll be advanced versions that drop the base trooper body you need. Of course if they show up on an evac mission it doesn't help you any.
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Mr.Pibbleton posted:Troopers show up the whole game, there'll be advanced versions that drop the base trooper body you need. Of course if they show up on an evac mission it doesn't help you any. drat I swear I've killed a million of them on non evac missions so I dunno wtf. Guess I'll just but everyone in spider / exo suits or something though the defense mission is going to suck... Thanks man
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I got this on the Xbone and I have to say that it sure feels like XCOM http://i.imgur.com/zsvU0wG.gifv moist turtleneck fucked around with this message at 16:32 on Oct 17, 2016 |
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Oct 17, 2016 16:29
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http://i.imgur.com/A5VQajY.gifv http://i.imgur.com/ogYN0J5.gifv
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Oct 17, 2016 18:13
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Good to see them re-use the physics engine from the UFC games.
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I just assumed Mimetic Skin wouldn't stack with Low Profile cause holy poo poo Also I just had my Mec Trooper punch a Mectoid and then it exploded. GOTY
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Oct 17, 2016 20:08
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try punching out a Sectopod when you meet them for a good time
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Scrap Dragon posted:I just assumed Mimetic Skin wouldn't stack with Low Profile cause holy poo poo Oh no, they stack, it rips the mechanics apart.
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What mod do I need so I can keep using the leather hot pants from anarchy's children after getting predator/warden armor? Is there any mod that stops the game from changing everyone's clothes after buying each tier of armor?
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Bagarthach posted:What mod do I need so I can keep using the leather hot pants from anarchy's children after getting predator/warden armor? Because of the way armor works I don't think the latter is possible, and I haven't seen any anarchy's children related cosmetic mods, sorry.
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