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holy MOLY that episode is peak Empanada e: ah gently caress me, new ep on the previous page
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Jade Star posted:
Guavamoment you sound a bit different in this one, are you sick? I guess it is hay fever season.
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Its hockey season. Same thing, I think? Empanada is actually the best hacker. He's too busy Hacking the Planet to deal with mundane things like murderbots, distress beacons and lamps ![]()
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ahahah the A+ level of dicking that happened in this mission
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The reason you got spotted, as you may have gathered, was because nobody could see the ADVENT MEC, which was closer than the other troops. Thus, only the spot zone around the visible enemies appeared, but the MEC could see the spot that was not marked as a spot zone. Still dumb, though.
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Jade Star posted:Also seriously, if someone gets me an nice avatar sized image of the Enemy Protocol icon from the game I am so buying that for Empanada's avatar. loving learn to hack, oh my god argh. ![]() ![]() I live to serve. Made you two, though the full Enemy Protocol one will need tiiiny tweaks to drop below 30kb [although I guess maybe the support info is old on being 125x125 and 30kb? Not sure]
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I will always appreciate the best-named Powered Weapon, "Shredstorm Cannon."
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I think Empanada has proven his worth to X-COM. At being a professional meat shield because that is what he excels at, not hacking.
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Nekomimi-Maiden posted:
Interesting sidenote that may be of interest to those who want to have fun image editing the second avatar image. "LTH" [Learn To Hack] has exactly the same first two bits (01) on all three letters. So "01001100 01010100 01001000" (LTH) can be represented in the avatar with "001100 010100 001000" , and the text could read "WAIT, poo poo, I FORGOT 01!"
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That "gently caress you" was pretty grand. Jake, fix your game.
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AradoBalanga posted:I think Empanada has proven his worth to X-COM. At being a professional meat shield because that is what he excels at, not hacking. Given all combat hackers with enemy protocol have died in this campaign, and the past performance of Empanada, presumably this is a survival strategy. Not that it's working out all that well anyway. Very subtle with the stargate music as well, I missed guava commenting on it the first time round and spent the rest of the video wondering if it was actually a part of the game...
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I love the landed UFO missions. Mostly it's the nostalgia factor. We did a ton of these in Enemy Unknown/Within - and the original game , for that matter - but not so many in XCOM2. The timer isn't a huge deal: if it runs out, the aliens send one advent party bus with a squad of 3 in it. So overwatch crawling is a completely viable strategy if you don't mind losing the hack reward.Jade Star posted:Also seriously, if someone gets me an nice avatar sized image of the Enemy Protocol icon from the game I am so buying that for Empanada's avatar. loving learn to hack, oh my god argh. Maybe you can rip it out of this screenshot from my last game ![]() (Yeah, sometimes the better hack result is the easy one. Jade got a little bit screwed there; I can only assume the RNG gods are still angry about Angry Lobster's initial success.)
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Man, that was quite a few bullshit moments. Jake, game, fix it.
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Hacking is always frustrating garbage for minimal reward.
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As a save-scumming piece of trash, I have noticed that something seems to be up with the hacking odds. It might well be confirmation bias, but especially the major rewards never seem to trigger as frequently as the interface says they should.
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Nekomimi-Maiden posted:
you get 100k now
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I forget, was it noted last UFO that you can just explode the distress beacon instead of hacking it if you don't want the 'free' reward for the hack?
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Tylana posted:I forget, was it noted last UFO that you can just explode the distress beacon instead of hacking it if you don't want the 'free' reward for the hack? Also, large, stompy aliens can crush the beacon. That's mildly irritating if you wanted to go for the hack.
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Arcomage posted:As a save-scumming piece of trash, I have noticed that something seems to be up with the hacking odds. It might well be confirmation bias, but especially the major rewards never seem to trigger as frequently as the interface says they should. You stop when you get the high reward, so RNG streaks are invariably going to err toward the failure state. Confirmation bias.
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Pls rename Empanada "White hat"
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What's the name of that plugin that shows numbers for health and shield instead of ticks? Late game becomes frustrating having to count out little markers over enemies. Also, are there some quality of life plugins you recommend in general?
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Wheany posted:Pls rename Empanada "White hat" Or "Dunce Cap"
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zyxophoj posted:Or "Dunce Cap" Or "Responsible disclosure"
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Nekomimi-Maiden posted:
The limits are 150x150 and 100kB
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Wheany posted:Pls rename Empanada "White hat" 'Spiked Them'
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The X-com with biological monstrotities game mentioned in the LP is Now Crowdfunding
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what all did you actually get from getting the flight computer, reactor cores, and the other stuff?
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SugarAddict posted:what all did you actually get from getting the flight computer, reactor cores, and the other stuff? Nothing, that's just flavor. You get elerium and alloys like any supply raid, just a bit more. XCOM2 doesn't really do the artifact specificity of the EW.
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I was beaten to the punch, but I made some custom icons I can change if you like them.![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Oh very nice. I think those look a bit sharper. Probably because you're working with 100kb and Nekomimi was working with 30kb. I just need a good line for the text now.
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Jade Star posted:Oh very nice. I think those look a bit sharper. Probably because you're working with 100kb and Nekomimi was working with 30kb. Best. Hacker. Ever. (intended to be sarcastic) Worst Hacker.Ever. As it turns out, hacking is not my calling. Any of those ideas seem good? I can have moments of... eccentricity and sometimes be quite curious about things. Please forgive me if I do something foolish or rude.
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Jake, fix your hack skill
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Jade Star posted:I just need a good line for the text now. "I guess I'll just never be Lobster."
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Enemy (Protocol) Unknown
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Jade Star posted:Oh very nice. I think those look a bit sharper. Probably because you're working with 100kb and Nekomimi was working with 30kb. Head of Sony Online Security
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Jade Star posted:Oh very nice. I think those look a bit sharper. Probably because you're working with 100kb and Nekomimi was working with 30kb. Thanks! I'm working with 5kb per. ![]() I can link my SVG if someone else wants to use it.
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Zomborgon posted:Enemy (Protocol) Unknown I am really liking this one.
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Jade Star posted:Oh very nice. I think those look a bit sharper. Probably because you're working with 100kb and Nekomimi was working with 30kb. Emphasis on the zeros
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Jade Star posted:Oh very nice. I think those look a bit sharper. Probably because you're working with 100kb and Nekomimi was working with 30kb.
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# ? May 25, 2024 00:40 |
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That explains it, I was going off the support document's listing of "125x125, 30kb" and couldn't find the actual limit elsewhere. They look good, Anaxite! I like Enemy (Protocol) Unknown, too
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