The Commander's Field Manual to the XCOM 2 Resistance

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Bible Ian Black: Jul 16, 2009; I'M THE GUY
WHO SUCKS

PLUS I GOT
DEPRESSION

holy MOLY that episode is peak Empanada

e: ah gently caress me, new ep on the previous page

# ? Apr 25, 2017 04:36

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# ? May 23, 2024 13:42

CJacobs: Apr 17, 2011; Reach for the moon!

Jade Star posted:

Operation Oh my god, Shield

With the Avatar tracker down so low for the first time since the start of the game now is kind of the endgame preparation time. Get everything researched, get all your kit in engineering built, and take any soldiers you want to get to Colonel out on missions now rather than later. That pretty well sums up this video. I have time to relax and get things done that I've been too rushed to get to, research, expansion, and training non-Colonel soldiers. The end of the game seems pretty close at hand with the completion of another Shadow Chamber project and just one or two more research topics in there seems like we'd be ready for the 'To Cydonia or Bust' part of the game. I'm not putting that off just yet, there are still just a few things worth getting first. A few more autopsies will lead to upgrades, most notably the Gremlin Mk3 awaits innovation. I just squeezed enough supplies out of my corpse pile to pick up the final upgraded Psi Amp. Lastly there will be one or two more Shadow Chamber projects to go. Again I regret back loading the plot so much, but such is X-Com.

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.

Guavamoment you sound a bit different in this one, are you sick? I guess it is hay fever season.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 04:38

Slaan: Mar 16, 2009; ASHERAH DEMANDS I FEAST, I VOTE FOR A FEAST OF FLESH

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 :colbert:

# ? Apr 25, 2017 04:40

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

ahahah the A+ level of dicking that happened in this mission

# ? Apr 25, 2017 04:47

Zomborgon: Feb 19, 2014; I don't even want to see what happens if you gain CHIM outside of a pre-coded system.

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.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 04:54

Nekomimi-Maiden: Feb 27, 2011; I'm here to help you.
Rule number one, don't get me killed.

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]

# ? Apr 25, 2017 05:10

Zomborgon: Feb 19, 2014; I don't even want to see what happens if you gain CHIM outside of a pre-coded system.

I will always appreciate the best-named Powered Weapon, "Shredstorm Cannon."

# ? Apr 25, 2017 05:20

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

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.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 06:01

JamieTheD: Nov 4, 2011; LPer, Reviewer, Mad Welshman

(Yes, that's a self portrait)

Nekomimi-Maiden posted:

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]

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!"

# ? Apr 25, 2017 06:15

SugarAddict: Oct 11, 2012

That "gently caress you" was pretty grand. Jake, fix your game.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 06:53

ephphatha: Dec 18, 2009

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...

# ? Apr 25, 2017 06:56

zyxophoj: May 24, 2014

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.)

# ? Apr 25, 2017 09:33

radintorov: Feb 18, 2011

Man, that was quite a few bullshit moments.
Jake, game, fix it.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 10:24

Cassa: Jan 29, 2009

Hacking is always frustrating garbage for minimal reward.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 10:58

Arcomage: Nov 10, 2012

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.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 12:01

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Nekomimi-Maiden posted:

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]

you get 100k now

# ? Apr 25, 2017 13:14

Tylana: May 5, 2011; Pillbug

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?

# ? Apr 25, 2017 13:42

zyxophoj: May 24, 2014

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.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 14:15

Bruceski: Aug 21, 2007; The tools of a hero mean nothing without a solid core.

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.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 15:24

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

Pls rename Empanada "White hat"

# ? Apr 25, 2017 16:24

poemdexter: Feb 18, 2005; Hooray Indie Games!; College Slice

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?

# ? Apr 25, 2017 16:28

zyxophoj: May 24, 2014

Wheany posted:

Pls rename Empanada "White hat"

Or "Dunce Cap"

# ? Apr 25, 2017 16:34

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

zyxophoj posted:

Or "Dunce Cap"

Or "Responsible disclosure"

# ? Apr 25, 2017 16:35

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

Nekomimi-Maiden posted:

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]

The limits are 150x150 and 100kB

# ? Apr 25, 2017 16:38

where the red fern gropes: Aug 24, 2011

Wheany posted:

Pls rename Empanada "White hat"

'Spiked Them'

# ? Apr 25, 2017 16:51

Stormgale: Feb 27, 2010

The X-com with biological monstrotities game mentioned in the LP is Now Crowdfunding

# ? Apr 25, 2017 17:06

SugarAddict: Oct 11, 2012

what all did you actually get from getting the flight computer, reactor cores, and the other stuff?

# ? Apr 25, 2017 18:30

Akratic Method: Mar 9, 2013; It's going to pay off eventually--I'm sure of it.

Any day now.

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.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 18:32

Anaxite: Jan 16, 2009; What? What'd you say? Stop channeling? I didn't he-

I was beaten to the punch, but I made some custom icons I can change if you like them.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 19:25

Jade Star: Jul 15, 2002; It burns when I LP

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.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 19:29

Stephen9001: Oct 28, 2013

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.

I just need a good line for the text now.

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.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 19:31

Zomborgon: Feb 19, 2014; I don't even want to see what happens if you gain CHIM outside of a pre-coded system.

Jake, fix your hack skill

# ? Apr 25, 2017 19:33

Akratic Method: Mar 9, 2013; It's going to pay off eventually--I'm sure of it.

Any day now.

Jade Star posted:

I just need a good line for the text now.

"I guess I'll just never be Lobster."

# ? Apr 25, 2017 19:39

Zomborgon: Feb 19, 2014; I don't even want to see what happens if you gain CHIM outside of a pre-coded system.

Enemy (Protocol) Unknown

# ? Apr 25, 2017 19:45

Highwang: Nov 7, 2013; No Pineapple?
No Thank You!

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.

I just need a good line for the text now.

Head of Sony Online Security

# ? Apr 25, 2017 19:46

Anaxite: Jan 16, 2009; What? What'd you say? Stop channeling? I didn't he-

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.

I just need a good line for the text now.

Thanks! I'm working with 5kb per.

I can link my SVG if someone else wants to use it.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 20:03

Jade Star: Jul 15, 2002; It burns when I LP

Zomborgon posted:

Enemy (Protocol) Unknown

I am really liking this one.

# ? Apr 25, 2017 20:09

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

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.

I just need a good line for the text now.

Emphasis on the zeros

# ? Apr 25, 2017 20:42

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

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.

I just need a good line for the text now.

"I genuinely thought that Windows ME would improve my hacking abilities. I was very wrong."

# ? Apr 25, 2017 20:47

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# ? May 23, 2024 13:42

Nekomimi-Maiden: Feb 27, 2011; I'm here to help you.
Rule number one, don't get me killed.

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

# ? Apr 25, 2017 20:57

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