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redreader posted:Has anyone actually used sparks and are they any good? I finally have money to buy one and I'm in the endgame now, when I bring 2 psi guys. Any class I can ditch for a spark? They're decent but building a new one is like grabbing a squaddie, it'll be underwhelming in the ensgame for sure. Practically they're essentially a jack of all trades class (built in heavy weapon, shred, remote hacking, a melee attack) with good mobility due to built in rockets and great burst turns with Overdrive. They can theoretically slot in for most classes though they aren't as good at any one role. They're getting some nice buffs with the expansion that should make them very good tho.
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Jul 27, 2017 16:41
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:the Metal Over Flesh mod is required for sparks imo Honestly if you get all the upgrades it gives it makes them waaaaaay too good. Not that I mind since I love my robot buddies and tend to bring 2 along, but free ablative HP/close combat specialist/extra heavy weapons charge/regen etc on top of the stat boosts makes them little metal gods capable of tanking and soloing pods. It is a good mod tho.
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Jul 27, 2017 16:48
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Zore posted:Honestly if you get all the upgrades it gives it makes them waaaaaay too good. Not that I mind since I love my robot buddies and tend to bring 2 along, but free ablative HP/close combat specialist/extra heavy weapons charge/regen etc on top of the stat boosts makes them little metal gods capable of tanking and soloing pods. For the amout of resources you have to sink into them to get that that seems fair to me.
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Jul 27, 2017 16:58
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Zore posted:Well War of the Chosen adds fatigue while LW2 doesn't have it at all Will it show the risk of a soldier being fatigued? And yeah infiltration sucks, I get the idea but it's heavy into micromanagement because you can easily have three or four squads "infiltrating" at any given time and have to keep track of where this soldier is and which equipment he has and which mission was that again and Moola posted:didn't know Rich Evans streamed xcom AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS Xarbala posted:I enjoyed LW2 and cheated my way through like a motherfucker and, after a hundred or so hours later, I felt I'd basically seen enough of LW2 and buggered off when FFXIV: Stormblood was released. I will admit that this is what I did with LW1. Even with Dynamic War on, after 100 missions you still had to grind through missions not because they were fun but because you needed materials so that your whole squad could carry pulse. I used the console and gifted myself everything I needed for top-tier MEC suits and plasma. The one thing I am concerned about reading the summary is that WotC will have more of a grind aspect to it. One thing I like about the Firaxis XCOM games is that there isn't much of a grind, the tradeoff being that late game always feels like a victory lap. It's one thing that keeps me from buying Darkest Dungeon, it looks like fun but then I watch the effects of a squad wipe because you didn't have the right squad for a boss and now you have to recruit new characters and go on dungeon crawls to outfit them with the right trinkets and while it's fun to watch a streamer go through that agony, it's not for everyone.
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Jul 27, 2017 17:07
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redreader posted:Has anyone actually used sparks and are they any good? I finally have money to buy one and I'm in the endgame now, when I bring 2 psi guys. Any class I can ditch for a spark?
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Jul 27, 2017 17:26
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I like when SPARKs have Wrecking Ball, sadly most of mine don't get that far before getting blowed up
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Jul 27, 2017 17:36
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Iron Crowned posted:I like when SPARKs have Wrecking Ball, sadly most of mine don't get that far before getting blowed up My favorite is when they WRECKING BALL right through the car one of your squads was using for cover, blowing it up and dealing damage to both 
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Jul 27, 2017 17:39
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Caffeine IV posted:SPARKs feel like they fall off in the endgame since their aim doesn't scale all that well. They're great early on since they can deploy while wounded, hop onto roofs, and have poverty versions of class-specific stuff (like melee/explosions/hacking). Going deep into armour makes them decently survivable too. I definitely stopped bringing mine out when the psi lab started pooping dudes though. Yeah, this is the big thing being fixed in War of the Chosen. They buffed their aim, and crucially are letting you add weapon mods. So that's like +17-20 aim from where they are now.
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Jul 27, 2017 17:46
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I just hope there's more SPARK voices, that's all I want, I want to be able to run 6 SPARKS with 6 different voices I can understand
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Jul 27, 2017 17:48
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Iron Crowned posted:I just hope there's more SPARK voices, that's all I want, I want to be able to run 6 SPARKS with 6 different voices I can understand I don't know why you would even want voices other than Julian.
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Jul 27, 2017 17:51
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Iron Crowned posted:I just hope there's more SPARK voices, that's all I want, I want to be able to run 6 SPARKS with 6 different voices I can understand this is what mods are for. There are some fantastic SPARK voices cobbled from other games. I like the Geth Prime, HK unit, GLaDOS, and Titanfall ones though really running around with 6 Julians is the best thing "STOMP, STOMP, STOMP"
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Jul 27, 2017 17:53
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Bakalakadaka posted:I don't know why you would even want voices other than Julian. Yeah, but I want more Julians! Zore posted:this is what mods are for. I have the PS4, so no mods...
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Jul 27, 2017 17:55
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Lunchmeat Larry posted:im going to cut my nuts off MEC program sounding good
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Jul 27, 2017 18:30
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monster on a stick posted:AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS drat this was a good joke wp
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Jul 27, 2017 18:45
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Zore posted:this is what mods are for. Walker, Texas Ranger also made a SPARK compatible Claptrap voice pack if you want your killer robots to sound really annoying. 
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Jul 27, 2017 19:00
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"DESIGNATION: LIBERTY PRIME!" edit: Lol Soldier Size Slider  
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Jul 27, 2017 19:36
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TOTALITARIAN JUNTA IS NON-NEGOTIABLE!
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Jul 27, 2017 19:39
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marshmallow creep posted:"DESIGNATION: LIBERTY PRIME!" Ahaha, I like the idea of a concealed humungous soldier in high cover just standing still while the advent stroll by without noticing 
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Jul 27, 2017 19:49
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But can SPARKs bond with other soldiers? I want someone to go into a rage over the death of their robot buddy.
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Jul 27, 2017 19:57
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heckyeahpathy posted:But can SPARKs bond with other soldiers? I want someone to go into a rage over the death of their robot buddy. Per something from the Devs, no 
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Jul 27, 2017 20:09
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heckyeahpathy posted:But can SPARKs bond with other soldiers? I want someone to go into a rage over the death of their robot buddy. According to Jake, no, because he's a goddamn heartless monster. it will be my day 1 mod.
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Jul 27, 2017 20:09
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Zore posted:According to Jake, no, because he's a goddamn heartless monster. I'll spend $10 for a SPARK DLC that allows it
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Jul 27, 2017 20:17
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Zore posted:this is what mods are for. I always have one SPARK with the Bender voicepack. "All right, I'm low on bullets, everybody scooch together"
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Jul 27, 2017 21:57
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New mod time, it's Individual Arms 2: This Time With Shoulder Options Too! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1092571334 Very good mod, I'm going to be quite happy when the next version with progressive armor tiering comes in.
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Jul 28, 2017 16:34
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Spart's stuff is fantastic
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Jul 28, 2017 16:53
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redreader posted:amazon have a pre order price guarantee. I'll eat my h... food if they don't honour it. i just had this wild flashback of not liking idiot king mod abey.
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Jul 28, 2017 19:26
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I'm glad I picked the expansion up for 9.99
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Jul 28, 2017 19:28
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So this happened. Julian: Allow me to introduce you to one of ADVENT's more effective des- Major Rattle:   Yes, that is Julian activating.
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Jul 28, 2017 20:43
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That's why I'm down with repeaters. They may not be "reliable" but sometimes they save the day. And it's hilarious.
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Jul 28, 2017 21:06
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marshmallow creep posted:That's why I'm down with repeaters. They may not be "reliable" but sometimes they save the day. There's nothing better than chanting "come on execution" when that repeater would mean the difference between winning and losing, and it actually works!
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Im running with a huge mod list, LW2 perkpack, better advent 2, metal over flesh but sparks held their own, for sure. Julian "Tower" Shen and Liberty "Democracy" Prime. Worth it just for "EMBRACE DEMOCRACY OR BE ANNIHILATED!" I load them with as much armor as i can, using Mod Anything+Grimy;'s loot mod for more armor, defense. Mobile cover, i use them as tanks are used. mobile cover for your infantry, send them up the middle and face tank with 6/7 pips of armor plus shields. Give their guns high cycle chambers from grimy's loot mod, fixes accuracy issues. Add in serial from another weapon mod for hilarious things.
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I think the best part of repeaters is the excessive amount of exclamation points around the popup. The game is as excited as you are.
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Bogart posted:I think the best part of repeaters is the excessive amount of exclamation points around the popup. The game is as excited as you are. EXECUTED!!! HOLY SMOKES I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS AND I'M THE RNG ENGINE!!!
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Alkydere posted:Well, they still have fatigue, but they made it less BS. Speaking of ammo, I really wish they would change autoloaders to only use their free reloads when in combat. Or change it so the free reloads are a different button than costly reload. I hate wasting autoloader charges when I don't actually need the free reload.
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Or is it Sputnik posted:So this happened. Had the same thing happen my first time through the mission. I'd spent two hours getting my rear end kicked, saw Julian with 100 health and six armor (a better advent and some other mod bullshit), then I one shot him with my sniper. It took me a solid minute to figure out what the gently caress happened since I missed the repeater notification.
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marshmallow creep posted:That's why I'm down with repeaters. They may not be "reliable" but sometimes they save the day. And it's hilarious. While I've posted about it like 3 times before, Repeaters are still responsible for the moment that sold me on this game: the first Avatar I skulljacked out of a Codex ever was terrifying, jumping around the map and raising hell on a map still full of other threats, until some lucky idiot executed it. Repeaters are the new punching Ethereals off the Temple Ship.
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Or is it Sputnik posted:So this happened. Kinda looks like my very first XCOM 2 sectopod who also ate a repeater shot. I have to admit when the game was new it was always fun to see an achievement pop up and then wait for the turn/movie to resolve in slow motion to see exactly what happened.
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Darkrenown posted:Speaking of ammo, I really wish they would change autoloaders to only use their free reloads when in combat. Or change it so the free reloads are a different button than costly reload. I hate wasting autoloader charges when I don't actually need the free reload. There's a mod for that, somewhat misleadingly called Free Reload Anytime. Any soldier with an autoloader gets an additional Reload button that will use an action instead of an autoloader charge.
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