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I can't believe I'm saying this but I wish I had Bradford voice over to remind me that I have an Evac button to call the Skyranger for a near-dead soldier. I lost my Lieutenant Ranger to a Viper grab when my sniper missed a 91% shot to free her, I ran the Ranger as far as I could outside the action after using my Specialist (who was supposed to hack the objective in that last turn but I opted to fail the mission and save my soldier instead) to shoot the Viper, and the Viper just ups and tongue grabs my Ranger and crushes her again, but this time to death. So I failed the mission and lost a soldier, and when I was in the shower later... "of course, I had a loving evac button, gently caress!" and then I started love-hating Ironman all over again. Lesson loving learned, I'll tell you that. Got a 1 HP dude and no time left? Just evac them. Don't lose them like I did.
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bitterandtwisted posted:Here's a fun bug. I did a VIP rescue mission and my next mission had the guy appear as a 7th squad mate: Er, sure you don't have the chance for a random resistance soldier to appear, either through a card or continent bonus?
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Sep 13, 2017 19:57
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DeliciousCookie posted:Squadsight helps, but early game you might not have the accuracy to reliably use it, and theres always the problem of sight lines too. Thats why I say mid-late game snipers become more useful, but early game they're more of a hindrance. Early game, most of their turns are spent getting into position before they can really contribute to any fight meaningfully. Mid game to late has a lot of stuff that minimizes these problems, from levels to gear that just make a sniper stronger overall. Plus its a matter of mission type, where non timed missions are amazing for snipers cause they can take their time. The melee attack is a free action. Its amazing for repositioning. Also in general its an Exo suit. Armor and a heavy weapon are always good. It also panics Mutons and Berserkers.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:00
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So the final mission still has the bug where if you execute the first avatar without breaking concealment the other two never spawn and your ironman game is ruined.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:06
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DeliciousCookie posted:Squadsight helps, but early game you might not have the accuracy to reliably use it, and theres always the problem of sight lines too.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:08
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It happened again. https://giant.gfycat.com/OpenGroundedAmethystgemclam.webm
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Sep 13, 2017 20:11
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Feldegast42 posted:
Use WAR suits on any character that you give Explosive + Other in the gear regularly. More or less replace the plasma grenade with a heavy weapon, rocket at minimum.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:17
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Sep 13, 2017 20:18
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RBA Starblade posted:Oh thank gently caress, if you use a hack to mind control a random enemy, it doesn't trigger the pod instantly anymore. It doesn't seem to ever until XCOM appears actually. They just get free turns to kill their own pod. I'm 99% sure this is just buggy. Sometimes pods activate when they didn't before and sometimes a pod bugs out and doesn't activate when it should have. Sometimes when I have a Reaper calling sniper shots on a pod they just sit there and take it on the chin, sometimes as soon as I hit someone they dive for cover, sometimes they only take cover once I hit someone. Sometimes if I chuck a blaster bomb in there they just sit there looking dumb. The only fully reliable way to activate a pod is to saunter into sight of it with a non-concealed soldier.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:29
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Sultan Tarquin posted:It happened again. "You call that a miss? Here, this is how you miss!" Do the Andromedons take falling damage from this or is being flung like that harmless as long as you land on the same elevation?
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Sep 13, 2017 20:30
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Internet Kraken posted:Do the Andromedons take falling damage from this or is being flung like that harmless as long as you land on the same elevation? Yeah they take falling damage along with my unit. They land directly underneath the tiles they were stood on but it'd be great if they actually landed where the ragdolls fly.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:32
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I destroyed an objective and reinforcements immediately dropped in on the next turn without any warning. Is that a thing that is meant to happen that I need to look out for or is it just a bug that I can forget about?
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Sep 13, 2017 20:34
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RBA Starblade posted:I've hacked three times this campaign. It's even more unimportant than usual now. If there's a possibility of running into a tower, I usually take a specialist along just in case. And if you're willing to live a little dangerously, the intel that you can get from skulljacking can be a nice supplement to your other sources.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:35
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Ersatz posted:That said, some of the hacking rewards are really powerful. Like, 50% off avenger scan times, which can set you up for a nice snowball. 70% chance to instakill an advent soldier is nothing to sneeze at either, especially if it's an rear end in a top hat like a lancer or a shieldbearer.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:42
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On my current campaign I rolled both the +1 conventional weapons and +1 pistols breakthroughs early on, so I made all of my sharpshooters into gunslingers and they've been consistent throughout. I did take Long Watch on most of them but there have been times I've hunkered instead of taking the overwatch because the Claymore is a stronger opener than an overwatch shot.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:43
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I go out of my way to try and build a hacking specalist. Shutdowns on enemy units are easy to pull off that I get plenty of use out of it. I did have an idea for a mod though; I've heard of people using a mod that increases the hack stat after each succesful hack. That sounds broken, but I think it would work great as a reward for skullmining. Skullmining could give your soldier an increase to their hack stat based on the type of troop they impaled. Give you more of an incentive to actually bother doing it. Then again I'm also the kind of person who enjoyed tazing aliens in EW so I guess I just want an excuse to carry the skulljack more.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:45
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Is there a single collection of the best propaganda posters made? I recall seeing some amusing ones earlier.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:45
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Holy poo poo the assassin weapons have turned my blademaster into God.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:46
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I forgot AP rounds existed in XCOM 2, I thought I had gone through the entire Experimental Ammo cycle in the proving grounds in my first WotC game. Then I got one in a scanning event. Now my Skirmisher is a loving murderer.
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Sep 13, 2017 20:47
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SulphagneSocialist posted:70% chance to instakill an advent soldier is nothing to sneeze at either, especially if it's an rear end in a top hat like a lancer or a shieldbearer.
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Sep 13, 2017 21:02
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Zore posted:The melee attack is a free action. Its amazing for repositioning. Oh, I didn't realize the melee was a free action. I was seriously confused why it was basically a crummier slash attack. Might be good on a Ranger I suppose? Or would it be better suited on a class that doesn't have a dash like I dunno.. Grenadier?
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Sep 13, 2017 21:06
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RBA Starblade posted:Holy poo poo the assassin weapons have turned my blademaster into God. All the Chosen weapons are hilarious but the Hunter set is truly ridiculous. All of the incredible damage capabilities of a sharpshooter, but every single downside to the class has been removed entirely.
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DeliciousCookie posted:Oh, I didn't realize the melee was a free action. I was seriously confused why it was basically a crummier slash attack. Might be good on a Ranger I suppose? Or would it be better suited on a class that doesn't have a dash like I dunno.. Grenadier? Its good on anyone really, its an excellent repositioning tool. Also it stuns.
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Sep 13, 2017 21:08
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RBA Starblade posted:I've hacked three times this campaign. It's even more unimportant than usual now. Hacking would be much better if the specialist's drone thing didn't have to fly over just to check out the chances and rewards and everything. The hacking screen should be shown right away, and then have the drone only fly over when you're actually doing the hack.
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Sep 13, 2017 21:12
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uXs posted:Hacking would be much better if the specialist's drone thing didn't have to fly over just to check out the chances and rewards and everything. I have a mod that did in that vanilla. I think its perfect information, it shows the names of the hack rewards and % when you click haywire but before you confirm. Hacking is good btw. Equip a skull jack and it gets better.
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Is there a mod that just removes the penalties for failing a hack? I'd be far more willing to gamble on those 50% hacks if I was only wagering my soldier's turn instead of taking a 50% chance to give the robot a giant buff. Between stasis, stun swords and frost bombs it's not like the game doesn't have plenty of riskless incapacitation moves in it already.
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DeliciousCookie posted:On another note, what exactly is the Berserker Queen armor good for? It seems to give a single charge melee attack, but I can't really fathom why I'd need that when I have both rangers and templars. I use it on a melee ranger, and my melee ranger is the first one to get Salvo  Open with the heavy weapon then start Reaping. Use the headbutt ability for extra range or to guarantee a kill.
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Sep 13, 2017 21:22
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I did the thing.
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Hats Wouldnt Fly posted:I did the thing. It seems pretty suspect that the "world" average for missions failed is 0. Are those stats supposed to relate to the difficulty you're playing on, and do they take into account when making the comparison that you're playing on ironman?
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Man the warlock weapon is disappointing. It’s a strict upgrade so it’s worth using but it doesn’t have a cool extra effect that makes a soldier better at his class like the other ones.
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Ersatz posted:Congrats! Yeah I was wondering about that too. A lot of the world stats seem off. Does it even take difficulty into account? The world average for intel collected was listed as -40,000 also.
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Yeah all the stats are out of whack. Maybe some of them are accurate but so many are just completely broken that I don't think any can be relied on.
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RBA Starblade posted:Hack a tower I mean. The one that's a random enemy gets mind controlled. It gave me a sectoid next to a Gatekeeper and another sectoid, and they didn't give a poo poo I was mindstunning them. the +20 hacking reward from chests is now the primary reward and frequently has an 80-100% chance to complete with just a skulljack and an average level specialist. one of my specs has like 180 hack now and can guaranteed shutdown any enemy in the game (and basically guaranteed takeover of mecs and andromedons)
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Hats Wouldnt Fly posted:I did the thing. which missions did you lose and did you ever feel like you were behind the curve?
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I had a fun bug one mission where my ranger activated a pod of vipers with her last move... and when the alien turn started, she proceeded to land bladestorm hits on all of them before they moved anywhere near melee range! All of them were 1 hit kills.  
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sean10mm posted:I had a fun bug one mission where my ranger activated a pod of vipers with her last move... and when the alien turn started, she proceeded to land bladestorm hits on all of them before they moved anywhere near melee range! My favorite bug so far was when I used Banish to execute the archon ruler and a turret on the other side of the screen spontaneously exploded. SulphagneSocialist posted:I'm 99% sure this is just buggy. Sometimes pods activate when they didn't before and sometimes a pod bugs out and doesn't activate when it should have. Sometimes when I have a Reaper calling sniper shots on a pod they just sit there and take it on the chin, sometimes as soon as I hit someone they dive for cover, sometimes they only take cover once I hit someone. Sometimes if I chuck a blaster bomb in there they just sit there looking dumb. I have had the same experience. Last time I hacked a mec via a tower it did activate the pod, so that's definitely not guaranteed either.
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Verviticus posted:which missions did you lose and did you ever feel like you were behind the curve? I lost an early retaliation, and I evacced from a couple ops. I had mag weapons and a proving ground in 40 days so if anything I was ahead of the curve tech-wise. I didn't get my first colonel until super late game though, WotC felt a lot less like six supermen stomping on sectoids.
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BBQ Dave posted:I'm a PS4 xcom-er and WOTC wont let me import my character pool from vanilla xcom 2! marshmallow creep posted:IIRC, I am the Commander. RBA Starblade posted:I've hacked three times this campaign. It's even more unimportant than usual now. Shumagorath fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Sep 13, 2017 |
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DeliciousCookie posted:Oh, I didn't realize the melee was a free action. I was seriously confused why it was basically a crummier slash attack. Might be good on a Ranger I suppose? Or would it be better suited on a class that doesn't have a dash like I dunno.. Grenadier? It's probably better on a ranger, because shotguns get better crits, and the free action is great for setting up flanking shots. You can do something like: blue move toward the enemy, Free Action Smash towards an enemy A that will leave you flanking enemy B, and then you can ignore A for a turn if they're stunned, and put a shotgun into B's flank. Best on ranger, still good on anyone else. Grenadiers set up flanking shots not by repositioning themselves, but by repositioning walls. And heavy guns have the worst crit chance. StringOfLetters fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Sep 13, 2017 |
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Just got squad-wiped by the Hunter. He dropped all my dudes one by one with his sniper rifle while I couldn't even hit him once. Not sure what I could've/should've done, I'm thinking I probably should've recognized I was way outclassed and bailed out.
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