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I actually lost my Reaper...my Warlock has the "removes all stealth within LOS" strength and boy can THAT be a loving killer. Do I need to max out Reaper Influence before I can recruit another? This blows.
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No, you can get a mission to recruit another one right away.
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Sep 19, 2017 23:16
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God I fucking love Diablo 3 gold, it even paid for this shitty title
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Speaking of recruiting if you ever see the op to get a second faction unit take it immediately. It popped up once for me, I passed to counter the avatar timer, and I never saw it again after that month.
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Sep 19, 2017 23:21
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StringOfLetters posted:Ranger tip: unless your xcom is a high-ranked sword-talent poo poo-wrecker, a flanking shot with a shotgun will be better than a sword, because of their hot crits. Use swords when you can't get in position for a flanking shot. If there's a Muton, throw a grenade at him to chip his armor and expose him from cover, then fill him up with shotgun parts.
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So didn't you used to be able to do stuff on the geoscape after completing the tower mission? I know the game says its the point of no return but I thought it just unlocked the final mission and didn't change anything else. Cause I kind of sent a soldier I was gonna use on that mission on a covert op 
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Vengarr posted:On the other hand, I've always argued that you never get to truly experience XCOM more than once. A huge part of the appeal to me is that the Enemy is Unknown. You're intentionally kept in the dark about the enemy and their capabilities, and they're always pulling new poo poo out of the hat to surprise you with. You think you can handle those Sectoids and Floaters now that you have laser rifles, and then there's suddenly a terror assault at night in New York and you're meeting Chryssalids for the first time. Reacting to this and overcoming it is the best part of XCOM. Yes, but it's not for everyone. If you're really struggling in the early game and not enjoying it then you should skip ironman. I almost never play on non-ironman, but my wife, who isn't used to this type of game, refuses to play with it, and still loves the game and has put dozens of hours into it. Different strokes. When a new XCom game/DLC comes out, I typically play without ironman until I get the new build order/geoscape mechanics down (because there's nothing fun about screwing that up), then restart on an ironman campaign. (Although I'd never play XCom 1 on ironman because the final mission is STILL broken as hell, from what I remember.) Rotten Red Rod fucked around with this message at 23:37 on Sep 19, 2017 |
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Internet Kraken posted:So didn't you used to be able to do stuff on the geoscape after completing the tower mission? I know the game says its the point of no return but I thought it just unlocked the final mission and didn't change anything else. No, it's always gone instantly into the last mission after that. That sucks about the op.
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Sep 19, 2017 23:38
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Sapozhnik posted:Heavies/Grenadiers are the debuff class, they can't move or aim for toffee. Rangers/Assaults are supposed to be your DPS. A grenadier with good aim is absolutely ridiculous though. Just Chain Shotting Sectopods and Gatekeepers for life
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Sep 20, 2017 00:19
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babypolis posted:A grenadier with good aim is absolutely ridiculous though. Just Chain Shotting Sectopods and Gatekeepers for life
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Sep 20, 2017 00:37
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I rolled +1 damage to cannons early and lucked into a few scopes and aim pcs, I had a pair of grenadiers who had sniper level accuracy with double the damage  Unfortunately I lost that game anyway
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Sep 20, 2017 00:41
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NCE mod. Good-aim Grenadier. Serial XCOM-tree skill.
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Sep 20, 2017 00:46
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Retaliation mission. 1st turn, reveal a pod with a purifier, mech, Muton. Purifier throws Molotov, mech fires missiles. 4 dead before turn 2.
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I prefer to put bluescreens on my grenadiers. I think the only time I use tracer rounds is when I'm babying a sniper up in the early game.
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StringOfLetters posted:I uninstalled the Alien Hunters thing, and I don't regret it. On facility missions where there would be a Serpent King/Ice Wizard, there's a Chosen instead. All my mods (mostly UI stuff) still work. No more ridiculous blue snake-skin super armor. Sandwich Anarchist posted:Retaliation mission. 1st turn, reveal a pod with a purifier, mech, Muton. Purifier throws Molotov, mech fires missiles. 4 dead before turn 2. And gently caress MECs forever. I nearly had a Haven Assault with the Chosen Assassin go south from turn loving one because I triggered a Berserker/MEC pod with my starting overwatch, and instead of panic-moving the MEC stood in the fog of war where I couldn't see him. In his turn he fired his missiles out of the fog of war like it was a Blaster Bomb. Everyone had to hit the infirmary that day.
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misguided rage posted:I rolled +1 damage to cannons early and lucked into a few scopes and aim pcs, I had a pair of grenadiers who had sniper level accuracy with double the damage And, I mean, as much as I agree with "play to the strengths of each class", Chain Shot is decent and Grenadier weapons do good damage, it's really just their base Aim that holds them back.
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Tried to push on with my 2 guys. Turn 3, an advent trooper shoots the GAS TANK the crowd of survivors are huddled around, killing 9 of them in one turn. Then another one hits my last guy from 2 miles away, in full cover, hunkered down, and kills him. 3 turns. Time to take a break.
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:Tried to push on with my 2 guys. Turn 3, an advent trooper shoots the GAS TANK the crowd of survivors are huddled around, killing 9 of them in one turn. Then another one hits my last guy from 2 miles away, in full cover, hunkered down, and kills him. 3 turns.
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I always put all of my best scopes/perception PCSs + tracer rounds on grenadiers. It makes em absolutely beastly, even when they run out of explosives. Comparatively, rangers have almost zero use for that stuff, specialists aren't a super shooty class, gunslinger sharpshooters don't really need it (can't take advantage of scopes, shouldn't be using tracers, and have no problem hitting their usual targets anyways), and gently caress snipers. This last run I did mostly phase out grenadiers for SPARKs though, which was fun. They're an ideal place to invest your scopes into as well.
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sean10mm posted:It's WOTC Detailed Soldier Lists. Thanks!
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Tactical Analysis pretty much takes the difficulty down one setting. I had my ranger somehow trigger 3x Heavy MEC, Shieldbearer, Priest, Gatekeeper, Purifier and a Trooper all on the same turn (her bondmate Mox fed her an extra action to get her out of trouble with the first two pods only to catch sight of the third). Thanks to TA and the Priest hitting her with Stasis before the MEC bombarded her to kill a civilian  , the whole group only got four shots off total and two hits. I also fortunately had Bluescreens on my Ranger but didn't even need Banish.This is also the mission where I most valued modding in Fortress on my Templar. It's better than Hazmat because you can start meleeing down things that explode on death so she took out the GK and Purifier easily.
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Is it universal law that talon rounds are owned by the ranger specifically, or is that just me?
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Get hosed aliens. This was actually the easiest final mission for me yet, despite leaving all 3 chosen alive. Turns out not bringing my Templar by accident probably worked out better for me. I don't use their OP abilities so they probably wouldn't of provided as much utility as the level 3 bond between my specalist and ranger.  Mindshields on everyone turned out to be overkill since the Warlock and all the Avatars died in one turn. They were very nice about where they decided to teleport too. Real star here is the grenadier as run n' gun with chain shot destroyed the Avatars. Most of the other pods also died in one or two turns because I hoarded all my consumables til the end and then blew them all the moment pods spawned. Game actually didn't spawn waves fast enough for me to kill, which has never happened before. Also I dunno what that bullshit about me losing 4 soldiers is, cause I only lost one. I guess it counts all those advent troopers I had join me that I used as bait. 
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I finally finished downloading the expansion. I found out about it this morning, I've seen the announcement trailer and nothing else. Anything I should know before starting? Also holy gently caress how amazing is it to see a real expansion in this day and age.
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Protecting the device with sectopods, lost brutes, ADVENT reaction shots on misses, and the hunter possibly showing up is pretty buttclenching. Too bad the game crashed when I slashed.  It seems like most of the crashes are relating to Reaper and Slash tbh. RBA Starblade fucked around with this message at 02:18 on Sep 20, 2017 |
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marshmallow creep posted:Beat the game. My gun grenadier with run'n'gun, rapid fire, chain shot, double breakthrough cannons and enhanced accuracy pcs killed all the avatars because once someone else tagged them, they would teleport somewhere he could reach and then he wouldn't give them a chance to escape. I love the AP system. That would be awesome! They wouldn't have to be skirmishers, just rookies with alien faces.
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SmallpoxJenkins posted:Is it universal law that talon rounds are owned by the ranger specifically, or is that just me?
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Surely resistance informant doesn't permanently reduce the retaliation counter by 2 weeks on Grim Horizon, right?Ravenfood posted:Pretty much. If you somehow luck into two of them they're pretty drat good on Reapers too. I'd rather put them on skirmishers. Skirmishers can score a lot of crits by either flanking from above or just charging straight into an enemies face to shoot them. I don't like the idea of building a Reaper for crits since it sounds like a great way to get screwed over when a crit doesn't proc and they get revealed. I think its just smarter and safer to use them for finishing stuff off.
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I've been victory lapping for awhile just exploring the xpac at the end of this L/I run (just have shadow projects left) and I have been absolutely starved for elerium. I had been buying it on the black market every month to scrape by, but one of the 2 missions I had to abort and evac from was the Guerilla Op to counter Gone to Ground (the dark event that closes the black market for 6 weeks). Then, right after it reopened, the Chosen's sabotage to add a Dark Event completes and guess what? It's Gone to Ground. Next Guerilla Op pops, and it doesn't give me the Chosen's dark event to counter. After I finish the Op, Gone to Ground triggers and I'm currently locked out for another 6 weeks. 600 intel, 2500 supplies, 200 alloys... 3 elerium 
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If you're victory lapping, what do you need elerium for? Is it required for story advancement?
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Reaper is now 4 for 5 in crashing my game. I think it has to do with breaking concealment and maybe bodies; it usually crashes on Lost missions.
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Internet Kraken posted:I don't like the idea of building a Reaper for crits since it sounds like a great way to get screwed over when a crit doesn't proc and they get revealed. I think its just smarter and safer to use them for finishing stuff off. Between talon rounds, laser sight, flanking, and their crit building skill, you can actually get them to 100% crit, which is effectively bonus reliable damage for their killshots. You're probably still better off with bluescreen rounds or even just one of the regular +1 damage varieties though - the huge potential maximum damage on crits doesn't really matter that much since you're actually relying on the minimum crit damage being enough for the kill.
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Sokani posted:If you're victory lapping, what do you need elerium for? Is it required for story advancement? I think the only thing that requires it, story wise, is the shadow chamber upgrade. Which I will need. But as to what I still want it for: lvl 3 psi amp, lvl 3 spark chassis, lvl 3 ruler armors, maybe one more war suit and a wraith suit. Nothing I need to beat the game other than the shadow chamber upgrade.
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Not like I can ever entertain the idea of giving my Reaper's ammo when they never roll tactical rigging.
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Internet Kraken posted:Not like I can ever entertain the idea of giving my Reaper's ammo when they never roll tactical rigging.  I gave my reaper a mobility pcs and a bunch of + move perks so she just zooms around the map tracking pods and blowing poo poo up, and then she runs back around in a pincer movement and takes pot shots at cowardly wounded Advent taking cover at the back of the firefight with the main squad. I wish they had more fun poo poo to do solo in concealment though, especially when the map doesn't favor remote start. Someone make a mod where they can place snares for the enemy to stumble into (either on patrol or a scatter) that can be upgraded to tripwires with explosives.
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After refreshing my memory by playing Veteran, I decided to try L/I, and holy poo poo Mutons are so loving hard. A tale of a retaliation mission:     By the way, I still don't have a Captain (thus only a squad size of 5) and even lost a Lt. Specialist in this, so I feel like my campaign is spiraling.
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"Gee Firebrand, why can't you just drop us in closer to the objective?" "Oh thanks." But then it turned out to be a curse, because spawning right next to the objective means you also spawn next to every pod.
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Serephina posted:Is that a one-man squad? Also, what's the 2nd ability she has? mod that shows you tile visibility or battle scanner. Roobanguy fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Sep 20, 2017 |
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