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 You might hate alien rulers, but have you ever scowled so hard your hockey mask melted off your face?
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is there a mod to make the mouse wheel alternate between switching floor levels and zooming in/out by holding down CTRL or another button? The requirement for both functions to exist on different keys is kind of frustrating.
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Dec 21, 2018 00:00
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Backhand posted:Thankfully, since they are hard-locked to Avatar facilities in WOTC by default, it's a lot easier to come equipped for the fight now. Keep in mind, once you "awaken" a ruler at a facility, they can show up all over the goddamn place, particularly in guerrilla and retaliation missions, but also in Avenger defenses, which is... fun... when it's the Archon ruler and he's right next to you as you exit the Avenger... 
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Dec 21, 2018 12:57
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sectopods kool-aid man'ing their way through walls will never not be entertaining to me  
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Dec 22, 2018 07:36
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Probably not even slightly balanced, but hell yeah.
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Dec 22, 2018 08:05
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Is there a way to break bonds, beside deathcharging the bondsmate into the line of fire?
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Dec 22, 2018 13:12
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DJ Dizzy posted:Is there a way to break bonds, beside deathcharging the bondsmate into the line of fire? Get one of them captured/MIA.
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Dec 22, 2018 14:43
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Just got xcom2 Base in the sale. drat it's rough beginning. Any tips other than git gud
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Dec 22, 2018 22:38
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vuk83 posted:Just got xcom2 Base in the sale. drat it's rough beginning. Any tips other than git gud go for mag weapons first over armor. alpha strike is phenomenally better than survivability
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Dec 22, 2018 22:52
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vuk83 posted:Just got xcom2 Base in the sale. drat it's rough beginning. Any tips other than git gud Get real liberal with grenade usage. They won't do a ton of damage at first, but a Sectoid hiding behind a tree is basically impossible to hit compared to a lightly singed sectoid standing out in the open.
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Dec 22, 2018 23:02
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All my starting mission's are loving hard. Like I'm lucky if only 2 troopers are out for a month, and not multiple kia. And the time limits feel rough. 8 turns is a very limited time when you got a squad with rookies vuk83 fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Dec 22, 2018 |
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Dec 22, 2018 23:25
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Your soldiers can't hit poo poo for the first month or so, you have to just throw bombs at everything if you can, so rely on grenadiers to do much of the heavy lifting early on. Even if you're standing next to somebody with a shotgun, always leave a soldier with a grenade as reserve in case he misses, because chances are he will.
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Dec 23, 2018 00:07
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Mutant Year Zero has been popping up on my Stream recommendations because of Xcom, and I don't think I've seen anyone in this position thread talk about it like some other Xcom-alikes. Anyone have thoughts on it?
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Dec 23, 2018 01:00
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vuk83 posted:All my starting mission's are loving hard. Like I'm lucky if only 2 troopers are out for a month, and not multiple kia. When a grenade highlights terrain and objects, it (usually) means it will blow up that cover. So use that liberally in the beginning of the game to leave aliens without cover, or at least low cover. Prioritize high ground for aim bonuses and high cover for defensive bonuses. Try to get an understanding of how far an enemy can move so you can position yourselves and not get flanked - getting flanked is going to get you killed fast. Stun lancers will be very dangerous in this manner, since they can use both movements and still attack. Keep in mind that Overwatch has an aim penalty except when ambushing, unless you're breaking concealment, so don't try to overwatch creep unless you have nothing better to do. You'll get used to the mission timers. Keep in mind that some objectives that involve hacking can be made easier with a Specialist since they can hack remotely with their gremlin. Bring one flashbang on missions (in my opinion.) Either use it when you know the enemy will be able to survive and fire off a couple times, or save them when a Sectoid mind controls one of your dudes. Flashing them will break the mind control. Just gotta hope it doesn't mind control your dude with the flashbang. Sectoids also have melee vulnerability, meaning Ranger slashes do a little more damage to them. Vigilo Confido duder.
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Dec 23, 2018 01:29
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The other big thing is just learning which dudes to prioritize when you cant kill the whole pod this turn. In darn near every case early game if something must live through the turn, make it the sectoid if you can. They almost always use mind powers over their gun which you can undo the next turn by offing/flash bang grenading it. Meanwhile stun Lancers have a chance to knock out any dude, regardless of hp and should always be the first to go.
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Dec 23, 2018 01:54
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Their critical hits also do like a billion damage and will outright murder basically anyone in the early game, so yeah, bring the hammer of God down on stun lancers ASAP.
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Dec 23, 2018 02:28
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Finally beat this game with WotC, I never did the final mission previously. Few questions: 1- Do they ever explain how they magically know Vahlen was behind the Alien Rulers? I felt like I missed something when Tygan was immediately like "VAHLEN IS A MONSTER!" but I think I apparently ran into them out of order since I met the Berserker Queen first. 2- Was the final scene a hint that XCOM 3 will go the Terror from the Deep route? That could be interesting. That final salvo of missions was sorta rushed and kinda silly. I dunno, the progression of the story mission stuff in this did not feel as good as the first game.
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Dec 23, 2018 10:18
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The Vahlen stuff is from the mission attached to the Alien Ruler DLC, if you hit 'Integrate DLC' for WotC then it disables the mission and just puts the Rulers in the game so it makes some of the dialogue a little funky.
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Dec 23, 2018 10:22
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Re: 1 - The gist of the mission that WotC leaves out is that Vahlen set up her own hidden lab and started tinkering with samples of DNA/tech from mutons, archons (who I think technically can trace to their lineage back to cyborg mutons) and thin men/vipers. In that, she found fragments that the Ethereals had deliberately suppressed to make these races more compliant and bred a ruler of each race out of those, just because she could.
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Dec 23, 2018 11:20
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Archons are derived from Floaters, aren't they?
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Dec 23, 2018 15:53
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yeah but floaters look very similar to a muton's upper body with cyborg stuff attached.
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Dec 23, 2018 15:58
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Angry Diplomat posted:Archons are derived from Floaters, aren't they? Yep, like how Vipers are unmodded Thin Men. Also I had to look up whether they're actually called Vipers because I've been referring to them as "Sneople" for pretty much forever.
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Dec 23, 2018 15:59
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Do TLP weapons not have any visible weapon upgrades?
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Dec 23, 2018 16:22
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Angry Diplomat posted:Archons are derived from Floaters, aren't they? double nine posted:yeah but floaters look very similar to a muton's upper body with cyborg stuff attached. Yeah, XCOM1 seemed to heavily imply through the visual design that floaters were mutons turned into cyborg abominations through some process that basically drove them mad with rage as well. Carecat posted:Do TLP weapons not have any visible weapon upgrades? The TLP-weapons you get in the campaign have upgrades pre-installed that cannot be switched out. Each new weapon tier adds an additional upgrade. The weapon's visual appearance is thus not supposed to be customizable outside of color and camo pattern. Slashrat fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Dec 23, 2018 |
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Dec 23, 2018 17:23
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Between the bonus weapons from legacy ops and the weapons picked up from the Chosen after you kill them, you can have an impressive squad loadout towards the endgame.
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Dec 23, 2018 18:03
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Veotax posted:The Vahlen stuff is from the mission attached to the Alien Ruler DLC, if you hit 'Integrate DLC' for WotC then it disables the mission and just puts the Rulers in the game so it makes some of the dialogue a little funky. Well gently caress, I did not know that. What else did I miss out on by clicking off that badly labeled option?
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Dec 23, 2018 18:05
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I'm pretty sure the option specifically says you wont get the relevant story mission
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Dec 23, 2018 18:07
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Fuzz posted:Well gently caress, I did not know that. What else did I miss out on by clicking off that badly labeled option? The only other big change is that sparks used to be unlocked with a mission that plays really poorly with the stamina system. The option you checked is super good and makes stuff flow better, but those missions it kills have some pretty good flavor. Not worth restarting your run, but they unlock early enough that it would be worth it to do a quick run that dips into them just to experience it.
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Dec 23, 2018 18:30
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Icon Of Sin posted:Between the bonus weapons from legacy ops and the weapons picked up from the Chosen after you kill them, you can have an impressive squad loadout towards the endgame. Yeah I'm clearly going to need a difficulty mod when I have mods for the worse hero skills, WOTC power curve and Grimy's loot mod. I've added some new aliens (Custodian, Muton Elite, Sectoid Commander, Armored Viper), MOCX Initiative and Chosen Weaponry Fix, A Better AI: Chosen Tweaks.
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Dec 23, 2018 19:09
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Icon Of Sin posted:Between the bonus weapons from legacy ops and the weapons picked up from the Chosen after you kill them, you can have an impressive squad loadout towards the endgame. Death From Above paired with the Darklance is super ridiculous. It's like an entirely different class from the Sharpshooter.
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Dec 24, 2018 12:57
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Node posted:Death From Above paired with the Darklance is super ridiculous. It's like an entirely different class from the Sharpshooter. Add the Icarus suit for instant flanks from anywhere for extra insanity.
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Dec 24, 2018 14:17
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I wish there was a fourth Chosen that used heavy weapons so you could get an alien cannon on top of the other alien weapons
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Dec 25, 2018 21:17
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Danaru posted:Yep, like how Vipers are unmodded Thin Men. I call them "snake tits"
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Dec 25, 2018 22:26
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Got a Dark Event coming up that makes it so Faceless randomly appear throughout missions, and I'm super pumped since I've only seen THREE so far this game  I've got the one mimic beacon for everyone to fight over
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Dec 25, 2018 22:28
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I beat this game with WotC three days ago and I've been aimless ever since. It's too good. Load up another game, play for five minutes, log out. I guess I should do another play through?
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Dec 25, 2018 22:45
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https://twitter.com/HetzerGonnaHetz/status/1077713719457734656
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Dec 26, 2018 01:06
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Got an infinite loading screen with the logo spinning after missions. Trying removing the last half a dozen mods I've added, is there anything useful in logs?
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Dec 29, 2018 02:01
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god. It all just clicked for me. Bradford's VA in 2 is not only Varric, but the Illuminati recruiter in TSW and Matt Horner, and Kane of Kane and Lynch, and BJ Blaskowitz, and Alex Shepherd from Silent Hill Homecoming, and...
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Dec 30, 2018 04:37
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Node posted:Abuse the gently caress out of free-action abilities and frost grenades for alien rulers. Or snipe them from out of range with squadsight. Or give everyone superior repeaters and hope for the best. FUUUUCK the Archon king. Snake king? Yeah he's an utter rear end in a top hat but once you get how the Ruler move system works he becomes easy mode. He's more or less tutorial mode. Berserker queen? 50/50 she either pounds your team or she doesn't. If she's not right up in your face she'll either run around in circles or crush the nearest EXALT units for you. The pounding feels unfair until you meet the... Archon King: gently caress this loving bullshit rear end in a top hat. All of the BS from the Archon ramped up to 11 with a healthbar the size of Siberia. Always flying into the air for a defense bonus on top of his boss defense/HP. Rack of Pinions goes from annoying to GOD AWFUL BULLSHIT when it goes from "forced move for your team" to "forced move for one guy, the other three take massive damage, lose their cover and are stunned, losing their turn".
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Alkydere posted:Archon King: gently caress this loving bullshit rear end in a top hat. All of the BS from the Archon ramped up to 11 with a healthbar the size of Siberia. Always flying into the air for a defense bonus on top of his boss defense/HP. Rack of Pinions goes from annoying to GOD AWFUL BULLSHIT when it goes from "forced move for your team" to "forced move for one guy, the other three take massive damage, lose their cover and are stunned, losing their turn". Fun fact: The Archon King's Devastate lands on the Archon King's next action. If his action is delayed... or perhaps never arrives? Those explosions never land. Stasis or a lucky Execution (or just a straight-up kill if you can pull it off) can all delay or prevent Devastate from landing. Doesn't mean it isn't utter horseshit though. The damage isn't quite as guaranteed as I used to think, but avoiding it requires having a single very specific ability available to bring along. It also requires that the Psychic not get hit with the Archon King's gently caress-You-Piledriver ability, likely resulting in his getting stunned or knocked out.
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