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The pool is probably being kept closed because there's still active recruitment going on (both in-game and out of game: you can still submit characters, right now!) and surprising everyone when wonderful characters show up is very amusing
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You seem to be missing a poll. But my advice is Vulture and save the rest for armor. The reason the sniper didn't get a second action is that the ability activates on kills from elevation, not shots from elevation, and the shot wasn't a kill. It won't give you a second sniper shot (which takes two actions) but can be used for a pistol shot or to reload. Now you see why we laughed when your ranger got Serial.
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Mar 23, 2019 00:48
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Bremen posted:You seem to be missing a poll. But my advice is Vulture and save the rest for armor. Added!
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Oh, that Shanty Pete!  Also throwing in a vote for saving your supplies to get the new armour.
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Natural 20 posted:Added! Cloud Potato posted:Oh, that Shanty Pete! Yeah we need the "None of the Above" option on the poll!
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Mar 23, 2019 01:21
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Voting for Armor
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Mar 23, 2019 02:18
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Ignore one of the vulture votes and go for armor, yes.
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Mar 23, 2019 02:31
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Armor. ASAP, max priority over all.
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Mar 23, 2019 02:47
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Arrrrrrrmor
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For the record, I'm also voting Save for Armor!
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Would it be too big of a spoiler to point out they have enough supplies for vulture and armor? OTOH I think it might be pick two of armor, a GTS tactic, and researching gauss weapons when armor is done.
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Mar 23, 2019 03:40
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Serial feels wonderful when you've got the right situation for it, doesn't it? One thing you may not have noticed, by the way: each consecutive kill gives a cumulative -1 dmg penalty to the next attack, so you can't quite go forever. But you can certainly wipe out a pod just fine, as you saw!
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Mar 23, 2019 03:43
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Nat A Month Ago: I don’t see how (this game) is fun. Nat Now: *laughs maniacally while an anime pirate mows down aliens with a shotgun*
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Mar 23, 2019 05:59
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I mean I can make an offbrand Shanty Pete and train him as a ranger, but he wouldn't actually be Shanty Pete.
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I wish I could get a mission like this. Cause even if you lose the bonus for bringing them in alive, it would be so drat hilarious to have everyone sit in the evac zone, snipe the VIP and just immediately leave Notty posted:Nat A Month Ago: I don’t see how (this game) is fun. ...granted, this combined with sneaking the VIP out in concealment turned out to be equally hilarious.
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Armour first. Then Vulture, if you can afford it. Incidentally, I'm interested to see you do that 'mysterious signal' mission. I did it quite early in my first game and while not easy, it wasn't super-tough either and I lost no troops, in no small part because Shen is an awesome hacker and I brought two other hack-equipped specialists. I think doing it early means you face weaker enemies so being kitted out that way made it relatively pain-free. Though I lost the Spark I got from there in the very next mission. 
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vorebane posted:I mean I can make an offbrand Shanty Pete and train him as a ranger, but he wouldn't actually be Shanty Pete. Yeah, but that's a selling point of the games. They're really good at making people get invested in their little dudes and building stories around them.
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Soul Reaver posted:Incidentally, I'm interested to see you do that 'mysterious signal' mission. I suspect that "this is challenging, particularly right off the bat" combined with their struggles in the early game to turn it into some scary monster. Also I find I always put off missions like that because there's always something else to do. "Oh, people need to heal so I'll wait for that." "Okay, I'll do it after XYZ finishes researching." "Got a terror mission, people need to heal so I can bring my A-team..."
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I am glad my shittily named dude showed up. I was just not feeling creative the day I named him. After all I should have had him be a ranger so he would get in the frontlines.
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Bruceski posted:I suspect that "this is challenging, particularly right off the bat" combined with their struggles in the early game to turn it into some scary monster. Also I find I always put off missions like that because there's always something else to do. "Oh, people need to heal so I'll wait for that." "Okay, I'll do it after XYZ finishes researching." "Got a terror mission, people need to heal so I can bring my A-team..." This one I typically do once I get the magnetic weapons so I have no idea how badly it scales if left alone - do the enemies get tougher? That being said, they've got colonels now, it should be fine as long as they bring maketheboxlonger Emi.
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anilEhilated posted:This one I typically do once I get the magnetic weapons so I have no idea how badly it scales if left alone - do the enemies get tougher? That being said, they've got colonels now, it should be fine as long as they bring maketheboxlonger Emi. Advent units, including MECs, have advanced and elite varieties, as do Specters in WotC. Other aliens don’t.
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anilEhilated posted:This one I typically do once I get the magnetic weapons so I have no idea how badly it scales if left alone - do the enemies get tougher? That being said, they've got colonels now, it should be fine as long as they bring maketheboxlonger Emi. The enemies in the tower mission do indeed get tougher, though I never had much trouble with them.
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 As an aside, if people want certain looks for their characters in new armour, give me a PM with your new options. Natural 20 fucked around with this message at 00:09 on Mar 26, 2019 |
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You know, back when you were struggling with your first Codex and complaining how ridiculous they were, I was really hoping you'd just stick with the game until you saw that the ridiculous poo poo swings both ways. And now you have. Really though, while Rangers are crazy, it's really the frost bomb that's the truly overpowered thing here.
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There's a make utility items available button on both the squad select screen and individual soldier screens. The button removes them from all soldiers not currently selected, so the fact that you keep using the one on the individual soldier screen (even leaving the squad select to do it) means it's unequipping the wrong soldiers.
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I appreciated the Lehrer reference. I'm surprised that you triggered that last group - I guess the serpent suit fear doesn't respect sight range. Ah, sketchy DLC programming. Also, apparently your version of Serial doesn't have the crit penalty. Was that added in the expansion, or do rangers get a better version of Serial?
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Qrr posted:I'm surprised that you triggered that last group - I guess the serpent suit fear doesn't respect sight range. Ah, sketchy DLC programming. Nah, the viper next to the turret was in clear line of sight to Shanty. He was just overconfident enough (understandable after the previous fight) to not scout with the concealed Severa.
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Bremen posted:Nah, the viper next to the turret was in clear line of sight to Shanty. He was just overconfident enough (understandable after the previous fight) to not scout with the concealed Severa. Ah, you're right, I just assumed. Sorry I thought you were buggy, XCOM! It's just because, well, you totally are.
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That ranger rush
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Oh look, a bit of counter-swing on the metaphorical pendulum! You should be fine, though, especially with that free panic. Come to think of it, can’t an Archon one shot someone in basic armor? Lucky timing... Akratic Method fucked around with this message at 15:56 on Mar 26, 2019 |
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Qrr posted:I appreciated the Lehrer reference.  man, look out if Pete ever gets an expanded magazine on that gun or free reloads or both
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...although I guess there can only be so many enemies on one map
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Didnt catch it on the first watch, "Its a bird." Everyones favorite mob!
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By the way, something that would make your life a little easier and probably be entertaining: you can name guns from the weapon upgrade screen. Unless the xpac added that. That way you can see if people have a modded gun equipped straight from the squad selection screen.
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Can also change gun colors to match uniforms. Yes, the different colors bother me on a personal level 
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Well, consider: Dr. Tygan is a man of science*! Now, he could assume that shieldbearers are physiologically the same as the other Advent troops, and to be fair it's probably a pretty safe assumption, or he can investigate properly, confirm it, and be certain. *also burgers Yorkshire Tea posted:Yes, but, clearly there are more kinds of grenades to be developed! Grenades never miss!
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Anyone else happy that they finally brought a mimic beacon? Man, I can't live without those!
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Znorelag posted:Anyone else happy that they finally brought a mimic beacon? Man, I can't live without those!
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anilEhilated posted:I rather suspect it's going to take them another thirty videos to use it. During which time they'll wonder aloud why everyone was pushing them so hard to get smoke bombs.
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