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Dr Christmas posted:During which time they'll wonder aloud why everyone was pushing them so hard to get smoke bombs. More likely that they realize how good flashbangs are and think they're what we were referring to, imo.
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Dr Christmas posted:During which time they'll wonder aloud why everyone was pushing them so hard to get smoke bombs. I stand by my lobbyist money.
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So now Nat and Tea know why we all pushed to get the new armor....the extra HP is nice, sure, but the extra item slots? Those are a way better investment than anything in the GTS short of Squad size upgrades!
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jng2058 posted:So now Nat and Tea know why we all pushed to get the new armor....the extra HP is nice, sure, but the extra item slots? Those are a way better investment than anything in the GTS short of Squad size upgrades! I actually think that if they'd moused over the locked item slot on the squad screen it would even have said so. Though frankly I think magnetic weapons is better to get first regardless. It's such a good damage buff, even though it doesn't help your grenadiers or sniping.
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Flashbang Capacitator Serpent Suit Panic combo for the win  Nicely done so far, very smooth.
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Shooting at a target doesn't break shutdown; the turret was able to act because stun and shutdown are measured in actions instead of rounds, so Shutdown 1 means a unit can move or shoot on its next turn, shutdown 2 means it can't do either, shutdown 3 means it's out one turn and then can only move or shoot, etc.
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Bremen posted:Shooting at a target doesn't break shutdown; the turret was able to act because stun and shutdown are measured in actions instead of rounds, so Shutdown 1 means a unit can move or shoot on its next turn, shutdown 2 means it can't do either, shutdown 3 means it's out one turn and then can only move or shoot, etc. This is one of the things that I really wish was shown in the UI - duration of debuffs is very important and there's no way to see it after they're applied, or to see the units it uses even when they are applied. It would be nice if they went away at the end of the enemy turn rather than the start, at least, but I guess that would be a big change to hacking/mind control. Qrr fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Mar 28, 2019 |
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Bremen posted:[...] stun and shutdown are measured in actions instead of rounds, so Shutdown 1 means a unit can move or shoot on its next turn, shutdown 2 means it can't do either, shutdown 3 means it's out one turn and then can only move or shoot, etc. Holy poo poo I completed the game and never realized this. I just learned not to trust the counter after a robot I thought was still shut down killed my self-insert character.
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It's fun to see how much more they're enjoying the game since learning how to turn bad situations into awesome ones.
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It's amusing to see Nat and Tea go through what we all did with our first X(-)Com...the inverse difficulty curve. The games are usually balls crushingly hard to start with but get progressively easier, especially if you play well (which our boys mostly have so far), as your technology and character ranks accelerate faster than the increasing alien difficulty, especially on Normal difficulty. That said, it'll be fun seeing them deal with an Archon who gets to actually DO something rather than just freeze and die, to say nothing of the Chryssalids and Sectopods to come! This is probably one of my favorite Let's Plays ever! 
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So how many new alien encounters is that now where it can be summed up as "that guy looked nasty, I wonder what he was going to do before he died?"
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Mar 28, 2019 18:42
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All of them since the invention of the frost grenade.
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https://youtu.be/8DFTTsyZFRA Hey guys I'm out right now but this is the new episode.
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Just to reiterate since it came up a couple of videos ago, the game tweaks a few die rolls in the player's favor if things are going badly but it doesn't strongarm them. The enemy might have a 5 or 10% worse chance to hit if you've been losing guys but that doesn't make a massive lucky string of dodges not worth celebrating.
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Re: Hacking. Remember that the Skulljack boosts your hacking. Even with Emi sidelined, giving the 'jack to Ella would have helped her on the hacks she was doing this mission. Annoying McAnnoying is Central Officer Bradford.
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For "do units need different amounts to promote" each unit promotes at the same number of kills. However, units also gain fractional kills when someone else kills an alien (regardless of whether they directly contributed, it's squad-wide not an assist reward) and that differs by class. A fractional kill is between 1/3 and 1/5 of a personal kill, weighted so that units more likely to be doing the killing need more ally kills to count, probably to try and keep everyone leveling at similar rates.
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It seems in character for a mission to run flawlessly up until the rookie gets himself hospitalized by running up to the last enemy to stab him in the brain and getting his dumb rear end electrocuted Also I say research Elyrium
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Shanty Pete demands berserker power
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vorebane posted:Shanty Pete demands berserker power Does Overdrive Serum get one use per game for each one built, or one use per mission?
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Yay, the mimic beacon got used! As I noted, under a spoiler I believe, I like mimic beacons not because they're a staple combat item but because they're basically a "get out of jail free" card when things go wrong, and sooner or later they will. I favor berserker autopsy entirely for flavor reasons. Loel posted:Does Overdrive Serum get one use per game for each one built, or one use per mission? You have to build a new one, but the bonuses are hilarious and using it doesn't cost an action.
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Loel posted:Does Overdrive Serum get one use per game for each one built, or one use per mission? The first. Otherwise it wouldn't need to mention it, see grenades for an example of once per mission. I never get any of those "one use" items, just doesn't seem like a good deal.
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Qrr posted:The first. Otherwise it wouldn't need to mention it, see grenades for an example of once per mission. I never get any of those "one use" items, just doesn't seem like a good deal. Yeah I never built one either. Might be worth seeing once though for Shanty Pete, even if it's not optimal play. Beserker autopsy
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Natural 20 posted:It's actually just me pronouncing "wary" wrong.
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Research the plot. It's kinda silly if you run into Gatekeepers before the actual - wonderfully creepy - Gate mission; this has happened in my last WotC playthrough and it really ruins the effect.
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anilEhilated posted:plot.
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anilEhilated posted:Research the plot. It's kinda silly if you run into Gatekeepers before the actual - wonderfully creepy - Gate mission; this has happened in my last WotC playthrough and it really ruins the effect. This is a good point and idea. Research plot.
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Agreed. Plot
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anilEhilated posted:Research the plot. It's kinda silly if you run into Gatekeepers before the actual - wonderfully creepy - Gate mission; this has happened in my last WotC playthrough and it really ruins the effect. Good point. Changing to Plot
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https://www.strawpoll.me/17706001 Please use the strawpoll!
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Just a little note about promotions: You can tell whether a soldier has earned a promotion in the current mission. In the lower left corner, in front of their name, they have the badge that shows their class and rank. There will be a + icon next to the badge if they have a promotion coming up. Ma got hers when she finished off that Viper.
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Since it hasn't been mentioned yet, Man Whore was a callback to Jade Star's LP and looked just as silly there.
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Hey everyone! I'm looking for weapon names! We have: Shanty Pete's Shotgun. Severa's Shotgun California and Ma's Sniper Rifle. Ella's Rifle Kerath's Minigun Funky's Minigun No real formal voting, just suggest names and +1 the ones that you like and I'll rename to ones which get decent popular support.
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Ella uses her rifle to send aliens to the Ever After.
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Natural 20 posted:
In order, with minimal effort or thought: Yo-ho-HOLY poo poo Weeb Waifu Weapon California State Constitution [some disney pun, idk] The Und'niable Lychee Lacerator
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I like a lot of GX's names, but they won't all fit the character limit. Which is... *checks notes* 11 characters. Unless it's more after you get DLC! Ma's main weapon is of course, Grandpappy's Elephant Gun. But since that won't fit let's just call it the Grandpappy Gun!
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SatansOnion posted:Ella uses her rifle to send aliens to the Ever After. +1 for this one. Also +1 for just "Und'niable" as Keraf's weapon, that one will fit just fine. Could Pete's weapon fit if you take out some spaces? "YoHoHOLYSH-"
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goddammit somebody please tell me the DLC gives you longer gun names cause I just came up with "Tsunderringer" for Severa
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SatansOnion posted:Ella uses her rifle to send aliens to the Ever After. +1
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Shanty Pete's Shotgun. Honestly, I'm thinking just keep this simple. The YoHoHo. Severa's Shotgun  California and Ma's Sniper Rifle. The Forty-Niner, Ella's Rifle The Ice Sickle. Kerath's Minigun The Rooty Tooty Point 'N' Shooty. Funky's Minigun The Funky Barrel.
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