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FairGame posted:Forgive my ignorance: what’s a UK non-English accent? Like...Scottish or Irish? Basically that, yes. I'd add Welsh to the mix, but I don't expect the average person on the internet to be acquainted with what a Welsh accent sounds like  .That being said... Munin posted:I presume he was more thinking of an accent associated with a BAME background. That would only be my first assumption though. You make a good point, and I should've been more thoughtful. Those accents qualify just as much to be called "British" as Irish/Scottish/Welsh, yet I didn't think of them.
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Sadly, on the PS4 I'm limited in the voicepacks I get. I'd love to have Mr. Drippy fight some aliens, but alas.
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Kibayasu posted:Is it possible/a good idea to farm these zombie missions for experience? Or do zombies not give any. Lost give a smaller amount of XP than other enemies but it's nonzero. In a totally unrelated note, FairGame what's your policy on giving guns stupid names?
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Apr 15, 2020 03:32
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Well that's one way to make an indelible first impression on a commander. Blow up two cars on a sneaky mission and miss almost every shot.
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Wait a minute, so even a few lost will cause your computer or console to turn into a barbecue? I thought it was only big swarms that did that? And it's good to see I'm on fine form as usual, missing a 94%-to-hit shot 
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Chuu posted:Well that's one way to make an indelible first impression on a commander. Blow up two cars on a sneaky mission and miss almost every shot. What you blow in the rehearsal you generally nail in the main event! But the RNG's cold heart cares nought about such things.  Dancer posted:Basically that, yes. I'd add Welsh to the mix, but I don't expect the average person on the internet to be acquainted with what a Welsh accent sounds like  But apologies, I should have left you to clarify. Munin fucked around with this message at 07:09 on Apr 15, 2020 |
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Apr 15, 2020 07:05
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The Lost seem beyond tedious to fight, but it is neat that they'll attack Advent too.
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Apr 15, 2020 11:55
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Crazy Achmed posted:Wait a minute, so even a few lost will cause your computer or console to turn into a barbecue? I thought it was only big swarms that did that? My PC handles them just fine. It's a console thing because of the hardware in the PS4 I think.
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Apr 15, 2020 16:18
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One thing I think I might like, from an audience perspective, is if you didn't tell me things like "having an extra action would have been super useful" until it comes up in the mission that we needed it. The suspense is half the fun!
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Apr 15, 2020 17:45
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Tuxedo Ted posted:Wow, that was a bummer. the assassin is an rear end in a top hat, especially early game. I think out of all of the chosen the assassin is the one that stays the most dangerous through the entire game, mostly because of her absurd movement range.
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For what it's worth I think you made the right call. Not picking feedback immediately. I respect the balls on that decision even if I disagree with it! reignofevil fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Apr 15, 2020 |
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Apr 15, 2020 18:02
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The only psionic units that can come up right now are Sectoids and possibly the Warlock. It's a waste at especially since your slot options are so goddamned limited.
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reignofevil posted:One thing I think I might like, from an audience perspective, is if you didn't tell me things like "having an extra action would have been super useful" until it comes up in the mission that we needed it. The suspense is half the fun! Yeah, that's the downside of me doing commentary in post instead of hearing my thought process as I fight it out in real time. I'll try and be better about not having oblique spoilers going forward.
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I feel like they introduce the Chosen way too early. This is what, the third mission of the campaign? You get four guys, and you're lucky if they're all squaddies. Now, fight this crazy teleporting murder machine with a million HP who gets seven actions a round and can easily disable two of your soldiers a turn, from anywhere, without exposing herself to danger. And she'll probably attack while you're fighting another pod. Obviously it's supposed to set them up as this terrifying threat, but it's mostly just ridiculous. e: What it reminds me of is starting a new character in an MMO that already has expansions, so you walk into the first town as a level 2 farmer with a stick and find that there's this giant angel robot wrapped in purple flames sitting outside the item shop who informs you that he can teleport you to the Plane of Annihilation once you hit level 56. Gotta introduce that DLC! megane fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Apr 15, 2020 |
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Apr 15, 2020 19:05
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megane posted:I feel like they introduce the Chosen way too early. This is what, the third mission of the campaign? You get four guys, and you're lucky if they're all squaddies. Now, fight this crazy teleporting murder machine with a million HP who gets seven actions a round and can easily disable two of your soldiers a turn, from anywhere, without exposing herself to danger. And she'll probably attack while you're fighting another pod. Obviously it's supposed to set them up as this terrifying threat, but it's mostly just ridiculous. On classic I'd describe your first chosen fight as usually manageable. The occasional bad map + grapple + sniping tomfoolery aside. On Legendary though you just have to get in that crucial first strike, with the Assassin that means gigantic double moves in the direction you expect her to be coming from so that you make first contact, which would have risked revealing the other two aliens somewhere on the map here. Not really any good options but that's why it's the hardest difficulty. I can't speak to legendary difficulty but on classic if you have the more "story oriented" campaign enabled for WoTC your first encounter with the chosen will be a heavily scripted mission in which the assassin has about two thirds of her health available. Also you'll have more soldiers available. On the downside the Assassin will have arguably her most over-powered of the randomly drawn chosen strengths, immunity to overwatch shots. Which makes her even more difficult over the course of the campaign, so it's a tradeoff.
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I agree with Megane. The third mission is very early to introduce any of the Chosen, especially the Assassin. The mission that normally introduces them (Lost and Abandoned?), is much more manageable and she can be handled more easily. It's entirely justifiable to do what FairGame did in the circumstances, especially given that she teleported in before contact with Advent had been made. On the bright side, assaulting Chosen bases is a blast and it's a good feeling to clown on them with a squad full of badasses
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Apr 15, 2020 21:03
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Just noticed that's John de Lancie as the Templar leader. Always a good addition.
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Apr 16, 2020 01:34
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I'm very excited to get to go on a covert mission this time around. eating only apples, I promise I'll bring your cool jacket back with only a few bloodstains.
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Kaishai posted:I'm very excited to get to go on a covert mission this time around. eating only apples, I promise I'll bring your cool jacket back with only a few bloodstains. Oof, careful with the death flags there
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Kaishai posted:I'm very excited to get to go on a covert mission this time around. eating only apples, I promise I'll bring your cool jacket back with only a few bloodstains.  See you soon, my friend! Let's go for a drink when this is all over! You're only two weeks from retirement, right?
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I'm glad I get to keep in character by being extremely slow to show up as a soldier
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Tuxedo Ted posted:Oof, careful with the death flags there If I get blasted by alien lasers, there won't be many bloodstains! Lasers cauterize.  eating only apples posted:
Why, yes! And do you know, I think I'm finally ready to propose to the man of my dreams. Just as soon as I get back from this mission. I've got the ring box in my pocket and everything....
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Just getting caught up, LMAO that double Lancer pod was insane bullshit. I'll sign up to be a soldier: Dr Carlos "Dead" Danger Middle-aged. Balding. Glasses. Purple wild-pattern armor (with a gold flame job once powered.) Since I'm late to the party, I'll take Rookie -> PsiOp or Robot for class. Kibayasu posted:Is it possible/a good idea to farm these zombie missions for experience? Or do zombies not give any. At low levels, your accuracy isn't enough to guarantee putting down a whole swarm, so if you have any sense, you end up evacuating when you don't put a swarm within punch range down rather than rolling the dice on someone ending up in medbay (which hurts more when you have a thin roster in the early game.) Once your soldiers level up enough to handle swarms reliably, it's just tedious and you don't usually *need* a promotion at any point in time. Another reason is fatigue: soldiers lose fatigue the more pods they come across, and although single mission Will losses appear to be capped, farming lost means that everyone comes back tired. If they started tired, they're exhausted. Single mission XP gains also appear to be capped, so once a soldier earns a promotion, keeping them on the field just means losing Will and HP. I've done it as an experiment: I had a mid-game lost VIP mission that went really well, and I got the team back to the LZ without a wound. I camped everyone there and started farming swarms, using grenades to knock out walls that blocked my line of sight because at that point why not. As soldiers promoted or got hit, I evacced them, until it was just the two robots left. They killed 187 lost total by the time I got bored/decided to stop taking more damage. Robots don't have a willpower score, so theoretically if you brought six of them, you could keep it up a long time, but eventually a string of missed shots mean lost getting to the squad and inflicting damage, and damage can't be healed indefinitely mid mission. Overall, I don't recommend it.
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Hey, the game has smiled upon my character and dumped him into the roster. I'm digging the dreads, thanks. But do re-equip me with the Resistance Kevlar if you get a chance! I want to get shot wearing a dumpy sweatshirt, not some ballistic vest.Roth posted:Just noticed that's John de Lancie as the Templar leader. Always a good addition. Yep, and the leader of the third faction is also from Star Trek (Tasha Yar, whose real name I forget). Former TNG actors seem to travel in packs; see also: Gargoyles.
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Akratic Method posted:Yep, and the leader of the third faction is also from Star Trek (Tasha Yar, whose real name I forget). Denise Crosby, granddaughter of Bing, though apparently her father was a deadbeat.
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Apr 16, 2020 05:19
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Ouch, that was harsh. On legendary discretion is definitely the better part of valor though.
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Akratic Method posted:Yep, and the leader of the third faction is also from Star Trek (Tasha Yar, whose real name I forget). Former TNG actors seem to travel in packs; see also: Gargoyles. I always like to imagine that the Commander looks like Captain Picard just to complete the set. It's not like you ever see them.
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Omnicrom posted:I always like to imagine that the Commander looks like Captain Picard just to complete the set. It's not like you ever see them. They probably did shave the Commander before putting them in the cube.
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Akratic Method posted:Hey, the game has smiled upon my character and dumped him into the roster. I'm digging the dreads, thanks. But do re-equip me with the Resistance Kevlar if you get a chance! I want to get shot wearing a dumpy sweatshirt, not some ballistic vest. Your dude looks like takeshi69 lol
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Kind of amazed that the Long War LP ended; I'm so used to seeing it around, I hadn't noticed it had vanished and this appeared till now. Long War isn't supposed to END, it just kinda. . . exists. Forever. If recruits are still open, I'd like to toss my name in: Name: Ousie Gender: Irrelevant to me Appearance: lots of pink, and as much spiky armor/hair/whatever as possible. Class: Grenadier or Ranger preferably
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ousire posted:Kind of amazed that the Long War LP ended; I'm so used to seeing it around, I hadn't noticed it had vanished and this appeared till now. Long War isn't supposed to END, it just kinda. . . exists. Forever. There's a Master of Orion 3 LP thats been going on for almost 4 years: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3771899
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Grapplejack posted:Your dude looks like takeshi69 lol God drat it, I'm gonna end up getting captured by the Chosen and snitching on the Avenger.
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Akratic Method posted:Hey, the game has smiled upon my character and dumped him into the roster. I'm digging the dreads, thanks. But do re-equip me with the Resistance Kevlar if you get a chance! I want to get shot wearing a dumpy sweatshirt, not some ballistic vest. I don’t think I HAVE the resistance kevlar. Remember I’m on PS4, not PC. (If I do have it, what option is it?) Also, yeah, the first thing I thought of when I heard Frakes and Sirtis was “cool, Xanatos and Demona.”
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Munin posted:Where did "Sixto" come from btw? https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lezcasi01.shtml 
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FairGame posted:I don’t think I HAVE the resistance kevlar. Remember I’m on PS4, not PC. (If I do have it, what option is it?) I thought they wrapped all the DLCs in with the WOTC release, but possibly not. If you’ve got it, it’s just an armor choice in the load out screen.
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