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The positive part about lids is that you will literally never see them outside of terror missions / one or two plot missions. Unless you get the dark event, in which case lol
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Do the 'lids not go for civilian targets at all in XCOM 2? And do they still create zombies and eventually new chryssalids as in the previous XCOM?
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May 11, 2020 20:54
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AbstractNapper posted:The Face Off action is so gratifying. Wait until you see a pistoleer with specialty ammo. Imagine a single guy lighting an entire pod on fire or dousing 6+ people in poison. It's fantastic.
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May 11, 2020 21:03
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AbstractNapper posted:Do the 'lids not go for civilian targets at all in XCOM 2? And do they still create zombies and eventually new chryssalids as in the previous XCOM? They absolutely do both of those things, and it is a complete nightmare. Grapplejack posted:Wait until you see a pistoleer with specialty ammo. Imagine a single guy lighting an entire pod on fire or dousing 6+ people in poison. It's fantastic.
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May 11, 2020 21:08
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FairGame posted:I'm not gonna use the frostbomb or the mimic beacon because it's OP. Also, XCom2 posted:Man wearing snake suit takes it from behind by alien moving at the speed of light, for an uncensored version please visit our Japanese website "AlienXHuman_non-fiction.net"! SugarAddict fucked around with this message at 23:42 on May 11, 2020 |
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May 11, 2020 23:26
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I agree Lids are awful and frustrating, but I think what they did in THIS mission might have been a bug. I have...never seen that.
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May 12, 2020 00:44
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Gothsheep posted:I agree Lids are awful and frustrating, but I think what they did in THIS mission might have been a bug. I have...never seen that. Yeah, that was weird. When I played vanilla XCOM 2 and WotC on PC, burrowed 'lids wouldn't pop out like that unless you were within a single move action's worth of distance. Those things seemed like they were charging you from nearly all the way across the map. That definitely feels like unintended behavior.
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May 12, 2020 01:26
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Dead Reckoning posted:With dragon rounds and lost hordes, it's incredibly satisfying. I once tried to faceoff about 15 lost at once on the PS4 and by about 8 the hardware was screaming. By 12 it hardlocked completely and I had to take the power cord out.
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May 12, 2020 01:54
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FairGame posted:I once tried to faceoff about 15 lost at once on the PS4 and by about 8 the hardware was screaming. the PS4 version of this game sounds terrible lol, you're a real trooper for playing through it.
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May 12, 2020 02:34
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Does anyone know what episode of Jade Star's LP where he dunks one of the rulers with a repeater? I nosed around his channel but wasn't able to find it.
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May 12, 2020 02:59
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Donkringel posted:Does anyone know what episode of Jade Star's LP where he dunks one of the rulers with a repeater? I nosed around his channel but wasn't able to find it. https://lparchive.org/XCOM-2/Update%2024/ Guava is so loving mad lol
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May 12, 2020 03:09
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FairGame posted:I once tried to faceoff about 15 lost at once on the PS4 and by about 8 the hardware was screaming.
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May 12, 2020 04:09
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Grapplejack posted:https://lparchive.org/XCOM-2/Update%2024/ Thanks for this! Re-watched the vid again. Very glorious. Two things. 1) Watching Jade play this on normal/classic is so different from Fairgame's legendary difficulty. Holy poo poo a walk in the park. 2) Did they nerf that ruler? Because holy poo poo Fairgame if you encounter that ruler I shudder to think what they would be in Legendary.
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May 12, 2020 05:02
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I did that on a PC and it works. And yeah, that Chrissalid behavior did look wonky and I didn't see them do that in my (non-WotC) game. Burrow and ambush in an annoying way, yes. Charge two thirds of the way across the map and try and chunk someone, no.
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May 12, 2020 05:22
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Munin posted:I did that on a PC and it works. Maybe having a reaper with Target Definition flag them as 'permanently visible' breaks the logic for checking LOS to determine when to make their ambush attack?
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May 12, 2020 05:35
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Donkringel posted:Thanks for this! I don't believe they did, and I assume fairgames strategy of dealing with him is to avoid him completely or use 'the forbidden technique'
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May 12, 2020 06:29
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Grapplejack posted:I don't believe they did, and I assume fairgames strategy of dealing with him is to avoid him completely or use 'the forbidden technique' Seeing as he took a moment in this recent video and explicitly mentioned the necessary items and foreshadowed the final component of the combo ...I'd say we're likely to see animation sequences glitching out and absurd ragdoll comedy, because xcom physics.
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May 12, 2020 06:39
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Donkringel posted:Thanks for this! If that's the LP I'm thinking of, he did abuse the absolute gently caress out of some of the weapons and tactics that were changed in WotC to not be so absurdly exploitable in order to make some things that should have been real trouble into cakewalks.
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May 12, 2020 07:47
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Grapplejack posted:I don't believe they did, and I assume fairgames strategy of dealing with him is to avoid him completely or use 'the forbidden technique' There should be nothing forbidden about it. I consider it necessary, cathartic and satisfying. FairGame posted:I once tried to faceoff about 15 lost at once on the PS4 and by about 8 the hardware was screaming. If you're interested, I can rustle up footage of a sharpshooter taking on 11 Lost with Faceoff.
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May 12, 2020 08:28
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 Grapplejack posted:I don't believe they did, and I assume fairgames strategy of dealing with him is to avoid him completely or use 'the forbidden technique' What is the Forbidden Technique? ice bombs/mimic beacons, a stealthed spotter + like 3 sharpshooters raining bullets from way downtown, or something else? Because I feel like given how many sharpshooters we have, we deserve to use the second of these. And holy cow, I am really happy that Megane's splash damage didn't take out the wall holding up the roof those civilians were hiding on when she moved up to kill that officer. Crazy Achmed fucked around with this message at 09:03 on May 12, 2020 |
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Crazy Achmed posted:What is the Forbidden Technique? ice bombs/mimic beacons, a stealthed spotter + like 3 sharpshooters raining bullets from way downtown, or something else? Because I feel like given how many sharpshooters we have, we deserve to use the second of these. You see part of the forbidden technique in the Jade Star LP video. Key to the trick is that the Frozen status interacts weirdly with ruler reactions which can be abused in several ways to kill them. He also goes into a bit more details about the mechanics of the fight and what exactly happened in the post below the video on LP Archive so don't look at that if you want to keep any potential future surprise unrevealed. Donkringel posted:2) Did they nerf that ruler? Because holy poo poo FairGame if you encounter that ruler I shudder to think what they would be in Legendary. He did commit a pretty egregious mistake which caused the absolutely monster ruler turn where the ruler got 6 ruler reactions or so in a row. Even that ruler is manageable if you have the burst DPS on hand and don't hit end turn on on an unfrozen ruler with half your squad not having taken their actions. The ability Jade Star calls out as the most bullshit indeed is the worst and badly thought out but the rest are kinda manageable.
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Y'all are talking about different "forbidden techniques." Rest assured that if I do go into a mission with the final alien ruler, I will do so with SugarAddict (or his next of kin) as a Colonel, wielding a rifle with 6 shots and a 15% chance to insta-kill on each shot. That is MY forbidden technique, and I'm not leaving home without it. 
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Oh boy, what a rough week at work. Time to cheer up on my first morning off in a while by catching up on my favorite tactical action LP. Oh no. Episode 30. That was pretty rough. (Welcome to the team, all you 15 supply units. I'm thinking about starting up a tontine. Either of you want in on this, Grapplejack and Kringel? And uh, have fun in the pods for the next few months, Obelus and Shephard.)
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May 12, 2020 15:48
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Holy cow, I didn't get shot! Not even once! My old friend Ted looks a bit different these days...
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Tuxedo Ted posted:(Welcome to the team, all you 15 supply units. I'm thinking about starting up a tontine. Either of you want in on this, Grapplejack and Kringel? And uh, have fun in the pods for the next few months, Obelus and Shephard.) opening up the Commander's Club, for old COs. Fair I'm kind of surprised you're not a fan of grenadiers, the unique grenades are pretty good, especially once you up them to bombs. Great CC potential, especially the gas grenades.
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May 12, 2020 18:34
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I love how ridiculous Reaper is. Really looking forward to you getting Vaughn online. So much shenanigans potential. Double shot is also really good as demonstrated since DPS is key.
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This isn't really an episode. It's "I wanted to restart the PS4, so I cut the video after loadout." But if you want to see who's coming on the next mission: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOZMkqY_NX0 (it's only like 3 minutes long. No commentary. Just trying to be transparent.)
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May 12, 2020 19:32
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I wonder how the five Squaddie sharpshooters feel seeing the new recruit immediately get the training to go up to Sergeant while they've been benched. Same with Squaddie Specialist KW and newly recruited Sergeant Tuxedo Ted
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May 12, 2020 19:52
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I'm pretty sure the squaddies and sergeants will see combat once we get plot room set up, tbqh.
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May 12, 2020 20:00
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Xelkelvos posted:I wonder how the five Squaddie sharpshooters feel seeing the new recruit immediately get the training to go up to Sergeant while they've been benched. Same with Squaddie Specialist KW and newly recruited Sergeant Tuxedo Ted Eh getting demoted to placeholder-duty (for resistance ops that just need +1 warm body) is relatively safe assignment. It's rare for a Filler Guerrilla to see combat at all and when they do they're usually being escorted by a superbadass living weapon. That or they discover they've been further demoted to zombait.
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silentsnack posted:Eh getting demoted to placeholder-duty (for resistance ops that just need +1 warm body) is relatively safe assignment. "Look, just stand there for a minute will you."
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May 12, 2020 20:45
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Munin posted:"Look, just stand there for a minute will you." "Wow, I was worried that joining the resistance would be hard work, but so far this is a breeze!"
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May 12, 2020 21:05
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HELL YEAH! I won't let you down commander. Just stick me in the Tube. What? there's no tube? At least I can work on my Fade while doing my push-ups.
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May 12, 2020 21:14
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Grapplejack posted:
Yeah, I'm surprised you're not pushing Experimental Ammo more, too. When I play, I consider AP ammo absolutely vital in the latter half of the game. Some Venom rounds would also make your day a lot more sunny.
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May 12, 2020 21:25
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Tuxedo Ted posted:"Wow, I was worried that joining the resistance would be hard work, but so far this is a breeze!"
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May 12, 2020 21:38
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FairGame posted:This isn't really an episode. It's "I wanted to restart the PS4, so I cut the video after loadout." But if you want to see who's coming on the next mission: Christ. I shouldn't have gloated about not getting shot last time. Not after the way these VIP rescue missions have gone lately. 
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May 12, 2020 21:55
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eating only apples posted:Christ. I shouldn't have gloated about not getting shot last time. Not after the way these VIP rescue missions have gone lately. I'm sure your memorial photo will be tasteful in the few seconds it's shown before it gets deleted. 
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eating only apples posted:Christ. I shouldn't have gloated about not getting shot last time. Not after the way these VIP rescue missions have gone lately. You're a grenadier going on a VIP rescue mission. I have bad news, apples.
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Grapplejack posted:You're a grenadier going on a VIP rescue mission. I have bad news, apples. Hey I outrank you at last! Shut up. 
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