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Everything you were supposed to loot that mission got blown up. I suppose you need more bluescreen rounds?
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It's not like you really needed the supplies from that mission. The only reason to even do it at this point was to prevent the territory loss from ignoring it.
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Sep 9, 2020 03:05
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Good show, when I saw that pod (4 heavy mecs and a sectopod) I was worried. but you dismantled them down to nothing. Since you're going for the Chosen before the end, are you going to research their weapons?
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cambrian obelus posted:Good show, when I saw that pod (4 heavy mecs and a sectopod) I was worried. but you dismantled them down to nothing. The Hunter has my favorite goodies. I always found the Warlock's offering to be underwhelming, though.
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Sep 9, 2020 04:47
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It's good to have you back Commander
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Finally a soldier bond. I can do what I was born to do; yell at someone else to do stuff because I'm too slow to do it myself
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cambrian obelus posted:Good show, when I saw that pod (4 heavy mecs and a sectopod) I was worried. but you dismantled them down to nothing. I'm not sure I could do the final mission without the Hunter's weapons, and we're already researching the Assassin weapons right now. The Warlock, as someone else has pointed out, is kinda  , so we'll see.Seriously, the ONLY things I am worried about right now in terms of winning the campaign: 1.) The Archon King decides to gently caress off from the facility he's guarding that I never intend to visit because I hate him, and appears on a random mission, and that random mission turns out to be like...an Avenger Defense dark event. 2.) Failing the penultimate mission which has some really nasty constraints--many of which can be countered if you have enough intel, but the counter options are randomized and it's possible they'll all suck 3.) Failing in the final room of the final mission which is just A MESS
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FairGame posted:I'm not sure I could do the final mission without the Hunter's weapons, and we're already researching the Assassin weapons right now. The archon king thing has happened to me, and while it sucked, it's not a campaign ender. You're good enough at the game that it would just cost wound time, I think. But also, I believe the rulers are locked to their starting mission unless you actually do it and they get away. (if you want the armor, there's always the Reaper/Banish/Magazine/Repeater combo) The penultimate mission is the prime use case for psykers: too few troops? Just add Dominate. And the last room is supposed to be a frantic mess! Just have fun with finally facing something you can't blaster-launcher entirely away for the first time since a SPARK got Rainmaker. But seriously, I think they honestly did a pretty good balancing job on it, because it's never made me lose a campaign, but I have occasionally had the first casualties since rookie days there. So it's just tough enough that it feels like an epic conclusion.
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I've yet to watch (it probably slipped down my bookmarks), but iirc Dan & Grace were leaving the Chosen alive so they had RSVP invites to go gently caress up whatever the final mission involves, so their LP demonstrates how much fun those extra guest stars are I should really go check how far that's progressed since I last watched, didn't seem to be much left to do?. If Danaru finished Commander while drunk of his rear end and planning about five minutes ahead, then I'm not remotely worried about your campaign. Those latter issues sound interesting, but you could easily head off that first one by decking out a star squad with your fancy late-game gear and any equipment or items you'd normally consider unsporting. At this point I'd be surprised if you couldn't just steamroll the facility as usual until you find the Archon King patrolling, pause for a moment to set up the ambush or clear his path of reinforcements, and then drop whatever tactical nuke you've kept in your back pocket on him. Surely you've got enough damage and lockdown to burst him even through ... Ruler Reactions, I think they were called? All of this assumes it's worth going out of your way to murder the last ruler, but apparently a wandering Archon King would be the final monkey wrench ADVENT has left to throw at you. Removing him from the board yourself would be entertaining to watch and probably feel satisfactory, unless the Archon King is truly that bullshit. And, honestly, I'd kind of want to see why that is for myself. Overinflated stats? Blazing Pinions from Hell? What's the issue? Malah fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Sep 9, 2020 |
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Malah posted:I've yet to watch (it probably slipped down my bookmarks), but iirc Dan & Grace were leaving the Chosen alive so they had RSVP invites to go gently caress up whatever the final mission involves, so their LP demonstrates how much fun those extra guest stars are I should really go check how far that's progressed since I last watched, didn't seem to be much left to do?. If Danaru finished Commander while drunk of his rear end and planning about five minutes ahead, then I'm not remotely worried about your campaign. He's really not fun to show off and I hate him. His Blazing Pinions ability knocks people unconscious. And it lands on a ruler reaction. Meaning once he does it, there's not much you can do to clear out. It's just "hey, hope you have a Colonel-level specialist that can use the 1-per-mission revive everyone ability." It's un-fun, has a single hard counter, and just really isn't particularly interesting. Would I kill him? Almost certainly. Even if he came at me on an Avenger Defense, I'd still have 4 turrets with infinite ammo and probably 4-5 more reinforcements coming out of the Avenger to take care of things, including picking up their downed buddies and humping them back to the ramp. But it'd be a huge pain on a map that's guaranteed to crash my PS4 several times. Or I'd just murder him with a repeater, which is equally unfun and silly. He's just better off avoided.
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While I definitely don't disagree that the Archon King sucks to fight, his armor is, hands down, my favorite. Both in terms of usefulness and I just really like the way it looks. It'd dumb in an endearing way to me.
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I'm surprised there wasn't another pod after those two on the objective that would just swoop in and finish off shooting the objective. Also I'm surprised my character didn't die after he ran in blind twice.
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You got lucky, last time I did a mission like this when I activated the pod near the objective they just ignored me and shot the transmitter to death these missions suck e: listen julien. I understand you're a Durand, long linage, etc etc. You have to shave that porn stache bro. Grapplejack fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Sep 10, 2020 |
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FairGame posted:He's really not fun to show off and I hate him.  Okay, I can see the issue here.
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Grapplejack posted:You got lucky, last time I did a mission like this when I activated the pod near the objective they just ignored me and shot the transmitter to death There is nothing wrong with that 'stache. It befits a man of experience and action.
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Hey I came along! Middling performance for myself. So about the Templar ghost. To me that seems like a very good way to boost your action economy and focus economy. For 2 focus and an enemy body you generate 3 focus that you can immediately use as a suicide bomber. My guess is that the ghost's focus acts as its timer, so every time you end turn it loses one focus. If you use focus actions the ghost dies more quickly of course. Still a very useful skill if you've got the focus and the corpse.
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Man that Chosen healing seems like it could get out of control really fast. I guess he got healed off the MECs because they were his MECs?
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Remember how we've talked about how the chosen hunter is the most dangerous chosen in the entire game if his AI actually decides he feels like fighting he did that this time around. Imagine if he threw that conc grenade at your two human squaddies lmao you would have wiped
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Oh yeah I was going to ask what that grenade was and why it didn’t do anything. We’ve probably seen it before but it’s been a while. Is it basically a super flashbang that also sets people up for capture?
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Kibayasu posted:Man that Chosen healing seems like it could get out of control really fast. I guess he got healed off the MECs because they were his MECs? The Soulstealer ability heals it whenever an XCOM soldier within a certain range takes damage.
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Kibayasu posted:Oh yeah I was going to ask what that grenade was and why it didn’t do anything. We’ve probably seen it before but it’s been a while. Is it basically a super flashbang that also sets people up for capture? Yea Hunter's flashbang causes 'daze' and he decided to toss it at the two units on the map which can't be dazed, even though he could have hit 3+ meatsquad instead. Gonna guess that the AI's grenade targeting really heavily prefers armored targets, even for non-damaging grenades?
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Grapplejack posted:Remember how we've talked about how the chosen hunter is the most dangerous chosen in the entire game if his AI actually decides he feels like fighting Nah. The remaining troops could handle his MECs just fine, and while they wouldn't be able to defeat the Hunter, he'd just kidnap someone and bugger off, ending the mission.
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Wow, this hunter guy seems like a real threat and we should make it our top priority to take him out as soon as we can! No, this has nothing to do with me wanting his gun, why do you ask?
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eating only apples posted:Hunter is so much more fun than the other two Yeah, Hunter has a good sense of humor despite being a complete sociopath. Assassin at least seems like, if you did lose and she became queen of Earth, she'd take decent care of the place. Warlock is just awful.
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Glad you're back, Fairgame. Hope whatever personal unpleasantness pulled you away has cleared up. Malah posted:I've yet to watch (it probably slipped down my bookmarks), but iirc Dan & Grace were leaving the Chosen alive so they had RSVP invites to go gently caress up whatever the final mission involves, so their LP demonstrates how much fun those extra guest stars are I should really go check how far that's progressed since I last watched, didn't seem to be much left to do?. If Danaru finished Commander while drunk of his rear end and planning about five minutes ahead, then I'm not remotely worried about your campaign. Gothsheep posted:Warlock is just awful. Like, I'm not clear how his vision for a post-Elders earth is that different from, say, Geist's.
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And here we go! Man, the first time I saw that codex cutscene I was sure the game would spring a surprise defense mission on you or something similar.
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Hell yes, FG. Some sweet sweet prizes coming your way!
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The Hunter just wanted to enjoy enslaving and/or killing everyone he could is that really so bad? You breaking into his house, killing his friends, and breaking his stuff seems like quite an overreaction. Have you considered that XCOM might be the bad guy here?
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Look, the Hunter is his own person. He didn't seem to be discomforted by the prospect of getting in a gunfight with supersoldiers in his foyer, so who are we to impose our values on him?
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Kibayasu posted:The Hunter just wanted to enjoy enslaving and/or killing everyone he could is that really so bad? You breaking into his house, killing his friends, and breaking his stuff seems like quite an overreaction. Have you considered that XCOM might be the bad guy here? We're just doing small what the Elders/ADVENT did to the world at large. Also, we have to reciprocate for all those resistance members killed by the Hunter.
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Come on, what the Hunter really wanted was a challenge. So in a way, killing him in his own home is the best gift we could possibly give him!
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Have you considered that XCOM is the REAL racists
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kw0134 posted:Have you considered that XCOM is the REAL racists Yes, but then they made Chimera Squad
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Good job. Like you said, at this point in the game, it's not about preventing a squad wipe. XCOM's infantry is too strong. It's about managing the scars/fatigue on your elite soldiers (and keeping an eye on the Doom Counter if you don't have WOTC.) E: The hunter's "The elders are finally quiet" line is one of the most interesting IMO. Dead Reckoning fucked around with this message at 02:39 on Oct 19, 2020 |
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