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Tricky Ed posted:Or... OR... What if we stop feeding a cycle of anxiety with baseless speculation and just see what actually happens and react to that? I didn't talk myself into believing that a 90% shot chance actually means it's a guaranteed miss by not spiraling into anxiety.
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I bought Midnight Suns this weekend and am enjoying it thus far. Trying to still figure out how to use half the characters.
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Wrr posted:I bought Midnight Suns this weekend and am enjoying it thus far. Trying to still figure out how to use half the characters. Don’t fret. Spoilers: seriously literally the final mission spoiler right here only click if you don’t care have a solid B team at least. Gimmick at the end is your 4 top guys get hijacked for the final mission
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Feb 22, 2023 00:58
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Ravenfood posted:I didn't talk myself into believing that a 90% shot chance actually means it's a guaranteed miss by not spiraling into anxiety. More seriously, this talk of a new era at firaxis, the departure of a fair number of big names (and who knows how many of the smaller ones), especially the studio head, right after a pretty bad commercial failure and strategically announcing a new civ* at exact the time after two big departures? It smells like things went down over there. But again, still, the real redline is if Nauta is out. * we already could have guessed such a thing was happening, but the timing is wierd.
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StratGoatCom posted:More seriously, this talk of a new era at firaxis, the departure of a fair number of big names (and who knows how many of the smaller ones), especially the studio head, right after a pretty bad commercial failure and strategically announcing a new civ* at exact the time after two big departures? i tried to ask Jake if there's any hints on what he's ostensibly running to on twitter but he didn't respond also hi i'm back
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Coolguye posted:i tried to ask Jake if there's any hints on what he's ostensibly running to on twitter but he didn't respond i made a joke about him going to run a farm in MN to relive his youth and he liked it, so i assume that's confirmation of his new life growing soybeans
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Feb 25, 2023 09:49
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missed opportunities could be growing wild rice, MN wild rice is to die for
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Anno posted:Xenonauts 2 has a demo in next week’s Steam Next Fest, I think. Theres some youtube out of people playing it (splattercat, potatomcwhiskey). It certainly looks like XCOM '93 with a new coat of paint and a lot of the Xenonauts jank toned down. It was totally off my radar but at the moment I'm feeling pretty positive about it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/538030/Xenonauts_2/
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Feb 28, 2023 22:00
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I legitimately thought Xeno2 had gotten cancelled at some point as it's, what,
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Murgos posted:XCOM '93 with a new coat of paint Sounds good to me. None of the later games have had the same level of replayability for me, only EW with Long War comes close.
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Hey all, got some xcom2 mod questions: I just fired up the game for the first time in a year and added the Long War of the Chosen mod, is the difficulty super hard by default or do I need to go through my mod list and figure out what I hosed up, because in the intro mission I'm showing 0% to hit even when I'm flanking and out in the open.  Tabbing to any of those targets gives me 0%, but that stat block on the left shows I have a 65 base + 15 for weapon range. Not sure how the graze percentage plays into things, from the few rounds I've played I know that a graze is damage on a miss. Alternatively, is there a mod I should be using here that will show the correct hit percentage?
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Mar 13, 2023 20:43
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Probably double-check your mods, not sure if you grabbed it off github or off the workshop but it requires these mods: REQUIRED ITEMS This item requires all of the following other items Better Second Wave Mod Support WotC: robojumper's Squad Select Yet Another F1 [WOTC] Community Promotion Screen [WotC] Mod Config Menu [WOTC] Revert Overwatch Rules Change X2WOTCCommunityHighlander v1.24.0 [WOTC] Accurate Situation Report I think you also need the Alien Hunters Highlander as well if you have that enabled. For reference, this is what I have installed off the Steam Workshop and it works correctly last time I checked. WotC: robojumper's Squad Select [WOTC] Alien Hunters Community Highlander v1.24.0 [WOTC] Community Promotion Screen [WOTC] Accurate Situation Report Long War of the Chosen Evac All - WotC [WOTC] Revert Overwatch Rules Change X2WOTCCommunityHighlander v1.24.0 Full Character Customization From Start [WotC] Mod Config Menu Yet Another F1 Better Second Wave Mod Support Also highly suggest using Alternative Mod Launcher if you aren't already but the 2K loader supposedly works as well? RoyalScion fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Mar 13, 2023 |
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Mar 13, 2023 22:18
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Grabbed everything off of the Workshop and using the mod launcher. Full Character Customization From Start [WotC] Mod Config Menu Aren't downloaded so I'm going to grab them and see what's up Edit: Still showing 0, but I'm pretty sure the stats on the left are correct because I hit a lot more than 0% Soonmot fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Mar 13, 2023 |
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Mar 13, 2023 22:51
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You definitely don't need the former (although xcom customization is half the fun) but IIRC the latter is needed for some of the targeting screens or something? a cursory google search also turns up this (although idk what's the corresponding matching mod to extended information now) https://www.reddit.com/r/Xcom/comments/jrvme4/lwotc_0_chance_to_hit/ Maybe poke around in the mod config setup after it's been added.
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Mar 13, 2023 23:09
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Thats a pretty common issue between LWOTC and one of the UI mods that expands and shows hit chance because its all reworked in LWOTC. Can't remember which one but its solved by fiddling with a few settings
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Mar 13, 2023 23:36
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from what i've heard about long war, hitting 0% is probably a feature 
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Yep that post fixed it, it was the aim assist option being active on extended information. Thanks yallLight Gun Man posted:from what i've heard about long war, hitting 0% is probably a feature But this was literally why I asked, I knew this would make the game harder, I just wasn't sure how much. I am not a pro xcom guy, I just like making facebook posts tagging my friends with who died.
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yeah i'm just messing around, have a good time.
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Soonmot posted:But this was literally why I asked, I knew this would make the game harder, I just wasn't sure how much. I am not a pro xcom guy, I just like making facebook posts tagging my friends with who died. LWOTC does make things harder, but it's not about making them impossible at least. The general consensus is that if you drop the difficulty level you normally play by 1, and have a basic familiarity with the new mechanics (ie maybe watched a video or this is your second run after ditching a trial campaign) you'll probably have a similar level of struggle.
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You're using the alternative launcher right?
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Is Long War in 2 basically still terrible?
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It depends on your definition of terrible. If you're a masochist like me who loves a grindy time sink, it's great. The campaign is long enough that the choices as to which missions you take actually feel like they effect the campaign in a meaningful way. It's also possible to screw up and get into a no-win death spiral with dozens of hours invested.
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Arven posted:It depends on your definition of terrible. If you're a masochist like me who loves a grindy time sink, it's great. The campaign is long enough that the choices as to which missions you take actually feel like they effect the campaign in a meaningful way. It's also possible to screw up and get into a no-win death spiral with dozens of hours invested. This, really. Oddly enough, the game Long War 2/Long War of the Chosen reminds me of the most is X-Piratez, which gets a fair amount of discussion here but is a game I think the majority of players are best off avoiding. If LW2/LWOTC is for you, you'll love it, if not then... well, I love it too but I also understand the reason this thread likes to mock it.
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to rehash the conversation regarding x-piratez in brief for those that aren't familiar, the short version is: mechanically it's pretty cool but there's not really a win condition the way other xcom games have and the art is 110% someone working through a very deep and unresolved fetish
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Coolguye posted:to rehash the conversation regarding x-piratez in brief for those that aren't familiar, the short version is: mechanically it's pretty cool but there's not really a win condition the way other xcom games have and the art is 110% someone working through a very deep and unresolved fetish Oh, piratez has a win condition, you still have to go do Cydonia at the end, and in fact they have three ways to get there. You can just say "gently caress IT IM DONE" and make the Zubrin, which sends eight people to Cydonia, some of which may die before acting. You can take your time, grind for like a year in game to build the Conqueror, which will let you send 32 people + tanks to Cydonia. Or there's a secret path where you go and drive a delorean to Cydonia, but it requires a lot of grinding a particular kind of mission as well as several other decisions made before hand, including skipping the codex vessels. Cydonia's not too far from Vanilla except the surface area is replaced with the Mercenaries, which are probably the second most deadly enemy faction in the game, and then part 2 is Star Gods. Honestly though, like Long War of the Chosen, or X-com files, you will long be tired of the game by the time you get to this point.
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Speaking of piratez I have discovered a powerful speedrun strat for the X-Prison. Just use the pickaxe you're supposed to use to escape your cells to kill anyone you punch out on the ground, since it can target them there. The enemies will panic and surrender before you're done with the second floor. Also use the axe to just break through walls. Pickaxe! MVP of that mission.
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Night10194 posted:Speaking of piratez I have discovered a powerful speedrun strat for the X-Prison. Just use the pickaxe you're supposed to use to escape your cells to kill anyone you punch out on the ground, since it can target them there. The enemies will panic and surrender before you're done with the second floor. Oh poo poo i have to do that, i was thinking it would be a pain in the rear end to finish that mission with the glocks and pocket pistols as the only lethal weapons and would just run off with the file, it's a huge boon if you do finish the mission by killing everyone.
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Night10194 posted:Speaking of piratez I have discovered a powerful speedrun strat for the X-Prison. Just use the pickaxe you're supposed to use to escape your cells to kill anyone you punch out on the ground, since it can target them there. The enemies will panic and surrender before you're done with the second floor. for a minute here i thought i had clicked on the Cataclysm thread and we were discussing how to reliably get out of the prison start and i was extremely confused
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https://www.pcgamer.com/xcom-designer-jake-solomon-is-done-with-turn-based-strategy-for-now-i-felt-like-i-didnt-have-anything-more-to-say/quote:Jake Solomon is a name synonymous with turn-based strategy. As a graphics programmer at Firaxis, it was Solomon who first pitched XCOM, which years later, when it launched in 2012, sparked a renaissance in squad-based tactics. Last month, following news that the superb Midnight Suns had not been the hit publisher 2K was hoping for, Solomon announced he was leaving the company (opens in new tab) where he'd worked for over two decades. TLDR: Jake Solomon leaving didn't have anything to do with bad sales, he just needed a fresh start. 
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I want to give XCOM 2 another shot but I really cannot be bothered to fiddle around with the mods again. Is there a good mod collection I can use that fixes the game's bullshit and adds UI QoL without adding too much extra poo poo?
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What kind of bullshit are we talking about? iirc the 'must have' mod list was only like four or five long and installed with a click from workshop. edit: Steam remembers my subscribed mods: -Stop Wasting my Time [wotc] -Gotcha // Gotcha Again [wotc] -Instant Avenger Menus -Evac All -Idle Supression The last is me just being silly, the first two are the 'must haves' iirc. Serephina fucked around with this message at 10:47 on Apr 15, 2023 |
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Don’t Waste My Time and Evac All are the 2 big ones I remember.
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I'd add in Show Health Values (or Additional Icons, but that one includes a loot indicator by default).
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Yeah, gotcha again, numeric health, and stop wasting my time are incredibly key, instant avenger menus and evac all are super nice too
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There is one that I don't remember the name for that puts a statline above your soldiers, so you can see who your 100 aim gods are, and who the 65 aim chumps are.
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Search for the Core Collection on Steam, that should be a collection of bugfixes and core mods that don't alter gameplay but do have some QoL stuff, IIRC
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I put the "Advanced Repeater" on a sniper rifle and this lady one shot the Berserker King, a regular Berserker, and one of those tall ugly dudes all in one mission  Makes up for all those whiffed 80%+ shots i guess.
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Reminds me of when the game came out and a dude found a bunch of repeaters and just made a montages of all the everything getting !excecuted
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appropriatemetaphor posted:I put the "Advanced Repeater" on a sniper rifle and this lady one shot the Berserker King, a regular Berserker, and one of those tall ugly dudes all in one mission
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appropriatemetaphor posted:I put the "Advanced Repeater" on a sniper rifle and this lady one shot the Berserker King, a regular Berserker, and one of those tall ugly dudes all in one mission Now put it on a Reaper with Banish and give her an extended mag 
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