enraged_camel posted:

The point is that it takes away choices from the player and enforces one type of playstyle.

If people want to turtle, they should be able to turtle, at the expense of things like elerium containers that disappear after a certain number of turns.

The developers should encourage certain playstyles using rewards and incentives, rather than punishments. Positive reinforcement > negative reinforcement.

Crosspeice posted:

Goodnight, sweet prince.

Ciaphas posted:

Has anyone playing Ironman been hosed by a glitch or whatever yet? I tried to play gentleman's ironman and found I can't hold myself to it

PhantomZero posted:

Does anyone else have a problem where sometimes your monthly income won't show up? I had $1 at the end of the month, the supply drop came, and I still had $1. I was supposed to have gotten $180.

Fister Roboto posted:

Apparently any damage you take causes wounding, no matter how much bonus health you have. Seems like a really bad decision.

Wizard Styles posted:

This is where I first started having second thoughts about delaying the Blacksite mission for ~2 months.


I unlocked the Mimic Beacon just before that mission, if I hadn't that probably would have gotten someone killed.

Wizard Styles posted:

Man, I would not have the patience for that. Overwatch-crawling through Blacksite took long enough, trying to go through that undetected would have been beyond me.
Also there was that surprise Muton + Stun Lancer + Shield rear end in a top hat group right between the objective room and the extraction point, as much as I would have loved to avoid fighting those I'm not sure that was in the books.

redreader posted:

Let's talk about poison:

1: looks like poisoned people can poison people who are standing next to them
2: often you're in a poison (or fire) spot, and if you don't move you're not poisoned or not on fire, but as soon as you leave in any direction you get poisoned / catch fire
3: poison seems to last a random amount of turns instead of doing a set amount of damage like in the last game (possibly not the case, just an observation

I just got someone get poisoned by standing next to someone else. That person had just got over being poisoned. As a result I lost 2 squad members when I was going to be just down one in my first blacksite mission, lol. at least my sniper is still alive. Rip in Pieces, high ranking ranger.

Beaglerush would stand a person next to panicked people, in the time I saw him play. Does that help reduce panic? I've read the manual and none of this stuff is mentioned. Just seems annoying

TheSpiritFox posted:

Specialist is the most hilariously broken random poo poo in the game. I just hacked what looked like a lamp post and reset my entire team's action points. I thought I was completely hosed and instead everything is lying dead at my feet.

:Edit:

I haven't even unlocked psi operatives yet.

Tae posted:

My current strategy is to have my Grenadiers be the Scouts and cannon fodder. I basically have 10 spare Grenaiders in my barracks from training rooks via base. Because ultimately I just need their 3 frags and their skills are worse than the other classes.

Fulchrum posted:

And Capcom said they'd cut off the creators head if RE4 went to Ps2.

Now I say again, is there anything in the gameplay of this game that would mean it can't be done on consoles?

Pierson posted:

2: Is there once again an 'optimal' room placement? Looking it seems there isn't and you can get extra usability out of rooms simply by upgrading and assigning an extra person there, but I just want to check.

Shadowlz posted:

Holyshit. Just did the blacksite. Lost 3 of my good people. Didn't even make it into the base. My ranger panicked while everyone died around her. Then when she came back she killed every single alien and got the loving vial. What the gently caress.
She killed:
1 mech
2 troopers
2 turrets
1 advanced trooper
1 stun trooper
3 sectoids(in 2 turns)

Then after getting the vial I sneaked around them and evaced. She had full health at evac. It was Jane Kelly, the ranger from the tutorial that has been wounded for the past month.

(also got my codex kill on this map)

Virulence posted:

The "end' key on your keyboard or the X in the top right corner will both end your turn immediately when that happens.

DStecks posted:

Holy loving poo poo, does this game ever become fun? I find myself wishing for new enemy types to get introduced, only to immediately regret it. "Meet the Sectoid! He's completely ineffectual 90% of the time but will gently caress you sideways that remaining 10%." "Meet the stun trooper! He'll run up to you and instakill you because gently caress you." "Meet the turret! It has a shitload of health and whether or not it can shoot you is completely glitched out!" "Meet the Codex! She can teleport and shoot in the same turn because gently caress you with a chainsaw!"

There's nothing tactically interesting about any of them, it's just a matter of hoping the RNG decides to let you live another turn.

Milky Moor posted:

Turn limits were literally never a problem beyond one mission where my sniper was too far to evac. But it's funny to watch goons freak out over a minor game mechanic.

Shaman Ooglaboogla posted:

Rangers are so loving useless they border on being a liability. They exist so they can get mind controlled and kill your sharpshooter (a useful class).

victrix posted:

Is there some bug that stops you from using Overwatch? I keep running into situations where it won't let me use it. Start of turn, full actions, full ammo, no disabilities, overwatch icon lit up, can't overwatch.

ParanoidInc posted:

wait WHAT

I haven't reached the ending yet but TFTD is one of my favorite games ever, what exactly was the stinger? hearing that jake solomon hated TFTD made me think they would never go that way

Plan Z posted:

Eimi posted:

I think it's a thing where if you're better at the game, Phantom gets infinitely better. It's not that I don't understand the value of concealment, I love Conceal even though it's a trade off from RnG, it's more that when I'd pick up Phantom I want all hands on deck in a 4 man party so the most it does is let them sneak mission into a flank. Which isn't bad but it's hard to find a flank to is a flank and doesn't expose them in case they find more aliens. By the time I pick up Conceal, my soldiers are better and I have a 5 man party so that leaving someone in concealment isn't as harsh. Maybe I need to try a Solid Snake build with both Phantom and Conceal?

Lima posted:

My shotgun ranger just got Serial

Now I just need a +move pcs a laser sight and the +crit ammo.

Viridiant posted:

Oh, boooo. I just lost a campaign that I was doing great on, minimal wounded, no deaths. I lose it because with one turn left I didn't realize that going to the front of a computer I'm supposed to hack into is NO GOOD, since I guess it was facing a square diagonal to it. I didn't have enough turns to get to the back of the computer so gently caress me, mission failed.

Alkydere posted:

Jake Solomon: "Okay, maybe the victory lap last game was kinda dull with the Ethereal who would just sit there and let you double tap his dome. How about a real boss fight this time, how's that sound?"

Me: "OH GOD WHAT!?"

I have no idea how I beat the fortress without losing any soldiers. Especially considering how...messy this campaign was. Between learning this game's mechanics, and unlearning XCOM's, the beginning was rough. It was a good while after the Blacksite (which I didn't exactly race to) before I finally started feeling like I was getting control instead of of flailing wildly. I almost neglected getting more coms up and nearly lost because I couldn't reach any enemy facilities for the longest time to control the Avatar Counter (it got to the doomsday clock before I could).

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Except Terror missions weren't being done off the back of a constant chain of resistance missions that also would penalize you harshly for disregarding them.

Grizzled Patriarch posted:

Hah, I was just looking at the achievements for this game and I really want to see people pull some of these off.

Beating the final mission with "conventional" gear, beating it on Commander by July 1st, and beating it on Commander without upgrading squad size sound kinda nuts. Beating the game on Commander without losing a single soldier doesn't even seem possible without frequent save-scumming.

Are there any videos floating around yet that show someone who is super good at this game just clearing house on the crazy difficulties / Iron Man runs? I'm learning a lot as I go, but I feel like there are a ton of cool tricks that I just don't know about.

Harrow posted:

I sure am glad my only trained Psi Op got killed from full HP by a Muton's crit. Full cover and the enemy being all the way across the room? Nope, gently caress you.

Pyromancer posted:

"Don't overwatch creep guys, there's no time! Also I've put hidden/burrowed enemies in retaliation missions to kill you if you don't overwatch creep." Jake Solomon

lilspooky posted:

So need some help / advice on a part of the game that is pretty early on that I'm having an insane time with.

The scripted defense against the UFO event where you have to run out and blow up the EMP device seems to be a pretty poorly designed scenario unless I'm just really missing something. What's the best way to beat this thing without either getting wiped out or taking so many casualties that you end up pretty much being hosed if you do succeed? It wouldn't be as bad if I actually maybe had armor or second tier weapons but it happens so early in the game that I haven't had a chance to research that stuff coupled with how you have to run around trying to establish radio beacons just to stay ahead of the stupid doom clock. Maybe I need to knock the difficulty down to Veteran?