The Commander's Field Manual to the XCOM 2 Resistance

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AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Sent in a character. Let's see how this madness rolls.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2016 01:02

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# ¿ May 12, 2024 12:41

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

I got to hand it to Bradford. Gets nearly killed, is up and running within hours without needing to spend nearly two weeks in the medical bay recovering.

# ¿ Jul 16, 2016 01:33

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Angry Lobster posted:

WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT PUNCHING IS NOT AN APPROVED HACKING METHOD AND I'LL NEVER BE PROMOTED TO SUPPORT? MY DREAM IS RUINED!

gently caress THIS, GONNA BLOW SOME poo poo UP!

Who said you need a fancy gizmo to hack enemy targets? A grenade explosion works just as well as some fancy flying robot thingie! :torgue:

# ¿ Jul 18, 2016 01:35

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

IthilionTheBrave posted:

Just thought I'd share this old screenshot with everyone. Is it particularly relevant? No. But I feel it fits in with the mission names so far.

X-Com, full time alien exterminators, part time proctologists.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2016 03:09

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

IMJack posted:

Tygon, putting a chemical mask on your face is a good first step for conducting an autopsy, but you might also want to wear a smock or scrubs or something if you're going to splash that much alien viscera around. Or at least button up your lab coat. That's what they're there for, to keep the bad stuff off.

Well, they have to make Tygan stand out in some fashion. They just opted to use the option that violates at least 100 health codes in the process.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2016 01:53

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Vicissitude posted:

What was that about the Beatdown mod?

(Found on tumblr. Don't judge me)

Result: Gravely Wounded (15 Days).

# ¿ Jul 23, 2016 03:22

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

I am trying to understand why the assault rifle repeater looks more like a silencer attachment. No better design option, I guess?

# ¿ Jul 24, 2016 21:27

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Jade Star posted:

I cant remember if it was guava or someone in the stream last night that pointed out how much they look like silencers too. I think they put forth the idea that maybe they were intended to be silencers and have some sort of impact on the concealment mechanics but got dropped for some reason. It seems like a pretty plausible idea. I may have to tweet Jake about it.

If that was the original idea for that weapon mod, my best guess as to why it got dropped is that slapping a silencer on a gatling gun would be too silly, even for X-COM.

# ¿ Jul 24, 2016 23:45

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

IBlameRoadSuess posted:

So the takeaway from all of this is that Lunethex is a wizard given unholy tech powers. He can even counter the JAIDS.

The reward for praising the taser is beyond human comprehension. Not even Lunethex can explain it.

Of course, watch as JAIDS manages to infect Lunethex by this time next week.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2016 02:17

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Cythereal posted:

Bradford, you just keep doing what you do.

He may have received a grizzled and hardened makeover for the sequel, but deep down Bradford is still the lovable dork from the previous game.

# ¿ Jul 29, 2016 01:06

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Angry Lobster: "Hacker" (remember, he's got that hacking protocol boost that's worthless to him)
Alessandra: "Snapshot"
Gasmask: "Biohazard"

# ¿ Jul 31, 2016 06:42

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Jade Star posted:

Hey thread, have a little teaser because editing this much audio in one go is giving me cabin fever or something. It's all nice and summery outside and I'm staring at guavas wave forms for an hour or three.

Given your past experiences, I'm going to guess the context is: an enemy shows up and three of your units right next to it should have line of sight on it...but for some reason they do not, and yet your sniper 500 feet away can see it clearly, but has a less than 30% shot on the enemy.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2016 02:20

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

That conga line of missed Overwatches was beautifully hilarious. Lily botching the hack was just the cherry on top of the :xcom:

sundae the game decided to give you.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2016 01:36

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Farewell, Angry "Slab" Lobster. May you be reincarnated as the hacker you always wanted to be.

MelvinBison posted:

RIP Angry Lobster. Served with honor--and some clarified butter.

Also voting for this as the epitaph.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2016 21:56

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

I am absolutely loving the Julian voice pack. Shame he's mostly going to be relegated to "#1 backup unit" duties.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2016 06:10

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Jade Star posted:

What? Why would Julian be a back up unit? He's going to be frontline every mission he's full health.

I was half-asleep when watching the video last night, so I kind of tuned out you saying Julian's going to be on the front lines when at full health or at least 90% health. My bad.

As for nicknames,

Siobahn: Shredder
Eph: Empanada

# ¿ Aug 14, 2016 17:28

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

I'm going to echo Highwang's suggestion and have Hulk Hogan be named Runnin' Wild.

Also, you forgot to give Siobahn her nickname, Jade.

# ¿ Aug 18, 2016 21:19

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Kurieg posted:

True, but we could have Hulkamania running Serpentine.

Oh lord now I'm imagining that armor in Red and Yellow deco and it is glorious.

Shame there's no feather boa mod, though.

# ¿ Aug 19, 2016 20:52

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Cynic Jester posted:

Julian "Tachikoma" Shen

Voting for this new nickname of Julian as well.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2016 20:07

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Mutons are big and slow
Then they go berserk on you
Air juggled to your death

# ¿ Aug 31, 2016 03:23

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

I vote that this DLC get patched to rename this level "Operation Hot Bullshit" to reflect the Alien Rulers' abilities. Yes, despite the presence of ice in the level.

Scribbleykins posted:

Alien Rulers, at last. Best of luck dealing with their brand of , Jade.

My experience with the Rulers has been mixed. For one, we got off to a rough start. It turns out that if you are in the middle of a playthrough when you download the DLC and you, unthinkingly, apply that DLC to your game without knowing what this entails, there is exactly zero Vahlen missions to coach you into the concept. Alien rulers just show up, out of nowhere, to wreck your day, on some mission and you have no idea what even oh god is this a joke why does it have so many hit points and wait did it just move again oh shi-. Needless to say, an Alien Ruler showing up right as another enemy pod has activated can be very, very bad and can lead to a quick and demoralizing loss depending on where you are in the game and what personnel you've brought with you.

That...that is just plain badly implemented content. Holy loving poo poo. :stare:

# ¿ Sep 15, 2016 22:21

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

As someone who is currently recovering from a cold himself, I can only imagine the audio editing nightmare you had, Jade.

Also, Julian continues to be the best snarky AI. :allears:

# ¿ Sep 26, 2016 00:43

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Thefluffy posted:

clearly skippy should play in jade's place instead of guava. I mean what's the worst that could happen?

All three Alien Rulers appearing on a retaliation mission that also features multiple Sectopods.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2016 19:52

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Since you were curious Jade and Guava, yes, Julian can be retrained in the AWC.

# ¿ Oct 8, 2016 21:35

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Olesh posted:

I apologize for the resistance being $10 short now.

# ¿ Oct 8, 2016 22:30

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Since we already have the surrounding regions contacted already, how far does the reduced contact cost bonus extend to? If it can extend to the regions with the ADVENT facilities you haven't contacted yet, that can be very useful to make things less stressful.

Also, throwing my vote for the Make Tallow A Scout movement.

# ¿ Nov 4, 2016 00:49

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Olesh posted:

Voting that Talow's nickname should be:

Talow '***' Rosine.

Voting for this.

# ¿ Nov 19, 2016 22:12

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Rectus posted:

The only real solution here is for you to perform the music yourself, with Guava beatboxing.

Bonus points for Skippy on the banjo.

# ¿ Dec 4, 2016 23:02

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

AhrimanPK posted:

If you want to hear it in it's full glory then check out the Jade's stream when we recorded it. We start at 7hr34mins.

https://www.twitch.tv/sa_jadestar/v/104482682

Stay tuned afterwards for us watching cute baby bunny videos.

Edit: Yes he did stream for eight and a half hours, this is not unusual.

When I saw the video had an "Audio portions have been muted" notice, I was worried for a moment since I've seen that particular Kanye song get flagged in the past. But nope, it's perfectly fine and not muted. For now, at least.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2016 22:48

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

The bleeps for Talow's nickname are making it sound like we're now reading "The Commander's Field Manual to Unnecessary Censorship".

Also, the Kill Zone setup was just beautiful.

E: Update on the previous page.

# ¿ Dec 11, 2016 02:27

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

I think I've figured it out. Ciaphas Cain is an alias. His real name is actually...Tony "Kill Steal" White. And he just dropped a massive "IT WAS ME, ~~AUSTIN~~ADVENT!" reveal.

Also, voting for Nota Infiltrator as our new Grenadier, and Ciaphas' new nickname to be "Lucky Sunuvabitch".

# ¿ Dec 13, 2016 21:38

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Kwyndig posted:

You're right, the tier 3 spark weapon fires some kind of... science foam? at targets. It certainly isn't the coherent plasma beams that most of the other weapons fire.

From my perspective, it's like the cannon wants to be some kind of railgun mixed with a shotgun's spread; the cannon has the strength and stopping power of a railgun, but discharges the spent plasma in a shotgun-like manner (i.e., the weird mist spray after the cannon fires). I'm just going to chalk it up to "Lily Shen Weapon Design" weirdness.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2017 23:41

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

So, Ciaphas has executed an Archon and Empanada has now executed an Archon.

All that's left is for Man Whore to complete the trinity of Jade's specialists being professional Archon executioners.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2017 01:59

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Attestant posted:

Please never change away from Bradfordship.

But then we wouldn't get to see the Tyganship or the Vahlenship mod.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2017 23:38

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

bman in 2288 posted:

Extraterrestrial Aliens, viral mutants, what's the difference? They all need to get off our lawns.

And to be fair, each of the Alien Rulers are a few steps removed from being very close to acting as the final boss of a Resident Evil game.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2017 23:03

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Lunethex posted:

Honestly my only wish is that the Skyranger would land, Bradford's mouth would open, and XCOM soldiers would emerge from his unholy maw.

Dressed in those drat sweaters.

I can only imagine what powered armor sweaters look like.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2017 00:25

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

Well, clearly we captured the top secret ADVENT project simply known as "Crazy Legs". That's the only explanation I can come up with for what happened.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2017 06:21

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

monster on a stick posted:

Why has Firaxis been so secretive about the voice actor for Julian, he should have been in the credits unless the VA did it anonymously intentionally.

More than likely, Julian is voiced by an union voice actor taking a non-union job, so sometimes they either get credited with a pseudonym or don't get credited at all on official statements.

The rules, as it seems to be laid out, are that as long as you don't use whatever name you signed up with at the union, you can take a voice acting gig and still get paid like everyone else. Otherwise, you're limited to union roles and only union roles. An example from another game would be the character of Virion in Fire Emblem: Awakening. His English voice actor is the only one in the cast not credited, so whoever voiced Virion was likely a union voice actor taking a role off the books so as not to get into trouble with his union. Now, the recently released mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes does give Virion an actor credit, Taylor Henry. But, right now it is unclear if that is the same voice actor from Awakening or if it is someone new doing their best to recreate the original voice actor's performance.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2017 22:12

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

This run just does not want you to benefit from people with a boosted hacking stat. Jesus Christ, Jade.

Also, clearly Bradford was too busy being drunk or something and left a pre-recorded message to cover for his rear end. The problem is that he left control of the message in Julian's hands, and we all know how Julian rolls.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2017 07:10

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# ¿ May 12, 2024 12:41

AradoBalanga: Jan 3, 2013

EponymousMrYar posted:

Does Emphenada's gun have a stock and a magazine? That's pretty much the only thing I think anyone hasn't covered, that by getting 'killed' and getting back up, he somehow picked up a copy of his mods from his gun.

Empanada only had a repeater, as he executed an Archon back in Operation Unfortunate Granola.

So either the game spawned extra loot for Jade out of thin air, or Talow picked up the magazine and stock with the dropped loot but the game didn't acknowledge he did until the post-mission rundown.

# ¿ Feb 16, 2017 02:30

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