Just beat the game on normal. Oh man
I'm guessing things go a lot different if your special guy doesn't get to the end?
Also, alloy cannon and plasma sniper are so broken
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ArtreusI'm a wizardAnd that looks fucked upRegistered Userregular
Hey, I worked my ass off and had my snipers miss a whole fucking lot of easy shots in order to get to that plasma sniper rifle.
Probably would have been easier to go for laser first
Just beat the game on normal. Oh man
I'm guessing things go a lot different if your special guy doesn't get to the end?
Also, alloy cannon and plasma sniper are so broken
plasma sniper with double tap, damn good ground and archangel armor is super comical
On the final mission
I had a double tap sniper and a ITZ sniper. I hit the main dude and two muton elites with a shredder rocket, then killed the mutons with my ITZ sniper then critted the main dude, then finished him off with my double tap sniper, all in my opening turn.
Fuck this game. A sectopod just got 3 reaction shots against my star Assault in one move. After it took a reaction shot against someone else earlier. After I used Disabling shot on it.
Now I'm reading that using disabling shot on things that are overwatching gives them unlimited reaction shots? Or something. Jesus, what a bug.
hahaha wow
when did that start happening? disabling shot is a godsend against sectopods, now i'm gonna be wary about using it
Not sure, that guy was probably talking out of his ass. What I do know is that it does not disable reaction shots, which would have been nice to know.
Just had my first rage experience with this game on classic.
My entire team missed several 70+ percent shots on a floater that had them flanked, while a Chryssalid ran around converting its own personal army of zombies.
2 turns in a row.
Squad wiped again, and now I have 1 sergeant coming off of medical leave after being out for 2 weeks, and a shallow bench of rookies, and I haven't even started building the key yet.
I get it now. I get XCOM. And now I'm putting it down for a little bit.
I don't care if you're the best heavy X-Com has seen, you can't go around blowing up @HellaJeff with your rockets! He was a support, we need those guys!
Poor old @101 copped a critical hit at extreme range and bled out because I haven't unlocked med kits yet
Last mission report:
whelp. At least I took one of the bastards with me
Yeah dude, it was really unlucky. It was a damn shame, too. The killboard doesn't reflect how many shots on target you got. I'm pretty sure you never missed a shot
In other news, I had a chance to play my first multiplayer games with @Hitsuraptor and it was great fun. It was orders of magnitude more tense than a single player battle. Key learnings were that plasma sniper and mind control dominate as you expect they would but I have to say that rocket launchers are seriously bloody great. When you don't care about weapons fragments an you're just blowing shit up, life is generally much easier
Yeah dude, it was really unlucky. It was a damn shame, too. The killboard doesn't reflect how many shots on target you got. I'm pretty sure you never missed a shot
In other news, I had a chance to play my first multiplayer games with @Hitsuraptor and it was great fun. It was orders of magnitude more tense than a single player battle. Key learnings were that plasma sniper and mind control dominate as you expect they would but I have to say that rocket launchers are seriously bloody great. When you don't care about weapons fragments an you're just blowing shit up, life is generally much easier
Oh maaaan.
Multi is the best.
I had a great game last night, me with 2 Sectoid Commanders, 3 Sectoids, and a Medic with Light Plas/Skeleton Armor.
He had a Sectoid Commander, a Plasma Sniper, and some Sectoids.
It got a little tense when he mind controlled one of my own Commanders, but luckily I had already tossed my Grenade, and when his MCed Sniper shot the Commander that was mind controlling my Commander, it all worked out pretty well.
This sort of thing is why I love lightning reflexes
I'd forget all the time that one of the enemies was in overwatch and just run around with my assaults
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Third Audio Log
Munkus: Alright Walker, let's get some eyes down there.
Bogey: They only gave me two of these, sir.
Munkus: And I don't want to walk into an ambush with those...things.
Bogey: Fine. Throwing scanner...
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
Munkus: I don't like the sound of that...
Bogey: I count two, no, four creepers down there!
*PLASMA RIFLE DISCHARGE*
*PLASMA RIFLE DISCHARGE*
Ceres: I only see three.
Munkus: Jesus, Ceres.
Ceres: He was coming right for me, sir.
Bogey: We have movement!
*PISTOL DISCHARGE*
Rorus: They are falling back!
Knob: The crazy woman with the itchy trigger finger and a plasma rifle? No problem. The lazy sniper taking potshots with a pistol? Dire threat.
Bogey: I tend to have that effect on people.
Ceres: Might explain why you're single.
Bogey: No fair! Using what I said against me.
Munkus: Hammer, support Walker and overwatch. I need someone over here with me.
Knob: Right here, Colonel.
Rorus: Now what?
Munkus: We wai-
Bogey: Movement!
*SNIPER RIFLE DISCHARGE*
*PLASMA DISCHARGE*
Bogey & Hammer: Got him!
Bogey: Bullshit, soldier. I got him between the eyes.
Hammer: And I got him in the chest.
Bogey: Let's face it soldier, you haven't grazed anyone's chest in months.
Hammer: Permission to call Walker's mother to refute, commander.
Ribaldry Actual: Denied.
Hammer:...killjoy.
Munkus: Holy shit.
Knob: I know.
Munkus: These things...
Knob: Yeah.
Munkus: Ripped through a creeper in one round.
Knob: I tested it myself.
Munkus: Why don't you get one of these?
Knob: You stole mine.Sir.
Munkus: Oh.
Munkus: Privileges of rank.
Knob: Dick.
Ceres: Not seeing anything else sir.
Rorus: All clear here sir!
Munkus: Check that, do a final sweep, reload, then set-up positions in front of the next room.
Rorus: No problem.
Hammer: Try to hit something next time. Anything. I can't save your ass every time.
Knob: Shut up.
Ceres: Sometimes the rookie gets to save it.
Knob: Shut up.
Munkus: Sometimes they just take pity on him and move to someone else.
Knob: Fuck.
*INDISCRIMINATE SCREAMING*
*HEAVY PLASMA DISCHARGE*
Knob: You.
Munkus: Nice to see you can hit something two yards in front of you!
*PLASMA WEAPON DISCHARGE*
Rorus: Drone at three o'clock! Hit but still active!
Munkus: Eyes up, check for discs!
*PLASMA WEAPON DISCHARGE*
Hammer: Drone one down! No disc!
*PISTOL DISCHARGE*
Bogey: Drone two down! No disc!
Rorus: How the hell did you take that down with a pistol and I couldn't with my rifle?
Bogey: I don't have performance issues.
Rorus: : <
Munkus and Ceres: Movement!
HEAVY PLASMA DISCHARGE
*PLASMA RIFLE DISCHARGE*
Munkus: Nice shot.
Ceres: You two.
Hammer: Doing a rifle sweep, cover me.
*ROAR*
Hammer: Contact! Contact!
Ribaldry Actual: What is it? Where?
Bogey: Two B.U.G.G.S!
Ceres: He...ran into them, command.
Rorus: He bumped shoulders with the uglies.
Munkus: Take the one on the left! I got the one on the right!
Knob: Copy that.
Hammer: Oh shit.
?????:GrrRRRRRRawrrrrrrrAwRwrrr *HEAVY PLASMA DISCHARGE*
*HEAVY PLASMA DISCHARGE*
Knob: Count it!
Munkus: That's one for you, one for me.
*PHYSICAL CONTACT DETECTED*
Hammer: Ow!
Munkus: Don't run into BUGG PACKS. Jesus, they are eight feet tall, green, and purple. How in the blue blazing fuck of the world do you miss that?
Hammer: I was running, sir!
Ceres: Then stop!
Hammer: I felt compelled to finish!
Munkus: Just... just shut up, soldier.
Hammer: Roger that.
Bogey: I finished a full sweep, nothing but bodies.
Munkus: Roger that. Command, do you read us?
Ribaldry Actual: Loud and clear, Boom-boom. Sonic imaging shows that you're about to enter the final room. Take extra precaution, we're picking up readings that we don't know what to do with.
Munkus: Roger that. Check your weapons, reload, then set up positions in front of the door and prepare for breach!
Transmission interrupted
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
I brought them both together on a missions because I figured I needed all the dicks I could muster (ironically, both are female soldiers)
1k ended up being a sniper, and dongs has yet to be promoted
soon, I hope, soon
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UnbrokenEvaHIGH ON THE WIREBUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered Userregular
@tef unlocked...medkits? They're the only thing that requires no research at all, you can build them from day 1.
Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
So...I know someone else has dibs, but when are we gonna see you do a proper LP of this game Munkus? I think you would be pretty good at it.
I would if I
A: had it on the PC and
B: could take screenshots and
C: had a PC that could actually run the thing without sobbing in the bathroom with a tub of cookies n' creme
I have it on the X-Box and I doubt ya'll would want to see an LP that was pure text.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
This sort of thing is why I love lightning reflexes
I'd forget all the time that one of the enemies was in overwatch and just run around with my assaults
It was with my assault. Lightning reflexes only autododges the first reaction shot. The 2nd and 3rd turned him into paste.
Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
edited November 2012
Oh, mission names? No clue.
Munkus Beaver on
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Munkus BeaverYou don't have to attend every argument you are invited to.Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPAregular
Oh shit.
I lost my journal for the last bit of the base assault mission.
Frowny face.
Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
This sort of thing is why I love lightning reflexes
I'd forget all the time that one of the enemies was in overwatch and just run around with my assaults
It was with my assault. Lightning reflexes only autododges the first reaction shot. The 2nd and 3rd turned him into paste.
So they get 3 shots in one go? I guess I never ran into that
yea, I can see how things would go wrong in that situation
This sort of thing is why I love lightning reflexes
I'd forget all the time that one of the enemies was in overwatch and just run around with my assaults
It was with my assault. Lightning reflexes only autododges the first reaction shot. The 2nd and 3rd turned him into paste.
So they get 3 shots in one go? I guess I never ran into that
yea, I can see how things would go wrong in that situation
so this is much more my speed. still finding myself getting through situations through luck and the skin of my teeth sometimes, but it is much more manageable
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I'm guessing things go a lot different if your special guy doesn't get to the end?
Also, alloy cannon and plasma sniper are so broken
Probably would have been easier to go for laser first
if he dies you fail the mission
plasma sniper with double tap, damn good ground and archangel armor is super comical
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On the final mission
Not sure, that guy was probably talking out of his ass. What I do know is that it does not disable reaction shots, which would have been nice to know.
I cannot deal with 3 reaction shots.
My entire team missed several 70+ percent shots on a floater that had them flanked, while a Chryssalid ran around converting its own personal army of zombies.
2 turns in a row.
Squad wiped again, and now I have 1 sergeant coming off of medical leave after being out for 2 weeks, and a shallow bench of rookies, and I haven't even started building the key yet.
I get it now. I get XCOM. And now I'm putting it down for a little bit.
whelp. At least I took one of the bastards with me
In other news, I had a chance to play my first multiplayer games with @Hitsuraptor and it was great fun. It was orders of magnitude more tense than a single player battle. Key learnings were that plasma sniper and mind control dominate as you expect they would but I have to say that rocket launchers are seriously bloody great. When you don't care about weapons fragments an you're just blowing shit up, life is generally much easier
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
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Oh maaaan.
Multi is the best.
I had a great game last night, me with 2 Sectoid Commanders, 3 Sectoids, and a Medic with Light Plas/Skeleton Armor.
He had a Sectoid Commander, a Plasma Sniper, and some Sectoids.
It got a little tense when he mind controlled one of my own Commanders, but luckily I had already tossed my Grenade, and when his MCed Sniper shot the Commander that was mind controlling my Commander, it all worked out pretty well.
This sort of thing is why I love lightning reflexes
I'd forget all the time that one of the enemies was in overwatch and just run around with my assaults
Munkus: Alright Walker, let's get some eyes down there.
Bogey: They only gave me two of these, sir.
Munkus: And I don't want to walk into an ambush with those...things.
Bogey: Fine. Throwing scanner...
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
Munkus: I don't like the sound of that...
Bogey: I count two, no, four creepers down there!
*PLASMA RIFLE DISCHARGE*
*PLASMA RIFLE DISCHARGE*
Ceres: I only see three.
Munkus: Jesus, Ceres.
Ceres: He was coming right for me, sir.
Bogey: We have movement!
*PISTOL DISCHARGE*
Rorus: They are falling back!
Knob: The crazy woman with the itchy trigger finger and a plasma rifle? No problem. The lazy sniper taking potshots with a pistol? Dire threat.
Bogey: I tend to have that effect on people.
Ceres: Might explain why you're single.
Bogey: No fair! Using what I said against me.
Munkus: Hammer, support Walker and overwatch. I need someone over here with me.
Knob: Right here, Colonel.
Rorus: Now what?
Munkus: We wai-
Bogey: Movement!
*SNIPER RIFLE DISCHARGE*
*PLASMA DISCHARGE*
Bogey & Hammer: Got him!
Bogey: Bullshit, soldier. I got him between the eyes.
Hammer: And I got him in the chest.
Bogey: Let's face it soldier, you haven't grazed anyone's chest in months.
Hammer: Permission to call Walker's mother to refute, commander.
Ribaldry Actual: Denied.
Hammer:...killjoy.
Knob: Movement!
*HEAVY PLASMA DISCHARGE*
*INDISCRIMINATE SCREAMING*
*HEAVY PLASMA DISCHARGE*
Munkus: Holy shit.
Knob: I know.
Munkus: These things...
Knob: Yeah.
Munkus: Ripped through a creeper in one round.
Knob: I tested it myself.
Munkus: Why don't you get one of these?
Knob: You stole mine. Sir.
Munkus: Oh.
Munkus: Privileges of rank.
Knob: Dick.
Ceres: Not seeing anything else sir.
Rorus: All clear here sir!
Munkus: Check that, do a final sweep, reload, then set-up positions in front of the next room.
*INDISCRIMINATE SCREAMING*
Rorus: Missed one!
Munkus: Shit!
Knob: Oh fuck.
*HEAVY PLASMA DISCHARGE*
Knob: Oh fuck.
Munkus: No contact, it's charging!
Knob: Fuuuuuuuuu
*PLASMA WEAPON DISCHARGE*
*PLASMA WEAPON DISCHARGE*
Knob: uuuuuu oh thanks.
Rorus: No problem.
Hammer: Try to hit something next time. Anything. I can't save your ass every time.
Knob: Shut up.
Ceres: Sometimes the rookie gets to save it.
Knob: Shut up.
Munkus: Sometimes they just take pity on him and move to someone else.
Knob: Fuck.
*INDISCRIMINATE SCREAMING*
*HEAVY PLASMA DISCHARGE*
Knob: You.
Munkus: Nice to see you can hit something two yards in front of you!
*PLASMA WEAPON DISCHARGE*
Rorus: Drone at three o'clock! Hit but still active!
Munkus: Eyes up, check for discs!
*PLASMA WEAPON DISCHARGE*
Hammer: Drone one down! No disc!
*PISTOL DISCHARGE*
Bogey: Drone two down! No disc!
Rorus: How the hell did you take that down with a pistol and I couldn't with my rifle?
Bogey: I don't have performance issues.
Rorus: : <
Munkus and Ceres: Movement!
HEAVY PLASMA DISCHARGE
*PLASMA RIFLE DISCHARGE*
Munkus: Nice shot.
Ceres: You two.
Hammer: Doing a rifle sweep, cover me.
*ROAR*
Hammer: Contact! Contact!
Ribaldry Actual: What is it? Where?
Bogey: Two B.U.G.G.S!
Ceres: He...ran into them, command.
Rorus: He bumped shoulders with the uglies.
Munkus: Take the one on the left! I got the one on the right!
Knob: Copy that.
Hammer: Oh shit.
?????:GrrRRRRRRawrrrrrrrAwRwrrr
*HEAVY PLASMA DISCHARGE*
*HEAVY PLASMA DISCHARGE*
Knob: Count it!
Munkus: That's one for you, one for me.
*PHYSICAL CONTACT DETECTED*
Hammer: Ow!
Munkus: Don't run into BUGG PACKS. Jesus, they are eight feet tall, green, and purple. How in the blue blazing fuck of the world do you miss that?
Hammer: I was running, sir!
Ceres: Then stop!
Hammer: I felt compelled to finish!
Munkus: Just... just shut up, soldier.
Hammer: Roger that.
Bogey: I finished a full sweep, nothing but bodies.
Munkus: Roger that. Command, do you read us?
Ribaldry Actual: Loud and clear, Boom-boom. Sonic imaging shows that you're about to enter the final room. Take extra precaution, we're picking up readings that we don't know what to do with.
Munkus: Roger that. Check your weapons, reload, then set up positions in front of the door and prepare for breach!
Transmission interrupted
I try to keep at least one with damn good ground, because it works fantastically in conjunction with a gunslinger
oh, my list of squaddies include @Dongs Galore and @One Thousand Dicks
I brought them both together on a missions because I figured I needed all the dicks I could muster (ironically, both are female soldiers)
1k ended up being a sniper, and dongs has yet to be promoted
soon, I hope, soon
Twitch (I stream most days of the week)
Twitter (mean leftist discourse)
Grenades are the life savers of the early game. I wouldn't use a med kit until you got guys that are worth saving.
I would if I
A: had it on the PC and
B: could take screenshots and
C: had a PC that could actually run the thing without sobbing in the bathroom with a tub of cookies n' creme
I have it on the X-Box and I doubt ya'll would want to see an LP that was pure text.
Dongs is totally support
Twitch (I stream most days of the week)
Twitter (mean leftist discourse)
also assault reaction shots have been placed in the section currently known as The Tops
It was with my assault. Lightning reflexes only autododges the first reaction shot. The 2nd and 3rd turned him into paste.
I know it's tucked away somewhere
You're looking for the "Localization" folder, I think there's just one file in there. Run a CTRL+F for "Serpent".
article about xcom's randomness
I lost my journal for the last bit of the base assault mission.
Frowny face.
So they get 3 shots in one go? I guess I never ran into that
yea, I can see how things would go wrong in that situation
i am back again
maybe it'll go better this time!
Yeah. It was a run 'n' gun dash.
Shot 1: Lightning reflexes, Ha! Fuck you sectopod!
Shot 2: 9 Damage
Shot 3: 10 Damage, death, rage.
Today I faced my first sectopod.
got the "As a Scalpel" achievement to boot
hurray for easy mode
bad sectopod bad
bad!
i ain't got nothin' to prove to you
why
so this is much more my speed. still finding myself getting through situations through luck and the skin of my teeth sometimes, but it is much more manageable