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  • Professor PhobosProfessor Phobos Registered User regular
    You've got them mind controlled! You can tell them to deactivate the self destruct.

  • f3rretf3rret Registered User regular
    Shen wrote: »
    f3rret wrote: »
    So I shot down a Medium UFO and sent out my A-Team to kill anything moving there. While enroute, I get an abduction alert, and my only option is to Ignore it. Once I'm done with the UFO, will I be able to respond to the abductions too? Or do I automatically fail all 3 of them because I happened to be in the air?

    You usually have a window of a day or so before the missions are no longer available, so long as the UFO you shot down isn't halfway across the world you should be able to make it back in time.

    fly faster

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  • Atlas in ChainsAtlas in Chains Registered User regular
    Is there a simple way to edit a soldier? I'm playing on classic ironman and I simply cannot let this extra hitpoint stand. I got an Lt. Support as a mission reward and he's ruining my enjoyment just by having extra hitpoints.

  • DuriniaDurinia Evolved from Space Potatoes Registered User regular
    You guys, Classic is a little harder than Normal.
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    On the bright side, I somehow managed to get "As a Scalpel" with a bunch of rookies and squaddies - something I never managed on Normal.
    (it seems 14/18 civvies is enough)

    For business reasons, I must preserve the outward sign of sanity.
    --Mark Twain
  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    Tube wrote: »
    Also my idea for an elite version of the thin man is this: they're infiltrators, so an advanced version is an infiltrator that is indistinguishable from a human being. They look exactly the same until they pull a pistol and shoot you. Now put this enemy into a terror mission.

    Do you see.

    Do you.

    I wonder if all the thin men left after the game's events in various cities decided to just get jobs or whatever. I bet they'd make good politicians

  • DuriniaDurinia Evolved from Space Potatoes Registered User regular
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    Welp, I get the thread title now.

    Terror mission going great. Chrysalid fucks up its automove and my team brings it down to 1 health via a combination of overwatch and flanking shots. I think to myself "Hey, I still haven't captured one of these alive yet, and my arc-thrower carrier still hasn't acted this turn..."

    Yeah.

    I know - I'm that good of a salesman.

    For business reasons, I must preserve the outward sign of sanity.
    --Mark Twain
  • LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    Durinia wrote: »
    You guys, Classic is a little harder than Normal.

    On the bright side, I somehow managed to get "As a Scalpel" with a bunch of rookies and squaddies - something I never managed on Normal.
    (it seems 14/18 civvies is enough)

    Operation Hot Palace turned out to not be a fantastic sexual romp through downtown Tokyo?

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  • SokpuppetSokpuppet You only yoyo once Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    Tube wrote: »
    Also my idea for an elite version of the thin man is this: they're infiltrators, so an advanced version is an infiltrator that is indistinguishable from a human being. They look exactly the same until they pull a pistol and shoot you. Now put this enemy into a terror mission.

    Do you see.

    Do you.

    I wonder if all the thin men left after the game's events in various cities decided to just get jobs or whatever. I bet they'd make good politicians

    "My fellow Americans. As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball. But tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!"

  • durandal4532durandal4532 Registered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    Tube wrote: »
    Also my idea for an elite version of the thin man is this: they're infiltrators, so an advanced version is an infiltrator that is indistinguishable from a human being. They look exactly the same until they pull a pistol and shoot you. Now put this enemy into a terror mission.

    Do you see.

    Do you.

    I wonder if all the thin men left after the game's events in various cities decided to just get jobs or whatever. I bet they'd make good politicians

    What I really want is, prior to finding your first Thin Man, there's a couple in the base just hanging out. Infiltrating!

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    Tube wrote: »
    Tube wrote: »
    Also my idea for an elite version of the thin man is this: they're infiltrators, so an advanced version is an infiltrator that is indistinguishable from a human being. They look exactly the same until they pull a pistol and shoot you. Now put this enemy into a terror mission.

    Do you see.

    Do you.

    I wonder if all the thin men left after the game's events in various cities decided to just get jobs or whatever. I bet they'd make good politicians

    What I really want is, prior to finding your first Thin Man, there's a couple in the base just hanging out. Infiltrating!
    Thin men do not infiltrate.

  • HandfalconHandfalcon Registered User regular
    Durinia wrote: »
    You guys, Classic is a little harder than Normal.
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    On the bright side, I somehow managed to get "As a Scalpel" with a bunch of rookies and squaddies - something I never managed on Normal.
    (it seems 14/18 civvies is enough)

    Hey at least I got a 2 to 1 kill ratio before biting it. Go me!

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  • Iron WeaselIron Weasel Dillon! You son of a bitch!Registered User regular
    jefe414 wrote: »
    Donnicton wrote: »
    If you have PSI troopers, and you mind control a target and the aliens kill it before mind control wears off, you keep that target's equipment intact by the end of the battle.

    I'd guess it's a bug - game treats it as a friendly death so items = recovered. But if it is or isn't, it's a hell of a lot more effective and safe method of recovering some free equipment compared to the Arc thrower.

    As long as whatever you're trying to mind control isn't also a PSI user.

    It probably is a bug. however, I think it's balanced by the fact that a mind controlled alien, when killed, can cause panic in your own troops (loss of ally).
    Yep. That Assault I mentioned, the one who flubbed the stun? A little later she flipped her shit when an MC'd muton was shot dead by its friends (she ended up panic-firing and killing another enemy, but still).

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  • Bob the InsaneBob the Insane Registered User regular
    jefe414 wrote: »
    Donnicton wrote: »
    If you have PSI troopers, and you mind control a target and the aliens kill it before mind control wears off, you keep that target's equipment intact by the end of the battle.

    I'd guess it's a bug - game treats it as a friendly death so items = recovered. But if it is or isn't, it's a hell of a lot more effective and safe method of recovering some free equipment compared to the Arc thrower.

    As long as whatever you're trying to mind control isn't also a PSI user.

    It probably is a bug. however, I think it's balanced by the fact that a mind controlled alien, when killed, can cause panic in your own troops (loss of ally).
    Yep. That Assault I mentioned, the one who flubbed the stun? A little later she flipped her shit when an MC'd muton was shot dead by its friends (she ended up panic-firing and killing another enemy, but still).

    LOL...

    On getting the Muton's rifle, I don't think it is a bug really because you get all the left over equipment after a win, it is just that the Muton's stuff does not self destruct when he is killed by his mates...

  • jdarksunjdarksun Struggler VARegistered User regular
    Durinia wrote: »
    You guys, Classic is a little harder than Normal.
    ?.jpg

    On the bright side, I somehow managed to get "As a Scalpel" with a bunch of rookies and squaddies - something I never managed on Normal.
    (it seems 14/18 civvies is enough)
    Yay! I'm in someone's game!
    ...dead. :cry:

  • gjaustingjaustin Registered User regular
    I think I'm home free in my Classic Ironman game.

    I have everything of importance researched except Ghost and Psi Armor, I've captured a Sectoid Commander, built 2 Firestorms, and completed the Base Assault which reduced panic to 1 worldwide.

    As long as I can avoid losing more than 3 Terror Missions, I think I just have to keep my high ranked soldiers alive and I'll have enough for the final mission.

  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    Killed in a mission called Enudring Future? That's so sad.

  • DuriniaDurinia Evolved from Space Potatoes Registered User regular
    Corpekata wrote: »
    Killed in a mission called Enudring Future? That's so sad.
    Best part - you only died because your squadmate decided to panic and shoot the VIP in the back. Posted about it back a few pages:
    I managed to snag a small UFO flying over my one satellited country which got me some early resources. Workshop is done as is power generator - started the next uplink shortly after the beginning of month 2. Only lost 1-2 soldiers in the first couple of missions, then a core team emerged, led by assault @Corpekata - the only soldier to earn a nickname to this point.

    Then the first VIP mission happened. The scientist escort mission.

    I move through the buildings towards the extraction zone. All the aliens (Sectoids and Thin Men) spawn outside, so moving through the buildings is working well. There are some wounds, but no casualties.

    I get set up for a final sprint to the LZ. The VIP is hunkered next to @Corpekata , who's got lightning reflexes. The next turn, I'll run him out first to eat up an overwatching Thin Man, and then the VIP will be clear to sprint to the goal.

    On the alien turn, a Thin Man kills my support guy essentially through a wall (in full cover). My heavy panics and...shoots the VIP in the back. Only one soldier made it out alive. He promptly regrets it because the next mission is a squad wipe and my barracks now consists of 7 rookies.

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    That's XCOM, baby!

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
  • jdarksunjdarksun Struggler VARegistered User regular
    Also, @jdarksun, put me on the list. :P
    @Captain Carrot You can sign up here, or let me know your preferred nationality and gender and I can enter it manually. Will regen the files tonight (which can be found in my sig).

  • Ragnar DragonfyreRagnar Dragonfyre Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    I'm working through my first (Normal Ironman) run. Sheesh, I'm glad I didn't jump directly into Classic. I've lost a few good soldiers fairly early on (3 months in) so I can only imagine how difficult Classic must be. I kind of wish we could get a new Fallout in this style.

    I'm also constantly scraping by for money and alloys. I very rarely use explosives so I'm kind of perplexed how I managed to use up all my alloys so fast. I really need to upgrade my ships but I don't have the resources. I just had my first encounter with a gironomous UFO that forced me to abort for the first time. Gah!

    I imagine my money situation will get better again by the end of the next month after I launch a couple more satellites but frig, I know I'd be getting my ass handed to me if this were Classic. After I beat it on Normal, win or lose, I'm going Classic Ironman with a roguelike mentality going in.

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    Lanrutcon wrote: »
    Durinia wrote: »
    You guys, Classic is a little harder than Normal.

    On the bright side, I somehow managed to get "As a Scalpel" with a bunch of rookies and squaddies - something I never managed on Normal.
    (it seems 14/18 civvies is enough)

    Operation Hot Palace turned out to not be a fantastic sexual romp through downtown Tokyo?

    It was for the 'lids apparently.

    Big Dookie wrote: »
    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • Captain CarrotCaptain Carrot Alexandria, VARegistered User regular
    Kamiro wrote: »
    The tutorial has some benefits. First, you get a squaddie right off the bat.
    Yeah, but the other three rookies die, and it's not hard to arrange a better outcome than that.

  • Chases Street DemonsChases Street Demons Registered User regular
    Supports with sprinter and ghost armor move all the squares.

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  • DisrupterDisrupter Registered User regular
    Wait turotial gets you a free sat? Awww snap, thats pretty huge early on. Sats cost 100 before any engineers.

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  • KayKay What we need... Is a little bit of PANIC.Registered User regular
    I don't think you get a free satellite, I think the tutorial just draws your attention to the one you had.

    I could have sworn I've had one every time I've skipped the tutorial.

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  • Chases Street DemonsChases Street Demons Registered User regular
    So, um an ethereal
    reflected my attack from a sniper rifle
    since when is that a thing?

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  • gjaustingjaustin Registered User regular
    Kay wrote: »
    I don't think you get a free satellite, I think the tutorial just draws your attention to the one you had.

    I could have sworn I've had one every time I've skipped the tutorial.

    Not on Classic.

    But the Satellite is from a Council mission, so you get that instead of a different reward (such as Engineers).

  • ShenShen Registered User regular
    Is anyone making any progress at all with Impossible Ironman? If so, what's your secret (besides limitless patience)?

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  • RetabaRetaba A Cultist Registered User regular
    So, um an ethereal
    reflected my attack from a sniper rifle
    since when is that a thing?

    It happens, they get to do that now. Thankfully
    it only returns 2 damage and not the full thing!

  • DajianDajian Registered User regular
    Finished Classic Ironman last night. You guys (@ahimahi @gandalf_the_crazed, @drcongo, @blindpyschic, @alt_raven, @finnith) were boss.
    Thank you DRCONGO for your sacrifice.

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  • DarisDaris Registered User regular
    Durinia wrote: »
    You guys, Classic is a little harder than Normal.
    ?.jpg

    On the bright side, I somehow managed to get "As a Scalpel" with a bunch of rookies and squaddies - something I never managed on Normal.
    (it seems 14/18 civvies is enough)

    Yeah, I gave up on classic ironman after a while, but now normal ironman is too damned easy. Maybe classic without the ironman? I dunno... friggen bad great game...

  • DajianDajian Registered User regular
    So, um an ethereal
    reflected my attack from a sniper rifle
    since when is that a thing?
    Yeah that is a thing. I had one reflect two reaction shots in a row from my heavy. I guess it counts it as a hit with zero damage otherwise he wouldn't have gotten a second shot.

  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    Does anyone know if it's safe to dismantle your officer training school once you've bought all the upgrades? I'd try it myself, but I'm on classic ironman and I'm afraid of losing the upgrades until I rebuild it, or worse, having to buy them again.

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  • tralevtralev Registered User regular
    Lork wrote: »
    Does anyone know if it's safe to dismantle your officer training school once you've bought all the upgrades? I'd try it myself, but I'm on classic ironman and I'm afraid of losing the upgrades until I rebuild it, or worse, having to buy them again.

    You lose upgrades. I tried it so I could move where it was located, and my squad size went down to 4.

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  • InkSplatInkSplat 100%ed Bad Rats. Registered User regular
    Lork wrote: »
    Does anyone know if it's safe to dismantle your officer training school once you've bought all the upgrades? I'd try it myself, but I'm on classic ironman and I'm afraid of losing the upgrades until I rebuild it, or worse, having to buy them again.

    If you trash the building, you lose the upgrades.

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  • DajianDajian Registered User regular
    InkSplat wrote: »
    Lork wrote: »
    Does anyone know if it's safe to dismantle your officer training school once you've bought all the upgrades? I'd try it myself, but I'm on classic ironman and I'm afraid of losing the upgrades until I rebuild it, or worse, having to buy them again.

    If you trash the building, you lose the upgrades.

    You get them back once it is rebuilt though. You do not have to redo the research.

  • LorkLork Registered User regular
    Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. Glad I didn't have to find it out the hard way.

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  • Grey PaladinGrey Paladin Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    Turning 180 degrees to shoot your ally in the head due to a distant friend being shot in the head is not a reasonable response, game. I don't mind my squad getting wiped due to RNG. I can live with funky line of sight rules. This, though, just makes me dislike the game immensely. It breaks suspension of disbelief to the point where if I didn't play the previous game I would not even know what the abstraction is supposed to represent.

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  • AlazullAlazull Your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.Registered User regular
    I'm down with the fact I make it past squaddie in most peoples games. Hopefully all my deaths are suitably horrific.

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  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    edited October 2012
    Wait, where's that list with PA people's names? And how do you install it in the game?

    EDIT: Checked OP, nvm.

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