Do not go gentle into that good night (XCOM 2 LP)

BahamutZERO

I will also go Zappy Drone, name it Rook

Brovid Hasselsmof

Well, I just learned a hilarious lesson in the latest mission

Straightzi

XCOM 2 has so many hilarious lessons to teach you and I can't wait to learn which one you just hit.

Baidol

Place your bets now on who, if anyone, made it out.

Straightzi

Putting my bet on the hilarious lesson being (don't read smof, this might be spoilers)

Don't melee mutons

RIP Laos

Brovid Hasselsmof

Operation Star Blade
Small town in ADVENT Patrol Zone 17, outskirts of Ottawa
Cpl. LaOs, Cpl. Webguy20, Sq. Dee Kae, Sq. DarthWaiter

Mission brief: Locate and neutralise ADVENT Field Commander




Cpl. LaOs: All right, top priority is locate the ADVENT commander and take them out ASAP.

Cpl. webguy20: Got it.

Cpl. LaOs: Central said there's Lost in the area though, so be careful.

Sq. DarthWaiter: Copy that.

Cpl. LaOs: But move fast, we gotta find that commander.

Sq. Dee Kae: Right...

Cpl. LaOs: But take it easy. Remember: zombies.

Cpl. webguy20: Uh... go fast, but go slow?

Cpl. LaOs: Exactly.



Sq. DarthWaiter: Got visual of a sectoid and what looks like a big ol' robot.






Cpl. webguy20: Dee Kae, with me. Move up through the church, see if we can flank 'em.



Sq. Dee Kae: Got zombies on the far side of the church.



Sq. DarthWaiter: More to the west. Looks like we're busted!









Cpl. webguy20 {mag rifle fire}



Cpl. webguy20: Ah, more contact over here. Looks like two troopers.



Cpl. webguy20: Suddenly I don't like this window so much.



Cpl. LaOs: I'm not really interested in seeing what that mech can do.

Sq. DarthWaiter: I hear you.

Sq. DarthWaiter {sniper rifle fire}



Cpl. LaOs {shotgun blast}






Cpl. LaOs: Okay, that's one problem solved. Only, what, 10 more to go?



Central: We're picking up an inbound ADVENT transport, the aliens are going to try and extract the General from the AO. Don't let them get on board that ship.

Cpl. webguy20: Okay, sure Bradford. Not like we have anything else going on.






Sq. Dee Kae {cannon fire}






Sq. DarthWaiter: Uhh.... must... kill... huma- no.!.. aaaagh! They're getting into my head!!






Sq. DarthWaiter {mag pistol fire}



Sq. Dee Kae: Heads up, one of these troopers is doing some freaky brain stuff, too!






ADVENT trooper {mag rifle fire}



*distant shrieking*

Cpl. LaOs: Sounds like we've got more zombies incoming.



Cpl. LaOs {shotgun blast}



Cpl. LaOs {shotgun blast}



Cpl. webguy20 {mag rifle fire}



Cpl. webguy20 {mag rifle fire}



Sq. Dee Kae: Heading up top.






Sq. Dee Kae {cannon fire}



Sq. Dee Kae: Psionic trooper is down.

Cpl. LaOs: Good job, that took out the sectoid as well.

Sq. Dee Kae: Woo, a too-fa!

Cpl. LaOs {shotgun blast}



Sq. DarthWaiter {mag pistol fire}









Sq. DarthWaiter {mag pistol fire}



Sq. DarthWaiter: Second trooper's dealt with.

Cpl. LaOs: Just in time.

Brovid Hasselsmof

Cpl. LaOs {shotgun blast}



Cpl. webguy20 {mag rifle fire}



Sq. DarthWaiter: Jesus, webguy, you nearly took my face off. I'm getting out of your way.

Cpl. webguy20: Mind your language, this is a church for God's sake.



Sq. DarthWaiter {mag pistol fire}



Sq. DarthWaiter {mag pistol fire}



Sq. Dee Kae {cannon fire}



Cpl. LaOs {shotgun blast}



Cpl. LaOs {shotgun blast}



Cpl. LaOs: Shit, I gotta reload.

Cpl. webguy: Got you covered.



Cpl. webguy20 {mag rifle fire}



Cpl. LaOs: Agh! I'm bit! I thought you had me covered?

Cpl. webguy20: I did! I had you partially covered!



Sq. DarthWaiter {mag pistol fire}



Sq. DarthWaiter {mag pistol fire}



Sq. DarthWaiter {sniper rifle fire}



Cpl. LaOs {shotgun blast}



Cpl. webguy20 {mag rifle fire}






Cpl. LaOs: Are you kidding me?

Cpl. webguy20: There was dust in my eyes.

Sq. DarthWaiter: Let me just take care of that for you.



Sq. DarthWaiter {mag pistol fire}



Sq. Dee Kae: Would love to stay and chat, friend, but I'm out of ammo, so see-ya.






Cpl. LaOs {shotgun blast}



Cpl. LaOs: Damn, negative contact.

Sq. DarthWaiter {mag pistol fire}



Sq. DarthWaiter: You guys are lucky I'm here.



Sq. DarthWaiter {mag pistol fire}



Cpl. LaOs: All right, head towards that extraction zone, we still need to find the ADVENT commander.

Sq. Dee Kae: Oh yeah, I forgot that's what we were doing.



Cpl. webguy20: More incoming, surprise surprise.



Sq. DarthWaiter {mag pistol fire}



Cpl. webguy20 {mag rifle fire}



Cpl. LaOs: Heads up, priority target in sight!

honovere

Cpl. webguy20 has proven they can hit the broadside of a barnchurch.

Actually quite impressive damage done there

Brovid Hasselsmof

Sq. Dee Kae {cannon fire}






Sq. Dee Kae: That's a hit, but he's still up.






Cpl. LaOs {shotgun blast}



Cpl. LaOs: Same again. Tough bastard.



{concussive grenade explosion}



Sq. Dee Kae: Ah, fuck. That sucked. I'm moving before he does that again.

Cpl. webguy20: Yes, climbing onto a roof is a great idea when you're temporarily blinded.






Sq. DarthWaiter {mag pistol fire}



Cpl. webguy20 {mag rifle fire}



Sq. DarthWaiter: I got flashbanged. What's your excuse?

Cpl. webguy20: Dust in my eyes. It's very dusty around here.

Sq. DarthWaiter: You know you have goggles on your head?



ADVENT General {mag rifle fire}



Sq. Dee Kae: Got some more hostiles on approach.



Sq. DarthWaiter {sniper rifle fire}



Sq. DarthWaiter: Priority target is neutralised.

Cpl. LaOs: All right, let's clear up.






Cpl. webguy20: Oh hell no, you know how much effort we put into killing that guy?



Cpl. LaOs {shotgun blast}






Sq. Dee Kae {cannon fire}



Sq. DarthWaiter: I think we have a new winner for Worst Shot of The Mission.

Cpl. webguy20: LaOs, if I take out that sectoid you think you can deal with the purifier before he toasts me?

Cpl. LaOs: Sure thing. I got you covered. At least partially.



Cpl. webguy20 {mag rifle fire}



Cpl. webguy20: Sectoid is down.

Cpl. LaOs: Copy that. Time to finish this.









{EXPLOSION}



Cpl. webguy20: *cough* The fuck?? LaOs? Where'd he go?

Sq. Dee Kae: Uh, he's over here.

Sq. DarthWaiter: Oh, ew. He's over here as well.

Brovid Hasselsmof

Operation Star Blade mission debrief

Most damage: Sq. DarthWaiter
Most attacks: Sq. DarthWaiter
Most under fire: Cpl. LaOs
Moved furthest: Sq. Dee Kae

Kill Count

Sq. DarthWaiter 12
Cpl. LaOs 9
Cpl. Webguy20 6
Sq. Dee Kae 2

Promotions

Cpl. webguy20 promoted to Sergeant. Can be trained in Revival Protocol (use your drone to remove negative mental effects from an ally) or Haywire Protocol (use your drone to attempt hacking of robotic and mechanical enemies) @webguy20

Sq. DarthWaiter promoted to Corporal. Can be trained in Long Watch (overwatch triggered on Squadsight) or Return Fire (when targeted by an enemy fire back with your pistol, once per turn) @Darth Waiter

Sq. Dee Kae promoted to Corporal. Can be trained in Blast Padding (+1 armour, and 66% less damage from explosions) or Shredder (cannon attacks shred enemy armour) @Dee Kae

Casualty List

Sgt. webguy20 admitted to the medbay for 26 days.

Cpl. LaOs killed in action. Sorry LaOs!

Primary Kill Board

Cpl. LaOs (KIA) 7
Sgt. SanderJK 6 *
Cpl. ASimPerson 5
Sgt. webguy20 4
Cpl. Baidol 4
Sgt. Tofystedeth 3
Cpl. Dee Kae 3
Cpl. Darth Waiter 3
Sgt. Jasconius 2
Cpl. MrGrimoire 2
Cpl. JayKaos 2
Cpl. BahamutZERO 2 *


(Added * indicates occasions that soldier has vanquished a Chosen)

Lost Kill Board

Sgt. Tofystedeth 32
Sgt. Jasconius 13
Sgt. SanderJK 10
Cpl. DarthWaiter 10
Cpl. Baidol 9
Cpl. LaOs (KIA) 7
Cpl. MrGrimoire 7
Sgt. webguy20 5
Cpl. BahamutZERO 5
Cpl. JayKaos 1



Never forget

Jasconius

rip in peace

LaOs

lol

I had forgotten you had said something about learning a lesson with this mission. Then I saw what you were doing with my turn at the end and literally said "oh no..." at my desk just now. Haha. Oh well. Was fun while it lasted.

Brovid Hasselsmof

I was so tempted to reload. But I must live with my mistakes. Unlike LaOs. He's dead.

cB557

I started laughing as soon as I saw the slash target. That's not even guaranteed to happen every time you kill them, so you got pretty unlucky to learn that they do that in this specific way.

webguy20

RIP LaOs.

I'll take revival protocol to keep the healing train going.

Jedoc

Point of order: LaOs got 8 kills, if we're counting "himself."

miscellaneousinsanity

well, you can't say laos didn't not go gentle into that good night

MrGrimoire

Oh my god, that is glorious.

You're killing it with this thread, Smof!

Brovid Hasselsmof

I even saw one explode on that supply retrieval mission, but I guess I thought it would only happen if you shot them. Why would you slash their fuel tank??

MrGrimoire wrote: »

Oh my god, that is glorious.

You're killing it with this thread, Smof!

Aw thanks. Glad you're enjoying it

Straightzi

Damn I guessed wrong. That is a fun surprise though - now just start using it to your advantage.

LaOs

And hey, now he'll get to spend all his time in the pub. Living the dream!

BahamutZERO

the goggles! they do nothing!

Hobnail

In a harrowing turn LaOs' goggles and eyeballs were recovered perfectly intact

Donovan Puppyfucker

"Moved furthest: Sq. Dee Kae"

How the fuck did LaOs not win that? By the end of the mission they'd gotten everywhere!

BahamutZERO

oh, wait, sorry, LaOs was the only member of that squad NOT wearing goggles. Lesson learned, the goggles do something.

Darth Waiter

Return Fire sounds pretty cool, but I have no idea how useful Long Watch is, so I leave the decision in your tiny, capable hands, Smof.

Straightzi

Long Watch is generally considered to be the better one, as it allows for some crazy fucking sniper shots

But I do adore Return Fire

Honestly the pistol sharpshooter might be my favorite of the XCOM 2 classes

Which I suppose makes sense, as I spent a lot of energy in setting up my dedicated pistol toting spies in the first XCOM, just for those sabotage missions

LaOs

BahamutZERO wrote: »

oh, wait, sorry, LaOs was the only member of that squad NOT wearing goggles. Lesson learned, the goggles do something.

I did have a sweet toque, but yes, no goggles.

cB557

Return fire

Is good for maximizing volume of fire for a sharpshooter with ammo than can inflict statuses.

Brovid Hasselsmof

So... Hypothetically speaking... What happens if you abort a mission?

SanderJK

To the best of my memory:

If you can get to the Evac point, you can leave without finishing the mission.
If your mission doesn't have an Evac point, I think you can call one in.
It probably will have some overworld reprocussions.

Aborting without evac ends in a total KIA I think.

Snicketysnick

If you abort a Retaliation/Terror mission you lose the territory and have to re-contact it again, including paying the intel, I think generally speaking you get some shit from whoever gave the mission and just lose the mission rewards.

There are some missions that you can't evac from but it will tell you beforehand I think.

Brovid Hasselsmof

Intermission Base Report


Everyone gathers in the bar for drinks in LaOs's honour. The trauma of witnessing their friend explode into giblets has proven a bonding experience for Sgt. webguy20 and Cpl. DarthWaiter and they get drunk together and cement a (hopefully) long-lasting friendship.

Next day a hungover Tygan reports the science team have finished researching Hybrid Materials, and they get started on figuring out Gauss Weapons



We make contact with the Western USA, and immediately get facetimed by this arsehole, soon to be one of my least favourite people



who immediately leads a retaliation strike against the resistance cell in the Western USA. Squad One shake off their hangovers and head out on what promises to be another educational experience...

shoeboxjeddy

Never let the Chosen slide into your DMs. Does not end well.

Jedoc

I really hate the Warlock. His habit of hanging back and spawning minions really screws with my general approach of cautiously approaching the objective until the timer nearly runs out.

I hate dashing soldiers, and his bullshit makes it pretty much a requirement.

cB557

You're right to be afraid of THE ELDER'S GREATEST CHAMPION.

Pinfeldorf

It is kind of crazy to me that you've got Predator and Mag unlocked but are still on a 4-person squad.

Brovid Hasselsmof

The GTS is under construction as we speak.

What's Predator and Mag? Sounds like a futuristic buddy cop TV show.

Hobnail

I always prioritise offensive capability over everything else, B E agressive

MrGrimoire

A dead alien can't shoot at you, after all, so a strong offense is the best defense.