Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
edited September 2019
Intermission Base Report
Tygan makes a breakthrough that gives Sgt. Fencingsax a +1 damage bonus from his vektor rifle. He then completes an autopsy on the ADVENT shieldbearer.
Zxerol, David T, and Straightzi get back from their covert op with the first lead on where the Warlock lives. David T comes home wounded, but also gets a promotion to Sergeant, so there's a silver lining. Choose training in either Shadowstep (don't trigger Overwatch or Reaction Fire) or Shadowstrike (attacks from concealment get +25 Aim and +25 crit chance) @David_T
Sq. Straightzi then gets sent straight back out on another covert op, accompanied by Cpl. Misc.
The resistance then contact us with a tip-off about a scientist being held by ADVENT, so we're off to rescue them. Baidol gets to take some experimental Dragon Rounds provided by Shen.
Starting over from that disaster campaign, Im pretty sure I have never seen an overwatch shot connect from anyone anywhere literally ever in my life, Im gonna pretend that fuckin button isnt there
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Broke as fuck in the style of the times. Gratitude is all that can return on your generosity.
So i bought War of the Chosen yesterday thanks to this LP. For whatever reason I didn't grab it when it first came out ( weird cause I played a ton of base game) and then kinda forgot i didn't have it i guess.
It's real fun. I like the addition of resistance soldiers on retaliation missions, but it would be nice if they didn't immediately turn around and kill MCed guys before I have a turn to do anything about it.
Starting over from that disaster campaign, Im pretty sure I have never seen an overwatch shot connect from anyone anywhere literally ever in my life, Im gonna pretend that fuckin button isnt there
Overwatch is a complete waste of time at the start, rookies can't shoot for shit. Even now my guys hit maybe 1 in 5 overwatches on a good day.
Starting over from that disaster campaign, Im pretty sure I have never seen an overwatch shot connect from anyone anywhere literally ever in my life, Im gonna pretend that fuckin button isnt there
That's just really bad luck, I think the aim penalty for overwatch is just 20, same as if the enemy was in half cover.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Hey, I've only lost 1 Lieutenant, 1 Corporal, and 2 Squaddies, thank you very much.
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Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
Operation Spider Hawk
Tunnels under Vancouver
Lt. Tofystedeth, Lt. Baidol, Sgt. JayKaos, Sgt. Fencingsax, Sgt. Zxerol
Mission brief: Recover resistance operative
Sgt. JayKaos: Why do we have to spend so much time in sewers?
Sgt. Zxerol: Enemies up ahead.
Sgt. JayKaos {grenade launch}
{explosion}
Lt. Baidol: MEC moving around on the flank!
Sgt. Zxerol: Nil, get on it.
Nil: Beep.
Nil {zzzap!}
Lt. Tofystedeth: Zxerol, stay veeeery still.
Lt. Tofystedeth {gauss rifle fire}
Lt. Baidol {shardgun blast}
Lt. Baidol: Haha, holy shit! I like these bullets.
ADVENT commander {mag rifle fire}
Lt. Tofystedeth {mag pistol fire}
Sgt. Zxerol {mag rifle fire}
Lt. Tofystedeth {mag pistol fire}
Lt. Baidol: All clear.
Lt. Tofystedeth: Nah, we've got some sneaky sectoids over here.
Lt. Tofystedeth {mag pistol fire}
Sectoid {plasma blaster fire}
Lt. Baidol: Woah. Feeling a bit woozy over here. Zxerol, can I get a heal?
Sgt. Zxerol: Those who resist the Elders' might will be crushed without mercy!
Lt. Baidol: … I'll take that as a no.
Lt. Tofystedeth {gauss rifle fire}
Sgt. Fencingsax {temnotic rifle fire}
Sgt. JayKaos {grenade launch}
{explosion}
Sgt. Zxerol: What are we doing?
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StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
Loving my status as Covert Ops only
Terrified of that first ambush but what can you do
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David_TA fashion yes-man is no good to me.Copenhagen, DenmarkRegistered Userregular
Hmm. I think Shadowstrike sounds best, unless Overwatch or reaction fire has been an issue.
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BaidolI will hold him offEscape while you canRegistered Userregular
My only hope is that people on fire can set cars next to them on fire.
You're getting really good at screenshotting key frames to communicate the flow of action, Smof. This is a very good LP.
Thanks! I take a ton of screenshots. About 300 for a longish mission like this one. I try to cut them down as much as possible while having it still make sense, so I'm glad it mostly works.
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Lt. Baidol: Fencingsax, get your broken self on the skyranger. Everyone else, keep trying to not die, I guess.
ADVENT shieldbearer {mag rifle fire}
Sgt. Fencingsax: Try not to take too long, okay?
Lt. Baidol {shardgun blast}
ADVENT MEC {mag cannon fire}
Sgt. Zxerol {mag rifle fire}
ADVENT MEC {mag cannon fire}
Lt. Tofystedeth: They got me pinned again. They really don't want me to leave. I'm flattered.
ADVENT trooper {mag rifle fire}
ADVENT trooper {mag rifle fire}
Sgt. JayKaos {mag cannon fire}
Sgt. JayKaos: FIRE! I DON'T LIKE FIRE!
Lt. Baidol: Keep it together. We're getting out of here.
ADVENT trooper {mag rifle fire}
Sgt. JayKaos {mag cannon fire}
Sgt. Zxerol: Serpentine, Tofy!
ADVENT shieldbearer {mag rifle fire}
ADVENT MEC {mag cannon fire}
Lt. Baidol: Time to go. I think we've used up our luck for today.
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edited September 2019
Operation Spider Hawk mission debrief
Most damage: Lt. Baidol
Most attacks: Lt. Tofystedeth
Most under fire: Sgt. Fencingsax
Moved furthest: Sgt. Fencingsax
Sgt. Fencingsax promoted to Lieutenant. Training is in Silent Killer (kills with your rifle while concealed do not increase your chance to reveal), Distraction (a kill with your claymore puts you into concealment), Needle (shots taken in concealment have +2 armour piercing), or Squadsight (you can target any enemy seen by a squadmate, providing you have LOS) @Fencingsax
Sgt. JayKaos promoted to Lieutenant. Can be trained in Heavy Ordnance (1 bonus grenade use) or Holo Targeting (firing your mag cannon gives your allies a +15 aim bonus against that target) @JayKaos
Sgt. Zxerol promoted to Lieutenant. Can be trained as a Field Medic (medkits have +2 uses) or Scanning Protocol (use your drone to scan the area and reveal enemies) @Zxerol
Lt. Baidol promoted to Captain. Training is in Implacable (if you make a kill you get a bonus move) or Bladestorm (free sword attacks against any enemy entering, or attacking in, melee range) @Baidol
Casualty List
Lt. Tofystedeth and Lt. Zxerol admitted to the medbay for 5 days.
Cpt. Baidol and Lt. Fencingsax admitted to the medbay for 10 days.
SnicketysnickThe Greatest Hype Man inWesterosRegistered Userregular
I think Needle just ignores 2 pips.
On Reaper skill choices.
Silent Killer is way better than it looks due to bad wording on the tooltip, it makes kills have a 0% chance to reveal, rather than the implied flat 50% with no increases. Which in turn makes Reapers fantastic finishers
Brovid Hasselsmof[Growling historic on the fury road]Registered Userregular
edited September 2019
Intermission Base Report
We actually get quite a bit of stuff done in this interlude. Lt. Tofystedeth and Lt. JayKaos go for some team training to further develop their bond. Shen finishes some fiddling around and hands over an experimental gas grenade for the troops. Which is cool. Hopefully they'll be careful with it, if it goes off inside the Skyranger that'll be a bad time. Tygan also figures out how to apply weapon upgrades to Fencingsax's rifle.
Cpl. Misc and Sq. Straightzi get back from their covert op and now we can collect our supply drops instantaneously. Misc gets a promotion to Sergeant (Demolition (damage or destroy cover) or Suppression (pin a target with your cannon, imposing an aim penalty and gaining a reaction shot against them) @miscellaneousinsanity ) Straightzi gets +4 to his hacking and also gets wounded. So they both get something, that's nice. I then send Sgt. Snickety and Sq. Jeddy out together.
I hire another new rookie - welcome aboard Asthariel - and sent him straight for Ranger training. Gotta keep our pool of replacement bodies topped up. We finish shielding a power coil and construct the Shadow Chamber in its place, and then we make contact with the New Arctic, which introduces us to our final Chosen bastard. Hooray.
Snickety and Jeddy return unscathed with a stash of Ability Points in their pockets. Sgt. Mvrck and Sq. Straightzi are dispatched to sabotage the Avatar project some more. I then realise I am sitting on a massive pile of communal AP, so I go on an ability gifting spree.
Fencingsax gets Tactical Rigging, so he can actually take an item on mission. Apparently his big floaty trenchcoat doesn't have any pockets.
Zxerol gets Field Medic.
Jedoc gets Sustain to improved his survivability, and Aftershock to make his Volt power more useful.
Tofystedeth and DarthWaiter both get Return Fire.
JayKaos gets Heavy Ordnance to give us an extra grenade.
Baidol gets Conceal.
David T gets Blast Padding, to make her a bit tankier.
Then some mission options pop up, so we head out to the New Arctic to locate and neutralise an ADVENT field commander and, more importantly, to counteract the dark event Made Whole which sounds horrible.
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Tygan makes a breakthrough that gives Sgt. Fencingsax a +1 damage bonus from his vektor rifle. He then completes an autopsy on the ADVENT shieldbearer.
Zxerol, David T, and Straightzi get back from their covert op with the first lead on where the Warlock lives. David T comes home wounded, but also gets a promotion to Sergeant, so there's a silver lining. Choose training in either Shadowstep (don't trigger Overwatch or Reaction Fire) or Shadowstrike (attacks from concealment get +25 Aim and +25 crit chance) @David_T
Sq. Straightzi then gets sent straight back out on another covert op, accompanied by Cpl. Misc.
The resistance then contact us with a tip-off about a scientist being held by ADVENT, so we're off to rescue them. Baidol gets to take some experimental Dragon Rounds provided by Shen.
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I'll take Lightning Hands, please. It might be good to have some damage-dealing capability that lets me maintain distance from the ro--
From enemies. In general. You know, regular ones or terrifying mechanical abominations that walk like a man or whatever.
It's real fun. I like the addition of resistance soldiers on retaliation missions, but it would be nice if they didn't immediately turn around and kill MCed guys before I have a turn to do anything about it.
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I restarted that mission 3 times because of it. Like, they went out of their way to stop dealing with anything else and kill me.
Overwatch is a complete waste of time at the start, rookies can't shoot for shit. Even now my guys hit maybe 1 in 5 overwatches on a good day.
You need a Captain to get the GTS upgrade.
No captains yet.
Tunnels under Vancouver
Lt. Tofystedeth, Lt. Baidol, Sgt. JayKaos, Sgt. Fencingsax, Sgt. Zxerol
Mission brief: Recover resistance operative
Sgt. JayKaos: Why do we have to spend so much time in sewers?
Sgt. Zxerol: Enemies up ahead.
Sgt. JayKaos {grenade launch}
{explosion}
Lt. Baidol: MEC moving around on the flank!
Sgt. Zxerol: Nil, get on it.
Nil: Beep.
Nil {zzzap!}
Lt. Tofystedeth: Zxerol, stay veeeery still.
Lt. Tofystedeth {gauss rifle fire}
Lt. Baidol {shardgun blast}
Lt. Baidol: Haha, holy shit! I like these bullets.
ADVENT commander {mag rifle fire}
Lt. Tofystedeth {mag pistol fire}
Sgt. Zxerol {mag rifle fire}
Lt. Tofystedeth {mag pistol fire}
Lt. Baidol: All clear.
Lt. Tofystedeth: Nah, we've got some sneaky sectoids over here.
Lt. Tofystedeth {mag pistol fire}
Sectoid {plasma blaster fire}
Lt. Baidol: Woah. Feeling a bit woozy over here. Zxerol, can I get a heal?
Sgt. Zxerol: Those who resist the Elders' might will be crushed without mercy!
Lt. Baidol: … I'll take that as a no.
Lt. Tofystedeth {gauss rifle fire}
Sgt. Fencingsax {temnotic rifle fire}
Sgt. JayKaos {grenade launch}
{explosion}
Sgt. Zxerol: What are we doing?
Terrified of that first ambush but what can you do
Lt. Baidol: Hey, great idea.
Lt. Baidol: Flashbang out.
{concussive grenade explosion}
Lt. Tofystedeth {gauss rifle fire}
Sgt. JayKaos {mag cannon fire}
Sgt. Fencingsax: Spectre is back!
Lt. Baidol {shardgun blast}
Sgt. Zxerol {mag rifle fire}
Lt. Tofystedeth {mag pistol fire}
Lt. Baidol: Oh no you don't.
Lt. Baidol {shardgun blast}
Lt. Baidol: All right, now we're clear.
Sgt. Fencingsax: I'll get scouting.
Sgt. Fencingsax: More hostiles.
Sgt. JayKaos {mag cannon fire}
Lt. Tofystedeth {gauss rifle fire}
Lt. Tofystedeth: That's a miss.
Sgt. Zxerol: Nil, finish him.
Nil {zzzap!}
Sgt. Fencingsax {temnotic rifle fire}
Lt. Baidol {shardgun blast}
Lt. Tofystedeth: Doctor Smith?
Dr. Smith: Who are you?
Lt. Tofystedeth: Name's Tofystedeth. You haven't seen me on the posters? I'm kind of a big deal.
Sgt. Zxerol: Reinforcements over here!
Sgt. JayKaos: This side, too.
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Sgt. JayKaos {mag cannon fire}
Sgt. JayKaos {mag cannon fire}
Sgt. Zxerol {mag rifle fire}
Lt. Baidol {shardgun blast}
Sgt. JayKaos: Clear this side.
Lt. Tofystedeth: This side, not so much.
Lt. Tofystedeth: Doc, maybe you should go and join the others. Fencingsax and I will cover you.
Sgt. Fencingsax: Hrrk!
ADVENT trooper {mag rifle fire}
Lt. Baidol: We've got more incoming over here.
Lt. Tofystedeth: Would love to give you a hand, but we're a bit busy right now.
Lt. Tofystedeth {mag pistol fire}
Lt. Tofystedeth {mag pistol fire}
Sgt. Fencingsax {temnotic rifle fire}
Sgt. Fencingsax: Viper down.
Sgt. Zxerol: Nil, go help those guys out.
Nil: Beep beep!
ADVENT trooper {mag rifle fire}
Sgt. Fencingsax: Aaagh!
ADVENT MEC {mag cannon fire}
ADVENT trooper {mag rifle fire}
ADVENT trooper {mag rifle fire}
Sgt. JayKaos: Firebrand is here! We have an evac!
Lt. Baidol: Dr. Smith, head on up.
Sgt. JayKaos: VIP is secure. Everybody else get your butts on that plane before we get proper fucked.
Lt. Tofystedeth: Ah, I'm not gonna make it.
Thanks! I take a ton of screenshots. About 300 for a longish mission like this one. I try to cut them down as much as possible while having it still make sense, so I'm glad it mostly works.
ADVENT shieldbearer {mag rifle fire}
Sgt. Fencingsax: Try not to take too long, okay?
Lt. Baidol {shardgun blast}
ADVENT MEC {mag cannon fire}
Sgt. Zxerol {mag rifle fire}
ADVENT MEC {mag cannon fire}
Lt. Tofystedeth: They got me pinned again. They really don't want me to leave. I'm flattered.
ADVENT trooper {mag rifle fire}
ADVENT trooper {mag rifle fire}
Sgt. JayKaos {mag cannon fire}
Sgt. JayKaos: FIRE! I DON'T LIKE FIRE!
Lt. Baidol: Keep it together. We're getting out of here.
ADVENT trooper {mag rifle fire}
Sgt. JayKaos {mag cannon fire}
Sgt. Zxerol: Serpentine, Tofy!
ADVENT shieldbearer {mag rifle fire}
ADVENT MEC {mag cannon fire}
Lt. Baidol: Time to go. I think we've used up our luck for today.
Most damage: Lt. Baidol
Most attacks: Lt. Tofystedeth
Most under fire: Sgt. Fencingsax
Moved furthest: Sgt. Fencingsax
Kill Count
Lt. Baidol 6
Lt. Tofystedeth 3
Sgt. JayKaos 3
Sgt. Zxerol 3
Sgt. Fencingsax 1
Promotions
Sgt. Fencingsax promoted to Lieutenant. Training is in Silent Killer (kills with your rifle while concealed do not increase your chance to reveal), Distraction (a kill with your claymore puts you into concealment), Needle (shots taken in concealment have +2 armour piercing), or Squadsight (you can target any enemy seen by a squadmate, providing you have LOS) @Fencingsax
Sgt. JayKaos promoted to Lieutenant. Can be trained in Heavy Ordnance (1 bonus grenade use) or Holo Targeting (firing your mag cannon gives your allies a +15 aim bonus against that target) @JayKaos
Sgt. Zxerol promoted to Lieutenant. Can be trained as a Field Medic (medkits have +2 uses) or Scanning Protocol (use your drone to scan the area and reveal enemies) @Zxerol
Lt. Baidol promoted to Captain. Training is in Implacable (if you make a kill you get a bonus move) or Bladestorm (free sword attacks against any enemy entering, or attacking in, melee range) @Baidol
Casualty List
Lt. Tofystedeth and Lt. Zxerol admitted to the medbay for 5 days.
Cpt. Baidol and Lt. Fencingsax admitted to the medbay for 10 days.
Primary Kill Board
Cpt. Baidol 23
Lt. webguy20 15
Lt. DarthWaiter 15
Lt. ASimPerson 13
Sgt. SanderJK (MIA) 12 *
Lt. Tofystedeth 11
Lt. BahamutZERO (KIA) 11 **
Lt. JayKaos 10
Lt. MrGrimoire 10
Sgt. Jasconius (MIA) 8
Cpl. LaOs (KIA) 7
Lt. Fencingsax 7
Sgt. Jedoc 7
Sgt. Dee Kae 6
Sgt. Kamiro 6
Sgt. Snickety 6
Lt. Zxerol 5 *
Cpl. Misc 3
Cpl. Bucketman 3
Sq. sarukun (KIA) 3
Cpl. David T 2
Sgt. Cow King 1
Sq. Dizzy D (KIA) 1
Lost Kill Board
Lt. Tofystedeth 32
Sgt. Jasconius (MIA) 13
Sgt. SanderJK (MIA) 10
Lt. DarthWaiter 10
Cpt. Baidol 9
Lt. MrGrimoire 7
Cpl. LaOs (KIA) 7
Lt. webguy20 5
Lt. BahamutZERO 5
Lt. JayKaos 1
KILL ALL CARS
We'll be seeing Chrysallids soon so let's go Bladestorm.
On Reaper skill choices.
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Give me enough armor and I won't need to worry about pulling a LaOs.
If you kill them first, you won't need to heal!
Shit talking is like the first thing you forget how to do when you die, it's some bullshit.
No sir, saying Boo-urns. Because they're vunerable to Dragon Rounds.
Ooh Holo Targetting sounds super useful let's go with that.
We actually get quite a bit of stuff done in this interlude. Lt. Tofystedeth and Lt. JayKaos go for some team training to further develop their bond. Shen finishes some fiddling around and hands over an experimental gas grenade for the troops. Which is cool. Hopefully they'll be careful with it, if it goes off inside the Skyranger that'll be a bad time. Tygan also figures out how to apply weapon upgrades to Fencingsax's rifle.
Cpl. Misc and Sq. Straightzi get back from their covert op and now we can collect our supply drops instantaneously. Misc gets a promotion to Sergeant (Demolition (damage or destroy cover) or Suppression (pin a target with your cannon, imposing an aim penalty and gaining a reaction shot against them) @miscellaneousinsanity ) Straightzi gets +4 to his hacking and also gets wounded. So they both get something, that's nice. I then send Sgt. Snickety and Sq. Jeddy out together.
I hire another new rookie - welcome aboard Asthariel - and sent him straight for Ranger training. Gotta keep our pool of replacement bodies topped up. We finish shielding a power coil and construct the Shadow Chamber in its place, and then we make contact with the New Arctic, which introduces us to our final Chosen bastard. Hooray.
Snickety and Jeddy return unscathed with a stash of Ability Points in their pockets. Sgt. Mvrck and Sq. Straightzi are dispatched to sabotage the Avatar project some more. I then realise I am sitting on a massive pile of communal AP, so I go on an ability gifting spree.
Fencingsax gets Tactical Rigging, so he can actually take an item on mission. Apparently his big floaty trenchcoat doesn't have any pockets.
Zxerol gets Field Medic.
Jedoc gets Sustain to improved his survivability, and Aftershock to make his Volt power more useful.
Tofystedeth and DarthWaiter both get Return Fire.
JayKaos gets Heavy Ordnance to give us an extra grenade.
Baidol gets Conceal.
David T gets Blast Padding, to make her a bit tankier.
Then some mission options pop up, so we head out to the New Arctic to locate and neutralise an ADVENT field commander and, more importantly, to counteract the dark event Made Whole which sounds horrible.