If I would carry the analogy further though, as long as you bring a crate of live grenades I think you'll be the one in charge.
In other words, bring grenades, always more grenades.
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XCOM 2 |OT| Be Aggressive! Be Be Aggressive!
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In other words, bring grenades, always more grenades.
You can jump straight into this one, and in fact I'd advise doing so due to the improvements it makes on the first.
If you play them back to back you might be disappointed by their sameiness or feel burnt out.
For your first playthrough I advise playing without mods on either Rookie or Veteran, no ironman, tutorial enabled, then you can figure out what you'd like to mod in as you play.
story-wise there's no need to play the first game since the canon ending is that xcom failed and earth got invaded
gameplay-wise it's also pretty standalone
so theres a mech i kill in the last mission that ragdolls endlessly when I kill him making the turn never end... great. thats just great firaxis
edit: no matter what I do I cant progress. I keep reloading and trying different things, he neve rleaves that cover so when he dies he falls down a hole and forever ragdolls.
edit: no matter what I do I cant progress. I keep reloading and trying different things, he neve rleaves that cover so when he dies he falls down a hole and forever ragdolls.
Poodlestrike
Banned
So far just the Long War stuff and the free camera. Waiting for things to fill out a little bit more, then starting another run with everything that looks good, maybe on Commander.
Aiming angles is part of the game, training roulette is kinda in there with the AWC.
Hidden potential is available as a mod somewhere.
My guess is they'll add some in a patch and DLC as they did with EU or they're thinking the community can make better second waves than they can.
there's a second wave mod currently being developed (probably more): http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=622475105
a bit lackluster at the moment
a bit lackluster at the moment
The base percentages might be the same, but the actual ones in gameplay are not. In LW you had early access to laser sights and SCOPEs, multiple classes with Holo-Targetting as a viable perk choice, etc.
XCOM 2 has none of that. Tracer Rounds don't come by until later in the game, getting Scopes on your weapons is purely loot RNG, Squadsight gives you a penalty, Holo-Targetting has to be chosen over a better perk.
Try the load replay mod or the restart mission mod.
Dick Justice
Banned
Are there any mods that visually and aurally replace magnetic and plasma weapons with ballistic weapons?
I tried to reload many times, that robot never moved (it was floating in mid air) so I had to actually ignore it and let it hit me a few times while I fought the rest and advanced until I was out of its range.
and now the game just outright crashed for the first time. Man, people werent kidding about this last mission lol
edit: and now the game just crashes everytime I try to load a save. welp, guess Im done with xcom 2 >_>
Slowly but surely making my way through the game, I care way too much about every squad member.
What happens if an Avatar Project is completed? (The red boxes at the top of the map)
Here's a couple of screenshots I've taken along the way:
What happens if an Avatar Project is completed? (The red boxes at the top of the map)
Here's a couple of screenshots I've taken along the way:
More here: http://imgur.com/a/9OkZP
RandomSeed
Member
Sectopods don't like bluescreen ammo gunslingers.
No, I meant a mod that lets you replay the mission turn by turn, it's meant to be used to watch replays, but you can use it to restart the level.
You get a ~15 day Doomsday clock that can be reset by doing some damage to the Avatar Project. When that runs out, Game Over.
Rupture is too good. Crit + debuff? Too good.
Salty Catfish
Member
Rupture. It's so very, very good.
Slackbladder
Member
I had Rupture on my Ranger (bonus perk from AWC). I was getting up to 20 critical damage with my Ranger plus Talon rounds.Very useful when multiple soldiers fire at one enemy like a Sectopod. Saturation Fire's good at getting rid of defences but I prefered Rupture.
My specialist got it from the AWC. Makes so much sense.
Rupture all the way. Saturation Fire can miss and is as unreliable at destroying cover as Demolition. The Shredstorm Cannon is what Saturation Fire should be.
Kaffeemann
Banned
Saturation Fire is a stupid final ability for the Grenadier. Both would be good on a Heavy Gunner though.
True but fundamentally it is still the same. Why would you try to plink away at an enemy behind half or even high cover when you could just destroy it or flank them or pin them or any other options you could have that are much safer and aren't based on probability. It just so happens Firaxis kept grenades more or less as-is from EW, if not buffed them tremendously so that they do more damage. Most of the time - as far as I have played - you still need to follow up with actual shooting or something else, it's just that now you have way better chances to hit and crit exposed targets.
And let's not pretend anyone in high level play ever really brought along laser sights in LW except maybe on snipers, because even when LW grenades had way reduced damage (environmental or otherwise) and damage dropoff, it's still worth tossing them over shooting at something in cover. And in LW you would go from 6 to 12 men so only then was accuracy by volume actually a worthwhile endevour. When you max out at 6 people that's a much bigger loss on a miss than having 8 or 10 or 12.
No, I doubt it would happen more than once per playthrough for most people, unless they really hung around and never reached the end of the story.
You only get the mission when the dark event about UFO hunting XCOM appears. If you see a red UFO flying around afterwards it might pursue you but you can escape.
(this is my impression anyway)
Salty Catfish
Member
I did the defense mission, built the defense matrix and then never saw a single UFO again from then until I finished the campaign. What a waste.
TonkatsuAddict
Member
I'm in the same position, except my game blew up and stopped loading saves in what I assume is the final part of the final mission
1 of 3 avatars dead, the other two spawned and running at my guys.
Shake Appeal
Member
Yeah, it's relatively rare, as far as I can see. You need the UFO Hunt Dark Event in play, and even then you can successfully avoid it with "Evasive Maneuvers." I think that's a pure RNG thing, though from reading the description for Turret Breakdown research, you can maybe game it somewhat.
In my ironman game I have all of the endgame weapons and armor research done, but have never recovered a turret to study. I've only encountered them on missions where the goal from the beginning was escape. Fortunately the turrets were pretty useless in the defense mission anyway and the map was incredibly friendly (the spike was less than half the distance away from me as it was in my first game).
Shake Appeal
Member
Oh, what I meant is that the research description for turrets implies that you'll be able to fend off UFO attacks better (which I assume boosts your chance of avoiding the Avenger Defense mission). But I've never actually researched turrets because there are always so many other things to care about first.
I used a concealed ranger, walked it up to the spike, two squadsight snipers, bang, mission over. Quite disappointing actually.
I've had hunting UFO's spawn without the Dark Event for them. In my last campaign I had one spawn right after I did the
Forge mission
The turrets are pretty fun to use if you have an engineer staffing them. 85 aim and 8-10 damage, with 2 shots per turn. You get 4 turrets if you upgrade it, too. It's probably a waste of resources in the long run, though.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
The original game didn't ship with second wave. It came as free dlc, so I wouldn't be surprised if we see them come late again.
On the other hand, this game is way more moddable such that they may not even see the point of doing it. I hope they do, but I wouldn't be surprised if they don't.
Oh no, the reward is just that you get turrets on your ship for the defense mission itself. The range makes it so that they are only a very last line of defense.
I did that on my second game, but during my first the spike was at the very corner opposite the starting position. It took 4 full turns to get anybody in vision range (including a corridor where I couldn't possibly avoid detection on the third turn) and I had to move my snipers each to even get a line for squadsight.
It works both ways. The dodge stat makes enemies graze your soldiers too. But, give it a few days I'm sure there will be a mod for it.
And their aim sucks too, even when manned. Besides, I ended up hacking a sectopod and using it to blow it up in 4 turns or so, meh. I'd still build them but only at a non critical time.
Dick Justice
Banned
Looking forward to modders figuring out how to add custom music. Then I can finally get my authentic Commando experience.
it already exists, it's called spotify and in-game volume controls
Installed a bunch of mods what i saw at pc gamer and kotaku.
http://kotaku.com/seven-mods-that-m..._source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow
Now i am having fun with the game..hopefully perfomance issues will be fixed soon.
http://kotaku.com/seven-mods-that-m..._source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow
Now i am having fun with the game..hopefully perfomance issues will be fixed soon.
Empty Space
Member
I don't think I've had my soldiers dodge once even in the armor with the grappling hook, but routinely see the riot baton guys and snakewomen dodge. Its not a huge deal I usually play safe enough that it's not a problem but it is frustrating to have happen.
BoosterDuck
Banned
damn, has someone grabbed the loading screens yet so I can make some dank wallpaper slides?
oh shit I found them http://imgur.com/a/AVC0A
oh shit I found them http://imgur.com/a/AVC0A
90+% grazes are rough
Does the "Stop wasting my time" mod remove the action cam? I kind of like that actually.