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XCOM 2 |OT| Be Aggressive! Be Be Aggressive!
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Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
You can buy rookies from the armory screen. You also don't need to worry about leveling them up in the traditional manner. You'll see.
CertifiedFP
Member
Ok, so word is is that Carmau (Behind the More Eye Colors and More Skin Colors mods) fucked up and accidentally uploaded a faulty update to MSC into his MEC mod. Installing More Skin Colors apparently fixes it though.
how the hell did I forget about recruiting from armory...
CertifiedFP
Member
In OTHER bug news though, I'm still trying to figure out why the hell the Avenger is devoid of life save for Shen, Tygan, and a single Engineer in a power relay.
White flight.
Prototype Viktor
Member
Wait what race would they be otherwise? Sucks you got them stuck on the default tho
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
That's weird you should be able to hackam I missing something or is this a fucking glitch?
just failed that mission. it wouldnt give me a Hack option
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
In the future just use a specialist since they can hack from long range.
Dick Justice
Banned
Played a bit more since the patch. Avenger interface is so much smoother now. No longer seeing constant frame drops when transitioning between menus.
marvelharvey
Member
Daisuke Watanabe? He's a Japanese actor.am I missing something or is this a fucking glitch?
just failed that mission. it wouldnt give me a Hack option
nah.
i got lucky on my first avatar activation. he took a crit to the face from my untouchable ranger, and teleported right next to my other ranger. killed him in one turn.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
I might be wrong, but I think you can still shoot, and as long as you kill your target, you can shoot again?
it didnt work, but maybe its because I used it after I moved
regardless the game didnt comunicate that well at all... it just showed up on cooldown and nothing indicating it was working after I changed to another soldier and back
it's just that between these and the glitches/bugs on a game where permadeath is the only way to play it really should be air tight
EU wasnt, but I dont think it was ever this bad
regardless the game didnt comunicate that well at all... it just showed up on cooldown and nothing indicating it was working after I changed to another soldier and back
it's just that between these and the glitches/bugs on a game where permadeath is the only way to play it really should be air tight
EU wasnt, but I dont think it was ever this bad
CertifiedFP
Member
am I missing something or is this a fucking glitch?
just failed that mission. it wouldnt give me a Hack option
I see something end-run worthy there.
Powered armor before having all plasma weapons.
The hell are you doing?
grenadiers are more for pumping out aoe damage than shooting, especially at that part of the game. It's not the worst thing in the world.
Eh, in my commander ironman playthrough I got plasma shotguns and pistols before hitting powered armor (skipping sniper rifles, rifles, and cannons). My grenadiers and specialists didn't shoot enough to really justify spending the resources on upgrading their weapons (at that point I was pumping all of my supplies into comm towers and radio relays). For certain classes a weapon upgrade doesn't necessarily mean a significant boost in the damage you deal during a mission.
I can see how it would be doable to stay on gauss weapons for several months on Commander, since the enemies take a while to really ramp up. Plasma is really nice against Gatekeepers and Sectopods, but everything else is pretty manageable with gauss.
I think that grenadier fired his main weapon like twice
went with the armor before since he was just blowin shit up with the launcher
either way im there now
managed to get back on my feet thanks to Psi-peeps
mind controlling andromedons allday
Avatar is 2 squares away from full tho, and I need intel to contact a region where they have a base
if they pull some shit before I get 40 Intel I might be done :|
im basically at the hands of the game's randomness
but im done for tonight
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Completing some story objectives decreases avatar progress too.
yeah. im locked with the shadow stuff on the Avatar corpse cause I havent met the Gatekeeper yet
lacking on comm stuff really. I'll take this alien base before bed
Welp, my would-be no death run L/I campaign ended with 5 deaths. :/
Now I don't want to start another because DLC is coming out tomorrow and I want my rookies to be already part of the proud german eletronic scene, so...
Yep, one day without XCOM.
My backlog sure is big right now.
Oh yeah.
I have plenty other games I could be playing.
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I wonder if I can finish a commander campaign in one day.
Now I don't want to start another because DLC is coming out tomorrow and I want my rookies to be already part of the proud german eletronic scene, so...
Yep, one day without XCOM.
My backlog sure is big right now.
Oh yeah.
I have plenty other games I could be playing.
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I wonder if I can finish a commander campaign in one day.
Shake Appeal
Member
Boy, this game sure looks a lot better at 1440p and Maximum settings (with SSAO/DoF ticked down). Still see some performance hitches outside of the tactical game, though, and it still does that weird thing where I see a blacked-out Avenger for a split-second after missions, before the Skyranger cutscene cues.
That's what I'm going to do today.
Fiddle with graphic options.
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I have a problem.
RandomSeed
Member
I know it's all in my head, but overwatch seems to miss like crazy after the patch. 
I reaally hate the global map stuff. I can't finish ONE scan without the game interrupting with dozen of messages and finally pushing me to a 'time sensitive' mission, I can't get the supply, I can't get upgrades prepared, I get rekt in the mission. This game feels just so annoying to play overall. Dropped like a rock. I guess this game isn't for me.
My rig can handle this game on high, but I choose not too. I'd like to not have to worry about the lifespan of my parts due to them sounding like a jet engine when playing this game.
I mean yeah that's the game
this time around it better fits the narrative that you'd be under constant stress
once you figure out the proper way to early game and start being careful on missions you get the hang of it
it's a stressful game that's for sure
yeah.. even where im at it still goes nuts after a few hours with the fan sound
RandomSeed
Member
That feeling when you build up your team, and then they get pure crap abilities from the AWC.
I literally did a mission for intel just to make contact with the region the nearest facility was locked away in. between the flying and the contact time, i hit the facility with 5 HOURS LEFT ON THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK good lord.
Sometimes Xcom is merciful.
BLOW SHIT UP
I go 3 mimic beacons per mission and I ussually end up with one extra
still prefer to go in with a couple flashbangs too cause codex
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Word. Did you research any of the high powered heavy weapons at the proving grounds yet?
yeah
I go like one of each, mostly cause that's what I got with research
only the flamethrowers seem kinda useless
im totally stalled on research and engineering stuff. running the clock
trying to set it back a bit before continuing story jic
but I think I hit a ceiling
funny cause that's exactly what that dude has
still. flash still cool to fuck up abilities
trying to set it back a bit before continuing story jic
but I think I hit a ceiling
funny cause that's exactly what that dude has
still. flash still cool to fuck up abilities