NumberThree
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Ok, I might have to check it for hacking then. I have literally no idea what it does.
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XCOM 2 |OT| Be Aggressive! Be Be Aggressive!
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Ok, I might have to check it for hacking then. I have literally no idea what it does.
XCOM 2: Bugs Within
I love the fact that grenades have no impact on loot - full destruction mode on!
They should prevent enemies from dropping loot. I thought there was even a pop up telling you some was lost lol. Apparently it doesn't blow it up if it's already on the ground?
I love the fact that grenades have no impact on loot - full destruction mode on!
They do, if you grenade an alien to death, it has a great chance of destroying the loot. You get a pop up saying so when that happens, and it happens easily.
GrandHarrier
Member
The timers are actually super smart at making you do more than the creep/overwatch nonsense of the first game. You gotta be tactical and take a few risks now and then. It's so exciting.
Drop. Get in. Smash and grab. Get out.
Drop. Get in. Smash and grab. Get out.
Crap
One question: scanning at HQ is only for moving time forward and the supplies income near it indicates the monthly income, right?
Also, monthly report is on the 22nd of the month? Weird.
Yeah, I popped a grenade on a stunlancer which destroyed the loot- and then he was reanimated, and dropped the loot again when I put him down! That was nice.
johancruijff
Banned
i just tinkered with the character creator yesterday
I'm a little bummed out due to the lack of height/weight/proportions sliders
LabouredSubterfuge
Member
Plus most of the faces are brutal looking.
God damnit, I just lost my veteran squad during a mission. Current status: This fucking sucks.
Gonna keep playing, but shit it feels terrible getting wiped like this. The game is totally toying with my expectations built from the last game. Which on the other hand is kind of cool.
Gonna keep playing, but shit it feels terrible getting wiped like this. The game is totally toying with my expectations built from the last game. Which on the other hand is kind of cool.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
If you turn the tutorial off.
Oh, okay. Thanks!
Durrzerker
Banned
I was able to run Ironman even with the tutorial on, yet people keep saying this. Is it because I'm on Commander difficulty?
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
It has not shown up for me with the tutorial on... also I've only played commander difficulty.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Went from failing miserably the second mission, to passing the mission but losing one soldier and everyone else gravely wounded, to the third mission ( maybe just a random one? Defend transmitter in rain) in which I got my first flawless rating. Not a single soldier even got hit.
8 turns
11 Enemies Killed
0 Soldiers wounded
0 Soldiers Killed
Rating FLAWLESS
Take that Alien Scum.
8 turns
11 Enemies Killed
0 Soldiers wounded
0 Soldiers Killed
Rating FLAWLESS
Take that Alien Scum.
Yes I know they will mercilessly kick my ass the rest of the game. Just let me have this small victory.
Durrzerker
Banned
Was it a bug for me? I've restarted 3x due to other bugs and trying to make sure I was on Iron Man. Commander difficulty, then I enable tutorial, then it asks if I wanna enable Iron Man so I do.
I can even link video if it's wanted.
might restart my playthrough...for some reason I didn't equate the game screaming at me about 'resistance communication' with 'this is the game's equivalent of satellites'. I also did a bunch of autopsies thinking the items I'd get would be useful, and built the training school but I lost my only sergeant (the sniper that was 1 tile from evac) so I couldn't get squad size anyways. I can probably still salvage it though.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Im confused as to what this does?
Also, how do we access DLC from the delux edition?
it's in the loadout menu. keep in mind only rookies and specialists
and psi ops
The resistance armor should already be available when you go to loadout. The rest of the dlc is post-release.
Q/E rotates the screen at a set and relatively large angle, I assume this mod allows for a far smoother turning experience (degree by degree).
rangers too right. yeah, smgs on sword rangers is probably pretty amazing.
Norwegian_Imposter
Member
I've heard the difficulty is pretty high on this game. How easy is it on easy? does it go to far too easy?
TomcatTheLion
Member
Would like to pick this up now but I haven't beaten the first game yet. It looks really nice from what I've seen so far though.
Trying to decide between veteran or commander ironman myself too. Did first 5 or so so missions on commander without any trouble, but obviously that is very early in the game.
Have to agree.
I did a capture mission and it was the first time meeting stun lancers, my rookie got stunned and fully taken out. I tried to get him to evac with one of my vets but it was him or three squad members + my capture, poor poor nikita is so screwed because my game at the moment is all over the place from lack of intel.
Mind you I have power armor and plasma weapons already so if I get that intel I sorely need I am going on a rampage through some blacksites to lower my avatar meter.
Oh and for anyone wondering you can perfect recreate a certain someone from breaking bad
'ok there's not much cover up here on this cliff so I'll just park this rookie a few steps from the edge'
I apparently misjudged the angles and ranges at which advents can make shots.
She got the last laugh though - trucked on through the mission with 1 hp and took out the guy who hit her, one other trooper, and used her high perch to finish off a certain new (fucking scary looking) enemy type. Too bad she's wounded for a while.
Wounded soldiers have been a big deal for me so far. The game rapid fires so much shit at you early on they are gone for many missions in a row. I only just now got back my guys from the intro mission, and I've almost made contact with my second resistance zone.
I apparently misjudged the angles and ranges at which advents can make shots.
She got the last laugh though - trucked on through the mission with 1 hp and took out the guy who hit her, one other trooper, and used her high perch to finish off a certain new (fucking scary looking) enemy type. Too bad she's wounded for a while.
Wounded soldiers have been a big deal for me so far. The game rapid fires so much shit at you early on they are gone for many missions in a row. I only just now got back my guys from the intro mission, and I've almost made contact with my second resistance zone.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Ah thanks found it. Kind of cool you can change the cosmetics of the armor while still keeping the stats.
Nice. Downloading now, going to try it with the steam controller.
You really don't have to beat the first game. In fact, beating it directly contradicts 2. Load up the original, lose on purpose( or just get defeated all natural) and you're all caught up.
You could in fact just watch the fail state cinimatic on YouTube and be all caught up.
Incendiary
Banned
Does anybody know how to access/use loot you pick up? I picked up a scope and auto-loader from downed aliens, but couldn't find them to equip in the base.
You have to research modular weapons first.
Edit your soldier's weapon. Character cust screen.
I want to be home.
I have enough of work for today.
I have world to save ffs.
Edit: yeah, you must have modular weapons
TomcatTheLion
Member
Good to know. I briefly read how that was the case (and also briefly saw a cutscene showing just that in a XCOM 2 stream).
May just jump in later today then.
yeah, assuming by mission ending you mean you win.
Yes. You'll pickup everything.
Exception is if you evac and not finish the mission.
Take it like this - you clear the mission, all ayys gone and you can loot and scavage.