Shoot. Didn't have time for that, it was a mission where I had to get a VIP to an extraction zone, and I had 2 turns left. Oh well.
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XCOM 2 |OT| Be Aggressive! Be Be Aggressive!
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Shoot. Didn't have time for that, it was a mission where I had to get a VIP to an extraction zone, and I had 2 turns left. Oh well.
Snapshot King
Member
Quick questions for early on. Ive got a squad of corporals and the rest are rookies (real early) should I focus on trying to get rookies in early missions to improve them, or are injuries going to be causing a fair amount of rotation of the ranks so I shouldn't worry?
RandomSeed
Member
Is there a way to have the side details (aim, cover, height, crit %) always open, and not have to click them every damn time?
Not to sound all negative on the game, but is anyone else just annoyed with how much shit is popping up on the Geoscape all the time? I make up my mind what I want to do, then a bunch of other missions (that you don't want to skip) pop up, you go back to your original scans afterwards, then more...it just never ends, and makes it feel like I don't complete anything.
Not to sound all negative on the game, but is anyone else just annoyed with how much shit is popping up on the Geoscape all the time? I make up my mind what I want to do, then a bunch of other missions (that you don't want to skip) pop up, you go back to your original scans afterwards, then more...it just never ends, and makes it feel like I don't complete anything.
I'm taking the latter approach. I have a rotating group of people and not focusing on any particular person. That being said, some individuals will naturally begin to outclass others.
I had a ton of injuries early game. Like 10+ guys in the infirmary at one point.
Ends on 1
Some people are claiming on reddit that there are hidden aim penalties tied to difficulty. Considering how shit my luck has been on legend/ironman, like never in my life have I experienced such bullshit, I'm ready to believe them.
Also, is the flashbang crit bug true? Looks like I'm dropping this playthrough until patch. Whew..
Calcium
Banned
I played another few hours today and I'm still loving it. All the little cool additions they've built onto the original are just amazing. Every time I see something new it's something I didn't realize that I've always wanted in XCOM. It's great that so far they seem to have put a bit more effort into the story. I only have 2 gripes so far...
While I do love the setting and story so far I vastly prefer the original. The Advent soldiers are a little too generic and I honestly miss shooting down UFOs and assaulting the wreckage. I completely understand why it can't be that way in the sequel, but I still miss the classic XCOM feel.
The Avatar thing is just annoying. I don't know if I'm having bad luck with it or what. It's like a constant tug of war. Any time I remove one of the squares it is gained back within minutes so I just feel like I'm busting my ass to keep things even. Just once I'd like to get it below 3 squares so I'd have a little breathing room.
While I do love the setting and story so far I vastly prefer the original. The Advent soldiers are a little too generic and I honestly miss shooting down UFOs and assaulting the wreckage. I completely understand why it can't be that way in the sequel, but I still miss the classic XCOM feel.
The Avatar thing is just annoying. I don't know if I'm having bad luck with it or what. It's like a constant tug of war. Any time I remove one of the squares it is gained back within minutes so I just feel like I'm busting my ass to keep things even. Just once I'd like to get it below 3 squares so I'd have a little breathing room.
There's a tooltip literally telling you that you're supposed to be racing against time with the Avatar project.
That said, assaulting black sites and doing story missions drops the Avatar meter. Do enough of them and you can drop it quite low.
Think I hit a bug which sets my supply to 0. Cleared a terror mission, 0. Waited for a supply drop, still 0. Can't see any reason for why it would drop but I hope it goes away quickly if it's a bug. Will probably completely ruin my pretty damn good run otherwise.
I'm pretty sure that the RNG was tested in Xcom 1 and proven to be reporting correct numbers (IIRC they fudged the numbers slightly on lower difficulties to make players feel better about hitting difficult shots). I really can't see why they would change it for this game.
I'd say that about half of them are bitching about turn limits.
Incendiary
Banned
My sniper has the reflex pistol shot and every time she gets hit with this attack, she warps to the nether verse before firing her response attack. I need to screenshot it next time it happens.
*Reads complaint about turn limits, checks profile*
*7 hours played*
Right on.
Edit: Lots of complaints about bugs, which is totally fair. Firaxis needs to get some patches out.
Kadayi
Banned
Thought I'd give the Steam Controller a blast but must admit the official recommended controls aren't overly intuitive (its no clear at all how you select actions and using the pad to mouse select is painful). However I checked out a few configs other people had posted and 'lets kill Aliens' by Forzare seems pretty good.
L/R Triggers and Buttons control camera rotation and height.
Left pad is functions 1- 9 (thumb over and press)
Left stick is your WASD
Under buttons toggle between targets/characters.
X Reload Y Overwatch B confirm move/cancel action A fire
Right pad is left mouse
Been playing with it for a bit and it makes a lot of sense.
L/R Triggers and Buttons control camera rotation and height.
Left pad is functions 1- 9 (thumb over and press)
Left stick is your WASD
Under buttons toggle between targets/characters.
X Reload Y Overwatch B confirm move/cancel action A fire
Right pad is left mouse
Been playing with it for a bit and it makes a lot of sense.
Calcium
Banned
Yeah, I know it's supposed to be a race. I guess I was hoping more a little more of a marathon than the sprint I've been doing. Give me a little time to heal up and do some research, you know?
Damn, that sucks. I had a similar situation earlier. Luckily my Sharpshooter managed to take it down with a pistol shot as a last resort.
it was just a rookie and a rank 1 ranger, but still ;_;
EricTheCleric
Member
These fucking angles.......
Is there a mod to get better usable angles? Will me using such a mod disable achievements?
Is there a mod to get better usable angles? Will me using such a mod disable achievements?
I'm not saying it was intentional design. But some definite hidden aim penalty buggery going on. Yes I'm salty. But watching 4 different squad members miss consecutive 80%ers multiple times in different missions on legendary within a hour has questioned my sanity.
AndyMoogle
Member
I think the official config is great. I've been using it for 15+ hours and it's really quick and easy to use.
Basileus777
Member
Do psi-ops just rank up through training and not through getting combat XP?
GrandHarrier
Member
Wait. There is no controller support but they bundled the steam controller with the game and the game supports it? 
Wouldn't that mean having controller support wouldn't be that hard... ? This is confusing as fuck.
Wouldn't that mean having controller support wouldn't be that hard... ? This is confusing as fuck.
Snapshot King
Member
I just lost an entire squad of corporals because I misunderstood the turn timer on a VIP mission. I thought I'd have turn 0 to extract them. They were all 3 spaces from the extract zone.
Incendiary
Banned
There's nothing like customizing a character and naming it after yourself, and then taking yourself on a mission and having to sacrifice yourself for the greater good. RIP me.
Fragamemnon
Member
Wait. There is no controller support but they bundled the steam controller with the game and the game supports it?
no, it means that the Steam controller naturally accomodates mouse and keyboard style interfaces and so it was really low hanging fruit to just have someone test a config and bless it.
edit: the game spams stun lancers too much as a "common" enemy when they are really just about as dangerous as most pod leaders. They're worthless when flashbanged but the 8 hp is such a pain to get through using ballistic weapons.
Try to not have any visible ADVENT sites on the map. The bar looked very bad for me when I had two sites up, I think I was 3 bars from defeat or something. After that scare, I prioritized expanding and taking down black sites and it hasn't crept above the half way since.
Early VIP mission with 2 turns left, killed all aliens and I'm 1 turn away from the Evac area. Get a call from Central
"Sorry, you need to go to this other Evac at the other side of the map" WTF, I just loaded the geo save and redid the level (this time it was a lot easier) but man this game ain't kind to you :/
"Sorry, you need to go to this other Evac at the other side of the map" WTF, I just loaded the geo save and redid the level (this time it was a lot easier) but man this game ain't kind to you :/
most of my failures have been for not understanding the systems tbh. Im save scumming like a mofo when that happens. If I lose 1 or 2 soldies in a mission, im fine with that, shit happens, but not failing stuff because I didnt understand the mechanic, because I know if I did, I wouldnt have failed.
then again I didnt play the first one with ironman on anyway, dunno why im justifying it lol
yeah that sounds like absolute bullshit
sounds like someone or something destroyed the original evac point. like a fire or something.
Calcium
Banned
I only have one up on my map at the moment and I saved at the start of that mission. Hopefully after I complete that I'll start to get a handle on the Avatar shit. I haven't even had time to increase my squad size. I need more guns on the ground.
Goddamn exploding trucks have been responsible for 90% of my deaths so far. They're a menace!
AHA-Lambda
Member
This is probably my main worry at this point in the game, I have so many of my soldiers in the infirmary all the time =/
Any one else encountered that if you wait a few turns to pick up an unconscious soldier, the pickup action doesn't show up? I was just forced to abandon one of my best soldiers during an emergency evacuation because I couldn't pick him up... Afterwards on the mission result screen he was listed as captured...
Calcium
Banned
Really? I have people going unconscious all the time. It's those damn Advent melee dudes that are able to somehow run halfway across the map into the middle of my squad and knock someone out. The dude gets completely obliterated shortly afterward, but I guess he lives (and dies) for shit like that.
That skill also removes status effects. So not useless.
there is a tactic upgrade in guerilla tactics school that greatly increases it (more likely to bleed out than get gibbed)
Reluctant-Hero
Member
Whaaaaaat?! Even mind control and zombies?!
Incendiary
Banned
I purposefully don't hide behind cars/trucks at all for this very reason. Too easy to get squad wiped without warning.
Unconscious has happened to me a few times - it's a side effect from stun lancers instead of getting stunned or disoriented. Had to carry my best grenadier around the entire map because she got knocked unconscious by a lancer at the very beginning of the mission. I haven't had any guys bleeding out yet from attacks though.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Note to self: Mutons can counterattack off of sword attacks! No matter how cool it would seem to style on one of the big green assholes, don't do it, because they'll rip off your Ranger's arms and beat them to death with them!
First Blacksite mission went pretty well otherwise. I need to build up a stockpile of Rookies to run through the GTS.
Edit: And Revival Protocols are INVALUABLE. Stuns, panics, and ESPECIALLY unconscious can be absolute squadbreakers. Being able to bring that guy out of panic at JUST the right moment can totally turn things around.
First Blacksite mission went pretty well otherwise. I need to build up a stockpile of Rookies to run through the GTS.
Edit: And Revival Protocols are INVALUABLE. Stuns, panics, and ESPECIALLY unconscious can be absolute squadbreakers. Being able to bring that guy out of panic at JUST the right moment can totally turn things around.
UnrealEck
Member
I was trying to target a snake to dash to it, get cover and use the sword on it in one turn but because the camera was swaying around, I couldn't get my mouse to stay on the enemy with the sword attack icon. So of course it kept changing from a regular move to a sword attack move and when I clicked, the camera sway meant the cursor was changed to a regular move. The turn was now over, my soldier is standing next to the snake doing nothing, another three enemies were revealed and moved to cover and the snake strangled my soldier. All because of a stupid camera issue.
It's like they didn't bother fucking testing this game. As it stands now the game doesn't deserve the reviews it's getting.
It's like they didn't bother fucking testing this game. As it stands now the game doesn't deserve the reviews it's getting.
Are you guys sticking just to one side on the skill tree or mix and matching skills? I mixed and matched a lot in EU/EW because some skills were pretty useless but in XCOM2 I am finding myself sticking to strictly one side for all soldiers so far