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XCOM 2 |OT| Be Aggressive! Be Be Aggressive!
- Thread starter Sober
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the thing on the ower was percentage chance of feedback
depending on which reward you chose it will show both percantages adding up to 100%
Game crashed in the final mission.. think I'll sleep on it as it's getting late and the last room was several different kinds of bullshit
objective:
while
Ooohhhh, now I feel stupid.
objective:
kill 3 avatars
the aliens get reinforcements seemingly every turn
Ooohhhh, now I feel stupid.
Yes. Knocked out people are only recovered by default in missions that end by killing all the enemies. Same with the unique gear of dead soldiers.
Basileus777
Member
I found my new love. Blaster bombs, guided rockets with a range of 45 that do 10 AOE damage. Have a phantom spot a crowd and you can launch a rocket from across the map. And once you get the suits for it, any class can use them.
Basileus777
Member
Just end turn once everyone else is finished.
OK. I've been doing that - just wish there was a way to end that soldier's turn individually. Its annoying having the selector return to them multiple times.
Trickster
Member
So, I don't have to be carrying someone if there isn't an evac point?
You kinda responded one way, and then seemed to say the opposite in your explanation, so just want to make sure.
Interficium
Banned
Grenadiers are definitely this game's Archangel Snipers.
Lanrutcon
Member
I know, right? A spotter and 5 of those things essentially ends the fight before it begins.
Documents\My Games\XCOM2\XComGame\SaveData
thanks. turns out it has steam cloud support. cool
Man what a year from aaa this year on the old school pc side of things. Last year was pretty much shit, but this year we've gotten xcom 2, that new homeworld, getting 2 new deus ex type games, doom looks to be better this year than it has for the last 15 years, etc.
I bought like zero aaa games last year, and I'm already pumped for 5 or so this year.
I bought like zero aaa games last year, and I'm already pumped for 5 or so this year.
Playing this game for 2 days I realized how screwed I became with the stupid choices I made in the early game. I was having big problems clearing groups of enemies with 4 soldiers and was constantly running out of supply and Intel. It didn't get better since I completely misunderstood how to access those radio towers to gain the ability to complete missions to slow down the Avatar timer.
Now I have restarted and got a 5 man army and its already a lot easier in the early game, need to unlock the last one
Now I have restarted and got a 5 man army and its already a lot easier in the early game, need to unlock the last one
Beautiful Overwatch Massacre
This is for all of the commanders out there- know that we're giving them hell!
This is for all of the commanders out there- know that we're giving them hell!
Yeah, if there's one complaint I have, it's that Intel and Supply mechanics aren't fully explained in the early game.
care to explain it? just starting ironman so I might as well have the best possible go at first
You don't have to carry them. You only need to pick up loot and corpses if you're escaping using an evac zone.
NumberThree
Member
Half my missions end with the ranger of the group being on all four of the stats (most damage etc.). Run & gun, rapid fire, implacable and untouchable is a killer combo.
Lanrutcon
Member
Nope. Game expects you to do it. Doesn't matter if it's early game or late game or if the enemy spawns right next to your starting area or 3 patrols are squatting on the target.
8 turns. Go.
Fragamemnon
Member
They really nailed Legend difficultly in this game. It's a clear homage to the way that campaigns fell apart in Long War-slow, insidious minor setbacks feeding into another one until the whole thing collapses in a massive cascade failure. The wound times and longer tech/construction times (note-the aliens keep progressing as normal) slowly tighten the vise on the player and actually reduce the player's margin of error as the game goes on. The player eventually gets tools to counteract this somewhat, but then they are having to deal with the game's mid and late game battlefield threats and are still up against the wind as there's only two squad size upgrades in the game (which help smooth out the difficultly).
In most maps it's very doable but once in a blue moon you get a secure VIP random map that is near impossible even if you hit enemies with 100% accuracy. I got one of those and that was some total BS.
Not a fan of the timer in some missions, it seems quite arbitrary... I lost one guy because he was one square away from an evac zone even though all enemies in the level were dead 
There is a mod to turn it off however. would be nice to turn it off for specific missions though.
There is a mod to turn it off however. would be nice to turn it off for specific missions though.
I put mine behind full cover last mission and an archon ran face first into a bunch of overwatch just to shoot at it. He actually ended his turn in the square next to my grenadier who was closer.
Not a fan of the timer in some missions, it seems quite arbitrary... I lost one guy because he was one square away from an evac zone even though all enemies in the level were dead
There is a mod to turn it off however. would be nice to turn it off for specific missions though.
I don't mind it other than what I posted, in some rare secure VIP missions where the randomizer fucks you up the ass.
MonorailCat
Member
Hmm, then it's even more OP than I thought.
CrichtonKicks
Member
Forgive me if this has been mentioned but, 18 hours in, I just found out that applying a PCS will instantly take a Gravely Wounded soldier and make them available for deployment.
Hari Seldon
Member
A mod to turn off the timers you say? I'll be picking that one up.
MonorailCat
Member
Game will be way too easy without timers. It's balanced with timers in mind.
Mod to increase timers by a few turns would be more feasible in my opinion.
Dick Justice
Banned
Fairly sure that's available too on the workshop.
Lanrutcon
Member
Really smooths out the difficulty curve. Plus you get to, you know, employ strategies and shit that don't amount to 'sprint lots and don't miss'.
MisterShine
Member
I use one that adds 2-4 turns for most missions. It keeps a sense of "I gotta really think about how I want to do this" but I don't feel like I have to blitz either. Could be because I'm just not great at strategy games but it feels a lot better to me. If I took away all timers I'd feel compelled to up the difficulty.
edit: apparently there's a mod that while your squad is in concealment, the timer will not tick. That's a pretty interesting idea as well. Has some thematic sense to it as well.
i'm not opposed to the timers per se, but on a lot of the missions with timers i feel like i just have to play recklessly, not smartly, to complete the missions on time. one mission i moved as quickly as i could while still staying in concealment, and i swear that the only way i could make the objective in time was to blow a hole in the side of the building, which of course alerted the three packs that were all standing conveniently around it. 2 KIA, 1 captured.
Poodlestrike
Banned
I use other strategies with timers...
You need to spend some time properly loading out your guys, though. Need to be very flexible. Battle scanners are surprisingly great too.
I haven't had an issue with timers at all on Veteran. Only time I've gotten anyone captured was on an Avenger defense mission where a stun lancer got a lucky stun in with too many reinforcements, causing my medic to go limp and 2 others to panic and run away. Would have been to unpredictable a bloodbath to try and rescue then, so bailed. Haven't had a rescue mission yet.
Also, good lord is Serial good on Sharpshooters provided you give them an Auto Load weapon mod. My main is aptly nicknamed Apex and I have to try to avoid killing everything with him in order to spread experience around.
Also, good lord is Serial good on Sharpshooters provided you give them an Auto Load weapon mod. My main is aptly nicknamed Apex and I have to try to avoid killing everything with him in order to spread experience around.
King Tubby
Member
If this is your strategy, then of course you will have problems with the turn timer. That's not how to play it. Be aggressive with explosives in the early game and you'll be fine, by the late game your squad should be good enough that the turn timers are not a problem.
johancruijff
Banned
Mutons have grenades eh?
My beautiful sniper...
My beautiful sniper...
Salty Catfish
Member
All this talk about the timers seems exaggerated to me. Yeah, it's hard, but people are acting like if you do nothing but sprint towards the objective you still can't make it in time. Absolutely not true. You have to constantly push but there's absolutely enough time to take cover, throw grenades, etc.
Equip them? Or do you mean when first picking them up?
MonorailCat
Member
I think the main problem for many people is, that they engage in drawn out cover-to-cover stalemate firefights. Thats not how it should be done. Early game, you should almost never shoot at people in cover. The odds are too bad. Flank! And if flanking is not possible, blow that cover up with grenades. Blow up everything. Grenades are your friend in this game.
Salty Catfish
Member
Do they let you restart the mission like in EU? I know they made an Ironman exception for that one. Good luck!
This sounds broken, heh.
N
Noray
Unconfirmed Member
Not to be that guy, but I've never had a problem with the turn timers? I'm playing on default difficulty (Veteran? I forget), but with that in mind I've never run into an impossible situation. I will say the 8-turn missions can be pretty tight, but I've never even felt rushed because of them. Don't forget that in concealment there's really no reason not to dash as long as you don't dash straight around corners and other places you have no LOS on.
The geoscape on the other hand, that thing makes me an anxious wreck. Between how poorly it's explained (as in, not really at all) and the fact that it's just super stressful with the constant interruptions, I don't really like what they've done with it.
The geoscape on the other hand, that thing makes me an anxious wreck. Between how poorly it's explained (as in, not really at all) and the fact that it's just super stressful with the constant interruptions, I don't really like what they've done with it.