Sentenza
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XCOM 2: War of the Chosen |OT| Mario + Rabbids + Autopsies
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CrichtonKicks
Member
I got a Superior Auto Loader which I added to my head ranger's shot gun. Gives something like 4 or 5 free reloads. It's a godsend in Lost infested territory.
Once you've broken concealment, enemy sight range goes way up. I don't think cover will save you from being seen either. If you can see both groups when you start a fight from stealth, there's an excellent chance that both groups will activate. Also, certain enemy groups will patrol each turn so there's a chance that a group will walk into a combat situation.
RedlineRonin
Member
It wasn't in EU/EW right? Was that new in 2? I swear it didn't used to be at some point in XCOM... Either way, good to know.
That sounds amazing! Totally forgot those existed too. I need to makes some more regular trips to the black market i think...
Okay that makes sense. Bad map/patrol can ruin this mission so badly lol.
Shake Appeal
Member
If you turn off "The Lost" in a campaign start, does that just remove that first scripted mission but leave everything else intact? Because I kind of don't want to play it again.
RedlineRonin
Member
Get the expansion.
It sits on top the base game same as EU and EW.
You wouldn't want to play the base game and then play again right away with the expansion. Well, maybe some people would i guess.
Shake Appeal
Member
Get the expansion before you start. It fundamentally changes everything throughout for the better, and you won't miss out on anything from the base game.
CrichtonKicks
Member
So why isn't the mission from Shen's Last Gift included in the WotC campaign? I'm kind of bummed because I had stopped playing vanilla before that DLC released and it sounds like it was a really cool mission.
Poodlestrike
Banned
Is it confirmed that there's going to be a Long War of the Chosen type deal? I love the game but I find myself missing the LW classes and squadsize.
From what my friend told me yesterday, you have to disable Integrated Content or something like that to get those story missions.
Welp.
It makes sense as you can use certain mods to cheat, but it will be a bit annoying to deactivate/activate all the mods (including cosmetics and QoL) each time you want to play a challenge. Specially when there's a new one every day.
EDIT: D'oh, I didn't see the "Deactivate mods" button in the launcher. That makes all this easier, although it still needs a game restart to continue with the campaign.
It makes sense as you can use certain mods to cheat, but it will be a bit annoying to deactivate/activate all the mods (including cosmetics and QoL) each time you want to play a challenge. Specially when there's a new one every day.
EDIT: D'oh, I didn't see the "Deactivate mods" button in the launcher. That makes all this easier, although it still needs a game restart to continue with the campaign.
RedlineRonin
Member
Wait, it's not? They've specifically said that they balanced those DLC pieces for inclusion with WotC.
I thought there was a check box up front when you start a new game that asks if you want that stuff included or not, and I did get the very first mission for alien hunters so I think Shen's Last Gift should work too?
CrichtonKicks
Member
I thought I read that Shen's Last Gift gives you immediate access to the SPARK once you build the foundry but the mission itself isn't included. Is that not correct?
Poodlestrike
Banned
Also, can anyone recommend some good not-reference (so not Halo, Titanfall, etc.) cosmetic packs that are WOTC compatible? I got the new Capnbubs, Arms & Shoulders, and a tattoo pack, but I'd like some additional torso and leg options too.
RedlineRonin
Member
Hmmmmm, can't say I read that anywhere, but it could be? Haven't seen it pop up yet and idr what the trigger was in vanilla so idk if I should have seen it yet or not (and i haven't built the foundry).
That would be a bummer! I thought that mission in particular was very, very well designed.
SmiteOfHand
Member
Yeah, probably. I'd rather just use an xbox controller if that is the case, though. I've never liked the bumper and triggers on the steam controller, as well using the touch pad as a giant d-pad doesn't feel as good. It is fine, it is serviceable, I'd do it if it was my only option.
That mission advises you that there's a high chance the Assassin will show up... I saved my Reaper for especially for those missions.
My Reaper was bonded, so I gave her an extra turn -- which allowed her to walk right up to the Chosen and shoot in the same round 8)
SmiteOfHand
Member
People are easily overwhelmed with analysis paralysis. If you are the sort that thrives in jumping in the deep-end then you'll be fine. I don't think it is a bad idea to reduce the complexity to get a feel for things.
LurkerPrime
Member
Wow, the Warlock is a real monster. I don't like him at all.
Give me the Assassin any day.
Give me the Assassin any day.
Lister
Banned
Just a rmeinder for those of you part of the awesome ultra wide screen club:
You may have already done this for the base game, but you will have to do it for the expansion too.
Find your XComEngine.ini file under the new Xcom:WOTC folder in your "Documents/MyGames/Xcom2" folder.
Then find [Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainXFOV
Change that with AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
Makes the UI all fit nicely, the FOV to properly scale (no more zoomed in camera), and fixes other UI issues like the hud in the avenger not being correctly mapped to the appropriate rooms.
Game looks gorgeous at 21:9.
You may have already done this for the base game, but you will have to do it for the expansion too.
Find your XComEngine.ini file under the new Xcom:WOTC folder in your "Documents/MyGames/Xcom2" folder.
Then find [Engine.LocalPlayer] AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainXFOV
Change that with AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV
Makes the UI all fit nicely, the FOV to properly scale (no more zoomed in camera), and fixes other UI issues like the hud in the avenger not being correctly mapped to the appropriate rooms.
Game looks gorgeous at 21:9.
Anyone else wish that Xcom2 and WoTC has all of the previous games enemies? I would love to fight Thinmen, ordinary Sectoids and such while keeping the new ones
Otherwise I love this expansion, gives the base game a lot of meat
I do miss the regular sectoids, I do.
I'm not sure why they don't recycle some of the previous content. Seems like a nobrainer to me.
Sinh_Magnus
Member
Just suffered him. The guy didn't even move from his position, he just kept
summoning spirits that blowed up in my face
20 years of probing an evolution, my dude
why keep puny sectoid when you can get big, strong sectoid?
Sentenza
Gold Member
I honestly hate this. I hated it in vanilla as well, for the multiplayer, so it's bummer it hasn't been addressed.Welp.
It makes sense as you can use certain mods to cheat, but it will be a bit annoying to deactivate/activate all the mods (including cosmetics and QoL) each time you want to play a challenge. Specially when there's a new one every day.
EDIT: D'oh, I didn't see the "Deactivate mods" button in the launcher. That makes all this easier, although it still needs a game restart to continue with the campaign.
If they wanted to make challenge mode and multiplayer "impermeable" to mods (which is absolutely reasonable in itself, if not even mandatory) they could just make so that both were unaffected by installed mods, rather than forcing you to manually disable them and restart the client... Something that on a side note has the bad tendency to mess up your [mod-heavy] character pool.
LurkerPrime
Member
With XCOM 2 installed, WotC is about 30 GB. It's hefty.
Not sure what XCOM 2 + WotC is like in terms of DL size.
TC McQueen
Member
IIRC, it's like 70GB.
Alright cheers, should take like 5 hours then :S
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
Did they modify the cover system? Heard they took lots of inspiration from Lords of Xulima.
Imgur leaves stuff up for a long time, but it has compression
I use mixtape.moe, but I don't know if they remove stuff after a certain date or not
Impeccable
Member
I downloaded 54.1 gigs last night.
the eating ogre
Member
Had a goofy bug earlier, where I told my ranger to slash a sectoid, he ran up, up, up, all the way off the map and into the fog, slashed at something, then teleported down to the now dead sectoid.
The assassin is becoming a serious issue. Consistently wears my squad down to the point of scraping by. One day she might actually kill someone. Mentally broke the rookie and now he's permanently afraid of her.
Question: Is she (the assassin) always immune to overwatch? I see that she has potentially different strengths and weaknesses. She just happens to have immunities to the best two ways I could take her down.
Is anyone fighting an assassin they can actually bait?
Question: Is she (the assassin) always immune to overwatch? I see that she has potentially different strengths and weaknesses. She just happens to have immunities to the best two ways I could take her down.
Is anyone fighting an assassin they can actually bait?
TC McQueen
Member
No, she's only immune to Overwatch if the campaign rolls that for her.
Apparently, it's easy to bait her by concealing your squad, minus one soldier, and having that dude hunker down, which forces her to come to you and get revealed.
Thanks. Just got unlucky then. I'm gonna have to hunt her down I suppose.
LurkerPrime
Member
Welp... after a half-dozen hours I finally noticed that there's a training button in the training center, to spend accumulate XCOM/soldier ability points on new skills.
It changes everything....
In WotC? I don't think so.
Never played Xulima... I, uh, actually thought it was one of those first-person turn-based RPGs like Might & Magic, so the news that it has a cover system is kinda blowing my mind.
It changes everything....
In WotC? I don't think so.
Never played Xulima... I, uh, actually thought it was one of those first-person turn-based RPGs like Might & Magic, so the news that it has a cover system is kinda blowing my mind.
LurkerPrime
Member
Yup. They can be ambushed (I think) resulting in a mission that they need to survive; and some convert actions have risks where they can be captured, or wounded. Haven't seen any outright "kill" risks, though.
Trickster
Member
Oh so you actually get to take control of the character and try to deal with the situation? I'm fine with that, unless I'm missunderstanding
CrichtonKicks
Member
Yeah, they can't be killed outright without your control.
grandwizard
Member
Went on a rescue mission for one of my guys that was kidnapped by the Assassin. It went so wrong and we were discovered immediately. Had the facility on max alert level and by some miracle made it out alive with the prisoner. My last guy had to dodge two overwatch shots while carrying the prisoner on the way to the evac zone. So awesome. Loving this expansion.
Sentenza
Gold Member
I wasn't really fond of the "larger-than-life super villains" as a theme for this expansion, but I have to say I'm loving pretty much every new introduction they made in this expansion, when it comes to mechanics.
P.S. Pro-tip: the skirmishers may not seem so powerful in terms of raw damage output, but as they start to level up all their melee stuns become invaluable if used at the right time on the right target.
P.S. Pro-tip: the skirmishers may not seem so powerful in terms of raw damage output, but as they start to level up all their melee stuns become invaluable if used at the right time on the right target.