Unknown Soldier
Member
Snipers seem to miss way too much from Overwatch. I don't know why, but it really pissed me off on that mission where I was fighting the Cyberdisc AND EVERY SINGLE SNIPER OVERWATCH SHOT MISSED IT.
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown |OT| Neo GAF is Under Alien Control
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Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Wow, thanks for this, you are awesome.
FlutterPuffs
Member
In my game, all the units are just the support for my snipers.
maniac-kun
Member
My team:
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Does that mean he died 4 times? lol
Raitosaito
Member
Anyone want my last X-com Steam key for $36 USD?
Edit:Someone got it.
I'm glad to help GAF get the game for cheap. I might have some more later so PM me in a couple of days, no guarantees. I'm not making a profit from this just trying to help you guys.
Edit:Someone got it.
I'm glad to help GAF get the game for cheap. I might have some more later so PM me in a couple of days, no guarantees. I'm not making a profit from this just trying to help you guys.
maniac-kun
Member
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Does your sniper have "oppportunist? It removes the accuracy penalty.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Squad sight is OP.
Equip SCOPEs and proceed to dominate the entire field.
Until they miss that one crucial but super easy shot, then they can burn in hell for all I care.
It not only removes the aim penalty but it also adds crit. Opportunist is pretty great, especially combined with Squad Sight, Damn Good Ground and a Scope.
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
Well this is about the most mind-numbingly shitty tutorial/demo in recent memory... zero freedom and not even good to look at. Don't really like the art style at all, and the animation (especially facial animation) seems like it's a generation past. Feels budget-title, but looks aren't everything.
Will try again later... I like strategy games so hopefully there's something going on here under the hood and they'll give you some taste of it in the demo.
Will try again later... I like strategy games so hopefully there's something going on here under the hood and they'll give you some taste of it in the demo.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
One of the things that I miss about the old game was how the aliens run their own strategy layer too. They field scouting missions, terror missions, infiltration missions, invasion missions, supply missions etc, and if you can detect them and shoot down the UFOs in charge of those missions, you stop the missions from happening.
In this game, the appearance of UFOs feels like it has no bearing whatsoever on the frequency of abduction or terror missions at all. It's like the game just throws them at you once in a while and there is nothing you can do on your end to influence that.
In this game, the appearance of UFOs feels like it has no bearing whatsoever on the frequency of abduction or terror missions at all. It's like the game just throws them at you once in a while and there is nothing you can do on your end to influence that.
I only killed the aliens with bullets and used no explosives at all. And yet 3 out of 4 flight computers were damaged and 2 out 2 power sources were damaged.
Is that just random or is there something I can do to make sure those items will be in working order?
masterkajo
Member
Yeah, really hope this is coming (either DLC or MOD). I want to be rewarded that when I have satellite coverage over all of the US and a strong air defence I can manage that country fine and if there should appear 2 or more missions simultaniously I can send 2 teams in 2 skyrangers to handle it.
If you shoot the UFOs down with your interceptors most of the components are damaged. If you assault a landed UFO you can retrieve all components intact.
MrPing1000
Member
I'm starting to miss:
inventories
Abilty to pick up and drop items (from dead stuff too, also when your only medic is bleeding out grr).
Ability to sell equipment (would need a totally revamped economy).
Crouching.
Soldiers having more random rolled stats. (it's nice that there is aesthetic stuff you can change, but they are all pretty much the same. I also hate that you can change their face and skin colour.)
inventories
Abilty to pick up and drop items (from dead stuff too, also when your only medic is bleeding out grr).
Ability to sell equipment (would need a totally revamped economy).
Crouching.
Soldiers having more random rolled stats. (it's nice that there is aesthetic stuff you can change, but they are all pretty much the same. I also hate that you can change their face and skin colour.)
yes there is, its not a great one but you somehow have to win the game.
My two Snipers did most of the work. The one with squad sight had like 95% hit rate most of the time. Very useful.
small launchers!
What the shit i'm stuck on an abduction mission I can't finish. I killed everything pretty easily but the mission won't end, every now and then it shows movement off the map but I can't see anything. I've had my squad running all over the corners of the map trying to get fired on or force the last alien to appear but nothing!
So frustrating, I took almost no damage and the reward for this mission is 4 engineers I need to allow me to build the upgraded satellite control area. Do I abort and return home? Is there a way to end the mission successfully? Gaaaaaahhh.
So frustrating, I took almost no damage and the reward for this mission is 4 engineers I need to allow me to build the upgraded satellite control area. Do I abort and return home? Is there a way to end the mission successfully? Gaaaaaahhh.
Are you getting those sound waves?
Impeccable
Member
Probably on a roof, I had that earlier.
Yeah, but they show way off the edge of the map - I'm on the roof of a building and the red border is like 2 squares away. There's a 1 square strip of sidewalk between the building and the edge, and I've had my SHIV doing laps trying to see. So damn frustrating, I have my 2 uber-snipers in overwatch on nearby roofs so unless the last alien is Kryptonian this shit is done once i have a visual.
EDIT: ok whew, restarting the game fixed it. After my first turn 2 Thin Men spawned out of nowhere beside a door near the edge of the map right by my squad. Crisis averted!
Issues on the PS3 version, will likely double dip on Steam when it goes on sale for 15 bucks or less:
1. Texture streaming speed is horrendous, worse than Rage, but thankfully that's just the cut scenes that you skip anyway. Still I was very surprised that there wasn't even an optional install. I'd have preferred to have one.
2. Blew a few floaters off the map and they fell through the floor into minus infinity height, switched to a different soldier with R1/L1 and it was funny to see the camera move from below the map smoothly to my new soldier.
3. The worst is that the game sometimes freezes when loading from a save and you have to do a hard reset.
1. Texture streaming speed is horrendous, worse than Rage, but thankfully that's just the cut scenes that you skip anyway. Still I was very surprised that there wasn't even an optional install. I'd have preferred to have one.
2. Blew a few floaters off the map and they fell through the floor into minus infinity height, switched to a different soldier with R1/L1 and it was funny to see the camera move from below the map smoothly to my new soldier.
3. The worst is that the game sometimes freezes when loading from a save and you have to do a hard reset.
How to tell that XCOM has had quite enough of your winning streak: You approach a landed UFO, killing Floaters and a Cyberdisk along the way. You carefully open the door and... 6 Mutons and 4 Sectoid Commanders take cover inside it.
And that was my first non-tutorial casualty of the game. That was just the game telling me it had been way too long since one of my people died. I couldn't really see any way out of this one without casualties.
Eh, I couldn't keep on cheating certain death like that, I suppose. There are at least two occasions where one or more of my soldiers should have been a Chryssalid snack. One where the 'lid ran out of movement in the square just in front of my soldier and one where I had to think for a while on how to kill three 'lids when the total damage the soldiers in range could do would only be enough to kill two. The answer? Sniper Headshots one, Assault Run & Guns into melee range and Rapid Fires another, and the Support wounds the third. On the aliens' turn, the surviving 'lid goes for an Assault snack... Close Quarters Combat activates. Three 'lids down. Even one missed shot and that would have ended badly...
How to tell when XCOM tries to apologize: My best Sniper, my best Assault, and my best Heavy are all Gifted. I wonder if you can use Squad Sight with psionics. Probably not. But being able to deal 5 damage to an alien just like that seems interesting.
And that was my first non-tutorial casualty of the game. That was just the game telling me it had been way too long since one of my people died. I couldn't really see any way out of this one without casualties.
Eh, I couldn't keep on cheating certain death like that, I suppose. There are at least two occasions where one or more of my soldiers should have been a Chryssalid snack. One where the 'lid ran out of movement in the square just in front of my soldier and one where I had to think for a while on how to kill three 'lids when the total damage the soldiers in range could do would only be enough to kill two. The answer? Sniper Headshots one, Assault Run & Guns into melee range and Rapid Fires another, and the Support wounds the third. On the aliens' turn, the surviving 'lid goes for an Assault snack... Close Quarters Combat activates. Three 'lids down. Even one missed shot and that would have ended badly...
How to tell when XCOM tries to apologize: My best Sniper, my best Assault, and my best Heavy are all Gifted. I wonder if you can use Squad Sight with psionics. Probably not. But being able to deal 5 damage to an alien just like that seems interesting.
They pull out when you get your monthly report, so the game gives you some time to try and salvage the situation when they hit panic status.
Fragamemnon
Member
Impossible Ironman lives up to its name. I will beat you though, through hell and high water, four health rookies outnumbered 1:3 in the second mission , pea shooters versus plasma pistols that might as well be plasma snipers, etc.
Always end of month unless you fail a terror mission, which is an instant KO for the country.
edit: Regarding Chrysalids - these are really some of the easiest enemies in the game to fight. They don't use cover, they never really come as a surprise, and they often have to spent a turn point blank before they can attack. Keep calm, keep grouped up, and keep up your weapon techs and you'll have plenty of burst damage to deal with them. They are only really nightmarish if they took over half a map of civilians first, but terror maps aren't big and Chrysalids so aggressive to aggro your squad that as long as you keep moving you should be OK. They are more of a "burst DPS" check for your squad than anything else.
I took down a simultaneous spawn two Cyberdiscs and 3 Chrysalids w/ no casualities in my second terror mission. Stuff like rapid fire/bulletstorm on your assaults/heavies and the close quarters reaction fire on your assaults helps tons and you need it for zerkers anyway.
Always end of month unless you fail a terror mission, which is an instant KO for the country.
edit: Regarding Chrysalids - these are really some of the easiest enemies in the game to fight. They don't use cover, they never really come as a surprise, and they often have to spent a turn point blank before they can attack. Keep calm, keep grouped up, and keep up your weapon techs and you'll have plenty of burst damage to deal with them. They are only really nightmarish if they took over half a map of civilians first, but terror maps aren't big and Chrysalids so aggressive to aggro your squad that as long as you keep moving you should be OK. They are more of a "burst DPS" check for your squad than anything else.
I took down a simultaneous spawn two Cyberdiscs and 3 Chrysalids w/ no casualities in my second terror mission. Stuff like rapid fire/bulletstorm on your assaults/heavies and the close quarters reaction fire on your assaults helps tons and you need it for zerkers anyway.
Funky Papa
FUNK-Y-PPA-4
I GIVE UP GAF
Classic Ironman is brutal. I've lost the count of how many times the XCOM initiative has been canned. I think it's time to chicken out: normal ironman or classic regular?
Classic Ironman is brutal. I've lost the count of how many times the XCOM initiative has been canned. I think it's time to chicken out: normal ironman or classic regular?
My current squad (just lost a Heavy COL. and replaced him with a SGT., shit felt bad)
I'm starting to feel like I should upgrade my weapons. My Sniper with his ability combination (
) pretty much obliterates anything that moves. Only problem is his weak ass laser rifle...
I'm starting to feel like I should upgrade my weapons. My Sniper with his ability combination (
Double Tap, Opportunist and Squad Sight
whalleywhat
Member
Damn straight.
Classic regular. Normal becomes too easy later on, basically you have almost unlimited funds.
Another vote for regular Classic.
Just learn everything you need before going for a Classic Ironman playthrough.
Classic Regular. I say only limit your saves when COMPLETE BULLSHIT happens. Like when you miss 3x 97% hits in one mission. But then your human nature takes over and everything bad becomes just that.
Probably more than Syndicate's LTD.
Fragamemnon
Member
If you are learning the game classic regular is the way to go. It's not very hard since you have do-overs and can learn and experiment since the game sometimes has some seriously crazy issues with LOS and shooting through walls that you'll want to recognize later in a later Ironman run.
Though once you get the hang of it Classic Ironman isn't that bad. It's rough, but not that bad.
Though once you get the hang of it Classic Ironman isn't that bad. It's rough, but not that bad.
Yyyyep! Happening more as I progress. :/
Metalmurphy
Member
Oh yeah. Crackerator is in his Fifth iteration lol