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XCOM: Enemy Unknown |OT| Neo GAF is Under Alien Control
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Metalmurphy
Member
And that's why not playing Ironman sucks.
Fight went OK, considering. But I didn't bother to finish the mission. I'm gonna start another game when the patch hits.
I think I'll finish the one I'm doing and then restart and go SHIV happy once they're fixed.
Ironman up. Now.
Just let go man, let go. Soldiers die in war, they can be replaced but never forgotten.
weekend_warrior
Banned
No, not at all. Only the last mission lets you restart because it imperative to the story. But when you're soldiers die, they're dead.
What's this all about, a reload bug?
bigdaddygamebot
Member
XCOM 2 needs to allow you to shoot at cover...walls...etc.
Starting a full blown Ironman Classic. After 14 attempts and failing...I went vanilla Classic and won.
So now to deal with my shame.
Ironman Classic.
LOVE this game.
Also...they need more "multi-level" terrain in the next game. I love my Skeleton-Grapple Hook armour.
Starting a full blown Ironman Classic. After 14 attempts and failing...I went vanilla Classic and won.
So now to deal with my shame.
Ironman Classic.
LOVE this game.
Also...they need more "multi-level" terrain in the next game. I love my Skeleton-Grapple Hook armour.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Double Tap can give you 2 kills per turn max. In the Zone can let you kill as many enemies as you see.
pieatorium
Member
grenading/rocketing to remove cover can open up some big in the zone killing sprees, it's more situational but potentially insane
weekend_warrior
Banned
I think I just got to the first alien base. I had to abandon the shit out of it. Lost half my squad, and that was before 4 more Mutons appeared out of nowhere. :\ When did aliens learn how to
WHEN!? Anyways, I got to recoup now, I've got Titan armor coming up is 5 days so hopefully that will help.
edit: ah fuck, it costs $150 and I have no alloys.
I'm fucked.
throw grenades!
edit: ah fuck, it costs $150 and I have no alloys.
I'm fucked.Er, only if they're exposed, which is pretty rare for a sniper...
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
That's why you pair it with a Heavy with 3 rockets.
Also, flying units and melee units are usually always out of cover.
weekend_warrior
Banned
How do you guys play so many games? I'm only on my 2nd Classic Ironman try
and it's going to shit.
Admiral Snackbar
Member
2nd Classic Ironman Mode just went to shiiiiiiiit. Goddamn Brazillian VP mission from the council.
Snackbar: Council mission! Send all my good dudes to lock that shit DOWN!
Xenos: NOPE.
Fucking.../rocked/. Everyone dead, VP died of poison almost immediately and his death caused a chain panic through the team that saw them kill two of their own. Absolute disaster. God DAMNIT.
Snackbar: Council mission! Send all my good dudes to lock that shit DOWN!
Xenos: NOPE.
Fucking.../rocked/. Everyone dead, VP died of poison almost immediately and his death caused a chain panic through the team that saw them kill two of their own. Absolute disaster. God DAMNIT.
Rentahamster
Rodent Whores
Impossible Ironman streamer just reverted his save after an unlucky death.
lol wtf.
lol wtf.
VIP mission freakin SUCK!
Terror missions also SUCK!
Very Difficult Abduction Missions also SUCK!
game is hard
so hard
I NEED SCISSORS
Banned
Dunno if this is a bug, a feature, or just a trick but: you can get a free reload action out of dashing if you click the weapon icon right at the end of your character's dash. You need to time it just right to be effective - wait too long and the move will end, do it too soon and you don't get the full effectiveness out of the dash.
PowerSmell
Member
Anybody know if the PAL Xbox version of XCOM is region free? I've had it with the horrible PS3 version, and the only version of the game I can get locally for the Xbox is the PAL version.
Why not just get it on PC? If you really want to get it on Xbox there's a couple of blogs that test out region locking somewhere.
Game 40 here. And not once have I made it past the first terror mission.
Metalmurphy
Member
Link? I wanna insult him lol
electricpirate
Member
Lol, I admit that I've undone a turn on classic ironamn a couple times now when I've accidently misclicked on a location and accidently left a dude out in the open. \
I am ashamed
I am ashamed
Maaaan I got screwed so hard last night on a regular UFO mission. I'm still pretty early on (this was the first mission after alien base), and I was trying to capture a Muton. I killed 5 Mutons and left one with 1HP, but he kept running just out of range of my Support with Arc Thrower and injuring all my dudes. I finally cornered him and got right next to him for a 90% chance to capture. Fails. Decide to take the hit and try again next turn... fails again!! Nobody is dead yet but pretty much everyone is low on health. Finally just kill the thing since I don't have any more Arcs, but apparently there are more aliens somewhere.
I start exploring the UFO and find two sectoid commanders. Get a crit on one that leaves it at 1HP, then miss an 85% shot. Sniper gets mind controlled which spooks my Assault, he kills my Heavy and then Sniper kills him. Second sectoid kills my Support, but luckily she was just bleeding out and not entirely dead. No medkits left, so I wasn't sure if it would count her KIA or not at the end of the mission, thankfully she does revive. This game.
I start exploring the UFO and find two sectoid commanders. Get a crit on one that leaves it at 1HP, then miss an 85% shot. Sniper gets mind controlled which spooks my Assault, he kills my Heavy and then Sniper kills him. Second sectoid kills my Support, but luckily she was just bleeding out and not entirely dead. No medkits left, so I wasn't sure if it would count her KIA or not at the end of the mission, thankfully she does revive. This game.
Lol, I admit that I've undone a turn on classic ironamn a couple times now when I've accidently misclicked on a location and accidently left a dude out in the open.
I am ashamed
Nothing wrong with that, the UI is pretty terrible when it comes to movement.
*sigh* Lost a colonel and my only support just now. She was the only one with a medpac and I had to WATCH HER BLEED OUT!
Classic Ironamn almost won, I just have to construct a certain chamber and hopefully everything goes to plan(I only have 1 psi capable guy on the roster, everyone else's will is in the 60s). But, it hasn't been all rosy. Oh colonel Something "shadow" Something, you would have had a permanent place on my roster 'till the end. I just watched her zap a Muton for me last mission, to get an extra plasma rifle... oh God, why?
Classic Ironamn almost won, I just have to construct a certain chamber and hopefully everything goes to plan(I only have 1 psi capable guy on the roster, everyone else's will is in the 60s). But, it hasn't been all rosy. Oh colonel Something "shadow" Something, you would have had a permanent place on my roster 'till the end. I just watched her zap a Muton for me last mission, to get an extra plasma rifle... oh God, why?
SirIgbyCeaser
Banned
I wish I learned about psi guy's will thing earlier. I tested everyone and only recieved 1 Psi support troop. Who was in the very first test.
Nobody else is gifted, and I mean NOBODY. Now I have a roster of troops I can't test again, so I need to purchase new troops and bring their will up to make a Psi army.
What will rating has the best ods ? 60+ ?
Nobody else is gifted, and I mean NOBODY. Now I have a roster of troops I can't test again, so I need to purchase new troops and bring their will up to make a Psi army.
What will rating has the best ods ? 60+ ?
AFAIK, there's no point in having interceptors alone (no UFOs will be detected, i.e. nothing to intercept
) or satellites alone on a continent (they'll detect UFOs, but you won't be able to shoot them down).Edit: Come to think of it, satellites alone might help you detect landed UFO missions, in which case you only need to send in the Skyranger to start a mission. Then again, I've logged around 45 hours in the game and I've only seen one of this type of missions
They can attack places you don't have coverage over. Also if you have a satellite without an interceptor stationed there they can shoot the satellite down.
Interceptors are super cheap, there is no reason not to have 1 stationed everywhere.
I've never had a 70+ fail, but I've had plenty of people fail in the 60s. Which is why I don't bother sending people off unless they are in the 70s. Don't know about you, but taking some of my best guys out for 10 days is a luxury I can't afford.
Whenever I make another run at it, on impossible or whatever, I'll get the will bonus from the Officer School ASAP to really take advantage of the psi stuff. I wonder how having 4-6 squad members, all with psi abilities will play.
You get missions across the world, but unless you have a satellite over a country, you won't pick up on UFOs in the air... which means you'll never have to send an interceptor in a spot where you have no satellite coverage.
I'm finally at the end stretch. Building the Gallop Chamber, researched everything, haven't dropped below $1000 in 2 months now, and pretty much out of stuff to do in terms of improving my soldiers. I just got a terror mission right after both my support guys got wounded in a UFO mission, but I'm not worried since I can just throw two Hover-SHIVs in to replace them in the team. It's feeling kinda easy now! Funny how things totally turn around after you get full satellite coverage worldwide.
Fragamemnon
Member
I used the Resource Hacker from XCOM Nexus and started a Impossible Ironman game with the following modifications:
- no extra HP on Sectoids
- 1 extra HP on Thin Men (5 total)
The difficultly level is just where I want it now. It's still super difficult, but the crapshoot that is the first month and a half of Impossible is now manageable provided you play nearly flawlessly. The vanllia experience of the game is still left completely intact, which is what I was looking for.
Highly recommended changes if you were like me: Classic was too easy, Impossible too frustrating.
- no extra HP on Sectoids
- 1 extra HP on Thin Men (5 total)
The difficultly level is just where I want it now. It's still super difficult, but the crapshoot that is the first month and a half of Impossible is now manageable provided you play nearly flawlessly. The vanllia experience of the game is still left completely intact, which is what I was looking for.
Highly recommended changes if you were like me: Classic was too easy, Impossible too frustrating.
Thin men have 6 HP on impossible. Well, some of mine had 3 on the first council mission, but most of them have 6.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFc5-wn4j5g&feature=g-high-u
I've been following this one since someone linked to it like 3 episodes back. Great series.
I've been following this one since someone linked to it like 3 episodes back. Great series.
I can pretty much take on anything now on my Classic Ironman run. I have the Gollop chamber ready to go but I want to mind control an Ethereal first. Team is compose of 5 Colonels and a Sergeant, 1 sniper, 2 supports, 2 heavies and an assault who is the only psi member in my entire base. Shot down a battleship and got those upgrades. The game really gets easy late game.
Fragamemnon
Member
Yep, I meant 1 HP over the "base" number of four. Five is actually the right number for them-they will not die to assault rifles w/o a crit, but can be killed with a LMG shot or sniper rifle. They are guaranteed kills if you connect with a laser rifle.
They are still extremely deadly since they have the +10 to hit light plasma rifles and have the 100% to hit spit attack.
The thin man HP change is mostly necessary due to what happens if you get Bomb Disposal as your first council mission on impossible in your first month. Completely unreasonable.
I got Bomb disposal in the middle of my 3rd month and it was still a bloodbath, so I know what you are saying. Might as well go home on the first month and give up that country.
I'm right on your heels, 6 days until the
Gallop Chamber
To the people suggesting classic ironman is just such a breeze at the end, really? I mean, there's no chance of a flat out loss, but it's not like you can steamroll through the huge UFOs, there's enough danger there.