XCOM General - /xcg/

handguns are useful

first for mad shitters are mad

I like the turn limits.

third for why can't you mod the handguns

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WHEN?

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remove ayys

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NO VAHLEN NO BUY

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>sameface

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>tfw survivor's guilt

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Am I the only one that actually WANTS to fail first few campaigns? I will be disapointed if I win first C/I

I have never seen such bullshit like this before.
>Advent stun baton trooper turn
>He fucking SLIDES through a wall to attack my specialist 7 tiles away
>The overwatch that was covering the specialist activates AFTER the stun tropper attacks with his baton
>The trooper then teleports 6 tiles back with his 1 remaining health, but now is for no discernible reason LITERALLY ON FIRE
>He then moves to full cover to the left of my specialist and then shoots my grenadier through a doorway and full cover, killing him

>>131007108
When there's some way to aim the stupid thing.

Are the classic XCOM games worth going back and playing? The pack is $3.74 on steam right now.

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Cool

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So when you try to customize things like "attitude" while in the campaign, its blocked out and says "get more experience to unlock this option".

What does this mean? Do I have to progress further in the campaign to get more customization options?

Scripts are literally hanging for, like, ten to sixty seconds between actions for me despite my framerate being fine. Anyone else got this?

I do the tutorial and it tells me go here, I click there, the dude goes and then I have to wait eleventy billion hours before it tells me to do anything else.

>>131007424
1 yes. 2 is shit, 3 is different but still a good game. All the 3d ones up to current xcom/2 are shite.

>>131007469
they need to be at least sergeant for the full customisations iirc

it's whatever rank they get their nickname

>>131007424
UFO: yes, definitely
TFTD: only if you really a UFO that hates you
Apocalypse: yes, definitely
Interceptor: no such game exists
Enforcer: stop making things up Anon

>>131007469
Level you guys up stupid

>>131007353
Just take the risk

>>131007615
>2 is shit

You should go unfuck yourself. TFTD was great.

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>he bought into the gunslinger meme
>he doesn't rain instagib death from rooftops

Best tech and facilities route on commander ironman?

>>131007319
Stun baton dudes can hit you on their yellow move bud - just like the sword

>>131007754
The first two perks for sharpshooter are kind of not worth it, especially the Long Watch one.

After that though, it begins to get amazing.

>>131007749
"""""great""""""
name some reasons why

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>>131007353
I sure wish I was playing XCOM instead of verifying the cache for the second time today because the game crashes whenever one of my soldiers tries to shoot.

>>131007749
TFTD is quite literally a glorified palette swap. It added absolutely nothing to the genre or the series except tedium and game-breaking bugs. It wasn't even made by the original developers.
It's the same shit we bash Asscreed and Call of Battlefield for each year nowadays. What is there to like? What is there to call "great"?

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>>131007615
Oh crikey, an OG XCOM grognard! Damn, i got to get a picture of this. Wow, i thought your kind was extinct.

Now, please tell how shit the new games are. It's only fancy graphics, right? No substance?

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So is there anyway to tell if a civ is a faceless before getting literally fucked? Just got one shot because of that shit

>>131007631

TFTD is worth it to learn pain. Nigh invincible aliens through lobstermen who are invulnerable to explosives. One tile sized cyberdisks through Bio-Drones. Flying Crysalids through Tentaculats.

TFTD does not forgive.

my gameplay is completely fluid on high graphics, BUT switching from base to the map, or deploying on a mission freezes my frame for at least 20 seconds. Usually 1-3 times during that transition animation.
Any way to fix that? It's REALLY aggravating to play.

>>131008036
Scan, nigga. Either the Specialist skill or toss a beacon.

>>131007912
Yes I know that you daft prat, I just didn't know they could phase through solid matter while powersliding, teleport, spontaneously combust and take 3 moves and two attacks in one turn.

>>131007461
I had that error. I got it because I wasn't running service pack 1 on Windows 7 with an AMD card.

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Sick crits can be yours.

All you have to do is post "Thanks EXALT Initiate"

>>131007941
It's literally UFO Defense underwater, and harder. You can say you don't like it because of that, but it doesn't make it a bad game.

>>131007979
Okay kid.

can someone explain this turn limit thing to me? i dont have the game yet and was wondering exactly what this is.

who's the Snek with tits I keep seeing?

>Rapid Fire has no cooldown and takes 2 shots even if the first one misses
>Chain Shot has a 4-turn cooldown and doesn't take a second shot if the first one misses

why does chain shot even exist.

>>131006891
Anyone know where I can grab a reliable torrent? Also mother of God do I wish I would have grabbed a blackcats account when bitgamer when down.

>>131008228
extract in 12 turns or all your units get captured and you lose the mission.
It's just a hard time limit.

>>131008158
I have service pack 1
Guess I'm fucked then

So where is the cheapest place to buy this game?

>>131008363
>12 turns
is this from the start of the mission or after the objective has been accomplished?

>>131008339
Why not buy the game?

is there an instant autopsy bonus in xcom 2 or should I start working on them?

Reposting for your Performance;

http://steamcommunity.com/app/200510/discussions/0/846960628563773260

This definitely helps the game run a lot better; there are still some issues, I'm sure improvements could be made as it's nearly 3 years old now, but it will help.

>>131008461
From the start.

You get the hang of it eventually. Your first couple of extract missions may be cutting it real close.

>>131008461
depends on the mission. some are 8 turns

>>131008461
start of the mission.
And I don't know if it's always 12, but it was in the 3 or so missions I played that had one.

>>131008509
I am a poor college student. If its video games or a decent meal and gasoline. I will take the ladder.

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FUCK

STUN

LANCERS

WRRRYYYYYYYY

>>131008509
He can't afford it
He doesn't want to afford it
He's a Canadian with their collapsing dollar

>>131008228
Some missions types, namely extract/escort stuff, have a set amount of turns (12) in which you have to get everything done.

Other missions have a turn limit (6-8) in which you have to interact with something, but afterwards can take your time with the mopping up.

Rest of the mission types, (Blacksite, terror, ufo boarding etc) don't have a limit.

For some reason, though, it has caused immense asspain among scrublords.

>>131008509
Probably worth it to see if it'll actually run on your computer before dropping sixty burgers.

Is lightning strike worth it?

>all these shit tier streamers/youtubers
>facecam
>make all the dumb decisions
>toasters

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>wasn't a pussy with overwatch during EW
>perfectly fine with the turn limits in XCOM 2
>feels like a much better paced game now

>>131008628
latter

>>131008363
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>>131008579
>>131008595
>>131008669

thats not that bad sounding. just dont turtle

>>131008759
I agree, the time limits feel good.

>>131008705
No. Don't buy into the gunslinger meme.

Deadeye is huge, especially when paired with Rupture, in taking down some of the big guys in mid-to-late game.

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I'm cry

He got captured to save the VIP and the sharpshooter from overwatch fire

I'll save you some day, Flores
You deserve better
Even if you did panic and gunned down a rookie

>>131008509
>buying video games
cuck

So is the setting for xcom 2 basically hl2? Because I have a hardon for that shit.

>>131008745
>dumb decisions
its on purpose you dolt

so they can make 'oh no I made a mistake' reaction faces

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>>131008745

>getting mad because not everyone is as dumb as you to spend more than $500 on a computer

>>131008553
I've tried that - but for some reason, the "restore graphics and video settings" button doesn't work

It didn't help

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>>131008570
>my 4 guys positioned on a roof
>locked car with the prisoner on the road
>attack
>robot guy grenades us
>1 instantly dead
>1 dies from falling
>remaining two panicked
>3 turns left
I seem to really suck at this game.

>>131008784
I would've preferred a soft limit like in Invisible Inc, where every few turns, alert level increases, which spawns more guards and obstacles.

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>first blacksite mission
>3rd difficulty (can't remember the name)
>few sergeants, rest corporals (not sure if I went too early)
>doing good, stealthed around a turret and took out three pods without taking a hit
>put one soldier little bit in front, everything is OK
>put one next to him
>triggers pod with mech and 2 soldiers
>mech fucking flanks me and then nukes me (this lost me mission IMO)
>start loosing soldiers left and right
>only 3 soldiers left, move my specialist into flank position
>fucking turret above it, good thing it cannot fire under itself
>specialist gets mind controlled and runs into turret's firing range
>FUCK!!

>mfw Firaxis cannot into difficulty

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>a girl I'm hitting on asks what I'm doing this weekend
shit, why now
quick, what do I tell her?

Purge the ayy

>>131008326
Rapid fire is a defining skill. Chain shot isn't. It's not like you have the choice to pick one over the other.

So how do you activate a faceless without getting your face smashed in?

>misjudge how far away a soldier from exfil
>literally one tile away from it after a gold move
how long do I have until I can try to rescue her

how the fuck do they expect you to fight burrowed chyrssalids? I have a scan but it means fuck all when theres like 5 of them on this mission and they get a free attack + poison on you

>>131008885

Pretty much other than the fact that HL2 is dystopian aesthetic and XCOM 2 is utopian aesthetic.

>>131008987

The Truth.

>>131008987
You're playing XCOM 2 of course

>>131008909
There is one soft increase.

When you accomplish your objective in certain maps, reinforcements will soon arrive somewhere along the path to evac. If you can't handle another pod, that is your cue to move faster or get bogged down as your real time limit ticks down.

Just a reminder if you can't finish timed missions with at least 1-3 turns left, can't successfully ambush a pod and wipe it out on activation, and can't handle Stun Lancers, Chrysalids, and have more than five troops dead on anything under legendary then you are garbage and should just set it to cinematic easy mode or refund the game because there is no hope for you.

I played Commander Ironman on my first playthrough until I felt comfortable and had a sense for research and buildings, lost two guys in three months and then restarted into Legendary Bronzeman.

You all have no excuse for being shitty.

>>131008553
Wait, can I applies these from the steam XCOM 2 folder too?
Or do I need to do it from going to user/docs/ etc.

>>131008987
Removing filthy aliens from our borders

>>131009148
>>131009150
So I did.
If it ruins what is possibly my only potential chance of getting laid for the first time in 4 years, I'm blaming /xcg/.

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>>131008890
$500 is a single video card, poorfag

>>131009289
You dumb fuck. Xcom will be here, the pussy won't.

>>131009081
Wlak up to it. It's not like it gets a free attack instantly unless you're retarded enough to walk up to it as your last action of the turn.

I'm sorry familia, but your game suffers from FORCED DIFFICULTY stemming from shitty game design mechanics. Would not recommend to anyone who likes fun.
Until next game,
-/v/

>>131009390
Doesn't that mean I should pursue pussy whenever possible since XCOM will always be there for me anyway?

How much armour do late game enemies get? should i be taking blast padding or shredder. I have an acid grenade already for a single toughcunt needing shredding.

>>131007301
>Lieutenant Brogan 'Lights Out'
>A fallen legend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESBXOOMi7SE&feature=youtu.be&t=347

>>131009281
Now all you need is BONESAW

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>Blacksite mission
>Ironman
>Sneaking and being stealthy all around the map
>Get to main building unspotted
>Ranger on the bottom floor, 4 people on the roof
>Just chilling, watching Viper squad outside and a Mech squad inside patrol.
>Suddenly Mech animations go apeshit
>Mech goes vertical all the way through the roof for 1 tile and down again
>Enough to spot my exposed roof team
>Viper squad kills one of my Grenadier outright from flanking spot
>Use my turn to kill the Viper squad with the 3 on the roof while Ranger kills an Advent downstair
>Mech goes full alpha, blows up the roof tiles my roof team is standing
>Full health all of them. 3 dmg from grenade, 2 dmg from fall. 2 more people die.
>One magnificent son of a bitch survives with 2 hp
>When going through the roof, he got sight on a third Sectoid pod
>It's now 1 Ranger and a 2 health Grenadier vs 3 Advent troops, 1 Sectoid and 1 Mech
>Manage to survive and escape with vial with them both.

This was one of the best and worst XCOM moments I've had in ages.

Got the SEYTER repack, cracked it and everything
shortcut with "-noRedScreens -reviews" case sensitive
and when I launch the game I get a black screen
Eh?

>>131009524
That's what I was saying but I don't into English

>>131009216
you apply it in your documents, to the XCOMEngine.ini.

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So is the speaker actually part of the plot? or is he just some weird Huey motherfucker who jerks off ethereals on international television

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Oh okay thanks I didn't even know what I clicked on

Can you farm blacksite reinforcements for xp?

>>131008314
>he doesn't know

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>>131009624

>getting the one loaded with malware

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>mfw watching all these homos who, for some reason, insist on trying to shotgun targets with shit results when they could be having JACK LET 'ER RIP

>Complete hearsay, but one of the LW devs was chatting in Beagle's stream last night, and mentioned that this wasn't a simple INI change and would require adjustments to the mission scripts using the dev kit

Could be a while before the turn limit removal, might be a feature of the new Long War whenever that happens.

>>131009665
Actually I just tested it and it doesn't matter where u apply it
They become the same either way

>>131009778
Well tell me who the new furry bait of the week is

if you jerk off to snakes your gay

There is scientific proof to back this up

Why is the LoS so utterly fucked in this? Units are drawing LoS through solid walls frequently and I just shot a dude in the room below me by firing through the floor.

Yes, I know how peeking works.

>>131009624
shit nigga party van is comin for ya

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Oh fuck

>>131009390
Get a load of this whipped cuck. Playing through the release weekend and moving collectively forward with your /xcg/ brethren happens only once.

You can pork some skank whenever.

>>131009818
Get back to me after you sword a Muton

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>>131009849

>wanting to remove turn limits

>>131009849
Get gut you disgusting faggot

>>131009903
You are 100% correct I would smash my face into those snake titties like a giant faggot

>>131010069
Yeah I just realized what I typed and I figured out I'm a massive faggot.

Carry on as usual.

>>131010069
faggot traitor

>>131010007
you can't dick your computer

yet

>>131009902
>he can't search "XCOM 2 Viper" in Google

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Has anyone used a Russian VPN key?

How did it go?

>>131010025
I like the idea of them, but I think a small adjustment would be good, just one or two turns.
Course that does go both ways, I've seen people say the current ones are too lenient, so modding the limit to be harsher is also going to take a while.

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post xcom 2 memes
they better be homemade tho

Is it just me or do story missions have noticeable difficulty spikes?

>Just got run and gun on my sharpshooter

Uh... that's just gonna be a pistol shot, ain't it?

>>131010192
It's just a really good lose condition.

>>131010012
Flashbangs and Psi ops exist for a reason. You don't always have to sword it, of course, but there are times when it's clearly the best option and yet some fags insist on trying to shoot.

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I think I got stuck.

Its impossible to destroy a beacon before time runs off.

There are 3 pods
>1st 1adv officer/2adv troops
>then 3x sectoids few tiles further
>and in that house where beacon is , you can find snek + 2 adv troopers

I tried to rush with my ranger but i need 3 turns to destroy it and snek immidiately jumps and snaps around my ranger.

Any tips?

>>131010243
I think the number of turns is fine, but I think it would be better if it stops when you get in range of the objective somehow/give specialists squadsight hacking

So have we got full spoilers for the story yet?

My new cpu doesn't arrive to Monday and my comp is dead until then but I really just wanna know what happens right now

>>131010469
Are flashbangs good?

>>131010575

>that pic

Oh hey I didn't know xcom 2 got a tablet release

>>131008890
Go shitpost on /a/ laptop gaymer.

>>131010627
commander wins.
gets all the bitches.
fin.

>>131010627
Vahlen controls all the aliens final mission you fight a turbo vahlen who is hopped on meld and burgers

So did the second patch fix anything?

>>131010575
get close to the house, blow a hole on the wall and target the beacon from there, family

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Would you make a mec out of Bradford?

>>131010654
Nigga flashbangs are the fucking GOAT. Remove overwatch, remove pectoid psi shenanigans, generally debuff active defense shit. They are especially good in early game when you have otherwise limited options in dealing with stuff.

>>131008628
So you are able to afford a computer that can run this game but you can't shell out 60 or so dollars to support the developers? Seems legit. I bought the game and my toaster can't even play it. I have to wait for tax returns...

>>131010627
it was all a dream

you wake up on Planet Ayy with Central, Shen, Vahlen and a squad

Xcom 3 -Battle for the Planet of the Ayys

>>131010753
I was sort of expecting she'd turned traitor but I cannot tell if you're joking or not because of the burgers line.

>>131010751
Does that include boning Shen's QT daughter?

>>131010878
>not spending all your money on a computer then stealing every game

so has Skulljacking replaced live captures? I've always wanted a deprogramming mechanic

>>131010654
The radius of them is enormous

For some reason it also once made a baton man double move into cover rather than do an ez zap some 4 tiles away on one of my guys

>>131010902
>xcom 3
>commander wakes up
>your in a big ass ship heading towards an ayylien planet
>shen, vahlen, and bradford are there
>commander kills himself from the crippling ptsd, stress and nightmares every night

>>131010943
>being a criminal

>tries to melee sectopod because I can
>normal melee animation

>>131011147
>Mia, darling. Not now. I have Ayys to kill.

>>131008705
Pistol is only effective at close range. Only good for finishing off really weak units or just ofr giving the sniper something to overwatch when they move to a good cover. (Hunker down might be better if cover is poor)

Deadeye seems pretty essential in this game since enemy health ramps up fast.

>>131010943
>Waaa why do PC never get the good exclusives?

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>Alien victory imminent
>8 days to go
>estimated retaliation strike in 1 week
>this mission pops up
>See Enemy unknown in the shadow chamber list

Worried laughter

How dead am I anons?
Playing on commander

What determines how long a wounded soldier needs before they're ready to go back into battle?

Is it how many turns they're wounded?

Do medkits affect it at all?

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>tfw the bullshit melee move from the fog of war misses

Holy shit I was scared for a second there

>>131010943
>Not being able to do both
I bet you shitpost about people buying consoles being 'poor'.

How heavily teched up should I be before hitting the first Blacksite? I'm playing on Commander/Ironman and that mission keeps breaking me. Everything else until that point is fine, but I can't get further ahead.

Right now I've been hitting it with a 5-strong team with Mag weapons and a few special ammo types from the Proving Ground. Should I just ignore the Avatar count and leave the Blacksites until I've got a full squad with level two weapons and armour?

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Rip in pepperoni my sweet soldiers,
you will be missed.

Lost most my best marksman last mission, the only replacement is a sgt thats gone full gunslinger.

Holy fuck. What is the deal with Flashbangs? Every time I use one, I still get hit through cover by these fuckass Sectoids.

save me please

How do you activate Ironman?

>>131011602

apparently I have an oedipus complex

>>131009903
I want Viper to ravage my prostate and slap my dick

How's the release weekend? Buggy?

Anybody know why I can get to 96% downloaded and then both the game decides to stop downloading and steam but all my other shit works flawlessly?

>>131011550
I'm pretty sure enemies get stronger as you go. So unless you cheat and out-pace the enemy, waiting won't help.

>>131011602
>4 deaths on mom missions
MOTHERRRR
TELL YOUR CHILDREN NOT TO WALK MY WAY
NOT TO HEAR MY WORDS WHAT THEY MEAN WHAT THEY SAY
MOTHERRR

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>game with MASS EFFECT Graphics is FRYING my GTX 980 Ti

None of these next gen graphic games stress my GPU this much

>>131011816
Isn't that just the normal Nvidia temperature?

>>131011802

Im about to marathon this mission, a retaliation mission and blacksite, in 8 days or its game over. send help

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>>131011147
tfw you gonna die hard as a diamond

So who's liking the random maps so far? How long until we get new tiles and buildings modded into the random pool?

>>131008339

Buy it.

>>131011356
Oh I know why. I just don't care.

>>131011987
I've noticed no bugs with it at all and haven't even started to recognise "chunks" that look the same yet

Done very well

How do you do remote hacking with the gremlin? I don't see it as a skill on the toolbar.

>>131012063

you need LOS to hack. It looks the same as the normal hacking icon

>>131006891
Glad to see missions protecting civilians are still fucking broken as shit. HURR DURR EVERY CIVILIAN IS IN ONE ROOM ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE MAP AND REFUSE TO MOVE :^) Game is fine. I don't give a shit about the timers as they leave more than enough time but that fucking god damn horseshit should have been fixed or outright removed. And its not "git gud" when rng is a fucking cunt like that. They need to actively run towards xcom troops. I'm just glad they didn't throw a grenade because they were all on the second floor of the building in one room.

>>131011816
that's what you get for being green goy

>>131011987
I completely forget the maps are supposed to be random because they look so natural.

>>131012086
If you have a specialist then when they use the hack button it automatically uses the GREMLIN

>>131012086
The Spec themself needs LoS to the target. It will appear on the hotbar when they can see it.

Is it just me or is the first supply raid mission a large spike in difficulty?

>>131011771
She'll just eat you.

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So when will there be a mod for snake tits?

Ok, gonna start my second run. In order to not get fucked in the ass by the Avatar project i should build the gorilla school and try to kill as many blacksites as i can as soon as possible right?

>>131012445
>did you rike it

>>131007963
I must be lucky as fuck. 5 hours played and zero issues.

>>131012429
It was going just fine; we were just about to finish up.


Suddenly a fucking Sectoid/Stun Lancer duo happened. They worked together and wiped my entire fucking squad. It was unreal.

does XCOM2 add anything meaningful to the series or is it more of the same shit?

Is it a good idea to buy a scientist for 175 supply just after the first retaliation?

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it's been a while since i last played a game with a visuals:performance relationship this bad

>tfw this game isn't very fun

>>131012761
Engis > Scientists

Ah, the classic "death of a really good early game soldier" - succumbed to stun lancers who can just move across the whole map

But we saved a lot of civvies, ungrateful bastards

>>131012746
Is it wrong if it is more of the same shit?
It can be polished same shit.

someone link me a mod that shows enemy CTH

Anyone been messing around with ini's yet? Was trying to change the length on officer training school train times, but ini's are foreign to me.

>>131012746
A better Geoscape, interesting enemies, a timer to make you hurry the fuck up and stop overwatch creeping, randomly generated maps, and it is much harder than EU/EW.

So i just got to powered armor.

Why does every helmet in this game make your soldiers look like dweebs?

>>131012890
Is it really just EW but better?

holy fuck this game penalizes the shit out of you for getting close to enemies during concealment.

if you can't kill the ENTIRE pod when activating it from concealment, they will flank you and lolcrit you every time guaranteed due to their 3 turn bullshit.

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Have you thanked The Elders today?

Please reply with "Thank you, Elders." and you will receive good luck and will ascend to the stars.

>>131010243
An extra 2-3 turns would be ideal. And a larger pool of civvies on retaliation missions (the original 20 instead of 13) would be merciful. Only played one so far, but god it was crushing.

Is it just me or did they change the voice actor for Central?

I know he's supposed to be older, but he just sounds so... differently.

>>131010243
>>131013001
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=616857663

>>131012995
Thank you, Elders

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>>131011147
>TFW I have the detonator of a plasma grenade rigged up to my dick

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>>131012995
>The Elders

OH FUCK THAT MISSION WHERE THEY TAKE DOWN YOUR AVENGER

You know what? In all seriousness, I don't care about the gameplay criticism in XCOM 2

The setting alone makes up for it all, I love love love the gorilla style warfare and setting.

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commander/ironman

do I go mag weapons right away? 19 days

>>131012995
ty elders

are there any terror mission kinda missions in XCOM2?

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>>131013085
Honestly (and this is going to sound dumb), I'd only want it if it was an official patch.
I suppose the reasoning is Firaxis comes out and says they messed up the balance, instead of my admitting to myself that I m casul.

>>131013346
Retaliation missions are pretty much the same, rescuing civvies while aylums gun them down. Some of the civs can be aliens in disguise too

Am I retarded or have they hidden soldier stat display while on a mission? Ie to show their will, defense etc

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>Finish mission mission entirely with rangers and grenades
>Hit percentage labeled ---

hhhhehehehe

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Is this my racism talking, or is Caucasian E the only conventionally attractive female face?

My heavy gunner is Pectoid bait.

No PSI attack have ever failed against her.

But she usually gets panicked and in six missions she have freaked out and minigunned the Pectoid four times.

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Thread theme
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZul_mSFczs

>>131013489
It seems to me like they've hidden the whole detailed info window.
This is a bit uncomfortable.

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>>131012852
Also, wouldn't it be nice if you could add recently killed soldiers to the character pool?

>>131012959
Not really. The geoscape layer is significantly more involved than EU/EW, enemies and your squad have more active abilities, mission structure is different and it's a fair bit more difficult than vanilla EU/EW.

>>131013546
I kinda agree

Haven't seen all the options yet though

>>131013584
I don't understand the reason for this.

>>131013546

that's a man's face actually

>>131013546
that hair looks shite destroying any attraction I might have felt

>>131013346
retaliation missions. they go into your bases and start killing your dudes.

also if you see a ufo flying around its a mission where they shoot you down and you have to disable their devices to take off again. you keep getting reinforcements every few rounds. once the device is down you can take off any time, stranding soldiers left.

>>131013489
Is it not f1 like last time?
Haven't checked, myself.

>>131013546
Man, you should see some of the randomly generated rookie faces the game's trying to saddle me with.
>won't hire a perfectly good rookie because she has a mustache and seems to be balding.

Urgently need an answer to this.

Do you get to act on 0 turns til forced retreat or as soon as 1 is over do you die?

FUCK ARCHONS.

GO BACK TO WHATEVER GAY ASS PLANET YOU CAME FROM ASSHOLES!

>>131011474

I tried my usual strategy from XCOM EW where I'd medkit an injured unit before completing the mission, but in XCOM 2 it seems like if they were injured and you medkit them they still need to stay in the medbay to recover. It didn't alter how long they would stay in either, so I think it's based on how low their HP went.

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>>131013584

i keep trying to bring it up. why the fuck would you remove that?

>>131013624
Trying to make a squad of waifus is hard when the choices are
>a) Sameface
>b) Some Bitches Be Ugly

>>131013687
I would have rough sex with that man.

>>131013697
Haven't customized her at all. She'll probably have long hair.

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>>131013780
>he doesn't have battle scared women in his party only anime grills

pathetic.

>>131013808
No, 1 is the last turn.

>>131013925
>I tried my usual strategy from XCOM EW where I'd medkit an injured unit before completing the mission

I don't remember this every being a thing.

>>131014001
Fuck. I've got 2 advent sitting on the evac point with overwatch on.

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>>131013808
Pretty sure it's the latter. Get that soldier into cover and maybe rescue them later
>gave up on lagging soldier, he gets killed on the last turn because he's in the open
>mfw finding out I may have been able to get him back if I'd put him in cover

>>131013925

dude, that didn't even work in EW

>>131013970

aye, about 10% of the male pop would

>>131014000
female Kaz is looking good

Alright, my voiceover audio is still fucked

I've done everything short of reinstalling and I'm not doing that.
Guess I'm playing with subtitles only.

>>131013925
I think it's semi random. But I had a guy who went down to 2 HP healed back up to 10+ and he was only wound rather than gravely wounded.

So maybe it helps somewhat after all.

>>131014091
There's no recuing. Only sacrifice. >>131014076

>>131013489
>>131013584
>>131013780
Mouse over soldier name for stats, green or red arrows for buffs/debuffs.

>>131014000
Scars look better than a balding woman with a moustache that wouldn't look out of place on a fourteen year-old Mexican boy, anon.
But maybe you're just not as shallow as me.

>>131014076
Haha, time to savescum.

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>>131014000

i try to leave my battle-scared operatives back at base. they keep panicking in the field

>>131014000

>Implying it's possible to make anime grills with the character generator

Naw

these propaganda poster loading screens have me rock hard

>>131014291
Ironman baby

I regret the decision with the bullshit this game can pull with timers. Just because I kill all the Advent on the mission shouldn't mean they instantly get a reinforcement drop right behind the evac point..

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is there anything preventing me from grinding this level forever?

i mean they gave me swords, dudes with swords and dispatch 3 grunts every turn. and they expect me to stop slaughtering them?

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>>131014298
>15% chance to miss

Post Snek please? I remember someone saying they were working on a comic, but I can't remember which thread it's in.

>>131014292
you shouldn't. shaken soldiers gain a permanent will BONUS if you take them on a successful sortie.

>>131014420
Haha, time for prayers.

Can your characters at least make it to the evac zone? Just get the one with most HP to trigger overwatch and hope for the best then. He/She might survive.

Sectoids are the fucking devil of early game.

>data transfer mission
>can easily stealth to objective building
>3 sectoids roaming inside and around it
>they can just instantly mind control my guys before I get them down
>can't get them down anyway because of turn limit

>>131014292
>Aiming for suppression assists in Battlefield

>>131014496

i do hope you're just pretending

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fug

>Soldier with 1 trillion hp
>Stun guy runs up and deals 1 damage
>unconscious

For what purpose

>>131014443
i think reinforcements stop around 30 on the downed ship mission. the later dropships arrive with officers & stunfags

>>131014548
Flashbang fuck Sectoids hard. Wait until you have to deal with Codex/Archons.

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>>131014298

>>131013572
>their bandana is in game

So were EXALT good or bad guys?

>>131014076
>not having a ranger with that overwatch ignoring skill

also
>muh performance
Had to drop MSAA to FXAA and Shadows to High instead of max. Everything else on max, runs smooth on 670. I don't know what you 980 fags are doing.

>>131014637
so how you want you XCOM senpai?

>>131013045
Anyone?

>>131014723
exalt were bad but significantly less bad than aliens
definitely didn't want alien dominion of earth for sure

>>131014712
Probably having a hard time seeing his target with graphics like that

>>131014723
exalt were semi-bad dudes. They weren't the aliums but they also wanted to get all their tech and rule the world. their mistake was fucking with xcom where they should have worked together.

>>131014843
yeah it's a totally different actor now.

>>131014723
>was Advent 0.9 early access build the good or bad guys
Behead those that insult XCOM

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>>131014496
Alright Commanders this is the situation we have. No flash grenades available only frag. Sniper in heavy cover can kill only 1 of those. People can get in evac zone in blue move but need the next move to extract. Unless you auto extract at 0 turns in the evac point[/spoiler

What should I do?

I could try run in LZ and dodge both overwatch shots for the high risk high rewards play.

I could grenade one hope to rescue them later. This still leaves 1 on overwatch though.]

Anyone getting redscreen errors or is that just my shitty pirated version?

>first run iron man
>9 hours in
>did pretty badly, reached the point where I am starting to get far behind the ayys
>systemically lose one-two operative per mission
>for two months, struggling to get rookies to go beyond corporal.
>3 minutes ago, I fucked up and forgot about the roof destruction thing, muton threw the perfect nade killing 4 out of 5 of my operatives who were all at full health.
>as the perfect "fuck you", the game is stuck on an infinite loop during the alien's turn. Quitting and reloading the save won't fix it.

I have transcended beyond butthurt.

>>131008859
>gunning down Rookies


Goddamn, I can't wait to buy this

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>>131014723

EXALT were the good guys

>>131014957
You can extract with 0 moves left bro. Don't you know?

>>131014723
>not having a ranger with that overwatch ignoring skill

But it's the 3rd mission anon. He only just got blademaster.

>>131014957
you only auto evac if all enemies are dead & no reinforcements are coming. someone ain't coming home. frag one up top with the grenade. have the ranger sword the other should be in the evac point then you can get 2 out.

>second terror mission a squad wipe
>after the first one

Lost all my best dudes, only left with 3 rookies

I had no fucking idea enemies were so quick to spam grenades now. Also fuck mutons. I feel like they should be showing up later.

>>131012923
>a timer to make you hurry the fuck up and stop overwatch creeping

You say this as though it's the players' fault that overwatch creeping is the default method of avoiding being slaughtered.

>>131014946

EXALT used alien tech on their own terms. much like XCOM.

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>>131014667
>implying this will give them a chance
it's literally "free exp: the level"

>Hideo Miyamoto is one of the random rookie names
kek

>faceless fucking jumps through 3 floors to get to me

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>>131014298

>>131014637
>hey, know what rhymes with Chryssalid?
>Rape.

Is there a text file in this game that i can edit the names in the unit pool? Or do i have to create them in the character creator? Because i have a list with around 300 names and i really don't want to creat each one of them manually

>>131015081
Yes please.
C&C mod when?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKy4BdOVsZI

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Okay, i took a silent approach.

Wish me luck. (that guy is shaken but I equiped him with the mindshield thingy)

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>>131008859
>YFW flores becomes the enemy officer

>>131014635
it's true I should have screen shotted it.

>>131015224
>faceless smashes the floor taking out all other civies on it

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>>131015081

'Tiberian', you savage

>>131015081
>>131015304
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r93c6qN9XyY

>>131015313
>Sectoid rape incoming

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>>131015081

KANE LIVES! YOU CAN'T KILL THE MESSIAH.

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>rookie misses every single 75% shot in the mission
>led to the loss of almost everyone
>fails to land an 85% shot to save himself
>call in evac right on top of my other unit
>she ropes out as he gets ripped apart by Advent bullets

Mission was still a success in my opinion. One less useless soldier using XCOM's resources.

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>>131015242

>>131015590
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrY-iXi5o3o

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>when you're so hype beyond hype for a game
>it runs like absolute ass even at the stupid main menu and you're forced to refund it

Fuck off Firaxis, seriously? I could run XCOM EU/EW maxed out. XCOM2 doesn't look ten times as good as EU/EW, why does it run ten times worse?

>shotgun troopers get a badass katana to boot and stealth
I did all my missions with 3 assault troopers in EW, this will be fun

>>131015216
>>131014932
>>131015216


>tfw want to give those to few operatives and pretend we're XCom/EXALT coalition fighting lmaos for the greater good

>>131015689

>Forced to refund it
>Not just waiting for the optimization patch

No wonder XCOM failed.

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>>131015689
should've got an alienware computer anon.

>>131015790
t. hinman

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Alright, there any fix to this weird "game is doing nothing" bug?

When the game triggers preset camera movements, objectives and so on it just falls asleep and seems to forget it was doing something while locking me out of control.

The game isn't frozen and I can control the camera and everything else but just not interact with it. Takes like 20ish seconds before it realizes it was supposed to give control back to me and then runs completely normal again. Normal gameplay is running fine, it just triggers when preset scripts are triggers. (Which is pretty much every single turn in the tutorial)

Any ideas?

Also geez is the game harsh, sure I only did the first mission but got one of my guys oneshoted and another down to 2 HP, love it.

how do I get more experimental ammo if I lose it in battle?

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>>131006891
how do i get gud in xcom, and not lose any sponsors in EW
please help i'm new

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>sneks and fuck dancers keep fucking my shit up

>last enemy
>might as well hack this thing ang get some bonuses
>hack fails,enemies get 20% defense boost
>oh well
>kill enemy
>it wasn't the last one
>2 sectoids and a codex
>on high cover most accurate soldier has 25% chance
And that's 6 hours of progress gone,Commander

>>131015938
Make more in the proving grounds.

>>131015942
keep some spare sattelites for emergencies.

Anyone feels weapon mods are way too rare?

>>131015689
Fuck them
Honestly
I love the game but it runs so bad
Disgusting

>>131015790
Fuck off shill

>>131006891
Incase drew that? Looks like his style.

>>131015938
you have to make more if you don't recover it from your dead troops. if you're gonna evac you need to drop the pickup point near your dead guys so you can grab them

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the performance makes this game literally unplayable

i've no idea what sort of overpriced goyware you need to run this at 60+ fps in 1080p

>>131015689

yeah the performance is just garbage

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works

on

my

machine

>>131016098
yes

and it doesn't even have a cock

>>131015689
I feel like it must somehow leak memory like mad or something.
The first mission is always fine, but it becomes gradually worse.

>>131016056
nah, it's fine especially when you get vulture

i've grabbed sweet tasty loot for three missions in a row

>>131016041
so try to make as many sattelites as possible?

How do I fuck with dark events?

Can't select shit.

>>131016124
Even Totalbiscuit was having FPS drops so probably do computer at all.It's just bad

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>>131015689
try turning FXAA off, it helped mine run much better. Although loading menus before missions (inside the dropships) still run like complete ass.

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Second mission. Second fucking mission on Ironman
Is the game harder on ironman? Are they fucking with me? I played up to sneks and shapeshifters on veteran (with tutorials on) and restarted on iron man veteran only to get my shit handed to me.

>>131016197
the missions will pop up during that month. then you'll have to choose one to take out. or sometimes you can find intel from your contacts to go unlock them/stop them.

>>131016197
guerilla ops

>>131016175

well, not in frame

>>131016345
not even that

just Vahlen masturbating with a pen

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>>131016156

>>131016193
no that's not what I'm saying.
Keep one or two sattelites unlaunched. Council members only leave at the end of months if they have full panic. If one has full panic right before the end of the month, launch a sattelite.
Otherwise only get as much sattelites as you can afford planes.

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>>131016098

ayy

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>no headgear better than the balaclava

my cheeki will have to stay breeki