XCOM General - /xcg/

1st for Julian

is 2 specialist (one medic/one hacker), 2 grenadiers, 1 ranger, 1 sniper a good comp for commander?

ive kind of been neglecting rangers im not sure how good they are when leveled up

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>>165343889
3rd for Julian.

Just picked this up thanks to the humble bundle 12 dollar monthly sub. Huge fucking fan of xcom 1 and never had the funds for a 60 dollar game so this helped. Should i do a vanilla play through then get long war 2 as i did ala xcom 1? or should i just go balls deep with the mod? Also are the dlcs worth getting, far as i can see they're just cosmetics.

5ste for the Technical.

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>>165343895
Why no psi op?

>>165344086
Long War 2 ain't out yet famalam.

Do vanilla first. If you want more and LW2 isn't out yet then grab Long War Perk Pack, Long War Toolbox, A Better ADVENT 2 and whatever else catches your fancy.

>>165344203

oh, i havent gotten them yet

im building the psionic building now

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>tfw trying out wizards for the first time
fuze is so fucking silly

>>165343895
2 specialist is a not really optimal. Generally one combat/hacking specialist and then add another ranger or grenadier to your squad. Obviously once you get psi, find a place for them as well.

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New LW2 class, the Technical
https://xcom.com/news/xcom-2-long-war-2-mod-adds-new-technical-class-on-pc

>>165347004
>Status: Infiltrating
Now that's interesting.

>>165347004
>infiltrating
>flame thrower perks
yummy

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>>165347004
>flamethrowers now
oh baby, still would like a primary slot flamethrower by hey, baby steps.

Also am I retarded but I could not find their skill listed or linked anywhwere

>>165347380
They haven't gone into any specifics yet.

>>165347004

I feel like this was already a class mod in the workshop somewhere.

>>165347558
it was made by them and called the assualt

>>165348231
>>165348231
Nah, there was a flamer class released pretty early, but I can't remember what it was called. But this class still looks pretty different.

>>165348231
>>165348318

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=631056086&searchtext=flamethrower

This.

>>165346484
Purge, what are you doing outside /d2g/

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>>165346484
>>165348803
dotards?

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Hora hora

>>165347004
Any idea if this is going to be available as a separate download or do I have to wait for LW2?

>>165350764
You'll have to wait, probably. The bits weren't separate downloads for LW1.

>>165347004
>infiltrating
Hype. Wish Lumps would give us something resembling an ETA though.

>>165348803
>Implying other generals, better yet the world, don't appreciate happy purge
kill your shelf

>>165351710
Why would anon want to kill his shelf?

>no plane mission with sneks and big guys
umm modders?

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>>165347004
>rocketeer now uses gay iron man shit instead of a manly shoulder mounted rocket launcher

Gay

>>165353228
one of the most disappointing things about xc2 along with lack of MEC troopers

>>165353228
Yeah X1 rocket launchers are way more satisfying. Hopefully they get brought back.

>>165353228
I assume that the wrist mounted rocket launcher will end up in the secondary weapon slot, which leaves it open to being replaced with another model. You'd need new animations, but I don't see why it couldn't be done.

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>Pistols are now utility items that anyone can carry.

>>165353650
>Shinobi
This kills the mod.

>>165353228
Grenade launchers > rocket launchers.

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>>165353516
If the Long Dong team decided not to do it, I don't know who will have the knowledge and willingness to do it.

I assume you can use the animations from X1, but I'm completely inept when it comes to modding, so I guess I shouldn't complain.

There's just something cool about large weapons that you need to change your physical stance to use, especially ones that convey heft. I'm not against dainty wrist mounted stuff, but even Boba Fett had a rocket on his back.

>>165353650
>Return of Scatter
At least they are re-working the mechanics to work with X2 instead of getting lazy and just pasting it straight from X1.
>More pistols
good

>>165353789
It's that satisfying *Thunk* sound when the rocket launcher pops out, and yes, everyone you wrote about the rocket launcher having that heft feel is totally true.

>>165353650
>Shinobi

Hope it's easy to rename that. Fucking retarded weeb shit.

>>165354368
Yeah, just call it Infiltrator or assassin.

>>165354368
>not liking an animu swordsmaster in ur tacticool shooter game
I hope they give him a "teleports behind you" ability :^)

>>165354368
>class based on sword
>implying soldiers aren't weaboos
I really don't see the problem desu

>>165354641
>a distinct japanese culture existing 20 years after the invasion

>>165354552
Both would make a lot more sense than fucking Shinobi, especially for a guerilla movement.

>tfw Cap'n'Bubs isn't designing all the new items and enemies
I'm still angry that they thought Power Rangers ADVENT is acceptable

>>165354791
>implying anime isn't booming on the black market in a now alien controlled society trying to eradicate traditional human pleasures

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>>165355062
>you can't buy Viper prostitutes on the black market

Hybrids when?

>>165355686
What kind of hybrids? ADVENT are hybrids.

>>165355735
The OG ones from X-COM Apocalypse

>>165355907
>get Hybrids
>they get Psi boosts at costs of HP/Hit/Move

I am okay with this

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>tfw xcom 2 will never run as well as xcom eu

>>165355907
I'm pretty sure that's exactly what ADVENT are. They look pretty clearly like a mix of human and sectoid. And the game pretty much hints that they have a will of their own since some start surrendering once the psi network is destroyed, which means they should be around in the future.

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>>165353650

XXth for Pistols are going to even more Useful.

>>165356280
try this it helped me massively

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

>>165356297
I suppose it's possible I've misunderstood what they are, then. Admittedly, I haven't played as much of X-COM 2 as I'd like.

>>165348359
I've been using Shock Troopers for a while now, they're honestly quite different. In a nutshell, less focused on heavy weapons (though they make top tier flamethrower users) and more on offense and a bit of debuffing.

Kinda looking forward to using Technicals and Shock Troopers together.

As a side note did they have to use that name? when I think technicals I think of a pickup truck with a machine gun on the back.

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>>165356721
An Apoc remake would be awesome, and ADVENT provide one of the necessary pieces to make it possible, so you are in luck.

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Is it better to base a mayhem sniper on the crit perks or on VPT/gunslinger?

>>165356959
Shock Troopers are bosses. Love that class. Really needs the SMG though, for the mobility boost.

what do you guys will be the next step in the XCOM franchise?
from the looks of it, TFTD remake is coming.
at least if the deep sea hints from the ending in 2 are something to reference too

>multi stage missions with shit ton of small rooms incoming

>>165356280
It doesn't even look that much better.

>EU
Looks like a game from 2004

>2
Looks like a game from 2009

>>165357219
They work fine with assault rifles if you give them a speed PCS and yeah, those guys are fucking boss. Definitely one of my favourite custom classes

>>165357554
Yeah, but speed PCS's aren't common enough to rely on. I just build them with SMGs and use them as flankers and hunter-killers. Basically, they run to the flanks and corral enemies back into line or just kill them straight up.

>>165353789

>If the Long Dong team decided not to do it, I don't know who will have the knowledge and willingness to do it.

Doing the animations for a rocket launcher are far easier than you imagine, assuming you have the bare minimum know how about animations. If they didn't do it is simply because they either don't have anyone that can do animations(hard to imagine since they plan to make their own game) or they felt like it was too much work when they could just use the existing wrist mounted animations.

>>165357778
Just something to keep in mind if you get your hands on some. I mainly have them assist my assaults in dealing with hostiles up close. That GTS perk that gives a free incendiary and Flashbanger are fucking magic

>>165357256
I actually would enjoy a TFTD remake. I played some, and the non-stop cruise line terror mission spam burned me out, but the actual underwater missions were really cool.

>>165357504
>it doesn't even look that much better
wrong

>>165358101
truly besides the two staged Terror Missions TFTD was great fun

>that feeling of dread facing the first time Lobstermen and you are still using Gauss

>>165358019
Yeah, those perks are pretty legit. I'm considering training up a second Shock Trooper for my current campaign now and using them more thoroughly. It's been awhile since I've used them in depth and you're really reminding me of how good the class is.

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>>165357504

>doesn't look much better

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>>165347004
>technical class
That's not a technical.

>>165358573
Technically, it's a class.

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gentleman, how do we fix SPARKS?

>>165359009
Make their aim not suck.

>>165359009
its easy
>moddable weapons
>come already ranked up relative to your other soldiers
>better aim
>less shit perks

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>>165359009
Outside of just integrating Metal Over Flesh into the main game?
>rebalance or overhaul of the vanilla skill tree. That shit has so many onesided choices that it hurts
>ability to modify their weapons. why the fuck isn't that a thing?
>multiple class choices. Even something basic like a tanky class and a melee class would be a huge step in the right direction (yes, I am aware of the LW MEC classes mod)
>the ability to hit the broad side of a barn
>Long War Perk Pack style tree
>laser tier weapon

>>165358780
That's a technicality though.

Not Created Equal yes or no?

>>165360548
evens: yes
odds: no

>>165359009
>programmable in the turret chamber
THEY ARE ROBOTS SO i SHOULD BE ABLE TO TEACH THEM WAR MAXTRIX STYLE REEEEEEE

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>>165357067
>Lone wolf
what a pleb, not taking dead eye and 2 snipers.

>>165360548
Isn't it turn on by default with LW? I sure hope none one is playing baby vanilla here.

>>165353650
Holy shit, Pistols are going to carry some games I think. Ability to save ammo for the next shot, pistol shots are generally more accurate then some weapons with the exception of Rifles and still deal good damage.

I think the thing that everyone is over looking though is that everyone gets three utility slots. I would be guessing this is at max though, no way they would give three at the start.

So this means that grenadiers get 4 slots, one for grenade, and then 3 for whatever they want. Time for even more destruction every mission. Guess this is a good thing since Grenade falloff is going to be a thing, need more of them for everything. No cover shall be left.

Now they just have to show how the fuck they are going to fix Sparks.

>>165361791
>Now they just have to show how the fuck they are going to fix Sparks.
they're not going to

>>165362540
And why not? They completely ignored them for the perk pack and didn't even give them a leg up to compete against all the new aliens they put out for the Alien Pack. They have hit in the 50% range against almost everything in the late game because they don't get any kind of aim up.

I don't use them, even with Metal over Flesh.

>>165362714
It's DLC so they probably don't care about it. Do you also expect them to rework Alien Rulers as well?

>>165362714
they said the time spent on sparks is better used elsewhere

>>165363196
Yes. I expect them to rework all aspects of the game, or it is inherently flawed. That's like saying they shouldn't do anything with Exalt in EW because it's just an expansion.

>>165363264
BOO, they already lost me. Nobody else has come close to a real solution for these pieces of shit and I'm disappointing in Firaxis for them as well. If they are writing them off as a lost cause then X2 is overall a worse game then X1

>>165363563
>X2 is overall a worse game then X1
Xcom 2 is very schizophrenic, it feels extremely unfocused. It's almost like the people that made the first one were all on the same page and working as a coherent team while the second one was made by a bunch of people that didn't know eachother.

>>165361539

I meant NCR for XCOM2

>>165358317
it really doesnt

nerf shotguns

>>165365310
>t. ADVENT

>>165364024
Long War came off as such a tight experience on an already great base game. I'm worried they're not going to catch lightning in a bottle a second time

>>165365698
I think you're just nostalgic about Long War anon. You're forgetting all that magnificent design that was also in the mod.

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>no Dr Vahlen waifu

>>165367153
t. viper king

>>165367416
is this the reason he broke out?

>>165363264
Welp, time to wait for Long War 2: Fan Expansion edition.
To me XCOM2 isn't complete without the DLC. Ignoring major gameplay elements like SPARKs seems retarded.

I bet if we do get an X2 expansion, Pavonis will have already moved onto Terra Invictus meaning we'll have to wait for 50 different LW2: Expansion Edition

>>165367916
If the Guerrilla War guy put together a team I would be pretty happy. He has the best concepts for re-working the strategic game.

>>165367828
Evidently.
Gotta get that body warmth.

>>165362714

I'm curious, how would you fix them? Most people say that metal over flesh and being able to customize their weapons fixes them.

So what do they need to be good? Better abilities?

>>165367916

I feel the same way, but with Xcom2 it's not like you'll be playing "just" with LW2, you'll probably be running other mods with it. So even if they don't do anything to Sparks and Rulers that doesn't mean someone else wont do it, and if someone else does it's probably going to be possible to run both mods at the same time.

The biggest problem i can see is that most modders will either be forced or feel forced to make LW compatible versions of their mods, and maybe a lot of modders will just not bother and leave.

>>165364024
you've got to admit though that the early game in X2 is a vast improvement over X1. Not having to rely on only repeated 45% dice rolls for the first 2 months is a major step up

>>165369138
>Not having to rely on only repeated 45% dice rolls for the first 2 months is a major step up
I don't remember this part of the game.

>Max rank Specialist with 205 hack skill
>Since last ~6-8 missions, cant score more than 25 on roll

Why.

>>165368414
I'm honestly not too sure. I think people have different expectations of what a Mech unit should be, in such a way that you might want multiple SPARK classes so that people can have a tanking unit, a heavy weapons platform or play up the hacking angle and use their BIT for utility means.

>>165347004

>Flamethrowers

Now if somebody would make VC Shocktrooper, people will accuse him of ripping of Long Dong.

>>165369634
base game eu, not long war

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>>165347004
>The flamethrower is a gauntlet and not an actual gun
>Doesn't replace the soldier's primary weapon and have limited ammo so after X amount of uses they have to use only their pistol
Oh the possibilities.

>>165371606
>base game eu
Yeah I don't remember that.

>>165363264
Source on that? I find it hard to believe that they'll disregard a part of the arsenal that can be great with a bit of work.

And why the fuck does time matter? They're making a free mod without a release date, not a AAA game.

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lmao

>>165372225
The fuck is he talking about? and what the hell is wrong with shadowstep?

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>>165372225
>but being xenophobic on top of it all is unacceptable

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>>165372225
>it's a furfag episode

>>165371886
really lol. How did you deal with floaters?

>>165372225
Gotta be trolling. That is well constructed bait, I won't be fooled.

>>165372346
Actually I agree with him on shadowstep

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>>165372087
http://www.pavonisinteractive.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=23351

>>165372658
>DLC elements are adjusted to fit in with the scope of the mod for those who have them.
There's a bit of room for hope senpai.

>>165372087

>And why the fuck does time matter? They're making a free mod without a release date

Well, kinda, their mods are now being done to promote Xcom2 for Firaxis. Maybe they do have a release date they have to follow, for example Jake could use the release of LW2 to promote the expansion announcement or something.

how to fix SPARKS

attachable dildos

yfw long war 2 costs money?

>>165373031
Lily, this is not what your father wanted when he gave you 001.

>>165373124
OVERDRIVE!!!!!!

>>165373276
We need pictures of this.

>>165365865
Magnificent design was an ironic meme. It was fun to talk about every balance change or nerf as if it's the end of the world, but ultimately stuff like the MEC rework was for the better.

>>165371731
that show was actually pretty good once it kicked off

Those of you expecting dlc items / units / enemies to figure prominently in lw2 are delusional. If they are present at all, they will be largely unchanged seasoning. Lw studio has a 120 hour campaign to balance. That's a shitton of playtesting BEFORE dividing it into 4 separate 120h campaigns. They will balance the campaign for 0 dlc and severely limit the impact having the dlcs can have on the outcome. As they should.

>December passed, finally decide to push the game to end sequence
>Still have WAR suit only on explosion expert Grenadier and one Ghost on Ranger with everyone else going in basic armor, because I cant give up this additional second slot
>Still cant decide, who should receive Rulers armors

;_;

>>165369864

For hell sake, its for 10th mission in row now!

Whats the point of having (now) 225 hacking skill, if she KEEPS ROLLING 10-20 FOR FUCK SAKE IM MAD JAKE FIX THIS SHIT

>>165372501
I remember shooting them, shotugnning them, nading them, and rocketing them

>>165375425
XCOM, baby!

>>165374357
Well, the only DLC that would affect the flow of the campaign is Alien Hunters. Last Gift just gives you some extra tac options.

>>165374908
Serpent suit : phantom ranger because extra movility, dodge, the ability to freeze threats you cant kill at the moment and a grappling hook to get out of a sticky situation

Icarus suit: snipers because repositioning and shooting the same turn

Rage suit: grenadier with heavy weapons perks, just treat it like a better WAR suit with a free melee attack that DOESNT end the turn so you can run out to smack someone on the face and then run back to cover to blast them to bits

So now that LW2 is going to have 5 tiers of weapons, do you think tiers of weapons above plasma would be too much?

>>165376208

Too bad they cant be customized.

Serpent suit looks like crap, Icarus better but I dont like the helmet.

Rage looks funny, except for dat berseker ass.

>>165376536
Bitch, I always wanted a mini-fusion cannon for my gunner.

>>165376652

I like the rage suit, makes me think of future bio armor. The other ones are crap.

>>165375949
Yeah, but they were intentionally bad options in the actual dlc and they will likely remain underpowered if included at all in lw2. They will not be remade into MECs 2.0 or any other type of endgame tool. At best SPARKs will be as strong as a normal soldier.

I haven't played since last year April. what should I know now if I get back into XCOM 2?

>>165377672
Rulers are fun.
Sparks are kinda garbage.
Long Dong 2 is coming some time this year.
Vahlen is still best waifu.

so if LW2 is having a full update what about all the previous packs?

>>165377672
Grenadiers are still good

>>165377672
Vanilla has gotten more difficult. If you game alien hunters though, it is easier.

>>165378172
all the LW mods will be in LW2, LWPP was balanced etc etc

>>165378140
>rulers
>fun

>>165376536
>tiers of weapons above plasma
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=707170261&searchtext=mercenary+plasma

What it should be. Also, is MWPanon still around? Still the best weapon mod on the Workshop.

>>165378613
Yep.

>>165376536
whats better then shooting ayy with plasma?

shooting them with blackholes

Virtual 15 January, 2036.

Im sad to do this, but time to advance into end-game and research Avatars body.

W-wish me luck ;_;

>>165379250

Shooting them with thunderbolts. Also plasma that looks like plasma, and yeah, black holes.

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>>165378645

I'm still here, unfortunately i haven't gotten anything done since last time, but all these Long dong announcements are starting to make me want to finish this advent scouts mod. So maybe i'll actually finish it in this decade.

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>>165380589
>advent scouts mod

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>>165380993

That's the one.

>>165376536
Remember when sectoids and aircraft had fusion lances in addition to "ordinary" plasma guns?
I want infantry versions of those.

Or just downsized variants of MEC particle beam weapons.

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>>165364680

Yeah, no, they look identical for sure.

>>165381467
XCom 2 needs more tesla weapons desu.

Having Mike Pence on your squad doesn't feel right without a lightning gun.

>>165376536

What I want to know is if we'll also have 5 tiers of armor.

>>165381163
I'd love to see it in my campaign

>>165381803
>Bradford
>Get the Telsa Canon

I'm scared shitless of new lids.
They have armour, and my lasers can't kill them reliably yet.

Encouraging words and/or chryssalid porn appreciated.

>>165372225
Goddamn alien supporters.

>>165381905

I'm willing to bet that we wont.

Mod where you talk to squadmates mid-combat for a slight bonus when they're together ala Fire Emblem when?

>>165381905

I would be happy with even four tiers. Simple clothing -> Kevlar -> Plated -> Powered

>>165381163
God damn, now that is how you do an additional ADVENT enemy, not some Power Rangers recolor bullshit.

Only thing I'd say is that as nice as the rifle is, it doesn't really fall in line with the rest of the ADVENT weaponry.

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>>165376536
tier 6: gravity weaponry
tier 7: quantum weaponry
tier 8: memetic weaponry

>>165382809

I wonder how their reasoning went with the technicolor ADVENT units. The only one we can't readily identify by sight is the Sentry. The others are instantly recognizable by their big weapons or heavy armor.

how do i ini edit
i was going to dick around with some new mods but when i change values in the ini it doesnt change in game

>>165383787

Which ini file do you edit?

>>165383889
defaultgamedata in the config folder

>>165382129
Nevermind, they can't seem to hit shit.

>>165384096

Don't touch that one, it's the "default" one which the game uses as a backup. You want to edit "XcomGamedata" in your documents subfolder.

>>165383298
Because the in-game units are all colored uniquely with crimson, navy, black and white. The thing is these colors are all in-line with ADVENTS whole look and design philosophy.
Orange on the other hand is not. For some reason instead of putting thought into a diverse but uniform look for all units they said fuck it and just went with rainbow shit because they were too lazy to take 5 minutes and make a ADVENT color pallete.

Hell most art books even include them so that's an easy reference

>>165384721

Is ABA any better in this regard?

>>165381163
What is the Brotherhood of Nod doing in Xcom2?

Anyone here use Grimy's Loot Mod?
Is it OP?

Also with Long War Toolbox, what does Hidden Potential do? The Steam description confuses me.

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What if you replace Brafford with Zapp Branigan?

>>165385027

Someone's gotta get all that tiberium.

>>165385125
Vahlen defects to ADVENT. SPARK-001 gets completed faster to protect Lily from him.

>>165384847
I've never played with it personally but going by screenshots they're slightly better for it, even if some of the ways they break up the color are a bit strange, most of the actual soldiers use appropriate colors.
For some reason they made MECs Green and lilac though.

One thing they definitely have over LW is that they use Total Advent Weaponry which looks way better than the recolored mag stuff

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>>165385125

>>165385125
We wouldn't have much trouble with vipers and Berserkers.

>>165386052
Death by berseker snu snu.

>>165385526
>when I'm in command every mission's a suicide mission

Should I download All The Advent/Long War Alien Pack even though My farthest game thus far has been the first Dark Event because I keep making changes?

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>>165387359
>My farthest game thus far has been the first Dark Event

How long have you had the game and how many campaigns in that time?

Do you guys think Dr. Vahlen was trying to make a Snake Boyfreind?

>>165387998
I've had it for 6 days but have been busy with stuff off and on (and being sick as fuck).

I've started like 3 campaigns. Mostly because mods or because I keep fucking around in the character pool because I'm a whore for character creation.

>>165388182
I want he to be my snake girlfriend

>>165388182
She did then proceeded to rape him constantly.

>>165388182
Sort of, she definitely treated the lab as the Sims character creator.

>>165388182
>most male reptiles, including snakes, have two dicks
Duh.

>>165389036
They can only really "use" one though.

>>165388182

Of course not, Vahlen is a pure and honorable woman.

She was trying to make a Snake Husband

>>165389507
I wouldn't know, I'm not a herpetologist.
I mean, Vahlen could probably work around that.

Am I the only one who has never played vanilla XCOM?

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>>165388182
>>165388546
>>165389667

>>165389734
Do you mean UFO: Enemy Unknown? If so, no, you're not alone. If you mean vanilla XCOM: EU or vanilla X2, yeah you probably are.

>>165389825

I only played Long War and now I'm waiting for a new PC (poorfag won't be able to buy this year) and I was also waiting for LW2.

>>165389734
No you are not, but anyone who has only played XCOM 2 is making a mistake. It is a mistake not because X2 is a bad game, it is mistake because XCOM 1 is a good game.

>>165389726
I'd think she's work "in" that.

>>165389747

Vahlen bit her lower lip as she watched Subject Gamma's long, tapered member emerge from its genital sheath. She reminded herself that Fisher and the others were watching, and that she was only going to collect spermatozoa samples. Yes, only that.

>>165390303
Put your works of slander in a pastebin you faggot.

>>165390303
Delicious double snek schlong.

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>about to engage a group of enemies led by a sectopod
>everyone is in position, but just out of range, save for a techie, who gives my sniper squadsight
>try hacking it for a cheesy stun
>fail misserably, now it's boosted
>shit
>only possible move now is to snipe it for some early damage
>shot lands
> ! Executed
>what the fuck?
>she fucking one shotted the sectopod

15% chance to execute is fucking hilarious

>>165390678
>techie
A LW2 BETA TESTER. Please autograph my copy of xcom.

>>165390303
I hope you'll step on a lego, cunt.

>>165390678
I feel like I should maybe swap my snoipah's scope out for a repeater.
Then again I already have repeater and hair trigger on his pistol.

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>>165390303

>>165390303
I wonder how cold ice snek cum is.

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>>165389747
>Vahlen has since done extensive private experiments with subject "Viper King" in the months since his creation.

>While tests have shown to be very positive, it has not gone without notice he is avoiding female co-workers to the point of almost resembling fear.

>>165392917
I wonder how German she gets during those interrogations.

>>165393806
Schutzstaffel tier.

Anyone else hate how there's only like 4 good heads in the game?

>>165396195

Which game? I find almost all of X2's heads usable.

how do i make building shit not take so long?
even with an engineer it takes almost a month to finish a room

>>165396535
X2, I just there's hardly any variation, wish they made more drastically different faces

>>165396829

I can agree with that. I'd like some pudgy faces, some gaunt faces, faces with sharper features. That said, 6 faces per race and gender sounds a little thin, but I've found that once you add in different hairs and accessories, you don't actually recognize them that easily.

>>165389507
I'm going to need a drawing to back that up. I hear two dicks, I think two orifices, which sounds good to me. Are they too connected to each other with not enough space in between to penetrate both?

>>165390303
You better deliver with this and your Lily stuff (assuming that's you). If you do, I'll probably post my xcom porn.

>>165397259
Yeah, it's probably because I've put so many hours into the game. I'm sick of picking the same faces to match their nationality, but that's the barbie sim for you

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>>165398112

I've got 400 hours of X2 time and I am customization-obsessive. Maybe I'm just less sensitive to it. Mind you, I definitely want more faces and more varied faces. I would pay actual dollarbill for a DLC with some more faces, voices with accented English (middle-eastern, African, Russian, etc), and perhaps some more options for civilian clothing as tier 1 armor.

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>>165396829
>female
>race 0
>face E
waifu tier all the other uggos get helmets

>>165397841

I'm not the one doing the Lily probing, no. Nor do I usually do lewdfics, I just thought it'd be funny to try it. Sure got a reaction out of folk.

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>oh beagle is streaming
>playing xcom2
>hmmmmm this doesn't seem right
>it's jamball

>>165399639
Is he really good at it? I always see people talking about him but I never watch streams.

>>165399826

Yes, which in my opinion makes it really boring. But it's better than when he is trying to be funny.

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Jamball is playing XCOM 2, which has turned into Beagle reteaching Jamball console commands

>>165399985

But he IS funny. When he's not trying so hard, granted, but still.

>>165400248

Wait, is that real? What face is he talking about?

>>165400474
His in-game face

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Anyone else watching the 1/3 Beagle stream?

>>165401097
Yes. I like all the jokes about his face, and how he looks like a gremlin without hair

Any of you streaming besides Beagle?

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>>165401186

Really? He looks more like a dog to me.

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>>165401097
I am. It's weird to see the game running so smoothly.

>codex brain coordinates mission

whoever designed this should have their head stomped in

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>>165401186

Yeah. My only complain is that Jamball put other music when streaming for no reason.

>>165402631

This. Maybe she does not has the Trillon mods Beagle has on the background.

>>165403246

lol wut? what's wrong with it?

>>165385081
A-anyone?

I figured out the 2nd bit, I'm a retard.

>>165404563
Grimy's Loot Box is fun because it basically gives you a weapon with pre-installed mods, and some of these mods are cool, like giving your guys more movement or allowing you to fire twice. Nothing really broken because the better boxes that have the best weapon mods take a while to crack open, like a month. If you have alien hunters DLC, it lets you get more than one alien weapon if you're lucky.

>>165407160
Alright good. I love weapon modding in shit so that was the big interest for me. Don't want it if its going to overpower me.

Although I suppose I could counter any OP'edness with ABA and LWAP.

>>165402631
what mods is this with the arm flags?

>>165403246
ADVENT Forge isn't that bad, you should be saving it for late game anyway.

>>165411059

its the gateway not the forge

nerf grenades

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What if you could lock doors and close curtains/blinds

>>165414943
Oh right. Well thats should still be left for late game.
I don't hit the gateway until I'm fully upgraded.

>>165354585
The Vortex Katana's 'Void Rift' ability (combined with Reaper) will literally turn your shinobi into a teleports-behind-you-nothing-personal-kid soldier. It's overpowered as shit, but at least you can make a legitimate Vergil now.

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I fucking hate this map so much.

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>>165416207
I think you're fucked mate

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Post favorite combat tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qOzPz2im3k
Just the right mix of intensity and desperation that fits the Avenger Defense perfectly.

>>165419854
This is my go to track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS3wooJk5ns

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>>165420021
This almost sounds like it could fit in DOOM

>>165420313
Nah, not copy pasted from Metallica enough.

>tfw Doom and XCOM are my two favorite things.

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>tfw you catch an /xcg/ anon in another part of 4chan

>>165420416
Well I meant in the overall style. But to match DOOM it would need to take 100% more inspiration from 80s rock and metal.

>>165422037
Yeah, fair enough. Now I'm tempted to see if any DOOM or XCOM's tracks work well when mixed

>look up Claus from Mercenary Plasma Weapons
>it's actually Shuma from RelicNews

holy fucking shit, it's a small world

Why does the second mission have 16 enemies on Classic? Is it ABA2 doing that?

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Hey guys, new to the general

I already read the pastebin and the FAQ. I played all of XCOM EU, a bit of XCOM EW, and all of XCOM 2. With all the talk I'm seeing around here about Long War 2 I figured I'd finally give LW a shot, along with actually finishing an EW campaign.

I'll be using Red Fog, Absolutely Critical, Dynamic War, Total Loss, Commander's Choice, Aiming Angels, Perfect Information, and Recon, on Normal difficulty. Started on the US, with Cheyenne bonus.

So I was wondering a couple of things:
>What mods do you recommend on top of Long War 1? Line of sight indicator and Gaussian Red Fog caught my eye in particular, but I wanted to know which ones you like using.
>When choosing my starting country, the camera always rotated down to Antarctica. Is this a known bug?
>The "Recon" Second Wave option doesn't seem to do anything, because I'm not getting any information on MELD canisters. Known bug?
>If you use the Linux version of either XCOM1 or XCOM2, I was wondering - do you have any stability or performance problems with them or are they fine? It would be more comfortable for me to play them on my Linux machine but I don't really want to spend lots of time downloading them to find out if they're alright
>As it stands with XCOM2's expansive mod workshop, do you still prefer Long War to a modded XCOM2? Or do you have more fun with modded XCOM2?
>Any of you also play OpenXcom? I'm also curious about it since I've never played the original games. Would you recommend the old Stable 1.0 build, or the up-to-date Nightly build?

Thanks for your time, commanders

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>>165425940
Personally I prefer modded XCOM2 over LW, due to having more control over what gets added

As for Open XCOM, the main reason that I know of to use the nightly is for TFTD support,

>>165425940
>I'll be using Red Fog, Absolutely Critical, Dynamic War, Total Loss, Commander's Choice, Aiming Angels, Perfect Information, and Recon, on Normal difficulty.
Trun off absolutely criticial, total loss, dynamic war, aiming angles, and perfect information. If you don't want to listen to me, at least turn off perfect information. It brings nothing but rage and anger. Those other mods will fuck you up though, I guarantee it. The least troublesome one is Red Fog.

Recon doesn't do anything.

Also be sure to turn on the option that makes it so equipment doesn't break, it's a retarded mechanic they added later.


>What mods do you recommend on top of Long War 1? Line of sight indicator and Gaussian Red Fog caught my eye in particular, but I wanted to know which ones you like using.
LOS indicator and the one that shows alien los with the rings. If you are going to keep Red For, definitely use Gaussian red fog with one of the recommended settings.

I have no experience with Linux XCOM

Long War mods are just an option for XCOM2 right now, and maybe people combine it with other gameplay changing mods. There isn't an actual long war experience yet like there is for X1, so it's not really comparable

I have never had an issue with the latest version of openxcom.

>>165380589
>>165381163

There you are! I've been asking around for you for a couple threads.

Were you the one who was modelling the class of LMG class of primary weapons that posted screens a while back?

I was wondering if you could post some screenshots of your progress if you've made any.

I'm a great admirer of your work with the Mercenary Plasma weapons and the rage helmet.

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>Not Created Equal
>Gatecrasher starts
>Black guy has 59 aim
>White thick-rimmed glasses nerd has 74 aim and fucking 7 dodge

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>>165428061
>playable aliens mod
>research radio, contact a rogue agent
>its a fucking chryssalid in a jail cell
>avenger gets hunted down a week later
>lid gets sent out in first wave
>within 4 turns every advent is dead and i have 7 lid spawns wailing on the beacon

>>165428061
FUCKING THIN-MINTS

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Is a Class mod really required for ABA? I feel like with increased Timers and Squad Size vanilla classes would be fine.

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>>165433353
>>165433443
>>165433541
>tesla cannons
noice

>>165433353
Christ why are they so BIG
That sniper has to be an absolute bitch to carry.

>>165419854
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NRY0XOVbV0

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>>165433628
>can finally have Mike Pence in my squad proper

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=841080990
Was actually wanting something like this for awhile

>>165433353
>>165433443
>>165433541

BIG'N BULKY

>>165415064
Then the game would be called Silent Storm.

Beagle's review build difficulty = Current Commander difficulty?

>>165437815
But I want to make some kind of jack in the box start for xcom 2

>>165437875
Go ask /tesg/ how mantling works, mantle Jake, and get to work on XCOM 3.

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>Lily shuddered uncontrollably as the nurse's gloved hand came down to part her cheeks. Even with a layer of latex between the alien's skin and Lily's, she could feel the absolute lack of natural body heat in the disguised xeno. "Trust me." she whispered into the engineer's ear. "When you've gotten used to walking with this inside you.. you'll never want to take it out." she crooned to Lily as her other hand, wielding the ribbed probe, came ever closer to her rear end..

>Her insides quivered around the rigid rubber. She'd never had anything back there before barring a thermometer in her youth, and so Lily's backside was less than receptive to the probe. At a length of five inches, and a bottom girth of three inches, it was definitely nothing trivial for a novice at anal insertion. The thing was made of a solid core of hypersensitive alien alloy, surrounded by a ridged, bumpy layer of rubber; at the top, the alloy was exposed in order to allow it to 'collate brainwaves', or so the doctor had said.

>Even a tentative step away from the exam table she was bent over jostled and shook the probe within Lily's rectum to an uncomfortable degree, leaving her frozen in place on tip-toes like a ballerina from discomfort.

Do you want more?

>>165437925
delete this, jake is pure and for fixing only

>>165434585
>>165433628
They are called Coilguns. So it's a tossup if it's just a more advanced version of Gauss or if it's actual Mike "Electric Fence" Pence guns.

>>165353789
>I assume you can use the animations from X1, but I'm completely inept when it comes to modding, so I guess I shouldn't complain.
You can't really, the skeleton is different. You CAN, however, animate your own unless you're a faggot.

>>165438021
Coilgun and Gauss gun are interchangeable terms, they better not fuck up this bad.
Give us plasma armature railguns or at least quench guns.

>>165437970
Nobody's falling for this copypasta being anything new.

Dig up some Vahlen x snek king if you want (You)s.

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>>165425940
>Dynamic War
Yessss gooood. Don't listen to that other anon. All your second wave stuff looks good except for maybe total loss and maybe perf information and absolutely critical (can't remember what it does). You may want the one that turns down repair costs.

>What mods do you recommend on top of Long War 1? Line of sight indicator and Gaussian Red Fog caught my eye in particular, but I wanted to know which ones you like using.
Looking through my mod folder (forgive me, some of these may be for vanilla EW, I did a terrible job of separating them):
gaussian red fog (love it)
alien stats exposed
sight range indicator (I could never get it to work reliably with a hotkey, but I could just be a derp)
enhanced tactical info/display soldier xp is a MUST
i did enjoy the ayy lmao text mod, ymmv
exalt reminder, can't remember if i liked that or not
maximum carnage adds some force to the ragdolls
no sleeveless armor
quiet bradford
hours not days for events to expire

I basically went through the nexus and installed anything that sounded like a good utility. I think someone came up with a "summary of your campaign/diary" mod that sounded good but that was after I stopped playing and I don't know if they finished or not.

>>When choosing my starting country, the camera always rotated down to Antarctica. Is this a known bug?
Yes
>>The "Recon" Second Wave option doesn't seem to do anything, because I'm not getting any information on MELD canisters. Known bug?
I think the deal here is that you won't notice any difference from vanilla. LW tried to stop meld from showing up in the fog of war, but I remember a lot of bugs where meld, or worse, a bomb (JC!) would just be invisible when it should have been revealed because it was in your sight range. Could be working from outdated info.

>OpenXcom
Yes, I use stable. But try XPiratez (link in OP), it's awesome and the best x(-)com game IMO

>>165438106
>implying the Long Dong team has read enough into magnetic weapons theory to even know about those concepts

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>>165399128
>>165390303
I'm the LilyFag. I'd never write Vahlen stuff unless it was Vahlen horribly dissecting ayyys because Vahlen is pure.

For my "German Scientist Finds Out The Big Brutes She's Experimenting On Are Really Hot" stuff I just write things with Brigid Tenenbaum. Funny how 2K properties end up like that, eh?

>>165438176
Vahlen is PURE and the snek king is garbage. Everyone knows she'd fuck the Archon King.

I haven't actually written anything new because I rarely get responses to it.

>>165433353
>>165433443
>>165433541

long dong 2 when?

>>165438236
Somebody tell them.
Maybe they'll make a real tesla gun, like Tesla intended: one that shoots liquid mercury at ungodly speeds.

>>165438241
>archon
Bitch please. She denounced subjects Alpha and Beta as lacking.
Besides, she's pure enough to make her own husbando.

>>165437970
Yes
But I cannot suspend my disbelief that someone not into anal could take a plug with a diameter of 3 inches. I'm a butt slut but even I'm not that wide yet

>>165438176
Hm, could do.

>>165438241
>Everyone knows she'd fuck the Archon King.
BUT 'OW?

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>>165438374
>But I cannot suspend my disbelief that someone not into anal could take a plug with a diameter of 3 inches. I'm a butt slut but even I'm not that wide yet
It's based on personal experiences. I bought this: http://www.lovehoney.co.uk/product.cfm?p=16554 and my first time taking it (most I'd ever had was a finger) and it was both incredibly uncomfortable and unbelievably arousing. Technomaguffin version of this is also what Lily is taking up her chuff in this scenario, by the way.

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>>165438458
Dude

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>>165438458

>>165438794
Nuh-uh, booby is verboten.

>there are gay people in this thread right now

Jan 20th can't come soon enough.

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>>165438995
It legitimately is Friday the 13th, isn't it.

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>>165438875
I selected the NSFW version instead of the SFW edit. Oops.

>>165438342
>Maybe they'll make a real tesla gun, like Tesla intended: one that shoots liquid mercury at ungodly speeds
Can they make it look like a super soaker?

>>165438458
OK, but that's 1.25, not 3. Unless you were talking about circumference

Would love to keep talking about butt stuff just to piss off that one anon :^) but I do have to go

>>165439758
Apparently I'm retarded. Ah well, I'm going to rewrite anyway.

Don't even know if it's worth it though, almost nobody reads it.

>>165439758
>>165439824
>>>/lgbt/

I don't mind fags, but this is an xcom thread, take your butthole shit where it belongs.

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>>165438995

>implying the gay community won't become more overtly gay just to spite Trump voters

>>165440616
>more overtly gay
Not physically possible. They already peddle their degeneracy to pre-schoolers.

>>165440616
Why does if seem that american gaymosexual are so intolerably in your face about their cock lust?

>>165441119

Because you look too closely.

>>165441069
So do capitalists.

>>165441119
Because Americans in general are physically incapable of subtlety.

>>165441931

And religious people, and atheists, and racists of all flavors, and feminists and feminist opponents. Everyone wants to "shape the next generation".

>>165442096
And somehow capitalists still manage to be the worst of them all.

>>165442035
not true my monster truck doesn't even wake the whole neighborhood

>cheat mod

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=841080990

how do I tell my gf to call me commander

>>165442781
Command her to.

>>165433353
>>165433443
>>165433541
W-who are you

>>165442830
JL

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>>165442781

>mfw my ex and I roleplayed a scenario where I was the Commander and she was a fresh rookie.

>>165438458
Not sure if gay or female or just likes anal stim

>>165442825
>>165442917
I don't want to be a commander anymore, I just lost three people on a mission

>>165444353

It's the second half of your duty, commander. Remembering.

>>165443178
All three.

>>165444576
>gay female

top kek

>>165442781

by getting a buzzcut and wearing a green sweater

>>165444867
No, that's Central.

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>>165423225

Yes it is, too bad DoW3 looks like donkeydicks

>>165427268

No progress done since last time, but here's a picture.

The XPiratez page doesn't actually say what it's like or what it's all about.

So what is it like, and what is it all about?

>>165445286
>DoW3 looks like donkeydicks


Yeah, looks like fucking LoL. Actually even LoL feels better than DoW3.

>>165438458
>burying links in spoiler tags
Worse than tv tropes

>>165442096
Fun fact in the u.s. there's a bill being proposed that would have schools be fined if they fail to force their students to recite the pledge of allegiance

Wish there was a fucking StarCraft 1 voice pack. SHIIEEET. I was lucky enough to get a SC2 medic voice at least.

>>165447559

Freedom yes.

>these comments

https://www.reddit.com/r/Xcom/comments/5nnciw/the_trophy_wall_right_before_final_mission_1st/

>>165444740
What is a lesbian for 500, Alex

>>165448258

Fucking collaborators.

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Why does X2 forget what mods I had ticked every time I launch the game?

>>165448807
Jake is always trying to fix your game.