This saves the XCOM

Beta Strike, Grim Horizon and Precision Explosives would make for a good game desu. Don't even need to enable the mission timer one because the hp boost alone allows you to work around shit maps and engage without fear of a star alignment of misfortune rendering the mission a write-off just through instakilling a couple of guys on the first enemy turn

>>387399701
where is the alpha strike option ?

>>387400396

Too busy railing hotties

All of the mods removing/tweaking timers already did.

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>>387400953
the skill system is completely reworked too

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>>387401350
also, bonding system

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I'm so gonna do deus vult with these guys.

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>you can make propaganda posters

oh boy

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>>387401676

>>387401676
>Resistance Radio
I didn't know how much I needed this until now. I want to do missions constantly listening to the radio as it plays music and propaganda while my soldiers are brutally murdered in the battlefield, Fallout New Vegas style.

>>387401828
Why the fuck are their nipples so puffy

>>387401930
You can't go into combat without pumping your nips. They're important for detecting projectile trajectory.

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>>387401676
>you can make memorial posters as well

Oh my fucking god yes

Xcoms are the only games I preorder anymore. Goddamn I am hyped for the wotc. I get to play dress up and be all high speed low drag operator once again.

I guess it will break all the mods at release, but do you guys know if it will have new helmets and armors and shit? I dont have the reinforcements pack as everyone says to not buy it in any circumstance.

>>387399701
was it in need of saving?
the base game was already fantastic

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>>387402143
there were some annoyances that needed to be fixed

also they appearantly fixed the performance issues of the game with the new expansion, and added more graphical customization options

also they removed the linearity of the basebuilding and skill system

so yeah, I'm pretty stoked

>>387401930
Because it turns someone on. They are in this very thread.

So whats this? Dlc? A patch?

>>387399701
Mods already fix the game, but the fact of the matter is that no one should have to pay $40 for this crap, should have been in the game to start with

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>>387401828

Is this out yet?
Is it cracked, yet?

>>387402242
oh yeah the expansion looks fucking amazing but I don't think it's saving xcom, it's making it even more awesome than it already was

>>387401464
>>387401350
Is this Long War or the weird new expansion/sequel thing its getting?

>>387402336
31st of august iirc

>XCOM 2
ishygddt

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>>387402458
>implying implications

>>387400396
That's the normal game.

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>>387402256
>>387402371
Full old-school expansion pack, similar to Enemy Within

basically

>Three additional factions the Reapers, Skirmishers and Templars
>The Chosen: basically Ultra-elite enemies, who can kidnap, interrogate, and kill XCOM’s soldiers, and invade the strategy layer and ravage XCOM’s global operations.
>new enemies like the Spectre (creates copies of your soldiers), ADVENT Purifier, ADVENT Priest, zombie missions etc.
>a LOT of new maps
>reworked base building and global strategy map, can make alliences with factions, Covert Actions etc
>Soldiers can develop bonds (similar to Fire Emblem games), new skill system, more variety.
>challange mode with global leaderboard
>new second-wave options seen in the OP
>propaganda posters

and like a million other tweaks and additions


it's fucking HUGE, like 3 times larger than Enemy Within was

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>>387402573
>

>>387402603
>The Chosen: basically Ultra-elite enemies, who can kill XCOM’s soldiers
No...

>>387402783
He means they can die after getting kidnapped. It's probably similar to Enemy within where you guys would get captured and you could try to save them.

>>387400345
Beta strike increases enemy health too though. The mission timer is great one. My luck is so shit on legend I can't beat it. Statistically impossible with alpha strike meta and my low hit rate.

>>387402763
thanks doc

The best part is the optimization fixes. Everybody is reporting massive frame rate and stability increases.

Did they fix long war 2?
Is it still the try hard unfair garbage that it was on release?
Did they capture the spirit of Long war for EW?

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>still no nude snek mod

Are those all the second wave options available or are more unlocked by beating the game?

>>387403307
long war 2 is kill

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>>387403417
how can one anon be so SO wrong?

>>387403484
More are unlocked depending on what difficulty you complete the game on.

>>387403453
theyre always nude bro

>>387399701
Not unless it comes with a wound time tweak

>>387403453
The only reason the nude snake mod stopped is because one of the DLCs fucked the skeleton. Here's hopping the expansion unfucks it.

>>387403563
what happened?

>>387403674
That's literally what Lengthy Scheme and Time Turner do. Looks like they'll be mandatory the same way the random starting stats and random stat gain were in XCOM EW.

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>>387402603
>Templars

>>387403679
>The only reason the nude snake mod stopped is because one of the DLCs fucked the skeleton.
That has got to have been on purpose.

>>387403701
>1.5 not released
>lump still didn't announced updating it to wotc
>devs said it's up to lump if they update it

it's dead jim

>le snek retards

Just as bad as bronies and furries, kill yourselves

>>387399701
sweet, I can double the timers

>>387403741
Wound time. Allowing for multi-turn enemy engagements would be pointless if half of my squad would be out of commission for a month

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Reapers look fucking dope

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reminder the behead the sneks and degenerates

>>387403790
>Not wanting to fuck sweet alien snake cloaca
What a gay

>>387403830
The Skirmishers look fun too.

>>387402603
>still no locational targeting
>still no proper ballistics simulation
>still no proper inventory system
>still no free-form throwing
>still no multiple generic shot types
>more RNG instead of more tools to manage risk
>still no proper stealth

Don't get me wrong, this seems like a good step in the right direction, but this is still babies first tactics game.

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>>387403453
>naked sneks

i hope they update lw2 for it. i dont really want to go back to playing base game

>>387403816
Read the tooltip in the OP
>Soldiers recover health equal to half their damage taken at the end of missions.
So losing half health = losing quarter by end of mission meaning less wounded time.

>>387403946
>multiple generic shot types
no thanks min max is dumb and you want something like it you are completely missing the strategic appeal of these games

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>>387404590
>you want something like it you are completely missing the strategic appeal of these games

>choice and risk management are bad because I say so

>>387401828
>Team Gamuchui squad.webm

>>387404785
I think he means he doesn't want it to be managing every last detail like the first xcom. He wants more tactical, and not so heavily strategy. But multiple fire modes like snap shot and whatnot is that. I think he assumed
you meant more ammunition types.

>>387405063
>He wants more tactical, and not so heavily strategy.
Multiple shot types is tactics, not strategy.

>But multiple fire modes like snap shot and whatnot is that.
Yeah, because selecting from, let's say three, different shot types is sooo tedious. I hate the ADD generation.

>you meant more ammunition types.
No, I meant multiple shot types for risk management.

>>387405063
Yes, that's exactly the point I was implying, just less rudely about it to previous anon.

>>387399701
Console Realese?

>>387405229
meant for >>387405229

>>387405339
Delayed to Sept. 12

>>387405376
I'll just go to bed instead....

>>387405442
Probably for the best, sleep is healthy.

>>387404164
>>Soldiers recover health equal to half their damage taken at the end of missions.
> Make absolutely sure that entire squad is fully topped off with no debuffs
> finish mission
> gravely wounded
> gravely wounded
> critically wouneded
> wounded
fuck off

>>387405475
>baw why there are consequences in consequence based game
Might as well savescum anon.

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>>387405430
Will there be hard disk copies like Enemy Within or is it just digitally exclusive pls respond

>>387405475
Healing in a mission like that doesn't affect how wounded they are, if they go below the threshold for that wounded state they will stay there.
The option added makes it so that threshold is more lenient due to longer engagements so a soldier that might be wounded will instead be lightly wounded because of the regen at the end of missions.

>>387405757
Seems like it's purely digital.

>>387405757
I think it will just be digital, it doesn't look like they are doing versions bundled with the base game like Enemy Within did, it may happen in the future though.

>>387403946
You forgot
>still no prone and crouching stance

Looks pretty good. I would probably start a fresh game instead of continuing my current one.

How hard is it to get into XCOM? I tried the first game and I didn't get too far, but I was also extremely busy with my job.
Any tips?

>>387406314
I'm not sure if you can even continue your old game because of the changes in the game such as different buildings, introduction of factions and maybe new story missions.
For those who started several new games, the first mission is now going to change and not always be blowing up the statue.