Biggest disappointment of the year?

I'm having a good time with it. Almost have enough intel to go after the assassin.

That's not Ghost Recon Wildlands

> full retail price for a fucking Dec

Yes, disappointment

The only problem I have is something seems fucked up with the randomization because out of three campaigns I've started, one I've seen played on youtube, and one my friend's going through, there's an almost identical progression.

1st: new gatecrasher
2nd: tunnels
[optionally 3rd: story mission, but to be expected]

first supply raid is ALWAYS
>chosen
>lost+advent
>advent's airlifting crates out
This has been the case 5/5 times

I feel like they somehow shackled the random elements and forced certain mission types and events to occur in certain orders
I like all the new content they just need to fully randomize it because it definitely doesn't feel mixed up enough

>>389010842
>tfw got it for $10 off amazon
feels good commander

I'm gonna need some tips for the chosen, how do i fight them if they keep running off?

>>389010842
phoneposters get out reee

>>389011259
they eventually come to you. try to finish them off in 1 turn

>>389011323
Taking a sho atm , couldn't wait to complain about this full price nonsense

>>389011357
>they eventually come to you

But they strike, then fuck right off. Too far away for me to get any good shots.

>>389010528
don't go as soon as you get enough intel, final part of the mission is very hard - constant respawn of ayy's and chosen. I am in the same situation and will wait until i ll get better equipment, soldiers.

>>389010392
how? its what their fans wanted? I dont like these games but my friend does and he said its fine.

Team bond is complete horseshit. Level 2 bond, one mate takes a single point of damage, sends the other into a blind panic and he starts shooting at the other squad members.

Also fuck priests. You shoot them, they go into stasis, you can't do jack-shit against them, start of their turn they wake up and potentially fuck up your day. The amount of times I've lost a squad member to a priest waking up from stasis, dropping a mind control on someone which panics the rest of the team who then friendly fire the mind controlled unit is beyond belief.

>>389010842
>$30 is full price
what?

>>389011904
it's 40 bucks nignog

>>389010392
Nah it's pretty good honestly.

>>389011865
>letting a stasis'd priest in cover while spamming overwatch

You're playing terribly, mate. Only way overwatch was going to help you there is if you flanked the priest, forcing him to move.

Also, the DLC is pretty damned good, but makes it way too easy to cheese the game, personally.

>>389010842
Just torrent it

>>389013338
>but makes it way too easy to cheese the game, personally.

Reapers are insanely good. You can solo Alien Facilities with them and their scouting potential in normal missions is like a Shadow Ranger on crack.

>>389013338
The fuck are you on about? You can't hurt a priest in Stasis so unless you stand a purpose built character who can fire on enemy action, not just movement, you can't fuck with them.

>>389013550
Also depending on where the priest is I'd have to run across the map and probably trigger more pods just to deal with one cheesemonger. That or save scum so he drops instead of going into stasis.

My biggest issue with the game so far is that during a Terror Mission that had allied Resistance soldiers one of my soldiers got mind controlled by the Warlock and the allied soldiers nearly killed my dude. Wish they wouldn't do that.

>>389013501
Personally, I used a Reaper-Sniper duo to dispatch every single alien ruler without them being able to react once.

>>389013550
All standard units are scripted to run for cover when flanked. He's going to move before going for the mind control if you flanked him, allowing you to kill him with the overwatch once he comes out of stasis.

Position your troops properly and priests won't ever be a problem.

>>389011865
Hit them with a poison round. They come out of stasis and immediately die.

>>389010392
I thought it was a new campaign since the devs and /v/ hyped it up as "essentially xcom 3", instead it's literally nothing but some stat changes and annoying persistent bosses that show up randomly during missions. Should have been 10 dollars at most. Long War adds more content than this

>>389010392
why isn't it an image of me

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>squadsight still has a shitty penalty
I don't even mind the existence of the penalty, but it feels so strict. Sniper sharpshooters still feel so unrewarding until very late game.

>>389014075
>instead it's literally nothing but some stat changes and annoying persistent bosses that show up randomly during missions
It's several other things too, including new and reworked game systems, so while I get your exaggeration to make a point, "literally" was probably a poor choice of word.

>>389014164
pistol snipers are better anyways

>>389013953
>Position your troops properly
Which isn't always an option unless you're save scumming. Run past priest to flank him and dick first into a second pod.

>>389010392
ITT: Nintendogaf shitposts about the Xcom 2 DLC because it came out around the time as Rabbids

>>389014170
>game systems
Yeah stat changes

>>389014164
Elevation, superior scopes, and Aim+ PCS counteract it well enough for me.

>>389014225
I invested AP on my best sniper to be both in my current game. She's a beast.

>>389014164
Squadsight snipers allow you to completely shutdown alien rulers in the right circumstances, that's way OP as it is.

>>389014240
If you can't flank him, then don't overwatch, and wait for him to act once he comes back. Alternatively, poison him.

You made an understandable mistake, but Priests are among the fairest enemies in the game.

>>389014225
They're so broken against the Lost, it's hilarious

>early pistol damage breakthrough
>rush mag weapons

>>389014471
>wait for him to act once he comes back.
So he stands up and mind controls someone which sets off a panic chain.

>>389014490
>Blademaster Ranger with Assassin Chosen's Katana
>Can practically take on all the Lost on the map solo without getting hit.

>>389014621
How low will are your dudes that your entire squad panics on a mind control?
Like are you bringing just squaddies or tired troops or what

>>389014397
covert actions for one

>>389014621
If your troops are fatigued enough (or took enough damage) for all of your team to panic without any way for you to counter the priest, then you fucked up in the first place.

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More posters less shit posting

rabbids mario xcom shills

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>Install a mod that restores sitreps they took out at the last minute
>Juggernaut supply raid
>Can only bring one fucking unit
>"Well at least the pods are going to be smaller, so--"
>three pods
>adv trooper, purifier, muton
>adv trooper, captain, lancer
>three fucking mutons
how the fuck did I win

Haven't been keeping up, how useful are the faction soldiers and how early can you get them?

>>389015605
You get them ridiculously early.

They're extremely broken in mid-to-late game.

>>389015605
>how useful are the faction soldiers
Reapers are GOAT
Skirmishers and Templars are a little more situational but pretty great as well.

>how early can you get them?
Pretty early

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>>389014752
>tfw investing ap into my scout ranger also making him a blademaster plus Serial

Also having a specialist that can have both trees is really fucking great

>>389015605
theres an option to start with one of the heroes in gatecrasher

>>389015670
>>389015729
Damn, expected them to be like a mid-game recruitment but thats still pretty neat means I'll be able to dick around with a templar early then. Thanks for the info

What the fuck am I doing wrong with Skirmishers? When do they get good? Reflex looked amazing but it's only once per entire fucking mission? Now I get a skill that improves mobility for one fucking turn if I got a kill? How is that not just a shittier version of implacable?

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>Blademaster Templar in Lost missions
He's fucking invincible

>>389016038
Skirmishers are literally the worst of the classes. Maybe Battle Lord makes them better but bleh

Templars >>>>>>>>> Reapers >> Skirmishers

>>389010392
>boreposter has invaded /v/ for validation

We already have Barneyfag and ACfag, dude, you are small time.

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>>389010392
DLCs, "episodic" releases and micro transactions killed modern gaming

>>389016137
>Templar in any fucking mission

seriously, free psi units without even having to research psionics is a fucking blast.

>>389016313
The entire expansion is worth it just for the performance boosts and Templars.

>>389010528
>b-but I'm having fun

Good on you. No one else is.

>>389016038
they can grapple above shit as a free move than can attack twice, how i beat the hunter chosen in one turn

also there grapple ability is pretty great for pulling shit out of cover

>>389016395
>I am Legion, for I am all

Can you possess some pigs and then run off a cliff into the ocean.

>>389016038
they're pretty good to recon and spot shit but the overall damage you can pull off skirmishers is terrible

>>389016395
Literally everyone but you is, boreposter.

>>389016395
i'm having a blast. 2017 has been pretty good for vidya so far

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>>389015229
>dat color scheme
muh dick

>>389016489
i need some sleep i mixed skirmishers and reapers

Mox and my Templar we're bonded so Mox ended up giving the Templar two extra actions to fuck up the Warlock in the assassination mission.

>>389010392
Didnt you shill it just yesterday? What happened?

>>389016298
This is an expansion/add-on pack, though. Those have been around forever.

Anyone else feel like using a faction unit feels like cheese, Skirmishers are bretty crazy even when you just get them.

So what's up with he templars? I don't have the dlc yet but all the pre release shit has been the skirmishes and reapers. Why did the templars get 0 love?

Is there a mission and a character for them like the one shown in the dead city for the reapers and skirmishes? They from the previews seem not fleshed out at all. I know some anons were throwing around the idea that they were basically the remnants of Exalt. Also can you build or buy more special faction armor and weapons? I like the Stalker look and the Destiny esq look of the new armors and I haven't heard if it's limited to their troops only.

>>389017113
Well none of them come close to the power of just your basic psi-soldiers so whatever. Stasis is the most broken ability in the entire game and using it feels like cheating. Then they come packed with other amazing abilities to top it off.

>>389017212
Maybe they realized that Templars are GOAT and they had to characterize the other factions so people would give a shit about them aswell. Or they ran out of resources to give them unique stuff, whatever

>>389017113
templars and skirmishers kinda fall off compared to the original classes in midgame and beyond
never leveled a reaper so i cant say how they are

>>389017212
They have nothing, you just spec op contact them and that's it.
Overall they are a disappointment.

>>389016690
I actually had a really high quality action figure of this guy I got from Walmart back in 2003 or so. I had no idea what series it was from, and still am not sure what specific game.

I mean, I know it's Mega Man... probably... but not sure. Don't even know his name.

But it was a cool action figure.

>>389017113
how are skirmishers good
not a meme i'm just wondering how 3-4 damage and middling stats is all that good

>>389017882
They aren't. Maybe if their grapple attacks were guaranteed hits but they fucking aren't, so in almost all cases he's just gonna shoot twice with his shitty gun.

>>389017882
Im using mine as a Viper essentially. Drag high value targets into your squad ball. Also he gets blademaster later in the tree and that's always worth a go.

>>389018239
>drag high value targets into your squad
>when the grapple doesn't work on aliums and is like 60% chance to hit anyways
lmao no

>>389010930
This happens if you do a normal start with the reaper. Don't quote me on it though.

>>389010930
Of 4 Supply Raids I had 2 like you describe and 2 of the old one.

>>389019267
Do you mean 4 raids total? I'm specifically talking about the first raid in a campaign.

>>389019378
Welp. Reading comprehension.
Either way, I like it so far. The Supply Raid is a stupid mini game tho.
I like the lost tho.
Had a "kill enemy commander" mission in lost region and all I did was sneak around and throw claymore at it to spawn more Lost so I can overwhelm the enemy before I even have to do anything.

The new Retribution missions are a bit easy now. Rebels are killing Advent even on Legend left and right.

so the assassin chosen is pretty close to full knowledge, what should i expect for this new base defence mission? and is a defence matrix now worth a building slot?

I just realized you can't fit every facility anymore. You probably have to go without a lab and a workshop, I think?

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>>389019639
>8 guerillas running around shooting unactivated, out-of-cover enemies for free every turn
>good accuracy
>basically teleport forward when you reach the points
Are retaliation missions a joke now or is it just the ones where the rebels are helping you? I've done 2 so far and the 2nd one ended up being a bunch of scrawny rebels with basic rifles shitting all over mutons.

>>389020163
This is what I thought at first. Worked great against sectoids and troopers. Second mission got a little hairier with 3+ civilians dying per turn to berserkers. Still seemed much easier.

Then chrysalids showed up.

>>389020132
>>389020132
3x4=12 spaces
1 Power Relay
2 Radio Comms
3 Resistance Ring
4 Shadow Chamber
5 GTS
6 Training Center
7 Infirmary
8 Proving Ground
9 Laboratory
10 Workshop
11 Psi Lab
12 Defense Matrix
Seems fine to me?

>>389010392
Horse armor, the expansion.

>>389010392
Never been so glad I didn't pre-order something that looks amazing.

Cause it turned out to be a fucking shit show, very little content for a bloated price.

>>389017686
why dont you just do a fucking image search retard. takes 2 seconds

>>389016395
I am also having fun, anon.
You should try it some time.

>berserker queen turns up
>skirmisher uses wrath
>flys across map to deliver ripjack strike
>stun queen for 2 rounds
>retribution gives a second strike
>now stunned for 4 rounds

>>389020550
>very little content

>>389010392
It's fucking great though, it fixes like 90% of X-Com 2's problems.

WotC is like a gold standard for an expansion. It fixes most of the problems from the base game and adds a ton of fun new shit that mixes up the gameplay a lot. I would rather pay full price for something that's actually worth it that $10 for some mediocre piecemeal shit like xcom 2's last dlc.

>>389021367
>mfw turned of Anarchy Children and Alien Rulers

>>389011549
I did the first one with mag weapons and plated armor on commander.
The last room is actually pretty easy. You just need to position right before the fight and then focus fire. The chosen are pretty helpless in this confined space and you don't even need to kill the enemies that spawn in.

>>389016395
But everyone is.

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>supply raid
>difficulty very hard
>two andromedons, a sectopod, two heavy mecs plus change
>Sitrep: Surgical: Only allowed to deploy three soldiers
I almost lost my fully trained psi-op to this shit.
Good thing my Ranger girl continues to be a fucking god and got a crit on the sectopod at the last possible moment. Assassin shotgun is amazing.

>>389021525
I fuckin love Alien Rulers, but I honestly don't care much about the other DLCs.

Either way, I especially like the new things you can scan on the Overworld, which gives it some new Strategy every time.
The Breakthroughs are also super interesting.
In my Opinion, this is something that can call itself an expansion than just a dlc. Since it really gives the game something new and refreshing.
The Chosen however could need a bit more tweaking. But mostlikely Mods will give it some depth

>>389021939
Aren't raids optional missions that are just for supplies?

>>389022157
>backing down from a fight
Nah.

>>389022157
>optional
Those exist?

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>tfw killed all the chosen
>now the game is boring again
>havent gotten a lost mission in like 6 months

>>389014469
>superior scopes, and Aim+ PCS counteract it well enough for me
well no shit it does

>>389015229
>how the fuck did I win
by playing on rookie and save scumming

>>389025739
Veteran and no save scumming, but I did get lucky with the last pod being super retarded and somehow one of the three mutons just kept taking shots out in the open standing on top of a supply box.

>>389016867
>we're
underage spotted

>95% HIT CHANCE
>MISS

They still haven't fixed this bug!

>>389010392
>60 fucking dollars for dlc
This is getting out of control. This industry is shameless.

>>389026107
>$60

except that's not true

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>>389016395
i like it..

>>389026107
>$60
Maybe in Canadistan

>Drop a squad on top of vip and extract them from the other side of the map
>Instead of just dropping a rope for them
That's one thing that actually made sense in LW.

What are the timers like now?

>>389026912
Same as usual but you have 2 advanced options to lengthen them.
There's also resistance order and probably country bonus to help with them.

>>389021939
>Sitrep: Surgical: Only allowed to deploy three soldiers

A R T I F I C I A L D I F F I C U L T Y

HOLY SHIT CAN THE LOST FUCK OFF FOR JUST A SINGLE MISSION
EVERY FUCKING MISSION, NO MATTER WHAT OR WHERE, THOSE FAGGOTS SHOW UP IN SWARMS EVERY OTHER TURN
THE DARK EVENT THAT ADDS THEM TO OTHER MISSIONS IS LONG OVER FUCK OFF ALREADY

I appreciate them distracting other enemies BUT HOLY SHIT LET ME FUCKING WALK FOR A COUPLE TURNS WITHOUT SPAMMING ME WITH SWARMS

I'M NOT EVEN USING EXPLOSIVES AT ALL ANYMORE

>>389025886
>Veteran
So basically rookie then.