>Timed missions in XCOM 2 aren't that ba-

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>>389815131
OP here, I didn't notice the objective that literally says "Delay the timer by destroying relays" hahahahaha kill me
This is now an XCOM 2 thread

BELINSKI

>>389815867
Russian, not (((them)))

>timed missions
>rescuing civilians
>races to tag supply crates
>rescuing VIPs
I really, really, really don't like those kind of missions. Retaliations are only enjoyable after the civilians are rescued. Just let me duke it out with the aliens

>>389816246
>Retaliation missions with resistance soldiers gunning down ayy lmaos before I even see them
I'll take it, but holy shit, calm down.

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>>389816246
>>races to tag supply crates

Those are the only ones I actively dislike.
When you're bogged down with 3 Specters, and about a billion and a half Lost that showed up for some reason, the last thing I want to see is a crate getting tagged for Advent across the map.
But hey, they aren't "Defend the beacon from 2 alien pods that spawned on top of it" missions.

>>389815131
You have to shoot little purple things to increase your turn, retard.

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>just beat the avenger defense mission

>>389815376
On a scale of 1 to 10 how retarded do you feel like now

>>389817040
7
It's my first time doing War of the Chosen and things are unnaturally easy right now. How fucked am I about to be? I just started the mission to save Mox

>>389817158
What difficulty? I'm playing on veteran (normal mode) because I'm new to these games and it's been smooth sailing until now. The chosen are laughably easy, at least the *teleports behind you* one

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>>389816782
>ambush rescue mission
>only 3 soldiers
>race to the evac
>surrounded by Lost

I'll admit I was disappointed when I heard about the addition of zombies to xcom, but the variety of mission types from the expansion really makes it interesting

>>389817158
As long as you're experienced it's not *too* hard
Thing i love about this dlc probably meme overwatch playstyle no longer viable or it's gonna fuck your timer up

>>389817323
Doing Veteran as well because I wanted to ease into the expansion before I chose Commander. So it's not just me then?

>>389817158
Pray to the heavens that you pick a good time to do your Chosen Stronghold Assault mission, because I went into my first one unaware, and ended up with literally my entire squad utterly exhausted and suffering from PTSD, only to be downed two days later by an UFO and by the end of that have my entire SOLDIER ROSTER either in the infirmary or the madhouse

>>389817415
I actually really like the lost. I don't know how bad they are on higher difficulties but I like how you can just keep shooting at them. Getting headshot after headshot is pretty satisfying

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>>389817415
When you get the dark event where swarms show up no matter the mission they can wear out their welcome pretty easily.

Had to learn to tone down my love of explosives after this debacle which ended up with 40 Lost to 15 Advent.

>>389817514
Yeah I think the game is meant to be played on commander. I pussied out because I thought I would had a harder time getting used to the mechanics

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>>389817323
on Commander difficulty and above she can incapacitate in one shot and then teleport a million miles away in 1 turn, shit's annoying

>>389817528
>the madhouse
Wait can your soldiers just straight up go nuts?

>>389817767
That's a bit of an exaggeration, but some of the negative traits they get from exhaustion can be pretty damning.

>>389817598
I didnt get that one but I did get Made Whole: The Chosen no longer suffer from any weaknesses. Nightmare fuel indeed

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>>389817981
>Made Whole: The Chosen no longer suffer from any weaknesses
Oh my, never saw that one show up in the rotation.

I do find it entertaining how Chosen dark events still show up after they're all 6 feet under though.

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>>389817745
Templar's invert is god tier against her

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>>389817323
How do you deal with the Assassin?
I'm playing on Normal and it's not that she's hard to deal with, it's just that she's annoying when she spawns in with everything else going on around me, bonks someone and then runs off
It's even worse when she bonks someone, incapacitates them, runs off and then next turn uses that stupid incapacitating wave attack

>>389818632
Dunno, I always spot her before she attacks and goes down in a turn. I think you have to play aggressive instead of waiting for her to attack first.

Should I get the new expansion full price?

>Belinski
All my atrocities come by way of reciprocity

>>389817415
>the addition of zombies to xcom
are u dumb? zombies were in UFO Defense, TFTD, probably apocalypse but I didn't play it, and X-COM 2012.

>>389819478
I've got all four of them in that screenshot, was able to get Takeo to be a Ranger as well so everything's great

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the AI is still really dumb

>>389819642
Did they? I only remember the Chryssalid zombies but they are nothing like the Lost.

Love getting a lost swarm spawning on top of an advent pod

>>389819724
Going through legend and, honestly, the only problematic one is the stealth one as he can move 40 and still slash someone to death.
Moment you know he's there, you have to get a specialist to high ground and hope you scan him....or someone basically dies.

The other two? are easily preventable and barely do their job in the first place.

Overall the chosen were pretty disappointing, but everything else is great.

>>389815131
>download a handful of mods
>game crashes just enough to be annoying
God fucking dammit

Also i forgot how fucking annoying it was to play this. Every day a new mission getting thrown in your face

>>389821662
That's the mod's fault. But yeah I agree that they could've made it so you spend more time on the overworld.

>>389821459
I honestly like the Chosen as a concept. Giving the player 3 separate direct enemies that harass and talk back. Helps kinda pace the game out by giving you three major steps along towards the end of the game.

As for them being actual enemies out on the field, they need a major AI overhaul at the least.
Maybe it would have better to have each of them be a parallel of the commander where instead of them taking the field, they send in teams of special Advent that work like Anti-Xcom teams.

>>389817598
I was sick of them by the end of the of the story mission where they're introduced. I had to push through this obnoxious fucking choke that lost packs just kept spawning in. It took fucking forever because between shooting and reloading you don't have a lot of spare actions.

Also all these story missions and the constant chatter are strongly discouraging me from starting a new game.

>>389821864
It's really fucking annoying that you can't make actions while someone is talking.

>>389817745
The Assassin is so much more threatening than the other two.

>Warlock
>Summons psi zombies and ends turn
>Hunter
>Goes "heh... nothin personell... xcom" and marks an enemy which never actually does nothing since you can have the guy hunker down

>new gatecrasher map
>sneaky breeki up to the stage
>plant the bomb
>REVEALED

oh come on

>>389817598
I like the lost in these scenarios especially. They can't touch me and are an absolute non-threat, make the aliens lose turns and fuck up their tactics though.

>>389817598
Oh I love that dark event. Toss in the Sitrep Location Scout into the mix and while your team is concealed it turns into a massive ass bloodbath that at best kills off most if not all advent or at worse means that virtually none of the advent pods get their pod encountered free cover run and they group up like headless chickens once all Lost die. Even without that sitrep you'll run into missions where explosives by the advent and the lost conveniently killing purifiers(their death boom counts as explosions) calls in enough of a horde to severely cripple advent.