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pistols are useful

pistols are useful

pistols are useful

>>128628560
If it were true, everyone else's preview codes should've stopped too, but northernlion and chrisodd seem to be still uploading videos, and there was that italian? stream yesterday.

>>128627250
Let's brainstorm perks for the class. Please contribute because I could actually code the mod.

>tongue grab and poison spit abilities are unlocked by perks
>poison spit debuffs enemies like a flashbang
>bonus to aim and/or critical chance as a perk

That's all the ideas I have for now, will have to think on it.

>>128628560
They don't seem the type. They even retweeted somebody who said they preordered the game based on Beagle's mod stream.

I'd hate to live in your mind, you poor cynical fuck.

>>128628805
Video editing takes time, they could well have recorded these days or weeks ago and are just now posting them.

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What's his name again?

>>128629018
Garth "No Soul" DeAngelis

>>128629018
Jake Soloman

dog handler class when

>>128629018

Garth "Renaissance Man" DeAngelis

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>>128629121
now

I need help.

What research path i should follow in LW?

Thing i do always ends up with me getting fucked in the end of the 1st year and forcing a restart.

The game just throws way too many mechtoids and discs at me.

>>128629018
>Greaselord
every time I've seen him he has too much hair gel
>Ginger
>Stuffed Shirt
>Woolly Pully
seriously what the fuck is up with that sweater, put it in the trash
>Snugglelord
>Cleveland Steamer

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>>128628654
>>128628709
>>128628787

That's the spirit.

>tfw no bagle stream tonight

>>128629018
Garth Vader

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BREAKING NEWS: Ethereals have tits now too guys.

>>128629385
>4 arm qop

Dick status: MUH

>>128628993
>Video editing takes time, they could well have recorded these days or weeks ago and are just now posting them.

possible but still doesnt account for the italian stream. my sense is that they want more control over the message

>>128628805
>>128629614
Link to italian stream?

>>128629671
twitch vg247it

its really shit tho

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How can a man be so cute?

Imagine fucking him and he turns around and looks at you with those eyes.

I'd cum instantly.

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>>128630010
Looks like he was the inspiration for the ADVENT thin mint.

How can you like a man who is so shit at XCOM?

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>>128630010
GET OUT OF MY HEAD

>>128629614
Here's the thing though, Bagels has been saying nothing but high praises about XCOM 2. Mods are a box feature of the game so why would this be an issue?

>>128630446
Maybe they aren't okay with him showcasing that when you play around with the .ini files as much as he does the game has a hard time finding contingencies
(as any game would)

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>>128629385

I would not put that past them anymore.

will the expanded TR perk list work in vanilla?

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>>128628993
One tree could be a skirmisher kind of soldier, and the other would be buffs to her snek abilities, like poison, tongue grabbing and constriction.
Dunno what kind of skirmisher abilities, though. I'd rather get a feel for the current classes, so a skirmisher snek would be mechanically unique. Off the top of my head, I'm thinking higher movement, crit chance, and maybe some kind of ability like;
>while your squad is in concealment, entering the outer half of an enemy pod's sight range does not break concealment
Because she's still technically ayyy.

Though now I've typed it out, it looks really damn powerful, so you'd probably have to put it on the same tier as the tongue grab or something.

>>128630885
No.

>>128630676
>the game has a hard time finding contingencies
What did the game do wrong when he modded it, though? I was pretty amazed it didn't crash or experience any really strange behaviour with all he did.

>>128631348
When he increased the squad size to 48, after a certain point all of his dudes would spawn directly on top of each other, it's nothing major but it doesn't look very good

>>128630010
I just noticed that I use the same type of mouse as him.

>>128631482
Oh, yeah. I would not have expected the game to handle a landing squad size greater than 9 (IIRC that's the number of tiles in the skyranger landing/liftoff zone). As a software developer I'm amazed they even had the additional rookies spawn in a way that didn't break the game.

>>128631037
I'm waiting for ChristopherOdd's video on the Sharpshooter class, because I think I'd cross-class it a lot with that. Can you elaborate on what you mean by skirmisher?

Concealment perk seems fine and thematic.

I would probably disable Personal Combat Sims on this class if we're giving them stat bonuses as perks since PCSs also offer stat bonuses to mobility, aim, etc.

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>>128631482
Well what would you expect to happen, the game crashing?

>>128627094
So when Firaxis said the Volunteer lived, what did they mean?

>inb4 Advent is led by time traveling Volunteer

>>128631981
I think the devs are so worried about making their game perfect, even outside of what it's supposed to do that they can't realize how amazing it is at doing what we've seen it do (huge squads, bigger pods, bigger health bars, 20+ soldiers activating overwatch at the same time, the game can handle all of these things, it just doesn't look perfect)

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>>128631926
Fast moving, hard hitting flanker kind of playstyle, like an old school Assault. I can see it ending up being the Scout-Ranger's partner in crime.
But this is mostly conjecture. I'll probably have better ideas once I've played the game.

>>128632362
They put a scroll bar on the skyranger loadout screen. I think they suspected that people would increase the squad size someday.

>>128632429
I was thinking the same thing. Take the ability that gives an extra action after one kill combined with untouchable and rapid fire with the rest of the scouting tree, and you have a nimble assault scout that weaves in and out of battle at will.

>>128632429
>I'll probably have better ideas once I've played the game.
Yeah, I think that's why I'm drawing a blank too. Only suggested sniper/sharpshooter because of the thin man aim meme.

>>128632539
Sounds a little overpowered...

>>128632521
They took A LOT from Long War, including training psionics being random and taking time away from combat to learn new stuff. I know they anticipated larger squad sizes. Seems like the maps cope with larger squads (i.e. have more cover) much better than EU/EW too.

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Cute!

>>128633459
>as cute as Jake
in your dreams

>>128633453
>including training psionics being random

what

>taking time away from combat to learn new stuff

that's not a LW change.

>>128633692
You get 3 random power to pick from to train up. This can include things like rift and dominate.

>>128633758

how is that from long war though?

>>128633795
It isn't.

>>128633852

then why did you say it was?

>>128633882
That wasn't me. I'm pretty sure that guy was confusing psi training being based on will with it being random.

>>128633692
>including training psionics being random
>what
Sorry, I'm drunk posting again.

I meant the idea of training psi skills in the facility is based on LW's concept where you have to put them into the psi labs every time you want them to learn something new instead of ranking them up in combat. Thank god they didn't take the "you have a chance to fail your psi training" part from LW, though.

>>128633882
That anon is not me.

Man the new PSI looks awesome
It felt really bore bones to me in EU so it's great they're making it so awesome now

I also like the exclusion of MECS, I didn't like them in Enemy within since they felt so brain dead to use

They can't use cover so you just rush the enemies down in every situation, didn't like that

>>128633459
Who is that guy on the right?
VAN DOORN?!

>>128634173

Marketing, you don't need to shill to us. We already really want the game.

>>128629385
Even diablo got tits at some point.

>>128634418
How about you kill yourself?

>>128629192
Help plz. I don't have problems with Classic/Impossible Ironman EW but LW on normall wrecks my shitter at the end of the year.

>>128634450
OK, I am starting to see. He is really handsome in this pic.

Is that guy the typical Beyond Shit player?

>>128634858
fucking
how

describe your research path and your building priorities

>between the hours of 0300 and 0600 EST /xcg/ is taken over by female shitposters

>>128634806

I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU MOTHER FUCKER WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE YOU CAN'T TALK TO ME LIKE THAT I'M GONNA FUCKING FUCK YOUR BROTHER AND THEN YOUR SISTER AND THEN YOUR MOTHER AND THEN I'M GOING TO TAKE MY SWEET TIME WITH YOUR DAD YOU LITTLE BITCH I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU TELL ME WHER EYOU FUCKING LOVE

>>128634173
Psionics are actually interesting this time but the lack of MECs is a downgrade that is now being sold as DLC. Psi-Ops look like they cost a lot but are a massive force multiplier and an amazing support class. Being able to get off one small psi move and one big psi move each turn strikes me as overpowered if used by anyone with more than five brain cells though. A fully or even partially trained Psi-Op is looking like it will be one of the most valuable resources in the game.

>>128634947
1st i always research ayy weapon fragments and try to rush lasers and regular armor, i build 1 uplink and if i get the money and properly placed steam i buid 1 Fission, Thermal and Repair bay right of the bat.

Later i try to get atleast 1 more uplink, 2 more interceptors few troops and One lab + Workshop.

>>128635028
It's the new meme to replace BREAK LOS. Honestly I'm more fine with this.

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>>128635076
I in fact did not really take notice of his cuteness because I was blinded by the intense stare of King Solomon. Until Jake opened his fucking mouth. Started verging on Jamball-tier annoyance in the last stream.

>>128635042
general consensus is xenobiology first to start rolling in those country requests for corpses so you can gain more scientists.
after that you can fast track to beam then whatever you want, most go for armor though a few go arc thrower.

No one has the artbook yet?

>>128635038
>MECs being sold as DLC
What?

>>128635518
It's not confirmed but it's been highly hinted towards being MECs. What else would be Papa's Shen's final gift that is also a class? Other than SHIVs

>>128635518
there is a season pass, one of the 3 dlc's as part of the pass is called 'Shens last gift' which is described as a sixth class. Its more than likely a MEC or an equivalent thereof.

>>128635432
I always skipped Xenobiology, that's probably my mistake...

>>128635042
>>128635432
Odd, I had not prioritized xenobiology yet I breezed past early and mid game. I will not contradict this anon as I am not super experienced in LW, but in my Normie playthrough I prioritized weapons, then armor, then xenobiology. I have a very aggressive playstyle though.

Also, you may wish to turn off the repair option in second wave. It seems to add an unfun artificial difficulty to the game.

>>128635320
FIZZLEBRAAAAAAAAAAAAAANCH

>>128635042
Sorry, I meant to say also: Do not give a fuck about uplinks; satellites are not important in LW. Only build an uplink and expand into a new content when you are confident you have the Interceptors to patrol and maintain it.

>>128635432
This is doubly true if you pick the imo strongest continent bonus, Quai D'Orsay

ChristopherOdd is the reason XCOM 2 footage is dwindling. He shown off the Psi Class before Firaxis approved it and they got miffed off.

I think I'm burned out on LW. I want to finish my current campaign before XCOM 2 but I just can't keep up the push. Anyone got any good motivators?

>>128635932

didn't TotalBiscuit do it first?

>>128635852
dont build new interceptors before you launch the satts. the upkeep on birds is huge and you need the funding from the satts online to support the upkeep.

>>128636019
He revealed the class existed by accident but Odd showed everyone everything about it. They clearly planned to reveal the Psi-Operative and his abilities themselves otherwise they wouldn't have kept it secret just for some youtuber to tell everyone.

>>128635882
with quai I like going xenobio->materials->beam to unlock those dank elerium/meld requests too

>>128635724
It's not gonna make you fail, it's just that mathematically xenobio->adv beam ends up being faster and plain adv beam because that's how fast those extra scientists pay off. Adv beam is like a three month research, xenobio is a couple weeks upfront and then it shaves off at least 30% of your beam research time.

>>128635932
I'm sure that the French website basically detailing everything in the game has nothing to do with it. We were getting plenty of footage until they started throwing shit up and suddenly nothing.

That cuck fetish guy that defends valkyria chronicles isnt shitposting so hard now, guess the lack of sales that made it flop argument made him go away
>>128631482
It can be changed and be perfected, a few glitches or model spawning through eachother is no problem.

>>128636221
i think you and others vastly overrate how quickly you _need_ beam to handle aliens.
beam rush is a crutch for people who need scummy brainless tactics just to survive. if you are a new player and you listen to advice about rushing beam laser you will not develop yourself tactically and in your understanding of the game. you will learn very little. it leads you into fielding a glass cannon squad, turtling and spamming overwatch, instead of using your available tools and abilities to persistently advance and improve your position.

>>128636601
Said shitposter is gone long ago.
About the modding, yeah the first game was hardcoded as evidence by the fact that the longwar mod was the only mod out there.

I want a mod that lets you do a co-op campaign with both players controlling a 4 man squad
How fucking fun would that be

>>128636661
Without being impolite anon, do you have evidence that people who used said tactic wouldnt actually find simular smart tactics to survive?

>>128636781
The devs said co-op is absolutely possible as long as the players host the games themselves

>>128636781
think of it like divinity game, I played it coop with a guy I knew throughout the entire campaign. It was fun.

The cues where to go was not. You are suposed to go through demons who cant be damaged to kill a stone in one point. And you also have to figure it out yourself in an open map and not closed off area where you can only go one way.

Lily Shen is so ugly, when the devs were talking about gremlins I thought they meant her.

>>128636975
her in game model doesn't seem so bad, but the face on the com-channel is fugly.

>>128636661
The problem with non-beam isn't the operations but the geoscape, I'd rather armor rush because having rookies that always survive one shot is much more fun, but all non-beam paths feel gimmicky when you don't have laser cannons.

>>128636906
More specifically, if players run servers.

I wonder if this could be done with simple P2P like Commandos for example.

>>128636828
Not the same anon but in Vanilla I/I, I could easily take out the alien base with Ballistics. Colonel troops and 6 squad size is more than enough to beat that and after that it's smooth sailing. Somebody else even managed to beat I/I using only ballistics alone.

Now if you are talking about LW, you should rush beam weapons to get that sweet sweet laser cannon so you can start curbstomping the aliens in the Air game which lets you get more ground missions to curbstomp them even faster.

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>>128636975
its the whole mirror's edge faith thing again. developers think they are so progressive with fat acceptance, ugly acceptance. end up having to change it for the japan release because based japan.

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lel

>>128637672
Shit a wolf face on an xcom logo now that's fuckin art

>>128637672
Hey look, it's moon moon

>>128637672
S'alright

>>128637672
>3 wolf XCOM

you guys know what I'm psyched for? psy ops

XCOM2 sneks are cold-blooded, right? Wouldn't it feel like fucking a slushie?

3 weeks to go.

I'd fuck a slushie

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so watching the last firaxis stream, I had not realized that Dominate gives you Permanent control of an opposing unit...

>>128638908
I don't think its permanent. I've seen streams where it wears off on x-com units in about 4-6 terms.

>>128639004
Dominate is ability that gives permanent control of a single unit. If it fails it goes on a five turn cooldown.

>>128638908
>Squatting Vipers

>>128638767
Exothermic animals still require their body temp to be high enough to facilitate biochemical reactions.

>>128639004
The big man himself stated that dominate is permanent control if it works.

>>128639004
"Dominate: Permanently mind controls an enemy. Only one successful Domination can be performed per mission."

>>128639004
Mind Control and Dominate are two different abilities.

Dominate is harder to land but you get control of the unit permanently. When it works you can never use it again for the entire mission.

>>128639004
you are thinking of the effect from Insanity, Dominate is different.

XCOM2: aliens all have genders and we put tits and abs on as much as possible.

>>128638767
do you warm up your onahole before use..

>>128639307
>Upset about sectoids having abs

They're part of the whole human muscle bundle, why don't you complain about it on tumblr mate

>>128639307
>Wahh how dare the devs put in some quality waifus to my serious tactics game
This is how you sound like

>>128639352
Pretty sure tumblr is part of the reason aliens have genders now.

>>128639308
so your saying I should prime the pump with a heated dildo or somesuch before sexytime? fair enough.

>>128639445
Except for Snek and Codex i don't see any aliums with a gender at all
There might be bullshit lore reasons for it
Whatever maybe they just wanted to slap tits on stuff

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>>128639352
>Be Gatekeeper and reading this post
I am offended. When I turn you into a reanimated humanoid, I'll have you jump off a building several times.

>>128639307
the designs are unforgivably shit all around, no argument here

whatever spooky xfiles atmosphere was once there with stuff like sectoids and thin men is ancient history now

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>>128637672
Are you just now finding out about that?

>>128639535
I look forward to dominating my first Gatekeeper.

>>128639581
I'd argue that it's because of a shift in the genre of the story. You're not seeking out aliens trying to be sneaky and cryptic in their actions anymore. Its farther from paranormal and closer to a sci-fi/cyberpunk story about taking down an evil mega-corp/empire deal.

although that spooky shit happening in the woods has me creeped right the fuck out.

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>>128639441
>quality waifus

>>128639648

it probably counts as a mechanical unit.

>>128639648
>Dominate Gatekeeper
>Use Gatekeeper to dominate the guy who dominated them
> ???

>>128639518
no, I mean it's not a problem, most people don't warm up their onaholes

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>>128639697
>snaketits
>not a quality waifu

>>128639730
I don't like these man-aleyum weddings.
Not one bit.
It's Adam and Eve, not Zarglox and Steve!

>>128639704
Nope! it has been stated to be a biological, not mechanical.

>>128639730
Gatekeepers can't dominate and last time mindcontroling an Ethereal prevents you from using their mindcontrol ability. The giant necromancy ball ability would get a great amount of laughs though, same as how an Ethereal rift will fuck up its own allies.

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All of you need RNGesus

>>128640143
NO I NEED THE FUCKING GAME

>>128640178
CALM DOWN
20 DAYS IS FUCKING NOTHING

>>128640223
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY TIMES I COULD KILL MYSELF IN 20 DAYS

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>>128640308
None, because you're a pussy.

>>128640308
..once?

>>128640308
ABOUT once

>actually looking forward to a game for once

please don't be shit

>>128640308
something something reloading saves

>>128640223
We can hope for an early release like dragons dogma while all other people just wait like idiots for a game that has already been released.

>>128640491
>>128640510
Wick please

>>128640846
torrented it already like 2 days ago :)

>>128630010
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

>>128640846
Maybe because they're in no rush to run the game out for themselves before they can even access the online features?

>>128641104
Whats even more funny is that "people who worked on the game has families to support!" is an argument, yet they were paid 4 years ago, and those who few who worked on a few upgrades on it already aswell got paid for it.

The CEO and top companies didnt yet, they are just making millions, oh how poor they are.

>>128641442
yes

>>128641442
>Whats even more funny is that "people who worked on the game has families to support!" is an argument

An argument put forward to counter what exactly?

Feel like I have to force myself to stop using mec troopers.. They seem strictly better than anything and kill everything before my normal and gene modded troops.

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Are you guys ready for xcom2?

>>128644131
Never realized that the MEC railgun looks like a boombox from the side.

>>128644131
Shen's Last Gift when

>>128644227
Isn't the railgun just a gauss gatling gun? Think that's the laser lance.

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>>128644227
>>128644598

This one is the railgun.

>>128644131
is Particle Cannon if I remember correctly.

>>128644753
Strange, is that in vanilla? I've only played Long War and that looks like the laser lance.

>>128644753
Been a while since I've played. Guess I was thinking of the Particle Cannon.

>>128644849

laser lance and pulse lance both use the railgun model.

>>128644753
>That Berserk

Just needs a hat with sign "will smash for meld".

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>>128644849
>>128644878

Yea it's vanilla. I had to finish the game sometime so I did and recorded some scenes.

>>128643786
I'd use more if they weren't so expensive

>>128643786

well there is a catch, without save scumming and random options. You might get a MEC with low hit, making it much harder.

I find it nigh impossible to motivate myself to finish EW. I have all Plasma weps and fancy armours, I'm supposed to be shooting down that pesky special UFO, but it's all just so boring at this point of the game. I never did get to the Temple Ship due to this, in fact.

>>128644131
I'm looking forward to easier bug fixes, all the glitchy shit in EW and even in the XCOM2 preview demo thing offend my autism.

>>128645862

I hate that part too, if you titan armor and all plasmaweapons it get very boring, because you know that you have won already.
To avoid it, i tech i tech in july/august so much, that i finish all my research in august/ealry september. The only thing to do in september is to shoot down the UFO, build one builing and finish the game. Sometimes i didn't even destroyed EXALT and avoid landed transport ufos, because i don't care at this point no anymore.

>>128639730
>Dominate Gatekeeper
>Use AOE Zombie Rez ability
>Zombies revive as enemy units
>Kill the Gatekeeper and then die

I wonder how dominated Chryssalids work considering their new abilities and ability to spawn more Chryssalids.

>>128646387
>>128645862

The game is quite easy on easy mode.

On impossible mode it is much harder as you need to save every penny for satellites and their facilities. I had to do the base defense mission with the rookie weapons. Thankgod I had a Mec or it would have been much worse.

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ETHEREAL LEAKED

>>128647246
would fug

>>128647246
I honestly wouldn't mind.

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Help!!

>>128647630
Shoulda broke LOS

>>128647630
is this bait?
you know exactly what you should be doing here

>>128647246
I don't get Art. Does that make me a philistine?

>>128647630

Get the MELD.

>>128647740

Throw grenade?

>>128646589

Gatekeepers zombies will flow your order, because the Gatekeeper controll them, and he follows you.

I think Chryssailds who spawn are always against you, because they aren't mindcontrolled.

>>128647630
JIHAD THE XENO USING THE HOLY HAND GRENADE AND SAINT STATIONWAGON

>>128647630
I'm just imagining all six of them pouring out of that one car.

>>128647851
Pectoid clown car confirmed for XCOM 2

>>128644753
>>128645306
its funny that shill who fabricated a quote from jake solomon that this game took camera inspiration from VC when its clearly fallout 3 and some more jrpg

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>>128647991

So what do we know of the story so far? I don't mind spoilers.

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>>128647991

Well considering the aliens move in groups, having these cutins isn't a bad idea. Some are cool. Also fits inside the turn based game.

>>128648181
>So what do we know of the story so far?

- aliens bad
- kill aliens

>>128647991
Go away

>>128648187
Yeah but its not from VC its from fallout or other jrpg which is fine aslong as its not from some cuck game people wont care.

>>128647748
Possibly void of emotion you thinmint.

>>128648218
Actual game story.

>>128648187
Please don't reply to serial shitposters. It only encourages them.

See >>128648265

>>128648324

- 20 years later, alien still bad
- kill aliens

>>128648324
You lost the first game. Now you're Al Qaeda.

>>128648187
Cutscenes are fine aslong as people dont flat out fabricate a shill quote that its from a horrible wannabe turn base FPS game that sold so terrible they had to make the sequals to a handheld.

>>128648492
They boycotted the cuck out from VC4 and made the fps third based cringeworthy shit turn into generic hack and slash. The latter is better than the former though.

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>>128648441

>>128648187

I never did understand why they were turning people into green moss.

>>128647630
What the hell is that? some clown car???

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Are the UFO games worth a shot?

Because i have exhausted EW and OG and need something relevant to chew while the agonizing days slip by.

I hear they are bastard cousins, but ok gameplay wise?

>>128648371
>>128648441
That's preview stuff, not game spoilers.

>>128648641
Go back offtopic somewhere else.

>>128648653
I think its more like america vs the king of britain or winston churchill vs india/germany for having a fascist government.

>>128648786
And that's pretty much the extent of the plot that we know of.

>>128648704
Its to eat them by turning them into stuff they can eat. think of it like goblins 2.

>>128648885
I heard there's tons of leaked cutscenes around, just not on youtube

>>128648324

This is apparently an alternate timeline where xcom was defeated after fighting the aliens for afew months. It was during the initial conflicts that the ship that would be converted into the avenger is shot down.

The world council was compromised and thus the aliens took over as a world spanning government. Those that are opposed to them live outside the major cities in squalor.

The story begins with Bradford rescuing you, The Commander, from Advent.

>>128648835
Or 1984.

>>128649146
>alternate timeline

Anon...

>>128648740

I enjoyed aftermath but little things in shock pissed me off, like how soldiers will cancel attacks if anything passes through the LOS or having to arrange a firing line for every attack.

>>128649146

Do you ever lost a Xcom:EU/EW game ?
If yes, it's not an alternate timeline, it only tell the story further.

Have they now finished with the long war mod?

>>128649375
Proofread your posts, neanderthal

>>128649127
Well, there's stuff that reveals new gameplay mechanics and aliens and such.

This is the first time i've heard of any leaked story cutscenes, though.

>>128649342
They didnt use nukes against the alien for some reason.
>>128647991
the shills are mad as usual ignore them.

>>128649342
mods mods anon!

>>128649438
Yes

>>128648704

It's to capture them for experiments. It keeps the body intact and alive.

>>128649438

mod's done. it's feature-locked and the only new additions, if any, will be small bugfixes.

>>128649441
>Every human on earth speak and write perfect english.
Ich bin mal auf dein perfektes Deutsch gespannt, du Trottel.

>>128649481
>>128649631
So i take it is balanced then more than before?

>>128649687
>balanced

Haha, no. LW has still has some hilariously bad balance choices.

>>128649687

technically yes.

>>128649682
what a surprise that a german cuck is the enabler of stupidity

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>>128649687
>Long war
>Balanced

>>128627094

I like to think that the reason the Volunteer can use Rift is that in the few seconds he was in the Ethereal hive mind, he watched a instructional video of it on their equivalent of Youtube.

>>128649682
Why are you attempting to post on an English language imageboard friend?

>>128649687
>>128649745
>>128649819
Yet everyone keeps playing that garbage of a mod.

>>128649745
>>128649819
I know it is supposed to be hard but i mean with classes for example where one is better than the other 4 choices, that kind of balancing where nothing is useless.

>>128649935
because it adds more depth and mechanics to the game.

No one plays LW for the artificial difficulty, that just comes with it.

>>128649935
LW isn't a better game, it's just a different game.

You can have fun playing both.

>>128649682

I'm not german

>>128649901
Because more people write english than german

>>128650015
>>128649935
what other mods are there since for some unknown reason its hard to mod.

>>128644131

This just gave me an idea for 'cosmetic' perks, that do nothing but make your soldier cooler.

Like if you get a Ranger to colonel, you get a choice between two cosmetic perks:

>Hanzo Steel: A killing melee blow on any enemy will split them in half
>Metal Teeth: Your Ranger has spent countless hours in the workshop, modifying their machete into a handheld chainsword.

>>128650015
They could have made the artificial difficulty separate or toggeable, but they didn't and so it remains garbage.

Anyone remember Xcom apocalypse?

I hope the remake becomes great with both turnbased and no turn based option.

>>128650110

>unknown reason

The game wasn't designed t to be modded, anon, partly because it was also a console release. The LW guys basically had to reverse-engineer the code to get it to work.

>>128650224
Wot?

>>128650224

Apocalypse was great, but it's also one of the ugliest video games ever I've ever played. It is seriously hard just to look at.

A straight port with improved graphics would actually work best.

>>128650160

Nice ideas, would be awesome with gore-effects.

>>128650224

Didn't play it, but i searched for information. I heard it was a flop, i think because of the too futuristic setting and the very strange alien types.

>That ending, that synchro...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A57BS_Xjg5c

What XCom Apocalypse remake?

>>128650280
>>128650337

XCOM: Apocalypse online.

Can fireaxis pull it off to make it a free open world online game?

>>128650502

Technically, XCOM 2. They skipped right over TFTD and used apocalypse's "futuristic utopia" idea to build on.

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>>128650521

>Single-player, turn-based/real-time strategy game
>Turned into open world MMO

No.

>>128650597
>They skipped right over TFTD and used apocalypse's "futuristic utopia" idea to build on.

Apoc was set in a single city and the Aliens were invading from another dimension. The tech and artstyle was all retro as fuck. There's nothing like XCOM2's La Resistance and Earth taken over by the aliens vibe or stylistic choices.

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I need more Mia-snek.

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So... I'm currently playing UFO afterlight to ease the pain of waiting and i realised one thing.

When you cooperate with Expedition aliens, they provide you with 3 of their folks BUT they are all female.

What the fuck man.

>>128650746

I meant that they (probably) looked to Apocalypse for initial ideas, such as the utopian mega-city thing, since it was the sequel Gallop actually worked on. Obviously they've expanded on it since then.

It actually makes me curious what a callback to Apoc would look like in 2. You see an Air Taxi fly by every once and a while?

>>128651116

You've made friends with the Asari.

congrats

>>128651314
>Asari

They're Reticulians AKA Sectoids.

>>128650249
But that's wrong.

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>>128648187

>>128650747

I don't even watch that show, but I can guarantee a Miia voicepack for snek is going to happen, and probably within the first three months.

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>>128651651

I know Lucas was trying to show the audience Anakin's (horribly ham-fisted) slip into the dark side when he slaughtered all those tuskan raiders, but

It requires the audience to even feel remotely sorry of the Sand People in the first place. Kinda hard when the moves (and games) show that they've been fucking assholes for at least 10,000 years, with no signs of getting better.

He might as well have killed a whole family of Ewoks.

>>128650184
You can mod it to be vanilla tier easy without much problem

>>128651630
but it isnt

>>128651928
Yeah I didn't feel bad for him killing those things anyways. They were a ban of rapists running around the desert. Slaughter them all without a second though.

>>128651928
Its hard when he does not show their faces.

There was human children that were killed but he didnt show that. So it kinda was so so.

>>128651928
But I killed them all padme! T_T = Lucas trying to force emotion on viewers.

Not the younglings! pfffft

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>>128651651

I hope mints make a surprise return in 2. I am nourished by XCOM newcomer tears.

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>>128651232
Okay I see that. If they have an Apoc shoutout it's going to have to be something that doesn't rely on artstyle.

>>128651995
>but it isnt

Firaxis did not expect XCOM to be successful. The console port was only greenlit AFTER it sold well on PC.

>>128652541
now that you shown that, isn't the later armor tier look a bit like that one?
I could be very wrong though

>>128652516
Don't worry, the mints have evolved. Now they're twice as good at raping rookies.

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>>128652541
And you thought the XCOM2 Psi Amp was dorky

>>128652730
I haven't seen later armor tiers in XCOM2 so I have no clue.

Every single time I do Furies the pods end up being arranged in a fashion which just makes it seem literally impossible to advance.

I don't know whether it's the 45 health thin mint or the heavy floaters but this is retarded.

You can't even break LOS when 90% of the map is half cover.

>>128652771

I meant like you go on a standard mission and then

>shot comes out of nowhere, crits and kills the rookie in your squad
>familiar, lanky figure steps out of the shadow
>adjusts his glasses, smiles

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>>128651434
AKA "surrender"

>>128652661
>released on Windows, 360, and ps3 on the same day
Nice revisionist history ya got there

>>128653172

I dont know why this pic continues to crack me up

>>128653295

From what I understand, Firaxis expecting XCOM to flop is an outright lie, BUT they weren't expecting it to be the huge breakout hit that it was.

>>128653471
The only reason they even got the go ahead was because of all the negative press around Bureau.

>>128653581

Nah, Enemy Unknown had been in development since about 2008; the Bureau was its own thing.

EU actually had a really troubled dev cycle and they had to completely start over from scratch at least once.

>>128652730
The helmet is very similar to one of the options you can choose in EW

Any streams going on today? Anything to look forward too?

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VIGILO CONFIDO

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>>128652516
>move up to civilian
>oh good this one isn't a faceless
>they run five tiles away
>dosen't dissapear
>IT WAS ME COMMANDER!
>Thinmint takes a shot at your flanked Ranger

>>128652938
>Psi amp is dorky
If only the Amp got smaller and more powerful each tech tier and by the final tier it was small and arm/hand mounted like that power glove from Stargate.

>>128653745

To reiterate: Jake Solomon's gone on record saying there was at least one occasion where he broke down crying in Sid Meier's office about all the problems the game was facing.

>>128652661
The console port was already planned. This is why the interface of the pc game is so similair to the console versions. But to release a game on a console is far more expensive then releasing it for pc. If it was a flop, there might not have been a console version being released.

>>128653858
I like it.

>>128653471
Due to the meme magic of the internet, Jake Solomon being surprised at its success = firaxis expected a flop.

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>>128653858
>is
Otherwise good job.

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>>128652541
Blame Microprose. The shitty graphics are entirely their fault. That Marsec armor didn't look half bad though.

Also, the gameplay mechanic of scientists/engineers being people rather than resources was also probably lifted from Apoc.

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>its the current year
>people think Long War is too hard

>>128653858
>is shit
Can't even get the basic memes right.

>>128653948

I always thought classic Snakemen looked dumb. It's probably the chipmunk teeth.

>>128653948
lol
Nice waist band, nerd.

>>128654023
influx of /v/ kids who can't handle a little difficulty

>>128654062
Everything in OG xcom looks dumb, it's part of the charm, i mean look at the ass wiggling reapers and goofy smile 'lids have.

>>128653948
Thinmen > Shit > Snaketits > Snakemen

>>128653948
That looks actually scary. Not these weak tier snek lady tit shits.

>>128653948
I wouldn't have minded a more deadly looking snek. Cute sneks are nice too though.

>>128654124
It's hip support you insensitive faggot

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R8 my highly gene modded waifu

>>128639581
>The old XCOM designs
>Good

Yeah the old rat snakes and skintight suited gorillas were such great designs.

>>128654294
Cute, but won't she panic like a rookie?

>>128654023

LW isn't so much hard as it is a test for a human's capacity to handle tedium.

>>128654191
>That looks actually scary

It looks like the average old person who walks into a retail store

>HELLO DEAR IS THIS THE BAKERY?

>>128653918
You know I'm sure making a game takes a lot out of you and if it's a passion project you put a lot of yourself into it. So I can imagine how hard it must be to think something you worked so hard on and care so much about is looking like it's going to get fucked up utterly and completely. It's a rough position to be in.

On the other hand I can't stop laughing at the idea of Sid Meier just sitting there thinking "Why is this bitch nigga crying in my office".

Thinman dlc when?

>>128654023

find it really weird how we had 2+ years of people playing LW, recommending LW, being helpful with LW

and now it's just constant bashing and whining and people telling you to never play because it's the worst thing in existence.

>>128651928
It also doesn't help that at no point we actually get to see Anakin struggling with this.
He just fucking snaps and kills a bunch of people. It is not like the dark side was tempting him and he was struggling to stay on the light side, nigga was just a psychopath all along.

>>128650698
Undertale is garbage.

>>128654297

On top of everything else with EU, I have a deep respect for how well the redesigns were. They updated them, while still making them feel true to the original.

>"Yep, that's a sectoid."
>"Yep, that's a Muton."
>"Yep, that's a Cyberdisk. FUCK, THAT'S A CYBERDISK."

Only redesign I felt slightly let down by was the chrysallid, because they dropped the upright, serial-killer grin design.

>>128654360
That's fairly high will for a non-psionic Long War soldier.

>>128653918
>>128654416
>Sid Meier

Does he even you know make games anymore?

>>128654423
It's gotten progressively worse since then though imo, it was pretty fun but every time some janky fun tactic was discovered it was hit with the nerf bat and the tedium cranked up again because fuck you.

>>128654568
>French
:^)

>>128654423
>find it really weird how we had 2+ years of people playing LW, recommending LW, being helpful with LW
all by people playing LW
I mostly just ignored it, but sometimes all the dick-sucking it receives gets annoying

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>>128654507

>>128654570
I am sure he looks at the dev teams and all he sees is little dollar bills typing away on their computers.

>>128654423
It's /v/, they have to be mean because it is 4chin the secret club where you are allowed to insult everyone without mommy washing your mouth.

Ignore them.

>>128654004
>>128654034
I-It's not like I made it.

>>128654762
>>128654423
Long War got progressively worse as it was balanced more and more around Beagle's boring as fuck conservative style of play.

>>128654762
Your hugbox is waiting for you, leddit.

>>128654570

IIRC, he helped devise an XCOM board game with Jake that they'd play to iron out gameplay issues.

>>128654762
>It's /v/

It's not though. LW can be fun and it can frustrating. It's not some perfect piece of design that literally cannot be critiqued.

>>128654890
It's not like the thread is on page 10 and we have nothing else to talk about. Stop riding the shit mill.

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Will Zhang return in Xcom 2 ?

>>128654947
Not gonna lie, that's actually pretty cool.

>>128653918
the idea of Jake "The big guy himself" Solomon crying bitch tears cracks me up but also pulls at my heartstrings.

>>128655046

supposedly he's a hero unit.

I like LW if only for the depth it added to the game. Vanillia should have had more of the depth for the troopers.

>>128654975

Why not? LW is actually kind of an interesting case study for what happens when you balance something based on the input of like one guy.

>>128654951
>LW is shit
>I'm just criticizing

>>128655137
>4chan is one person

>>128655120

like that guy playing on normal and demanding MEC tanking nerfs because he was such an expert at World of Tanks.

>>128655046
Thinking about a vanilla impossible run with the dlcs enabled but god damn, te portent map is unbeatable.

>>128655282

I just rescue Zhang and skip the other two missions, because 1.) the missions are a slog 2.) the amount of loot you get feels like cheating

>>128655081
Do you think beagle would cry if xcom 2 for some reason never released?

>>128655403
Of course he'd cry. XCOM2 will be his meal ticket for a long time.

>>128655087

Hero units in 2 that I've been made aware of:

>Vahlen
>Sid Meier
>Van Doorn
>Anette
>Zhang
>Otto Zander and that guy from The Bureau will also probably be back.

And if I were a betting man, Jake Soloman will be in it too.

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>finish furies
>get psi troops
>they both have distortion field
>instead of psi inspiration that I have unlocked

So basically they're fucking shit.

I guess they can be made into assaults, except whoops neither of them have mindfray

seriously fuck you, what a useless waste of my fucking time. 3 of my best guys got heavily wounded for this shit.

>>128655569
> that guy from The Bureau

William Carter.

>>128655541
>>128655403
I'd probably off myself, XCOM 2 is the only game I care about.

>>128655569
Are they cheat units like in EU or you can actually get them via regular gameplay somehow?

>>128653389
It never gets old

>>128655623
>William Carter.

He dead tho. You were the alium all along.

>>128655403

imagine if he actually had to finish LnI.

that's like the equivalent of putting back on a sweaty, skidmarked pair of underwear you never cared to wash.

>>128655662

Same as EU, I imagine. With Van Doorn, you get him same as a hero unit in EU: type in the name, it asks you if you want to unlock him. Also probably disables achievements like usual.

It actually kinda bums me out that there doesn't seem to be a way to recruit Doorn like a normal soldier.

>>128655662
Cheat Units obviously which means they won't be in the game normally. Doorn is mentioned but otherwise he doesn't appear normally. So sorry Vahlen fans all indications point towards them not being part of the story. Since Shen Sr. doesn't appear of that list then he must be part of the story.

I'm sure a mod will be out within a few days that adds them to the character pool though.

>>128655807
>It actually kinda bums me out that there doesn't seem to be a way to recruit Doorn like a normal soldier.
yeah, this is bullshit. Moreover, it implies we won't actually find Vahlen in the game.

>>128655905
Who's Van Doom?

>>128655901

I wouldn't put it past Firaxis to make Vahlen a hero unit as a red herring.

Or maybe there's a character that's heavily implied to be Vahlen, but never outright says it.

>>128655990

Field Commander of XCOM and Bullet Wizard extraordinaire.

>>128655990
Meme character from a VIP escort mission in EU.
LW made him into an actual character but fuck, I never saw any appeal in him.

>>128655990
Just some crazy old man... Just ignore him commander.