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News:
1)Shen's Last Gift DLC Rleased!!!
2)
XCOM 2 officially coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on September 6th.
>https://twitter.com/XCOM/status/740181548419272705
3)
Julian Gollop is working on his new game Phoenix Point. It's a turn-based tactical game with strategy elements, destructible terrain, geoscape and character progression much akin to XCOM. Lobstermen are confirmed.
>https://twitter.com/Phoenix_Point
>http://www.phoenixpoint.info/
>http://www.pcgamer.com/julian-gollop-announces-new-game-phoenix-point/
4)
Long War Studios are working on more mods for XCOM2. The first in a planned series of five is live on Workshop + Nexus now, and is called Long War Toolbox.
>https://xcom.com/news/en-long-war-studios-creating-more-xcom-2-mods
>http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=674832831
Also cosmetic mod author Capnbubs - maker of the most endorsed mod on the workshop - has been signed onto the LWS team to model stuff.
The /xcg/ Mandatory Read:
>http://pastebin.com/k9pT8zx4
Piratez mod for OpenXCom: http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,3626.0.html
<<Helpful XCOM 2 Links!>>
Assorted improvements (Skip intros, alleviate stuttering, multi monitor support, and resolutions past 1080p)
>http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=616682629
XCOM2 NEW AND IMPROVED MODLIST, updated regularly:
>http://pastebin.com/pTMatP5Z
NEW MEGA MOD LIBRARY - Contains all 180 mods from the new modlist:
>https://mega.nz/#F!HlgWjCqR!STJ0c0kW8Fs6jKynqKyerw
/xcg/'s Long War Library (New LW players read this shit or you will be ignored):
>http://pastebin.com/YmaXBKpN
Image Library of /xcg/:
>http://imgur.com/a/S1qfx
first for ayy lmao
YOUR RECENT ACTIONS HAVE BEEN BEYOND OUR EXPECTATIONS, COMMANDER
Wow, fuck, where's the rest of the thread?
Ok, so I know we can make SPARKs in the Character Pool. but I haven't finished my first campaign with them yet, so can someone tell me how the Character Pool affects SPARKs?
For example, if you set your options for a game to "Character Pool only," does the game actually draw SPARKs from the pool whenever you build one in the Proving Grounds?
>>147635979
Welcome to a fresh thread.
>>147635943
COMMANDER YOUR PERFORMANCE HAS BEENMEDIOCRE
>>147636093
Well, i build one and got the one of my character pool, so i am going to assume yes.
They dont have enough customization for it to be worthwhile though
>>147636818
I'm gonna assume the proper way to continue that sentence is "unless you use mods"
>tfw no guerrilla warfare mod
Snek?
Snek!
Sneeeeeeeek!
>>147637321
REMOVE?
REMOVE!
REMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE!
>>147636948
I like thethreeSPARK mods, but their customization are just Arms, Legs, Body and Heads, is pretty much nothing compared to normal soldiers
>>147635070
Look, the fact is there is nowhere in the skill saying the soldier will be out for 2 turns. Unless you are fucking clairvoyant, you have no way of knowing the soldier will be out for 2 turns by reading the explanation.
Long story short, it is not self explanatory.
>want to have a bit more engineers than medics
>make high-will guys into medics because PSI
>make high-mob guys into medics because paramedic
>make high-health guys into medics because medkit guy duying is bad, and engis already get more base health
>end up with 6 medics 1-2 engineers
>>147640012
Commander's Curse
>>147640012
engineers can make decent secondary psi troopers, you just have to lower your will threshold sometimes
>Almost done clearing out landed UFO
>Looks to be one more pod left behind a door, not sure what it could be
>Set up the squad to ventilate whatever is behind it, places everyone!
>Open the door
>No pod, just the berserker queen.
>ohshit.jpg
>Manage to drive it off before nearly getting my shit pushed in
Gotta love the surprises in this game.
>>147637321
R A R Esaved
Snek STINKS!
>>147641473
I don't know man, she looks pretty hot there to me.
>2 Stun Lancers and an Officer
>2 Stun Lancers and an Officer
>2 Stun Lancers anda Sectoid
Is this how they made Legend hard? Just wave after wave of these bullshit enemies?
>>147641667
Snek is blasphemy my boy
>>147641702
Just shoot them
>>147641702
>Just wave after wave of these bullshit enemies?
Welcome to xcom,havefun
>>147641981
I've beaten Commander a few times and never ran into this many early game, just one flashbang was fine.
>>147641702
>barely got plate armour
>Advanced Lancers with 10+ HP, 1 armour and dodge chance
wew now
>>147641473
Im with this guy
>it is better to put a concealed squad in overwatch for the enemy to reveal on THEIR turn then put your squad in overwatch and then attack with someone on YOUR turn, breaking concealement
This is true, right?
>>147643697
A concealed soldier won't fire on overwatch unless the ayys spot him. Additionally if the Ayys spot your dude by flanking them there's a chance that they'll shoot.
>>147643697
yes
>>147643880
>if the Ayys spot your dude by flanking them
which they added because the tactic is instant win if you can safely overwatch in the open
>>147635319
I've been gone for about a week, did I miss any new spicy memes?
>>147637321
R A R E
>>147637424
>>147641473
>>147641839_____no u_____
>>147636481
NOT WITNESSED
>Update computer to 8.1
>Fucks my xcom in the ass
>mod launcher won't work when launched from steam
>redscreen's during gameplay
just fuck me in the ass sempai
>>147644870
>Update computer to 8.1
Surely you don't mean windows 8
>>147644870
>reinstall
>3rd party mod launcher
>-noredscreens in launch options
>>147645415
It's what im stuck with sempai, im not pulling the trigger on windows 10 and its blatant spyware. I'd rather keep the spyware low key.
>>147645449
It's what I am doing now, if this bricked all my shit though I am going to be pissed since it took 4-5 days before it finally decided to update after I refreshed windows.
>>147645415
>Impyling windows 8 is better than 8.1
>>147646065
He never implied that.
>>147646065
No, I'm implying why would anyone (given the choice) upgrade to windows 8, any variation of.
>>147646175
>>147646193
>>147645596
Windows 10 is fine, but it makes sense that XSCUM agents would be Luddites.
>>147646543
ADVENT pls go.
r8 my new robot
>>147646991
My computer is a brick but even it looks better that your game
>>147647063
After last gift, for some reason, I can only play it with minimal stats without the computer crashing.
I have no idea why, but I assume it's some GPU shit that I don't have the props to solve. Any tips recommended (I did the ini edits already, and at least the game stopped stuttering like hell)
>>147646991
looks like shit desu senpai
>>147646991
am i going to have to put the LOD settings on the textures to -1 so low settings gets at least 512x512?
>>147646543
Windows 98 is for the true OGs at xcom
ADVENT can keep that win 10 shit
>>147647890
>he doesn't run XP
>laughing_patsy.png
>>147648039
>he doesn't run ME
>They run windows
>Not using DOS
>Not just using your imagination
>>147648467
anything else is cheating thqh
>>147648327
>DOS
LOL get out of the 80s grandpa, it's all about Linux now
>he doesn't emulate DOS by emulating Windows through Linux
Do you even computer bro?
On a neutralize VIP mission, what happens if you kill the VIP? The mission gives supplies and intel, I'm guessing you just lose the intel?
>>147649897
Yes
Pistols are Useful.
>>147635319
>>Rleased!!!
Can't believe my typo is still there...
Is there any leeway for losing missions on Legend? In almost every timed mission so far I'll complete the objective with 1 turn remaining.
>>147653081
You can lose a mission or maybe two, but not squad members at the same time.
>>147653081
Legend difficulty curve is just like EU impossible, you absolutely must win the early missions but once you reach a certain point it hardly matters (and you can straight up skip them). In EU that point was getting a colonel sniper, in 2 it's probably just simply getting psionics up and running. It's also pretty hard to lose with a full squad of grenadiers. Legend just happens to be more drawn out so that will also affect the scales.
>>147653081
It's not the end of the world
If it's a guerrilla op, losing to the timer means you lose out on the reward(sometimes pitiful, sometimes good), a dark event gets through, and the councilman calls you mediocre. Council missions however, best case you somehow manage to get the entire squad extracted and gain absolutely nothing. If you're struggling on the timer, that's rarely going to happen forever, so you'll be forced to evac with 2+ guys on the field. That is worse, but still manageable, as you can fill in the slots with people from HQ/Black market, although you have to dish out considerable supplies/intel.
All in all, painful, but manageable. Don't do it repetedly
>Viper King got away
I almost had him...
(also I was not prepared for this mission)
Now that the dlcs are all out, is it time to come back?
Should i wait for long war?
>Got the season pass
>Heard mixed about it
>Anarchy's children is fucking awful
>Seriously
>Alium hunters, haven't gotten far yet, found "unique" weapons which seems OP as shit
>Shen's Last Gift
Fucking robutts everywhere, thinking of restarting my ironman run and just bring tech guys.
>>147654413
Probably. Seems like the return points would be:
All dlc released, expansion, long war overhaul equivalent(s).
>>147654735
alight time to lose
>tfw toaster can't even run the game with just official addons without multi-minute load times
Black Friday can't get here soon enough.
>>147655249
>Your brain still recognizes the pic
Memes are a wonderful thing.
>>147655389
the human mind is some whack ass amazing shit, yeah
"modlauncherwpf has stopped responding"
What the fuck is this shit.
EXALT
X
A
L
T
Will hacking a door cost both action points?
>>147656590
No, it's a turn ending action, like shooting a rifle. You can take a blue action first. If you hack as your blue action, you are fucked though, so don't do that.
>>147656835
All right, thanks
I'll grenade the ayy lmaos to death and open the door next round then and not sacrifice my grenadier that is out in the open
>>147656897
An excellent plan. Carry on, commander.
>>147657031
I made it out on the last turn with all soldiers alive and unharmed
Even took down an officer just before extracting
Will I get fucked hard in the ass if I go do the initial mission from Shen's Last Gift as early as possible?
>>147657981
Could be. The enemies have lot's of armor, especially the sectopod.
>>147657981
I found it pretty hard with only conventional weapons
>>147658023
So that's a "yes, you should wait until later" I take it?
>>147658129
People have done it earlier, but then immediately recommended waiting till mag weapons.
How the fuck do I fix the stutter I get at the start of the mission in the fast rope cutscene and at the end when returning to avenger?
Don't forget to bring a fusion torch to make UFO breaches easier.
>>147658990
You don't, it's called shitty optimization/engine.
>>147657981
>Never stop
>You can sprint and use the elevator on the same turn
>You can hack the sectopod to take control of all robits
>Wait until you see 4 robits and the one in the back
>Hack sectopod
>run all the robits to the sectopod in alluh ackbar mode near a generator
>Cap discharge bomb the sectopod
Did over half its health this way. You can also overcharge Spark to burn 3 armor, plus 3 frags hopefully saved to burn the rest so you can actually damage it while you wait for the mechs to appear.
>>147662380
>Trying to convince someone to go to early and get rekt
Just what a Faceless would say!
>>147662487
What, you gonna tell me you didn't stop the large ufo invasion in the first month in long war?
>>147662602
Fundamental difference is that your talking about a mission with a limited windo. You can take on Shen's robot rodeo anytime you want.
>>147662380
>you can hack the sectopod to take control of all robits
what, i never bothered trying to hack it because i assumed it would be like hacking a normal sectopod, shutting it down or taking control of him
now i feel silly for never trying it before
Avatars are the true waifus.
>>147662906
But that would involve waiting around in the first month playing with your dick
you gonna tell me you dont like action?i cant even play the game right now because window update to 8.1 fucked my game and I have no idea how to fix it
>>147662968
It kinda bugged the game out doing it, since the game registers each robit alluh ackbar as an individual damage. So it takes like 2 minutes to go through the aftermath of the cap discharge.
>>147663002
>he unironically thinks avatars are the best waifus
wew, they don't even have art
>>147657981
I just did. I wouldn't recommend
>>147663187
>i cant even play the game right now because window update to 8.1 fucked my game and I have no idea how to fix it
Rollback
>>147663187
>But that would involve waiting around in the first month playing with your dick
Legendary keeps me plenty busy thank you
>>147663615
For giggles, this is the menu I get when I launch the game.
>Play modern Xcom
Geoscape is watered down.
>Play X com UFO defense
Battlescape is tedious and overly clunky.
Is there any game that has the best of both? I miss the old geoscape, but I think TUs are a dumb idea compaired to modern Xcom's movement system (although I admit the AI could be improved so gameplay does not revolve around killing pods the same turn they appear on)
>>147664115
>Battlescape is tedious and overly clunky.
git gud
>but I think TUs are a dumb idea
git gud
But honestly I don't know of any game that does both better then og-xcom. Long War has a geo-scape game with the new x-com gameplay.
>base defense
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Welp, the only solution is to restore systems and start over again. No fun allowed.
>>147665316
Seriously, the AI has a hard-on for my North American base, they've already destroyed it twice by catching me off guard, I don't know how they find it so fast, I don't even launch ships from it.
>>147663750
PssstPress the "Final Shell Menus" button to get to the normal main menu
>>147666859
I know. Game is bricked through, have constant redscreen issues popping up for debugging. Shit don't work right, so why bother fucking with it when I gotta start new again anyways since it bricked my drivers? Can't update drivers.
>>147636481
IMPERATOR, YOU HAVE BEEN WITNESSED, ANDIT IS MEDIOCRE
>>147644023
>>147643880
Tactic still works for SPARKS because they are designed for tanking in mind so they don't mind getting shot once or twice.
>>147640219
Give them less abilities that scale with psi and you're golden. Most of my engineers are the squad aura bots, together with my rocketeers.
>>147646991
Looks like a The Desolate Hope screenshot.
>>147666665
Could have been worse.
Any mod out there that only changes a soldiers appearance as I want to, not when changing from one tier to the next?
I've been using the uniform mod but it's a pain having to set it up on each character of a new campaign
>>147670495
no idea senpai
that would be super awesome though
>>147670495
>Have a nice list of aesthetic mods
>The moment you get T2 armor all goes to shit
I hate it
>>147664407
Long war still won't let you build more than one base or micromanage air combat.
>>147671624
Get the classic armor mods.
No ayys
>>147671705
Sssilly Anon, sssnek is for love not for remove.
>>147671838
no, snek am for remove
>>147671838
Snek sux mang
>>147673530
>advent_gangbang_interrupted_by_xcom.jpg
>>147666665
I swear the openxcom AI's logic/aggression for attacking xcom bases is way different from the original DOS games. Like it'll hammer your shit like the fist of the north star, there's something wrong with it.
I think the last time I had an OpenXcom playthrough, base defenses were like one of the most common missions I had to play because they just couldn't stop trying to raid my bases. I didn't even have any of the OXC options like the aggressive scanning on or anything.
>>147673530
Is it just me or are those troopers glossier than usual?
Was shens he last dlc/expansion?
>>147673530
like can we be real, snek isn't even good at being an alien, it's literally an Earth snake with tits and arms glued on
>>147655870EXALTXALT
>>147673870
Those are Snipers.
>>147671838
>mfw
>>147674385
DELETE THIS
Anyone have the gif/webm of a sharpshooter taking out about half a dozen aliens in one turn with his pistol?
>>147673870
They are advent snipers from a better advent
>>147675126
Its true though snek deserved to be shot
>>147677332
Ayyyy this guy gets it
i was so hyped for this game and then i dropped it mid 1st campaign.
>>147677782
What happen
>>147677864
someone set us up the bomb
>>147677962
!!!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=718776109 Wonder how this is going to pan out
>>147677782
Why?
>>147678210
The way I'd do it is to create a slot in the Laboratory that you can slot a soldier into to give them a gene mod. Gene mods are just unique perks that add abilities or static effects, depending. That's how I'd run it, anyway.
Humancyclops mod when
>>147679775
go away already, you got a robot now piss off with your fetish shit
>>147659050
>playing modded o-x-com
>>147678047
Enforcer SPARK mod when?
>>147677864
>>147679296
i just stopped or it got boring i dont know why
>>147680371
That would be fuckin sweet
spark classes when?
>steamrolled through the snek and berserker rulers
>some time later go on a council mission to rescue a guy
>get in the jail
>walk under the ladder to the roof, turns out the Archon King is up there and sees me
>activates and stays on the roof
>got full actions, should be ez
>frost grenade #1, see Frozen: 1
>no panic yet, throw free axe, miss, use the shredder gun
>frost grenade #2, overdrive SPARK fires and hits
>use viper kings armor freeze ability, miss, panic and use SPARKs second shot(hits)
>Archon decides to grab my sharpshooter from below and to smack him
>In the process of raising him up, he activates another pod on the roof
>free him, and use a grenade to get the ADVENT down from the roof for my Serial sniper
>devastate is used
>sniper kills who he can(can't see everyone), and tries a deadeye shot on the Archon which would force a retreat
>misses, still have actions left, no worrie-
>devastate hits, shuts down the SPARK, stuns the remaining squad, and leaves only the VIP who can move
>ADVENT can now flank at will, and the Archon can continue his rampage
I'd add a screenshot to show how badly I was fucked but I ragequit. I'm all up for some magnificence in the campaign but that just overdoes it by a mile, it's almost ludicrous as to how rapid that difficulty difference is between the Archon King and the other rulers
Thanks for subscribing to my blog
>tfw started first Long War playthrough on classic and now everything is going to shit
>july
>most of my men injured
>6 countries have left
>no laser or gauss weapons yet
>no mecs or gene lab yet
>always broke
>UFO's and abductions just keep coming
>one shot chrysalids and cyberdisks are starting to appear everywhere
Should I just give up and restart? Is this salvageable?
>>147683000
literally how do you not have lasers, gauss, mecs, OR a gene lab up yet?
>>147683203
Because I have no money for anything. I'm just a few days from laser weapons though, and a few weeks from a gene lab. I have caparace armor too....
I think I'll see how this month goes, and just start over if I start getting BTFO.
>>147683539
>actually going for armor first
Complete madman
>>147682651
Sacrifice fucks the archon king's AI.
>>147683795
>tfw the armor doesn't help at all against anything that's not a thin man or sectoid
I've JUSTed myself unfortunately. The only thing that will save me now is RNG and luck. I hope nothing major happens until I get lasers and some gene soldiers.
>>147680916
Seems silly that you got excited, this game wore what was on its sleeve.
Do you recommend this one lads? Game's starting to get boring for me.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=685702241&searchtext=turn
>>147685151
Never tried it. Give it a shot and report on how it works!
Speaking of other things we haven't heard much about, has anyone tried the WaveCom mod for X2?
>>147683539
>>147683795
>Going for armor
This is your problem right here. A lot of things that were good ideas in EU/EW will fuck you over in LW.
If you try to spam satellites you won't be able to afford anything, and if you try to rush carapace you won't have any tech. Start over and break all the habits you learned from EU/EW.
>>147686143
it isn't even a good idea in EU/EW, as getting lasers will ensure you can actually kill things and therefore not actually need armor as badly
going for carapace first... literally why?
>>147685440
Haven't played it myself, but someone on Youtube has a playthrough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQwNY04lhUc
Anyone else having problems with getting their SPARK repaired? Mine has been in engineering for two weeks and his health hasn't changed at all. Is this a bug or a known conflict with a mod?
>>147686791
Ehh, I always skip lasers in EU/EW because light plasma is free and gives +10 accuracy.
>>147687895
i dunno, i always take the more damage route even if it's slightly less accurate.
then again, light plasma having +10 accuracy is inherently bullshit
So I'm using the numeric health display mod and I can't figure out how to get rid of these grey bars behind the displays.
I've edited the mod's config but it doesn't seem to remove them. Are they a separate object elsewhere? Where would I find the config for this?
just posting to say Inappropriate Operation Names and ayylmao 2 sync up really well for shifting the game's tone towards something actually funny
>>147688225
Light plasma has the same damage as lasers, is a prequsite for regular plasma, AND gets the bullshit +10 accuracy bonus.
Thin men and outsiders will use the +10 to hit to oneshot your rookies, you should too.
>>147688446
that
that is just the most bullshit thing and god the fact that i haven't played EU/EW in awhile in showing
why the fuck is a light plasma required for regular!? that makes no goddamn sense and UGH
>>147687812
Conflicts with It's Just a Scratch
Playing XCOM2 again now that Shen's Last Gift is out has given me a newfound respect for the Shredder heavy weapon. It's fantastic watching an entire side of a house just vanish along with the pod of advent troops inside.
>>147688803
I guess it's because light plasma rifles are probably "simple" when compared to the rest of the plasma arsenal.
>>147680260
>not playing modded x-com
>not using mods known as overhauls
>not getting entirely new (yet comfortably familar) x-com for free
>>147679364
Same I discuseed this with someone ob steam a few months ago.
Im really digging this anti snek chatter further up the thread
>>147693731
>>147693836
>>147688884
>can't recover save even after disabling mod
>>147680234
Robo no enuff
>Play Commander
>too easy
>Play Legend
>too hard
>>147694272
That's odd, I no other people have had that issue and just disabled the mod no problem.
>>147695002
Just push through legend. It took me like three-four campaigns to make it through the early game. Alternatively just bump up some numbers on Commander to get it closer to, but be "not" legendary.
>>147695002
>>147695080
Working on a mod that changes a couple things from legendary to be a better inbetween
>inb4 why not make Commander harder?
its easier to scale legendary down a tiny than to buff Commander a shit ton.
>>147635319
>those textures
>those jagged edges
>that resolution
UPGRADE YOUR TOASTER OR DON'T POST YOUR SCREENSHOTS EVER AGAIN
>>147644064
Did you miss the threads around Shen's Last Gift launch? The ones where a quarter of the thread was arguing about military aircraft, and then after Shen's Last Gift launched, at least a quarter of a thread arguing about whether robots should have hands.
>>147659050
PRO TIP
>>147663002
They don't even have faces, man, how can you waifu someone without a face?
>>147695080
Game crashes everytime I try to load the save without the mod. Looks like I'm starting a new game.
>>147674617
Nice.
>>147677782
Same, except I finished a campaign. Have zero desire to ever play it again, even with mods. Even thinking about it hurts.
I've learned an important lesson. Never get hyped.
>>147697806
that sucks desu
>completely remodel the MECs that a professional artist at firaxis made for a salary so that I can have slightly less blocky textures in a top down strategy game
>>147659050
Also just learned that the power mace can knock down both exterior and interior UFO walls (and floors).
Damn brought the wrong pants
>>147700585
the worst is when you have soldiers who have no head, arms, or legs
goddamn cosmetics bugs
>>147700585
He looks cold.
>>147702284
Probably, but think of the freedom of movement!
Requesting pics of ded sneks.
>>147703310
y u do dis
>>147703310
>>ded sneks.
>>147703852
Please do not post dad-humor desu
Boy these Battleborn are cool andfunto play but Gearbox seriously forgot to invest more into the QT factor or, at the very least, make a few more QT-bait characters besides the mecha-penguin.
>>147703310
Im sorry but I have exhausted my ded snek reserves
>>147704448
dozo
When should I do the blacksite on Legend?
>>147704585
Right now
>>147697806
Laughing harder than I have in a good while at this gif
Man goldies are dumb
>game doesn't make my computer howl anymore
Thanks for fixing your game, Jake
So what SLG mods are rumored right now? Cause SPARKs just ain't cutting it for me.
>>147704695
I think I'll wait for mag and plate.
>>147705370
They do make for some great reaction images.
>>147705980
Goldens are great but yeah they can be kinda dumb
>>147706330
>>147705980
>having tiny baby dogs
When is it a good idea to make contact with other regions on non-Legendary difficulties?
>>147706410
I want a huge dog so bad it will make being 6'8 even better
>>147703310
remove ayy
Anyone have any memorial pics, on Legend at about gauss weapons. Curious how bad I'm doing.
>>147706932
>>147705576
mag is fine
its an easy mission
>no timer
>3x3 pods
>2x2 pods
>2 reinforcements
>2 turrets
lots of juicy XP to have
>>147706932
lost 2 rangers so far
why are there no male sneks?
>>147709023
They were destroyed when they turned on their master
>>147707024
>rookies by june
>>147709686
For the memes bro
>tfw you just want a game exactly like xcom but with 0 aliens
I'd be happy fighting advent troopers all day, I just want a turn based strategy PMC simulator that isn't jagged alliance.
Fuck stun lancers. How many flashbangs should I take?
every time I get to a defense mission I lose all will to play the game
Is there a mod that makes stealth reactivate for the squad if you kill all woken enemies the same turn it's broken?
Had a pretty nice activation just now
>>147711083
Staring into your soul.
>tfw you lose half of your squad to ayy lmaos coming out of nowhere and chain-grabbing the same dudes
Thanks, Jake
>>147710768
Just make sure to get a defense matrix.
>>147710905
not that i know of.
if that's acu, it's the most decent ive seen
>>147710768
Why? They're the easiest missions in the game, that let you promote pretty much every single unit in your squad.
>>147711439
Damn. That's the one gameplay change I've been itching for. And yes, thanks.
Verdammt Deutsche.
Why are the H&K's the only Kraut guns on the workshop? The war demands Kraut Space Magic.
Other than Halo team and "whatever looks cool" what are some good squad themes?
>>147713218
theme around the military? army, marines, other countries, whatever. modern operator with big beards and ballcaps? valkyrie/siren team? tacticool with gasmasks? my favorite is no names, just callsigns and serial numbers, all in the same face-concealing uniform.
>>147713218
Everything usingBIGBLOCKYA R M O R
>>147713218
Most of my times don't usually have any females in them because it feels a little more realisticlolnotanymorebut I wholly agree with bearded operators and faceless legion.And Halo.
>>147683539
The thing with armor rush in LW is that it's overkill. You can get 7hp (on a 4hp rookie) from day one, which is enough to survive any sectoid shot in cover and most of the flanking crits too. Ranked up soldiers will be 8hp (unless it's a squishy class that started as a 3hp rookie), and that's enough to slug it out with non-flanking thin men or floaters. With alien materials you can boost that to 9; there's no reason to go any deeper, what does having 10 base HP give you that 9 already doesn't? Nothing can hit that high.
Well, you do get biotanks (which are amazing except on council missions) and overall more mobility, but I doubt anon was going for that.
>>147687895
Skipping laser on vanilla I/I is suicide. It's the opposite problem there; even with armor the thin mints oneshot you, but at least with laser you can oneshot them too..
>>147713483
>>147713861
I like modern operators. Team of Billy Waugh, Dalton Fury, Dusty Hammer, Sean Walker, and Daniel Busch. I'm okay with a single gendered roster.
>>147713527
Most of the decent looking big blocky armor is Halo, sadly. Not against Halo, just bored of it.
I wish the guy who ports EU stuff would port the Tier 1 armor. I know the Resistance Warrior armor is in, but I'd rather it not destroyed and all fucked up. I miss my old squad.
>>147683000
also
>starting LW on classic
XCOM EW in XCOM 2 engine when
>>147714147
seconded. i loved the default armor design in EU.
>>147713861
How many woman are front line even today? I can't imagine that many out of total percentage of front line troops. I guess we are looking at 20 years from now, however.Which likely will make basically no difference to those numbers.
>>147713218
I go with what I think looks fun. I don't particularly care about being tacti/k/ool. If I like the combination, they go in with it. Same reason I don't care if women are in my squad. Fun trumps realism for me most of the time.
>>147714310
Infantry pretty recently opened up. The first real ones hit the fleet maybe a year ago? I know AFSOC just opened like six months ago because my brother was at Lackland for basic and the first female PJ candidate was there at the same time.I was at Camp Lejeune when the first females graduated SOI East (and were promptly assigned a non-combat MOS anyway). I was none too impressed and neither was anyone in the training command, from what I heard.
>The 'Lance' ability works like XCOM's Skulljack. They pick a target, activate the ability, roll the result, then run to the target and try to hit them.
>Because the ability is activated before they move, it is affected by the -50% hit chance Suppression modifier, even AFTER they've moved.
Dis real?
Why does all the late game armor look so god damned stupid.
I regret upgrading to that spandex shit so much.
>>147714612
Eh, as long as they can pass the required training, without watering down said training specifically so they can pass, I see no issue. It's a tough job, but if they can pass the requirements they should be honored for it.
>>147714906
Most of the issue comes from lower platoon performance in integrated platoons versus traditional. On top of that, the most pressing issue, their physical standards are not equal and there's a big mess saying how it could endanger the platoon if a female can't live up to a male's standards. You got 65lbs of gear on, your buddy has 65lbs of gear on, you weigh 120lbs and he weighs 180lbs, he gets shot, you gotta carry him at a jog for 200 yards. God forbid your buddy is a machinegunner or a SMAW gunner. Not many women can do it so people call it an endangerment.
Plus the Marines actually just removed pullups from the female PFT so they can do pushups instead, making it easier and exacerbating the worry. It's all a big mess right now.
>>147715186Not surprising. They did this for firefighters too, lowering training requirements, also a remarkably physically intensive job. I seriously don't understand why they want these women in these positions when they are literally physically incapable of meeting the job requirements.There are likely plenty of women who could meet, or nearly meet, the physical requirements of the job. Why not wait for them to apply? I seriously don't understand these people. I wonder how many unnecessary deaths it will take for them to stop pushing this hard on their ideology.
I guess we shouldn't push too far into that territory though. That's a whole other can of worms.
>>147714898
Get mods, be happy. ADVENT gear, Halo gear, whatever, there's plenty ways to make the power armor tier much more bulkier.
>>147715327
I'm not entirely against females in the infantry as long as they can meet a flat rigorous standard, no special cuts. The infantry is no place to push an agenda cause it's just going to get people killed. All the same, yes, agreed. Less of that and more XCOM.
Anyway, long story short, I like my roster to be all male cause I can make my old weapons platoon with the few people I really liked and the whole bunch of other idiots.The only issue being a weapons platoon is a really weird class mixture.
>>147710727
What's wrong with JA2?
Tried Silent Storm?
>>147712909
F L E C K T A R N
>>147714310
40-45% of Kurdish fighters are female, I think because their lives and freedom are on the line. If the shit hit the fan like the crapsack world Firaxis is trying to make 2035 out to be I think you'd see similar numbers.
But yeah, even though more and more militaries are opening all positions/MOSs to women, I don't think the percentage of females in front line jobs will get that high.
>>147715186
Is this true? I remember reading an article about the first women to graduate from ranger school and they specifically stated the requirements were not changed.
anyone else get like -20 fps on urban and retaliation maps? Those I get like 40 fps but everything else are like 50 - 60 fps. Even after followed optimization guides like this one https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=620508289
FFS fix your broken game Solomon
>Windows update kills my xcom yesterday
>Reinstall windows delete everything
>Reinstall xcom
>Get no error message and crashes to desktop
Works fine on my system :)
>>147717639
What OS and what updates were installed?
So by implementing the 'essential improvements', specifically the stuttering fixes, from the Steam community thing:
>http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=616682629
My FPS actually went down a little bit. Not a whole like, like 5 FPS or so, but that's still odd. Is this expected?
>ADVENT officer runs up to my SPARK
>SPARK has bulwark
>ADVENT officer takes cover behind my SPARK and is now considered to be in cover from my SPARK even if the SPARK is the one shooting at him
>>147719609
ayy lmao my friend
>>147719609
Is there a place for a filthy pirate to get mods like Grimy's stuff that's only on the workshop?
>>147720250
If it's not on the Op and not on the nexus, nope.
>>147720457
Fuck.
Winter sale it is then, I already played a vanilla campaign.
I feel like I should have had the foresight to put the robot arm on the right for this reason.
>>147718047
This game has given me so many issues lately, and beyond earth shitstorm is leaving me dreading civ 6.
>it's a "women in the military" episode
it sure is /k/ in here
>no arc throwers to capture aliens
>no interrogations
In the game that would have probably turned the most interesting results from them too, what a shame.
>>147721396
>Liberal crime squading advent
>No cyberpunk aesthetic
wew ayys are in a hurry this campaign
>>147704389
Are Battlememe and Overrated competing games or something
>>147721880
>competing
no
>>147721591
early april terror mission roll is the worst, good luck with the floater spam
>>147721880
Is it a competition if one of them is already dead?
>>147688257
It's not possible to remove them. Even the creator of Numeric Health Display couldn't do it.
>2 gun mods released today
It's a good day
>>147723056
>RPK
>with PSO-1
muh dick
>>147722789
>>147723056
>tfw can't use them until CVWeaponPackv2 updates
Attempting to do the mechtoid, it doesnt really have arms and the legs are hugely different to the MECs.
>>147723056
FUCKING FINALLY
russian light machineguns
>>147723945
Mechtoid as a skin for the Xcom 2 SPARK?
>>147724494
Might only be the torso if I cant rearrange the legs.
>>147723056
It's STALKER time
>>147723945
Good luck anon, doing Solomon's work.
>>147724494
But how would we explain having a Sectoid in the cockpit
>>147724746
Just put a SPARK head model over the sectoid head.
That gives me an idea:
How about converting operators into MECs, like in Enemy Unknown? Basically a human soldier, but uses the MEC model. For the sake of combat, theya re treated as SPARK/MECs but, while damaged, they recover like normal infantry.
>Legend
>Mag and Gauss weapons.
>12 days until plate.
>1st Berzerker has shown up.
Did I fuck my research up?
>>147725273
No. Berserkers aren't that bad anyway. Honestly just keep your distance if possible and prioritize the other ayys. If it looks like you can't finish off the entire pod, you can even consider damaging the berzerker once to enrage them, leading to possible friendly fire.
>shoot down two star god ships
>Just medium size pretty easy
>raid the crash sites and round up captives
>this shows up
Guess they weren't having that nonsense anymore
>>147725273
Sounds fine to me. Legend has a slightly faster alien intensity rate, to the point of where you can get stun lancers from the get go
Berserkers are easy, you have gauss. If somehow you can't take them, either throw a frost grenade or alternatively, place a ranger with untouchable near him, kill someone, and watch the berserker miss
>Bezkerker ruler
STOP PUNCHING MY TROOPS REEEEEEEE
>>147726176
Frost grenades/Snek Armor ability mang
Oh and have fun with the Archon King afterwards, he's great at squadwipes
>>147726176
>freeze Kekzerker
>send Julian SPARK to melee the Icedzerker
>Miss
>"BUT THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!"
>gets shut down next turn
>>147726375
>putting Julian inside the SPARK
>actually expecting results in time of need even with Shen's neutering
So, went in on the first of the ruler missions (the alien nest) when I just had kevlar and ballistics. Seemed reasonable since I was still plowing through thanks to based bradford. Then the ruler turned up and everything went to shit.
Is this normal and I should have waited a bit, or did I just goof?
>>147726635
Ideally you should have waited, but as long as you had the frost grenade and that stake rifle, things would have been more than fine at just about any stage of the campaign.
>>147727120
Speaking of the ayy hunter weapon
>upgrade straight to max
>have a gap on your display wall forever.
What the fuck are firaxis smoking over in the DLC department?
>>147726176
Tanking SPARKs shit all over rulers.
>Can snipe the VIP from the extraction zone.
I've never been so tempted.
>>147728676
You know you want to.
>>147728676
Do ie. If you don't need the Intel.
>>147725864
I swear PirateZ has the same name generator as the mission generator in XCOM. Took me a full 10 seconds to realize this was just a new recruit and not a literal Delicious Bard being shipped to my base.
There aren't going to be any more DLC right?
Apparently GMG has the pack for 25% off but it doesn't look like content I want to pay $15 for.
What do y'all think of the dlc so far?
>>147721880
Battleborn tried to pick a fight and threw a punch, then died as a result of it's own punch
>>147730790
I think its worth 15bucks
>>147725273
Berserkers are just intimidating
They CAN be very dangerous, but they can also just be very helpful
Hell, half the time I manage to get the berserker into Blind Rage and he starts attacking her own troops
>>147728676
Snipe if male, capture if female.
That's how I roll.
>>147731843
>Snipe if male, capture if female.
Female captives are bad for discipline, or bad for morale, or both. Its the other way around.
>>147732115
But anon,it's much more fun if they struggle
>>147732245
>fun
If killing ayys isn't fun enough then I don't want them on my ship.
>>147721880
Guess which one is the hornet.
>>147733519
That's pretty brutal.
>>147733519
Ouch.
>>147733519
That's odd because the two games actually don't have much in common mechanically
>>147734861
Didn't really matter in the end.
Christ, last time I under-estimate the viper rounds dark event. Getting hit once is a fucking death sentence.
>>147730790
I'd say it's worthwhile enough to get it all, especially considering that this way you guarantee you won't miss out on any future mods that could require said DLCs.
>>147736026
Yup.
One of the mods I have installed generates pyro troopers and captains. Fucking dragon rounds on advent makes taking rookies at all be a goddamn slot machine of death
>>147730214
Whoever mods an airgame back in better make sure we can engage a ufo with multiple ships.
Which e-celebs can I watch to get better at Legend now?
Is Beagle still repeating gatecrasher over and over?
Weird question, in vanilla how many torso options are there for plate armor? I've got one vanilla one and I'm not sure if it's a mod conflict or just firaxis being lazy.
>>147737242
I mean, he's got a vanilla leged X2 playthrough he's slowly updating on X2 that's already left the early game behind. I don't think he's had a single hiccup in that game. It'll show you someone smashing legendary, but its not his best work.
The streams have moved on to heavily modded X2, but are actually pretty good now. He toned it back and its a challenge, but stuff isn't breaking constantly and he doesn't tweak stuff on stream.
>>147737429
Pretty sure vanilla plate only has 1, maybe 2. Its hard to remember, but even with mods I only have like 2-3 options right now.
>>147737832
No that's how many pp (power points) which is how many time you can use it. Also you are lost friendo.
>>147737998
Haha yeah. Whoops
>>147737832
Is this that AR pokemon thing?
>>147738160
Yeah, go around your neighborhood/ town/ city/ college campus and get pokemon and fight gym battles
>>147738042
Also I'm pretty sure I'm wrong. I think you were right about it being the damage. I think they changed it from the gameboy version.
>>147738283
Yeah, I asked in the /v/ thread and somebody said they thought it might be move strength as it also takes other stuff into consideration which makes sense
XCOM: Pokemon when
>Small Pokemon can take cover effectively despite doing shit damage
>Large Pokemanz can bulldoze through cover but suffer the weaknesses of MECs
Aww man, not only did I forget to tell you guys Jake is streaming X2 latest DLC mission, I forget to watch it myself. Still going on btw.
>>147738894
Beat that mission, I'm watchingBattlefield 1 material instead
>>147738894
Have anyone asked him if he has fixed his game yet?
>>147739074Do you follow any particular BF player? Jackfrags, Matmio, etc.
>>147739136
I'm sure they have, but I wouldn't know. You can always go ask, I'm sure they'll appreciate it.
>>147739230
Fine, I'll meme Jake Solomon live on stream
>>147739230He's probably watching xfactor, he's the only one of the squad streaming.
Holy shit, Jake is actually playing?
>>147739230Jackfrags
>>147739618Jokes on you I'm catching up on stuff
>>147739719
Yes
>>147739806
>JackfragsGood man
>>147739719
Ye
>Anarchy's Children 2
Ha. Nice one Jake! :)
PEOPLE ARE DYING LEFT AND RIGHT COMMANDER
>>147741662
John, it only been ONE so far.
>>147742018
WE HAVE TO HURRY, COMMANDER
>tfw got Jake to say he loves memes live on stream
My life is now complete gg
>>147743046
Make a clip of it.
>>147743168
Once the vod is up I'll do what I can to make a clip of Jake saying "Sure, who doesn't love memes" after Garth tiredly asks him
>>147743046
"yeah sure i guess" != "loves"
>>147743406
kool
>>147743485
Its close enough, can't be picky.
This is mostly done, i wanted to release it now but it might have to wait until later tonight. But here's some random pictures i took while i was checking to make sure everything was working(some things aren't)
>>147743896
What kind of weapon is that exactly? Looks pretty cool desu.
>>147743896
I also thought i could reuse most of the rifle attachments, but that didn't end up being the case, i had to make 4 new ones just for the shotgun. The repeater, stock, hair trigger and expanded magazine, i could've reused the expanded magazine from the rifle but i didn't really like how that one ended up.
>>147743896
i like it
great job
>>147744071
Shotgun, specially made for efficient ayy removal.
>>147744290
Does it fire for all three barrels at the same time?
>>147744503
It does
>>147744650
Looks very nice.
>>147744650
Shiiiiieeet
>>147744650
aw shit nigga
>>147744650
good, i love the "i dont care if is overkill, fuck you" type of guns
Russian never surrenders, never goes down without a fight.
>>147734861
>>147735326
Battleborn did have a great Reveal/Hype Building but things started to lose momentum after the penguin was shown and people really started to call it 'Battlememe'. But what really sent it down was the matchmaking and Gearbox's handling of the launch window.
>>147733519
Then there is the whole Overwatch thing as well.I wonder if Paladinz still has it's chance.
>>147745601
Battleborn never stood a chance because it's the ugliest videogame on earth.
>>147745172
>22 hands
Getting towards that untouchable lategame status. I've mostly got the weapons, I have a steady stream of highly statted recruit, now I've got the extended assault squad size as well.
The two missing components is good power armor and a reliable psi defense.
>>147728926
Oh baby he man himself!
>>147745732
It's a shame such a waifu is in such a shit game
>>147746357
Maybe she's right where she belongs :^)
>>147733656
Man doom is great
>>147745732
I do like the art style.
>>147746357
But then the 'other' side has has quite a lot of hard counters to that.
>>147745172
>>147745601
>>147745939
Stop posting ancient bronze age games, grandpa.
>>147743593
Here you go
https://instaud.io/spS
>>147747278
>All that buildup
I'm not convinced by Jake's lackluster response.
REQUESTING ANTI-AYY DEATH SQUADSBonus points for dead sneks in them
>>147747429
He began memeing
>>147747145
No.
>>147747785
I require more audio clips for my investigations.
>>147748224
The bit that got cut off in the last:
https://instaud.io/spX
>>147748731
A bit more conviction. Thanks anon.
Am I just fucked if I get the UFO mission in the second month? I don't see how this is possible on legend.
>>147750306
I'm not sure, never gotten it that early. I assume you've already tried to use a conceal ranger to spot the jammer, and then take it out with your sniper.
>>147750915
Yeah I can't seem to get line of sight with my sniper.
>>147751150
Do you have the "Gotcha" mod?
>>147751250
No mods.
Why are there so many ponytail options with minute differences for men. Like half my dudes are wearing it now
>>147751384
Equality
>>147751384
They're all fruits.i am too, fyi
>>147751602
Like an apple?
>>147751379
If you want to use this one its provides a better los preview than what's in the vanilla game (includes flanks, los on objectives, squad-sight on targets). Could be helpful if your trying to hunt for that one tile that has vision on the objective.
That's pretty much my only trick for this mission then. If you can't cheese it, I guess its just down to you.
What is a repeater and why would it instantly destroy a sectopod?
>>147751943
Because fuck you, video games.
>>147751943
Game logic. I have no idea what a repeater is even supposed to be.
>>147751658
Like a gay apple, yes. Seriously, have you never heard that slang?
>>147751943
Repeaters give a %chance to kill targets instantly, regardless of health. Therefore, fuck sectopods.
>>147751384
This is quite an irritating notion, yes. I tried to find a "sarge-cut" for one of my guys earlier today, but all I could find was countless of different pony tails? WTF
>>147752196
So this is you right?
>>147752362
You know, fuck it. Close enough, for a blue board.
>>147752196
Na man im just messin with ya
>>147752792
You're one Kawaii apple anon.
>>147752895
I...think that's a good thing? Thanks...?
>>147752857
Heh, best part of my day so far.been a shitty day, had some laughs, thanks anons /blogposting
>>147753443
Yea we got you F A M
>>147753539
Fuckyeah /xcg/, one of the best generals on 4chan. I'd post screenshots to celebrate, but toaster etc.
>>147747145
I'm sure I'm not the only one that only visits this general to check on posts about original UFO and piratez.
If he didn't post about it I wouldn't care at all about this place because the newest consolized "xcom" games are in every way unappealing to me.
>>147754413
This should suffice for now
Do rulers spawn in place of a pod, or in addition to?
>>147755995
I think addition to, since they don't show up on the Shadow Chamber logs
>tfw nobody has made a nemesis style enemy using the ruler spawning method which can never die but can be incapacitate.
>tfw nobody has made zcom and turned the game into a zombie apocalypse with mutants a la resident evil
>tfw no total conversations ever.
>>147755236
Enforcer mod when?
>>147757556
>conversions
>>147745939
I hate mercenaries so much. Even after you figure out all their tricks it doesn't matter becuase their ships are always loaded, they have good gear, high health, and just good stats overall.
Only two bit the dust, but of my 16 crew, at least 3/4 of them are wounded and out for a month+
Good news is that with this raid I don't need to ever bother with them again. With the capture of multiple engineers and a captain, any technological secrets they were hiding will soon be mine.
>>147758237
Forgot pic.
>>147758431
>Booty been seized!
If there's no space for "has" they should've dropped the "been" as well, this really bothers me..
>>147759130
I'm no expert on Pirate. Also I stopped seeing this like 100 hours ago, my brain automatically reads any anomalies in language as normal.
Should I try to save him?
>>147759574
No man left behind
>>147759574
You have to save him, anon. Niels Lemmens is a hero, if he falls you must have a drink in his honor.
>>147759574
did you used him to snipe the spike?
if so you owe it to him
send every motherfucker to get that hero back
>>147759574
Do it
>>147743896
>>147744290
This is on Saints Row levels of overkill and I commend you for your effort
>>147759667
>>147759921
>>147760068
>>147760421
If he survives this suppression run we all make it.
>>147760718
>>147760718
GO NIELS, /xcg/ BELIEVES IN YOU
Your sacrifice shall not be forgotten. RIP Corporal Niels Lemmens. A true hero.
>>147760783
i love every aspect of this picture
>>147760984
F
>>147760984
rip
>>147760984
when will I be able to play the game with my mods
>>147761546
I don't know, what's stopping you.
>>147761623
the update
every time i try to open the character pool the game just freezes and i can't be fucked to turn off one mod at a time to find what's fucking it
>>147761714
Most people can play just fine. I know I can and I didn't even change anything.
Do you have any mods that modify character name length.
>>147760984
F
>>147761714
empty names and longer names are the cause
also, you dont have to disable one mod at the time
just disable half of your mods and run the game
did it worked?
if so the conflict is on the half you disabled, try enabling half of them and repeat
it didnt worked? then the conflict is on the half you enabled, disable half of them and repeat
repeat until discover the culprit of your problems
>>147761824
>>147762143
Thanks chiefs
let's try this shit out
>>147747785
Jake is a living meme. He generates and blesses us with new memes like a fountain spewing whiskey.What does _that_ smell like?
They said he won't be streaming for a while. I'll miss him.
>>147759130
They're uneducated savages from the dark ages of 2600HACK THE PLANET, give them a break
I just realized how big the Micro/Strategy portion of PirateZ gets as the game progresses. I've now got four different bases, they all have very different functions.
Base 1 houses my Assault craft and troops, as well as being my primary research base.
Base 2 Exists to provide hangar space for my expanding fleet (6 hangars) and spits out counterfeit money and a variety of alcohols for easy cash.
Base 3 is my primary production center and makes all my craft, craft weapons, guns, ammo, and armors.
Base 4 exists to have a foothold in the Western hemisphere and has training facilities both physical and psi to pump out new recruits with incredibly high stats to be garrisoned at other bases for defense and to restock my assault team with fresh blood when they take casualties.
I clawed my way to this point with a single small base and 500,000 in cash. Maintenance for all my staff, ships, and facilities now cost me $5,201,500 a month, and I have an income of $8,670,000.
In my usual weekly management I deal with the manufacturing, purchasing, and selling of items ranging from 50 bucks to a million each.
My initial staff was about 10 engineers, and 12 squaddies. I now have 109 soldiers and 165 engineers on staff.
The first technological advancements involved black powder bombs, muskets, bows, and spears. At this point I pump out armor that can allow soldiers to survive exposure to lasers, plasma, and heavy explosives, as well as rudimentary powered armor. Weapons that can now be fielded consistently consist of lasers, gauss, and precision explosives.
I'd say I go on a minimum of 10 missions per month, maximum about 20. In those months I skip anywhere from 50 to 75 percent of all possible missions I could pursue.
3.75 years into the campaign and still going strong.
>shens last gift
>It adds robots!
>Get hype as fuck
>It's literally just an advent bot, using all the same animations or using human soldier ones
>It even has its own little gremlin thing
Well the DLC was pretty fucking disappointing desu famalams
>>147722789
>SCAR
oh shit it's time to operate
>>147767157
>inb4 long dong 2: lengthy member boogaloo
>evacing a mission gone to shit
>three dead, one captured
>the surviving soldiers don't even look at each other
>>147766812
How the fuck do you have an income of 8 mil-
>3.75 years into the campaign and still going strong.
oh.
Were you the guy who just found mutant porn and unblocked years of research?
I almost prefer the strategic game of piratez to the tactical game. The missions are almost too frequent, a la the long war grind. Of course, I guess I could go on fewer and shoot down fewer ships, but then I'd be losing _score_ not like that matters (council funding is peanuts compared to my production lines) but I'm an overachiever I guess.
>>147768268
>callsigns and serial numbers
muh nigga
>>147768268
A Canadian and a Russian walk into a skyranger and sit down across from each otherAll their friends are dead and living at all is the joke.
>>147767157
>tfw when you were so hyped you preordered the digital deluxe version for yourself and your partner and you both hate the game
>>147768592
>Were you the guy who just found mutant porn and unblocked years of research?
ye
>Of course, I guess I could go on fewer and shoot down fewer ships, but then I'd be losing _score_ not like that matters (council funding is peanuts compared to my production lines) but I'm an overachiever I guess.
When you get later in the game, there is just zero reason to go on some missions, besides money and score (which I rarely need either). The smaller ships won't have weapons I need, won't have tech I need, won't have materials I need, and won't have prisoners I need. There are entire factions that I ignore 90% of the time now.
I have a very focused research game at this point, so I know what missions I need to go on and which ones I can skip.
>>147767157
>>147769021
shit taste desu
>>147767157
>robot doesnt have a cannon and depends of the little robot to fire heavy weapons
>is not even cool like when gundam does it
>hacks through that little robot instead of using the vision when she looks at Lily
>Shen gave us some shitty wall-e 5 with legs instead of some Enforcer murdekillpurge tier
>zero interesting aesthetics outside the advent and EW MEC mods
>>147766812
I made a base dedicated to counterfeiting money. It is entirely self sufficient.
5 runts mine hellerium.
2 runts produce vodka from hellerium.
60 runts pimp out the slaves to make purple chips.
39 runts break purple chips into blue chips.
384 runts break the blue chips into red chips and sell them.
It's making 16mil per month with no oversight, produces a bit excess chips and vodka.
With maxed stats in relevant areas, this bow deals 99 cutting damage, is 100% accurate up to 30 tiles, and only cost 35 TUs to fire. That's really impressive. Considering a gauss rifle only deal 85 piercing, I'm not surprised they didn't bother explaining how this "Future" bow even works.
>>147770793
Yeesh, that's ridiculous. Too bad I can't do any of those things (mining and pimping).
>>147770793
Pic related, currently undergoing upgrades to luxury barracks.
>>147771071
>9 bases
wow
>>147771009
>Too bad I can't do any of those things (mining and pimping).
You can mine hellerium literally from the start of the game with just an excavator.
Pimping is also piss easy, you just need to research the various slave types. Which you really should start hoarding since you're already on year 4. They add negative storage space which is amazing. I have hundreds of slaves and am at year 3 and a half.
The main base has negative storage space, meaning I don't even need a single vault.
>>147771071
IMPRESSIVE.
>>147771198
dis nigga can't count
>>147771379
Maybe those things aren't in his version of the game (he's on .97 or .98 or something).
BEAGLES
>>147771379
>excavator
Meant extractor.
Also seems I'm actually on year 4 and a half, oops.
>>147771527
Not Jake, not interested.
>>147771562
Christ mate, I would have upgraded by now. Are you going to finish this campaign and play again on .99?
>>147771469
>Maybe those things aren't in his version of the game (he's on .97 or .98 or something).
Oh yea I'm playing on .99
I really recommend the latest version, it's excellent.
>>147771707
>Are you going to finish this campaign and play again on .99?
There is some confusion here, I am on .99 and haven't posted a single pic until now.
Only these are mine
>>147771071
>>147771379
>>147771562
>>147771562
>>147771985
Oh, I apologize, I thought you were the mutant porn hunter guy.
Can we see some of the layouts of your other bases?
Does anyone else think that Beagle really needs to back off on all the mods he is using?
How long does it take for a SPARK to repair 5 HP? Mine's has been in engineering for a whole month and still no progress
Is my game fugged? Should I just stick with using medkits?
>>147772770
right now i cant watch but whats the problem?
did he installed more? are we back into modding hell?
>>147772993
There's a conflict with a mod called It's Just a Scratch. You have to unsub from that and instead sub to It's Just a SPARK.
>>147772402
Sure, here's the main base. Serves for expeditions and R&D.
Will be getting rid of the large barracks and replacing it with luxury ones, they also give base defense value and more living space per tile.
>>147773283
This one has pretty much all workshop buildings except a factory. Top left you can see gauss and laser defenses being built, they are needed to manufacture your own weapons of the corresponding category.
Not pictured: 3k purple chips being split into reds.
>>147773617
This one is mainly a training facility, everyone below 50 psi power is considered unsuitable.
>>147773812
That's a pretty stiff bar.
What do you think about bravery? Because it can't be trained in the dojo, I've been rejecting people who are too low. Do you know of a reliable way to train it?
>>147773812
And a dedicated storage base. Has over 2000 space for booty, some nuclear missile silos and nearly 12k defense value.
It's about 70% full of garbage that I can't be bothered fencing.
>>147773953
>Do you know of a reliable way to train it?
Yea, kill all enemies except one unarmed guy.
Holster all guns.
Hit next turn until all your gals are panicking wrecks. Finish the last guy when you feel they had enough panic rolls.
Didn't really test it but it should train bravery since it seems triggered on panic/berserk and is always a flat 10 bonus.
>>147774097
Holy shit.
>>147773617
Impressive. I'm continually amazed by how deep the tech tree is in this game. I don't recognize a few building types here.
Have you ever faced a base defense at one of your auxiliary bases? What's the minimum defense rating you think a base should have?
>>147774341
Suppose it's just based off of panic rolls? A friend and I have noticed some correlation to when they gain another stat and have panicked.
I guess I can stop being lazy and look in the code...
>>147774341
Also there are armors that seem specifically designed for this purpose, the ones that induce high combat stress.
Basically go nude.
So I got openXcom running, should I try to complete an unmodded campaign (I used to play it on dosbox but never got very far) or should I dive into PirateZ?
What are the best regular mods?
>>147774483
>Have you ever faced a base defense at one of your auxiliary bases?
Only 2, lost it both times since it was just being built and is in middle of fucking north america which seems to be an invasion magnet.
>What's the minimum defense rating you think a base should have?
I never really cared about defense rating because I rather have a few stationed hands with high explosives, super shotguns and a tank.
The defense on all my bases is purely a side effect of those specific buildings having it as a secondary attribute. Those missile silos are there mainly as a test, I'm assuming defensive value of over the max enemy ship hitpoints is enough to stop all but the luckiest attempts. I think there are also ground assaults which supposedly don't care about that but never had one.
>Suppose it's just based off of panic rolls? A friend and I have noticed some correlation to when they gain another stat and have panicked.
Could be, never really cared about bravery since killing enemies restores tons of morale, and there's tons of enemies.Also I savescum if I fuck up too badly. :^)
>>147775072
>should I dive into PirateZ?
Depends on how long you intend on playing, vanilla openxcom takes about a year ingame to finish from what I remember.
In Piratez I'm over 4 years in and only now got my own laser gun research.
>>147775320
I don't mind going slow, in fact I'd prefer that to how quickly the difficulty curve can ramp up in regular Xcom games.
Will I have to get rid of my regular saves or can I have it installed alongside regular openXcom?
>>147775529
Piratez download comes with its own openxcom folder, you just add the usual original UFO resource files.
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,4465.0.html
>>147776416
What about openxcom extended, is it diffrent from regular openxcom?
Hey I'm new. I really like Rangers, but everyone told me they're garbage. If not Rangers, what should I try to build a team out of? I really liked the concept of ranger squads because once I cleared out an entire map without ever firing a shot, and it was the coolest feeling.
From a roleplaying perspective it's also fun to imagine the ayys finding the site of the battle afterwards with everyone hacked to bits with swords and no weapons fired. You can just imagine the Advent spokesman guy rubbing his forehead as the report comes in that 50 million dollarydoos worth of hardware just got destroyed by a bunch of hicks with machetes.
How good are support guys actually? Someone said that at higher levels they're actually the best class, is that true?
>>147776568
Thats just to let modders change more things
>>147776693
shotgun rangers are huge
blade rangers are memes just like gunslinger sharpshooters, but it's ok because the game is ez and you can afford to meme around
>>147776693
Grenadiers.
Make everything explode forever.
>>147776693
Rangers: They're pretty amazing, but swords aren't without modding support. Don't get me wrong, I love swords, but on anything over Veteran, they're just too risky to make real use of (they put you out of position, miss a bit too often, and don't do anywhere near enough damage to offset the downsides). However, you can build stealth Rangers that absolutely DOMINATE the battlefield.
Specialists: Personally, I think they're basically useless. However, if you really hate mechanized units or you really have to have a ranged medkit, they've got their uses. They're hardly the best class in the game though, easily the weakest IMO (gunslinger Sharpshooters in vanilla are surprisingly excellent actually). Grenadiers almost certainly take the cake as the best class, of course (discounting Psi Operatives).
>>147777314
aid protocol with threat assessment is ridiculous though
I'd always take at least one specialist just for that
1 spec 1 psy 2 grenadiers 2 rangers
maybe switch a ranger for a sharpshooter if the map allows it
>>147776693
>Hey I'm new. I really like Rangers, but everyone told me they're garbage. If not Rangers, what should I try to build a team out of?
Why are you second guessing your tactics based on other people's opinions?
>You can just imagine the Advent spokesman guy rubbing his forehead as the report comes in that 50 million dollarydoos worth of hardware just got destroyed by a bunch of hicks with machetes.
Good mental image.
>>147776693
Concealment/shotgun rangers are the real deal. You should always have one as a scout if nothing more. Any rifle-built sharpshooter will gain a huge edge with such a ranger on the roster and he can drop absolutely massive rapid fires from concealment to finish off a big-bad.
Swords unfortunately don't offer much reward for the risk involved but hey if you think they're cool and you're winning missions don't let anybody tell you you're not playing right. Lots of people here probably get bored of running 2 grenadiers and just flattening the map to win everything.
>>147776693
>You can just imagine the Advent spokesman guy rubbing his forehead as the report comes in that 50 million dollarydoos worth of hardware just got destroyed by a bunch of hicks with machetes.
Does ADVENT even use dollarydoos? Wouldn't they just tell people wat to do or some shit? If they had a currency ,whose face would be on the 1 dollar bill? The 5? The 10? 20?
>>147778320
I can already picture the snek coins.
>>147778734
ADVENT does not use coins, citizen. Those metals should be going towards new gene therapy clinics and advancements for the betterment of mankind. Why did you make coins with ADVENT's metals, citizen?
>>147778320
Presumably they have some sort of scrip, because command economies generally have trouble with efficiency, and relying on human prerogatives to encourage labor is easier than making them do it at gunpoint--and looks nicer too.
Of course if the ayys understood anything about banking they wouldn't have needed to take over the world with guns and spaceships, they could've just bought it.
>>Sonico on the Front Page of Steam
Oh boy...
>>147778320
>whose face would be on the 1 dollar bill? The 5? The 10? 20?
no one i imagine, probably only the advent or elder emblem
thats because we put historical important people on the bills and since advent seems like they want to distance as much as possible from humanity's past i dont see why they would even have some one on the bills
Aside from game balance, is there any explanation why Advent's magnetic weaponry do equal damage to XCOM's ballistic weaponry at the beginning phase of the game?
Play of the Game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMsuNU87UUgPistols are Useful.
>>147778973
>Of course if the ayys understood anything about banking they wouldn't have needed to take over the world with guns and spaceships, they could've just bought it.
I think this would be the most likely scenario should aliens ever visit earth.
>>147776693
A five man team of grenadiers can sweep virtually any challenge by themselves. I like to keep a specialist around for medic duty, but also because aid protocol gets really good with some later skills. You can also go fuck dem robots up if you have to.
>>147779926
>ever taking any damage in alpha strike simulator 2016
pleb
>>147779459
this is not xcom related.
>>147778734
>tfw you didn't get the rare Viper version of the Unification Day commemorative quarter
Not sure if im the only one. But i never played original xcom. until a year before the new XCOM came out for PC last year or 2. And i HATED the new xcom and even enemy within with the long war mod. It just sucks the stupid cinematic deaths and kills. i also hate the abilities, and the having 2 turns a round thing.
I do not even want to torrent the new one.
OpenXcom with mods is WAY WAY better. And i dont have nostalgia goggles cause i never played it back in the day.
not sure how you guys enjoy it.
>>147780268
>this is not xcom related.
did you even checked the video?
>>147780650
>grow up on ufo and transport tycoon
>both have nearly identical graphic styles
>nothing today even compares to the aesthetics
>all new games are just high resolution cinematics with minimal imagination required
>>Dat Repeater Clutch.
Beagleluck at its finest.
>TIP:A unit performing a dash move has a defensive bonus against enemy reaction fire
Since when
>>147781912
Since forever?
>>147781912
Since Xcom:EU
>>147781852
>>147782078
Yep, that's the stuff.
>>147784820
excellent
Sneks are for purging.
>>147786104
This guy gets it
>>147777950
what the fuck is on his goddamn neck
its so creepy
>>147786480
He is just minty fresh.
>>147786104
no, snek is for loving
>>147723945
Thanks for giving me a ride human boi.
>>147786480
It's just birth marks, anon. Why do you have to be so judgmental?
>>147786104
no
snek is forhugging
>>147760783
>>147787132
nice
Any updates for theBarebaremod?
>>147781040
Why do you want to be forced to fill the gaps I like knowing what a thing looks like, not guessing
>>147779476
Ahh, good old fashioned economic imperialism
>>Squad Size 9
I'TS MEC TIME
Would you jerk off a Sectoid?
So many bugs in such a little time...
>>147787831
>some sort of mod fuckery makes my mecs have an inability to be repaired
Oh well, my mods give me rocketeer, infantry and gunner classes. Who needs robots when I can six times and overwatch twice that haha...
>>147790790
Yeah.
MECs need a big re-balance if you want to use them in some of these mods.
>>147790790
The mod conflict is with It's Just a Scratch
>>147790790
here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=717919318
thats the fixed version of the mod that caused that
Stream is Over.
>>147787376
When's the last time you checked on it?
>>147792774
A short time before alien hunters.
>>147792856
Then yes, check the !notlewd pastebin in the xcg pastebin.
Should I use the EU aim rolls mod on my first playthrough of xcom 2?
>>147793941
I guess, though as a rule I try to complete games at least once in vanilla so I actually know how mods interact with the game.
>>147786995
R A R E
>>147793941
yes
vanilla rolls are unbelievable retarded
if your chances of hit and crit are the same then the hit will crit if it lands
also makes dodge a lot more shitty because it reduces your chances of a normal hit without telling you
>>147794171
>>147794524
Ty for the input, I'm trying to keep it as vanilla as possible with mods that are quality of life improvements vs additions and or changes
But EU aim rolls seamed like a huge fix from the perspective of the last xcom, anything else I should look into using?
>>147795039
there is a mod named "gotcha" that is an improved line of sight indicator, it will paint yellow if the position flanks and other quality of life improvements
there is a mod that adds a tooltip to the black market to tell you what each item is used to in the same screen you sell them (it will only tell you from techs already done so it wont spoil anything)
there is this one called "evac all" that allows you to evac all units in the extraction zone in one click instead of doing it one at the time
and those are the ones i can remember right now
>>147789396As a pity fuck, yeah. If you think about it, they've probably had no kind contact ever.
>>147780650
I'm enjoying OpenXCom way more than XCOM 2. Not sure why you would post a bait image with your own post unless you weren't serious though...
However, I liked LW about equally well as oxc (I played with dynamic war on, though). Have ~600 hours in both.
>>147795419
Perfect Information mod, overkill or actually useful?
>>147795974
is it the one that adds the stats of the enemies to the health bar? i dont like it because of the clutter
but i can see it being useful to some people especially those that fill their games with new enemies
i dont think its overkill but i dont consider it a must have either
>>147795974
Useful.
>>147795039
>>147795419
i forgot, also one of the two mods that adds an actual number to the health bar
there is one that just adds it to the end of it
and there is another one that replaces the bar with just the number
they both do the same but i think the first one looks the best
>>147795039
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=633710077
this one paints green the reload action if you have a free reload
the number of times i forgot i have it and reloaded because i used one point of ammo and thus wasting the free reload is too high
>>147795974
useful and honestly a must-have if you use any modded enemies.
the add faggot in me loves all the data so it was one of the first i installed
>>147796432
>>147796487
>>147796580
>>147797329
Any sword mods? Iv read they are pretty awful but I also don't want some unstoppable melee super solider running around late game
post yfw ay rulers can move between your turns
>>147797469
Get the samurai class and the 1 AP sword mod.
Grimy's loot mod is also neat for swords, as some of the mods for them are bretty gud (long crusade, for example)
>>147797676
>>147797676
What's the recommended mod for increasing squad size.
>>147798243
not long war toolbox, it breaks games currently
>>147798325
I did know that. Hence the question.
anyone know any reason as to why sparks not repairing? i never had its just a scratch but i did have would re-calibration mod and disabled it but it did not help? Pls my nigger is on 1 hp and im currently understaffed thanks to big nig berserker queen
>>147798397
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=619895689 sorry forgot link
>>147798542
>http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=619895689 sorry forgot link
Thanks
>>147797676
ayy...
>>147798475
might be the same problem as just a scratch
it looks like an abandoned mod since last update was on February and last comment on april
either try deleting all your config files on: myDocuments/myGames/XCOM2/XComGame/Config and then from steam validate the local files
or
try looking for a mod called "just a spark", its the same as just a scratch but fixed the spark repair times
>>147797676
>>147797676
>>147635835
How the fuck do I install the ayylmao mod for just base Enemy Within? I'm stuck on a toaster for the forseeable future and can only play EW and not 2, but just dropping the mod in the INT folder doesn't do shit.
>>147797953
Why am I boiling with hatred every tiem someone posts snek? Am I a horrible?
>>147799494no, just human
>>147799494
yes
because snek is love, snek is life
>>147798243
>>147798325
>>147798397
can confirm longdong drool bawks is shit and breaks all the fucking time, i gave up on it.
try blueraja's squad size mods, there's one for more promotions and another for increasing starting squad size.
Where can I buy this game cheap? I missed the steam sale.
>>147799804
lucky day
its 40% off at the humble store
Patrol when revealed mod, does it make the game easier?
>>147800259
eh, not really. they'll still patrol between you and the objective.
>Julian's assfracture upon being stuffed into a SPARK
Hey, it's what he wanted. Now he and Ben "The Deader the Ayy the Better my Day" Garrison can go on adventures!
>>147799804
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/search/search/xcom
>>147799969
THE MADMAN IS RIGHT
or you could "buy" it for free on some other sites
What's an ayy more likely to shoot at so I can abuse the AI?
>guy in full cover overwatching
>guy in full cover steadying weapon
>guy in half cover not hunkered
>guy in half cover hunkered
I assume a guy suppressing from any sort of cover = they shoot at him first?
How does smoke play into this?
>>147800684
Guy in half cover not hunkered seems logically the priority target due to best accuracy. However, if the AI is programmed to pot shot you if they can and only overwatch or nade if their hit chance is truly abysmal, I dunno.
>>147800684
depends, vanilla should try to shoot at your half cover guy because he is easiest to hit and they'll gladly eat an overwatch in the process
a better advent mod AI will generally go for your supression/OW guys first as I noticed
>>147801251
>>147801272
whoops, meant for long dong specifically
hi, i made a small mod and thought maybe someone here would be interested
http://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/679/?
cheers
>>147802797
my point stands. best accuracy, followed by overwatch/suppression guys to undo it, then other guys they can pot shot.
>>147802810
I'll give it a quick look tomorrow, or today technically.
>>147802810
>http://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/679/?
So what's the difference between your mod and changing armour colours manually?
>>147804267
oops...
wrong mama
>>147804360
>>147804267
That contrast though
>>147635319
Jesus Christ the amount of aliasing on that picture
Hows everyone doing?
>>147805159
It never gets old
>>147805159
Have a rarus pepus
>>147804536
XCOM 64Would play it.
>>147805159
Doing well.
Thanks.
>>147805159
Stop strangling all of my Germans.
>>147805619
Ye.
>>147805874
No.
>>147805959
you know I'm kind of glad I was never in that thread
havent played since alien hunters came out
there are alot more mutons sectiods and snakes
less lancers and troopers
the AI seems to be less suicidal, which ironically makes it easier since in a prolonged engagement i will come out better and have to deal with less healtime
>>147806330
It was the last /k/ thread I went to I dont really go there anymore other than tread threads but thats beside the point
Can psionic soldiers get AWC perks?
Havent played since day 2 of alien hunters because of an unholy streak of computer trouble potentially involving gypsy curses and i have two questions.
1) Is there a patch to disable alien hunter DLC completely without having to uninstall the dlc, or is it still just the story mission that gets disabled.
2) Is shens gift not shit?
>>147806932
I think you are able to choose which DLC you want active when you're starting a new game, yes.
>>147806932
If Enemy Within Mecs are 10/10, then Shen's Last gift is about 5-6/10, I'd say. Much more fun than Alien Hunters anyway.
>>147790790
>Oh man these SPARKs just can't keep up with my cheat mods.
>>147807749
Aww yiss, pissed me off that i had to play with the ayy leaders no matter what.
>>147807810
Better than expected, i suppose it's unreasonable to expect the same level of shit as EW mec's.
Time to get my autism on.
>>147808679
Do it from steam, not in game. In game only disables the mission, the rulers will still show up. Pretty early too.
I updated my mod with the shotgun.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=707170261&tscn=1467972932
Ayy removal soon fellow Xcum
>>147787441
Imagination is a wonderful thing. Like a women in fine lingerie is sometimes hotter than naked. Your brain fills in the gaps with great things, sometimes greater than reality. In case of old x-com vs new xcom, the aesthetics of the newer ones are downright repulsive for me.
>>147777314
>>147776693
They got slightly buffed in early game because Blademaster now gives early 100% hits. Late game they still fall off the damage curve and still get the overwatch penalty on Bladestorm but at least with the throwing axe and RAGE strike they are still decent in mobility
>>147810008
Repulsive? Because they didn't go with something that looked absolutly silly?
>>147808623
We need some SPARK cheat mods, Sparks with shotguns.
Is Capnbubs still incompatible with the last patch?
>>147811916
Auto shotguns fixed that for you
>>147812408
It's never been incompatibly. Another mod broke cosmetics in general, don't remember which one though. Something about long names or something.
>>147812408
No it works fine for me.
Bradford watches Attitude Era WWE tapes when no-one is looking.
All i remember from the last time i played was a Mec refused to fall to it's death and then went invisible, and then i lost a rookie and a grenadier.
So today i got to pick an "easy" mission, it said easy, but i assume that doesn't take into account that every pod is going to be 4+ ayys.
At least our bruiser is out of the infirmary and ready to bruise ayys.
>>147814284
It begins
>>147814634
Reeeeeee
How does the UFO hunter work? You can spend ages avoiding it's flight path and then suddenly it'll teleport on top of you.
>>147815270
Fug! Is that the church map? I love that map!
>>147811818
You must be familiar with uncanny valley effect, the entire art style does that to me.
>>147815371
The graphics are so far away from being in the uncanny that that's hilarious. Giving Firaxis far too much credit.
>>147815334
Well, it's a church map. Unfortunately it's also an "can't kill priest and he keeps healing everyone" episode.
>>147815634
I fucking love bruisers.
Is it feasible to delay the blacksite (on Legend) until the avatar timer kicks in and then just go all out taking out blacksites?
I'm doing fine in the random missions where there's usually just 3-4 pods. But my guys run out of steam on the blacksite.
>>147815764
Also, what happens if you take out a normal blacksite while the story one is still on the board? The normal ones are fairly easy, even for me.
>>147815716
I never tried any custom classes, and I'm looking to do a new campaign soon long war style(a better style, prolonged timers, grenade fall off, etc).
I have no idea which custom classes are good, and how they even interact with the game. Which ones would you say would fit in with the long war style campaign? And on that matter, how does it interact with say, the gatecrasher rookies?
>>147816493
*A Better Advent
Also another question, did anyone try this?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=618390218
Is it worth taking a frost bomb over a damaging grenade before the rulers show up?
>>147816493
Well, i for one recommend Bruiser. It's fun.
I also use
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=652910710
Which are supposed to be similar to Long Dong, and
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=632648555
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=658531225
Lucubration classes. I also have a "spec ops" class installed but i haven't gotten a chance to try them out, well, to be more accurate, i got one and then a stun lancer force fed her a stun rod and she's been in the infirmary since.
>>147815371
The data for the uncanny valley were averaged from all participants. Not everyone perceives it at the same likeness level.
>>147815716
Mission went surprisingly well, only our rookie got hurt, but no one cares about rookies.
>>147746352
What helmet is that?
>>147820246
I think it might be this
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=674065294
>>147817930
Just got a spooky cutscene, looks like Bradford wants us to get Sparks right now. I don't have T2 armor yet but what the hell.
>>147821594
>difficult
Welp, here we go
>>147822284
Those niggas look cool
>>147814284
>>147822284
Heyyy, Robinson is still alive.
>same last 3 digits on both posts
Good luck, Commander. That mission looks difficult with your tech level, but clearly luck is on your side.
>>147822284
>smoke grenade
wasted slot desu fami
>>147822852
i confess i always wonder whether people are typing desu ironically now or if it's being replaced. i don't even remember what word gets replaced with it
>>147815764
>>147815927
So blacksite refers to the story mission, you're thinking of facility assaults. Its feasible, just not easy because on legend the first alien facility can spawn farther away on the map. You really have to prioritize making new contacts if you want it to work, which can be tricky while also juggling early game pursuits like engineers, supplys, intel, and getting a GTS and AWC up. Basically its not going to just happen, you will actually need to shift your focus to make sure it happens.
>>147817295
Frost bombs are extremely powerful, I would say yes, though I personally don't have to much experience using them. Certainly on any mission without a super strict time limit they are worth it early game, and then once you hit mid game they will always be good.
>>147804115
you still have to change them manually on the soldier customization screen, i just changed the available tints so you can match them with the flag colors which wasn't possible to do with vanilla tints, or you can just get it for different tints that weren't in vanilla
>>147822802
>>147822852
>>147822595
Holy fuck this mission is long, no wonder they made a specific menu screen for it in case you have to stop midway, because that's exactly what i have to do.
And Robinson is 10/10 this nigga has no breaks.
>>147824920
And look at this fucking nigger. He didn't kill my ranger but what a dick.
Who do you equip the bolt caster on? On the specialist is tempting, but the reloads get in the way of the spec's abilities that only cost a single action, they're the go to guy for a stock and guardian obviously needs more than one shot.
>>147824437
t bh desu
>>147826484
Just give an extended mag onto the bolt caster nigga
what could go wrong
>>147822284
I did that mission with 4 soldiers. Fuck THAT was difficult. And they were almost rookies at that. But here you are cheating with 8 soldiers instead. What a faggot.
>>147826850
>Just put this thing on that require a continent bonus that might not even appear.
10/10
>>147828098
>Not restarting your campaign until you get the continent bonuses you want
It's like you hate Gatecrasher or something, the most perfect mission in existence.
>>147828243
Is Gatecrasher really this meme worthy?
I remember first getting into the game and enabling the tutorial on Commander, and on hack the train tutorial mission, I ended up wiping three times. Next campaign was on Legendary, and yea Gatecrasher was eventful, but I got through it with just a small wound.
>>147828760
Gatecrasher bothers me, but I can't really put my finger on why. Maybe just because its always the same mission? I'm not really sure. That is the one thing that really sets it aside from all other x-com first missions, its the only one that isn't generated at random like the rest.
>post yfw expansion but no good T2/T3/SPARK customisation is added
>>147831091
Damn faceless
>>147831174
vigilante confetti
Think I'm finally gonna do a modded playthrough of X2 that actually changes the gameplay. All I've got under my belt right now is a finished Commander ironman (my first campaing) about 3 botched legendary attempts, and a legendary ironman that is currently at full gauss weapons, plated armor, all the special ammo and grenades I could want, and about to start pumping out plasma weapons with a healthy roster (probably on track to victory, only a matter of time).
What have you guys tried in order spice up the X2 formula in terms of gameplay? Any collection of mods that you have found to make an interesting expericne?
I just discovered the hard way that having at least 9 soldiers in your squad completely fucks up the spawn. Landed on top of all the enemy pods in a supply raid, then spawned right next to the extract in the next mission with the VIP being literally in the corner of the other side of the map.
Is there a way to get around this problem? I prefer bigger scale engagements with huge pods.
https://xcom.com/news/en-xcom-2-gets-new-lws-perk-and-laser-pack-mods
>>147832668
A Better Advent to add a lot of variety to the game, and make it more difficult. Grab some timer extension/removal mods if you take it, since there's actual engagements which go on for a prolonged time
I like using Grenade Damage Falloff as well to stop being Grenadiers from being instagods and to give explosives a much needed nerf
>>147832881
aw shit nigga
LONG WAR CLASSES AND LASER TIER PACK
>>147832881
OH FUCK YES
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=719109968
>>147832881
>a tier between gauss and beam
Now all we need is another tier between ballistic and gauss.
>>147832778
nvm found my answer
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=637375137
This will go well with the long war class pack, I guess.
>>147832778
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=637375137
Its currently not updated for Shen's last gift, the mod author says he should have it fixed by this coming Monday.
>all those new/reworked classes
>all those new perks
>all those new PCS items
>motherfucking laser guns
>>147831174
vigilus confidus my fellow human
>>147833068
>NEW PERKS
Aggression
Airdrop
Area Suppression
Bastion
Boosted Cores
Bring 'Em On
Center Mass
Close and Personal
Close Combat Specialist
Close Encounters
Clutch Shot
Combat Awareness
Combat Rush
Commissar
Covert
Cutthroat
Cyclic Fire
Damage Control
Damn Good Ground
Danger Zone
Dense Smoke
Depth Perception
Double Tap
Emergency Life Support
Evasive
Executioner
Extra Conditioning
Field Surgeon
Flashbanger
Fleche
Formidable
Full Kit
Ghostwalker
Grazing Fire
Gunslinger
Hard Target
Hit and Run
Hyper-Reactive Pupils
Impact Fields
Infighter
Interference
Iron Curtain
Iron Skin
Killer Instinct
Kubikuri
Lethal
Light 'Em Up
Lightning Reflexes_LW
Lockdown
Locked On
Lone Wolf
Low Profile
Precision Shot
Rapid Deployment
Rapid Reaction
Resilience
Run And Gun_LW
Savior
Sentinel_LW
Slash_LW
Slug Shot
Smart Macrophages
Smoke Grenade
Snap Shot
Steady Weapon
Sting Grenades
Suppression_LW
Tactical Sense
Traverse Fire
Trench Gun
Trojan
Walk Fire
Will to Survive
>New items, collectible as loot during missions
Depth Perception PCS
Hyper-Reactive Pupils PCS
Combat Awareness PCS
Combat Rush PCS
Impact Fields PCS
Damage Control PCS
Body Shield PCS
Emergency Life Support PCS
Iron Skin PCS
Smart Macrophages PCS
>>147832881
Oh my, could be the addition that tips the scale and gets me back playing.
The other dlc by itself wasnt enough but this should make it interesting if its balanced.
>>147833387
Just found out about it, thanks for helping nonetheless.
>>147833656
I doubt it'll be balanced. When you rework things on such a large scale and add that many perks, things are going to be a bit wild.
If this is the thing which dictates if you come back or not, wait a week or two for feedback to pile in and for them to rebalance what's needed.
>>147833271
>>147833068
>>147832881
>Capnbubs once again saving the artstyle
BASED
A
S
E
D
>>147833854
>Lead Artist: Chris "CapnBubs" Mansell
I"m glad his talents were being put to good use.
>>147833796
yea thats a good idea, they'll need a ton of players to filter out all the issues before its solid balance wise
Laser pistol
>>147834228
I mean you can always use the Improve Enemy AI, A Better Advent mod plus the submods that add an ass-load of additional ayyys per pod to crank up the difficulty level to balance out the power creep in the player's favor with all these new shiny shit
New abilities description:
http://pastebin.com/KFzB1Yv7
>>147835342
Thanks
>updating old designs with extra realism/greeble thats in line with the art style
>not awful OCs that dont fit the art style
Yes
>>147816652
>https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=618390218
I did and its hella fun when combined with A Better Advent's AI. 11/10 would suffer again
>>147835342
>Hard Target - Gain 5 dodge per enemy you can see, up to a maximum of +50
Dodge Tanks incoming.
>>147827105
>>147825060
Your mom is a cheat. I guess it's to be expected that IESS+ wouldn't work here, but i am a bit disappointed that i'm not drowning in these mecs.
Although i must admit, i didn't expect them to start raining from the sky.
>>147835342
>Trench Gun - Special shot for primary-weapon shotguns only: Fire a short-range cone-based attack at nearby targets. Three-turn cooldown. Shot will not penetrate heavy cover.
That's pretty cool. Like a mini shredder shot.
>>147835859
Haven't played X2 but if dodge is a renamed defense that's just gonna make the ayys shoot everyone else.
LW laser pack description:
http://pastebin.com/MAKSWmVQ
>13 oct 2015
>>147836115
Also Julian is a faggot, those are fighting words.
>>147835342
>Commissar - Pistol shots against allies who have been mind-controlled by enemies have +50 to hit, cannot be dodged, and AUTOMATICALLY KILLS THE TARGET IF IT HITS.
The absolute madmen.
>>147836146
Dodge is a percentage chance to halve damage, so its actually is a good tank stat, unlike defense.
>>147836309
Oh shit nigger
>Shinobi
The fuck is this weeb bulshit
>>147836505
Wait
So if I'm understanding that correctly, if one of your soldiers has been MCd, you can pull out a pistol and just execute that soldier?
Why
>>147836570
>all that fucking armor
OH SHIT NIGGER
>Spark says he could use his rocket to shred the Sectopod's armor
>mfw i already used the fucking rocket
JUST
>SPARKs finally out
I can finally have the cyberpunk squad I've been meaning to field and ultimately lose.
>>147836714
>shooting with the person who can carry you the entire fight with her abilities
>>147836505
As a good reference it is, it sounds pretty retarded and pointless for the Xcom gameplay
>>147836702
Because Imperial Guard roleplay
>>147836714
Oh, nevermind, i guess he meant his normal rifle.
>>147836860
Keep SPARK up high so all the enemies won't default to shooting him and ultimately kill him.
>>147836702
Because why not. Obviously in a standard game this will never be useful, but hey, maybe in some reworked gampeplay mods where drowning the enemy in bodies is a valid strategy it can be nice.
>>147836835
If you had the game modded to function more like og x-com I might use this ability.
so what sort of functionality does the longdong droolbawks give the modded perks, because frankly i refuse to use that shit after it broke so many fucking times
>>147836935
Something about this screen is very well framed. It's very aesthetically appealing. Like the rule of thirds and contrast are spot on.
>>147836810
It was an overwatch shot when the sectopod activated
>>147836935
>>147836860
My poor poor Spark is sitting in the middle because for some reason i didn't think the Sectopod would have friends.
>>147836570
>Perfect oportunity for a EU/EW sectopod
>Is the new version
This is why you lost Julian
>>147835342
>Interference - Gremlin cancels overwatch on targeted unit. Use three times per battle. Only costs 1 action.
Pretty useful, single action abilities are what make specialists excellent.
So we actually have SHIVs now in real life that can go and blow up people?
>>147837180
EU Sectopods are piloted by sectoids. That wouldn't make sense for a decades dormant one to be since the Sectoid would probably be dead.
>>147837287
We've had them since before XCOM EU
>>147835342
>Snap Shot - ou may take standard shots and enter standard overwatch with your sniper rifle after moving, but you suffer severe range penalties beyond 5 tiles of squadsight range on all shots. Suffers extreme aim penalties at targets beyond 22 tiles range on all shots. Reduces close range penalties by 1/3 relative to normal sniper rifles.
New Snapshot actually looks really strong.
>>147837396
>EU Sectopods are piloted by sectoids.
Where did this myth start? Are you thinking of the Bureau?
>>147837287
>we actually have SHIVs now
Anon, we had SHIVs for a decade
>>147837149
>>147837180
It begins.
>>147828760
>hack the trainOUTCOME?
Dallas map when
>>147837526
Good, sharpshooters take way too long to get going in vanilla.
>>147837287
They had to use a robot so dindus can't blame whitey.
>>147835342
>Kubikiri-Special shot against most enemies who have taken any damage: Any critical hit kills them, but regular hits do half damage. Requires two actions and has a 4-turn cooldown."
Pretty cool.
>>147835342
>Trojan-Enemy units that are hacked take damage and lose their actions on the turn the hack effect ends. Enemy units hacked by Haywire Protocol take 0 to 8 damage.
That's a really nice buff.
>“We saw no other option than to use our bomb robot and place a device on its extension to detonate where the suspect was,” Brown said, adding that, “other options would have exposed our officers to grave danger.”
THAT SHIV GAVE IT'S LIFE FOR DALLAS
ONE LIKE = ONE PRAYER FOR DALLASHIV
>>147838139
Killed by a gremlin, serves that fag right.
>>147835342
>Field Surgeon
Field Surgeon
>Field Surgeon
Field Surgeon
>Field Surgeon
Field Surgeon
AYYY its back! At least it stacks this time kek.
>>147839002
Well that mission was pretty easy, until it wasn't. We lost a sergeant Ranger so things aren't looking good, as usual.
>>147744650
I gotta ask as a creator myself, how did you position the effects to come from the barrels?
>>147835342
>Sting Grenades - Your flashbangs have a chance to stun enemies.
Pretty cool, doesn't list the chance of stunning though.
>Airdrop - Grants an explosive grenade to the targeted ally
Kinda Weird
>Iron Curtain.- Special shot that does half damage but reduces target mobility for the following two turns. Cone-based attack with primary weapon.
Sounds like they had Lancers in mind here.
>Mind Merge - Grants bonus will and ablative hit points to an ally until the beginning of the player's next turn.
Mind Merge gives a shield dependent on the user's will. Can be upgraded to Soul Merge.
Well, that's everything I found interesting reading through the perks. Lot's of returning Long War and X1 perks in there obviously.
>>147833305
Yes it's called ammunition types.
>>147838374
DIDNT DOO NUFFIN'
HE WAZ A GOO BOI
>>147839180
Also
>now we can build more sparks through the proving grounds commander!
>i don't even have proving grounds yet
Shen why
>>147839248
It's positioned through the socket system. If you open the Xcom2 Editor and go to XcomGame/Content/Xcom_2/Packages/GameData/Weapons/Weapon_Types/Beam/WP_Cannon_BM, in there you'll see 2 Archetypes, one that starts with WP and one that starts with PJ.
The PJ one, which stands for Projectile(i guess) controls, well, the projectile. If you open it you'll get a new window with a bunch of projectile elements, usually the first controls the projectile itself, others control other things like the sound and stuff. Anyway, the first will usually say something like "Main_Beam - Hit/Miss" in the first line, and in one of the lines below it says Muzzle Socket Name, and in this case it says the socket is "gun_fire". That is what controls where the projectile is shot from.
That said, the projectile archetype doesn't control all the effects that play when a weapon fires.
>tfw based a workout routine on XCOM's soundtrack
>Base music Phase 1-3 are warmups
>Squad loadout is short jog
>Battle music for full sprint
>transition to XCOM 2's music for cooldown from sprint
>XCOM 2 battle music for heavy lifting
>>147840236
Didn't know it used sockets, good to know.
>>147840236
Other effects are set up on the animations themselves, in the case of weapons, they usually have a specific unique animation for that weapon that plays the effects. So, you go to the animation which is in this case in under weapons under packages and so on, and you open the animation and you get the animset editor or something.
Which is divided in a million windows and tabs and stuff, at the top left window it has a tab that says "Anim" and these are the animations inside this animset, you pick one and if it has an anime effect, it will say on the model window with blue text(sound and other things have different colors), so in this case it has a muzzleflash.
So, on the bottom left window you go to anim sequence and it will have a notify, open it up and it'll say what particle effect it plays, when it plays and on what socket it plays it. When it plays it is very easy to change, you can just click on the name of the effect on the model window and drag it around.
Sockets are set on the socket manager, the red icon at the top, you click it and it opens the socket manager window, where everything should be self explanatory, you click new socket, then it asks you what bone you want it to be parented to, and then the socket name, and then it creates it.
Once the socket is created you can just drag it or rotate it around in the model window to where you want it to be.
So in my case, for that shotgun i just basically made extra sockets, moved them around so they're on the barrels, and then on the projectile manager i duplicated the ones that control the projectile itself and then made them use the other 2 sockets. ezpz
>>147840819
Also you probably don't want to duplicate or triple or anything the lensflare effect, otherwise you'll go blind whenever you fire your gun.
>>147840819
Alright, thanks for all that. I just need to figure out how to model and texture properly and then I could have some custom weapons for the enemies I'm making
>>147841843
>for the enemies I'm making
What do you have in mind?
>>147841843
please make enemies
i need to suffer more
>>147841961
I was thinking about some kind of Kingsguard for the alien rulers to spawn with, and some others that will probably go under massive changes before actually being made. I've also got a babby chryssalid that's technically working but doesn't want to attack, so I'm debugging that.
>>147842198
Cool, I look foward to it.
What kinda stats do the baby lids have? Do you have a screenshot of one?
>>147842198
>I was thinking about some kind of Kingsguard for the alien rulers
>finally get somewhat into a new Playthrough
-Long War Studios released two new modpacks
Should I restart?
>>147842305
Before you asked, I already fixed the floating. I'm reinstalling the SDK right now so I can't tell you everything, but I think I took out poison and added mobility citing that they were too young for poison glands. Every other stat is probably going to change before release.
>>147834621
>>147833271
>>147832881
>they didn't make a laser for the robots
>>147842713
I don't think you need a new playthrough for the lasers, but you probably do for the perks. So... Dunnolol.
>>147842713
Probably not, its gonna take awhile to figure out to incorporate all the new stuff, playtest, iron bugs, figure out what works and what doesn't, etc.
>>147842741
Looks as large as a normal lid, will it be smaller?
>>147842756
that's because SPARKS are a shit
A
SHIT
>>147842903
Yeah. I think that's scaled down to 70% and just looks as big because it's floating, but I think the current version is around 50-60%.
>>147842957
anon i think you just might be a shit yourself.
>>147842974
Ok. You should make tiny spider variants. Like 1 health alien cockroaches. It would be pretty cool if you could have multiple "units" in the same tile and make like a one to four tile swarm.
I'm not really feeling this piece meal approach guys
How long 'till they release big fat modpack like EU/EW? If they ever will that is
>>147843163
It's already in development. There were SDK leaks showing things labeled XPACK with new environments like Abandoned, coastal, maintenance shafts and tunnels.
>>147843163
The Long War guys? Probably never, they are literally being contracted by Firaxis right now for their work. I mean, they are supposed to be working on their own game.
>>147843321
>The tiberium from the novel is finally explained
>Joseph D Kucan shows up
>>147843323
if Firaxis likes them so much why didn't they just buy Long Dong Studio and officially employ them
>>147843574
Because J. Lump wants to do his own thing. I'm pretty sure most of the original Long War team would be hired by Firaxis if they wanted to be there.
>>147843773
I can imagine the heated discussion between Jake and JL regarding art style if the LW team got hired
>>147843897
I can't
>>147843120
So have a unit that's like a fourth of a tile? The engine doesn't allow for units smaller than one tile. I tried it before and the mod doesn't build.
>>147844136
>I tried it before and the mod doesn't build.
That's too bad. Maybe at one points someone could make a unit that "looks" like a swarm, but is technically all one unit.
>>147843897
i can also imagine the arguing between jake and JL about how to balance, bug fix, and treat the community properly
>Jake: But I wanna be a shitter and make modders debug everything for me
>JL: No Jake, you can't actually do that. Stop it.
>>147843897
>JL
>not Bubs
>>147844336
What is this garbage. You don't actually believe this do you?
>>147844338
Bubs is just a part of JL's magnificence now
>>147843897
And then the next day Jake and JL get into an argument over game design.
>>147844336
>>147843897
>there are people in this universe right now that believe this would happen
>>147844336
>when memes go too far
Think I'm gonna do a LWS playthrough now they got a decent bit out.
Gimme some Toolbox options to use
>>147844758
I don't know if that's a good idea, the Toolbox hasn't been updated for the final DLC.
>>147843897
>TACTICOOL
>MAD MAX
>OPERATOR
>MUH OUTLANDISH CYBERPUNK
>>147844336
>If they find a tactic, we'll nerf it
>But JL, that's not fun
>the real fun is the game between the player and the developer; they cannot win
>>147843897
And then Dragonpunk sticks their head in the room, only for both of them to tell them to fuck off.
>>147844961
>the real fun is the game between the player and the developer; they cannot win
I wanna kek but I know that this is how he actually thinks
>>147842903
>Probably not, its gonna take awhile to figure out to incorporate all the new stuff, playtest, iron bugs, figure out what works and what doesn't, etc.
Good point. Thanks
>>147845245
Yea, after living through long dongs development, I'm convinced this guy foams at the mouth at the first sign of something being even remotely more useful than intended
I still remember the battlescanner fiasco. Goddamn magnificent design
>>147845798
>>147845798
>>147845798
New Campaign
>>147813958
bro i do that