XCOM General - /xcg/

>>148933632
MODS ARE ASLEEP, POST SNIPERS

>>148933464
Some guy made a mod that added a bunch of hats and shit, including a chicken mask.
Some other guy made a mod that added baseball bats.
I couldn't resist.

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Pistols are Useful.

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pistols are useful

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>>148934007

Boy has Gunslinger saved the day far more times than I can remember.

>>148933762

Would gladly post some but we have been quite close to the image limit in the past few threads so I recommend saving that for when it's needed.

Can post them in the previous thread instead.

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I'm tired squirtle.

I finished the cannon, but i decided to change the color of the icons from the generic blue and green to orange blue contrast, because autism. So i wont upload it until tomorrow/later today after i sleep and finish changing the icons of the previous weapons.

Also i had this cool idea in my head about slapping an Advent Laptop thingy to the scope attachment, unfortunately after i finished the model and texture and everything, it occurred to me that the keyboard on the laptop is ridiculously small(oops), at least it should be pretty rare to get to see the keyboard, but we can also pretend that there's advent midgets in charge of their computers. Or maybe in the future laptops will have keyboards as small and annoying as phones.

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>>148935646

Looking great.

Keep it up.

>>148937346
>no snek on vocals
>no berserker on drums

0/10

I had a horrible nightmare this morning. My modded iron man game glitched out, which caused muton pods to walk around the map in real time while I was trying to take my turn.
Hold me.

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>>148937346
>No lead snek singer
Their loss!
Also S N E K.

>>148939598
>>in real time

Then you are playing XCOM: FPS

Nothing wrong with that.

>>148940348
>XCOM: FPS
There's quite a few things wrong with playing The Bureau.

>>148940348
Maybe it's Apocalypse.

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What kinda pod do you want, famcom?

>>148941161
Make sure to skulljack her before taking out the rest of the pod, I'm sure it'll go just fine.

>>148941449
Oh, it'll kill the Codex instantly, right? Cool.

You can't fool me that easily, thinmint.

>>148937346
well done
>>148937708
>>148940345
snekfags you are the worst
ill make sure to brutally murder atleast dozens of vipers today

>>148917948
You can plop in ABA mid-campaign easily enough. You might have a few zero enemy missions where they'd already generated a mission, but you won't have any problems.

How on earth do I make my model import right? I've copied everything I can think of from an existing helmet onto mine, but I just get "Import failed" when I try to import it as a skeletal mesh.

>>148942942
>snekfags you are the worst ill make sure to brutally murder atleast dozens of vipers today
Anon that's not how you cuddle with a Viper.

>>148943464
I'd let the sneks cuddle with my buckshot if you know what I mean.

>>148943692
That sounds remarkably lewd, Anon, reminder that this IS a blue board!

First attempt of enemy within: Ironman impossible: solo madman: ayy lmao harder: assault edition ended in failure on the first terror mission. Got overrun by lids and baby lids, but i also got fucked over by taking a hit in the second mission which made me miss the first ufo. Honestly, it seems doable, assuming you really work hard at controlling how many pods you have activated. High to-crit chances with the shotgun are awesome, though. Having that minimum of six crit damage is excellent.

>>148942942
>snekfags the worst
>not weeayyboos like >>148934707
shiggy diggy

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>>148943464
>cuddle with a Viper
Obligatory comfy snek post. :3

Unrelated to sneks, my reinforcements during Avenger defense couldn't move or do anything. Did anyone else had that happen? I'm guessing it's the perk pack.

>>148946128
>Ironman Impossible
>Solo
That honestly sounds like such a chore.

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>it's a "can't get past Gatecrasher without losing half the team" day

>>148946128
Sniper again seems the best choice. This time around i'll be experimenting with reaper rounds
>>148946359
it is, but it's fun.
>tfw you finish the first medium ufo and get Lone Wolf

>>148946557
Now, since pistols can't one-shot sectoids on Impossible with Gunslinger 100% reliably, it seems to me like there's really no reason not to go Training Roulette on the sniper

Are there any trainers that can remove wound times?
My best soldier glitched out and doesn't recover HP at all.

Is Assault OP in the LW perk mod?

>>148950224
Easily the best class (once again), and yes, pretty OP.

>tfw Ethereals with Ruler Reactions never ever

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alright what the fuck is this...

>>148949209
please respond ;_7

>>148950576
Don't know how I feel about Fleche

>>148951794
>using swords

>>148951794
It's bretty gud. It's ability to instantly remove a troublesome enemy is spectacular but half the time it aggros another pod so you can't just use it every time without scouting. And hey once your shinobi scout is done scouting HE can fleche too.

>>148951498
Okay so mod conflict either with LW Officer Mod or "Smart" Overwatch Mod or just running the fuck out of buttons.

Works with the Cosmetics, thank you anons from previous threads.

Is there a bug where you press R and you use another ability? Or am I just fat fingering.

Why hasn't Beagle attacked a blacksite in his YouTube series? Are there any benefits from avoiding it or does he just not think it's important?

>>148954417
If a facility spawns in the middle of nowhere and can't get to it in time having the blacksite available is useful.

>>148951498
That's a vanilla XCOM 2 warning against bringing only SPARKS on a Dark VIP mission, I think. It's probably not supposed to show up on an empty squad select screen, but it happened for me too.

>>148955090
This or you're doing the ADVENT Forge mission.
The latter requiring you to carry the stasis suit out.

On that note, does anyone know of the triple MEC LOS-Breaking wall works in Xcom2?

>>148954143
Happened to me recently, selected unit threw a grenade in a seemingly random direction.

>>148951782
There are console commands, but honestly I haven't investigated yet for X2. Your best bet is probably just doing some google searching, and I vaguely remember their being a reddit thread on it. Also it could be a mod conflict, or broken mod.

>>148955242
Would be pretty easy to test with a single MEC. Just find heavy cover at the end of wall or something where the soldier can only peak to one side to see ayys, and place the MEC in the tile.

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Why is this armor so good, and why is it so late tier in tech. I know the chain mail bikini trope, but this is ridiculous.

is the long war perk mod balanced well, it should I wait for it to be tweaked some?

>>148957570
Long War perk mod is balanced for Long War Alien Pack. Use it with something like ABA: Better Pods +.

>>148957750
What do we even know about the Alien pack? I hate how the two weren't released together. I feel that if I use ABA now, I'll just end up scrapping the run for the ayy pack.

>>148958051
Nothing. LWS is learning to be close-mouthed to be professional. They won't even talk about patch scheduling anymore.

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>>148958051
>What do we even know about the Alien pack
Nothing

>>148958123
>>148958113
Any theories being thrown around? What are the odds of getting floaters since we now have Archons?

The wait is killing me, I'm so close to starting another LW run on XCOM 1, but then I remember the air combat and other bullshit I've had my fill of.

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I'm loading up to go engage the Star Gods in glorious combat. I'll be fighting them on a terror mission, so its going to be a full engagement with sectopods (145 front armor) and a full complement of ethereals using psi shenanigans. I intend to fight until victory is no longer achievable.

I've fought some skirmishes with the star gods, even tried my hand at a full battle but I wasn't prepared for a slugging match.

This time I'm packing a full 26 man crew with high psi power stats. They all are wearing armor that boosts psi power and has a 60% resistance to plasma weapons (on top of bonus stamina and time units, very good armor, would reccomend [Novice]).
My crew is packing a mix of Heavy explosives, Heavy and sniper gauss, Satchel charges, alien grenades, Panzerfausts, Telsa Coils, and Super Shotguns.

>>148958878
I think all we know is that there are 10 new ayys. My guess is that we'll see "upgraded" variants of the main game ayys, like that Centurion or Rulers.

>>148958878

They haven't released anything to even give a hint, I have no idea what to expect. New aliens (new animations and models) would be fantastic (including imports from X1) and not out of the realm of possibilities, but there is literally no way to know. We are more likely to see recolors like the Muton Centurion.

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MAKE IT STOP

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>>148959102
My early hopes of limiting the amount of my units being spotted to limit exposure to psi attacks is immediately dashed by a cyclops that started in front of my ship.

Cyclops have almost no real offensive capabilites, but they have extremely high resistances, armor, and health. This one goes does after getting hit by 5 heavy Gauss shots (100 piercing damage).

>>148959102
Star Gods don't seem to bother psyking my gals much. Though I've mostly seen cyclopses and waspites. Fucking waspites.

And why are you playing on a postage stamp? It's not even filling up a 640x480 image.

>>148954594
I see, I just got rekt by the game too and had the facility spawn on the other end of the world. Will keep this in mind, thanks

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>>148959619
Looks like I've been jipped. Even after being spotted I didn't get hit by any psi attacks, meaning there are no ethereals and probably no sectopods.

Looks like they just sent cyclops and waspites for their dirty work. It might still be a tough fight, but its not going to be that interesting, so I'm not going to do a play by play, will probably just post the mission results with a summary.

>>148959949
If they have real ethereals they will spam psi attacks non-stop. Psi panic and mind control. Sometimes they launch terror mission without any real ethereals.

I play on this screen size because I have a habit of browsing 4chan, watching videos, or watching streams at the same time as I'm playing x-com. I can see everything fine, so making the window bigger doesn't change anything for me.

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I didn't know mecs could fly.

>>148961872
looks like he didn't fly so good

>>148943424

Did you read the XCOM2Mods_SkeletalMeshImportExport doc that comes with the sdk? Did you read this?

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=623181918

If you did it like those said, then idunno lol

>>148956530
Clearly they're just fighting harder. They want to get home as quickly as possible to remove the outfit.

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>>148960336
Just as I thought, pretty boring, also easy. The good news is I got 5 live cyclopsi and recovered some flachette shotguns, so hopefully this will lead to some science.

>>148963101
>cyclopsi
Jesus christ, cyclopes.

>>148963383
>cyclopes
Chill out Odysseus

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>tfw no xcom bf to bully you about playing on commander instead of legend

>>148965532
There's nothing wrong with playing on Commander as long as it's Ironman.

>>148965913
It is but I still want a bf who's gud at something besides meme muscle memory souls

>>148966674
>wanting a bf at all

>>148966823
>not liking cock in your qt bp
What are you, some kind of weirdo?

>>148967225
fagfasgs please leave

>>148967225
No one make me bleed my own blood.

>>148966674
>souls games
>muscle memory
How are you so fucking casual you can't reaction dodge attacks that are telegraphed for like 10 seconds, just fucking kill yourself please.

>>148967457
I'm not the souls shitter though he is

XCOM2 and all DLC are on sale at Greenmangaming (56%).

XCOM EU is 6.75

>>148935646
WORK HARDER

NICE JOB

what is the best way to deal with exalt heavys/exalt troops in general ?

the fucking rocket launchers fuck my shit up

>>148970512
Snipers and assaults, like everything in EW

>>148970949
>ignoring the glory of shredding 8+ exalt

>>148970512
Hack comm relays

Literally the only danger then becomes possible grenades from operatives, but you can easily focus them down.

Send in an op with 15+ mobility, then when the mission comes? If it's an extraction, let your op solo the mission by chaining relays, breaking LOS if needed, and just get the fuck out in 3-4 turns. If it's data recovery, bring as much firepower as you humanely can. Fuck smokes and medkits and everything else, replace them with grenades. Your cover will be the op disabling the map if EXALT survive to react

Will there EVER be a mod to get rid of the randomly exploding cars in X2? I've had times where flashbangs set them off, or even better a car way away from any action just decided to explode when a single shot had not even been fired in that general direction.

>>148971363
That's clearly intended though. The aliens know you're coming, they just don't know where. Why not rig civilian cars to easily explode on the slightest irregularity to deny you cover and potentially damage/kill a few troops? They're nearly everywhere, so they can do it knowing that wherever you show up, you'll be affected by it!

>>148971689
this is what i tend to think when I play. The ayys rig the cars to explode when you show up. Makes it more sensible.

Should I get Total Warhammer?

>>148973035
I guess

>>148973035
maybe

>>148973035
yes

>>148973035
could you repeat the question?

>>148974231
Total War: Warhammer
Should I get it?

>>148974823
I mean, it's a strange question to ask in /xcg/, but oh well, if you have the money for it, and you think you'll enjoy it, then by all means, go ahead.

>>148974823
no

>pure virtual function being called while application was running (gisrunning == 1)

Kill me.

>>148974823
>>148973035
i'm not sure

>>148974823

Do you have a couple hundred dollars to spend on the 60 million dlc they have planned for the game? If you do then sure why not?

>>148975009
killme.exe
pure virtual function being called while application was running (gisrunning == 1)

>>148967225
>wants to stuff a qt bp
>is good at X2
>internet romances aren't real things
Life is suffering.

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>>148943424
If you're using blender, make sure that when you export as .fbx you have only the skeleton and the mesh selected and that you have Add Leaf Bones deselected.

T2 weapons or armor first?

>>148976712
>getting hit

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>>148970172

Your wish is my command.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=707170261

Released the cannon and some fixes and changes and stuff.

>>148977302
Good work anon.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=726644031

We tech tree now

>>148977302
You was kangs and shiet

In other words, good work, anon. You're a champion.

>>148978076
This looks like garbage. From the description, to the busy visuals and rainbow-vomit icons.

The tech "tree" isn't even complicated in the slightest.

Is it a viable strategy to rush for psi ops early on?
First time playing XCOM 2 properly after EW and I'll try commander and I want psi ops early on. But I'm wondering if it's going to cripple me early on. I don't have gameplay mods outside of UI fixes really.

>>148979857
its viable but honestly you want mag rifles so you don't die like a bitch when your psi ops are wounded

>>148976958
You need good amounts of luck to not get hit in the early game.
I'd invite you to prove me wrong, but you can't.

>>148983210
You're still gonna want mag weapons first. Especially considering timed missions, simply surviving won't make you successful.

So do the minor/major avatar progress breakthrough dark events always stack the progress on alien facilities?

>>148983627
yes.

>>148965532
Commander and Legend are basically the same thing except for the geoscape.

>>148985182
Definitely not.

Okay, so I think I'm ready for another campaign. I've already done Commander, and Ironman Commander, but it's been a few months since I played.

Should I ease back into the the game with another Ironman Commander, or just go straight for Legend? Not doing L/I.

>>148985606
Ironman Commander with ABA and Better Pods.
Have fun.

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Snek sux they dont even put out

>>148985804
yeah but look how smug they are about it, and we all know smug girls are always the best

Finally managed to get a Cardinal to come stay with me. Cheeky git was looking for my base to invade it. Pirate research grind machine is back in motion.

Now I need to find a second one.

>>148959202
>>148959115
An enemy Mectoid revival would be awsome

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>>148985907

>>148985606
legend is another playground in itself with everything doubled timewise, no handholding and so on
just play on legend
>>148985182
>ive never played legend

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>>148985915
Nice. Make sure to get more then one reverend and cardinal.

I unlocked a very intriguing option recently. Still debating over whether to do it or not.

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>>148986078

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>>148986439

>>148985765
>>148986252
Alright, I think I'll try Legend a few times, but if that blows me out too much I'll fallback on an Ironman with those mods. Thanks for the input, I appreciate it!

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>>148986729

>>148986376
Bagged plenty of revs ages ago. And apparently I don't need a second cardinal after all. That's weird.

And yeah, that project doesn't really give you much. Other than the warm glow of making peace between man and ayy to piss off the etherials.

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why

>>148986376
What could possibly go wrong if you do that?

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>>148986810

>>148987215
I don't get it.

>>148987495

"Why is the avatar project a thing and why is it so shit and why do you get a doomsday clock when you fuck up instead of getting swarmed by ufos carrying 60 avatars"

>unlock everything in the soldier training room
>"might as well destroy it now"
>shoot down an UFO
>prepare to go there
>realize that I only have 4 soldier slots
>all the upgrades from it were removed
WHAT THE FUCK

>>148987231
If I'm reading it right, I think I'll stop getting missions with any of the minor factions, or at least they will be greatly reduced. Also if the government has anything I want it will be tougher.

So basically getting any tech from them could be very hard. I think I'll do some tech tree research before I decide.

>>148987867
>Not being on /xcg/ 24/7
This is your punishment.

>>148987867
Your soldiers are the best anyways, you'll be fine with only four for a mission or 3.

>>148987754
How about a mod that instead of getting a game over, with every point of avatar progress over a certain threshold the aliens get avatar reinforcements and buffs them further on random missions

>>148987953
It chantes one of the mission lookups. Government patrols get more common and are upgraded, and you don't get regular reticulan ships or bases. There's a nice new plasma gun, but it's not the nicest, and by now you can probably do better.

>>148988907
>It chantes one of the mission lookups
I'm not sure what this means.

>>148989238
At the begining of each month the game picks the alien missions: survey, build base, etc. I don't know exactly how it works, but there are a bunch of different groups - and once you complete that, it switches out one of those groups. So Ayys don't run trading missions any more, and government patrols are replaced with government fusion patrols.

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>>148986078

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>>148933762

>pic related overwhelmed earth's conventional forces
>pic related dies to small arms fire, and drones with tasers

>>148989818
No, listen, you don't understand.

They didn't have The Commander™ to lead them. It makes perfect sense.

>>148989818
Maybe they stripped out all the good parts after they determined it was overkill, like with stun lancers.

>>148989568
ok got it.

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>>148933632

I'd really love to see a Roadhog like ability with armor equipped with a grappling hook;

Basically something that has a chance to pull a target in line of sight out of cover and adjacent to the target who pulled it in as a single action.

>>148990302
You mean, like the snakeskin armor already does?

>>148990156
>after they determined it was overkill, like with stun lancers.

...isn't it the opposite? they used stun lancers to pacify revolts without bloodshed and them upped them to combat Xcom?

>>148990435

I haven't gotten that far with the game. I don't care for the alien hunter's DLC pack anyway.

>>148990462
Yeah that's how they upped them
With sectoid parts

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BIG

MEATY

PODS

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>>148990839
>that waifu pod
Muh heart.

>>148991096
>Codex
>Fit for anything other than the scrap heap

You're pulling my leg, right anon?

>>148991835
The nice thing about codexes are the built in trophies. See with humans you have to cut off the head, take it home get all the skin, muscle, hair, tissue off of it. Then you clean it all up and bleach. Lots of effort.

With the Codex, kill it, bam. Instantly a primed and ready trophy skull for your collection.

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>>148991835
>turning that delicious thigh gap into a scrap heap

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>>148993342
Holographic thigh gap. It's not real, and neither is your waifu.

>>148993508
Well, I never said she was perfect.
;_;

LW Sharpshooters are useless!

>>148995647
Take your garbage opinions elsewhere.

>>148996257
>Sharpshooter mad because Commander won't let him off the ship
Cute!

>>148995647
five


bluescreen


shots


one


turn

I do find the sniper tree kind of useless though, xcom 2 really pushes ambushes and fast, explosive engagements rather than epic long war shootouts

>>148995647
>snap shot + death from above + lethal
>best base aim in the game and better damage than rifles at a slightly longer range
>useless

nah

WHERE
IS
VAHLEN
WHERE IS SHE JAKE?

>>148996471
>I blame my incompetence on my soldiers
You know that rank and file soldiers aren't allowed here, this is a commander's only-board.

>>148997074
In the expansion.
Making more Rulers for you to wear.

Is there any balanced class mod on the workshop? Everything seems broken so far.

>>148997449
after she's done fucking them anyway

How do I beat the UFO-5 (the purple one) in enemy unknown?
I have 3 ravens in the hangar all with plasma cannons but it always gets away

>>148999256
You need a firestorm.

>>148999256
>>148999410
What he said, you're not going to have enough time to shoot it down without the Firestorm no matter how many boosts you give to your Ravens.

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>>148999854

>>148999256
you need firestorms or you're fucked m8

>tfw so used to restarting I deleted my perfect run on autopilot

Please kill me.

>>148999410
>>149000497
fuck are you serious
my oldest save doesn't have nearly enough time for them to get researched AND built
just cvck my shit up

>>149000758
What do you mean you don't have enough time? Haven't you been covering the world in sats.

>>149001246
n-no
I didn't build a single satelite until now and it had like 10 days left to get built
I did it though, with 4 ravens and my autism

>>149001427
How is that even possible. I want to commend you on getting that far, but you also completely screwed yourself.

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MNU gear/flag when?

>>149001809
Would rather have them sweet ayy guns.

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Time for Black Sites.
Post insertion pics.

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>>149002131
>lone soldier
M-Madman.

>>149002218
Not him, but If I could, I'd probably send out no one on LW covert extractions and let the operative solo it

As it stands I can't, so I usually grab the four nearest rookies with whatever they already have equipped and shove them into the skyranger

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It's just easy, right? She can do it, right?

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>>149003442
>inb4 pectoid pod
>mind controlled
S-Sure.

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>>149002040
>post insertion
>mfw
i've been browsing /d/ for too long.

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>>149003654
WE'LL MAKE IT

SGT. LEWIS AND THE OBJECTIVE VS THE WORLD

>>149003442
>>149003909
Godspeed, anon.

>>149003909
One mindspin is all it takes anon

>>148962278
>>148976585
I appreciate the assistance. Everything SEEMS to be in order. Did notice that re-importing my mesh rotates it onto it's side and blows the proportions up closer to it's original size

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>>149004464
Yeah, I retreated from the sectoid pod and decided to see if I can't take out the ADVENT pods first

I've got one axe which doesn't cost an action, so I plan to use it on our endgame boss sectoid

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>>149002040

>>>/v/345608668

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>>149005038
Alright /xcg/, it's time to decide

Objective has been lost, there's at least 4 ADVENT soldiers left, and another sectoid with our axe gone. Do I pull out, or did she know the risks when she signed up?

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>>149002040

>>149006006
She fucked up enough to let the objective go down. First step of the redemption is to kill the ayys responsible. To retreat is to get thrown out of the Avenger over the Arctic

Game keeps freezing every time i open the character pool

wat do

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>>148963498
Never

Because

Cyclops mod when

>>149006887
don't open the character pool

>>149004470

The rotation thing, well depending on how it's rotating it could be this

>In addition to the unit setup, all rigged meshes are oriented +X forward. They should be facing screen right when in front view.

Taken from the XCOM2Mods_DCCSceneSetup doc. I don't know what could be up with the proportions, except for some rigging issue.

>Second mission (first after Gatecrasher, Engineer mission)
>Sectoid drops loot
>Superior Laser Sight

How. This isn't supposed to happen, is it?

I started a new campaign and just realized I have both the Long War Gunner and the Escalation Gunner classes enabled and now I have one of each. What's the best way to get around this? Or, if I leave it, will I end up always twice as likely to have a gunner than every other class?

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>>149006741
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KX9MUSx0wtU

RIP

>>149010824
It was for the best, she went down fighting for the cause. A true model, showing that even in the face of defeat they won't back down

>>149008991
Yeah I'm pretty sure I have failed to do the rigging stuff correctly, as I have no idea what I'm doing.

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>snake pulls a soldier to her
>[muffled Solomon in the distance]
>they teleport underground

FIX

YOUR

GAME

>>149013634
That snek isn't elite just because anon, they learned burrow from lids

Should have known that

I got the spark, and Shen says she can work to mess with Julian to somehow upgrade the SPARK with it but... I dont see the option to tell her to proceed. Where am I meant to click?

About the RAGE armor, is it worth using it instead of a slash? I dont really see much point to it (it being the skill) since the only unit I really want in melee is the ranger and the ranger already has a run-in-and-kill skill.

The reason im asking is because im playing on Iron Man so I dont want to learn things by losing soldiers.

Oh, and would the bladestorm trigger if my ranger pulls an advent trooper to himself with the viper king suit?

>>149014092
It means that there's a Julian voice option. You get some dialogue when you select it for the first time.

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>>149002040
Tried to take a pic for my latest retaliation mission but it just skipped from a shot of the Skyranger to a black screen to the map, so here's an after-action screen instead.

>>149010824
>Screaming Laughter

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>>149013794

We need more snek ayy mods. Also that's a big sectopod.

>>149009919
It can, it's just very rare. I've had superior scopes drop before which completely trivialized the entire game since my sniper could hit had 100% hit chances vs people in full cover from the get go.

>>149014279
Uhmm thanks. It didnt trigger for me, so I guess thats why I was confused about it.

Also, why aren't there female spark voice mods? I dont understand why theres a gladOS and a Kusanagi voice mods, yet neither of them is for sparks.

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>>149015240
They probably predate Shen's Last Gift.

I'm surprised we got a CABAL voice pack as quickly as we did.

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>>149002040

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>trench gun crits 4 enemies for 20-22
>mfw
Trench gun should be fucking illegal it's practically a weapon of mass destruction.

>>149015279
HUG THAT SHIT
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>>148955090
>sparks cant carry units
JAKEEEE!!

>>149018967
>>149015279
B O X
O
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>Berserker Queen Shows up before any beserkers show up
>Big Daddies show up before any beserkers show up
Is my game fucked or am i just doing something wrong?

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>1 sectopod and 6 million ayys covering the extraction zone
>4 turns left
>reinforcements about to drop right next to the extraction zone

>>149019338
Berserkers only spawn during terror missions. Maybe you didn't get any terror missions before the short window where they appear most often?

>>148970512
Use the mod which eliminates exalt from the game.

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>>149019931

Fuck me, tried to run past all the clusterfuck and it didn't go too well. But i suppose losing 1 colonel out of 7 is better than losing all of them

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>>149023192

I blame a pod of 4 archons and 1 codex, i lost a lot of turns to cloning and getting dodge memed on by the archons and having them blow up an entire building with pinions, by the time it was over only 5 turns were left and everyone was fucked up.

>>149023192
F

>>149023192
>Bars at the bottom
So I've been curious for a while. Is it really just 'Kill X amount of ayys, receive promotion'? There's really no variance between killing a Sectoid and a Sectopod?

>>149023689
Pretty sure thats health

>>149023689
Not sure about XP/promotions but those bars are for HP.

>>149023808
>>149023837
Ah, okay. I had no clue what mod it was, so I was just guessing.

>>149014092
>About the RAGE armor, is it worth using it instead of a slash?
Tip: The Rage Attack option USES NO ACTIONS.

It doesn't say it, but that makes it REALLY useful for Grenadiers; three actions in one turn.

>>149023192
That's why you have a Tank Mec with Rainmaker. Tears through large pods like that in one shot and gives you many openings.

>>149023958
>mod

It's vanilla with DLC.

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>>149002040
>Try to take a pic as my soldiers zipline down
>Game freezes for a few moments and then changes the view to the tactical map completely covered in fog of war
>THIS is what the screenshot captures

Enjoy, I guess.

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>>149024527

My Mec was gravely wounded after a bunch of Muton demolishers and pyro troopers took a huge dump on it.

>>149024736
I meant Spark, and you can still bring them along and be viable with the Repair perk.

...every perk on the right tree for Sparks is useless.

>>148955090
If SPARKs can't carry people, then what good are their hands for?

>>149026261
punching and throwing

>>149026261

Punching niggers.

>>149026261
>He wants to be manhandled by a filthy robot
Degenerate.

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>>149002040
Lost that soldier on the right after she tanked a gatekeeper, 3 codices and finally an andromedon fist to the dome.

>>149026517
Goggles lady looks more important anyways.

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>>149023192
>tfw I lost an infantry nicknamed "desperado" as well

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>>149026261
"MY HANDS ARE BEST SUITED FOR DESTRUCTION."

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>>149026308
>>149026330
>>149026426
>>149027112
>tfw no one responds to your obvious bait harkening back to the release of shen's last gift and the sperg argument over why the robutts had hands and not just arm guns

>>148991096
>someone is still posting my cell phone camera pic
Holy shit.

>>149003875
Same.

>>149028185
anymore art book pics?

>>149028338
Sorry, I didn't take any more photos back then because I was all pro-Firaxis and "why don't you buy it and support the company?!"

Now that my loyalty has been crushed, I'm travelling and cannot take any more pics just yet. If you remind me in a week though, I might, depending on how many drinks I've had (aka how friendly I'm feeling).

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>>149028185
Sometimes you need to operate at CLOSE RANGE

Having hands is necessary for close range operatan.

>>148937731
Can't believe how long that dump went on. Thanks mate.

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I want a weapon like this in XCOM.

>>149029667
I always figured that's how X2 weapons -should- look. Old beat-up surplus shit that gets progressively more and more jerry-rigged and integrated with ADVENT technology until it looks like some kind of unholy amalgam.

>>149029667
Hell yeah. But...

The way they filmed that is extremely confusing. The first explosion, it looks like it happens immediately in front of the robot's gun. But then subsequent explosions and the way it falls back without us seeing any return fire implies that the explosion was the main character's munitions impacting it (did it have a shield I'm not seeing? I remember portable shields were a thing in this movie)

>>149030184
That's literally a tier-2 armor piece.

>>149030362
It's a shaped fragmentation round.

>>149030404
The AK, not the exosuit. I don't give two shits about the exosuit.

>>149030489
Does that explain why it exploded 3 feet in front of the robot?

>>149030548
That laser on the front of the gun is a rangefinder. Those are airburst rounds. The laser detects the distance between the target and the shooter and programs the individual round to detonate after a certain period of time has elapsed.

>>149030548
I assume it has some form of advanced proximity fuse. It exploded early on to so that the AP fragments could shred the target.

>>149030362

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ZpNaqAVC8

Never heard of airburst weapons?

>>149030705
>>149030734
Ohh, I see.

>>149030754
I can't believe it, but I definitely had not.

This is absolutely bad ass. Thanks.

>>149030754
>Latest technology
>Already nearly 6 years old

>>149015279

Psychic Captain?

>>149015279
>Hey ADVENT, how much Balaten do you want?

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>>148990302
>>Search for Artwork/Fanart
>Overwatch Results: 4600+
>Battleborn Results: 46

Harsh...

>>149031383
So do you recognize the same people in matchmaking frequently, or are there still enough people playing where that isn't a thing you deal with.

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>>149031680

Is not that empty yet. I do, however, believe that Evolve going FtP has given some hope that Battleborn will go that way at one point.

>>149032040
I know its FTP now, but did they make Evolve fun yet?

>>149032040
>"hope"
Battleborn is D-E-D, anon. $40 tf2 waifu edition killed it

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>>149028971

I (and I'm sure many others) have more but not with me at the moment.

>>149030754

Whatever was of all those weird XM/OICW stuff?

>>149032190
>TF2 waifu edition
Considering how quickly the game got SFM porn, yeah, that's pretty accurate. Absolutely nothing wrong with it either, since some of it is actually pretty good.

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>>149032240
What were they or what were they for?

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>>149031045

MODS

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>>149032359
>>what were they for?

They were for T H I C C

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>>149032240
>>149032359

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>>149032860
But of course!

>>149033086
first time i've posted a picture but forgot the text. usually it's the other way around.

was going to say
>they were for bait
but i guess it falls a bit flat now.

>>149032860
That is just a gigantic looking weapon. I wonder how heavy it is.

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>>149033086

Status Confirmed: Sides Destroyed.

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>>148935646

I really like your plasma weapons, done a great job on them. Though I have to admit they seem a little matte on their metal finishes. They needn't be as shiny as the vanilla armor and weapons but it seems rather off. Then again the anarchy's children power armor is about the same matte finish, so I am prob wrong.

>>148935742

>no archangel armor

Jake plz gib it. plz

>>149032362
FUCKING FUCK THOSE FUCK FUCKING FUCKADOODLE DANDYASSED FUCKSTICK FUCKNUGGETS

GODDAMN IT PYRO CAPTAINS CAN BURN IN HELL

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>>149032146

They dumbed things a bit so matches are now a bit faster.

>>149032190
>>149032240
>>TF2 waifu edition

The predominant type of fanart out there also reinforces this statement. But at least it does mean that the dudes of Overwatch do get some residual stuff as well.

Barely such a thing for Battleborn.

>>149034210
T. Rape victim

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>>149033860
>>no archangel armor

The Archon King armor will have to make do for the time begin.

>>148989818

There should be a term for a unit that is so high danger and high priority it ends up being terrible and irrelevant because it is such a priority target it almost never lasts long enough to see any use.

I think I've been shot at by a sectopod, ignoring Julian, maybe on two turns or at most 5 turns in 293 hours of Xcom2.

I see it or hear it and right away it's the #1 priority and is going to get either/and/or: Frost grenade EMP grenade bluescreen gremlin shock or Gremlin capacity discharge. I'd say ignoring abatap's my priority to disable if not kill is:

Sectopod > Gatekeeper > Codex (for that damn weapon disable) > MEC (fuck you rockets) > anything else. Sneks rank higher than advent usually because poison cloud if not mid-late game is a bitch without medkits.

>>148990839

>that many codices

Sheeeeeeeet

>>149031383
That sucks. I really liked the lady with the sword and the crazy four-armed black mage.

>>149034530
*swords, goddamn phone

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>>149034530
:(

>>149034253
Of course I'm angry, they're a fucking trap for rookies and that's when you face them. Fire makes rookies panic and then they die from BEING ON FIRE and no you can't do anything about it because they do TOO MUCH DAMAGE and have captan health so it takes 2-3 rookies IF THEY ALL HIT to actually kill one of them and all it takes is one shot from them to create a panic spiral and instant loss of mission.

FUCK pyro captains and fuck their pyro troopers too. GOD...

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>>149034530

>When you want games to succeed or survive so you can get more art more than anything.

What are/were they for you, boys:
-I actually did like wildstar too but I wanted more Draken and Mechari art
-FF11 and eventually mithra art will disappear.
-I hated GW2 but I enjoy the one plant-girl with big fat pedals I commissioned from a friend.

>>149034861
>mithra art
>FFXI
god that takes me back...

>>149034517
>not having three geeks in every squad hacking everything they can get their hands on

Why make it a priority target when you could make it an easily disposable friend and plasma magnet? I do agree though, the second a sectopod appears on screen that bitch is neutralized one way or the other.

>>149034861
>FF11 and eventually mithra art will disappear.
I mean, they're not that much different from cat girls.

Would Xcom 2 run on my laptop? I've got an i5 6300hq, a 4gb version of the 950m, and 8gb of ram. And a probably excessively strong cooling pad because I'm paranoid

Gonna be on a business trip for the next three weeks and I'm pretty much planning to go full shut-in with it since there's not much nightlife or tourist attractions where I'm staying.

>>149035228

You'd think that but for some reason the little nose and they feel different enough for me. The 14 ones are just generic as fuck. Like that'll work for me but it doesn't have the same feel.

>>149035197

On legendary their hack resistance is still pretty obscene. Also my specialists are more recent recruits I purchased since my earlier ones were killed in duty so they lack the +5 hack bonus per mission they've been on.

>>149035290
Should be good I run it on a 675mx just fine

>>149035290
>4gb version of the 950m
damn son

certainly sounds like you won't have problems. post a link to your machine, I may want it.

my condolences on yours lasting 3 weeks, I only have to deal with this shit for a week at time.

>>149035463
I might later, currently on my break and don't have much time.

Cheers to both you and >>149035442 though for the answers

>>149035554
No problem but remember bokeh and some of the AA settings tank frames regardless of what you are running my home computer has a 980ti and that has issues with msaa sometimes

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>>149034861
Trying to think of a game I've waifu'd as hard as EW___ recently and I can't. I just want more of the EU/EW Ethereals and I was so disappointed by XCOM 2.

What else? The STALKER games have really captured the post apocalyptic not-obeying-the-laws-of-physics aesthetic for me, so I always want to see more of that. And the Metroid games for being a badass bounty hunter exploring mysterious landscapes.

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>>149034861
>>When you want games to succeed or survive so you can get more art more than anything.

Yeah.

I just wanted some Calderius art.

>>149035368
Nerds are just too crucial against advent. My specialists get fed with a silver spoon and I don't allow their feet to touch the ground. I also have a mod that lets them hack turrets permanently.

>>149036161
>EW
>dying elder beings of immense psionic power and foresight
>XCOM 2
>white haired super saiyans with neon face masks

>>149036784
But do they actually have faces

>>149037112
Are we sure though?

>>149036161
Return to Metroid Prime in good form when?

>>149037112
I'd actually like to see a toned down avatar mod. Ditch the goofy super saiyan hair for some regular looking white hair, and ditch the glowing face mask. Someone talented could even fuck around and make a human-ethereal hybrid face. I just can't get into the current aesthetic.

>>149037518
After the shit show that was "The Baby" idk

>>149037112
Briliant. No face? Are you retarded? Have your family been dropping their newborn babys on their head for generations. Is your iq dropping world average by 15% alone? Eternals have faces,, humans have faces, so why avatars dont? You are the dumbest primate to walk the earth. Kill yourself. Just end your life.

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>>149036784
But at that point they weren't dying though. I feel like they would have mentioned that. But then again Firaxis can't write their way out of a paper bag so what do I know. I'm in full denial mode and have been since I got the art book.

>>149037518
I remember being really afraid that they would fuck up the franchise by making it 3d after the glory that was Super Metroid. Then it came out and miraculously all my fears were allayed. For once. Honestly I think that game was the least disappointing sequel I've ever seen. And 2 was actually ok. But 3 - maybe it was the change in platform to the Wii, but I never finished it. Just didn't hold my interest.

>>149038072
I remember taking so long to beat the first one but it was great. I felt like 2 was good, but didn't finish it, three definitely lost something in translation.

>>149038072
*at that point in the canon they weren't dying though
Since I know some of you cocksuckers are going to try to correct me that it's possible they were and just hid it.

>>149037707
I could see a barely-there nose and large black eyes (or maybe 4 black eyes) and the facial features being right in the middle of the uncanny valley.

>>149037707

Yeah if I knew how myself I would make them look like power armor tier Xcommers. I don't care if it's generic, it's a lot better than the downright terrible super saiyan hair.

It seems in the "Xcom are superheroes" vs "xcom are operators" argument, the former won in Firaxis in Xcom2.

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>>149038072

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xcom-enemy-unknown-concepts

Damn shame we didnt' get them without masks either because that is real spoopy stuff

Remind me of the precursor concept art. And I wouldn't mind that kind of biomechanical angle for the enemies that genocided the ethereals and are presumably hounding after them. Though that is what apocalypse did, just with far far FAR better art-design. More Giger and some of the stuff I'd seen for precursor world in pacific rim, less "zerg/tyranid" and whatever the fuck they were doing with apocalypse.

Wanted to look up the dialogue from the ethereals in the final mission and found it, will post in a sec

>>149038072
the autopsy mentioned the extreme muscle atrophy and the uber in the temple ship gushed on and on about how excited they were to have found "the new one," a being of both powerful mind and strong body. They also mentioned how they themselves failed to ascend, probably to the formless beings in the Bureau. then there's this, which heavily implies they wanted the Volunteer as a physical host.

>The hunt draws to a close. It was not a vain undertaking… but a necessity, as our physical form has grown… ineffective. Our search for a perfect specimen was driven by our own crippling limitation, and now, at long last…

>>149038683
I don't really mind the superhero angle, as it happens late into the war and you get a gradual progression. At first you're operators facing an enemy unknown with weapons that can't kill them. But toward the end your A-team is deploying in terror sites worldwide, wearing power armor and flight suits and taking aliens out with precision and speed. Action figures are definitely getting made of those guys when the war is over.

>>149038962
E:\Video Games\Steam\steamapps\common\XCOM 2\XComGame\Localization\INT\SoundSpeechTacticalEthereal

>[ETH_Fortress_EtherealNag01_Male_01 AkEvent]SpokenText="We are all bound by the same thread. You see us as the conquerors of your world, but you've yet to truly understand the depths to which your kind can fall."

>[ETH_Fortress_EtherealNag04_Male_01 AkEvent]SpokenText="Your thirst for justice is misdirected. We have only asked as much of your kind as was needed to move forward. We too have suffered, sacrificed."

>[ETH_Fortress_EtherealNag02_Male_01 AkEvent]SpokenText="There was a time when our strength alone was enough. Our power was unrivaled, and our arrogance grew just as yours has. When you come to see the truth, the difficulty of our choice will be clear."

>[T_Final_Mission_Final_Set_Four_True_Elder_01_a AkEvent]SpokenText="Such a young race, such a terrible burden to bear. So many would be lost that the whole might survive. Now, we fear it is too late."

>[T_Final_Mission_Final_Set_One_True_Elder_01_a AkEvent]SpokenText="We carry the burden of all. We are life's last hope. We will not fail."

>[T_Final_Mission_Final_Set_Three_True_Elder_01_a AkEvent]SpokenText="We know the death of worlds. We have watched countless species perish. You have not seen the true enemy. We spared you the truth. We did not think you could fathom... "

>[T_Final_Mission_First_Hostile_Avatar_Reveal_True_Elder_03_a AkEvent]SpokenText="Your form is but a shadow of our truth. We seek to defy that which would consume us all. Your efforts deny the sacrifice of those who came before. You leave us no choice."

>[T_Final_Mission_First_Set_Six_Angelic_Elder_Alt_a AkEvent] SpokenText="You view us as the conquerors of your world, but that was never our intent. Each species you've encountered, the aliens you have fought and slaughtered. None were given a choice. Our home was the oldest of worlds, and the first to be consumed. Billions were lost, if only that were the end."

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Found this concept art, so supposedly the face beneath the avatar mask should have human features blended with some of this.

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>>149038962
I find it funny given Firaxis' usual policy of dehumanizing the enemy - they actually told the guy to tone it down after the first few unmasked head sketches because it was too creepy. They didn't like the one with the gem in the center of the forehead either because it was "too regal" (shit, I cannot find it now, sorry).

>Apocalypse
>far far FAR better art-design
wat
enjoy your endgame hairy horsecock guns

>>149039150

Well when I say superhero I mean more Sci-fi superheroes. Hard to contextualize without any good references besides power rangers but I generally mean more spunky and unique and less 'space marines'. But you're right.

>>149039174

Samefagging to add to this, without being a 40kfag that sees it everywhere (don't even play the tabletop or anything) it seems clearly like the use of psionics is a pandora's gift like in 40k. Also know at least from Gupta or Solomon they did/do play Necromunda and it influenced their design of the multiplayer component.

>but you've yet to truly understand the depths to which your kind can fall."
>We too have suffered, sacrificed."
>"We know the death of worlds. We have watched countless species perish. You have not seen the true enemy. We spared you the truth. We did not think you could fathom... "
>We seek to defy that which would consume us all.
and I found the last one to be the most telling -
>Our home was the oldest of worlds, and the first to be consumed. Billions were lost, if only that were the end."

So money is on being psionic happening to open up the door to lots of nasty little things that aren't nice.

>>149039470

no no, I meant I wouldn't mind biomechanical enemies who are FAR FAR FAR FAR better designed than the godawful stuff of Apocalypse. I'm blown away at how terrible everything looked in that when it came to the enemies. It may just be personal taste but they didn't seem terrifying or disturbing or cool to fight in the least. And the armor in Apocalypse looked stupid too.

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>>149039408
wtf why do I find them so attractive

Also they were thinking about having the helmet expand.

>>149038962
>>149039150
I guess I had parsed this as they had finally found/been pursued by an enemy that their psionic mastery could not defeat and they also needed physical strength to counter, which they had neglected for millennia. Please forgive the run on sentence, it's getting late here.

>>149039607
Do NOT bring 40k into this.

>>149035368
>lack the +5 hack bonus per mission they've been on.
Specialists don't get +5 hack per mission, only per rank.

>>149039174
Will we finally see this "true enemy" in the expansion?

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here's a tiny dump of some WIP shit that's been in a state of limbo for way too long. I'm taking a trip to Britbongistan and won't be able to do jack shit in the meantime so I figured I'd just throw it up now since I'll be taking a month-long hiatus from this Transnistrian borscht-cooking forum

>inb4 you're the biggest double-nigger in existence
trust me, I know.

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>>149039837
No, they'll just keep teasing it until they stop making games. Or it will be a massive disappointment.

>>149039965
CUET

This cheers me up a bit.