/xcg/ - XCOM General

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First for survivors

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Stealth edition eh. Looks like the Bureau up in here.

>>154843124
What is this, a cosmetic for ants?

>>154843124
I'M LOSING CONTROL OF THE SITUATION, WE NEED A PROPER THREAD, NOW!

>>154843631
Kinda looks like an ant head actually.

>>154843665
Fair is fair anon, we snoozed, we lose.

>>154843631
Well here's the cosmetic:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=763045721

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EXALT
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>>154843609
This is literally how I play Xcom 2.

Except its missing JC Denton

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>>154843665

Maybe next time.

>>154843609
Top kek

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>>154844545

>you will never cruise your Firestorm around town, blasting Dire Straits with the windows down and picking up bashful sneks and well-endowed military chicks

>>154844545
Get out of here airgame you're drunk

Fuck squad limit seriously.
New XCOMs are much more stressful than old XCOMs and after long deliberations and experiments I came to the conclusion that squad limit is to blame.

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>>154843124
>cyclops
That's the optics on the helmet, dumbass.

Advent ain't seen oppression until they see combine

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>>154845367
x-com really gives you alot of firepower from the start. A 14 man rookie squad with no advanced tech packs enough firepower to take on most aliens in a landed battleship if played well. The ability to take losses and still maintain combat effectiveness is a huge deal too.
Once you get your tactics down, you're pretty secure because you can reduce rng down to the point where results are very consistent.

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Custom Railguns when?
FUCKING WHEN?

>>154845374

The Combine probably would chew ADVENT up like panini

>>154846569
The Combine couldn't handle one guy in power armor. At least it takes six to take down ADVENT.

>>154845816
Even firepower isn't that much of an issue if you can hit an alien with 3-4 soldiers per turn. Unless it's completely immune to damage of your weapons it'll go down fine.

Is there an XCOM/XCOM2 mod that lets you take 10+ soldiers to battle?

>>154847221
Not really, at least not a well polished popular one.

>>154847417
Too bad, I like having a high attrition rate for my troops. Caring about soldiers just feels wrong.

>>154847872
I'm the opposite way around. I love the the new XCOMs make me care so much for my troops. I wish I could get as attached to my x-com soldiers. I still strive to make every mission a zero casualty op if it's not a large landed or terror mission. Even then I shoot for 2-3 casualties max.

>>154847872
I find the high attrition rate made me care for soldiers more desu. The high rankers who made it through the meat grinder and lived become the heart and soul of my squad and if they die it's a lot harder hitting than in the newer games since their survival was so hard earned.

>>154845840
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=729221182

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I feel sorry for all of your XCOM supporters.

You will never know the feeling of coming home to your ADVENT snek waifu, and helping her warm up on a cold day.

Instead you'll be forever flying around that junkheap you call an "Avenger". Until you're caught at least. Maybe you can help Bubba warm up in your jail cell after the Elders finally put a stop to your terrorism.

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>>154849607

I'LL REMOVE YOU

>>154849607
but snekposter, I support both sides.

>>154849607
>implying your snake waifu isn't secretly supporting xcom with her cold vagina

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>>154849607

And shepherds we shall be
For Bradford and for thee
Power descendeth from the Commander's hand
That our feet may swiftly carry out his command

So we shall flow a river forth to thee
With the blood of sneks for all to see
In nomine Commander, et Bradford, et Council Spokesman

>>154851107
>Orthodox XCOMians
Bradford was never divine he was always human accept the true rite heretic

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>>154845374
WELL IN THAT CASE.....

proper cyclops mod when

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>>154849607
Reminder that snek and filthy ayys should be offered in sacrifice to Commander and His most Holy Prophet.

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>>154852862

Yes.

That's how you do it.

Close Range all the way just how Bradford mandates it in the name of the Commander.

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>>154853985

I just recently started XCOM 2 and made a few mistakes.
At this point it's just easier to start over.

Do you have any general advice?

The early DLC missions were kinda annoying how they just endlessly spawn monsters.
Does this get any better later and is it even worth activating them? You get the content anyways, right?

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=763828614&searchtext=

anybody tried it

>>154854394
No. I don't have friends who play X2

>>154854226

When you put EU and X2 Bradford next to each other like that, it's pretty obvious they're same guy. Perhaps his hair looks a little kinkier in EU.

>>154854254
It's best not to bother with the DLCs on your first campaign. If you really want to do them, best time to do Shen's is when you get mag rifles, then wait for armor before doing Vahlen.
You can wait till T3 if you really want to, the missions won't expire, but where's the fun in that?

>>154854394
No. I'm not a scaliefag and neither is my friend. :^)

http://www.theonion.com/article/swiss-guard-charge-writhing-mass-black-tentacles-d-53184

Top fucking kek


Someone make a swiss guard mod now

>>154854749
>Perhaps his hair looks a little kinkier in EU
I'm sorry wat

>>154854254
>DLC
Don't do them. Leave them active but leave them be.
General consensus is to wait until mags for both missions.
Alien rulers mission is easy barring the last fight, but the other rulers will fuck you up if you're still on ballistics.
Last encounter of Shen's gift is hilarious if you're on ballistics, but doable.
You'll die well before that if you're in legendary without mags.

>general advice
Grenade everything, meme beacons are still a free turn, don't bring snipers to a timed mission, don't use swords unless you're really, really desperate.

Are you running any mods?

>>154855049

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/kinky?s=t

>>154855358
Guess I just don't ever hear it used in that context.

Had my first run in with a medium Trader's Guild ship in Piratez... At night. 3 causalities and my baroness is wounded for 88 days!
As we were pulling out, a rocket hit the side of the ship killing 3. I'm devastated.

>>154855078
I've done the first Shen mission with ballistics and no deaths but it was such a pain.

Someone else recommended not using grenades too much since they destroy loot.

I'm running a whole bunch of mods but most are cosmetic and the rest are more added convenience than anything else.

>>154855828
Nades only destroy loot if they're used as the killing blow. Using them to soften up a group and removing their cover is not a problem.
Also, there's only one loot drop per mission, no need to hold back if it dropped already.

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>>154815538
>>154815838

>>154856495

XCOM HELP

>>154855491
What kind of medium ship was it? Most medium ships are military, and will have more skilled soldiers with better armor and weapons. The asterisk-shaped envoy ships are medium and the occupants will usually have top tier weapons like gauss rifles and plasma cannons.

If you're early on, your best bet for taking out military targets is probably spamming grenades, molotov cocktails, and other explosives from a safe distance or behind obstacles. Infantry armor offers little protection against even the weakest.

Note the cruising speed of ships, it lets you ID them without having a decoder. Easier ships cruise at a lower speed, so look for things like freighters, which are large and valuable but have a civilian crew, traveling at 1400 knots.

The wound times are pretty extreme because of the higher amount of health that your girls have. Try to get a medbay and surgery lab asap in your troop base.

>>154856495
pls no bully ;(

>>154856686
I don't know what medium ship it was, I didn't even get a look at it. I took out 5 enemies, saw an enemy in a powered suit and knew that it was time to run. The scary thing is that he was flanking us by sneaking through the dark.
>Note the cruising speed
I never even thought of that. That's genius

>>154851750
Go play ball in the highway you sperglord

>>154857407

Don't say that to him!

The highway is where I've positioned my sharpshooters

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post webms

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>>154858674

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>>154858674

>it actually kind of looks like the 'toid is hiking up a pair of invisible pants before he stands up.

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>>154858839

>>154847221
>>154847417
>>154847872
you want the long war mod packs, the long war tools has an option for setting squad size to ten without officer training school nor advanced warfare center.

>>154858674
https://a.pomf.cat/yeauqb.webm

>>154860040
https://a.pomf.cat/gcgtoc.webm

>>154859958
>I like having a high attrition rate for my troops.
For the troop numbers that's a good start.

>>154860040
>>154860197
Classics

>>154859907

Heey, I remember this one! Good times!

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How long did Haywire'd robots stay under your control and friendly?

>>154859674

Hunkering really should be the most common outcome of panic.

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>tfw you have IESS+ installed and didn't know it
It was a bad Haven Siege, boys.

>>154860898
Panic is poorly implemented in new XCOM in general, but that's because a small squad makes it very difficult to do well. Long War does it best, but it's still a band-aid fix. X2 does it better then X1.

>>154861223

The way I see it, a panicked soldier should have 60% chance to simply hunker and stay put until the panic wears off, 25% chance to run away from visible enemies and then hunker when they're out of attack range, 10% chance to take a shot at a visible enemy, and 5% to take a shot at a friend.

Still not perfect, but at least it wouldn't have our soldiers making out-of-turn attacks all the time.

>>154862091
>Still not perfect, but at least it wouldn't have our soldiers making out-of-turn attacks all the time.
I guess. I don't really have a problem with it, it usually still screws you. You'll notice the shot hit in that webm is against a out of cover soldier while he's using a shotgun. It rarely helps you and simulates panic fire pretty well.

>>154862597

Perhaps you're right. It just feels silly when a Sectoid's mindspin ultimately ends up killing one of his own allies, and it happens juuuust a little too often for me to feel like the Sectoids are even justified in using it.

>>154865560
I think you have a valid point, maybe just like a 70 30 split. Honestly removing friendly fire was for the best. It only works in og x-com because:
-expendable soldiers
-large squads
-panic comes from lot's of people dying and psi attacks (rarely from getting hit)
-free aim means that your guys aren't actually aiming at each other

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Nth for Earth's unconquerable soul

>>154865863

Huh, they removed panic-induced friendly fire entirely? I can't say I actually remember it ever happening, but I was certain there must still be some small chance of it.

>>154865916
nice

>>154866050
I thought they did, though I can't say I have any more proof they never seeing. Maybe they said it in an interview and I forgot? Should be in the .ini files regardless.

So are we getting a patch on console launch day? Some more tweaking and optimization would be tasty.

>>154867639
I believe we are getting a patch, no official confirmation though. However it would match up with their patching schedule.

>sectoid misses 62% flanked shot on my gunner
>i run multiple overwatches that all miss
>engie in full cover
>thin man shoots
>16%
>hits
>engie at 1hp

i guess my luck had to run out at some point. i don't mind being punished for running overwatches like a dipshit or getting flanked because of bad positioning but holy fuck nothing makes me madder than seeing that kind of shit happen.

>>154867639
some people got the game early because of an xbox error and said that the game runs very smoothly
what ever the console version got to improve the performance i want it

>>154868459
>what ever the console version got to improve the performance i want it
Actually I can you tell you what it is. no mods. But yes, I look forward to potential improvements and them buffing Sparks.

>>154866050
>Huh, they removed panic-induced friendly fire entirely?
Nope, happens from time to time, it is just relatively rare.

>>154868459
>what ever the console version got to improve the performance

I fear that what the console version got may have been that most reviled of magicks, known as downgrading

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Anyone here ever played Mud n' Blood 2?

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Who else hate working on /ui/s?

>>154845840
I like this picture because I recognize all of those mods.
>free the hood
>Halo:Reach Marines pack
>Extra Soldier Customization
>Titanfall
>Altyn helmets
>military camouflages

>>154872375
Seems like that would be the easier part. What's annoying about it?

>>154871654
This a flash game or something?

>>154873732
Yeah. It's comfy /k/ tier. Focuses on concepts like dispersion, fire superiority, and being able to handle multiple different threats simultaneously. Also your troops all start as rookies who can't hit shit and eventually become unparalleled killing machines (until they die) and the rng is wild so it's right at home with me.

>>154874290
Huh neat

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>tfw cooped up sick at home but afraid to play XCOM because the fever makes me mushy-headed and I'll fuck up my campaign

>>154873549
The repetitiveness of toggling layers, toggling RGB and Alpha masks, coloring in the alpha layer, toggling again, saving the image. Rinse and repeat for 11+ parts.

>>154745554
To that anon, if you're around, I started up that new campaign I mentioned and just hit the salvaged ADVENT gear. The Trooper Armor gives +1 health over Kevlar, which is handy, and the rifles are actually pretty solid for how cheap they are (flat 5 damage). The downsides are that the other armors are locked in the Proving Grounds and there aren't any other weapons.

Also, if you're an autist like I am, the fact that they have no customization options (seriously) may bother you. They override your customizations, just like the Ruler armors do. It's kinda annoying.

>>154875457
Start a new, hilariously shit, campaign.

>>154875827
>>154875457
I agree.

>>154875827
>>154876092

So be it. Just for this I'll be giving my soldiers the most outrageous aesthetics possible.

>>154876580
also use every stupid voice pack imaginable at once

>>154876580
Document your fever/medicine induced insanity adventure anon.

>>154877114
No. Nothing but SHODAN.

>>154880323
YES. ARE YOU STREAMING, you pitiful CcccreEEATURE of fllllessshhh AND BONE?

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Beagle playing some Air Game for those interested.

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I'll be honest. I could have put a bit more effort into it, but I don't see myself touching this mod for a while. Probably never again unless I actually feel motivated to come back to it.

Motivation to do stuff is hard to come by. But either way here's the sniper variant.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=729221182

>>154880412
SHODAN is such a based villain.

>>154882753
Thanks for all the hard work man, I know I appreciate it.

>>154882753
Righteous. Looks good man. If you ever re-develop some motivation, we'd love to see more in the style.

I've got a question regarding XCOM2's dev tools. Is it possible to generate a map and free roam about it? Not with a character or anything, just move the camera around freely.

Reason is because I run an RPG that would benefit from the visuals of the city maps.

>>154886402
I would tell you if I knew. Never used the dev tools honestly.

Gonna play some vanilla XCOM: EU/EW
I haven't played it in forever, any tips to give to help refresh the noggin?

>>154889142
Some of the video guides show you can generate maps, but don't really mess around with that part. I'll download it and report back.

>>154889205
Satellites. Engis, reloading ends your turn. Snipers are weak early, supermen afterwards.

When to buy XCOM 2?

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>>154881298
>>Dat BGM

Is like playing a 16-Bit era Action/Adventure game in Space.

>>154889724
When its' on sale? idk.

>>154886402
You can. You'll just need an XBOX controller and have DebugCamera enabled in the debug version. If that isn't possible, then you'll have to load up the map and type "togglefow" into the dev console.

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Care to join me for Operation Defiant Paean, a VIP rescue mission?

Joining us by default, (from left to right), is:
Estonian, Esther Sokk
American, Sedrick Diane
Vietnamese, Hung Bui
Austrian, Bernhardt Krause
Filipino, Carl Jimenez
and Brazilian, Luan Coimbra

>>154890797
What classes are those? I don't recognize almost any of them.

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>>154890797
Krause takes aim and kills a goon, but the ayys will have none of it!

>>154890949
They're from Spectrum.
Diane is a Warrior, Krause is a Hunter, Jimenez is a Paladin and Coimbra is a Codebreaker

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>>154891636
The ayys take potshots and Sedrick, but nothing happens.

>>154891636
>They're from Spectrum.
How are they? I've looked at Spectrum but wasn't impressed. Are the classes worth acquiring?

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>>154892198
A goon's cover has burned up and he's flapping in the wind? Can our rookie make the shot?

>>154892656
>315% crit
I think if he hits he'll crit

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>>154892656
Wow, what a surprise.

>>154892538
They're okay, but Yellow version is a bit over-saturated with classes. But Green version looks to solve this.
Yzaxtol has even made a development chart for Green - https://trello.com/b/9DGIfyXx

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>>154892901
Luckily, Krause is there to clean up the rookie's failure

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>>154893198
More ayys show up to see me assblast the last goon

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THOSE SICK FUCKS

THEY TELEPORT IN REINFORCEMENTS

NOT TO KILL ME, BUT TO TAUNT ME WITH MY OWN BRAINWASHED MEN

LOOK AT WHAT I HAD TO DO

DAMN THEM. DAMN THEM ALL TO HELL!

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>>154893762
NO WITNESSES

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>>154894216
I am not a fan of aliens showing up unannounced.

>>154894690
I've had that happen too many times.

>Due to fog of war, enemies I was three stories above suddenly teleport in front of my group, exposing them all.

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>>154894690
Due the the Psi-Fuckers making a zombie horde, I dictated the best course of action, was to fall back.

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>>154895391
Falling back was not a good idea.

HUNG BUI IS DOWN

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>>154895872
I get my revenge though. Two Psi-Zombies gone and one Psi-Fag left.

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>>154896251
Bite shit.

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>>154896557
No, really. Bite shit.

Would it be possible to mod destructible bodies so that if some advent gets hit for like 6 damage with only 1 hp left there's nothing left to reanimate?

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Can I skip the first progeny mission ( playing EW, vanilla ) the first time it appears ?

I havent played in a very long time ( have like 100 hours in vanilla EU, then I bought EW and barely played it ), but I remember this mission, I remember the asspain, of facing a dozen thin men while trying to escort a dude.

I have a rank 2 support, rank 2 rocket-man, rank 1 sniper and commando, and honestly I still dont think I should accept it.

I just dont want to miss this chain of events, I disabled slingshot for this playthrough tho cause I remember the 3 missions were lame, and the first one just as annoying as progeny.

Last question, how is xcom 2 regarding line of sight ?

see this screenshot I just took, there is a sectoid on the red square, but I cant see it despite my 2 soldiers.

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>>154896709
With the last pod finally dead and Hung Bui barely stabilized, the squad stacks up on the door.

>>154896985
I don't think dlc missions respawn in Xcom 1


>Last question, how is xcom 2 regarding line of sight ?
Worse. The one improvement is that there is a los indicator now. It's worse though because it will randomly break, letting you and enemies see/shoot through walls and ceilings. The issue isn't that you can't see people who you should be able to, the issue is that everyone can see way more than they should.

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>>154897280
Two turns later, the squad reaches the VIP, with an ATT approaching to reinforce the AO

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>>154897613
The first reinforcer's drop in, Spotters.

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>>154897997
Okay, more Spotters for the second reinforcements...

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>>154898537
Okay, third reinforcement is...
More Spotters and one goon.

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>>154898863
Drop-in 3 sets up an overwatch trap, after a Spotter marked my mission-critical sniper.

So, I sent a cyber rookie to deal with it

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>>154899271
But while they had their thumbs up their asses dealing with a boot, I set up my own overwatch trap

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>>154899484
And then THEY put their LZ next to MINE?!

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>>154899858
Hi.

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>>154899998
See ya later, gay Bowser.

Also, I didn't get a GET. God damn.

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WHO ELSE WANTS SOME

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>>154882753

Reminds me of these.

Keep it up.

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>>154900659
>those com bodies in the mix

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

>>154901813
rip

>>154901813

F

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Well I did mod so I could see more diverse pods...

>>154902243
Just wait until you get Multiple Berserkers

>>154902819
>that one time i found a pack of 4 zerkers, and a pod of an advanced battle commander, advent sentry, and mec autodoc on top of each other
it felt like i was disarming a bomb and any wrong move would end me

>>154880412
i wonder where that dev's wife is these days

>>154882753
I'm not saying you're bad, but you aren't quite good at modelling yet. You should keep working and improve your skills beyond METAL BOXES because you totally can.

>>154903465

I been kinda curious about that one.

What's the story behind that .gif?

>>154904325
Ammo inside cooked off.

Bad way to go for a tanker. RIP.

>>154882753
Good work Commodder. Now you can rest

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>>154904408

ouch....

>>154904325
Tandem heat is not nice to stationary tanks

>all these weird languages

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=763280261

>>154905984
You want to know what's coming next?

Classical Latin
Classical Greek
Pahlavan
Punic
Sanskrit
QCeltic
Gallic

>>154906356
This is autism

i'm fucking ready for some BAGEL tonight

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>>154908857

Same here.

>>154906356
but why though?

>>154911557

Why not?

>>154911647
I dont know do you like old languages?

>>154912263

Well i don't dislike them.

rip XCom

>>154905984
>igdood
Wait gook is doing X2 modding now?

>>154918931

who?

DESOLATION

>>154920898
He was a tripfag in /twg/ years ago. Made a load of mods and translated a load of chink mods for them and eventually left when some creepy anon managed to find a picture of him and jizz on it.

>>154923608
wow, /twg/ sounds like a trippy place

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>>154923608

What the fuck

XCOM: The Bureau is not the spiritual successor to Xcom Enforcer that we deserved.
Just think about it. How badass a reboot of Enforcer in this generation. Doesn't even have to be a AAA title either.

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>>154923608
god bless this place

DEVASTATION

>>154925743
>XCOM: The Bureau
I don't think anyone thinks that game is the successor to any xcom game.

>>154927785
it's a successor to my dick

>>154927889
>I have a weird dick that no one wants to see
Why would you do this to yourself?

>>154915719
Fair enough keep it up my dude

>>154906356
What about Welsh?
It's my favorite meme language.

>>154928173
Can't find a game with Welsh military lines

>>154903201
She voiced the AI in Interstellar Marines, but other than that I have no idea.

>>154923608
That's about the most 4chan thing I've ever heard.

I lurk /twg/ occasionally so I was aware that something had happened with Gook, never realised it was that. (But I should've guessed, I suppose)

>>154925743
Just make it like new doom we are gold

WHAT A MESS WE MADE

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Just finished xcom2 for the first time on veteran. Crappy ending but oh what a game.
What do I do now? Do I just play something else? Try out a modlist? Take a few days off of playing altogether?

>>154932446
Install all the mods and play legendary.
Then come back and tell us how everything is fucking you up.

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>>154932678
Thinking about trying this modlist, and adding a few more grimmy's mods to it. Maybe some custom armor, too. Can't have too much armor.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=717770826
Ignore the fact that it's from a youtuber. The modlist looks interesting enough. I'm well aware these guys have as much street cred as a jehovah's witness with an impendiment.

>>154933364
>True retroactive AWC
>Grimy Loot
>non-tile snapping nades mk II
>cheating

No, really.
Grimy Loot makes the game trivial after the first month.

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I fucking like how Magnemite took on the Gremlin's role

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeX5GzN03AU

>>154934013
Tacticool pokemon best pokemon

>>154934013
>that handwave

Holy shit, it's like they took a page from the animation of XCOM 2

>>154934013
>Summons a pokemon to pick the lock
>Other dude very noisily kicks the door in anyways
Fucking co-op partner needs to get his shit together.

>>154934013
I really want a magnemite gremlin model now

>>154934860
With magneton and magnezone being t2 and t3 options

>>154934965
Magnezone has a badass voice in the anime

It actually sounds a bit like Advent troopers

>>154933841
>Grimy Loot makes the game trivial after the first month.
I've honestly had the same problem with vanilla and rangers. As soon as you get mimic beacon, a t2 shotgun and that camera grenade, they make the whole game too easy.
But XCOM's "flight envelope" is made in such a way there is only a very narrow area between too easy and too hard. And it's not something that can be easily fixed with a mod, it's simply how the game's made.

WHEN IT ALL WENT WRONG

>>154935406

which really begs the question, how can LW stay challenging throughout the entire campaign when XCOM2 falls into faceroll EZ mode late game?

Is it because XCOM2 ramps up the player's power level way too much compared to the alien's? I think this is the case because there haven't been any mods that introduce alien research in XCOM2 and gives stunlancers lightning reflex or shit like that

>>154941562
It was a problem in X1 as well. The strategic layer being rebalanced is what I think LW's final mod is and I have great hopes for it.

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Why are psionics their own class in XCom 2? I preferred when they were a sub-class with some bonus abilities.

>>154946280
>>154946280
I'm actually like X2s psionics the best of any x-com game. That's not to say there isn't room for improvement. I would prefer veteran soldiers to be able to become psi and have hybrid classes that are built off of their previous class. Like LW MECs

>>154946280
So they can have even more abilities, I'd like them to have more weapon choices or a unique main weapon atleast, there is that psy rifle mod though so that helps

Are the plabel aliens compatible with voice packs? Vipers would to well with female turian voice packs and the mutons would to great with the wrex voice, he'll make a Zim voice for sectoids

>>154941562
Lancers need the hyper serum things

>>154947105
Overdrive thats the name

>>154946995
Should be but I'm not 100% sure

WATCHING

FROM THE EDGE

>>154928242
> welsh military lines
Kick a sheep up the arse and record the audio and you're set

>>154953519
That sounds like something you do for ultimate meme

>>154954540
I keep on repeating that sentence in my head and I cannot understand what the fuck "ultimate meme" is

it feels good to realize i'm actually getting better at long war. my first landed large i lost 1 and took 2 wounded. this time i only took 2 wounded.

>>154956093
>this time i only took 2 wounded
That is good. Honestly a fully wounded squad after the first landed large I would call just fine.

GRADE A AUTISMAL LANGUAGES INBOUND

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOf-ekh7v3Q

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=763280261

>>154958312
Good work man
Also that trooper looks pretty badass

>>154946280
I believe it was an attempt to balance them as opposed to EU, where a psionic soldier was simply better than a non-psionic soldier, similar to gene modded soldiers.

An attempt that failed, as psionics are the best class in 2 and you could easily field a team of 6 of them. But I can't judge them too hard as it's very difficult to balance psi abilities. I think I prefer LW's approach of adding the officer sub class, and making gene mods, psionics, and officers mutually exclusive.

>>154958312
wew lad

Klingon voice pack when??!?!?!11

>>154958821
>and making gene mods, psionics, and officers mutually exclusive
Wait, I thought that gene mods and psionics weren't mutually exclusive? Also Officers can have genemods.

I thought it was:
MEC
Psi
Officer.

>>154958690
Thanks, Imperial Guard helmet with Titanfall(?) armor and a Space Marine devastator backpack look good together.

Also shout out to /twg/

>>154958821
>Klingon
HAHAHA WHO WOULD FUCKING DO KLINGON sure, if someone names the filenames according to the meanings such as "Attack_1, Guard_1" and sends them to me I can make a voice pack out of it

what do you guys usually pick on your engies once you hit sergeant? between will to suvive, repair, and supression there isn't a clear answer for what's actually any good.

>>154959758
Depends on the engi. Forsmoke nade engis, toss up between supression and will to survive. For sapper engis, I go will to survive since they need to be closer to the fight to make use of their nades. And then at least one engi takes repair just for capture raid missions. That's my choices/logic.

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>>154959758

Whatever training roulette offers me

am i the only one who doesn't care for rocketeers or had them work out well?

>>154941562
It's not even facerolling, it's the tedium of events constantly detracting you from your real goals, and having to play each mission with no heavy injuries and save scum even when things are fine.
Haven't played LW, so I've got no idea if it's any better in this regard.

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>>154961604

LW or X2? Haven't tried them in X2. In LW, I found them to be mandatory after I reduced the rocket spread by half

>>154961604
I use them for all my missions. Might as well call them flak troopers. No other unit beats them early and mid-game at removing flying threats. The key to them is all about placement and how you move through the map. Early game motion scanners really help. Once you get battlescanner and concealment scouts then they are never out of position, and then if you want you can do crazy things like initiating fights across the entire map with shredder rockets.
Plus they lead to Archer MECs.
I use Commander's choice to pick out higher aim (usually lower health since they are'nt frontline) soldiers and them give them scopes asap so that each rocket is more accurate and so they can serve as discount infantry.
Obviously early game you have to steady them.

So yeah, early game they reduce drone and seekers to scrap, remove cover, and help purge floaters.
Mid game they are excellent for anti-mech vs. cyberdiscs and mechtoids with heat rockets and shredders.
Late game they can do huge damage, never really miss even without steady, and start excellent engages, or be turned into MECs

>Jake betrayed us

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

https://www.reddit.com/r/Xcom/comments/534ois/what_kind_of_xcom_content_do_you_want_to_see/

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>>154964630
>going on reddit

>>154964746
I actually saw it on twitter, but that's equally disgusting tbqh

>>154964630

I don't quite get what the betrayal is here.

>>154964630
>people are asking for making of shit instead of more content

Jesus christ, reddit

>>154965028
I guess he wants someone official from Firaxis to visist /xcg/? I don't think that's going to happen.

>>154965145

Different teams, though. We really don't want their community people to be designing EXALT 2.0 or whatever.

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>>154964630

>>154964630
Since the question's already been asked, I'd like to see answers from someone who knows how to make games, and not a social media person whose only purpose in life is to create a carbon footprint.
Maybe I should make a leddit to post that. Or not.

>>154965149

>the entire Firaxis community team draw straws to see who must put on the hip waders and descend into the inbred Louisiana fuckswamps of the internet

So, is there a mod that lets me color each cloth/armor part seperately or am I stuck in color hell?

>>154965901
Pretty sure your stuck with:
Primary color
Secondary Armor
for now.

>>154966058
I just want my white hockey mask with hair still on my head ;_; Is it too much to ask?

>>154966360
Actually I though there were some hockey masks that have hard coded colors.

>>154966475
Yeap, but 1 is the wrong color and the other I cant get without going bald.

>>154966778
Welp, looks like you'll have to put in a request if you want it.

>>154966880
Other option could be to find a mod that lets the hair stay on with all the helmets/hats. Any idea if those exist?

>>154967280
I think that is dependent entirely on each individual cosmetic. Though, I suppose if the Hockey mask was classified as an upper face prop, that probably wouldn't remove the hair. I bet the one that does remove the hair is coded as a helmet. Just a guess though, I don't do any modding myself.

>>154967435
That seemed to be the case with free the hood mod before the newest dlc broke it and the author hasn't touched it sense.

>>154967636
Free the hood is broken? Well that is a problem.

>>154967860
At least partially if the comments are to be believed. And it does state that I should find the hockey mask I need in the upper face prob category, yet I don't see it in there.

>>154967636

Wait, what? I haven't had any issues with that.

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>>154853530

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>>154965523

Beagles when?

>>154969356
He's been spotted.

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>>154969356
now

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>>154969356
>>154970528
Uh oh.

>>154845367
a squad wipe early in nu-xcom is pretty much a reset on an ironman playthrough as well

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Are my freaking eyes deceiving me?!

>>154970780
yeah

ahahahaha holy shit beagle pls. I JUST WANT MORE LONG WAR. DON'T MAKE ME WATCH THIS GARBAGE.

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IT'S BUREAU TIME

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Song I made for the /v/ musical

http://picosong.com/T4WE/

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Aw shit.

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>>154970989

Nah it's OK.

I always wanted to see Beagle go through this garbage.

>>154970989
he must be really bored/burnt out on xcom to play this garbage

has bagle ever streamed old x-com

>>154971428
Nice

>>154971943
He streamed FMP a good amount.

this game doesn't actually look half bad. why do people not like the bureau again?

>>154973098

Too generic for some tastes.

>>154973098
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF_Ca45JRFs

This game was announced before EU was, so people thought the X-COM brand was getting the Syndicate treatment.

>>154900285
modlist please anon

The thing is: The Bureau probably would have been much better if people didn't flip their shit initially. Granted, we probably wouldn't have gotten EU and X2 if they didn't.

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>>154900285
>expecting a GET on /vg/

>>154975958

With some story adjustments and a few original ideas The Bureau would have make a nice follow up to EU as a complement of EW

every time xcom gives beags mines he has to abuse the shit out of them

>>154977210
Wherever Beagle is, he must also abuse.

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

>>154979514
>toucan safari
every time

Did the two operatives with Beagle made it out of the base?

>>154980738
barely

>>154975773
Personal list:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/743466217

>>154843124
Old games are still better

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>>Electric Punch

Do we get them SWORDS in the Bureau?

>tfw you score a flawless on a terror mission

I know I'm very late to the party, but this is my first major play through where I'm actually trying and shit

Are rangers useless? Melee seems to be ass, yeah you get a pretty high hit chance, but it seems pointless

>>154987219
>Are rangers useless?
no
>Melee seems to be ass,
yes

Basically you take rangers for the shotties and concealment perks.

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So popping back in now that I hear the alpha for coop has dropped.

How is it?

>>154987219
If you can balance advanceing firing lines, flanking and overwatch, and target selection, melee is fucking rad.
Exept early game, early ranger is rubbish

>>154988254
dunno havent tried it yet

>>154988254

>implying anyone here has anyone to play with

Stream is Over.

>>154989801
before today i had a mild interest in playing the bureau
now i feel like i had enough of it

>>154991123
I felt content with never touching the game after Bureau anon's full story-post.

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not so tough now are you, you damn bugcicles

>>154846907
That "one guy" was Gordon Fucking Freeman. Killer of 1000 special operative spooks and god knows how many Combine/monsters

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>>154991123
>>154991206

Beagle's silliness make the game more palatable.

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On Legendary is the rate and distance of Advent facilities meant to fuck me in the ass?

They've all been popping up really far away. I finally made it to one facility and I'm about to stop it and drop the ticker down two, but jeez.

>>154993093
>On Legendary is the rate and distance of Advent facilities meant to fuck me in the ass
Yes. It is part of the scaling difficulty from commander to legendary.

>>154991881
Ice em
>Ice to meet you
What killed the Chryssalids?
Da Ice Age
Ice cold
>cool operators
Arctic Warfare
>Cool Criminals
A Cold Reception
>Frosted Lids
They're Great
Ice Cold
>Sub-Zero
Finish Them
Condition Zero
>Out Cold
Cold as death
>Spring time for XCOM
Winter for ADVENT
Frozen Stiff
>Snow Bugs
Brittle Bugs
>Pre-emptive Freeze
Alpha Ice
>Freeze
Don't Move
Icebusters
>Za Warudo
Muda Muda Muda

>>154992862
Doesn't change what I said.

>>154993017
Certainly. I still enjoyed the stream, I just know that watching someone have fun with a game won't make it a good game.
Kennedy impressions were gold.

>>154993790
Please kill yourself immediately.

>>154994536
Going cold
>Pale lips
Common cold
>Ice Scream
You're as cold ice
You're willing to sacrifice
>Mars ain't a place to raise your children
In fact it's cold as hell
When hell freeze over
>Frost's Bite
Frosty the Deadman
>Crashing this Titanic
Husky Chow
>Mr. Froze
Snow Nap

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>>154993790

M-Mei? Is that you?

>>154995759
No, it's me, anonynice But yes, I am ameizing.

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They're about to go take on the second Blackstite.

All my major vets are injured, these boys are going to have to do the job. God help them.

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>>154993939

On my part I still may try it at one point in the future.

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>>154996202
Destroy them commander

>>154996467
how do you make screenshots like these?

I know about uitogglevisibility, but that camera angle?

>>154996360W
When you do, tell us how it is and port some stuff while you're at it.

>>154996601
Free camera rotation mod il get it

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>>154996749
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=616359783 here ya go>>154996601

>>154996749
thanks m8

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>>154996843
>Vehicle in the background has a pipe running from the exhaust to the cabin
>ADVENT infiltrators probably told everyone to do this
>They did it.

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So far and no face rape, even looks like I might be able to position and wipe out this patrol before they get a chance to do shit

Also this map is comfy af, this came on my playlist the moment I touched down https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zGTh5Qa80A

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>>154998301
traditional patrol ambush is a go, what could go wrong?

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>>154998775
A lot can go wrong apparently

P A N I C

>>154999026
>no ui mods
>no health bar numbers
is this a vanilla run?

also that codex got you good, damn

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>>154999026
>>154999275
No not a vanilla run, I just never bothered with any UI mods

Also I pulled myself out of that hellhole situation with only one causality in a miracle move

I don't know why but the redshirts of my campaign have been Specialists, I just can't keep the bastards alive.

>>154975958
i seriously doubt EU would have been greenlit if people were happy about the Bureau

>>154996689
>porting bureau

fucking this. Someone on reddit already said it's a treasure trove of assets.

>>155000097
May they rest in peace commander