XCOM General - /xcg/

>>160928874
pistols are useful

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Swords are useful.

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fifth for chilling

>>160928416
>http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=803411007\
Nice mod

>>160929423
Can you upload it for pirates? It's not up on either skymods or cs.rin.ru's mega yet

>>160929423
This better than the freecam mod?

>>160929554
No idea, but it also works in the Avenger.

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>tfw valkyra mods never

It hurts, man.

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>>160930325
>never

Kexx is working on it and he's reliable

>>160931709
That's a lotta fucking chaplains.

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Reminder that more Beagles are about.

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>>160929163

THIS

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Remember to do your part.

>>160935682
Steam? More like meme.

>>160935682
Done, brother

>>160931709
What mod?

>>160936869
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,5026.15.html
http://openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,3261.150.html
http://www.openxcom.com/mod/40k

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GHILLIE SUIT PORT WHEN

I can't decide if I want tracksuit more or this more

>>160942473
Why the fuck would you want a (useless) Ghillie Suit when you have a fucking tracksuit for maximum overslav.

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>>160942473
>>160942641
>garbage bandits radio intensifies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA56lXEzAAc

>>160942473
Ghille suits would be pretty slick. Need some god-tier forest/grasslands camo.

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>>160942993
[SLAV INTENSIFIES]

>>160946518
[Very fast slav running at incredible high speeds]

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>>160946779
>tfw he shoots himself

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>>160928874
>Steam Autumn Sale
XCOM 2 with all dlc is currently $34
XCOM 1 with all dlc and expansion is currently $10
XCOM 1 + the Bureau is currently $8.50

Doom is less than $20 buckaroos
RB6 Siege is $25, this includes all current and future dlc. $40 dollaroos for season pass
Alien Isolation is $12.50
Darkest Dungeon $15

Opinion on better advent ?
Long war perks ?
Or anything else, I'm looking to make my new run spicy

>>160935682
the commander wills it

Is there a way to go into the ini. for XCOM 2 and remove the braindead fucking design choice to add defense of FUCKING 20 to these Drones?

Why the fuck did I even install their shitty mods, like I fucking KNEW it was going to be retarded.

>>160950295
Config/XComGameData_CharacterStats.ini I think

>>160950295
Yeah, just go to the specific mod folder and edit there. If you have the alternate mod launcher (which you should) simply right-clicking the mod will take you directly to the folder.

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How could a patch that only added controller support have this much impact on my performance? I've lost like 20 FPS.

Also, why did they make the text smaller for most menus and HUD elements?

Are Psi Soldiers worthwhile in XCOM2 Vanilla?

It feels like they are a pain in the ass to get to and space is already limited.
I'm trying them out and I had to choose between a psi lab or a proving ground this month. The guy has been useful though.

Also are laboratories good in your opinion? I like them by virtue of it making having just one or two scientists workable.

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>>160953204

They can save you in a pinch with the right skills like stasis and so on.

And they can be kind of useful in the last mission.

>>160953109
It also reset your graphics settings, may want to check that first.

>>160953472

I did, bumped them back down. Got better performance on higher settings before.

Now, I AM mid-campaign so I guess it could be a mod conflict of some sort, but trying to figure out what it is going to be a pain.

How would X-com do against zerg?

>>160962180

Earth would survive for 5 minutes.

>>160962116

Is that from that other game that's in development?

>>160962180
Terrans wouldn't have had a chance without Protoss interventions. An entire world is pretty much infested before anyone even notices, so I don't think I need to spell out what would happen to earth.

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Hey friends.

Haven't been here since XCOM 2's release.

Given the autumn sale going on, was wondering - how are the DLC's? Are they worth picking up?

Also if you get the chance, listen to this anon >>160948473 and buy R6 Siege if you like tacticool FPS. It's all I've been playing since beating some campaigns in XCOM.

>L/I
>early game ufo landing
>hack MEC and charge into enemy pod
>Viper runs past the MEC to 1-shot crit my my specialist through full cover
>panics sharpshooter
>MEC proceeds to micromissile grenadier
>panics ranger
>A-team gets skullfucked
>next mission
>2hp MEC dodges 3 elevation bonus 85%+ shots
>micro missiles the new A-team who fall to their deaths
>hunter UFO finds avenger immediately afterward

WHALP dass XCOM baybay. In 500hrs I've never been meme'd on quite that hard.

Seriously though, did they change AI priority? Why did that viper shoot a full cover soldier instead of the MEC just chilling out of cover or at the very least use an ability (venom/tongue)?

>>160965607
Mount and Blade armor ports when?

>>160962838
Yea, Phoenix Point

>>160965212
I feel like the dlc are worth it imo, though I don't know how much they cost without getting the game with the season pass.

Noticed 2 is on sale for 50%

Wasn't sure if it was going to be any lower with the whole "today's highlights" thing.

Thinkin of grabbin' it though.

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>>160965829
it is truly a tragedy

>>160967301
Please anon
I can't Deus Vult without full plate

>>160967164
I'd go for it, it will be on sale again for Christmas, but I doubt it will actually be cheaper.

>No japanese voice pack

you'd think the animemers would be all over that shit huh

Hey lads, been playing this game recently to see if it runs better than launch, and it does!

I got a shitload of voicepacks and am in the process of making an A-Team and a B-Team.

I rushed PSI labs before I built anything else and have so far been doing pretty well. My psi op guy is decently trained, and he feels like he brings a lot of crowd control+oh shit buttons to the table. Probably my best operative.

My next favorite is the Ranger. High risk high reward playstyles. If you do it right and get lucky, he can really save your teams ass. I gave his ass an exo suit for added mobility and defense, seeing as how he's gonna be in the shit more often than not.

Demolitions are a solid pick as well. Being able to suppress/demolish enemies and their cover is very useful. I usually bring two of these motherfuckers with me.

Specialists are damn good. I keep one on the team always. Being able to hack enemy mechs and turn them against each other is a great asset. I have a "Field Medic"class mod, so I dont use my specialists for healing.

I haven't fucked with snipers/gunslingers at all. I heard gunslingers are god tier, but I haven't put the effort to get one leveled. Am I missing out?

/blog

>>160968196
There is an anime Japanese voicepack.

>>160968986
Dude, there is too many valid choices.

Powered Armors
Psi
Plasma Weapons
pick 1. Maybe 2 if you know what you are doing.

They are all good. But you are always missing out.

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>>160965607
>>160965829

I do not think I'll ever be ready for a Medieval-COM campaign.

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>>160934041

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>>160967656
>Deus Vult
>full plate

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>>160971341

>holding your sword with pinky up

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>AIR STRIP: Resistance contacts - 7 days
>Oh thank god [Scan for 5 days]
>RETALIATION MISSION
>1 wounded, 8 civs saved
>not bad
>NEW SITE - AIR STRIP: Resistance Contacts - 7 Days

It overwrote the first air strip.

>>160974002
very classy

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>>160979982

Indeed.

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For those of you who use the AS VAL/VSS Vintorez mod, would it be detrimental to you if the textures were improved, but the option to color it was removed? I simply cannot figure out how to make the MSK texture look so that I can keep the improved look, yet also keep coloring, so at this point it's either custom colors or a reskin.

>>160981864

So you're using the blue channel of the MSK texture for something else instead of the color? Well, you could just make the colorable parts of the model use a separate material and just make a separate MSK texture for that material.

The colorable part of the model wouldn't benefit from whatever it is you're doing with the blue channel but the rest of the gun would.

Alternatively you could look at E3245's expanded materials or whatever, maybe there's one there that you can use without sacrificing the color.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=756930660&searchtext=material

>>160982245
I'm using the blue channel of the MSK texture for color. And separating the colorable parts--the base of the gun--won't help. Will look at E3245's expanded materials, but I doubt this will help. It's an MSK issue, not a Weapon_TC issue.

>>160935682
did it.

>>160985684

L-LEWD

>>160985684

He looks mostly surprised at this turn of events.

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>>160985684

>>160986058
IM NOT TRAINED FOR THIS

Is this what aliens do for entertainment? Well, at least they're not playing video games

>>160989809
L/I ax'd? Or does our gracious commander return to us?

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Was LW always this generous with its engie payouts?

What's /xcg/'s verdict on the DLCs?

>>160994625
8/10

>>160994625
Anarchy's Children a shit
Alien Hunters is great, you can tell how shit someone is based on how much they bitch about it. Missions is alright and rulers are fun to fight against though they can really ruin your mission
Shen's Last Gift adds a fun really fun mission but SPARKs leave much to be desired.

>>160995593
>they can really ruin your mission

This is true. First time I fought the Berserker Queen I executed with my first shot. Took all the fun out of the rest of the mission.

>>160994625

Anarchy's Children 5/10, has some good cosmetics in there, most are trash
Alien's Ruler 8/10 git gud, loses 2 points because shit aesthetics
Last Gift 9/10 everything's good, loses 1 point because Sparks are kinda crappy, mods fix that though.

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This shen dlc is testing my fucking limits on rng bullshit.

Archons really remind me of DMC 4, makes me want to play it again

>>160935682
What's wrong with it?

>>160996930

I want more angelic looking ayy lmaos. Whens Advent Angel Knights.

Wait, does XCOM 2 have animation for ADVENT where they're nearly tripping over but they fix their balance or did I just had an animation bug? For a split second a soldier looked like he nearly lost balance and fell but regained his balance quickly. It was funny

>Alien rulers are trivial to fight if you use the bullshit weapons
>Using the bullshit weapons destroys the aesthetics of the game
>Same with the gay ass armor

GET ME OUT

>>160998047
This is the well we made

>>160998205
hell* damn phone

>>160992549
nice, and no

Void rift makes me ejaculate

>>160998047
I like how the Axes look

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsTjMNjaW2o

BAGLE ACTIVITY

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>>161001412

>>161001412
>Actual briefing and planning instead of xcom 2's "ranger scouts everything out and squad annihilates enemy in one turn"

yes

yeeees

>>161001412
AYYYYY

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>>161001412
>MECs

>>161001798
Also

>Stoli, Gamage and DSM on the same mission

my heart can't take all these waifus

Guys, serious question.

I have a really, really hard time playing Xcom 2 without save scumming. Trying to play an honest game in a game that is so RNG based and blatantly cheats is just so trying.

How do you do it? Do you just lose the game and get a game over after days of trying like, very often? Do you very, very rarely achieve success? Even when I was save scumming and had an entire team of Colonels I was still having missions where something completely unprecedented would cause multiple soldiers to die. So what the fuck

>>161002034
Try Xenonauts? People die like flies there, you'll learn to deal with it.

>>161001412
>live and impossible lives
Holy shiet

>>161002034
>Trying to play an honest game in a game that is so RNG based and blatantly cheats is just so trying.
Break LOS

>How do you do it?
Break LOS

>Do you just lose the game and get a game over after days of trying like, very often?
I break LOS

>Do you very, very rarely achieve success?
I succeed all the time because I break LOS

>Even when I was save scumming and had an entire team of Colonels I was still having missions where something completely unprecedented would cause multiple soldiers to die.
>something completely unprecedented would cause multiple soldiers to die.
Break LOS

>>161002172
LOS fucking sucks in this game though, it's inconsistent as fuck

The enemies can see through walls

>>160994625

Anarchy's Children: 6/10. More options is never a bad thing.

Alien Hunters: 7/10. New mission, new weapons, new mechanics. I like it, and the aesthetics of the new items don't bother me (except for the Shadowkeeper pistol).

Shen's Last Gift: 9/10. New mission with good plot, big stompy robots. Pretty fucking great.

>>161002034
Wut
Is this some copypasta?
git gud

>>161001693
Don't forget, it's just a game.

>>160994625
Anarchy's Children: 0/10, cosmetic DLC in the age of workshop mods is pretty fucking stupid, especially when the DLC stuff is garbage.

Alien Ruler: 5/10, horrible, horrible aesthetics. Rulers are pretty dumb mechanically and the weapons are mediocre.

Shens Last Gift: 8/10, better aesthetics and is actually a decent addition.

Overall: 6/10, you arent missing anything if you dont use them.

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>>161002034
>blatantly cheats

>>161002746
xcom 2 does blatantly cheat

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>tfw returning to vanilla EW after XCOM 2 with 90 mods
Ultra comfy

>>161003425
No it doesn't?

>>161002148
Any updates on Xenonauts 2? I haven't head anything or even seen a single screenshot since they've announced it...

>>161002275
They can even see you when you are concealed.
I once tried to see if I can finish a mission by using stealth. I reloaded the mission every time when i was seen and I noticed that no matter where I went the ayys allways intercepted me.
They did their usual routes for a few turns, than started walking towards my squad until they found them.

>>161003425

It blatantly cheats FOR you by giving you hidden aim bonuses after consecutive misses, on difficulties lower than Legendary.

>watching L&I
>Xcom 1's aesthetic compared to 2

jesus christ what went wrong with the art direction lads

>>161006432

I have no issues with the aesthetics of XCOM 2's base game. The DLCs veered off course, however.

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>>161006432
I like both. XCOM had the better art direction for sure, but XCOM2 is a beautiful game just in terms of pure graphics, which was a breath of fresh air when 99% of all TBS games look like steaming shit. Both are great for different reasons.

I accidentally gave a sapper engineer smoke n mirrors and saved, how do I edit soldiers?

>>161009871
Figure out how to do console commands. You can give and take away perks during the tactical missions, though be aware, any stat bonuses associated with taking that perk will not be given using this method.

If I were you though, I would just deal with it. Hybrid engineers are actually pretty useful, he may not be full optimal, but he isn't gonna be dead weight at all, specially early and mid-game. And learning how to use the console commands in long war is so annoying and counter-intuitive, I forgot how to do it everytime.

Any new hair mod in the last months that I don't know about?

>>160981864
No objection here, black is the only color anyone should ever need.

>>160994625
They're shit.

>>161004107
they put a tech demo out

it's alright

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>>161006432

I like how one is #32 and the other #132.

If you play EW with tutorials on you encounter meld in the second or third mission. I just quit out of a new game but can't remember sadly. I think they said XCOM failed before they even saw meld for the first time, right? How fucking fast did XCOM fall, did they fail like the day the game starts

>>161014353
Like in the first or second month, no laser weapons, the base was assaulted with Mutons and Sectopods

>Decide not to take high ground
>activate in high ground and around corner

always take high ground

fucking bullshit game

>>161014495
But you go to the that mission in like the first week or something, I'm sure it's before the first month ends. Or is EW not even canon and it's in EU they failed? Or maybe it's only tutorials where you get meld so fast

>>161014353
Assume that XCOM never got past ballistics. Also assume that aliens threw everything they had at them immediately, instead of starting out at five sectoids and slowly ramping up. Canonically XCOM lost like a month into the first game, which means the Commander held his ground for a full thirty days with nothing but terrestrial assault rifles and swears to hold off Sectopods, Ethereals and Muton Elites. Shit, makes sense the Resistance in XCOM2 seem to worship him so much.

>>161014609
>But you go to the that mission in like the first week or something
What? I'm talking about the XCOM base being attacked, base defense. Also I think EW isn't canon in X2 timeline.

>>161014768
I'm talking about the mission where you get meld first. That Council guy says aliens are transporting something and sends you to investigate, that's like in the first week or something

>>161014652
This makes sense I guess

>>161013027
Looks pretty cool!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cenw3LxNr1c

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>>161001412
I am thankful for our gracious Commander

>>161001412
THANK

XCOM 2, Rockeeters or psi ops, what do you guys think? I used to use rocketeers to rocket pods when they're together before we activate them, but it looks like Psi Op's Void Rift does that much much better.

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>>161014353
>>161014495
>>161014652

Frankly, they've been rather vague on exactly how far XCOM got. We know they only ever shot down two UFOs (the first one, and the Avenger), and never managed to upgrade their equipment significantly. However, they must have been active long enough for the Commander to establish their excellence, and for XCOM in general to become a symbol of the human resistance. There's hints that both MEC and Psi research were at least off the ground before the fall.

So the answer is "meh, headcanon that shit".

XCOM losing never bothered me, because it meant the campaigns that I won remained as victories, and the ones I lost got a second chance, so to speak. Alternate timelines, whatever. All the same, I would love it if X3 continued on from the timeline where XCOM won. Probably not gonna happen, though, since X2's ending is a lot easier to work with.

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XCOM 2 needs this brutal weapon

>>161002625

What's up with these high levels of HERESY

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>>160935682

You betcha

>>161006432

Real talk, I've never understood what the big difference is supposed to be. X1 has bighuge weapons, X2 has bighuge weapons. X1 goes from ballistics and kevlar to energy weapons and power armor, so does X2. The alien design is a mixture of creepy and goofy in both games. The outrageous stuff in X2 is DLC and entirely optional. Hell, the fact that X2's male operatives are normal-sized and not total beefcakes is a plus in my book. The one thing X2 did worse are the helmets past tier 1, which I never used for this reason.

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>pg 10 again

So, The geoscape is dark, and the outfitter says the mission will be night, but the clock says it's 10am & in-game it's fucking bright.
Which to trust?

I've found the exact opposite was true in previous missions.

>>161009871
Variety is rarely bad, explosive engineers aren't always the best choice and you'll still have 2-3 of those that you can pick from for most missions.

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>>161001412

I thought he burned out on XCOM? He really doesn't like X2, does he?

>>161027472
Considering he has something like 500 hours played I really can't blame him. I've got 300 and I feel like I've seen everything the game has to offer and then some, the only way to breathe life into it is extensive modding which is a bitch to get right. LW gives you that "just right" for free with a drag 'n drop installation, which is why I think he goes back to it. Hell, it's why I went back to it.

>>161027949

What would you say is missing from X2, that would give that LW-tier replayability?

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>Ayys making friends with 3rd party freaks they'd bred out of their troops ages ago
Why is this allowed?
They should be enemies.

>>161028259
>facing viper king
>rookies and ballistics
On a scale of 9 to 10, how fucked is your campaign?

>>161028259

It would be sort of cool if they came bursting out of a psionic rift when you've cleared the other ayys out and you think you're safe. But I guess that'd make them more predictable.

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>>161028224
Build variety, mostly. There are tons of very real and impactful choices you can make in LW and even EU in the base layer, and importantly, most of them were very viable. Vanilla XCOM2 feels a lot more linear and it suffers for it.

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>that one sniper waifu who survives the whole game because she steals all kills and was never shot at

what's her name, /xcg/?

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>>161028796
What the image doesn't bring up is how restricted XCOM2's classes feel by comparison EU had restricted skill trees for sure but XCOM2 managed to be a lot worse - instead of having four classes with some flavor choices to be made in how they play, there are four classes subdivided into two classes each. Your sniper is either a gunslinger or a sniper - no inbetween. Your ranger is either a stealth ranger or a melee ranger - no inbetween. That always bugged me to no end. Instead of having one decision be made every time they rank up, you already commit to a build in the beginning of the tree, because the perk trees are laid out in such a way that all of the "related" perks are useless without the synergy of those higher up in the tree. EU was a lot better at this than X2. Long War blew both of them out of the water, making shifting from LW to X2 feel like coming out of 'nam and into kindergarten.

Again, I like X2. I'm willing to wager I'm one of the people in the thread who has played it the most - it still feels like so much of the goofy magic that was EU, that whole "brave new world"-feel when you looked at the foundry and saw all those projects or carefully considering perks was lost in trying to make a unique sequel. That opinion is mostly rose tinted goggles, I know, but I still find myself going back to EU in spite of the mod support and superior graphics of X2, which does imply something is seriously wrong.

Other reasons off the top of my head that EU is a more fun game is the fantastic soundtrack, the eerie sound design (loud, clanky footsteps and aliens growling in the distance), visual design that matched the comic-book goofy gray man vibe of OldCOM with a very modern and unsettling take on aliens with some body horror ripped straight out off /x/-alium pastas and more memorable characters.

>>161029213
Natalya "Baba Yaga" Katz. Except she died putting an Archon King six feet under. Rip, you glorious fucker

>>161029213
That was xcom EU and EW Xcom 2 is all about the ranger waifu

>20 defense drones against rookies and squaddies
>ready for anything Advent Troopers nullifying Shadowstep, the entire point of which is to speed up the game pace

What else am I in for? Dominate on random ADVENT officers ffs.

Long War team are so fucking braindead.

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>>161029213

Elspeth "Longbow" McLeod, the whiskey death. Carried over from one of my LW campaigns. Never has a single sniper carried a campaign so hard.

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>>161029876

Here pictured in her LW incarnation.

>>161028365
I got plate armor instead of gauss and am building up a stable of troops instead of one supersquad- playing on commander so I've got the leeway for it.
That's the only rook in the squad.

Also playing blind-ish & that was the second (and final) encounter with the fucker.

>>161028573
Doesn't the 'zerker queen attack other aliens if she doesn't find you quick enough?

>>161030392
>Doesn't the 'zerker queen attack other aliens if she doesn't find you quick enough?

Hilariously, yes. At least sometimes, and the hapless aliens don't even fight back.

>>161030458
>don't even fight back
Damn. Though I can see why that shit would get tricky to code for, what with the 'ruler reaction' bs.

>>161030532

I reckon it uses the same game logic as the ordinary 'zerkers, who also stomp around and murder allies with no reaction.

>>161029213
He was from my first EW run.
John Johnson

Due to his funny generated name, I made him look as clown-like as possible. Gave him pink armor and everything.

Then Newfoundland hit. I went in not knowing what would happen. Then the 'lids hit.
One by one my soldiers fell. Slowly I got closer to the ship. Nearing the end, only Johnson was left. A lone sniper.

He activated the signal and ran. Ran like the wind. As more and more 'lids spawned, the gap grew smaller. But he pressed on. After all, he could run faster with a double-move than they could with a single move, so they could never attack him.

Just a few more squares till the Evac, he was utterly surrounded. And I mean utterly. All 8 squares around him were filled with a lid. He couldn't move.

It was at that moment I realised he wore a Skeleton Suit, with a grappling hook. He grappled on nearest roof, and made it to the evac with not a single square of movement to spare.

He ended up to be my standard soldier in every single mission. Even became my destined Psi saviour in the final mission.

He started out as a joke, but became my biggest badass

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>>161029876

That screen gives me Destiny vibes for some reason.

Castro from Blops Zombie mode rip when?

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live, you fucks

>>161034701
im gorging myself with turkey so i cant

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Infested Planet Beagles for those interested.

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>>161034701
>>161035593
Same. I feel like I'm dying.

>>161035593
>>161036590

>tfw eurofag so no delicious turkey dinner till christmas

Chow down some for me, too, comrades.

>>161037014
>tfw same
We have black friday now though, so I'm staying up anyway to look over deals. I'm on the prowl for a new mobo and SSD. All those XCOM2 assets are wrecking my storage space

>>161037345

In hindsight, I should probably have installed X2 on my SSD.

>>161037345
This is a good deal. I bought one for $190 two black fridays ago and it has served me well: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147373&ignorebbr=1

They also have a 1tb for $250: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147374&ignorebbr=1

>>161037853
Thanks famski, but yuropoor so Newegg is a no-.go. I'm also looking for an NVME or an M.2-drive rather than a classic SSD, my 850Evo has served me well so far. I'm looking for sanic fast speeds.

>>161037853
Forgot to mention, the 500gb one is $130 and the sale ends today.

>>161037927
Newegg doesn't ship to europe? That sucks, man.

>entire pod gather right next to each other
>along with a civvie

FORGIVE ME MAMA

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Guys, covering fire or threat assessment?

Also, seems like Combatprot/Haywire/Medic/Guardian/Cap Disch seems like the most poly-valent build for specialists.
That about right?

>>161037014
I'll feast in your name my man

>>161036590
this

fuck I hurt.

>>161037014

They sell turkey all year round. You have no excuse.

>>161038930

Yes, but my badass grandma won't make her perfect dinner with extra everything until Christmas, and that's what I want.

>>161039083
Grandma dinner makes my peener cry

>>160965212
>R6 at gaming desktop during the day
>comfy in bed with Mac & XCOM at night
Truly, nothing could be better. There's been a rash of cyber & sci fi threads on other boards, which prompted me to finally pick up Enemy Within after beating vanilla a few years ago.

>>161039371

Why?

>>161039640
Its too good it will kill me

>>161039567
What other boards? Could you some other threads to lurk in.

>>161039857
What're you trying to type here m80?

>>161039567
Definitely try out Long War, anon. I can't recommend it enough!

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>>161040004
>Could you
could use, sorry, brain is full of turkey.

>>161036590
This is great I'm full of food and the whole family is watching topgun

>>161038432
Anyone?

>>161041220
Threat Assesment, for sure. In XCOM2 enemies shouldn't be getting any actions against you anyway so covering fire will be wasted 99% of the time, while you can at least use threat assessment to grant overwatch to a unit that's already dashed or something.

>>161040624
10/10

>>161036436
I should pick up infested planet, looks pretty fun. Might even be on sale right now, I'll have to check.

>>161038432
>>161041220
They both suck imo, but covering fire is god-awful without opportunist.
The reason why I don't like Threat assessment is because is raises the cool-down for aid protocol.

>>161038180
>Just killed a man

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>tfw cant decide if i should buy XCOM EW on the steam sale

dunno man, i already have xcom 2 and my last LW game is gone since it was a old version.

i have like this urge to buy it since i never did and only pirated it and i miss the aesthetics and overall feel of the game, but as a student away from home it takes a big hit in my wallet.

Also i still need to finish my ironman/legend game on XCOM 2 and give Piratez a try.

>>161041220
Threat Assessment. You can use it aggressively when activating pods for a free shot. I usually put it on my holo-targetting dude, who can then grenade or apply holo to another target too.

Also I've found Scanning Protocol way more useful than Field Medic for a specialist.

>>161043878
>shit without opportunist
Ah so they still haven't changed that?
Then yep, even with the GTS upgrade, it's still shit.

>>161048518
>scanning prot vs medic
They're both useful with 'lids. But if you have a phantom ranger or two, field medic's useful everywhere else.

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I never realized my squad needed a nighttime Juggalo until I made one.

>>161050672
Wow, that IS pretty good.

Playing EW for the first time in years, is there a 101 guide or something to refresh me?

I haven't played XCOM 2 since it first came out. Been bored lately and kinda in the mood - is now a good time to dip back into it? Have any good mods come out? Are there any major updates I should wait for?

>>161051259

Yes, yes, no.

>>161050968

Rush Satellites
Rush Lasers
Win

>>161019330
>X3 continuing on a timeline where XCOM won

I like to think that Helldivers fills in that gap.

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>>161040624
>tfw no food and no family

>>161056294
aww not like this

>>161024331
The outfitter uses the time it is currently, it doesn't take into account the 1-3 hour travel time the Skyranger has to mission site.

>>161056294
>TELL MY KIDS I .....*gurgle*

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>>161056294

>tfw food but no family

>>161056294
>tfw technically food and family but living in another country so not experiencing it

was busy working in the geriatric ward anyways

>>161056874
I don't think that's correct- you fly to the mission site before it brings up the soldier pane.

>>161057931
The Avenger flies to the region the mission is in, the soldier pane pops up, and then the Skyranger flies to the mission site.

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I'm living my dreams through the life of people on /vg/. Stop ruining Thanksgiving for me...

>>161056294
>>161058828

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>>161058828

>>161028259
You can't blame the Vipers, they haven't seen a real dick in their lives.

Man, the LWPP classes are so broken. You'd think the alien pack would do some counterbalancing, but besides from the drones - which are only diffcult because you don't HAVE any of the OP classes when facing them initially - nothing really stands out as particularily magnificent. JL fell off.

Also, WHY IS EUROPEAN BLACK FRIDAY SO SHIT FUCK

>>161060236
wait for last mod

>>161060353
Not the same guy.
I really doubt that the last mod will magically fix the broken shit that is Long War 2.

>>161060353
>>161060665
The same guy.
There is no LW2, the LWS mods are clearly intended to be modular plugins rather than overhauls. Expecting for them to do what Long War did for EU is way misguided.

Any word on when the last one is coming out? Their site gives nothing

I never thought about this before, but god damn Beagles income must've taken a hit when he stopped making LnI. If you look at his viewcount progression ever since his decline and eventual drought on XCOM content it's night and day - used to pull 40k+ viewers on hour long videos, now he barely breaks ten on 30 minute videos. The length of the video matters too because youtube gives ad revenue based on time watched now. Unless my memory fails me he also used to make more off the Patreon, and his viewcount on Twitch has been declining too.

Must've been feeling the heat, probably why he started churning out XCOM2 and now finally an LW-video.

>>161060353
>>161060952

What does the last mod even do?

>>161061465
No one knows. But it will fix everything and make your cock ten times bigger.

>>161050968
EW is basically EU with a few lategame extras. Everything you remember should still be valid.

I miss Big Sky

>>161062073
Good thing he's not dead.

>>161062073

At least he died doing what he loved.

>>161038432
>run 2 threat assesment specs
>delete pods by overwatches

not even a question

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>That cutscene when your base gets attacked in EW

>tfw using a bunch of difficulty mods
>tfw with squad size of 4-6 the game is too hard
>tfw with squad size of 6-8 the game is too easy
>tfw with squad size of 5-7 it tickles my autism.

If I'm using 4-6 what's some mods that can buff xcom just ever so slightly. Most all the difficulty mods I'm using are double edged swords, height defense bonus, grenade damage falloff, absolutely critical, red fog, ect.

Guess which OP class is back.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=804756952

>>161066382
The LW toolbox lets you turn on red fog for the aliens only, that is a small buff to xcom

Do MECs still have genital organs?

>>161067618
No.

>>161067618

Yes.

>>161066382

Non-tile snapping grenade abilities, no squadsight penalty for sharpshooters, better SPARKs, mission timers extended or disabled, increased cover bonuses.

>>161063319
That doesn't seem like it'd be very good though, at least not on paper. All TA really does is let a soldier of your choice take 3 actions that turn- with the last being a CF overwatch. And CF OW aint very good compared to a normal overwatch.
The penalties are supposedly brutal.

How frequently are your guys hitting enemies in cover?

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It's taking a million years to finish this mod, but the advent hunter rifle is finished, for the most part, maybe when i see it in game something will look horribly wrong with the normal map or something.

Still have to finish the conventional, magnetic and plasma versions and 4 items.

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>>161072137

>>161072137
If you show that to /k/ they will call you a nigger.

>>161072581
I would feel rather despondent if a bunch of inbred rednecks called me a nigger :(

>>161066382
You can do 5-7 and flavor the odd spot for SPARK.

>>161072581

Probably, i don't really know anything about guns.

I miss MEC boxing

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Post your favourite golden geese units

>>161075889
Muh nigga
https://youtu.be/VEJ8lpCQbyw

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>>>>>moderate difficulty

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>>161077139
Oh fuck shit got intense

>>161077262
UNLOAD ON THAT BITCH

>>161077262

It's time to become proficient my friend.

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Bradford must be feeling quite weird right now

>>161077474
a sitcom waiting to happen

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>>161077262

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>>161077262
Berserker Queen is by far the easiest of the three.

>1. Flying Annihilator of Buttocks
>2. Icy Snek
>3. Teamkiller Retard

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>>161077795

Hah! She used to be a Berserke like you... Until she took an arrow to the knee!

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>>161077795
>>161078064

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>>161077795
3 unconscious, plus the VIP, reinforcements moving in, 5 turns on the clock.
No revival protocol.
Is it possible to put a slug in the VIP's brain after you subdue him?

And why can sparks become unconscious?

>>161075126
If you can stretch the stock (the butt) out without ruining your texture job you should

>>161078749
I was more fixated on the mag sticking out of the pistolgrip myself.

>>161077262
Why didn't you flash her? Dummy.

>>161078787
Hey man, maybe the mag well has ayyy lmao tech to make it work.

>>161078826
I did. But then I managed to stun her immediately afterwards.
Faggot in the first pane >>161078537 is the one that flashed.

>>161078537
>And why can sparks become unconscious?
Because Jake

>>161079270
FIX

>>161079270
They aren't unconscious, they're 'disabled'. You do the same thing to MECs.

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>>161079395
I've never blunt-force-trauma'd a mec.
But alright, at least I don't have to leave him behind.

Meanwhile FUCKSHITFUCK

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>>161079814

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>>161080207

>>161060236
>
its the same as (continental) european "halloween": introduced at some point bc the carneval economy couldn't get their mouths full and now it's here every year with shitty add brats ringing my bell. they aint getting shite.

Euro black friday is a similar meme: No real discounts, but trying to ride the US-BF-Meme

>>161078537
i started the alien hunter line in early power/plasma time and had very little issues, the ayys just kept getting rekt by my overwatch. i also used freeze nade and snek grab later

>>161067618
I think so. They always talk about arms and legs.

>>161074727
nice

>>161014353
It was my impression that x-com won the first time but the elders did live die repeat style shenanigans to test humanity. Mind you this is based solely on one elder saying that x-com has been here before in the final mission which couldn't be the case in the current timeline as x-com got their asses handed to them in that timeline.

I like the music during Shen's mission. I think it's unique to that, I haven't heard this anywhere else

>check plebbit for normie reactions to bagle uploads
>XCOM LW has 48 replies
>XCOM 2 has 2

it's like people have been waiting for the second coming of jesus christ

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>>161067618

I have an honest question to XCG - we have often mused about adding the old units to the new game, and the reply to that is that it is supposedly difficult to get the model meshes and animations out of xcom 1/we - yet over the last few threads we have seen xcom 1 era art and smut made using 3d models.

What I ask is this, where did these models and smut come from?

I am willing to delve into the depths of porn to get those meshes and bring those units into the game but my Googlefu is shit.

Sauce? Please?

Is Hunter Protocol any good?
Seems like it could be shit, but its competition isn't any better.

>>161086993
nope!

grab bulwark -> strike -> intimidate -> repair -> channeling field -> sacrifice

sparks are completely useless beyond early game. they have shit aim, shit damage, can't take cover, shit tanking and shit hacking.

>tfw hated XCom 2 so much I've never even bothered to play with all the DLCs out
i should've remembered that the reason i liked eu and ew was long war, not the base game

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Maybe is a stupid question but hows the multiplayer in the first Xcom&expansion?
Is it viable to play online or this game mains features is long war and ironman?

>>161088765
>Is it viable to play online
No. No one really plays it, I suppose you may find a match or two, but no one buys or plays xcom for the multiplayer.

Neptunia rips when?

>tfw really want to play xcom 2 but every time I launch it I only play for maybe 20 minutes.

Why... I only ever beat it once. I haven't even played the dlc. I just can't get back into it...

>>161090202
It's your brain telling you to download a couple hundred mods.

>>161090202
Depression?

>>161090435
I have 140
>>161090439
Nah, that's not the cause at least. I can play other shit no problem despite depression.

Hell I've put over 100 hours into Dragon ball xenoverse 2 already, played DOOM single player for 50 hours, civ 6 for 80 hours, and finally MGSV is at 500 hours.

>>161090439
Fuck is that why I can't play a single game longer than 20-30 minutes anymore?
Well shit...

>>161090202
Because it sucks.

What does PSI stat do? Affect the chance of skills being successful, or increase their damage, mind control duration etc?

>>161093736
Chance of attacks being successful.

>>161093968
That's kind of disappointing. Do you know if does it also affect your chance of casting insanity after void rit? How is that calculated anyway?

>>161087319
Rainmaker>Strike

>>161082590
p comfy if i so myself

WAR SUITS NEED TO BE BULKIER

WAY BULKIER

AND ALSO THEY NEED TO BE MECS

>>161094929
what if we made it boxier to

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New LnI tomorrow, maybe!

On a scale of 1-10, how good is Hail of Bullets on a ranger?

>>161094929
Yeah they're kinda lame.

EW mecs were right in that sweetspot.

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>>161096793
Its great that he's playing it again, but I honestly would have preferred a new campaign in long war 1.0 rather than a continuation of the year old one in the old version. The hype is long dead anyway so might as well start fresh.

>>161096854
not as good as killzone or serial

>>161093736
You've got that right, buckaroo!

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Are there any good SPARK cosmetic mods/

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>>161101424
Not that I know of.

I am myself looking for a /xcg/-approved compilation of gameplay mods to spice up the gameplay.

>>161103840
Personally, I really like the Infantry class mod.
Pretty much inspired by LW Infantry, and I'm really digging it.

Tbh I think the overwatch build is a bit too overpowered. The guy carries every mission with his opportunist triple-overwatch.

do you have any house-rules while playing /xcg/?
by house-rules i mean self imposed rules that you have to follow
mine are: if the use of an AoE attack would harm a civ i cant use it no matter what
also i cant use the soldiers and equipment i send to the network tower on the final mission

>>161106327
i hit my balls with a spoon one time for everytime I get shot in half cover.

>>161106327
When in an evac mission, I never leave the bodies of my comrades behind, no matter the heat.

Only when the guy who is carrying a corpse gets shot, I am allowed to leave them behind.

>>161106327
that depends if im being terrorcom in that campaign

>>161107141
i do this I dont want advent to parade my fallen on tv

Beagle is still stuck in Civ6 right?

Any tips for my first base raid?

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This gon be fun

>>161109494
yes, but he said he might go back to xcom next week.

'Sup /xcg/? Used to mod EW here, got kind of burned out and then uni happened.

Still haven't bought XCOM 2, is it worth it?

>>161116649
34 bucks right now, I think so.

>>161116712
What's up with all the negative reviews on Steam though? Has Firaxis fucked up their game?

>>161117327
Looks like mostly complaints about bugs, which I won't lie, are definitely an issue, and then some people who are just bad.

So, I'm running OpenXCom with Final Mod Pack, but whenever an alien detonates an explosive, my game crashes. I don't have this problem with my own ordnance, but any and every time some ayy hucks a grenade at me or even fires one from the small launcher, my game CTD's. Anyone know what could be wrong?

>>161117327
A few bugs here and there, but mostly people who just haven't gotten gud.

And by that I mean 'how the fuck can you play strategy games?'

>>161119209
Never had that issue, so not sure what could be wrong. Did you patch your original x-com files, and do you have the correct daily or nightly installed?

Has anyone modded in any bezerker type class that increases your close range attack the closer you are to dieing?

>>161117327

There are still bugs lingering around from launch. The worst being that LOS can occasionally break on certain buildings (I think this happens during level generation). Just be mindful if you can see and shoot through a certain wall/roof/floor that the AI can too.

There's also performance drops when a lot of particle effects are being used - fire/smoke/explosions/rubble. Although this can be mitigated somewhat with ini tweaks.

>>161121512
From what I've seen, yes. I'm gonna take another look and see if I fucked anything up though, because nothing else is wonky like this.

I hear a patch recently fucked the game.
Is it unfucked yet?
Wanted to grab it while on sale but reaaaaally iffy on it having heard that news.

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>>161078749

It already clips through their shoulder as it is now though.

>>161128152
holy shit it looks fantastic
awesome job

>>161128152
christ

you're being forced to learn ergonomics by model clipping

that's kinda kawaii

Stretch it forward so the circle elongates and the handle angle to the horizon turns more acute

>>161128152
Very, very nice

Posting the XCOM 2 Modding Discord in case anyone has interest/needs help with creating a mod

https://discordapp.com/channels/165245941664710656/165245941664710656

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How's the console port?

>>161096854
In my experience rangers rarely miss, but thanks to their ability to reliably crit, I could see this resulting in some pretty hilarious shots. If you got it for free via Advanced Warfare Center, I'd roll with it. Not super great but could be useful at times.

Sorta like the Ranger I have who got Kill Zone.