XCOM General - /xcg/

pistols are useful

>>167168198
unlike swords

>>167168460
Swords are useful in lw2

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Just like back in 'nam

Itchy trigger tentacle.

>>167168515
>swords are useful in the mod that requires you to avoid all firefights
Okay.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=854507809

All other modders can go to bed now.

>>167169104
>1 Zoidberg woop-woop
I almost want it just to hear that.

>>167169038
Which mod are you referring too? Because I know it's not Long War.

>>167169527
Well duh, I'm not talking about Long War. I'm talking about Long War 2.

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>>167169527
>>167169680

>>167169680
Nah, you must be confused. Are you sure you didn't accidentally flip that "no fun" switch included with the mod? The one where people spend their time trying to run 3 day infiltrations with 2 man squads 24/7 instead of just going on 6 man missions and killing all the ayys, or doing proper smash and grabs?

>>167169836
So what mods would you recommend for full-on ayy slaying, stealth be damned?
Not that anon.

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>>167169965
I wouldn't be the one to ask desu. I haven't done that much modding. Now if campaign anon was here, I would ask him, as he is the expert in this field.

>>167169965
All Pods Active, the king of stealth be damned, let's do this UFO Defense style

my game stutters like hell during killcams/cutscenes and even basic charecter movement

What can I do to fix it?
I already followed the advice in the OP.
What else can I do?

>>167170947
Unistall.exe

Game runs like ass, what can we say?

>>167170947
Does it persist even if after the mission?

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>>167168108
What is this helmet and where can I find it?

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>>167168460

Wrong.

>>167168515

Right.

>>167171604
nevermind found it
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=795789393&searchtext=

What class do you guys find most helpful for Haven advisor? I've been doing assaults for a while for arc throwing and run n gunning.

>>167171974
t. Faceless

>>167172138
I use my sharpshooters as haven advisers because that's all they're useful for.

>>167172138
Assaults, yeah. They're great haven advisers. I also like technicals later in the campaign, when they stop being good on missions.

>>167172138
Technicals and grenadiers.

>>167171974
I wonder what's 16 squares ahead in this fog here...

>>167172138
I've been using Shinobis for the scouting.

>>167172297
There are lot's of close quarters engagements in lw2 (especially around objectives in buildings) and you have command to reposition your shinobi afterwards. I use the sword quite a bit right now.

>>167172645
Command and implaceable, or whatever that perk is that lets you move after kill. Shinobi are just like assaults, except their run and gun is always up.

>>167171510
It's on every mission.
At this point Pectoids are just teleporting into place.

>>167173452
The ability to shoot from further away than point blank is a big deal. Point blank gives 8 choices to stand, two squares away gives 16, three gives 24.

Am I missing something with concealment? Sometimes I get spotted by ayys even after moving to a tile that the game shows as safe.

Do reinforcements just never stop coming in network array missions?

>>167175889
Yes. Go fast or face 5 man drops and then 8 man drops.

>>167175608
Its pretty retarded. You can't see the sight range of a unit if you can't see that unit. I say unit and not enemy unit because this goes for civilians too. I can't count the number of times I've had concealment broken because there were civvies on a spot blocked by some high cover.

>>167175608

You only see red warning tiles for enemies and civilians that are visible to you

>>167176352
>>167176831
I already spotted the entire pod when I moved my unit up, but he still got spotted by a visible enemy on a tile that should of been safe.
It's only happened about 4-5 times in the 60 hours I've played the game so I thought it was a bug.

>>167175608
1. They have to be visible
2. If you're using something like Gotcha and you're not in concealment but you have vision via a Shinobi, Gotcha only shows if you're in vision at the end point. To see if you'll get spotted along the travel path you need to run your cursor along the travel path.

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Post current deads

>two people with crash nickname

>>167177938
What the hell happened on Hellborn Key?

>>167174810
Yes, that's why the ability to graze for 3 damage comes with a 4 turn cooldown.

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>>167178049
it
was
it was
a HQ mission

>>167178130
>not rolling 3 out of 8, then grazing for 1
Uhhh, you don't get to bring damage.

Anyone else have a policy of no body left behind? I think trying to extract everyone, even if they're deceased, is the right thing to do.

Anyone who played first XCOM on DOS:
is it playable without a mouse?

>>167178876
Can enemy unknown run on DOS?

>>167179028
I get you're memeing, but come on man.

>>167179091
first game was called "Enemy unknown" too, tho

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>>167177938
Heidren died attempting to carry King to evac since he was bleeding out.

F

>>167179210
oh
I keep thinking it's ufo defense only because it's always referred to that, and I never see the cover art that has that title

>>167178876
I've never heard of someone playing it without a mouse. I couldn't tell you.

>>167179256
>Furious Tongue
what type of mission?

>>167178876
just checked
nah, it's not playable without a mouse
sad, I love these games where you need only keyboard to play

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>>167179685
snek harem infiltration
All operatives are MIA

>>167180319
I can delete if this isn't sfw

LONG WAR 2 IS GAY
MY GUYS NEVER HIT ANYTHING THEY SHOOT AT!!!

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>>167179685
VIP Extraction, if I remember correctly.

I'll be glad when I get my rig upgraded so I can play on non-toaster settings

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>>167180594
sounds like a personal problem

>>167180823
>alien sympathizer makes fun of a commander's troops not hitting while posting a snake

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>Turn graze band to 0
>Graze more than ever

?????

>>167181120
thanks bro, i was panicked when i posted that

>>167181235
Sometimes zero in code removes the limit instead of reducing it to nothing. Try 0.1 or another very small number.

>>167181235
If it's setting it to zero with the options menu it worked for me
The only assumption I have is that maybe you forgot to save settings, but I'm not going to assume you made that mistake.

>>167181235
>trying to remove magnificent design
You're not going to deal damage to exposed ayys and you're going to like it.

is there any way to change the laser cannon sound effect?

>>167181235
If the enemies you're fighting still have a dodge stat (of which there are plenty in LW2, for purely arbitrary reasons at times), you're still going to have a chance to graze them.

AFAIK, turning graze band to 0 doesn't totally remove grazing from the game.

>>167181659
Down to zero in LW2 options menu, and I made sure to save. Also wouldn't explains why it happens more.

>>167181863
Unless there are passive dodge values you're not allowed to see >>167181567 explains a bit better why every fucking shot there after turned into a graze.

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How do you enable the debug camera? I want to get my screenshot-fu on.

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>>167182385
Scratch, got it.
toggledebugcamera
uitogglevisibility

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[Heavy Breathing]

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>>167183020
That was close. This is why I never do these kind of ops

>>167183020
One grenade and problem's solved.

>>167183440
it looks like he was running a two man infiltration squad

I kind of like how you can game the system like that

>>167183440
It's a two man stealth op, I wouldn't be winning a firefight. Also a grenade would probably kill only one guy.

>>167183020
is it possible to stealth through missions without firefights?
wew maybe it's time to get that game

>>167183903
In Long War 2, yeah.

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Fuck collaborators No ayys get out REEE

Who is playing LW2 with Ironman here? I do but on Veteran.

>>167184150
>Playing Ironman with a new mod with known bugs
I'm not putting myself through that potential pain.

>>167184150
I am on veteran. Just started though. In vanilla, I restarted like ten times on classic and I'm sure it will happen again here on verteran soon. I just can't not do ironman, same with a lot of other games like Invisible Inc. Ruins the whole concept for me.

>>167183903
Sort of. At some point, you have to break concealment when you go for the objective or call for evac. But if you set it up right, you can evac immediately after the objective is completed for a clean get away.

>>167184150
>Ironman
Hell no, honestman for me.

>>167184150
>Ironman
Do you hate yourself?

>>167183560
Yes, but it'll wound the others so that they're extremely unlikely to hit anything.

Also if you don't ever plan on using the nades, you should drop them from the loadout for greater mobility.

>>167184892
>Yes, but it'll wound the others so that they're extremely unlikely to hit anything.
I'm not playing with red fog

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>>167184242
>>167184336
>>167184410
>>167184572
Stop being so casual

>>167185272
>be stupid
no

>>167185272
I said I can't not do ironman in my post.

>>167185272
Not playing on Ironman isn't casual, it's smart. Even vanilla occasionally breaks down, and you KNOW LW2 still has some game-breaking bugs.

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>>167185272
>Just get assfucked by a glitch or bug bro!
Fuck off retard.

>>167180319
>snek16

Post some more.

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That's some nice loot for a timed extract

>>167185478
It really isn't that bad.

>>167186379
But definitely not good enough

>>167186379
I'm not saying you're constantly gonna get fucked by bugs but I'd rather have a save to go back on if it does happen. I don't need an arbitrary mode to prevent me from savescumming, I'm not a scrub.

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>>167185913

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Has anyone tried Coup de Grace on the shinobi class? The ability has been unselectable whenever there have been stunned/disoriented enemies in sight. Is it a passive? Do I need to sword 'em? Or is it just bugged for me?

>>167186581
And even then it the hard save can easily be bypassed by copying the save file.

>>167187140
Now you are just creating extra work.

>>167187206
The point being that if someone that wants to savescum, then they will anyway.

So Ironman isn't the end all to savescumming.

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>>167184150
Yut. I'm going to get the hang of Legendary if it kills me.

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Is anyone that's using the Rainbow 6 Siege armors having trouble launching it through the alternate mod launcher? It shows up after adding the non workshop directory but the file size shown is 0 bytes.

It loads up and works fine through the vanilla launcher, am I missing something?

>Think snapshot works like it always has, only after moving
>Snapshot actually replaces shoot entirely, making snipers useless at long range

Fuck.

>just finished wiping out two Sectoids, an Officer, two sentries, and two Troopers
>pod on yellow alert moves in
>3 Sectoids, MEC, and a Trooper
>2 Sectoids scamper and raise zombos
>Other one mind controls my assault
>MEC flanks and crit kills my Technical
>A roaming Drone moves in from BEHIND me out of nowhere
>Incapacitates my Specialist

Magnificent.

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>>167188438
Mine works just fine

should I bother attempting supply raids early game in LW2? It says it's only light-moderate enemy activity but it seems like a bad idea.

>>167188598
I keep seeing posts like these, claiming that every single enemy who patrols into them gets reaction fire, but it has never happened to me, it still hasn't happened to Boggle, and I haven't seen it happen to Wynns yet.

Be honest with me, here. Are you just shitposting, or just very, very unlucky?

>>167188537
it actually changes how the squadsight mechanic works. it works kind of like the strike rifles in long war where you get a 5 tile squadsight range, except here you get -20 for every tile past 5

I wish they had a perk that ignored all squadsight penalties, then I could have real snipers for certain missions

>>167189417
very unlucky

I disabled that ITT bullshit in the ini

line 135 on in \SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\268500\844674609\Config\XComLW_Overhaul.ini

zero all four values

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>>167189667
excuse me, I meant to say line 163-167

>>167189454
http://www.pavonisinteractive.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=23853
>This is the English text for a new medikit ability and some text I'm going to add to the Death From Above perk.
>Also grants a long-range accuracy bonus for sniper rifles.
><Bullet/> This ability also removes all squadsight-range aim penalties when using sniper rifles at any elevation.

Since LW2 is a thing, does that pretty much confirm that an Enemy Within-like expansion to Xcom2 is never going to happen and in fact they're just going to do XCOM3 if anything?

>>167190060
>Since LW2 is a thing, does that pretty much confirm that an Enemy Within-like expansion to Xcom2 is never going to happen and in fact they're just going to do XCOM3 if anything?
No, why would you think that?

>>167189667
>>167189904
Well, whatever lets you enjoy your gaming experience, anon. I personally like Itchy. It makes me pay a lot more attention to my surroundings, looking for all the dead zones and making me really appreciate that sometimes moving to better cover is more important than overwatch.

Sorry it didn't shake out so well for you.

>>167190095
Since they would need to overhaul LW2 in case of an expansion.

>>167190198
You do realize LW1 came out before EW, right?

>>167190198
Long War 1 had to go through the same exact process. Most people don't remember that LW EU was a thing.

>>167190245
>>167190254
I did not, I got into Xcom like maybe 4 months ago. My mistake then.

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>>167190331

>>167189932
holy shit respeccing all my snipers now

>>167189932
Hmm. To have one guy be better at shooting, or to improve aim of everyone else for free?

I think I'm still gonna go with Rapid Holo, but this does make the choice a bit tougher. I also really want to try out a Marksman build focused on mobility and flanking, but I wonder how I could also try and sync Marksman's crit bonuses with Kubikuri, since that ability doesn't allow you to move n' shoot.

>>167190459
Does this recommend playing EU then LW:EU then the betas in order then 1.0? That's ridiculous or I'm misunderstanding the chart.

>>167191615
No, this shows when stuff came out on a timeline and how they relate to each other.

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Should I play UFO defense or LW2 tonight?

>>167192094
yes

>>167192094
Ufo defense if you want to have fun killing aliens, LW2 if you want to play a shitty stealth game that forces you to run for the evac zone instead of playing the game

>>167192094
Do you want to be punished for carelessness, or do you want to be punished for carelessness with better graphics and fewer soldiers?

>>167179490
It was "X-Com: UFO Defense" in the US and "UFO: Enemy Unknown" elsewhere.
The 2012 version went for maximum confusion.

>>167192638
>carelessness
that's not how you spell "restrain when using explosives"

Any mod that makes XCOM2 more like XCOM1?

>>167193026
In what way.

>>167193148
Remove timers but make the enemys a lot harder.

>>167192094
Do you want to set Overwatch traps, or do you want to walk into them?

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>Mission: Rescue VIP from ADVENT city
>assume this is a captured VIP so stealth on deploy
>all my shinobis are on different missions so this should be ok
>send in one soldier with an smg for a quick rescue
>it was a "VIP is already with you and you have no stealth" mission

>>167189417

I must have been extremely unlucky.

I've not had a enemy activation fuck me that hard before. Usually a Trooper shoots, a zombie raised, or a soldier gets marked.

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Is there any better feeling than leaving with the ayy's precious cargo right in their face?
Too big to post here unfortunately.
https://webmshare.com/play/q7nRO

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>>167191537
>spec into a snapshot sniper
>3rd offensive ability in AWC is Run and Gun

>>167194010
stealth squads are a fun way to game the system

>>167192556
Yeah, but it's NEW!

>>167169965

When you start a new campaign, set about 4/6 of your starting Haven on Intel. Then you'll get 6-8 day Infiltrations and can take 4-5 soldiers with over 100%, meaning you can actually shoot things. 6+ is really not feasible until you get the upgrades later.

>finally max a technical
Holy shit firestorm is so satisfying, i was not expecting that sea of fire and mass cover destruction. Quickburn with 18 mobility nuke and run.

>>167195191
I just put all 6 on intel.

What if XCOM introduced separate difficulty levels for the Strategy and Tactical levels? Like how the Silent Hill games have separate difficulty options for Combat and Puzzles.

>>167195191
Do people not know this?

I just did my first mission after gatecrasher, with 1 assault, 1 ranger and 3 rookies.

I hit the baseline at 100% on extremely light activity, took out all the pods + 1 set of reinforcements, got all the loot and VIPs and got out with 1 turn left.

>97%
>but probably... 38%
What mod did I even install to get this highest of kek text

>>167197760
Imperfect information.

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HOW FUCKING FAST DO I NEED TO DESTROY THE HQ

I DID IT IN LIKE 4 MONTHS AND THE AVATAR PROJECTS ALREADY OVER HALF WAY

HOW

>>167197760
lifetime stats

>>167198006
related, is the Avatar Project infinitely manageable if you take down sites like in Vanilla? I would imagine not, but I'd like to know why if so

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>tfw toaster
>tfw I'm just stuck here watching LP's
>twf that only makes the urge worse

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>tfw it's been one of those lives

>>167198154
Actually apparently if global resistance is high enough then you can start reducing avatar time, and the only reason I know this is because of a friend mention he's at 50%+ delaying power or something

Post cool webms.

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>july
>somehow haven't shot down three drones

Stealthing missions has its drawbacks.

>>167198501
>having blacks by choice
>having americans by choice

>>167198501
Needs a Viper serving the drinks.

>>167198860
Don't forget that it has to be on missions that you can get bodies from.

>>167198991
>not having americans
the burger is strong against ayys

>>167196035

I'd wager that no, people do not know this. I didn't, and I nearly gave up LW2 in frustration since it didn't feel like something I'd done wrong, just a bad/magnificent mod.

While the mod documents the new features in the game, it needs to do a better job instructing the player that the Haven is there to be actively managed.

>Just bought this game from Humble Bundle
Tell me /xcg/, what am I in for.

>>167199376

Depends, have you played any other XCOM games before?

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>>167199376
Cute sneks.

>>167199594
I played Enemy Unknown on console.

>>167199746

If you liked Enemy Unknown, you'll like XCOM 2, but it improves in some areas and suffers slightly in others. Still overall excellent.

Now that you're on PC though, you can try the Long War 2 mod that recently came out; a complete overhaul mod that essentially makes it a different game. Don't try it first though; it's worth appreciating and beating the base game first, and not just because Long War 2 is harder.

>>167198991
>>>/pol/

>>167200349
>asshurt black anon

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>Poked by a stun lance for 3 damage
>Gravely wounded for 15 days

>It's a hidden drone next to a pod leading to accidental broken concealment episode

>>167201309
bait me once, shame on you
bait me twice, shame on me

Are there supposed to be two faceless infiltrators right from the start? Happened back to back in my two havens, first month

>>167202820
think it's random, just hope those 2 are the only faceless actually in your haven

>>167202883
Yeah, but it means that there two faceless in each Haven, with only one total extra recruit. That's pretty fucking magnificent for the first month

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I bought X2 just for LW. But I don't even feel like giving it a chance past the first week. The performance of the game, the inbuilt delays between actions that even mods haven't completely removed, the bad UI..

I'm sticking with LW1. Maybe I'll try it again when LW2 is complete, but I doubt it - the game it's built on is such a step back technologically (except in graphics of course) that even if LW2 ends up competitive with the original, it would have that as a main black mark.

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>pod of three sectoids run into view
>all three double move into heavy cover then mind control

why is this allowed

>>167202982
ini edits, robojumper's tweaks + swmt did enough for me, and there are enough UI tweaks to make up for the bad release state
>health pips
>who let this past QA

>>167203129
ITT needs to be fucking optional
I didn't even find it well implemented in EWLW

>>167203245
>>167203129

It wouldn't even be a bad thing if they could only use defensive abilities. Hell, even overwatch and suppression.

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>>167203136
What prompted my post was actually my second attempt to play just now, since I did the engine.ini tweaks but the long load times stayed (not that I really expected a stuttering fix to do more).

SWMT downgraded the slowdowns from unreasonable to subdued, but they're still there. EW is so much snappier. Same with the load times - they're by no means unbearable, but they're frequent, somewhat long, break immersion etc. It adds up to an undercurrent of irritations that EW just doesn't have. And since LW1 is already excellent there's no reason to put up with it for me. Now that I actually tried it, I'm surprised that the majority of posters have stuck with X2 all the way since release.

>>167204254
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0CYJNw9YJQ

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>>167199031
you're right Viper should be serving drinks

>>167205184
I don't think disliking load times is a subjective thing.

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>move soldier to a wall
>SPOTTED!
>there was a civi around the corner

>>167205624
i just fuck off for a minute and stretch my legs during loads, but 99% of the time i'm playing on the clock anyway kek

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>>167205959
I fucked up by going for a comp sci degree, there seems to be a decent number of jobs with lots of downtime but programming isn't among them.

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Fuck your shitty mod lump, there shouldn't be two pods just sitting on the objective. This is my sweet revenge.

>>167206379
I went in for biosci/biochem and accidentally a whole microbio degree because i sucked a million dicks and MB is apparently enough of a dying art to justify full-ride grants
I didn't want to stare at petri dishes in between paperwork for the rest of my life so now i'm back in school for a zoo/animal bio PHD so i can stare at petri dishes in between paperwork for the rest of my life
I now play XCOM for a living wage
How is life even real

>>167207045
Bruh I played XCOM on the clock while working from home as an insurance adjuster. I had to quit because that life was still too shitty to bear. Job came with a free company car, too.

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>Turn 2
>Squad 3 yellow moves away with a muton pod between them and the objective

Are datapad missions meant to be completely unwinnable?

>ini edit to remove ITT
>pod patrols into me on their turn and shoots anyway
>covering fire ranger has vision of advent gunner
>doesn't shoot when suppressed gunner one-shots my gunner out of heavy cover

magnificent

i feel like i should just go back to LW1

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just snagged EU/EW+sling/progeny(?) and long war one, any must-have mods?

>>167208496
http://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/631/?

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Despite how much I like the aesthetic of the R6S armor, that plaid pouch on the right calf makes me giggle a little every time. How ridiculous.

Riddle me this /xcg/, I've run into a bug on TWO (2) campaigns now that where there's no enemies and no objective.

Reloading/restarting etc., doesn't fix it.

I guess I have to just turn off mods now.

>>167208623
Well its the uniform of a proud Scot SAS member.

>do the delete config/revalidate fix
>still gets stuck on returning from mission

magnificent design

>>167208610
thank you for not calling me retarded for missing the mods in the OP

>>167208623
That line up looks like the start of a joke.
>a nigerian, a german, and an american walk into a bar

Also, two Center Mass dark events in a row. hahaha fuck you.

>>167208623
hey bro how get arm flags?

>>167208610
wait what is this a shitpost

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>>167208872
The R6S Mute/Sledge armors have them by default like how the BF4 helmets have them on the back of some helmets.

>>167209017
Not at home, are R6S armors uploaded yet or are they still only on mega?

>>167209090
Still mega, and I think still just Mute and Sledge. There's a helmet mod (but they're weirdly low quality ports).

>>167205390
good
at least I know i'll get fast service

>>167209232
Is it in the mega link in OP?

>area suppression and roust

Holy shit, that's hilarious.

>>167209490
I'm not seeing it
kindly r'ing the link

>>167209841
holy shit that's actually a ridiculously good combo
top strats, anon

>>167208729
If you have the commander's choice mod, disabling it seems to have fixed that bug for me.

>>167209356
this nigga gets it

>>167209971
So long as you got enough ammo to take all the shots, it's legit.

>>167209841
genius

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I want to penetrate viper necks with a sword, and behead them.

>>167209841
I've never taken roust before. Does the tech need to be as close as with the normal flame?

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>>167211473

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>>167211473

>>167211492
Roust has about 2 or 3 tiles longer range, not counting the Incinerator perk. I think it's a good idea to run a SMG on an Incinerator Tech to help with positioning.

It's basically an evolution of Supress/Flush, only with added burning and panic. On multiple targets.

Im playing the first XCOM and how do I not suck? I just had Germany leave the program because I had to retreat from the very first terror mission after I lost my entire team save my MEC trooper and my highest rank guy.

>>167211653
Personally I give my techs the flamer 2 primary but that's just a preference for thoroughly purged xenos

>>167211824
>first XCOM
>MEC trooper
that is not the first XCOM

also
>I had to retreat from the very first terror mission after I lost my entire team save my MEC trooper and my highest rank guy.

How the fuck did you get a MEC before your first terror mission? Also how do you fuck up so bad that you lose your entire team in the FIRST terror mission?

Are you playing vanilla?

Something about this is just shady

>>167211824
THAT'S XCOM BABY

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>>167211853
>the flamer 2 primary

E-excuse me?

>>167211985
I just research the ARC thrower and then these niggers showed up and started bombing the fuck out of everything.

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>>167212097
>http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=848571873&searchtext=
PURGE

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>>167212181
Which nigger? Thin man? Cyberdisks?

You cant be too far into the game if you got the first terror mission, but you must have a lot of missions under your belt to have meld.

Nigger what did you do

>>167212408
It was the first mission with the weird ass spider fuckers that make Zombies, I went into it with a sniper, my LT assault guy and my MEC trooper, and had to rescue civilians.

My other 2 guys were rookies because the rest of the team was injured and the rookies instantly got murdered and turned into zombies. Then the swarms of civilian zombies kept coming, and 2 pods of the jumpers got activated, so my last 2 guys barely made it out of there.

I didnt even finish the mission I had to abort.

XCOM 2 : Can anyone explain what I'm doing fundamentally wrong? This is generally how all of my missions go since I started playing.

I'm in concealment. I activate overwatch on 3 units in an L shape around the first spotted party. I engage with the 4th unit, usually with a grenade to weaken all the enemies. Half my squad misses and I kill 1 or 2.

Now the aliens get to move (for some reason???) and they flank and kill half my squad in one turn.

Should I be engaging from like 25% chance to hit range or something?

I have to be doing something fundmentally wrong.

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>>167212712
Don't put all your eggs into the overwatch ambush basket.
Save 1-3 troopers depending on your squad size to provide flank/support grenades/what have you, and play more proactively and less reactively.
Opening with nades on a pod is a pretty good start though, but it's also worth considering opening with a flash. When in doubt, flash. Flash recently flashed enemies to keep that disorient applied.

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>>167212703
Ah yes, the chryssalids.

Well the mission from my point of view is douable with heavy tactics (assault taking on the lids while squadsight sniper on the back taking out the other pods in case they appear and the MEC as a heavy hitter and rookies begin rookies).

You need to be very careful about terror missions, always try to save the minimum amount but never dash into a civilian (never move out of a yellow move in case you activate a pod).

Losing a country in vanilla sucks dick, but you can manage, you should look into investing in that facility that allows you to have all the rookies become squaddies so that doesn't happen again.

Man you are in for a wild ride if you are playing it blind, wish i could play it like that again.

>>167211473
I want to capture a Viper and cut off it's arms, and tongue have it raped for the rest of it's life as it crys.

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MAGNIFICENT

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any anon have that R6 mega link handy?>>167213265
>implying you won't end up like pic related

>>167212712
Don't Overwatch trap unless your doing a Beaglerush Manuever or a pseudo-Beaglerush Manuever. You always want to leave people with actions to react to where the enemy goes or what they do. If you bet everything on an Overwatch trap on your turn and they don't all die you don't get to move and stop yourself from getting caught in flanks on their turn or other shitty situations.

>>167212918
>>167213727
Ohhh okay. So if I kick a hornet's nest, but my team still has moves, I'll get to move first?

That's going to change a lot.

Thanks anon.

>Mission to capture or kill a VIP
>Suddenly a MEC
I just found vipers and turrets for the first time in the last mission. Is it just me or does XCOM 2 really rush you compared to 1? The Avatar progress bar has been going up pretty fast too even though I'm not confident enough to try doing the blacksite mission.

>>167214049
Basically.
If you use all of your actions not only will the survivors get their reaction scamper from being activated but then they get to immediately take actual actions and attacks on you. If you trigger the pod and leave everyone else with actions putting maybe 1 or 2 people (depending on squad size, situation, and class) on Overwatch then you get to react to what the survivor's do on their reaction scamper before they get to make their moves on you.

>>167213613
That's only of you play LW2.

And lose like a scrub.

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>>167199376
operators operating operationally

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>>167213613
REMOVE VIPER
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>>167199376
Close calls.

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>>167214807
No.

>>167215038
>>167214807
These kinds of pictures should have non-vore versions, they'd be great otherwise.

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>>167215125
IDK ask korrams if he's still got the project files or would be okay with edits

>>167215186
I doubt it if they don't already exist.

>1st mission
>perfect
>2nd mission
>a pod walked into my squad and straight up killed a guy + activating another pod

Do you need to be flanked and in detection range for concealment to break or is it fine to be out of cover if you have concealment on?

Can I mod lolis into xcom2 yet?

>>167216862
Can you?

>>167216909

I wish
Badass children are great

Hope a KND mod gets developed

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remove snakes and snake sympathizers

>>167185076
Well why the fuck are you not?

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Commanders, I just found Pre-elder uplifted Vipers in my Stellaris playthrough
Should I uplift them? They have a desert planet preference (duh) and I have a few desert planets in my zone of control.
I'm playing as an indirect democracy

>>167217247
>MGSV child soldiers deployed to combat the AYYs
Okay fuck it's time to learn model/rigging/animation

>>167217696
leave them, if you don't let the elders have them then can't play xcom

>>167217838
but humanity is at a point that they can duke it out with the elders with orbital battleships and he like
Im pretty sure I am more advanced than xcom eldars are at this point

>>167217929
>he doesn't know the Elders are cross-universe planet snatchers
top lel

>>167218041
so the unbidden?

>>167218179
but also cute

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ADVENT TOWER IS HELL. HELL
I only had like one person wounded, but then the final pod got glitched and was stuck on the roof. I couldn't see them in the fog, and they just rained poison and rockets down on me with no los. And the only way to get to them was through the poison, and then they were all overwatching at the top, so I had to suicide people up the ladders and hope they didn't get hit. 1 guys died from being poisoned, getting hit by a rocket, and then getting set on fire. My gunner got taken down to 1 hp just from poison. My other THREE soldiers got crit wounded from poison and doing a suicide attack up the ladder FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

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>>167217696
Well obviously you uplift and enslave them. Or put them to work in factories or whatever your civilization does.

There's actually an easter egg where if you attempt to infiltrate an early spaceflight-era civilization, they might notice what you're up to and form not-XCOM to fight you. A shame I couldn't get that event it to fire before I had to go all ADVENT on Sol III.

>>167218390
Maybe you should have had some medkits equipped?

>>167218487
do you have to colonize the planet before uplifting?
It is within my borders but it says "This species isn't living on any of our owned planets"

>>167218553
That would have helped, but then I don't know If I would have made it that far, and there was no way to anticipate a situation like that.

>>167218641
You build an observation station around that planet and then you can start uplifting them.

>>167218787
I can't build an observation post, observation posts are for post-neolithic primitives

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>>167220224
>scienzzzz

>>167220653
sorry, i their base trait was increas army damage, so they'll be part of my marine corps
Making sure that my scientists come prepared, what are some good war films that won't cause PTSD? List so far is Star Wars iv-vi plus rogue one, american sniper, and black hawk down.
need them to be inspired

>>167220893
>war films
>PTSD
If they're that weak, purge them at once.

>>167220893
>good war films that won't cause PTSD
Impossible, any good war film should trigger ptsd

>>167220893
Jesus Christ I botched that english
*I saw that their base trait was an increase in army damage
>>167220939
They are basically cavemen
Once their species have matured then I'll allow for more graphic films

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What did he mean by this?

How do I activate the debug camera? I've got the console enabled, but the commands don't seem to be working

>>167221447
Sounds like they are going to make Objective rooms invulnerable and closed off

>permanent dark event to give the ayys grazing fire
i thought long war was supposed to make xcom less about alpha striking every pod on the map

>>167222734
Wait, since when are any of the dark events permanent?

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>fuck up terribly
>forced to wait for evac out in the open surrounded by 20 ayys
>grenadier has dense smoke
>huddle entire squad of 8 in the smoke on top of the evac flare while throwing flashbangs whenever possible
>Flawless, 0/38 enemies killed

truely i am a master of stratagems

>>167225183
Your lucky their were no sneks and pectoids

>>167224916
>he doesn't know
all tactical upgrades are permanent now anon, including ones like faster reinforcements and faceless on missions :^)

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Do [Not created equally] exist only to lower soldier stats?

I rarely see anyone over 15 move but there is always plenty of awesome 13 move and 3 hp guys. Surely I get compensated. but average soldier never benefits from random buffs to specialized skills like hacking or spi offense at price of losing move and HP

Hi lads, finally got around to installing xcom, do I play enemy unknown or within first?

>>167225657
i've got a bigger problem with it rolling negative defense and dodge, getting crit through full cover is always fun

>>167225607
>ayys get permanent -66% explosive damage perk
>restart campaign

>>167225783
formidable isn't too bad, it only applies to officers that i've seen so far. ones like grazing fire and boosted crit chance are pretty shit though, and apply to way more

>>167225603

There were, but only mindspun dudes that had been stunned by drones. Sneks only showed up towards the end, missed the grabs and didn't get through my shields with poison before evac.

Wait, are dark events forever in LW2?
You're telling me they can keep gaining hp/damage/armor forever?

>>167225746
Lads, please, want to boot up a game, want to know if the content of Within just fits with the base game or whether I should start with Unknown

>>167225989
Did you actually, unironically believe that you were playing long war to have any semblance of fun or game balance?

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>>167220893
>Star Wars IV-VI
>Giving them movies about rebels fighting against a galactic empire

>>167225746
Play Enemy Within. There's no point in playing Unknown if you have Within.

>>167226115
i think within is just unknown but more content so you should just start with within

If I revalidate EW to fix the launcher loop bug will I have to reinstall LW? I haven't played it since XCOM2 came out so I don't remember.

Are the DLCs included in the humble bundle monthly? Or is it just the base game?

>>167226224
>>167226236
Cheers fellas

>>167226207
>not having one of your top film editors edit the film so that the galactic empire appear as the good guys so you can put that out for your empire

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>>167168108

Archangel Armor when?

>>167226260
>If I revalidate EW to fix the launcher loop bug will I have to reinstall LW?
Yes. But lw installs extremely fast.

>>167226207
>show them 4/5/6
>show them 7
>empire far from dead, destroying the death star did nothing to bring back the republic
>entire system wiped off the map before anyone can do anything about it
>all the legendary heroes are gone, dead or dying RIPIP Carrie
>the new generation of Jedis got murdered before they even cut their teeth
if anything futility is the best propoganda

>>167226360
Roger that. Thanks.

>there are projects to make advanced and superior weapon attachments after you do the base ones
neat

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>>167226357
Fully Enclosed Power Armour when?

>>167226207
>galactic empire
But their loyalties would be with me, the republic a democracy

>>167226530
If you're not with me... You're AGAINST ME!

>didn't realize dark events were permenant
>let advent get shredder because "lol I don't even have armor"
I've made a huge mistake.

>>167226606
>only the Sith deal in absolutes

>>167226606
Only a despotic empire deals in absolutes
>readies the fleets
I will do what I must

>>167226669
>"lol I don't even have armor"
HAHAHAHA

>>167226669
>lol i don't even have armor
these were his last thoughts

goddamn this fucking shit keeps crashing on me giving me GIs something pure virtual function something.
>>167226669
also, do more opportunities to get rid of Dark Events pop up eventually or if you miss the one mission is that crammed up your bunghole for the rest of the campaign

>>167226906
>do more opportunities pop up
that doesn't sound very magnificent anon

>>167225989
No? They are just for 1 month, then you get a new set.

>>167226906
You get one mission per event. Once it pops you can't stop it.

>>167227061
No, they're definitely permanent. some go away in a month like the strat map shit such as "recruiting efforts this month are harder" but shit like hp up and damage up don't.

>>167226669
>realize dark events were permanent
>don't let advent get shredder
>they get it anyway because the counter mission just spawned in another reason
Gee.

>>167227065
except some don't even give you a mission because they can occur in regions connected to ones you've contacted

>>167227191
>another reason
I meant REGION.

>>167227153
Hmm, I haven't noticed.

>all these fucking proving grounds projects
What projects are even worth a damn?
Are tactical vests worth anything when I can just go for something like hamzat/stasis?

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>>167227248
Yes, that's all thanks to "xwynns" or whatever that cock gobblers name is.
He started out in a single region and never expanded until he maxed out resistance contacts for intel generation and countered every single one; this proved to make the game "too easy" so it was "fixed"

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>Dark Events are permanent
Ok motherfuckers time to dig for the line for it in the .ini
Fucking hell what were they thinking when you
1. Can't even choose which one to prevent
2. The counter-operation can appear in an uncontacted fucking region

>>167227191
just contact the whole world before dark events start :^)

>>167227361
>not having friends in low places
what a gay

>>167227361
Damn I didn't think about it like that, thanks for the tip anon.

>>167227354
>Ha ha! Time to oppress!

>>167227353
stacking armor seems somewhat viable, at least until overdrive serum is nerfed back into uselessness next patch

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>>167227347
pop into geoscape and click dark events, look at allthe ones you got currently.
For me it was about 8~ :^)

>>167227546
But that's precisely why I thought otherwise, whenever I look I only have 2-3, sometimes a hidden one as well.

The past 3 are always gone whenever I click that button and see the new ones.

>>167227602
have you updated to 1.1?

>>167227602
Are you on Vanilla?
If so we're speaking of the mod Long War 2; in vanilla they're not permanent.
You could also just have gotten lucky and only got strat map dark events.

>>167227627
Does it not auto-update through the workshop?

>>167227717
it would've, you must've been lucky with rolling mainly strategic events

>>167227749
Not him, just asking personally.

>>167227786
all good, it's on the nexus too so people still being on 1.0 is a possibilty

>>167227653
>>167227749
Possibly, but the regular advent troops definitely have been getting more hit points and armour, as well as venom rounds.

Though I didn't keep with that campaign long enough to find out if those stayed, so I could have just gotten strats up to that point.

>>167213381
rip snek :(

>>167226224
>>167226236
Cheers fellas, loving the game so far. Played an Xcom knock-off back in the day but it's taken me ages to get around to playing this.

Guess they'e going for an international team thing with the research doctor's accent, voice actor can't make up her mind.

>>167227357
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=854420428

>>167228578
>They unable to repeat after they expire
Was it like this in Vanilla? Or is a complication LW2 added.

>>167228758
I think it's something LW2 added.

How the fuck do I unlock black sites in LW2? I've done the Psy Gate mission, dozens of other missions everywhere and I'm stuck at a point where the Avatar Project is completed and I can do nothing about it.

permanent faceless infiltrators is literally braindead, 2-3 bonus enemies every mission is retarded

>>167229567
Makes stealth significantly harder too, the way they seemed to design most missions to be about because their dumb "COMBAT ISNT WHY YOU PLAY XC2 LOL" meta.