/xcg/ - XCOM General

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Looks like I was too late. All XCOM Agents are MIA.

So, another LW2 restart. I have no fucking clue where to fit building facilities into this mire. Should I start out immediately buying a Scientist? Build a Gorilla Tactics School? There's too fucking much to be concerned with.

xth for touhou vs AYYlmaos

pistols are useful

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Dor please come back, I need more titanfall ports.

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xth for sometimes not everyone makes it home

Anyone else having lots of crashing issues?

>>167435073
This

>>167435254
>Leader is mayday
that squad won't survive

>>167435571
Don't be jinxing my A-Team anon. She's called mayday because she pulls peoples' asses out of the fire.

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Post your Venoms.

(I made the Venom voice pack, kinda miss making voice packs but I can't be fucked to have xcom's huge SDK taking up space)

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xcom2,

why

>>167436156
WE NEED EMERGENCY EVAC

>>167435839
I can't jinx your A-team anon, as you have already jinxed them by calling them your A-team.
You're welcome :^)

>>167436236
NOW, DAMMIT

>>167436251
Nah, everyone has a defacto A-Team, I don't actually have a set one. It's just whoever is highest ranked/best stats. It's been pretty fluid since stuff like AWC perks can change things up. I got pretty lucky and a lot of my guys have low profile.

What rank soldiers do you put as advisers?

Do they rank up?

What about civs?

I already fell for the laser weapon meme, so should I go for Combat Armor or Mag Weapons first?

>>167437136
>I already fell for the laser weapon meme
There's nothing meme about laser weapons

>>167436980
I just alternate specialists between being adviser and part of a squad.
Every haven has 2 guys assigned, who get the exactly same levelups
Whenever the squad one gets a higher rank I swap them, until they're max rank, which means just someone stays comfy

>>167437136
>>167437183
There is 100% nothing meme about laser weapons.
It takes far too long to skip to Mag weapons and you will be stuck with guns if you want to skip laser weapons, and regardless it's better to have laser weapons for retards any of your soldiers who can't aim.

Can you only counter one Dark Event out of the 3 the game shows you when you get the mission choices? It only takes like an hour to get between them but the ones I didn't choose still disappear.

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Is there anything better than sting flashbangs?
Hint:No there is not

>>167437670

yes.

i don't mind having to pick but god damn how they dress it up does not feel convincing

Playing on veteran iron man

How do i get good?

What do I lose besides resistance personnel by not doing Haven Assaults

My game just crashes on them

>>167438045
When two pods of ayy's converge within Faceoff range of your crit ranger, with an officer popping Get Some. I have never seen so many critical messages in my life.

>>167438693
Before engaging the ayylmaos, play out the combat in your head, think several steps ahead

Try to always have a plan B in case things go tits up

Don't dash into the fog of war

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Is this my punishment for having too many mods and trying to have fun?

In LW1 I shouldn't launch satellites on a new continent until I have 3-4 Interceptors stationed there and ready to defend them, right?

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>>167439535
>trying to have fun?
WTF

Play with NCE or no? Is Commander's Choice too OP?

GTS or AWC start? Discuss!

Also everyone playing with Additional Icons and loot indicator enabled is a filthy cheat.

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>>167440280
>asking for discussion
>while shitposting
nigger wat r u doing

>>167439829
can't evac without getting the crash, truly the Ayys have won

>200% infiltration
>extremely light
>12 enemies + one turret all sitting on top of the objective

im pretty much done with this garbage

>>167440280
Personally I always go for GTS first. The difference between squaddies and rookies is huge early game, plus you want to get Officers in your squad ASAP. Focus Fire and Oscar Mike is situationally useful early on, but you want your squads to do lots of missions together, since it leads to huge bonuses to infiltration and other things. Plus, some of the later officer abilities like Jammer are potential life-savers, Jammer and Air Controller are a huge help on retaliation strikes.

>>167439207
Ok thanks

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>swarming terror mission
>this fucking map
fffffffffffffffffffffff

lw2 feels like work to play

it isnt fun

>>167442047
Does tweaking .ini setting not help?

>>167442047
rookie difficulty still not fun? its like cinematic mode

>disable the viper's tongue fuckery
>lower mobility of lancers
>make codex teleport end turn
finally I can have fun

What does it take to see AVATAR progress again? I did the blacksite, but I still don't see it.

It's June, Avatar Project is 3 squares away from being done, and I haven't even made a skulljack yet. Am I doomed?

>>167443123
No. When the Doom ticker fills up, you get about a month countdown timer to knock off at least one point of progress. Keep on trucking.

>unknown cause

FUCKING INFILTRATORS STEALING ALL MY GOD DAMN MONEY REEEEEEEE

So apparently it's possible for max level SPARK's to reach 8-10 armor. Also I didn't notice it before, but SPARK's higher tier weapons do 3 more damage than the previous tier, adds 1 extra ammo and 5% Aim.

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This is how you stealth DARK VIP operations

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>when your technical breaks concealment by erasing a 5 man pod with his rocket

Long War ain't bad.

>>167444972
>>167445121
>technical mind

>>167444972
Allahu ackbar my man.

>>167445275
They are far and away my favourite LW class.

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PANIC

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>>167436008
they fill the same role

I've never finished XCom 1. Should i get the DLC and then pass to the second or just go for the second?

>>167446336
>I've never finished XCom 1. Should i get the DLC and then pass to the second or just go for the second?
Do you have EW? The dlc isn't really that important imo, but X1 is definitely worth it.

>>167438045
Conceal + Find multiple pods + Chain lightning

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>>167445545
Here goes nothing

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>>167447076
I think I won the lottery for the map I got. The objective is pretty close, and at a lower elevation, so I should quite literally have the upperhand.

>>167438853
Pff, try activating run and gun for +50% crit, then pop get some. Every hit will be a crit. You can even shoot twice with the shotgun afterwards, and get a fan fire off with a use of command.

>>167438768
pls respond

>>167446908
Nope, only the base game sadly.

>>167449082
When it is on sale, pick up EW + DLC for like 10 bucks

Is there a way to turn LongWar 2 into less covert / guerilla type of gameplay and more combat focused?

I really dislike timers and having to avoid enemies versus just killing everything.

>>167449082
>>167449434
thought it was like $10 on humble bundle

>>167449682
Disable timers, overinfiltrate every mission you run
blast IT AIN'T ME, surf

>>167449682
Just play vanilla.

>>167449682
True Concealment at the minimum

>>167449682
Vanilla with mods is your best bet.
LW2 changes way to much if you're looking for straight up ayy purging.

>>167449682
disable timers
infiltrate at 100%
bring technicals

Got a couple questions about the LW2 network tower mission

>Can the enemy still get reinforcements?
>Does the mission end after you hack the array or is it one of those complete objective then clear the map missions?

>SUFFER map on gatecrasher L/I
HAHA TIME TO OPERATE

>>167450109
don't forgetto cheat in x1000 xp gain and researched plasma weapons from start while you're at it

Are support grenadiers useful?

>>167450325
They will drop infinite reinforcements on your ass. Push forward or be overwhelmed. Hacking the tower stuns all ayys for 2 turns, and stops the reinforcements. You then have to clear the map.

>>167450541
Extremely

>>167449682
true concealmeant

>>167450541
pistols are useful

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>When you're trying to perfectly place your aoe attack
>Find the right spot
>It flips out and keeps rapidly jumping between two different squares,
>mfw

>>167450664
>between squares
>not using non-snapping grenades

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>>167450664
>When there's a perfect clump of enemies
>Your technical fires a rocket
>Misses by the maximum 7 tiles

>>167451026
>Fire a rocket
>Screenshake for the rest of the mission
>This causes you to miss a grenade

>>167451026
>misses by the maximum 7 turns.
>Breaks the wall of a VIP cell down instantly killing them.
>Mission failed commander

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>>167444972
the only way

OKAY, yeah, has anyone else had the extreme fucking misfortune of running into Advent Commandos yet? They're probably the most bullshit fucking enemy I've seen thus far, they have shadowstep, most likely hunters instinct, venom rounds, really high aim, good mobility, Lone Wolf, possibly Low Profile too from what I've seen and really high dodge coupled with Evasive. They do fucking obscene amounts of damage even to heavily armored soldiers (in addition to poisoning them for additional damage). They're easily the most bullshit enemy I've encountered so far, just what the fuck were they thinking?

>>167451885
>just what the fuck were they thinking?
That you need to git guder.

>>167452045
Know what? You're right, time to hit up those fucking config files.

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>>167434767
>No link to this thread in the previous one.
>No updated music.
>Hasty EVAC Edition

There are times when you simply must leg it.

Am I supposed to take the first supply raid? It's swarming impregnable and I sent in ten lads and lasses. Is it true that catching ADVENT at the borders replaces the monthly retaliation?

>>167450647
>>167450325
Also this, I need tips on this, I've got 5 kiddos infiltrating it right now, it happened very early because I haven't skipped or failed a visible mission yet, I have no gun or armor upgrades, but ADVENT strength is still 1.

Anyone here half decent at understanding error logs? I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking at here. I can post if so

>>167452935
>swarming impregnable
haha fuck no turn 360 and moonwalk straight away from that bastard

>>167452935
>but ADVENT strength is still 1.
I am only guessing, but that may be the best time to do it. I had to fight it with lasers and predator armor on ADVENT strength 6 and it was hell.

>>167453067
Too late, we're already in, my shinobi is creeping around and checking out pods. We caught them moving through a forest, this will be their Kalkriese.

>>167453145
That's what I'm banking on, infiltrating it to 200% should put it down to light or very light strength.

Does boosting infiltration add a flat 75% to overall infiltration, or is it a percentage of what you've managed to get naturally?

>>167453552
Nifty reference. I learned something today.

>>167444972
Nigga please let me teach you about unparalleled efficiency

Shinobi. With. Hunter's. Axe.

>>167453836
75% of what you accumulate. It's retroactive, so if you pop it straight away it'll increase 75% faster.

>>167453836
>>167453836
AFAIK every 25% over 100 is 3 enemies less than baseline activity with a minimum of Ex Light

Spotted 3 pods so far, biggest new threats seem to be the rocketeer and a muton.

Does ADVENT get reinforcements during supply raid? This is supposed to be 35-40 aliens already, do I have to worry about random airdrops too? I'm thinking of just camping it out in a forest corner and pulling pods with sharpshooter/shinobi combo.

Field Medic or Air drop?

Bonus med packs seem handy but so does giving my grenadiers an extra 2 grenades

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>>167454067
So I want to do this liberation mission that just popped up and expires in 2d3hrs, the minimum squad I want to send in is 4d1hr. Is it going to be possible with a boost?

Reminder that the WH40k squad icon mod is made by an antifa
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=857184270

>>167454245
>Does ADVENT get reinforcements during supply raid?
No reinforcements on supply raids, troop ambushes, hq assaults and facility raids.

>>167453963
I'm not using any of the stuff from dlc, but that would be good.

>>167454391
Not to get to 100%, 75% of 4d is 32h I think. You can do missions before 100%, but on timed missions it's just not worth the hassle.

Lib missions are reasonably frequent, wait for a more reasonable one.

>>167454404
he can suck dicks in his spare for all i care
the other mod is ok

>says all my troops are infiltrating
>can't see the missions on the geoscape so clearly they must not be infiltrating

this is the end of xcom
they were all taken away or busy fooling the commander

>>167454404
This looks like well-structured bait
>inspects twitch profile
Perhaps not

>>167454404
nice

>>167454391
You can get a little bit under 50% infil with that squad, let's say 48% to be conservative. (48%x1.75) = 84%

Not enough to get to 100%, but might bring the strength down a touch. I wouldn't do it unless my squad was shit-hot. Even then, I might still pass. No reason to throw away a perfectly good squad on a suicide mission.

>>167454404
>40kid
>antifa queer
Like pottery. Although, to be entirely fair, the ideals that spawned the antifa movement would apply very accurately to the situation in XCOM2.

>>167454912
>>167454404
>not being a leftist
oh boy

>>167454120
So hypothetically, am I right in saying if the mission is Extremely Light and Vulnerable, there's absolutely no benefit from infiltrating any further at that point, even to 200%?

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>>167454912
>fighting against illegal immigrants that force socialist collectivism on the population

>>167454797
>might bring the strength down a touch.
As opposed to doing the mission unboosted, for clarification.

>>167455067
Antifa is literally pants on head retarded anarchy light group. Anyone should be embarrassed associating with them. Get that weak bait outta here.

>>167455067
I like freedom for everybody who isn't actively harming others, even if I don't agree with their viewpoint. I'm too tolerant of others to be a leftist.

>>167455176
Actual anarchy (not anarchocapitalism) isn't that bad of a political stance.
>>167455284
But facists actively harm others
thats kinda their thing

>>167455420
Exactly. Ironic, then, that the people masquerading as "anti-fascist" in the current era are the ones actively harming people.

>>167455420
>Actual anarchy (not anarchocapitalism) isn't that bad of a political stance.


lmao kys

>>167455284
>classical liberal
>literal fagot
>opposes actual real world facism
>doesn't give a shit what opinions people have otherwise
>still thinks antifas are pants on head
>>167454912
please don't punish an incidental appreciation for beer and foreign vag through association with those morons
them and the alt-right fuckin deserve each other

>>167455635
Tabris go back to watching Cuckolding porn

>>167455420
>>>actual anarchy isn't that bad of a political stance
one of the sickest jokes of 2010+

>>167455635
honestly throw radfems in there too, just let the 3 groups foam at the mouth to tear each other apart and sell tickets to the show
>>167455769
this is the 2ho fag, idk Tabris
I would fuck a dude just to cuck him later though 100%

>>167455905
>that spoiler

>>167455905
>2ho
what?

I just don't see how hating racists and oppressors is a bad thing desu

>>167456058
it isn't
but calling people racists and oppressors just because they don't share your beliefs and using that as an excuse for violence is

>>167456058
you're free to hate whoever you want, my issue with the modern left are their censorious tendencies

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>>167456132
>we don't like that people aren't free to be as gay as they want to be
>so let's burn down this college because a gay guy who disagrees with us is going to speak there

>>167456132
>hey i hate black people
>stop saying that
>woah calm down bro MUH FROZEN PEACHES

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>/pol/ is invading /xcg/
Commander?

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Lastish choice. The Brigadier ability allows teleportation to anywhere in sight once per turn and doesn't end your turn which sounds great for Death Touch but I have no idea how to reach Brigadier rank. On the other hand the Sorcery side has been absurdly powerful so far and saves the squad constantly so Soul Spear sounds promising.

>>167456531
Nice straw man my dude
No crows in your field

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>>167456564
ok, tell me, should I put VPT+ranger or should I put crit perks on my mayhem snipers??

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enough politics, post your ayy teams

>>167456564
>invading
Anon... I've always been here, and I don't even use /pol/.

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This weapon would be great if my Grenadier could ever actually hit anything without Hail of Bullets.

>>167435073
pretty plz

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>>167456783
>clip

>>167456783
Use the grappling hook to zip around and flank? Or pray you get good AWC perks that boosts your accuracy.

>>167454373
Surely someone has an opinion on this?

>>167457402
Airdrop since Grenadiers can make them absurdly powerful. Plus they give plasma nades once you researched them. You only take field medic if you have a heal build.

>>167456704
why does everyone have missmatching gear?

>>167458438
cus muh ragtag group of misfits

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>swarming terror mission
>it's a mass 'lid/zombie deployment

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>>167458720
>Untriggered sectoid off screen is sending zombies your way in the middle of fighting another pod.

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Am I right that she is in full cover as far as those Advent are concerned in their current position? To clarify, the dumpsters are full cover, the bin is half.

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>>167458720
>>167459460
>Enemy fucks around with his butt buddies while he's wating to be revealed
I will never not hate these missions.

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sword4life

>>167459691
You are correct.

Do we have a chicken hat modded in yet?
I need to shame a LCPL for missing a >98% shot

>>167460457
give him the man bun

Long War 2 Question: Does Shredder Ammo stack with the Shredder perk?

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Holy shit, are all HQ assaults mission like that?

Or is it because this region was at Advent strength 8?

you guys think we'll get some expansion news from Firaxis soon?

Supply raid down, felt real good the entire way through. Only one muton showed up and unfortunately we blew him up, and everyone killed loads of ADVENT. At local strength 1, 38 enemies wasn't so bad.

Lesson learned, sharpshooters are fucking useless. Holotargeter started to see a lot of use after the first 3 steadied precision shots all missed. And double lightning reflex assaults is the bane of pretty much all of ADVENT's tactics.

>>167461857
Follow up question, does smashing the supply convoy mean ADVENT won't be able to move troops into that region to raise regional strength as planned? I really like having a weak ADVENT.

>>167457402
Both are good choices. You are gonna want at least on medic for your big 10 missions like AVENGER defenses and maybe HQ raids.

>>167461857
Just run the holotargetter build until you can AWC to a full sniper

>>167462034
Supply convoys tend to be precursors to a troop column. THOSE are what you want to smash to keep ADVENT strength from rising, far as I know.

>>167460457
That's pretty tame for what I did to my last soldier who was a horrible shot.

>>167454404
how is advent "fascist"? there's nothing mentioned about the role of the advent state in the economy, except free healthcare - so it's a socialist welfare state.

really boggles the mind what these people are thinking, its like words have no meaning any more

>>167461857
I've been having a lot of luck with snapshot low profile snipers. They can keep with the team, have very good flanking capability, and low profile means you don't have to babysit them and stick your gunners and rangers in heavy cover instead.
Of course, I feel like snipers only start to be a snipers once you can stack lasers+scopes+tracer rounds.

>>167462303
>how is advent "fascist"?
On the surface? Nothing apparent. Behind the scenes, where the Ethereals (who believe that they are pretty much the master race) are using several enslaved races to elevate themselves to a higher state at the expense of said species, while brutally quashing dissent wherever they can? Pretty much everything.

>>167462303
>there's nothing mentioned about the role of the advent state in the economy
kek, the control every aspect of society. No one even works unless they have been assigned to do so. Honestly the don't resemble any standard government because their control of the population is far beyond what the usual government can achieve, and their goals are completely removed from humanities interest, where at least most governments would be protecting a certain group of elites.

>>167462292
Don't worry, he has a solo deployment currently infiltrating. He comes back home a hero or not at all.

>>167462570
>>167462446
I always felt Advent presented itself kind of like a company. They even have their own alien Steve Jobs.

>>167462716
>They even have their own alien Steve Jobs.
Ha, I'll remember that one.

>>167462341
>>167462106
Either of these sounds worlds better than that pitiful performance last op, I'd actually forgotten the purpose of the AWC. Is holotargeter build a good candidate for officer perks?

>>167462170
Good to know, I'll keep scanning aggressively in that region until liberation or troop column.

>>167462570
that sounds more like communism, no? a command economy. advent resembles the soviet union far more than nazi germany, franco spain or mussolini italy.

fascism has a specific meaning, it doesn't just mean "imperialism" or "capitalism" or whatever you don't like

>>167462946
>Is holotargeter build a good candidate for officer perks?

Very good. But I think that holotargeting ends your turn, so keep that in mind.

>>167462957
>that sounds more like communism, no?
Sure, my point is that it doesn't actually mirror a standard form of government. It doesn't go much further than some similarities. As far as I know, there hasn't been a human government whose goal was to genocide first the culture, then the people, unless you want to throw Sweden in the mix. But now we are discussing a modern day Swedish Communist Union where the ruling class is aliens.

>Beagle said wont pick up the Hunter Weapons because that would be cheesy
>The Beta-Tester all used the Hunter weapons and the game was balanced around their use.
:thinking:

>>167462639
Still not as bad as having a soldier get raped by Chryssalids while the rest of the squad safely evacs out.

>>167463891
>The Beta-Tester all used the Hunter weapons and the game was balanced around their use.
Is that true?
Haven't been using them either

>>167462957
>fascism has a specific meaning
Not really. The meaning of the word has observably shifted several times since its coinage. The closest you can get to an objective definition is "really bad authoritarianism".

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>>167447229
oh no

>>167464785
>ADVENT Rangers vs. The Berserker

>>167464785
Sharpshooters not looking quite so shit anymore, huh?

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Am I seriously going to have to remove a soldier/change gear for baseline on this? When it's RIGHT THERE?

>>167464785
>MECS bombard people the AI can't see
Can they pls fix the AI constantly maphacking with their free aim abilities?

>>167465196
It takes a few hours for the skyranger to drop you off at the mission, as well.

>>167465196
>Operation Dinosaur Area
>"Welcome, Dr. Grant, to... DINOSAUR AREA."

Am I the only one who gets more invested in their haven nerds than their tier 1 operators? Rendezvous missions are so comfy, I didn't expect this from long war 2.

>>167463908
>wasting your resources when they may redeem themselves through a trial by fire

Arc Throwers are ______

>>167466340
Okay but the whole class-specific sidearms thing is weird.

>>167466340
Life savers.

>>167465645
>Rendezvous missions
What are those?

>>167466340
Good. I swear that grazes count as hits, they hit way more than the percentages seem to suggest.

>>167463996
i havent seen xwynns or joinrbs ever use the alien hunters stuff. i dont think they even use sparks

>>167466816
They don't use the DLCs.

>>167464714
>The closest you can get to an objective definition is "really bad authoritarianism".

i would have more respect for that definition if "antifa" actually opposed authoritarianism and didnt just substitute its own

>in east africa
>get a supply drop
>it's in siberia, which im not connected to
>it immediately disappears

gg

>>167466923
>>167463996

Suppose we had an inflitrator class:
>Stun gun and holotargeter as sidears
>limited to standard rifle or lmg
>stun gun perks
>holotarget perks
>general concealment perks
>give it the combat knife from the gunner as well

>essentially have a stealth operative that's a holotarget-slave, can stun-gun things when it gets into trouble, and has a very minor amount of defensibly with a combat knife

Viable? Should I make this mod myself?

>>167434767

I'm getting a bug where upon returning from a mission, the camera goes to the landing gear of the avenger and no where else. can someone help, please?

>>167467201
I've been watching both xwynns and joinrbs since release and can guarantee they don't use the DLCs. They've also both mentioned they did minimal testing with them, merely enough to know they worked, and that's it.

>>167467468
Delete your config folder and restart your game.

This really needs to be part of the OP.

>>167467412
I could see it being fun, but LW2 is so full of magnificence that it would also have to really be competitive with every other option.

>>167467910
Yeah, I feel like it would be hard to compete.

At the same time though, I think some neat stuff could be done.

Would make a decent candidate for leader, too. Working on a possible perk tree now.

>>167467698

Can I please have the file directory to the config?

Want to hear some bullshit. Custom classes can't use heavy/light armor in LW2

>>167465037
I have a sharpshooter and with snap shot the aim doesn't matter. However I am literally going to die. I coudln't clear the contact fast enough, now I've got downed soldiers and I'm completely spent on resources. Pretty much a coinflip on whether I will clear the mission at all. Spike has 35 health too, which is not helping anything.

>>167455905
tabaris is a cuck yes

also guys how do I get money in LW2 holy shit I killed some infiltrators already but I'm still so poor

>play long war 2 on veteran and blitz the tactical layer
>play on commander and get fucked strategically
o-ok

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>Supply raid with 1 hour left
>Try to get in position for a good sweeper opener
>ayys stops moving and it becomes a stalemate for many turns
>finally decide to grenade the truck with an explosive on it's back surrounded by ayys
>they still don't move

Not complaining, but there might be something wrong with the AI on swarming missions.

>>167468494
you really need a liberated region to start getting decent supply drops, liberating early is just generally really strong
>>167468608
i had the same thing happen, in my case one of the ayys set itself on fire patrolling and that broke the pod ai

>>167468445
wot

sounds like an issue with the classes, supposedly specops works fine with LW

>>167468679
The issue isn't equipping them, but they can't use the heavy weapons for the EXO suit so it's just annoying

>>167468662
oh but I'd need to rush power + comms relay and probably lasers because lol radip tower mission

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>>167468480
This is what hell looks like. I don't think I'll recover from this. I've won in the ugliest sense of the word. I think I'll be hanging my commanding hat up for the day.

>Doing an Intel defense mission
>Turn 1, start on top of a building
>Send out scouts ahead and see an enemy pod
>Position remaining forces in overwatch just out of LOS to prepare for possible ambush and end turn
>Different enemy pod that has all my guys flanked climbs onto the roof
>Kills my gunner

OK, I think I'm done with this kind of magnificence, can I turn this off?

>>167469154
you only need lasers for liberating, power and comms is for contacting more regions. i do think you've got to commit to either going wide or liberating early, playing in the middle just seems to get my havens raped by retaliations and those pseudo retaliation missions

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>>167469354
;_;

>>167469374
search reflex_action_chance_yellow in the ini

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>>167465196
Turns out it didn't matter for the flawless.

>>167469513
ty anon

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>>167469509

>>167469374
\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\268500\844674609\Config\XComLW_Overhaul.ini

>>167469392
So the "lead" i'm looking for is actually a liberation mission? I haven't found one yet.

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>>167468662
>average damage
at least street sweeper got a good workout

>>167434767

So I deleted my config folders like the idiots said I should.

Now I get an error prompt modlauncherwpf has stopped working.

wat do

>>167470195
Did you revalidate? Also can confirm that trick doesn't work anyway.

>>167470232

>Did you revalidate

No did not. How do I do that?

>>167469963
Liberation 1: Hacking Guerrilla Op. The mission objectives won't actually have the word "liberation" in the title. But you can tell Liberation 1 from the rewards. It will just be a certain amount of Intel (with no listed Intel package). Concealed.


Liberation 2: Rescue Defector. XCOM must rescue a VIP from a car and move to the extraction point. Concealed.


Liberation 3: There are at least 2 possible mission types. One is a Dark VIP mission (which seems to be more common) and also a Destroy the Relay mission. Either mission type you get will have "Liberation" as part of the objective. Now do take note, Lib3 will also have an Advent strength bonus (above the regional base) meaning the baseline activity will be a decent amount higher as well as the tech you'll be facing. So go in nice and prepared for this one.

The last two are the network tower and assault.

for music this probably has been suggested before but i'll leave this here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFafKvgpIRo
i feel arrival fits best

>>167470391
Open your library, right click XCOM 2, hit properties, local files, verify integrity.

>>167470597

Ty thank you!

>>167469651
>Everyone wounded or dead
Is this what LW2 is like?

>>167471109
yes
run while you still can my child

>>167467412
>>167467910

Ok how's this for a class?
I feel like it might be a little but underpowered, but I think it would complement pretty much any squad really well.

also I think almost every choice in here should be a little bit difficult/not entirely clear cut.

http://pastebin.com/QXU64gAf

>>167471109
Eh, I suppose. This was a pretty extreme mission

>LW1 on Impossible
>It's a "Downed Scout UFO Gone Wrong" episode
>1 KIA, 1 Stabilized, 2 Bleeding Out
>One remaining soldier hits a 65% flank and crits on the outsider
>Remaining PFC crits on a 35% through half-cover to kill the outsider, finish the mission, and save the 2 soldiers bleeding out

What's the proper way to celebrate/decent nicknames for this soldier? He got promoted to Infantry.

>>167471440
"Bishop"

>>167471440
4-leaf clover
7
horseshoe
[any lucky object here]

>>167471342
the master and gunnery sergeant tier perks are pretty weak when compared to what other classes get at that level

>>167471959
>conceal
>shadowstep
>at master sergeant
I'd say that's extremely weak.
No idea about rapid shock

>>167471342
You might want to look at this for ideas.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=618036260

>>167467412
Give them a 4 tile detection radius and the sap perk from the rogue tree, plainclothes saboteur.

>>167472072
At worst it's free disorients every turn.
At best it's any enemy you want taken out of commission every turn ontop of your standard action.

But yeah, I think I might need to do some shuffling - after I eventually playtest it.

Is there a console command to just end a mission?

My game is crashing constantly and I cannot get through more than half a turn at most.

This is driving me nuts.

>>167471342
What if you could get FREE shaped charges?

How many people am I supposed to throw into an HQ assault? With 10 people on mission infiltration is gonna take 15 days to reach 100%, but enemy activity is already extremely heavy. Am I supposed to take 10 and just roll in with no infiltration for a huge shootout? Will I be punished further for not getting to 100% or is it already at the upper limit of aliens?

yeah, but a stun gunning assault can disorient or stun every visible enemy, while also offering the utility of run and gun. it just doesn't keep up with the power creep of the other classes.

>>167472720
try killall

>>167472843
you can't even launch without 100, it might be worth seeing if taking 8 people would considerably lower the infiltration time

>>167471440
The Asset

>>167473074
Oh, true. Damn, 10 people out for 15 days is a long time, though. This region better be worth it.

>>167464835
>ADVENT Rangers
did anyone save my copy pasta? lol

>>167472958
Thanks senpai

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>CCS not triggering as chryssalid fucks my assault in the mouth
FUCK OFF COCKSUCKER

>returning to avenger
>crashes every time
what am i doing wrong

>>167474157
Are you attempting to have fun?

>>167473312
double supplies and not having to worry about advent shenanigans, plus actually seeing the doom clock if it's your first

>>167474206
unfortunately
do i really have to disable my mods and load into the game, finish the last turn, load to the avenger, and crash until i pinpoint the problem mod or is there a less retarded way to go about this

Why is this game so poorly optimized? I have a 660ti, not the best GPU but it handles games like MGSV fine. I can't get 40 fps in the menus in Xcom2, what the heck?

I have framerate autism I need 60 to play

>supply raid #2
>light-moderate, 16-18 ayy
>just under 3 days to infiltrate

1. Bring 2 shinobi, 1 grenadier, 1 assault, spend intel to boost infiltration and try to clear 3-4 pods carefully

2. The above, but throw in a technical, specialist, and holotargeter (all I have left after dumping everyone into HQ assault prep), spend no intel, fight a shit ton of aliens at higher readiness with just 7 squadmates.

What do?

>>167474436
i wouldn't bother with it m8, you'll need the firepower from rangers/gunners, and i'm pretty sure the advent ranger pod will be big no matter how well you infiltrate

>>167474664
I can't ignore a supply raid, can I? Don't I lose the region if I do? I'm literally infiltrating to do the HQ assault for this region right now, no way I can just pass on this and lose all that progress.

>>167474914
all that happens is advent strength goes up by one, nothing too major

>>167475000
Oh.

Well, what if I did plan #2, but also pulled a specialist officer and sharpshooter out of GTS and AWC to bring it up to 9 squadmates? Would that be feasible at minimal infiltration?

>>167474287
binary search your mods, instead of doing them 1 by 1.

>>167475107
maybe with a good camping spot, just weigh up whether the corpses and alloys/elerium are worth a few potential deaths

>>167475278
explain that l̶i̶k̶e̶ I'm retarded

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When this happens will concealment break no matter what?

>>167475759
Define your search area: To start, this is all of your mods
Disable one half of your mods
if the error goes away, or if it doesn't, you know which half of your mods the conflict was in.
Now define your search area to be that half of your mods and repeat.

If you have 128 mods, you should be able to do this in 8 reloads.

>>167475828
If you move, yes.

>>167475931
next level life changing shit right here

does readiness effect anything?

>>167476195
i think it effects how long reinforcements take

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If EVAC timer is 3 turns, is there any reason not to throw it 3 turns prior to Firebrand's Return on applicable missions? It doesn't seem sensible to wait 3 extra after the return.

Fair warning, some of the Katana Pack shit is bugged with LW2.

Just had a Troop column ambush where I had the perfect opportunity to test out the Silent Takedown of the Ninjato on a weakened Viper who wasn't going to burn to death. Activated the ability, pathed around the fire that my Tech ambushed 'em with, and popped Fleche. My Shinobi proceeds to get lit on fire without moving at all. Also loses concealment without telling me, which caused me to activate all the rest of the troop column because I moved up to scout because the game told me that the Shinobi was still concealed.

So, yeah. Moral of the story is, use cheats at your own risk and expect the game to lie to you. A lot.

>LW2
>Stuck looking at bottom of the Avenger glitch finally happens

What were the steps to fixing this? Purging the config files?

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>>167477232
when it happens to me I just exit the game and load the save I made before starting the mission

>>167476816
i'd do it if it actually works, but i doubt it will. try it and see anon

>>167476816
hair mod?

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>>167477910
Destroyer's Female Hair Pack. Ciri.

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>>167477910
>>167478034
be warned that it looks kind of dumb with some colors

>>167477232
Purging the config worked for a few missions before breaking again on me. So as far as I know, no fix. I heard disabling commander's choice but also no dice.

I must be missing something here. I have the Music mod installed alongside the FC3BD music pack to figure out how to get custom music working, but I still only hear the default music?

>>167477360
>/pol/
wow what an enlightened gentleman who I would wish to discuss with on many topics

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W-what?

I had to go through 12 captchas to make this post.

>>167479484
>having a specialist lie to you
that's a first

>>167479484
You can roll a 0. Tis dumb

>>167479484
Dismiss that soldier!

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>>167479484
someone is getting the boot

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Ah, just as solomon intended

is it worth playing with not created equally, or is the negative defense meme just too much?

>Low infil time dark VIP mission
>Time for my stealth Shinobi to shine
>Being transported by vehicle
>Well so much for that
>Counters Dark Event: Increases enemy detection range

Well shit. Should I try send a technical in and boost the infil then?

>>167480414
It's fun if you are using commander's choice. Then you get an extra strategy layer where you try to optimize you soldier into a specific class and build.

>>167480497
>shinobi pops evac, conceals
>waits for evac volume to be established, opens door
>evacs with 0/x killed flawless

>>167480497
well you could just eliminate the target with a sniper and use the shinobi as a spotter

>sent in 6 rangers/assaults with flamers
>operation burning god
I LOVE THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNING

>>167480998
He doesn't have conceal yet. Best chance he has is using shadowfall to enter concealment again but I don't know if it can 1 shot a VIP
>>167481061
The issue is having to open the door of the vehicle. At least technical can rocket the entire thing.

>>167481238
dark VIPs ride in cars, not the prison vans

>>167481296
>pop evac, shadowfall VIP, extract
should be pretty much the same thing

So is it better to liberate your starting region and deal with advent coming to neighboring regions with increased supplies or connect to as many havens as you can as fast as you can? Don't really grasp mechanics of manipulating advent strength in different places

>>167480998
wait a second
>throwing evac
>doing obj
>and then concealing
I'm completely retarded since every stealth op I have done I haven't done this.

>>167481296
Oh right. Well, nigga is about to get hunter axe'd.then

CRITS THROUGH FULL COVER ARRGGHH

oscar mike or focus fire?

>>167481672
While disoriented

>>167481672
Resilience from AWC is nice

>>167481828
You might not get tons of use out of focus fire at first, but for the big guys it makes a big difference.

>>167481491
it's ok I never realized the fucking amazing combo of area suppress into roust until another anon mentioned it

>>167481947
BIG GUYS?

What are some OP AWC + Class ability combos?

>>167481828
oscar mike on shinobis for extract vips and to throw command on snipers on kill vips. focus fire on real officers

>want a shredder in long war 2
>my options are ditching hail of bullets on a gunner or taking a technical
how much armor do sectopods get again?

>Download some pistol mods
>Realize I can't use them because muh utility pistols only
>somehow had a rando sharp shooter somehow had the deagle equiped
>dies


Thanks lw devs.

>>167482539
would AP rounds solve that?

>>167482043
serial ranger

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Fuck. Everything.

gg boys it's suicide mission time.

>>167482684
>Materiel isn't a typo.

Well today I learned something new.

>>167482684
>return to avenger was highlighted
you hesitated faggot

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If you could see
how much of the fucking map
is completely destroyed/on fire
fucking magnificent mod

>>167482608
they only pierce two armor points, but they'd help mitigate it a bit. i think i might just respec a gunner, late game there's plenty of enemies that don't bother taking cover to chain shot/cyclic fire at and shredder would probably help more

>>167482778
Just where my mouse happened to be when I took the shot. Don't worry the team is crawling through the woods ready to die as we speak.

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Which one? This is the rarest crate I've ever found.

>>167482767
I wish more people would learn that lesson, it bothers the fuck out of me when people talk about anti-materiAl rifles.

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>>167482945
>>167482684
Oh god please no

>>167483294
Prepare thy self

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>>167483131
>Flashbang damage

>>167483294
ROCKETS AWAY!

>>167483523
Now your flashbangs can kill those assholes who just won't die, and hang on with 1 hp. Don't knock it until it saves your ass.

>>167483523
Is this long war?

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>>167479484
>Actually rolled 0

>>167483635
I know how useful it can be but it is a little underwhelming considering an Epic sniper rifle I got much earlier in the game had much more useful bonuses.

>>167483734
No, just regular XCOM 2 with a bunch of other mods. Crates are added in Grimy's Loot Mod.

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I reset and tried it again.

>>167484124
>No, just regular XCOM 2 with a bunch of other mods. Crates are added in Grimy's Loot Mod.
Oh damn. I new it was a different mod, I was just thinking of that in combo with a support grenadier with sting nades.

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http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=857184270&searchtext=

>>167484468
This already got posted

how important is a laboratory in long war 2?

>>167484607
not

>2 backline Vipers
>One is stunned and about to wake up
>Shinobi kills the other.
>Stunned Viper gets up and binds Shinobi
>Advent falls back to take a cheap shot then goes into overwatch.
>Assault stuns the Viper
>Freed Shinobi runs up to the advent soldier and cuts him in pieces.

Sometimes shit is just magical

>ADVENT just get better and better after the Commander is pulled out
I don't care what Tygan says, I think I was being more helpful in stasis.

>>167485034
to be fair you being pulled out of stasis is supposedly why the ayys are as vulnerable as they are, it basically nuked their command network

>>167463223
With perks, it does not. Holotargeting sharpshooters are very good in general, if you're lucky you can get Tradecraft/Ghostwalker/Covert from AWC on them.

>>167485207
>how to correctly fuck with the command network

>commander in stasis
>commander out of stasis
>commander in stasis
>commander out of

>>167485296
>implying they'd make you the lynchpin of their network a second time with xcom still around
they wouldn't let you go a second time anon, they need the commander for their fight with whatever beings are coming for them

What's the difference between defense and dodge stats?

>>167485575
defense helps to avoid getting hit
dodge gives you a chance to get hit by half damage

>>167485575
afaik defense effects percentage chance of a shot hitting you at all while dodge is a straight chance of dodging a specific shot, for no damage in vanilla or for the shot to be downgraded a band in long war

>>167485696
>dodge isn't no damage in vanilla
fug, it's been too long

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>tfw

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>>167482684
>>167483294

We made it

>>167434767
Does anyone know how to fix the camera stuck at bottom of the avenger bug? I think I read something about deleting INI files but I wanna be sure before I fuck things up