/xcg/ - XCOM General

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>>186434520
First for Long War is LONG

pistols are useful

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posters are useful

Soldier bonds are useful

Especially when one of them dies they're pretty good at making you depressed

>>186434585
Hope I don't get bored steamrolling vanilla

>>186434910
There's only one elder ?

i hope it doesn't take long for mods to get updated for war of the chosen

>>186434654
>>186434910
I really dislike the "teen that just pirated photoshop" looking text in the poster editor.

>>186435162
The more active modders will have things up and running by the time you complete a vanilla run of Wotc

Holy shit, Bahroo just did a 'solo' assassination mission with the Reaper and it was easy. That's going to get really stupid.

>>186435162
Cosmetic mods and voice packs should work just fine, as should any smaller gameplay tweaks.

>>186435183
I challenge you to find that proprietary font in photoshop

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>>186435292
>assassination is easy if you send a sneaking focused marksman

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>>186435331
Some mods will need an update

In LW1, what are the conditions for a fleeing enemy to regroup?

More specifically if I'm doing a landed barge and a thin mint runs away, should I be worried about him rejoining combat while I'm fighting a pod, or will he only reappear if I move up to him?

>>186435183
what else can you expect from bore of the chosen?

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>>186435429
The fonts aren't really the problem. The real problem is the way the stroke is rendered, it has rounded edges which just make it look off, you generally want clean lines and stark contrast to get that propaganda look. Even the ones in picrel aren't great, cause the fonts are pretty thin and not as readable as they should be.

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>>186434910

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What's a website where I can buy this game for cheap? There is no way I'm paying $100 to get the game + dlc when I might aswell pirate it.

>>186437064
instant gaming

>>186437064
You missed x2 being on sale for 20 euros and then the expansion being on sale for 25$.

>>186437064
Steam sales exist for a reason anon, it was only on sale for a massive discount a month ago

>>186437131
>>186437242
>>186437347
Fuck.

>>186437347
It wasn't even a month ago, it was 2 weeks ago and then there was a 60~70% discount during the summer sale

>>186437064
https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/869-buy-key-steam-xcom-2/

So, apparently Resistance Orders can swap with Continent bonus. That's going to be interesting.

>>186438649
you mean we can get Armed to the Teeth as a card?

>>186438649
swap? you mean like you can make one permanent with enough contacts?

>>186437947
>https://www.instant-gaming.com/en/869-buy-key-steam-xcom-2/
Seems sketchy, especially with how one of the images of Xcom War of the Chosen is GTA V and the comments are all spanish who are all newly made accounts.

>>186438827
I've bought multiple games from instant in the past and I've not had a single problem.

>especially with how one of the images of Xcom War of the Chosen is GTA V
you what?

>>186438827
I can't speak to the veracity of your skepticism of that keysite, but you have a credit card right? Just charge em back.

im getting to a point in long war 2 where there are 30+ hp enemies with shitloads of armor everywhere and I dont know if I like it

>>186439539
sounds magnificent to me

>>186439539
That's the problem with LW2. It's just boring. It turns into a horrible grind.

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>>186439539
most advent don't have much more than 15.

this magnificent pod died with barely a scrath ( I forgot about the grenades) plasma helps a lot

>>186440094
I guess alpha striking that shit truly is out of the question.

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>>186440425
the key is to control targets you can't kill. stasis and hacks are the biggest two versus tough enemies.

All these guys had no real chance to fight back except the fucking archer who ran away and lobbed a grenade after I forgot to use Incoming!

>>186441360
I will feed you 15+1 9mm hollowpoints if I ever see you fucker.

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So, why the fuck didn't they improve the UI?

>still no numerical stat values
>flank preview appears to be an additional system that can conflict with legacy preview, giving misleading results

like that shit should be the simplest, patch-tier stuff. i don't understand firaxis' priorities

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[BEAGLE ACTIVITY]

>>186441942
>weird bald lanky manlet
no thayynks.

>>186441942
Is this 4 weeks in a row now? Im surprised

>>186441910
I understand the numerical stats, but I don't really know what you mean with the flank preview.

>>186435292
Killing the VIP on Dark VIP missions has always been really easy, it is extracting them that is challenging.

>>186442726
Watched a few previews, including Marbozir, there are multiple buggy issues with the target preview system, recall how the vanilla game gives you a sort of asterisk near a targetable enemy? And mods like Gotcha allow this to become a yellow flank preview? Well, that seems to be a legacy system that isn't improved on, the new target preview that shows icons lower on the screen can give information that is at odds with the other system. It's like they're just tacking code onto the game, without cleaning anything up.

>>186438803
Like you can get them as resistance orders one game, but a bonus on another. So you can get Volunteer Army, as something from the Reapers, or you can get it as a bonus instead.

Remember the Trash Hill.

>>186435038
Underrated post

Fix this you miscreant
>>186434910

Why do ayys want commander so badly? Commander lost the war.

>>186445140
He's a tactical genius super computer. This is canon.

lw2 is ded

http://pavonisinteractive.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=26267&start=50#p47717

>>186445140

The commander was winning the war before being kidnapped by the aliens, at which point they kidnapped the commander's intelligence with their superior firepower and steamrolled humanity.

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BF1 ports when

>>186445140
this : >>186445231
also it probably wasn't his fault
either someone on the council betrayed them and everything went down hill from there or the ayys didnt fucked around and started deploying mutons and sectopods since day 1

>>186445410
that's nearly a month old

if they were working on it (probably aren't atm) they wouldn't be at liberty to say until 2k says so. in any case they wouldn't announce it until the expac has been out for some time

>>186445767
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEGo41443iI

>>186445767
No! Not my Viper body pillow!

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>>186446304

>>186445140
because he's an ethereal but he still has a hot body unlike them

it's the only answer that makes sense

>>186445410
I really just want the perk and alien packs updated and I would be very happy. Long Dong is just too long. I also hope the Pathfinderanon updates his mod, but that seems probable.

>>186445767
What about obscene material containing Vhalen?

>>186446597
It IS intriguing

>>186446597
I won't tell Bradford about your obscene material as long as you bring me back ADVENT burgers when you get back from being deployed.

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>>186446897
Fuck if i had any money i'd totally commission an entire Xcom squad in an ADVENT burger joint and one goes "YO CAN I GET A FUCKIN UUUUUUUH"

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>>186446897

So how many mods is WOTC going to break?

>>186447476
All of them

>>186446897
>Tygan's been blackmailing most of the xcom troops for ADVENT burgers since the Avenger took off
>Lilly thinks it's some kind of double agent conspiracy but the truth is Tygan just wants that delicious mystery meat and special sauce in his mouth.

>>186447476
All of them, except camouflage mods if the photobooth is any indication.

>>186447608
Dude, phrasing?

>>186445670
I would love this so much
>fighting the ayys with BARs and Madsens
I want shivs back so we can reskin them as armored cars and landcrawlers

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>>186445410
>all those people on the forum talking as if LW2 is gods gift to XCOM 2
What a bunch of faggots.

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>>186447748
What if someone ported the Kolibri

>>186447867
Pistols are useful

>>186447867
only if I also get the repeiterpistole and i get to watch its sweet reload animation

>>186445607

That second "kidnapped" should really be "combined".

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>>186448003
>Not the C96

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>>186447748
Landcrawlers you say?

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>>186448003
>>186448098
>not the autorevolver

>>186448098
>>186448394
the stripper clip gets me really hard okay, seriously tho I want em all

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>>186448463
That's kinda lewd

Nude mods when

>>186445670
>BF1 guns.

Right, a bunch of wacky tabacky firesticks that would be thrown in the latrine the over shit that actually was mass produced and standard issue.

>>186447608
>Tygan is literally Squdward after getting addicted to Krabby Patties.

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>>186447867

I would be extremely _Useful_.

>>186449550
for you

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That Clutch under pressure...

>>186446385
something's wrong. Why do those snakes not look at all concerned about the heavy firing quad?

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Still hoping someone will add these.

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>>186450696
You think XCOM would allow live vipers that close to them? Even if they're disarmed you still have to watch out for their venom sacs. Those are posed corpses.

>>186451654
I donno sir, they look pretty lively. And what's that about venom sacks?

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>>186447608
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>>186449245
>Tygan says he misses the burgers
>He says he doesn't want to know what they are made of
>He never said he stopped eating them.

>>186452649
Sometimes in the photobooth, he asks you to take a picture of the squad next to an ADVENT burger menu.

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>>186451654
>>186450696

I wonder if there are viper defectors in the Skirmishers like there are normal advent troops. Technically there should be, considering they are all made the same way and have skull chips, right?

tfw war of the chosen releases and its shit

>>186452649
>Bradford complains about finding burger wrappers
I'm curious to see what WotC will bring to the ADVENT Burger Arc.

>>186453232
nah, vipers are loyal
>tfw no snarky young viper prisoner to interrogate

>>186453232
Nope. Thin Men, and thus Vipers, were loyal and served the Elders willingly. They weren't subjugated like Sectoids or Mutons were. Of all the aliens, you are LEAST likely to get a snek for your waifu.

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>>186453751
It just means you'll have to find a baby snek.

>>186453906
Woah, slow down there. Where does it say waifus can't be evil?

>>186453751
>Young and snarky.

I never liked that about Shen. That and her attachment to machines like Rover. Was that supposed to be cute?

>>186454241
That makes you a collaborator, anon. And collaborators get the rope alongside the aliens.

>>186454759
>Was that supposed to be cute?
It could have been if she wasn't so dog ugly.
I feel bad for her every time I look at her. I hope it was just the game's limitations and they didn't set out to make her a flat-faced, pan-headed, chinky as possible cause damn. It's probably why Shen didn't mind dying: he was ashamed.

>>186455013
>flat-faced, pan-headed, chinky as possible

She's a chink in a situation where she can't drown herself in enough plastic surgery that she actually looks presentable, so what do you expect? That's what Chinese women look like.

>>186447857
I got a lot of playtime out of that mod, it's not bad by any stretch.

>>186454759
>>186455013
>>186455152
Why does everyone hate Shen so much? She's not her dad but jeez calm down.

>>186455292
I don't hate her. I don't even dislike her. I just wish I could put a paper bag over her head.

>>186455292
She's the worst of the XCOM staff, that's it.

>>186454791
>your political inclinations MUST align with those of your significant other
makes for pretty boring conversation
Angry clandestine snex after a heated argument about advent being shit that invariably ends up as namecalling sounds pretty top

>>186455292
I actually don't mind her, she's just boring. Probably the most boring of XCOM's named characters. Vahlen and Central are loved for obvious reasons, Old Shen had some genuinely interesting comments regarding the aliens and the philosophies behind their technology, and Firaxis seem to be going all-out and turning Tygan into a burger-obsessed meme god.

Lily's just sort of...there. I don't find her obnoxious but she isn't interesting or funny either.

>>186435959
>CapnBubs
NOOOO

>>186455292
Because her only character trait is bitching about something or somebody and that's not very endearing.

>>186455292
Because despite knowing "all" of Shen's skills she still couldn't make a decent smoke grenade for her life

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Air Game RULES

I loved Shen's lines when you augmented a soldier.

"A chop here, a chop there and soon enough we'll have a soldier unlike the world has ever seen."
"We'll consult with Dr. Vahlen for the requisite amputations and begin fitting the cybersuit interfaces as soon as possible."

>>186455865
What is the most impressive thing that Lily/her team makes?

>>186456216
The delivery of the lines is the icing on the cake

>beaglestream talking about ace combat
Who /aceg/ here?

>>186454759
I thought Frax was trying to somehow copy the relationship between Alyx and Dog but they failed spectacularly because Rover shows no personality

>>186456284
Lore wise? Probably the wraith suit with it's whole breaking the laws of physics

>>186456284
War suits, wraith suits, skulljack, partial credit for commander's avatar, gremlin, SPARK upgrades, warden armor, plasma and magnetic weapons.

>>186456284

Some of the Proving Grounds output is pretty cool.

>>186456647
>>186456652
>>186456707

Thanks, boys.

>>186456507
>He's a robot, he did the math. You did do the math, right?

>>186455292
I don't hate Shen considering she builds and designs all of the great equipment but she could be less of a bitch to Tygan and the Commander. Otherwise she's just the lowest on the totem pole of likable characters

https://xcom.com/news/entries/xcom-2-war-of-the-chosen-developer-strategy-templars-reapers-skirmishers

>>186457908
I don't know whether to be impressed or disgusted.

>>186458214
Disgusted. His shipsfus are by and large a shit.

Shen just wants to take rover for a walk

>>186458214

Both. The art is sub-par even for DA.

>>186446597
where was that tumblr

>>186462229
rakked

google

>>186445607
Is that true? The commander's flashbacks include scenes of what appears to be humanity surrendering to ayys before they actually bust into XCom base to grab the commander.

>>186462664
The events are not in exact chronological order

Looking at the in-depth soldier look, and the stream we had yesterday, Reaper certainly seems like the most OP by far

>Can scout
>Has a chance to get kills while concealed and not reveal. Turns guaranteed on kills fairly rapidly if you pick what is gonna be a must-have ability
>If they're not in a good position to be revealed, they can still dispense some serious hurt with a Claymore, where a Scout Ranger is deadweight. Remote Start can also be situationally awesome
>Reveal range is 1 so it's very hard to fuck up and get revealed, unlike Ranger Scouts. You also move fast as fuck. Only civvies are prolly gonna stay cunts

Templar looks like a risk-reward situation. If you fuck up a streak, it's straight out to "oh fuck" town. On the other hand, if you're max focus, you can rapidly rape everyone on the opposite side and do some serious shenanigans like pulling enemies on the other side of the field out of cover and close

Skirmisher is complicated. Honestly some of their abilities like getting buffs when shot at sounds like clutch central. Pulling enemies out of cover is priceless, though

I think it's gonna be hard to justify not bringing every faction soldier available, as long as they're not tired or wounded

That beagleluck.

>>186464674
Every class is OP with the new training system desu

That was a top 10 anime mission

>>186464674
>buffs when shot at sounds like clutch central

Too bad the extra move is only once per mission, but yeah, it has it's uses. Watched Bahroo use the extra move to evac out of an ambush.

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Ani-Beagle best Beagle.

Which map pack mods should I avoid?

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>>186449096

Stream is Over.

>>186446597
What about obscene material teaching you how to spell?

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>>186455292

She wears arm warmers.

But also that she is pretty shallow. She never really resolves her implied distrust of tygan or people living under advent. Her relationship with the gremlin is poorly conveyed.

She just seems kind of, there. Basically her back story is that she is just a sack they stuffed she's brain in, that's all she is. Even with with the lost tower mission she came off as whiney and unappealing.

>Live Fire Training
>Any recruits training in the GTS will achieve the rank of Sergeant

Looks like continent bonuses got scrambled, and they're more OP this time

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>play on easy
>still lose a soldier on alien hunter mission

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Wew, Chosen are going to be a pain in the ass to deal with if you let them get strong

Can we fuckin EVER get a "Dev stream" where they don't play like mouth breathing retards.

Nothing is more cringey than xD I made a mistake haha doesn't this make you want to buy this game look how silly we are!

Triggers my try hard no fun allowed autism.

>>186469178

Devs literally play the best out of all the streamers

If you think the devs play bad, don't even look up the WoTC streams

You have retarded things like missing loot when all clear, or as usual taking 5 fucking minutes of HIGH LEVEL THANKING just to make the most retarded position possible

>>186456707
>>186456652
>>186456647

I don't know, doesn't than invent them and shen just builds it?

>>186453751
Unf.

>>186455536
She's even worse in the book. Makes actual mistakes that endanger lives.

>>186457908
Where are the GUNS? Are they just going to walk into a chrysallid nest with no weapons?

>>186469030
Well, I guess the devs have achieved their mission of making me hate them even before I've played the game.

>>186469030

How does the Chosen sabotage the Avenger if they don't know where it is? And if they do know where it is, why don't they launch a full-on attack? For that matter, why do they sabotage just the storage room or whatever instead of rampaging through the ship, killing however many support crew before XCOM's soldiers have the chance to respond?

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>>186469030
Injured scientists aren't exactly a terrible loss but
>stealing muh Elerium cores

>>186469420
Maybe firaxis told them to play badly before the expansion is actually released.

>>186469517

We're not talking about assembly line workers, Anon. It would take a scientist to determine how your new tech is possible, but it would take an engineer to determine how to make it practical.

>>186462664

Really kind of hard to say. Central seems to have encountered every enemy in EU in the autopsy references in 2, including an elder.

I imagine a good ballpark point is someone just completely failing the base invasions mission in EW.

>>186469642

According to the little teaser footage they saw, the actual Avenger ambush is using a big railgun cannon to total the Avenger

Also muh honoriru, it's not like I can't respawn a million times

>>186469658

Injured scientists are pretty bad actually, this can cause your research to grind down and miss a bunch of timing sensitive pushes. Also this implies Engineers can also be wounded, which is a big deal

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>>186469858
>>186469658
>infiltrates your base
>steals your shit
>injures your soldiers before they even go on a mission
Nothin' personal xcom

>>186469642
Because they don't actually attack themselves. It's suppose to be a bomb that gets brought in with supplies that the chosen planted.

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>>186469732
>tfw it's all a clever ruse to make the denizens of /xcg/ feel better about themselves.

>>186469804
The only canon reference (to my knowledge) is that the book says the XCOM base fell shortly after gaining laser weapons.

I assume Bradford knew what the Elders looked like because they were seen "until 10 years ago."

I also enjoy how no one ever expresses concern that you were held by mind-controlling aliens for 20 years who did god knows what to you and now you're granted the highest security clearance possible.

>>186470035
>Commander lost the war
>Commander was an ADVENT medical experiment for 20 years
>Spend 20 years trying to rescue the commander and put him in charge again
why

>>186470035
The commander was brain chipped, remember? They know exactly what they ayys did to him.

>>186445231
>>186470103
Literally just stealing the enemies tactician and using it as your own.

>>186470035
>highest security clearance
They're a handful of ragtag terrorists at that point, anon. They literally have nothing to lose;
it's illustrated by the fact they put everything into trying to recover (you) in the first place.

>>186469858
Unless that happens ultra early when I'm rushing towards magnetics (gonna be fun seeing how well that will work in WotC) I doubt an injured scientist will be a big wrench in my plans. Injured engineers on the other hand is gonna be a bitch and a half, especially with the AWC split.
Regardless, that seems like some really good motivation to not let those Chosen fuckheads gain more intel.

On that note, anyone show the Chosen flavour of Avenger defense and what makes it different from the typical brand, aside from the obvious parts?

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>>186470109
>They know exactly what they ayys did to him.
>because the ayys that implanted the brain chip told me so
are you retarded

>>186470376
What are you even talking about. They examine the commander, find the chip, remove the chip. They do a full medical exam and don't find anything to be wrong with him.

>>186470103
>>186470035

I'm sure Bradford was pretty sure that if they failed this time they would all die anyway.

The avenger has a stocked bar for a reason, is what I'm saying.

>>186470103
Commander didn't lose because he was bad though. He lost because some members of the council decided to pussy out at the last moment and told the aliens where XCOM was located. They lost the base defense, but before that they were kicking the shit out of the aliens, had lasers and apparently Psi already up and running.

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>>186470209
>fact they put everything into trying to recover (you) in the first place.
>Everything
>One mission with two soldiers to pull him out
>Another mission by 4 soldiers to blow up a statue as a distraction.
>Six soldiers, all rookies, alot of explosives, and a flying lunch box.
>Save for outrider finding you in the first place, no nevermind she actually rescues you then and there.

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>>186471046
>Save for outrider finding you in the first place, no nevermind she actually rescues you then and there.
How does this even work now? What's the point of Gatecrasher? What's going on?

>>186471398
>>186471398
The reaper confirms commanders presence. Gatecrasher is the distraction to divert ADVENT's attention. The tutorial is the rescue op.

>>186471046
Eh, Bradford came to oversee things. He's basically everything at that point. Also, is that king from Shining Force?

Hi

Are they making Avatars appear more often in the expansion?

Also, gameplay wise, chosen are pretty much normal enemies by slightly stronger right? How are they going to balance out the alien rulers for this expansion?

>>186472896

>Normal enemies but slightly stronger

Yeah, no

Once they iron out their AI to not be retarded, it's gonna be a massive challenge to pull a Flawless with a Chosen on the mission

The good news however is that the Chosen WILL leave if they manage to daze and interrogate a soldier. Then again, this means they will assrape you on the strategic layer

>>186472896
I have no idea but it would be nice to see them more often.

Yes, gameplay wise they're like mid to late-game enemies in terms of health and damage. I dunno what they're doing with alien rulers.

>>186473067
Chosen don't have a lot of health.

>>186473239

According to what we've seen, they have around 15 to 20 starting health, and can easily go up to 30-ish with an armor pip or two

Also, they'll always appear alongside enemies and mission objectives, replacing the Alien Rulers in that regard, which are moved back to facilities until you assault them, at which point they'll hound you for revenge (if you don't kill them here and then)

>>186473367
That's still nothing compared to the rulers who get up 100 hp.

Again, it's pretty obvious that the chosen are just normal enemies gameplay wise. There's nothing wrong with that since they still have unique abilities and what not.

>>186473541
>normal enemies gameplay wise
I didn't know normal enemies could knock out your troops and take them off the battlefield. Or summon ghosts, lancers, berserkres. Or be immune to explosives and overwatch.
Or the fact that they are consdiered to rough to deal with while the mission timers are runing.
Yeah, they aren't rulers, but "normal" enemies is pretty far off the mark.
I wouldn't consider Avatars or ethereals "normal" enemies either.

>>186469947

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks, Anon.

>>186473708
Yes they're like rulers in terms of abilities but health-wise they're just normal enemies except they keep coming back in later missions.

Avatars are normal enemies. They just appear really late game but are honestly not that hard to take down.

The Ethereals from the first game were a complete joke compared to Avatars in Xcom 2.

>>186473941
You have a strange definition of normal

Dude they're normal enemies with a bunch of special abilities. It's really not that hard to see.

>>186473541
>>186474074

>Multiple unique abilities, including some that have no equivalent
>A lot of resistances that are normally not stacked on enemies
>Mission is paused until taken out
>If they catch one of your soldiers, they can mindrape him to cause strategic layer disruptions
>Has to take a special mission to stop them permanently
>Fucks with you on the strategic layer
>If you fail to kill them, they will down the Avenger and probably end your campaign

Cite a "normal" enemy that does this

>>186469178
It's mostly Jake that plays that terribly, and he's on Rookie. The last stream with the other guys was on commander and they seemed to know what they were doing.

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What's the consensus on the propaganda center?

>>186476651
God tier once we get our cosmetic mods to work with it.

>>186455530
Stop living in your hentai fantasy land.

>>186476758
You can already get mods into it.

>>186476758
More like when photobooth mods get added that expand upon backgrounds and filters and stuff.

>>186466294
Those pants are pretty cool, are they a lower body prop that I can combine with upper body stuff, or is it just one who prop that you have to wear naked?

>>186477398
It's just lower body prop

>>186477336
And add more lewd poses

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>>186477398
Leg slot.

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>when you finish a mission right before your highest ranked soldier burns to death

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>>186479394

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>>186479394

>>186477147
Make me

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>>186480776
I said stop

>>186480776
*executes you*

nothing personal kid, you just fell prey to the alien jew.

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>>186471541

Yep. Xcom and shining force have alot in common.

>>186471046
Well to be fair it looks like the resistance is mostly made out of civilians and rogue scientists/engineers.

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>>186483695
Man, Shining Force was my childhood. Played the original in 2nd grade.

>>186457578
Is it just me or is the Skirmisher supposed to be LW2's Infantry class on steroids?

>>186483882
Well the offensive kind of infantry instead of the overwatch sort

>>186483882

It's looking like it.

Although we'll get a better idea of them when we see the full skill trees

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Why do we put engineers instead of scientists in the AWC/Infirmary? Doesn't that make no sense?

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>>186484245
>implying hitting someone with a hammer doesn't maker them feel better faster

>>186484009
Apparently a multiple overwatch shots skill is available too.

watching wotc videos/streams was a horrible mistake

>>186482530
Ok

>>186484245
Because machines do all the medical work.

>>186484245
That is a day and age of gene editing, I'm fairly sure machines do most of the medical work

>>186486321
tygan at least still has to do surgery

>>186489576
cutting open test tube babies isn't surgery

>I make a few lewds and put one in the OP
>now everyone else is making lewds

Not sure how to feel about this

>>186490949
>trying to draw attention to yourself on an anonymous image board
For what purpose? Don't be a faggot. If (you) hadn't done it someone else would have.

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>>186490949
Feel good about it anon

>>186491102
I know that, I just feel like Alfred Nobel.

>>186490707
he says he operates on your troops and practices on advent corpses
I'm sure most of the organs are in the same place

>>186491352
Which is silly because operating is different from an autopsy

>>186491392
must be why my ranger has been injured for so fucking long

>>186450696
>Dodge: Grazed!

>>186491225
...You feel guilty for your porn profiteering and thus intend to bequeath your vast fortune to the internet in the form of meme awards in order to better your legacy in the eyes of future anons?

>>186491439
>Doctor, there's a severe hematoma near his hepatic region, we need to repair that artery!
>Of course, allow me to put my expertise to work here.
>Tygan excises that part of the liver for further analysis and sews him back up.
>Somehow the guy survives, and the 1 HP wound he took is a 29 day grave wound.

So that's how it happens.

>>186491439
probably chopped his leg off by accident

>>186492126
maybe Tygan would've fit right in with Shen Sr.'s cybersuit program.

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>Finish the gangplank mission on classic
>Google it because it seems like I got a shit tonne of resources from it
>Greeted with tonnes of reddit threads about how hard it is
>(resources turned out to be normal, crazy useful though!)
>Lots of people bitching about how hard it is on normal

Did any of you guys find it hard? For me the only "hard" bit was the Cyberdisk where some high health dude had to bait its shot so the rest could kill it. I don't get it all you do is overwatch creep along.

I had:
Support +laser rifle
Assault +laser rifle
Heavy +stock LMG
Sniper +stock sniper rifle
MEC-1 +stock gun +flamethrower(never used)
All with stock armour

>>186493874
They're probably talking about long war. Slingshot and Progeny are much more difficult in that mod.

>>186493874
Well, most people are pretty bad at XCOM to be desu. Also, obligatory
>leddit

>>186493874
did i find it hard on classic ? not really
did i find it hard on normal? no
did i find it hard on impossible ? yep

i miss cyberdiscs

>>186494280
> xcom 1 complete edition
> 5$ on g2a
why.jpg do you not own it

>>186494340
what did this anon mean by this

>>186494280
Arn't gatekeepers just fat cyberdisks? I havn't played 2

>>186494397
i'm assuming you watched game-play from 1 but don't actually own it

>>186494602
They're too squishy and inelegant to be cyberdiscs.

>>186494602
kinda but they appear too late to be considered a threat, cyberdisc however raped many of my poor squaddies

>>186494632
nah, i've played 1 and just miss them but I don't wanna to go back

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COMMANDER YOU BETTER NOT BE TAKING EXPLOSIVES ON A MISSION AGAIN!

>>186494849
they are little bitches unlike gatekeepers tho you just brink 3 heavy's on every mission with heat ammo

>>186494939
>They did the best they could with Vahlen
>Meanwhile Lily looks like someone hit her in the face with a shovel
I want out of this losing timeline.

>>186494602
mechanically? Their explosion is bigger and makes zombies, and they have a lethal melee attack that makes zombies. Fluffwise? They're failed human experiments, very organic and not mechanical.

>>186495147
Vahlen still looks like a hag

>>186495737
She's not pretty, but compare her to Lil Shen.

>>186495737
She looks like a woman in her mid thirties.

>>186495854
>>186495737
REEEEEE LEAVE MY WAIFU ALONE

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>>186495854
Geez just who did Dr.Shen hook up with. I would rather Vahlen even if she did say stuff like COMMANDER PLEASE USE RESTRAIN WHEN EXPLODING INSIDE ME.

>>186496756
She looks Chinese my dude

>>186496942
Yeah, she's pretty pure chink, must have been one of the chink codemonkeys from old XCOM HQ.

>>186496942
She seems like the entire opposite of Dr Shen's character thought and not even in Vahlen's rivalry way.

>>186496756
>ching chong
>probably fucks rovr when nobody looks

nah

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>>186497102
>implying she's not all over Chad's dick

>>186497058
To be fair Shen Sr grew up in a normal world where his philosophical musings were a way to pass the time.

Lily grew up in a world ruled by oppressive aliens as part of a rebellion which her father and mother presumably died trying to save.

Her different outlook on life is understandable.

>>186497691
I don't think Chad would bother with her when he can fuck his way through all the female soldiers instead.

>>186500453
Shen is part of the senior staff though

>>186500453
In the pic he does it to piss off the virgin

I love long war but the loading times, crashes and frame drops ruin the lategame for me. Good thing wotc seems to fix some of these issues.

>>186500453
I don't think Chad would bother with any woman when there's ayys to slay.

>>186501367
He's Chad, there are no ayys left

>>186501436
Because he fucked them all to death

Is there a LW mod that stops Mind Control from basically being a free win for the ays in the beginning?

>Last turn
>must open door to get package
>Get package
>reveal Ays
>Xcom troop can't move because she touched a box
>Sectoid mind-controls from a billion miles away
>He fucks off out of LOS into hard cover and behind 2 more troops

Choice: Hard commit to killing Sectoid, probably revealing another Sectoid and repeating the process or Kill mind controlled person because you maybe have one medic because there are a billion classes now

Can I just have the VIP knock out option and take a long injury on the mind controlled victim or something?

It's basically: If you don't kill the Sectoid in one round, pay a tax of one dead XCOM or more.

>>186503560
Flashbangs.

>>186503560
Doesn't disorient clear the MC? Anyway I think you can sedate them with a medkit

>>186467730
I feel like I'm setting myself up for a trap, but where does one find this clothing mod?

>>186504480
Lovers lab. Go to the bottom of the /xcg/ pastebin. You do need an account to download anything.

I just now heard of war of the chosen after I quit playing for a year.

Is Jake video game Jesus? Why does 2k let him get away with making the best game ever but then they turn right around and make Ed Beach turn civ 6 into a rushed pile of trash?

>>186467730
>muzzle brake clipping though her thigh

>>186503560
If you got the package, then just run away. Mind control ends in two turns. Also, if you are that worried about Mind Control, try to get a Mind shield as soon as possible. God you are going to hate Priests in WotC. Not to mention the Warlock. He can Mass Mind Control.

>>186505787
Figures the ELDERS MOST LOYAL CHAMPION can do OP shit like that

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Lmao these guys are such a joke.

>>186504817
Because they thought that no one really cared about XCOM and that Civilization was where it was at. So they forced Ed to cut it up into DLC pieces to make max bucks. After Civ went to shit and didn't sell to expectations, they decided to greenlight XCOM expansion.

>>186505908
Yeah, it's pretty silly. Mind shields are amazing against him though. Mind Scorch, his daze attack that jumps between soldiers doesn't work at all. So be prepared to spam them if you can, either that or soldiers with level 2 bonds. Since Stand by me works really well against all negative effects. Daze and Mind control included. It just makes him waste his turns.

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>>186505982
delete yourself

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>>186505982
Say that to my face in LW and see what happens xcum bithc boy

>>186506117
>After Civ went to shit
>they decided to greenlight XCOM expansion
Stop spreading this rumor, I've never seen any evidence for it, and it doesn't make any sense without some direct supporting proof.

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>>186505982
The fuck did you just say?

>>186503847
Flash MC, and they can easily move to flank and shoot point blank, and you still have to kill that Sectoid with a man down

>>186503949
Nope.

>>186505787
The Mind Controlled person HAD the package.

>>186506178
Are EXALT just rich larpers?

>Have a strict dress code to appear stylish and organised
>spend most their time hacking because they suck in actual combat
>cannot in fact communicate with each other due to handkerchiefs over their mouths and broken radios
>have a secret HQ (actually Jeff's dad's place)
>gene mod them selves so they can feel superior
>try and suck up to the aliens like some embarrassing kiss ass

>>186507002
They mean flashbang the sectoid...

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>>186506876
Also did we have this solid color bandana option in the base game? I think we got a new option.

>>186507030
Not really. If it wasn't for the communications towers, they would be just as proficient as your standard enemies.
They develop gene modding and laser weapons by themselves, and they never suck up to the aliens, that only sorta happens in LW.

>>186507002
Yes, but at that point you shouldn't have a timer, right? The timer wouldn't suddenly come back after going away. Them getting mind controlled also means they shouldn't drop the package either, right? I didn't say evac. I said to run away. Break LOS and hunker. Eventually the MC will end and then you can re-engage.

The only problem is the sectoid is probably spamming raise zombie and flash bang don't clear that in LW.

>>186505982
They were such a meme organization the headquarters assault was so shitty

>>186507195
Don't ayys shoot mindcontrolled dudes in LW?

>>186507185
no, it's fresh

>>186507320
They do? What the fuck? I know you can do that to your own, but man, if they just shoot them anyway, then the outcome is the same. Yes Mind Control is complete bullshit in the early game with no real way to counter aside from flashing the sectoid.

Is there a mod to have recuirt randomize in with colors and patterns and such?

Theres too many troops in LW for me to really give a fuck about.

>>186507483
>aside from flashing the sectoid.
Well this is very easy to do. Honestly never had issues with MC compared to anything else, In fact, I generally prefer it to panic because it's actually eaiser to solve.
And I don't actually know if LW aliens shoot them, I was asking a real question because I'm not sure. Though I wouldn't be surprised because LW lets them shoot bound soldiers.

Does phoenix point have a release date?

>>186507642
The enemy will attack MC'd units, but the AI is smart enough to take a turn with that unit first.

Disorient is the best outcome of mindspin imo, lets you move a little or take a quick potshot; then clear the disorient with revival/solace and get a full turn.

>>186508368
I think the Fig campaign delivery ETA was Q4 2018

question:since they're changing the alien rulers dlc with WOTC does that mean Big "no ayy in my sky" sky isn't KIA?

>>186508916
No, the story mission hasn't changed. The integration gets rid of the story missions and makes it like you disabled the DLC story mission and puts the Rulers guarding alien facilities randomly. Instead of putting them on every mission. Sparks get nothing and just shoved on the Proving Ground like if you had disabled the story mission.

I'd say it's probably the worst way they could have handled it and I'm going to play with story missions on, since I like them a lot.

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>>186508916
He never died

>>186509134
Haha. So the DLC story missions are non-canon.

Good.

>>186509134
>The integration gets rid of the story missions and makes it like you disabled the DLC story mission
sounds retarded....

War hammer 40keks mod when ?
I honestly want my troops to scream FOR THE EMPIRE

>>186509564
Not really, they still talk about the Rulers being Vahlen's experiments and shit like that and the weapons being recovered from the crashed ship.

>>186509615
It pretty much is. The only reason to use integration is if you want the content, without the story and hate Rulers showing up in your campaign at random. Instead you have to deal with them guarding facilities, which everyone just stealths now anyway. No, you can't get it both ways. If you do the story, then the rulers will just show up randomly instead of only guarding facilities.

>>186509623
Borehammer 40gay plebs can fuck off

So I've finished a single run of the first new-ish xcom games. Sell me on the sequel.

>>186509623
only if sparks get replaced by dreadnoughts

>>186509857
Alien Rulers are fucking shit anyway. They look fucking stupid and don't belong in the game.

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>>186510392
It's like the first one, but it looks better and has full mod support and lots of mods.

>>186510517
This
They add nothing to the plot and are totally irrelevant

>>186510392
I thought it was a perfect sequel to EW when it came out. I also enjoyed the long war mod for it.

Do purifiers, priests, and specters get alien autopsies?

What about the chosen? Do they get autopsies?

>>186511569
Yes. Though I think the Chosen stuff is more focused on their gear.

>>186511569
Yes on the first three. Chosen don't get autopsies, they just vaporize and drop their weapons.

>>186510392
Pistols

87% is a cursed number.

>>186512058
What hurt you anon?

>>186511908
go on

>>186512185
are

>>186511569
Yes, we already know what they give too. Some pretty amazing stuff.

>>186512271
Very

>>186512345
useful

>>186512138
One melee and one nearly melee range assault rifle attack.

Either one would've killed a Sectoid, freed a mind controlled soldier and the linked zombie.

Instead. People were lost. Good people. and ONE PIECE OF SHIT FUCKING SHARPSHOOTER THAT I SWEAR TO GOD IS A ADVENT TURNCOAT BECAUSE HE NEVER FUCKING HITS ANYTHING, DAVIS YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT

>>186512271
for

>>186512513
usefulness

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>>186512453
rip

>>186498254
In the novel she's pretty much an obsessive, impulsive engineer who swears in Chinese

>>186513360
Sounds a lot like me. Except the Chinese part.

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>>186509623
>for the empire
It's "for the emperor" you git

>>186511569
purifiers, priests, specters and lost get autopsies

chosen just get weapon adaptation research

>>186514170
I think they missed an opportunity with autopsies. Could've gone into their biology and shit.

JAKE RELEASE THIS SHIT I NEED IT RIGHT NOW FUCK YOUUUUU

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>templar can swap places with avenger turrets

>>186515659
What? That's insane. That's moveable cover.

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Menace 5-1, what's your status?

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>>186518087
WE'RE NOT LETTING THEM TAKE THE OBJECTIVE

>>186517993
clipstwitchtv/ObliviousAbstemiousFiddleheadsPlanking

>>186518262
Oh god, please Firaxis don't patch this out. I want to invert with enemy turrets too. Put them in places where they can't do shit and be within striking distance of that one fucker on the roof. Templar MVP every mission.

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Is there any good footage of the Skirmishers Battlelord ability?
I want to know if it's as good as it sounds.

>>186518736
Well, it's once per mission. You have to have an enemy take an action in their line of sight and you can do any action. If you have any actions that are free actions, these don't count. So you can grapple and then shoot or whatever.

It can be amazing, but it really requires you to throw Mox in the middle of a bunch of shit. If you don't, he will sit back and miss shots because his accuracy at range sucks with the Bullpup.