/xcg/ - XCOM General

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>Ends turns in over watch, ignores overwatch/reaction fire assassin

how fucked am I?

FRIENDSHIP ENDED WITH VOLK

NOW

MOX IS MY BEST FRIEND

>Mox's combat presence doesn't give two attacks if you use it before you shoot
But why.

Crap the game crashed on me 3 times while in the resistance ring, not to mention sometimes I get several Img: placeholders, time to verify integrity I guess

>>187820693
I apologize for your untimely death

>Get Magnetic weapons reseach in 10 days
>20 days later I still have no fucking Alloys

Which Chosen had the best banter?

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>>187820693
>>187820756

Maybe retarded question but does "Improved Assault Rifles" (+1 damage with assault rifless) breakthrough apply to Magnetic/Plasma rifles as well?

>supply raid with tagging crates
>filled with lost
>crates guarded by rocket-happy mechs
>and a few grenade chucking mutons for good measure
>assassin shows up
>summons more mechs
Tha-thanks Jake.

>>187820961

I believe so.

>>187820693
HASTA LA VISTA

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>torrent ETA: 26d

>>187820479
Not at all, really. Overwatch on enemies is easy to cancel and you shouldn't be relying on reaction fire to take down a Chosen, anyway. The assassin will still dash at you, whack a soldier, run away and end it's turn out of sight regardless.

>>187821061
magnificent

>>187820868
Hunter since he's the least dickish

>>187820490
Is Ripjack really that good

>>187821061
I had a similar mission. The chosen appearing will pause Advent extracting crates, and you get all remaining crates when you kill all enemies, so I just ignored them and focused on the chosen while Advent and the Lost killed each other.

What's the mod that lets you remove weapon mods again? I forgot how annoying this is in WoTC.

Is Ultrasonic Lure worth using?

>Supply raid with Surgical
>Has two Spectres
What a mistake this was

>>187820961
If it doesn't specify Ballistics/Magnetic/Beams then it's for everything. Do Gauntlets get breakthroughs?

>>187820961
it does
beam weapons breakthrough also applies to like all tier 3 weapons, at least I think it does since I don't remember getting anything for my Templar
>mfw beam weapons breakthrough and two assault rifle and shotgun breakthroughs
>>187821616
gets even more annoying when you get the breakthrough that lets you reuse the mods

>>187821687

>Anything with Surgical

Surgical is comically bad because the squad sizes and the difficulty aren't adjusted to account for it

Avoid these like the plagues. If they counter a dangerous Dark Event AND have good rewards, avoid them anyways and cry yourself to sleep silently

First and last time I tried it, it was my three best against an early Gatekeeper, 2 Vipers, an Elite Mec and an Elite Stun Lancer. All stacked on the objective. And of course my bluescreen Grenadier missed all his fucking shots so I got raped and had to reload like a faggot and pick another op

>>187821658
Yeah, Lost fuck up ADVENT real good.

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This might be cool.

>>187822068
oh yeah moar balaten indeed
now the question is, do we get to keep them

>>187822068
how does that work exactly? do you get a regular trooper or will it be a skirmisher class, and do you get to keep them?

>>187822068
The one that gives the detected pod only one action point for their first turn after revealing during your turn is soooo good.

>>187821658

It allows you to focus all the Lost on ADVENT. ADVENT will heavily prefer targeting the Lost if they're in melee range. Meanwhile you get free shots with everyone else

>>187822068

It's surprisingly nice. You get an Elite Trooper or an Elite Lancer. They're as accurate as normal ADVENT soldiers, as in they can't hit jack shit, but they make fantastic objective and flank bait

>>187822120

Nope, even if you evac them manually they're gone for good. They still count as soldiers killed if they die during the mission though, which is dumb

Also, if you do AP events with them, you'll contribute to your global pool. Stuff like height advantage, flank, ambush (aka kill on reveal turn) and combo kills

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I'm new to this game and modding scene, but is there like an overhaul mod that makes it like a modern spec ops terrorist hunt with no aliens or stupid looking imaginary future armours and overly huge guns and shit?

>>187822203

Tactical Analysis is really good because it forces the pod to move OR shoot, instead of doing both

In most cases the AI can't adjust for it, so it gives you two turns. If you're unlucky they might shoot as their one action and nail you anyways, but it's really helpful against melee enemies because they can't dash you

So covert actions are infiltration missions done right?

Latecomer to XCOM 2 here. Missed out on all the DLC content up until now because money is tight. Gonna bite the bullet and get War of the Chosen, is it worth using that as an excuse to spend another 20 quid and get all the other stuff too?

>>187822469
just download it bruh

>>187822527
That's that settled I guess. Thanks anon.

>>187822330
>im gay

>>187822425

Covert Actions are the first time you get agency on what happens on the strategical layer instead of having to eat up whatever bullshit the game gives you

No good Engineer mission ? Recruit one. Intel short because you had to use the Black Market ? Look for intel. Avatar going out of control ? Sabotage for 2 pips. Soldiers aren't gud enough ? Train the fuckers, or unlock global AP

Also, you get soldier boosts sometimes, things like +5 Dodge, +5 Hack, +1 Health, or a straight up Promotion. These are super good and you still get the reward. The only price is taking them out for a few days and risking the wound roll. But it allows you to make supersoldiers if you stack them

Also, get an Engineer staffed here, and buy the upgrades. Wildcards are fucking critical, streamers are retarded for ignoring them. Those are basically all continent bonuses now

Also, don't diss XP boosts, you're gonna need them. And double AP on skill events ? +10 AP for killing a Chosen. You can thank the Templars later

>>187822330
No that's gay
Play Jagged Alliance instead

>>187822330
Apparently theres a /k/-tier gun mod coming out and theres no shortage of armor mods on the workshop. They may need to be updated for WotC, though.

>no aliens
c'mon, son

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>>187822630
Sounds like you didn't need any advice at all nigga

>>187822330
No, nobody has taken the Aliens out of Xcom yet.

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>>187822880
technically, Xcom is all about taking the aliens out of xcom.

>>187822674
Good for you, faggot.

>>187822716
I can't really seem get into old games thought.

>>187822726
>/k/-tier gun mod
any more info?

>theres no shortage of armor mods on the workshop
got any links / collections? don't feel like going through all of it

>>187822941
http://imgur.com/a/Po1YP

>>187822779
I know I want the content, I just don't know if it's worth paying for. I'm already resigning myself to living of nothing if I get WotC, spending more on top of that is a big deal to me.

[spoilers]Plus I have to negotiate all this with the wife, and 30 quid is a lot easier to justify that 50[/spoilers]

>>187822941
Lurkmoar

>>187822330
Go ask /k/ assuming they're done eating cum.

>>187823128
>Implying /k/ isn't balls deep in hot doe pussy

>>187823063
>>187823128
lmao are you lads mad or sth?

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>>187823057
>tfw you can't into spoilers

feels bad man

>templar and a skirmisher with bladestorm and retribution cleaning pods through melee
God I love these classes.

>>187823212
highlight and hit ctrl+s

>>187823206
it all depends if you're still fucking doe?

>>187823294
I've always done it manually and feel like a massive newfag for not knowing about this. Thanks mate.

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Chosen information?

>>187823158
Nah, nah, they're into fondling little boys with little glocks.

>>187823441
It halves the covert time iirc.

>>187823441

Makes it faster to do their coverts

This is good value. I'm sure you could even tackle the lair with conventionals if you know what you're doing, but Mag is a safe bet if you're not a shitler, just make sure to bring the best of the best

>>187823634
Can you even do it with Ballistics? I mean you need like a Captain i think to unlock the 3rd part by then you'd have magnetic.

>in a single assassin encounter with brutal they managed to permanently drop my two colonels will to lower than a squaddies
The absolute madmen.

Resistance Ring or Training Center first?

>>187823914
Resistance Ring, you won't have enough AP level 2 bonds yet for it training center to matter.

>>187823707

You can rush a Captain with promotion Covert Ops. I heavily recommend you do it for the second squad size alone

>>187823914

Definitely Resistance Ring. Even Genius soldiers won't have enough extra AP to invest until Sergeant

>>187823842

there's a fix to that on steam it's a bug (i hope but fuck Jake Solomon)

>>187823842
What's the normal amount of Will of a colonel/squaddie anyway? I didn't notice the bug at first so I'm quite scared my Col got fucked.

>>187823974
I use Covert Ops to make my Templar into a High Will/High Mobility Sword guy

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Why the hell can't you pause on an overworld map.
Clock's always ticking, at a pretty fast pace.
Am I right to be twitchy about it?

>>187824084
no

I'm only a few months in and I'm already running out of space on the avenger, why didn't they give us more space if they're going to also give us a new building and split others into two?

Gotcha again has a Wotc version

>>187824129
I mean you have to collect the Avenger Power drops and Contacts drops, I don't have an issue with the buildings tbqh.

>>187824161
Holding alt+left lets you do a lot of these things now.

>>187824049

Will doesn't affect the strength of your psionic attacks, Psi does

This is a beginner mistake, Will is only useful to prevent fatigue and have a higher chance of resisting Will attacks and bleeding out instead of dying. Pretty sure 100 Will and above is guaranteed to not die instantly

You're better off investing into Mobility and Health/Dodge

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Mission was full of mutons and archons.

Bugging out is the best thing to do in this mess.

>>187824310
Yeah I get more Will on my Templar since I run them deep and if they get surrounded their will drops fucking fast.

>>187824295
Yes but Gotcha again gives you a lot more information than the baseline one, including sound and indications when you will agro stuff

>>187824280
Can I get them through covert ops? I have shit rng and have only seen one +power drop on the map. I guess it makes sense if they're easier to get though.

>>187824404

I haven't actually bothered to check how Will drops during missions. I'd like to see what people know about it

I think it's a mix of about everything, from just new turn to higher drops if put in dangerous situations

What's your base build order in WoTC now?

>>187820903
John Connor is probably pissing himself right now.

>Get my first Templar
>Superior speed PSC drops on the next mission

It's like it was fated

>>187824506

resistance ring > GTS > everything else

>>187824467
Interesting. Might give it a go then - thanks.

>>187824473
You can get contacts on Covert iirc not sure about power, just build the high power ones on the alien batteries to save energy.
>>187824506
GTS>Infirmary>Resistance Ring>Whatever

>>187824628
What's required for Infirmary? I keep autopiloting on breakthrough research.

>>187824506
Ring is top priority then Infirmary/GTS then whatever the situation requires.

Shame that the workshop is still weak

Are you guys running the expansion without mods at this point other than cosmetic?

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How do I use skirmishers to their full potential?

>>187824759
Only the basics when they get uploaded, some fixes and cosmetics

>>187824727
Advent officer? I mean you can go Resistance Ring first if you keep getting flawless, since there's a lot of good rewards.

I have a pretty old PC and the base game ran subpar. But apparently that's because optimization was crappy. Did they improve optimization with this DLC?

>>187824759
None of the one's I like, like Grim loot and ABA have been updated yet so Im just running vanilla.

>Did they improve optimization with this DLC?

Yes

>>187824759
I only have Don't waste my time, capn bubs, The Brutal Fix and the Fair Lost mod.

>>187824816
Slap a superior extended mag and go crazy. Battlelord is pretty great but I feel like Aliens Aggro you hard when you use it.

>>187821210
Just use the google drive downloads. You can run as many as you want in parallel so it's literally better than torrenting.

>>187824759
i only have robo's squad selection, numeric hp and capnbubs

How does reaper concealment work? I've seen gameplay where people took a normal shot with them from concealment and it had 0% chance to reveal them

>>187825275

Reapers can choose perks that make it less likely for them to break concealment when shooting.

>>187822930
Technically most of the XCOM aliens aren't aliens since they were engineered on earth.

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>>187824980
So I shouldn't focus much on their grapple or impale power stuff? Just use them as more aggressive, mid range rangers?

>>187825275
With perks reapers have 0% chance to be revealed on a kill shot.

Pretty much flank with them and finish off low health targets for perma concealment.

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I am waiting for a mod that makes the avatar project take longer.

I've already beaten the game on the second highest difficult (I forgot the name) and now I just want a playthrough to experience most of the content, but trying to play it and research everything is impossible because you have to constantly be working to stop the AVATAR project. I understand this makes the game easier, but as I said, I already won an earlier game.

Does anyone have a mod or know some file to edit to make it take longer?

>>187825571
>>187825373
Do you know what that perk is called?

>>187825275
Shooting an enemy without killing/without using the skill sting is a 50/50 reveal then an 80/20 then a 90/10, if you have a skill Major rank I think, each time you kill someone it's 0%, sting is a 1 per mission shot that is 0% reveal.

>>187825549
I use the grapple, its for ez flanking shots if you get them also I wouldn't use Wrath if I don't have retribution(Skirmisher Bladestorm).

Can someone explain to me what is this whole WotC DLC all about?

>Is it separate campaign or is it integrated into main story?
>If it's separate - it's post-core game or is it "alternative" universe?
>Am I starting from scratch or am I more advanced than in the beginning of XCOM2?
>LW and most mods are non-compatible I presume?

How do you guys use the Templar? I'm not too sure what he's supposed to do besides AOE Rend and Volt. Or is that just it?

>>187825660
With the DLC avatar project is a non issue, there are covert ops that reduce it by 2.

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>>187825709
Integrated in, as additions t the main story. You start from scratch but there's an option to start allied with one of the factions and to have a class from that faction. Mods are incompatible so far for the most part. No LW of any sort.

>>187825709
It's a retcon of the pre expac story, while closely the same, they're not the same and have slight differences, they're updating mods now so you just have to wait.

>>187825782
I use them as reliable damage dealers and their late game skills are pretty good, only problem is there's a few bugs with them.

>>187825827
Really? I'm a few weeks into my initial testing game and I haven't seen any covert ops for it yet. Do I need to have a particular faction? I have 2/3 right now.

>>187825782
>get bladestorm on them
>watch them demolish literally every melee range enemy in the game since they cant miss
Its hilarious

Is there a mod that slows down the pace of the advent dark events/calendars/enemy introduction?

>>187825915
It's random.

>>187825996
Also Reaper is really good. Dude have you gotten the Circle of Psi Achievement yet? I've tried everything, Ionic Storm, Burning focus using skills and then just rending it back but I'm not getting it.

>>187826015
Yeah its called get good

>>187826080
Nah, but I havent tried to get it either.

>>187826015
you can modify it in the config file
google it

I just realized I need Grimy's Loot Mod to balance out shit NCE and Hidden Potential rolls.
DAMN YOU GRIMY FOR LEAVING THE COMMUNITY

>>187826186
Hero classes are kinda buggy, like my Skirmisher if I get battle lord then I get shot at I don't get my +1 AP from Reflex when it's my turn, its pretty annoying.

Fuck, Chosen just stole my Elerium Cores.

>>187825782

There's specific uses for all three hero classes

>Reaper: High damage situational abilities, low damage finisher abilities, scouting. Maximum safety, will not be shot or activate pods unless misplayed
>Skirmisher: Low, consistent damage, can rapidly change positions with Grapple and can easily get flanks or high ground that would not be impossible otherwise. Basic ability to shoot twice if he didn't use an action, and later on can turn Overwatch into a free cam freeze action, and even go full Ruler mode for one turn
>Templar: High damage, high consistency, high risk. You are forced to rush right into enemy pods, but if played properly, you are likely to heavily wound or even kill. Parry allows you to nullify one attack. Advanced abilities allow you to use opportunities for maximum potential, like swapping enemies or using an AOE psionic attack

>>187825870
Who made this, and where can i find more?

How's the expansion? Haven't gotten it yet since I didn't enjoy the main game too much compared to Enemy Within.

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my new vegas with 80000 mods crashed less than this new shit

Is there anyway to stop the chosen's knowledge from filling up other than resistance orders?

Wait are resistance orders randomized?

>>187827031
killing them

Do you think small stuff, like flags/birthplaces pack compatible?

>kill all the lost in the first part of the lost and abandoned mission
>get to the objective
>can't evac or anything else
What am I doing wrong? Is it a mod conflict?

>>187825660
there is a option in second wave stuff that makes it longer

>>187827129
Is the chosen attack mission doable like the vanilla defense mission or way harder?

>>187827128
Yessiree.

>>187822680
makes me excited for long war or similar mods

>>187827287
>never got between the eyes
Joke Shittymon

>>187827261
It's insanely easy to cheese with squad sight/reaper scout but I guess it is harder since they let you deploy with 12 guys from the get go, also there's a "timer limit". Anyone know if you lose the avengers mission, will there be a new lost cinematic?

>>187827256
I only saw an option to increase the timers during missions

>Have titanfall gear mod install and the files are downloaded but the game pretends they aren't there

Fucking hell

>>187827423
Never mind, I am a retard.

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>>187827423
there is one for avatar progress

>>187827631
The arms are all invisible for me, seems like the mod still needs some work.

>tfw you are vindicated by the building criticism of Bore of the Chosen
I'll stick with a true spiritual successor, xenonauts

>>187827759
Anyone using Beta Strike? How is it? I feel like it's impossible since you will always get injured and fail retaliation missions.

Is it me or is Overwatch just fucking useless 99% of the time?

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>Chosen actually mouth off at you if they see you using weapons looted off other Chosen
The attention to detail is just amazing.

>>187828186
You won't think it's useless when it saves your ass

>>187828186
It's just you.

>>187828260
>>187828245
On Legend it never works.

>>187828205
They say stuff about alien hunters weapons as well I think.

>>187828350
I mean it's really good especially if you get threat assessment aid on the aid protocol or Guardian or Ever Vigilant so you can Dash and set up an overwatch. Equip some PCS or some tracer rounds since it usually saves my ass.

>>187828350
I playeda ridiculous amount of Legend vanilla, modded and long war. Difficulty makes no difference.

>>187827917
i already miss boarposting

>>187828728
He's too busy playing bore of the chosen now.

Is the third retaliation mission always just an auto-failure? I've played 3 campaigns on Legendary and it's always 4 berserkers + Chosen. Even with mag weapons it's simply impossible to do enough damage before the berserkers kill everyone.

How often should I backup my Ironman save?

what armor should i use

Do the crate grabbing missions always have The Lost in them?
Lost like 7 crates because i had to swim through the fuckers

>>187829405
Just did one. No Lost.

>>187829405
No, that's just a sitrep.

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>>187828926
WHORE OF THE CHOSEN

WHY ARE YOU WILLINGLY EATING SHIT

BORE OF THE CHOSEN IS A FUCKING DUMPSTER FIRE OF ANIME AVATAR ALIEN HUNTERS ALPHA STRIKE POWER CREEP BLOATED SHITFEST

What's the normal amount of will a colonel has?

>>187828580
you just know the kikes will be the first ones to suck alien dick and become like the advent

>3rd retaliation mission with Lost
JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE

>>187830036
More like they're the first one to circumcise alien dick and order them to kill goyim who don't become like the advent

>install a few updated cosmetics during my current campaign
>whatcouldgowrong.jpg
>all was fine until the launcher failed to recognise some mods
>eventually clear up the error
>load save
>multiple characters wearing tier2 armor now have invisible chests
>and I can't edit body models anymore except for tats and colors
Is there a way to unfuck this or am I stuck with half a pool of Rayman pretenders for the rest of this run?
swapping back to kevlar does let me re-edit though, so maybe it'll be fine when I hit tier3

>399 Intel
>Low Intel warning

???

>>187829661
GODS WHAT A STUPID NAME

Is there any save editors for WOTC? I installed brutal fix, but my templar already has maximum 27 will.

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>3rd mission in a row with Assassin when I have no fucking means of locating her each time she oneshots people in multibuilding level map

JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE

>>187831224
magnificent.

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>>187830554
MORE WINE

Anyway to turn off the photo booth function? Or preferably have it only save posters you make?
It sucks needing to clean out saved posters that are auto generated for every little thing

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>>187831531

A STUN LANCERRR POD BRADFORD! ON AN OPEN FIELD!

Weapon mods for Templar gaunlets when

>>187831224
Battlescanners?

>>187831224

>What are battle scanners
>What is scanning protocol
>What is the Reaper's spotting skill

Assassin has many hard counters.

>>187832142
I want my Adam Jensen lawnmower blades

>>187832307
Most of these aren't available in early game though, and there's a pretty good chance she's the first Chosen people run into because of the WOTC tutorial.

>>187824910

the game runs MUCH better now. I get 120+ fps on a 1080 on max settings.

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I didn't know Templars were actually Thor in disguise.

>>187832383

Reaper promotes early enough, and you should always have a battle scanner if you don't have one as a dedicated scout. Just only bring it for missions with Assassin in the area if you want more grenades.

>Templar can get Faceoff
To do it or not to do it.

Did proving ground grenades get a nerf?

>>187832730
It's worth it as a non-garbage AOE alternative to Volt.

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>>187832730
>templar can get bladestorm
>templar can get lightning hands

Remote start propane tanks are pretty funny

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>>187820251
Reminder to keep on checking the Workshop for updated mods.
Just type in WOTC to see the mods that have been updated for the expansions.

For example:
Stenchfury Modular Helmets and Armors and Gotcha Again have recently been updated

>>187832947
Volt needs more chain range

>>187832979

>templar can get Reaper
>Between the Eyes

I never get tired of it.

>>187833627
>Stenchfury Modular Helmets and Armors and Gotcha Again have recently been updated

I just got those.

Any weapon mods updated yet? I hate the default heavy weapon.

>>187833680
Do reaper kills build focus? Bladestorm ones don't, and they don't apply the AOE.

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J-Jake?

>>187833838

Yes, since Reaper gives another action point that is spent on Rend. Rend is the thing that gives the focus.

What is the console command to get ability points?

>tfw I'm the only one of my 6 xcom playing friends who has touched challenge mode

I-I like i-it...

>>187833975
motherlode

>>187833904
MOAR BALATEN

>>187833975
sudo rm -rf /

>>187834172
It's fun, but you need to disable all your mods to do it and I'm sure some people out there still run the vanilla launcher

>>187832271
Didn't have any. Can't build any yet.

>>187832307
Same for this.

>>187832725
Have no way of knowing if Assassin is going to randomly show up.

>chosen training stacks to infinity
aw hell yeah, I really fucking needed a reason to just rush stronghold

>>187834418
Max information seems to be the only reason

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I think it's time to leave

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Is there a list of all SITREPs?

>finally get the expansion
>30gb download
what the shit

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>Lancer runs out into the open and charges my squad
>5 overwatch misses as he walks up and kills someone

FUCKING EPIC XDDD

>>187834631
Probably buried somewhere in an .ini file since someone is already making a mod to add in all the unused/unfinished sitreps

>hunter sent my whole squad to the infirmary

now i'm pissed, time to chase that mofo back to his dorito cave

>>187834730
Now imagine the Lancer then runs away afterwards invisible to do it again.

That's Assassin.

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>>187820479
>>187820479

>>187835012
>the true meaning of War of the Chosen was the battle between the Alien Chosen and the Jewish Chosen

POTTERY

I just got inspiration on magnetic weapons, 14 days to complete, the only other research I've got is modular weapons. Is it worth it?

>>187835012
Oy vey! The elders know!

>>187835238
Normally it's like 28 days right? You're going to do it anyway so you only really risk not having the money for them.

Is it better to play the game with the tutorials or not? I've played the game before but I'm not entirely sure what happens if you just start it with the tutorials off, but I also hate that the tutorial takes like 2 hours.

>>187835238
You'll need Aliens Alloys and 2 engis (along with supply obviously) to build any, but it's good to get it out the way since most try and rush it anyhow.

>>187835405
The vanilla tutorial has storyline events and stuff explained in much greater detail but if you don't care about that do the first tutorial level and then start a new campaign without it on

>>187835452
You don't need 2 engis to make the assault rifles and pistols.

>>187824910
>I have a pretty old PC
Could be worse. In my impatience I once tried it on an 11 year old laptop and got 2-15fps

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>>187835238
yeah i got it as my 2nd research project. I just sat the first month doing pissant missions for supplies & rookies then bam i'm months ahead for slaying ayys

Is it just me or does XCOM use a shit ton of memory? Im crashing like every 5 minutes
Or maybe the torreng i used was faulty

>>187834552
How do The Horde sitreps work, do they only start coming in unlimited numbers after you've gotten to the expedition?

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Feel good man

>>187832671
The lightning stuff is a little dumb, I hope I can easily swap those out for vanilla psi powers. Lance makes more sense on a melee character anyway.

Does the templar HQ help tired troops or is it just wounded troops?

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These new menu screens are fucking awesome. I'm loving that Alien flora is way more common now.

Is anyone else experiencing a bug where their map just slowly moves to the left?

It is only the overworld map screen, not the avenger and not in game. But when I am on the overworld it just slowly drifts, even as I am scanning things, and it is pretty annoying.

>>187835626
I fucking love mag weapons I wish there was a way to keep them through to the endgame without upping their stats and ruining the earlygame. Plasma is so shit.

I felt the same about gauss weapons in LW1 although plasma felt fine in that one. I just want the dakka.

>Superior Scope
>Superior Extended Magazine
>B A N I S H
SIX BULLETS
MORE THAN ENOUGH TO KILL ANYTHING THAT MOVES

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>beacon mission with Advent and Lost on the map
>grenade and flashbang a blob of Advent sitting on top of the beacon
>a massive swarm appears on top of them
>they all just beeline past the Advent who they're right next to so they can go for my soldiers an entire screen away

Simply epic

>>187836214
the lost are basically overwatch deniers, and ADVENT will on average waste half their turns on it, except purifiers, that will get out of your way to flame them
Too bad they're basically programmed to prioritize the player faction, else ultrasonic lure would be terrific

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Guys what do I build next to my workshop

Frost grenades only remove one action point from sectopods. They really need to inform people about this stuff, there's now way to know ahead of time who loses two actions and who only loses one.

>>187836416
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1123260291

>>187836529
Power relay/resistance comms

>>187836416
If they're really just mindless horde mentality automatons with no real objective that attack everything they should just attack whatever's closest to them instead of it being a coin toss for either Advent or XCOM, else it just sets up completely ridiculous situations like the one I posted.

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name my band

>>187836783
the we like 2 month long tutorials

>>187836783
EACT BЛOК

>>187836783
The Four Bottoms

>>187836783
STOP RESISTING

>>187836738
Lost are hard coded to spawn closer to Advent than XCOM.

The 70:30 thing is a balance to that.

>Sectopods can lightning field concealed/shadow units

Perfect, fake difficulty! Thanks Jake

Time to reload my save

>>187837215
Both of those things are pretty dumb. Typical Jake right there.

How the fuck are you supposed to "hold off" a VIP evac in the sewers? A mountain of enemies just rush and overwhelm you.

>just rescue Mox from Ayy Prison
>Take him on next mission
>Assassin POS appears
>Dazes and kidnaps him again

N-no!

I'll get a chance to rescue him right?

Does anyone else hate those recover the crates supply raid missions? I've been honest man this campaign, but I'll fuckin save scum those missions.

Does anyone else notice an increased difficulty in timed missions? Seems like I'm constantly only getting by on the final turn now

>>187837275
They have to spawn closer to Advent because of how missions are designed in the first place. Basically enemies start away from the start and near the objective. The only way to not spawn the Lost closer to Advent would be to either put a lot of dead space between them and the Advent, put you closer to the objective than Advent, or put the Lost right on your ass at the start.

>>187837541
At what point in the game? There was this point right before I got plasma weapons where I couldn't actually kill the enemies fast enough to finish the objective due to the buffed health and armor of late game enemies.

>>187835527
On WoTC you do. I got Magnetic really quick but couldn't do anything about it until I had at least 2 engis and some alloys. Had enough Supply.

Maybe the requirements are higher on different difficulties? I'm playing Commander.

>>187837343

Is it random whether or not a Chosen kidnaps the unit or mindsucks them on the field? Sometimes I'm just tempted to let them take knoledge than have to deal with them, but at the same time I don't want to effectively lose a unit.

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Well commanders, I have game over'd my first campaign. What have you learned while playing WOTC so far?

>Don't prioritize breakthroughs unless they pertain to your strategy/need, otherwise you go off the rails upgrading shit that won't help you in the long run.

>Spread your units FAR when fighting the assassin.

>For some reason the Lost won't attack a viper that's using bind on another Lost. They'll run right past her and attack you for some reason.

>It's still XCOM: if you don't have at least two Lt./Cpt. rank soldiers on the bench by mid-game you're fucked.

>>187836596
Fuck yeah I'm grabbing this for FUN

Did Jake fix all of his bugs? Should I play Ironman or just Honestman it?

>>187834327
If your going into Assassin controlled land then just bring a scanner. It's not hard anon

>>187837636
This only makes sense if maps are a rectangle and there is a solution even there.

>player spawns on one side of the map
>ADVENT spawns on the other
>Lost are spawned in the middle
>objective is placed near ADVENT

This shit isn't hard, man.

>>187837712
I'm late into gauss myself

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>Bring two squaddies on the first retaliation, save citizens mission
>This fucker shows up.

i'vemadeamistake

>28th of December 2035
>First landed UFO mission
>When I'm busy filling in my story missions and filling all my AP to rape the final mission

Bit on the late side, ain't it ?

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>protect the device in tunnels
>Gatekeeper and Andromedon spawn next to it
>blow it up while I'm less than halfway there
What did Jake Solomon mean by this

>>187838010

I ran into a bug where the mission wouldn't continue unless I reloaded my save and killed the enemies before triggering the cutscene (game bugged out when I triggered the cutscene and enemy pod simultaneously).

Honestman is still the most reliable method.

>>187838010
>Did Jake fix all of his bugs?
He added new ones.

>>187838053
I didn't have a scanner available to build.

>>187838075
Yeah, get those plasma weapons up and you will start cutting through ADVENT like a hot knife through butter. Also make sure not to forget to pump out that experimental ammo for the +1 damage.
Buy up all scopes and perception PCs because you will need to shoot stuff to kill everything, nading it won't cut it.
Gunners with holo-targetting and chain shot are a huge boon at this point, stack all that aim, and take holo-targetting on anyone you can.

>>187825131
How to find links for stuff?
Are there safe websites?

>>187837818

>spread units when fighting the assassin

Honestly baiting out blindness grenades and her wave attack is much better than her actually doing damage. Unless, of course, your whole squad is humping each other, which is bad tactics anyway unless you're creeping up with overwatch.

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>tfw your soldier is the dodge bullshit

>Can infinitely shoot zombies
>Can't infinitely sword them

Lame

>>187838202
>>187838209
Wow, Jake. Alrighty then, Honestman it is.

>>187838440
>tfw sharpsooter and between the eyes order
10+ zombies killed a turn

>>187838440
Probably due to balancing, you can run + sword and you never have to reload that fucker.

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>>187838397

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>>187837193
hmmm
I should add that text next time

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>>187838610
>tfw between the eyes order isn't showing up in my campaign
FUCKING RNG BULLSHIT FUCK YOU JAKE

>>187838614
Just reduce the movement of the soldier, easy solution. You'll be able to kill a few and then you'll have too little movement to keep it up.

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>>187838253
Best options for weapon attachments? I can never decide...

Also, I thought a claymore would trigger on movement? I threw one where i knew a couple of ADVENT would be dropping in, they scattered and nothing...

>>187838820
claymores only activate when shot or damaged
I usually blow them up with other explosives for a chain reaction

>>187838820
You have to shoot it

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>>187838820
why does glass look so fucked up in WotC?

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I love the lost
don't judge

Did we get an interesting returning character for the templar leader or is it some no name random? Haven't been around since before they were revealed.

>>187838932
There's something weird going on with the glass shader, it's all dithered.

>>187838820
Always a scope unless a ranger or reaper imo (Then laser sight). And Extended Mag or Auto-Loader (whichever you have for highest tier) should be your second attachment. Some builds prefer the extended mags, but they are both very good regardless.

>>187834552
Not having a sharpshooter on your team with unlimited gun ammo and no reload.
Bastards can clean up the streets real quick.

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I really wish there was a "class picture" option in the photobooth for a pic of the Avenger's entire staff and crew together.

>>187838982
You sicko, you can't fuck those

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I'M
FUCKING
CUMMING

>>187838336
>Are there safe websites?
I don't know that the websites are safe, but the files are. It's all different downloads of the same shit, m8. Just google war of the chosen download or war of the chosen torrent and then click on the first pirate site you see.

They'll usually have a bunch of different download options with a bunch of different links for each since the game will be broken up into parts, go with google drive because you can have multiple downloads going simultaneously.

Word of warning, if your default drive for temp files is tiny, you will need to change that to unzip this game what with the fuckmassive size.

>>187839212
CHOSEN ONE

>>187839212
Do all Templars get that?

>>187839039
All of them are no-names, it's weird, it's like they hate the EU/EW lore.

>>187839343
I think all the XCOM upgrades are random.

>>187839356
JAAAAAAAAAKE

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>>187839078
Wait, no scopes on the Reapers? Are you sure? I'd have thought that'd be perfect for their sniper rifles?

>>187838890
>>187838921
Well that's a bit shit. Why not just call it a satchel charge if it's not set off by movement?

>>187839197
I wish their attitude effected what poses they got. Like, 'By The Book' gets more attentions and salutes, 'Relaxed' gets smiles and waves, 'Hard Luck' gets obscene hand gestures, etc.

>>187839343
It's random but all the hero classes have a limited pool from which they can get abilities so bladestorm on templars is pretty common.

>>187839427
>Wait, no scopes on the Reapers? Are you sure? I'd have thought that'd be perfect for their sniper rifles?
They spend a lot of timed cloaked throwing claymores and doing remote detonations (so no aim required).
With stealth, when they finally open fire, you are almost always flanking, really close, height advatage etc.
Reapers get big bonues to their crit damage instead of high base damage, so you are going to want that crit for actually killing stuff. At least that's been my experience.

>>187839427
Reaper weapons have low base damage but high crit damage and they can flank really easily so crit is good on them.

>>187828205
god damn they literally have lines for literally everything
>>187839356
they actually do mention the templar leader being possibly one of the first psi soldiers ever from XCOM during the initial invasion

>>187839427
reapers also get an ability later on that makes it so kills never break concealment, they're good for finishing off the last bit of health on an enemy with no consequence

>>187836036
I only ever get the one with a Reaper staring at the stasis tank. Bullshit, I tell you.

>>187836036
my favorite one is the scene of a berserker in the tunnels, but my toaster has shit quality so I didn't screencap it

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this is so cliche

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Fuck me you can put Frost Bombs on a Grenadier
>2x charges
>larger radius
>longer range

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>>187840241
Yeah, but it's a cliche that works for a reason.

Are priest or Purifier corpses used for anything?

Do I just need to take a deep breath, and accept the reality is that the Chosen, particularly the early game Assassin are GOING to kill my troops?

Is it just better to let them mind succ my dudes, and let them fuck off?

Because this bitch is pissing me off and it seems like I can't do much to stop her right now.

>>187840491
Fap material?

>>187839831
>they actually do mention the templar leader being possibly one of the first psi soldiers ever from XCOM during the initial invasion
So XCOM didn't even get lasers, but managed to rush psionics.
No wonder we lost EW.

>>187840241
mine actually hate eachother

Is there some easy trick to remote detonations I'm missing? The environmental hazards you can actually detonate are too far and few in-between to make regular use of.

this game does weird things to my gpu.

>temperature is hitting nearly 90c
>drop all settings to the lowest they will go
>play with a smaller resolution in windowed mode
>GPU usage and power staying around 50-65%, clearly its not under massive load
>temps still refuse to drop below 80c no matter what size resolution i use or how i have the settings

at least i didnt pay for it.

>>187840372
Will they do damage if you have Volatile?

>>187840819
Botnet

>>187840819
that's the bitcoin miner, not the game

>continent bonus that increases effects of all weapon mods
>fit superior repeater on Mox's bullpup
>he executes a full HP Archon King on the very next mission
Can we make him an honorary human?

>>187840773
It's not a regular use skill. It's a situational skill. Take what you can get when you can get it and when it's awesome it'll be very awesome.

>>187840773
It's just situational, though some maps are more likely to have good use of it then others. Supply raids for example are littered with explosives and vehicles.

>>187827926
Beta Strike is a bad idea until Civies during Retaliations can take more than 1 shot. Hopefully a mod that rebalances Beta Strike comes soon.

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>>187840558
it's Vahlen's fault

>>187840876
>>187840925
wat

>>187841114
She was probably fucking Geist and then injected him with some amnesia serum to cover her tracks.

>>187841140
They are implying your PC has been infected to become part of a botnet for mining bitcoins with your graphics card from pirating the game in an unsafe manner.

>>187822330
>Hey, I'm new to Zelda, is there anything that removes all these gay elves and fairies and shit and makes it just swordfighting against ordinary people?

>>187841114
Wouldn't it have made more sense for Annette or one of the Furies to be leader.

Did they change Taggart and Firebrand's talking animations? Like when they talk on the Avenger and they show up in the top right?

>>187840541
I've lost more troops to the Spectres and 40+ Lost swarms than I have to the Assassin.

>>187839209
Where there's a will, there's a way

>>187841289
would that not be running 24/7 then? my gpu heats up like that only when in game. i think its just a combination of my old gpu and shit optimization

>>187841316
>Hey, I'm new to Zelda, is there anything that removes all these gay elves and fairies and shit and makes it just swordfighting against ordinary people?
Zelda doesn't have elves, let alone gay elves.

>>187841441
Yes, in fact I think everyone's is changed.

>>187841481
ANON NO

>>187824727

Alien Biotech, as in, one of the research options you start the game with.

>>187841441
Firebrand's been slightly changed to wear what looks to be an actual pilot's helmet instead of a reused EU prop.

>tfw Bladestorm kills don't generate focus

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>Nigel Thornberry just released a slew of updates for his Halo mods for WotC, with more to come
Fucking NICE

>tfw Van Doorn just got killed by the resistance
>fucking Warlock MC

>>187842428
They really need to patch that. Mods will fix it first, but that's a big oversight.

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>>187842330
>cutting down the ayys with your ragtag Marine squad

>>187842330
To be honest, I'm still hoping he'll get around to finishing some of his stuff. The colorable techsuits and Customizable armors are still missing a bunch of stuff for male characters.

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Recon sitrep is nice

>>187842708
I mainly care about the Reach Helmets and Weapons. Helmets are good to go but Weapons aren't up yet, and apparently may take longer than cosmetics because actual code is being rewritten.

>turrets don't count as clean-up targets in missions that require you to kill all hostiles
well, that's nice

>>187842330

>good armor mods on the Workshop
>They all look too bulky/futuristic for Kevlar tier

Are there any good Kevlar armors besides the EU ports?

>everyone's praising performance improvements in WotC
>dunno what they're talking about since original XCOM2 ran fine on max settings
>get WotC
>awful stuttering at mission intros and some cutscenes like ADVENT reinforcements
Yeah it's like 5 seconds of low FPS in both cases but it annoys the shit out of me.

>>187841327
They got kidnapped, chances are they didn't make it

>>187842952
MW ports, R6g ports. Unfortunately they haven't been updated yet.

>>187842883
I mean, I'm delighted he's already on top of things. I don't think I've ever done a playthrough of the game that wasn't Halocom. It just bugs me a little bit that the HCA mod is basically missing half the armors. And I have no talent for modding, so I'm in no position to do it myself.

>>187843001
Did you play on launch? It was notoriously complained about.

>>187843225
Yes I did. The only bug I ran into in the original XCOM2 was the "your GPU is totally dying" weird colors in the last mission, and that was barely a week since release I think.

>>187824404

Do anyone have any comprehensive list yet of how will drops in battle being affect by?

Reaper > Skirmisher >>> Templar