Not long until Xcom 2
Get hype
VIGILO
CONFIDO
how long exactly
>>324024543
I'm hyped up to the limit. Any more and I'll probably die.
There is LITERALLY nothing wrong with Advent.
>>324024993
3 weeks exactly my man.
>Tfw seeing the new ayys we have to face
V-vigilo confido?
Snek lovers stand strong!
3 more weeks.
This year has started off so shitty I'm not even sure I'll survive another 3 weeks.
>>324025407
its okay, we can easily mod the game to throw like 48 rookies at the new ayy's
>>324025407
VIGILO CONFIDO
ALWAYS WATCHFUL
>>324024543
You know I see all the comments of
>SAME ANIMATIONS
>LOOKS THE SAME
and shit and im really confused. Whats wrong with that? To me its the perfect way of doing a squeal. Take the base game polish it up, address the flaws, make it just different enough to count. I would much rather have a polished version of the original than for them to do something completely new with a whole new set of problems.
>>324025525
That video made me happy. I hope the mods blow the game out of the water with new content and replay ability.
>>324025831
People are bitching about reuse of animations in a turn based shooter?
>>324025831
This is the first time I see those comments, are you sure you are not just a baiting asshole?
>>324026013
Yeah it was a huge shitstorm a day or two ago. They saw one of the enemy mecs running with basically the same animations as in the first game and cried out that they put n effort into the game and its going to be shit.
HYPE
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>>324025965
I want a long war mod that isn't a repeating kick in the balls.
i don't even want to touch XCOM until this comes out.
>>324026139
Na son I think you are imagining things.
Stuff from the stream yesterday:
Archon:
>Fuckton of health
>Goes into the air and launches mortars which take one turn to land, giving you time to get your guys out of dodge
>When it takes damage, it goes insane and gets 3 moves per turn and switches to melee attacks
Codex
>Can teleport at will
>Disables weapons and deals delayed damage in a large AOE
>When taking non-lethal damage, splits into 2 completely functional clones
Turrets
>Exploding the roof under them instantly kills them
>>324026139
That sounds like a typical complaint from /v/
>>324026780
>When taking non-lethal damage, splits into 2 completely functional clones
You should add that the clones each only get half the health of the original.
>Exploding the roof under them instantly kills them
Pretty sure that was just the normal falling damage being enough to finish it off.
>>324026447
I just want a good tech path. It always bugged me how short the tech tree was in the first one. It really didn't feel like I was making progress so much as I could use X now.
>>324027031
>Pretty sure that was just the normal falling damage being enough to finish it off.
I'm pretty sure that I specifically heard them say that the roof explosion is an instant kill.
Just bought this game right now. Didn't know it was releasing in 7 hours. I thought this was like a month away.
>>324027324
it is a month away unless somebody leaked the press build and I don't know about it.
>>324027324
what? it comes out February 5th. where'd you get 5 hours?
>>324027128
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWsTBRm7aBE&t1h7m
Doesn't sound that way to me, specifically. What does happen is that it falls down two stories which adds up to a shitload of damage.
>>324025575
>that pic
Laffin'.
>>324027527
It only dropped 1 story and just sort of vanished when it did, which doesn't happen to other enemies when they drop. I still think it's an instant kill.
New Bradford's face freaks me out
>>324027856
>just
Do we have any info at all on the 5th class, or even hints? MEC is likely coming with the Shen DLC so it's not that. Are psions their own class now?
>>324027962
>Do we have any info at all on the 5th class, or even hints?
Are you living under a rock?
5th class is the Psi Operative.
I only just started playing XCOM last week and I gotta say,the game is pretty decent.I do enjoy quite a lot of it, especially being able to blow up a building and have your snipers pick off every alien hiding inside, but the fact that more than half the time you're just overwatching makes it not as exciting as you guys made it out to be.
>>324027962
>>324028009
You can see a bunch of psi abilities in this stream: >>324027527
There's also a video of all the psi abilities on youtube somewhere.
>>324028009
When was that revealed? I haven't been in an XCOM thread in a while. Does that mean psionics are constrained to that class? Do you convert units into Psi Operatives ala MECs or recruit them as their own thing?
>>324028254
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjE_JSqLt0Y
>>324028216
Going all overwatch all the time is probably going to be both less necessary and less viable in the next game. Less necessary because you often start out concealed, so you don't have to worry about enemies getting the jump on you if you reveal them with your last movement, and less viable because many missions will be under a turn limit.
>>324028257
You convert units into psi ops in a facility that you build. They don't gain experience like a soldier would: You use the facility to train them which takes increasing amounts of time and resources.
>>324027398
>>324027463
I was tricked
I wonder if you can attempt to hack the same unit several times. That way, you could end up with a powered up unit under your control.
>>324027856
Bradford looked like a cheap action figure in EU, almost anything is an improvement
>>324028918
man, i was hoping it was I who had been tricked. I guess dragon's dogma and darkest dungeon will have to tide me over until then
>>324028438
I see. I was going to get this regardless since I love me some turn based strategy, but that's a nice touch.I ended up playing through the entirety of EU thinking that Enemy Within was an entirely different game, so now I have to go back and play it again with all the new content. I was mildly upset.
>>324030076
if you want to try something thats completely different and not just the same game with MECs and seekers, you should try long war. It'll kick you in the balls when your down over and over again, but theres so much new cool shit that I kept playing for like 90-100 hours.
definitely not for someone who doesn't like losing/skipping missions or having soldiers die though
>>324029630
>tfw no leaked review game
>game comes out when college starts again
not sure I like this meme lads
I dont understand all the hate for long war. I have two successful campaigns under my belt and that is a large percentage of my 614 hours in EW.
Yeah its hard to the point of unfairness, but suck it up or play something different.
>playing that fucking Harbor mission
>send Zhang up on the ship to activate the airstrike
>chrysalids jumping up to rape him take fuckall damage from the blackup downstairs
>the gook is practically surrounded by the fuckers when he starts the timer
>realize there's no way Zhang can make it past the Chrysalids without getting gangraped and turned into a zombie
>evacuate blackup from the ship
>move zhang away from the chrysalids to damage them a little
>chrysalids take the fucker down to 1 health
>have Zhang pull out his rocket lawnchair and aim it at himself
>takes out 3 of the fuckers while blackup makes its way back to the dropship unmolested
Vigilo Confido
>>324030371
I'll try it out. I'm not too far into the campaign anyway, and it doesn't look too hard. Seems pretty worthwhile.
>>324032676
>>324028438
>many missions will be under a turn limit.
Man I don't know whether I'm gonna like this or not. I get horrible under pressure
>>324032676
Vigilo confido
>>324033157
You will have to get through it whether or not you like it, Commander. Humanity is relying on you.
Vigilo confido.
>>324024543
ALL PRAISE TO BRADFORD
VIGILO CONFIDO
AYY LMAO
>>324033157
the time limits are honestly pretty lenient in most cases and after you do the objective you have all the time in the world to mop up aliens.
the bigger missions have no time limits either.
>>324033157
Yeah, I also like to take things slow. I didn't even like rushing to the 2nd Meld container in EW even though these were quite skippable.
>>324033556
>>324033157
Terror missions were always the most interesting exactly because of the constant pressure to keep moving, watching the civvie counter dropping with every turn wasted on not killing ayyys.
>>324034348
>tfw minimum civilian rescue count now on terror missions in 2
>with Faceless
>with burrowed Chryssalids
>>324034348
you mean bomb missions right?
you only need to save 1 civi to pass a terror mission
>>324034648
I always felt obligated to save them.
>>324031369
> being this bad and killing zhang
bro
>>324034893
Well goodf for you, you need to save a minimum of 6 civvies to pass the new terror missions in 2.
Oh, and these guys will replace random civilians on the map.
>>324035034
Zhang deserves death for refusing to put on a helmet
>>324034348
terrors mission was the first thing that fucked my blind iron man run.
Those fucking chryssalids man.
I thought this thread would be full of shitting on new game while praising original.
I feel weird.
>>324037539
First XCOM thread?
>>324037539
Well, /v/ is full of casuals , I mean shit, you constantly hear about people fucking up newfoundland
also shills
>>324037539
That phase comes after the game is released.
>>324033774
>after you do the objective you have all the time in the world to mop up aliens.
Not always. Some of the missions have alien interceptors coming in and need you to evac everyone before the counter hits zero. But those usually have way higher turn limits, too.Plus, if you do lose a soldier by not getting him to the evac zone fast enough, there may be a chance to rescue him later.
>>324030076
Same shit happened to me with EU and EW
>>324037539
XCOM seems to have bucked the trend for awful modern remakes. Okay there was that false start with the Bureau, but on the whole it's been a sizable improvement over the DOS games.
>>324040117
Howdy fellas
Where are those resistance bases again?
>>324040117
Hello
>>324040318
the avenger is in the sky citizen
>>324040390
hello normal citizen
>>324039365
>but on the whole it's been a sizable improvement over the DOS games.
>>324040605
Save me bruv. I swear I'm not an Alien lmao.
>>324031369
>>324035034
>>324036793
I'm hoping that someone will bring zhang's VA over to XCOM 2 so I can add him to my legion of grizzled veterans from my EU playthrough.
No experience with modding, but I don't think that should be too hard to doRIGHT?
pic is my squad before they got murdered by a teleporting cyberdisc
>>324040847
Shouldn't be hard, but it will probably not really be legal.
>>324040686
prove it
>>324041032
whats that face even supposed to represent
>season pass already announced
Nice job actively discouraging me from buying the game at release.
I'll get it 1.5 years from now for a quarter the price including all the DLC.
>>324041125
Alright, you do that.I will, too.Because it won't run on my current computer.
>>324041032
How lmao?
>>324041116
>whats that face even supposed to represent
>don't know a human sign of doubt
YOU ARE A FACELESS
>>324025407
Going to pax south, have an interview with the guys there, any questions yall want asked specifically?
>>324041346
>>324040686
>lmao
something isn't right here
>>324041374
can you marry the snek?
>>324032676
>tfw you will never have a glorious snek waifu
There is literally nothing wrong with wanting to co-exist with aliens
>>324041374
Can a character from the character pool unlock different hidden abilities in different playthroughs?
>>324041506
Alright for being the first response I will ask this.
>>324041591
i smell advent
However it was that called me stupid for predicting the last class would be a psi based class, I KNOW you are there. I know it.
I bet you are feeling really silly right now.
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>>324025407
REMINDER30 health
5-6 armor (initial listing says 5 armor, later on in the paragraph it claims 6)
10-12 damage on the death ray, although it prefers to use its melee and AoE skills
5-6 damage Psi AoE attack that does damage to ALL units in range, ally and enemy. Dead XCOM and Advent are automatically raised as psi zombies.
A basic melee attack, some very vague wording "and about 8 turns the zombie target for death." don't read much into it right now
Can attack multiple times per turn
Uses an AoE Psi Inspire ability that gives a movement and aim bonus to ALL units in the area. Mentions that when positioned correctly this can be a huge buff to your team, or it can make a ton of zombies have incredible movement.
Not considered a mechanical unit, cannot be hacked
>>324041604
Good news this one was on my list, I'm interested in repeat psy operative.
>>324041604
Yes, the character pool just saves their base appearance and all that cosmetic customization. They can be different classes, have different abilities, etc. in every playthrough.
>>324041506
That's already been asked, they had a good laugh about it.
>>324041374
Ask about the Ethereals from a gameplay aspect. Whether they're going to show up with new modified human bodies, how powerful will they be etc.
If they just say "we can't talk about that" we at least know they're in the game.
>>324041591
>>324041559
>>324041506
Ask why a reptile has boobies.
>>324041746
Can't wait to mind control one.
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>>324041746
REMINDER9 health
1 armor (+ some amount of Dodge)
5-8 melee damage, poison does 3 damage per turn, poison lasts 3 turns
Chryssalids will burrow and lie in ambush and wait for soldiers. Soldiers that enter a tile next to them will be automatically attacked by the Chryssalid and can only be prevented with Overwatch. Burrowed Chryssalids can be detected with Battle Scanners.
Chryssalids are introduced sometime after the early game. Their goal on retaliation missions is to kill as many civilians as possible and also slow down the player with burrowed traps with the hope of eventually swarming them with 15-30 Chryssalids.
They take bonus damage from fire and still suicidally charge and cluster at you when activated.
>>324041851
My editor actually gave me a small list of things that are pre screened do not ask. However with pax south being 2 days before release they usually have looser lips
They hype as fuck too guys.
>>324041746
that orb makes me not want to play on legend/ironman
>>324026139
Most of it is more or less the same game anyways
>>324041460
Ayyy what are you talking about lmao?
>>324041979
Also cocoonification happens to anyone who dies while poisoned, regardless of the cause of death.
>>324030007
>dragon's dogma
>darkest dungeon
shit taste
>>324042197
VIGILO CONFIDO
VIGILO CONFIDO
VIGILO CONFIDO
>>324042197
you better start running xenoshit
So I want to recreate my old Xcom EW squad, is there any way to gaurentee my guy who was Psi gifted can be a Psi officer?
Lucas "The Mad Belgian" Goosens demands blood.
>>324042752
i don't have a source but a bunch of people told in these threads said you can bring your save from EW to xcom2
i'm assuming just for your soldier names and looks maybe even psihiddengift
>>324042752
Any soldier can be a psi-trooper now, it's a separate class that can be trained in once you harvest the brains of the Pectoid.
The exchange for anybody being able to be psychic is that it takes a lot of investment for psi troopers to level up since they need to meditate in-base and can't do so while injured, and all their skill progression is random.
>>324042752
I'm not entirely sure, but so far it seems like you can turn anyone into a psionic. That, or any rookie.
Also psionics always have white hair and purple eyes, apparently.
>>324042872
That would be news to me, and I've been following the game quite closely.
>>324043196
again i'm just blindly following what people post here
Post your
D E A L S
>>324027856
since when was Bradford mexican?
they should have turned him into punished Bradford, who fucking hates Aliums and walks with a crutch because he lost some limbs or some shit
>>324043498
100% off on a torrent site
>>324041746
>>324041979
>>324040642
They were good for their time, but they've hardly aged well.
>>324044438
ebin
>>324043498
£36 here off of GMG
was going to get the regular edition but thought fuck it, basically getting free DLC buying deluxe this way
>>324043498
got it from cdkeys for £21. I have a feeling it's going to backfire horribly but I haven't had a bad experience from the site yet
>>324043498
>tfw paid £47 on steam because I was scared 3rd party sellers would scam me
>>324045165
it's just money mate, probably better safe than sorry if you can afford it
>>324044624
> he hasn't actually played classic X-Com
>>324045165
what the fuck? just refund it then buy off GMG
