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I just hope they will introduce a better meta in XCOM 2, the first remake was literally only spam satellites to win.
Also before you ask, I intentionally did not watch most of the livestreams/previews.
IT AIN'T ME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvx-ixOpgHM
XENOS GET OUT
REEEEEEEEEEE
>>324063610
Xcom with a vietnam war soundtrack would be cool
>>324063589
*No Spoilers*
There are few new mechanics they have added to completely do away with that
>>324064385
Holy fuck that's cool
>>324063610
That was pretty hype desu
>>324064385
FUCK that looks nice. Do we know anything about micromanagement/micromanagement/base management? Has it been watered down?
>>324065542
Yeah, they've shown the base and it functions, you should check it out, it doesn't spoil anything
Any of you ever tried the Xcom board game? Shit's hard. And it takes some time
>>324066262
There's a fucking board game?
Yeah. You can play alone or with friends. I don't recommend playing alone though, because then you'd have to fill 4 roles, could get overwhelming.
>>324064001
>It Ain't Me starts playing
>>324066589
Neat, I didn't know that existed
>>324066589
Shit looks complex
>>324066589
>>324066262
I really like the idea for the timed phase and resolution phase with the app. My friends and I almost always roll like shit so we never beat the harder difficulties.
>>324066634
The song is called "fortunate son" just so you know.
>>324067296
It's a meme you dip
>>324067296
Gotta love some CCR
>>324063610
IT AYYN'T ME!
>>324066589
http://www.shutupandsitdown.com/videos/v/review-xcom-board-game/
XCOM 2 will be the game of the year, right?
>>324067353
Fine, not trying be a dick, just spreading info. I take no part in memes, well, at least not intentionally.
>>324067918
nigga it's not even February yet
>>324067918
Who knows. but most likely not
>>324063589
There was a very specific formula, was build two satellites first month, deploy them before end of month. Build uplink and 3 sats deploy before end of month second month, build nexus and 5 sats deploy before end third month, raid alien base to lower panic fourth month, nexus and 5 sats 6th month.
I guess it's kind of sat spam if your trying to not lose any countries. You can choose to lose a few instead of satellites and make the battles better and focus on a foundry or OCS since you have 8 countries to lose before game over.
>>324067548
This looks complicated as fuck, but kind of cool
>>324067548
>Need iPad to play
Fuckin dropped
>>324067918
> babby's first (or I guess second) TBT
> goty
>>324067548
Is that the guy who used to write for RPS before it turned to utter shit?
>>324068643
Works on Windows or OSX or your smart phone too, mate.
>>324069179
>Implying that RPS wasn't always shit
I would betray humanity for a snek wife
FUCK XCOM
>>324069301
Nah, it was decent for a while when John Walker was put in his cage. That was back in 2010 or something though. After he got more power it went to utter shit.
>>324063589
With Panic being gone as a mechanic losing missions isn't as crippling and since the primary means of preventing yourself from losing the game is raiding blacksites and alien bases when you feel like it instead of satellite spam, base management is more free. The satellite replacements in 2, Resistance Comms, are just used to get extra funding from an area now (like how LW's funding works) and to get continent bonuses.
>>324063589
Agreed. The meta of nuXcom was obnoxious in its 'YOU MUST SATELLITES!!!!" and continent bonuses.
I liked original x-com where actually playing the geoscape was a BIG part of the game.
>Aliens took out a country of not much importance and set up a base
>Instead of taking out the alien base right away, constantly harass its supply ships for boatloads of elerium and other resources.
>research early mind probe so you can identify leaders / medics / navigators
>Capture an early navigator for hyperwave decoders with 100% detection rate.
>Endlessly interrogate medics so you can get psionics early
NuXcom just doesn't allow a lot of the same level of strategic decisions.
>>324069970
I actually wasn't aware of this, especially the removal of Panic
>>324067973
Thank you, anon. I know what it's called, I just happen to enjoy the /tv/ meme. CCR is good though I only know a few things by them.
>>324067296
>>324067353
>>324067973
>>324070324
come one, friendos, don't let that /v/ garbage sip into our xcom threads, we have xenos to kill, soldiers
>>324070310
Just to be clear, anon meant the country panic, the one that affected the doom tracker.
Your soldiers will still lose their shit and shoot friendlies.
>>324064001
yeah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v05ycGUNIo0
>>324070619
Ah shit, I was going to say that was a bit of a dumb decision to remove that but I was clearly mistaken
>>324070650
I can't fucking wait for this game holy shit
>>324070986
>>324070650
Fuck off neo-Xcom shills.
Guys, I have played through EU on normal/ironman once and now I'm trying to complete the campaign on classic/ironman. How the fuck do I do this? I'm on my 6th try now and it's all going to shit in month 4. I'm trying to get 2 satellites online every month but I just can't keep up.
>>324070503
Sir, what better way to kill xenos than while listening to good old Terran music, sir.
>>324070619
>>324070921
They've removed the chance that soldiers would shoot friendlies when panicking afaik. They still can hunker down/run away/attack ayys.
>>324071245
>STOP LIKING WHAT I DONT LIKE Y-YOU SH-SHILL
Why did you even come to this thread you fucking faggot
>>324071356
Oh, and I'm playing EW.
>>324071402
I want to talk about real XCOM, not watch vaporware shills jerk each other off about their casualized cash grab.
>>324070310
I don't know how much you know or how much you want spoiled, but I'll keep it in tags anyway.
The new loss condition is something called the Avatar Project, which the aliens actively build towards during the course of the campaign. They'll regularly build Blacksites and Bases that contribute to the progress of the project, and the only way to stop it is by assaulting these facilities. You start out in one region and have to gradually build up comms with other regions and leapfrog across the globe to increase funding and gain access to the areas the alien facilities are in.
Also the 'pick 1 of 3 missions' is still in but now instead of Panic you choose to counter certain Dark Events, which are basically alien research. These can range from temporary stuff that lasts for a few weeks or permanent alien upgrades. Couple examples
>some Advent troopers use poison rounds for a month
>a UFO hunts after the Avenger and if shot down will prompt a base defense
>the aliens hide in Faceless on all missions with civilians for a month, not just terror missions
>aliens have much longer LoS for a month
>next terror mission is sped up by a couple weeks
So instead of outright pushing you closer to game over (though there are 1-2 Dark Events that will increase progress on the Avatar Project), they just make some other aspect of the game more difficult.
Pic's how the new Geoscape looks.
>>324071245
Go back to your snake tits and weeb shit you bitter pervert
>>324071703
Real XCOM is X-Com. You'd know that if you weren't such an impotent dweeb who rages on threads that he shouldn't have opened in the first place if he didn't want to read the content which obviously is about hyping up the game. You're honestly really pathetic...
>>324062196
BALD COUNCILMAN AKA: "WE SURRENDER" IS NOT MUH LEADER
VIGILO CONFIDO, NOT AYY LMAO, OK.
>>324071782
Oh yay, its more like terror from the deep. Where you had to stop those fucking shrines.
Thank god. I hated the 'country panic' levels shit.
>>324071842
>snake tits
Snakes don't have tits you fucking moron. Only mammals do.
>>324071782
>Avatar project
I fucking knew aliens were behind it.
>>324072614
>Aliens are secretly jews
>>324072289
then what are those delicious sacks?
With country panic gone, what's the new lose condition in XCOM 2?
>>324072751
AVATAR project, see >>324071782
>>324072751
You can't lose. They've dumbed down every element of the game to appeal to console babies and hold their hand. It's literally the Bloodborne of XCOM.
>>324072751
To paraphrase >>324071782 without spoiling.
It's similar to Terror from the deep, in that if you let the aliens get too many points without smashing the things that give them points, you lose.
>>324072871
>>324072952
alright cheers m8
>>324072902
nice
>>324072614
Haha what the fuck, I just looked that shit up. Bullshit we'll even reach the first milestone in 20 years. The second one we'll probably reach in 100. The brain is way more complex than most people give it credit for.
>>324072902
That's incorrect and you're literally a crybaby
>>324072751
They haven't really said, the lose condition is spoilery because it's in line with a project the Aliens are behind on Earth, involving Advent. Probably some hivemind related "control nexus" for all of humanity if I had to wager a guess. It probably links Earth with other planets under alien control, permanently.
So their project being completed would be the technical "lose condition", or the "doom clock".
You'll lose anyway if you can't gather enough support cells.
>>324072952
Or rather, aliens will build things that give them points periodically. If you dont smash the things that give them points, given enough time you will lose.
>>324072614
C is objectively the worst option
>>324067296
Just so you know it's called "some folks are born"
>>324073224
Is that from their Silver Spoon album? Really good tunes ayy
I posted this in /vg/, but I lost someone important to the cause today...It looks like we'll never "Make Earth Great Agian" boys...
>>324072982
I feel like MAYBE we could reach the second milestone within a somewhat reasonable amount of time, but that's a real big maybe.
Any other games like X-COM?
No Xenonauts. It's shit.
>>324073620
Are you assaulting the alien base with ballistic weapons?
so,
cheesing strategies for XCom EW?
>>324073816
Jagged Alliance 2
unless you mean with aliens then no.
>>324073937
make 6 heavies and lay waste to every map with 18 rockets
>>324073896
No, lasers. I also heavily modified him to be near perfect.Except not 6 days before I didn't do the double heart because I wanted him to go with the cheaper route getting two new accuracy and stealth implants. It's all my fault. ;__;7
>>324070261
>Endlessly interrogate medics so you can get psionics early
or, you could invade that one base in that place that doesn't matter and kidnap a commander and not waste time
>>324071391
It still happens.If you psi-panic ADVENTs, they can shoot their own too.
does anyone know when GMG send out keys?
although to be honest, it won't really matter since i won't be able to play the game until the 9th at the earliest
>>324073937
Keep a roster filled with at least 4-6 squad sight, double tap Snipers and bring 2 to every mission.
That means a sniper can fire anywhere on the map provided they have line of sight trajectory, and can shoot twice in a row on the same target or another. Give every sniper adrenal glands and they will give your entire squad a buff every kill.
For mechs - Kinetic Strike > Grenade Launcher > EMP.
With EMP you can disable any mechtoid or sectopod in a wide area - it also does 5 dmg to anything inside the bubble. So it will kill outright any sectoid, thin mint, drone or seeker.
(Give your snipers Disabling Shot too, to keep enemy mechs in check).
All that being said - your number one strategy is baiting aliens to your squad that is under overwatch. Overwatch, overwatch, overwatch. Don't get impatient, and don't end a turn under sight of a new alien squad.
>>324072614
Option B is pointless and even harmful.
You're not just your brain, but a combination of your entire body interconnected, and your brain is a degrading organ like any other. Good luck being a demented cranky old man living in a toaster.
>>324063610
whats the limit to soliders you can break with you?
because that seems like atleast 10
>>324073937
beyond savescumming?
Go Europe for starting country, it provides one of the best bonuses throughout the game, try to pick up north america next.
Get lasers by mid-month two.
In your first abductions, try to get engineers as you will need them to build satellites, both cheaper and to sustain more uplinks.
A cube of uplink uplink nexus nexus should be enough to cover all countries.
Squadsight snipers are bullshit
Converting a lieutenant heavy into a mec is good in the earlygame as it ups his potential damage, while still fulfilling the same general roles (area destruction, damage soaking / suppression and in general medium accuracy fuckoff high damage).
Research credits alongside an early lab or two will skyrocket your research speed.
2 connect elerium generators IIRC provide more power than you could ever need, failing that early steam in a good location does quite a bit for you.
>>324074831
He edited the ini file to get more. I think it's still 6 max.
>>324074841
>Europe
>one of the best
Eurokike spotted
>>324074831
its still 6, he just modded the numbers
>>324074841
>Europe
>Country
Way to out yourself, Amerifat.
>>324074093
I tried to play it, but it simply too much degraded compared to todays standard. A shame, really.
>>324073937
Disregard Europe, start in Africa or South America and follow the rest of what >>324074841 says.
>>324075042
>>324075289
So, which one is he?
>>324075693
>picking Europe over the others
>not a Europoor or Canadian
seriously Europe's bonus is fucking worthless compared to the other ones.
still no finish soldiers
feelsbadman
>>324075985
we even have Turks now. Your time will come Finn bro.
>>324075985
>Can't have a squad of severely autistic finns
fucking goddammit firaxis
>>324076450
>put two Finnish soldiers in adjacent tiles
>both have a high chance to automatically panic
Speaking of bad nations, South Africans in my games always be the worst. Any similar cases?
>>324076702
top kek
>French soldier within 4 tiles of an alien
>high chance of Panic
>>324077012
My worst soldiers were always poointheloo
>>324077012
I don't remember worst, but Brits are always GOAT for me.
>>324076702
>all finn soldiers would get bonuses to knife attacks
>>324075687
Europe provides equivalent or better bonuses to africa until the late game, at which point it no longer matters.
South america is only 2 countries and incredibly easy to pick up, its bonus isn't even relevant until month 2 or 3.
The 'best' countries to start with are either north america, europe or africa... and well we've already establish that europe ~>= africa.
Asia you want to snatch up anyways simply because of huge amounts of engineers they provide.
>>324077206
>Get american
>always a fucking heavy
goddammit stereotypes
what you say is true though, Brits, Canadians and Australians along with Americans were always my best soldiers.
>>324077263
>Europe
>better bonuses than Africa
LOL
>>324063610
That was actually baller as fuck.
Thought it was some slightly glitched out cutscene before I realized they were doing reaction shots.
>>324077206
Belgians for me, no idea why. Brits are usually pretty good too.
>this triggers the french
>tfw sold investment in csgo capsules
>buy keys, and xcom will leftovers
>40$ cad off
halp
>>324075895
Half cost labs / workshops and half cost maitenance on them?
That's worth 65 credits on the initial build and 13 credits in monthly upkeep. Plus whatever arbitrary value you assign to reduced construction costs (for having more engineers) and adjacency bonuses.
That is > africa bonus in month one, and providing that you consistently build workshops (at an average rate of 1/month) it continues to be better than africa bonus.
>>324070650
Baller
>>324077632
go mow some lawns or some shit
>>324077910
i don't want to spend any more real life cash man
i'm putting 70% of my income into savings and the rest goes into internet, utilities and food
>>324077729
Price and upkeep for buildings is a fucking non-issue throughout the entire game
>>324077263
While I can see the merit cheaper workshops, and as a result easier access to engineers, you can just as easily get a bunch of engineers through council or abduction missions. Having access to cheaper labs is made practically negligible if you take South America, which as you said is easy enough to get the bonus otherwise. Having more funding overall opens more avenues, and you're making enough money to cover the comparatively higher production/maintenance costs.
North America is shit, because by the time you actually need to step up your air game, you'll have enough resources either through funding or the Grey Market to cover the maintenance costs, so it's far from the best. Even Asia is better, though Africa is still the best.This is the only acceptable time to say that unironically.
>>324078006
well surely your budget isn't so tight that you can't afford $40
>>324078006
plus 150MB up and down is expensive son
>>324078101
i definitely can afford it, but i don't want to spend it man
i'm overly jewish when it comes to buying AAA vidya
i've resorted to idling on a shitty power saving laptop for cards
>>324078207
i guess you can always pirate it
>>324073816
UFO: Enemy Unknown
>>324073816
>Xenonauts is shit
shit taste
>>324078016
Africa>Asia>NA>SA>EU
SA you could swap with EU since there are only 2 SA countries and any retard can get that bonus.
>>324078014
>>324078016
It depends on how you budget it. Maitenance costs are essentially 'hidden', you pay them at the start of the month, right when you get your cash from the council and thus you don't see the alternate decisions you could be making with the money.
It would be much more apparent if maitenance costs came half way through the month and you needed to budget the however-fucking-many credits you needed for it.
Europe bonus combats largely 'invisible' costs, which isn't as appealing to some, however it is numerically equivalent to or greater than the africa bonus until relatively late in the game.
>>324078016
The europe bonus is functionally equivalent TO having more funding.
North americas bonus is seemingly less useful, aside from once again combating 'invisible' costs, however as a continent it is great to pick up because of the amount of funding it provides and the good mix of scientists and engineers. It is not a country I'd choose to start in though.
Asia's bonus is IMO, weak, though it revolves heavily around your playstyle and the amount of early investment you want to put into upgrading your soldiering roster, which is something that I feel is largely redundant on easier game modes.
>decide to try out long war
>very first mission, decided to get the second wave that gives you full squad size right off the bat
>within the first few turns, four of them die and i'm left with two squad members cowering behind cover
>somehow manage to pull it back and kill the rest of the aliums with grenades and RNG
Can't say I wasn't warned, but this was incredibly unexpected
>>324078846
Those upkeep costs really are not as much of a hassle as you would believe, I was never short on funds due to upkeep a single time in my playthroughs
It's just not a very valuable bonus if you don't spam buildings. And you don't need to in order to beat the game.
>>324079125
long war is interesting but it takes its namesake too literally and you'll soon get bored when you have to do fifty billion terror missions and UFO landings back to back with like 40-50 alien contact in each map
>>324079125
There is a second wave option that gives you all 6 right off the bat?
What else does it change?
What do you want for day 1 mods?
>6 man starting, up to 8 after upgrades
>a commander class which provides bonuses to your squaddies, or medals like EW/LW
>more advent troopers in squads, making the aliens like commanders of those squads
>splitting the 4 base classes into 8 specialized classes like LW
>fixed rookie aim
>>324079129
It's not about having the upkeep costs 'kill' you, it's about the amount of funds it gives you to play with.
However it was fun having this discussion, but I'm dropping out now [/spoiler]because diablo 3's new season just started[/spoiler].
>>324079276
increased unit cap
cheaper rookies
more ayyliums if you increase the amount of dudes you bring.
suicide vests
>>324079276
bring back the fatigue system from LW so we're not just spamming the same high lvl troops over and over
>>324079541
>niggas need a week off for a 3 hours mission
no fuck off with that bullshit
they already plan on bringing shit like PTSD in, we don't need that extra hassle.
>>324079276
squad diversity quotas
>>324079772
pointless, as you can change literally anything about your soldiers now
>>324079276
>what I want
Bigger squads, eventually more classes and questlines a la Slingshot.
>what we'll get
Pony/fandom reskins.
>>324079276
Add one extra unit to the ADVENT squad.
More flags.
>>324080341
you forgot, we are more than likely going to get nude mods
>>324079276
Buildable xcom MECs
>>324079276
If you can mod it with the UDK to the degree they say you can.
Game where you play as ADVENT. Or alternatively, a game set in the first's time period where you play as EXALT and wage a guerrilla war against Xcom and the Ayys.
>>324079541
>fatigue
>ontop of shit like this
>>324080680
Shaken can be cured by killing an alien, so it isn't that hard to deal with. At least, it shouldn't be.
But yeah, fuck fatigue.
know what i never understood
>xcom is humanitys last defense/savoir
>only starts of with 15 or so soldiers total to protect the entire globe
>>324080939
>Xcom is humanities last defense
WHAT THE FUCK ARE THE US/UK/RUS/CHN MILITARIES DOING?
Will there be a way for a peaceful end? I don't see why we should fight the aliens, they were clearly trying to uplift humanity!
>>324081275
I agree.
>>324067918
its pc only and a strategy game. sooooooooooo, no.
>>324081275
>>324081323
XCOM ACKBAR
>>324081275
we build a wall to keep those terrorists out
>>324081323
>>324081275
In all seriousness though, what's even the win state for the organization in XCOM2? Considering the aliens already conquered the planet, I don't see how it would be possible to eliminate them completely
>>324079276
>splitting the 4 base classes into 8 specialized classes like LW
Its already like this.
>>324069601
>literally just add vague breast shape things to a snake with arms
>you freak out and become attracted to thing
holy fuck you are such a huge fucking loser
>>324081506
Well, the alien win state is the "Avatar Project", so maybe the win-state is stopping it completely.
would i be able to run xcom 2 on my laptop??
>>324067918
I don't think Firaxis bribes enough, not the amount that sony & microsoft shell out.
>>324081958
everything on low 1280x720 maybe
luckily the game goes slow enough that 30fps is good enough
>>324081506
Re-conquer the planet, come under guerrilla attack by remnant alien forces, make XCOM 3.
>>324079276
>larger squad
maybe you should quit being a scrub
>OKEEMFPEFHEUFA
What did he mean by this?
>>324082226
>being too young for ufo and tftd
maybe you should get back in school kid
>>324082226
>he never played ufo defense or TFTD
cunt
you literally have no excuse
R E M O V E S N E K
>>324082524
>R A P E S N E K
>>324074809
OLD CRANKY TOASTERS
ARE THE FUTURE
>Not listening to nasheeds while you remove space burger
Why do you hate the commander, /v/?
>>324082826
Unatco?
>>324082075
only low?? do you think id be able to run it on medium?
>>324082869
>shitty sandnigger music
>not glorious vietnam era music
Euromuzzie detected
>>324082921
you're ona laptop you'd be lucky if the game even launches
>>324079276
pic related and the Union of South Africa flag instead of that shitty modern one
>>324082921
you're on a laptop with an i3 and you posted the windows system thing instead of speccy
you'll be lucky if you can muster the technical knowledge to launch a videogame
>>324082964
VIGILIO CONFIDO
REMOVE SNEK
REMOVE AYY
COMMANDER IS GREATER
I'd also settle for being able to dress up soldiers as cyber punk cliche mother fuckers.
>>324083223
Late-game armor is straight up Vanu skintight suit shit.
where are the recruits gonna come from now that you can't just take them from a random nation's military?
>>324083292
>Vanu skintight suit
Well, that sucks. I kind of liked the ramshackle look of things; you know, feels human instead of repurposed alien scraps.
>color coded class armor
>fully enclosed helmets
>edgy nicknames
I can't wait to go full operator again.
>>324083223
XCOM ACKBAR FELLOW HUMAN
DOWN WITH AYY INFIDEL COMMIE MUSLIM ANTI-CHRISTS
>>324083354
people living in the slums or villages who are fed up with the aliens bullshit, or ex-XCOM soldiers.
>>324083354
From anywhere a heart yearns to fight.
But seriously, we're going to probably be all the ex-xcom soldiers and a few retarded Swedes we drafted and that one Indian soldier you kinda tolerated in your rooster because you eventually need cannon fodder.
>>324083031
>>324083157
dont be mean i just wanna play the game when its out
>>324083892
Honestly then, who knows? There is always flexibility in specs and what you're willing to tolerate.
It's made with PC in mind, but even then EW/EU was rather well made and ran well.
>you can customize VIPs for escort missions
>you can customize Dark VIPs for kidnapping/assassination(?) missions
What're you going to do, /v/? I'm probably going to remake an EXALT operative for Dark VIP missions at least.
>>324074295
Your heavy has a ballistic LMG.
You are base assaulting wrong, fellow XCOM.
VIGILO CONFIDO
REMOVE AYY LMAO
REMOVE NITROGEN
How much later after assaulting the alien base in EW do the aliens come to assault my base?
>>324084414
i'm gonna go full jihad
at least one suicide bombing per mission
>>324084748
15-20 days
AWAKEN MY MASTERS
>>324085296
>there are people that don't have every decked with lazer weapons by the time base defense comes
l
o
l
>>324085360
New floaters are so cool
>>324085402
>there are people who don't have plasma by the time they do base defense
>>324063610
MY DICK
>>324085470
Doesn't really fit the rest of the ayylien aesthetic but I can live with it.
>>324080939
It's more like "Xcom is humanities most elite, tactical first responders... they're called in for things that get way out of hand or for shit that others cant respond to".
They get first stab at any of the really critical stuff, but for routine shit everyone else still has a standing army. This is actually confirmed by a lot of the council requests "Give japan 9 plasma rifles so they can fuck aliens up, in exchange they'll give you 3700 credits".
>>324081958
System Requirements
MINIMUM:
OS: Windows® 7, 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 2.6 GHz or AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core 2.6 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5770, 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or better
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 45 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
Additional Notes: Initial installation requires one-time Internet connection for Steam authentication; software installations required (included with the game) include Steam Client, Microsoft Visual C++2012 and 2013 Runtime Libraries and Microsoft DirectX.
RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows® 7, 64-bit
Processor: 3GHz Quad Core
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: 2GB ATI Radeon HD 7970, 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 or better
Storage: 45 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
Seriously. look at the system requirements tab in steam.
>>324085502
if i recall, isn't the base attack fairly early in the game?
>>324086165
I thought the base attack happened a few weeks after you attacked the alien base.
>>324086165
You can delay it to whenever you want. The game moves at your pace - if you didn't, or don't want to do the base assault or even build the containment facility or arc thrower, then base defense never happens.
>>324086136
i think i qualify past minimum right? im really new to steam im sorry i dont know shit
>>324086601
According to the minimum, you lack the processor for the game, but do have enough RAM. However, without access to your other parts information, we have no way to know anything else.
>>324086601
Unlikely, graphics cards on laptops are usually absolute shit unless you've got a 'gaming' laptop.
Your processor also doesn't seem to pass.
You *might* be able to play it, but I wouldn't expect it to play well.
>>324079276
Multiple Factions including:
>XCOM
>Ayys
>Rival Rebel squads
>Alien Deserters
>The Visitor and his pack of enemies from XCOM Apocalypse
All fighting at random intervals leading to crazy escalation if you don't leave fast enough
>>324086904
Better idea, this exact one, but it essentially works like Civ meets XCOM 2 and all factions are doing their own thing on the globe.
>>324086841
>>324086884
damn well i guess ill just wait for it til i get a pc
>>324085616
Fraxis mentioned that they did it so humans wouldn't be bothered by the hideous appearance of the floater.
WHO ADVENT HERE?
>>324087704
NO ONE PIGFACEI have to say they are pretty ballsy tho
>>324087704
get out traitor
has anyone leaked what the avatar project is?
>>324088358
Not yet, I think the demo that people were given cuts off at a certain point.
>>324088357
>beatings
surely she meant to say birthings?
>>324086136
>770 is recommended for shit now
how the fuck is this game that taxing on a gpu? i know recommended requirements tend to be far above what's actually necessary but still
>>324088271
YOU ARE THE TRAITOR, XCUM
>>324089009
it's bullshit, if you could run xcom EU then you can run XCOM 2
recommended specs are bullshit 99/100 times
>>324089017
>Advent literally have TR-8R sticks
muh dick
>>324089241
I really hope so m8
>>324087653
It's still a floater on the inside though. As soon as it takes damage it goes fucking berserk starts chopping up people with its halberd.
/r/ing spurdo xcom aint free
>>324089351
dude seriously, recommended specs are horseshit, you know weeb games on steam like neptune? They recommend shit like a goddamn i7 and 660ti
and dragons dogma recommends a fucking 760 and a goddamn i7 4770k
despite the fact that the game will literally get you 720 @ 30fps on the shittiest of laptops, I can probably run it at 4k 60fps on my rig
>>324089590
About EW? Yeah I tried to run it on a shitty laptop and ran at 720@30-40fps fairly well.
>>324089559
got ya senpai
>>324089753
thanks,senpai
>>324089753
fucking yes
thank you anon
any other request?
>>324088610
>>324088358
One guy almost leaked it by accident. When the Avatar project finishes you are given a 15 day leeway until the game ends. The only part of the cutscene shown was the geoscape fading into static and this guy:
>>324081323
getting ready to give a speech.
>>324063610
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvx-ixOpgHM
I must admit that when people call the song 'Fortunate Son', by the wrong name, "It Ain't Me", my jimmies are rustled ever so slightly. It's a good bait.
I bought the first game a week ago, and I have never been more hyped for an upcoming sequel in my life.
>>324090037
>fortunate sun
it's "It Ain't Me" anon
get with the times
>>324069757
>it's a "namedrop video game personality" post
>>324068749
Fire Emblem?
>>324090132
The previous anon already blew the load; the jimmies cannot be rustled any further
>>324090487
i know it rustles them deep down, anon
People who live sneks are vore fetishists
>>324090025
what is the point of the 15 day leeway? Can you somehow disrupt the project?
>>324090781
I'm guessing you can only disrupt it by finishing the game.
>>324090742
>he hasn't traded in his allegiance to the simple construct known as 'man' for a position as one of the ayy's societal integration representatives and a vat-grown snake wife
>>324077012
>>324077206
Nigerians and Russians always fuck shit up. I had a Nigerian flamer MEC I called Jungle Justice, got me my first Classic Ironman win.
DA BOI HERE WE FUCKING GO
>>324090951
>not wanting monster girls instead
>settling for literal scalebait
>>324091040
SEASON 2 WHEN
Mission complete.
>>324077012
>all these qt blonde russian snipers who speak in sovietspeak when i issue orders
>>324091142
i wouldn't want so much as an extra nucleotide of human material past what's necessary in such an esteemed companion.
the ayy is a glorious benefactor.
>>324091396
>tfw all your best friends are drinking and partying without you and you're in your dorm alone shitposting
>>324065542
its not as micro as the original, but it is more deeper than EU/EW
>>324077012
Japs always fall flat for me.
>>324091610
sounds fine to me man
you are really missing out on nothing, fucking believe me.
>>324091523
>can't even make waifus real
>glorious benefactor
>>324091712
>sweden
>yes
>>324091708
the age of waifus would be long gone in such a state
you know this to be true
service is rewarded with snek
>>324091712
did somebody say "SNEK"¡?
>>324092220
>waifus would be gone
sounds like literal hell
>>324062196
>Exalt did nothing wrong
>The aliens have improved our society for the better and we should be eternally thankful for them including us in their hierarchy
>>324092572
yu serious?
>>324079276
bomb suits
>>324077012
Any canadian I get is a horrifying combat monster.
Sometimes they're one of the first to transition into being a mec trooper. Then another canadian joins and ends up being "the one"... so him and his mec friend get to deliver some serious payback.
>>324081589
No it isn't. You have 4 classes and they each have 2 perk options at each rank. He's talking about like Long War where you have 8 separate classes that each have 3 perks a rank.
WHOSE READY FOR SUBOPTIMAL PLAYS LADS?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ2SvijAsWE
>>324092639
Why are you so suspicious, don't you trust your fellow hugh man species?
>>324079276
Play campaign coop by having one person control 3 players, and have another controlling the other 3
Your players are from your game and his are from his, if they die. They die in your campaign as well.
Your moves are hidden from each other. For example: You need to breach into a building, You tell your partner that for sure, you will enter the building with him. Movement, he breaches, you stay behind, he gets slaughtered by aliens and your dudes live
>>324092572
t. Ayy Lmao
>>324092947
my blood starts boiling when i remember the fiasco of the last mission
>>324092572
seriously those new Thin Man are /fa/ as fuck
so what exactly IS the Avatar Project?
>recruit a new batch of cannon fodder
>one of them is Chinese
>his name is Long Wang
That had to be intentional.
>>324093121
what happened?
>>324093321
Ethereals came to uplift humans for some greater purpose. Perhaps we're used as a tool in an alien vs alien war?
>>324093441
a loong list of bad decisions that could have been avoided if he could stop for 5 min to think. its like he is more worried to get the video ready than the actual game
>>324093801
Apparently, when you add a saved character to the character pool, not only can you recruit them, but they can be NPC's just standing around in the background of the scenes. Your characters can have mothers and fathers, and your character as an NPC can be a Faceless
>>324093321
I think XCOM2 is gonna throw a curve ball and make XCOM-The Bureau canon, in that game Ethereals could basically possess people, but could get forced out through willpower.
That might be the end game, using humans as a base template to make the ultimate body for the Ethereals.
>>324093378
fuckin chinks
living stereotypes in every sense of the world
>>324094132
Fuck you xeno scum
who vahlen here?
>>324094839
Why would they give her a chair, and above that, a wooden one, wouldnt they have some kind of solid shape plastic eggchair or something.
>>324093441
>HEY GUYS HOW DOES FLANKING WORK
I wonder if vahlen is even in the new game
>>324094132
XCOM AKBAR
>>324094132
Any fuckups that really stood out?
>>324074831
He managed to change it to 40 something by modding the ini.
This could have a fucking insane modding scene.
>>324094782
>>324095909
you seem upset my fellow humans, why not come closer and ... solve our differences
>>324096101
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1apSEKj5Bnw
ALL OF THEM ANON
LITERALLY ALL OF THEM
>>324096242
BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT HUMANITY
>>324096101
for one, he has been abusing the slash ability and dashing like a mad man at the worst moments
>>324077012
Never had a russian that didn't rape face
>>324096418
>dashing that much
WHAT IS HE DOING?
The only thing i'm not liking so far is missions with time limits
I really hate time limits in my vidya, and I hope that there will be a mod to remove them.
post your mod ideas
i want this to be a voice pack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CYIu8Bc9sY
>>324096996
i also dont like them, but from what i have seen they give you a bit of breathing room when there is a timer
>>324097193
breathing room how? less enemies?
>>324091382
When there's enough manga to support it.
>>324097263
from the lets play that have been coming out, they tend to finish the missions with 3-4 turns to spare when things go smoothly and 2-1 when everything went wrong
also the maps arent that big when there is a timer the only exception to that is when you have to extract the vip to the other side of the map but the extraction point is almost on top of the vip
>watch gameplay trailer
>new science guy shit talks Vahlen
Shit doctor/10
WHO EGGSALT HERE
>>324097670
source?
>>324097073
mod for replacing the Advent goons with Combine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1118l-IKQ0
>>324097743
there is a reason i want this>>324097073
>>324097743
WHAT WAS THEIR ENDGAME
>>324097642
sounds alright, but I still dislike time limits on principle, it's fine in the geoscape, but I dislike it during a skirmish.
>>324097883
Holy fuck, that would be amazing
you know
they said they are going to HEAVILY support modding
could we get entire overhauls that turn the game into either
Half Life
Star Wars
40k
Halo
imagine that shit.
>>324097073
re-sking for bladford
see image
>>324098116
the setting i mean, obviously keep the gameplay the same
>>324098116
they said they will release the tools they used to make the game soo all of that is posible
>>324097073
HD SNEK
>>324098305
holy fuck man, i would be so goddamn hype if any of those happen
>>324097743
My first custom XCOM 2 soldier is going to be a former EXALT operative who joined up after the ayys turned their guns on EXALT after XCOM was wiped out. The old XCOM team was canonically too shit-tier to deal with ayys or EXALT, so I feel like it's not too crazy that the Advent went after EXALT next, but who knows, maybe EXALT joined up with the ayy administration when Earth was conquered.or maybe poor eggsalt was completely forgotten about because they aren't very important
>>324098440
The orange and red bandannas are in the big list of dress up options.
They weren't forgotten by the devs completely
>>324098440
>tfw people were so shit at XCOM the worst possible ending is canon
fucking ridiculous man
>>324098440
Can outfit your squad with EXALT bandanas so it is safe to presume that there is EXALT operatives in XCOM now.
>>324098440
>>324098567
>>324098827
What was EXALT trying to accomplish?
>>324098827
I want a class of dude who is undercover and can walk wherever during the hidden phase, and I want him to be wearing an exalt suit
>>324098880
Regardless of how the invasion went, they wanted more power at the end of it, the acquisition of alien tech to further themselves
>>324098880
They where a Illuminati type to begin with, they probably saw the aliens as an excuse to gain power.
That, or transhumanists with alien sympathies.
>>324099037
>>324099073
thanks
>>324071245
The old game is always there for you to play if you're too triggered by the modern game, anon. You should play it sometime, it's not even bad.
>>324098139
PUNISHED BRADFORD
>>324098619
The canon difficulty is ironman impossible.
Xcom failed hard by 3 months for most people.
>>324099614
You are wasting your time anon.
Nostalgia fags never listen to reason and will find any reason to hate something.
scope is best first tech right
>>324099998
I believe it, but the game gets EASIER as you go on, not harder, is what I always felt.
>>324100334
Everyone felt that. Every hit you take stops one-shotting people.
>>324100559
did you see how many people just simply completed the game? It was something like less than 10% or something shitty like that, and that was across all difficulties
>>324100645
I was working on the temple ship when it crashed and my save was corrupted.
I then got in the habit of starting new games constantly.
>>324067918
xcom fan are a niche group i mean look how polite our threads are vs the rest of /v/
>>324100892
That fucking blows man, the game had some gnarly glitches early on.
>>324100957
I've still never gone a game without one mission stopping bug that required a reload.
Which is why I've never done an Ironman game.
>>324090025
>>324090781
Free mind contro..........mind enhancing chips! servers up in 15 days!The avatar project is clearly Ethereals taking over humanities bodies given what we know from ew/eu
>>324092947
like this one?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYhr7Du6z8U44
can't wait for the Jadestar LP of it
>>324101112
Yeah that's why I don't do ironman, the chance of a bug happening is too high.
Threadly reminder.
>>324101112
Weird. Do you overclock or anything?
>Bunch of ayylmaos invade a planet full of the most cruel and horny creatures in existance
What could possibly go wrong?>You will never take a Snek hostage after a long battle, heal heal her up and turn her into a fuckable pet
I tried playing xcom but rng is such a turn off for me.
>95% chance to hit
>save
>miss
>reload
>miss
>repeat 10 times
>ragequit
>>324102136
>MFW that's likely going to be one of the first mods to come out.
>>324097743
aren't Exalt maximumcucks?
>>324102136
Seriously, why would AYYliums even bother?
We murder each other daily
we despise fucking EVERYTHING
we have MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION
we breed like fucking rabbits
we are willing to stick our dicks in practically anything
what would they have to gain?
>>324101857
Who is even good at XCOM besides Beags? Marbozir?
>>324101935
The Fallen shall be forever remembered as the Commanders finest.
>>324100334
It definitely gets easier as time goes by. The chance for critical failure in the first three months is so high. You absolutely need to have promoted survivors to edge along. Its when thin mints start appearing that it can go off the rails. Especially the DLC council missions.
Operation Portent is where a lot of people lose their A-Team. You deal with 2-3 thin men pods and they reinforce after the objective, dropping 2 at a time that automatically go into overwatch. Not easy to deal with having only a few squaddies with ballistic weapons.
>>324102335I keep wanting to try again, but I feel like I keep failing everyone
>>324102292
Maybe in the ayy's eyes, WE are the sexy aliens.
>>324102293
Christopher odd is pretty decent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xv1EnGxeNg
>>324102404
You did the best you could.
And thats all the Commander asks for.
>>324102779But thats just it.I was the Commander, I failed the council more often than not.
>>324102741
Didn't he make a bunch of videos on stuff Firaxis wanted to keep secret?
>>324102860
But you beat the ayys.
And thats enough.
>>324102924
about xcom2? he is only showing what they allow him to, he has skipped over all the story cutscenes but besides that i have no idea if he did that
>>324102594
>>324102465
god bless
>>324102924
involving xcom 2 or xcom: EU/EW?
>>324102779
XCOM AKBAR
Release soon
>>324077012
I get a lot of bad Brazilian soldiers.
And a shitload of Russians that run the range from sub-par to amazing.
For some reason I almost never get any American or UK soldiers.
>>324105806
I never get fucking American soldiers, but I get swamped with UK soldiers
I want to thank you all of you fellow XCOM niggas. I started with EW seriously like two days ago and today was my first terror mision. As I read your advice here, I rushed satellites coverage and armor development so I had the caparace armor on all my squads.
So anyway, I rescued the civilians and blew up the floaters and even managed to capture one, and then the Chryssalid shows up, and goes to attack one of my heavies, but the nigger didn't count on my 2 snipers set on overwatch, so they blew their nasty ass to it's third class planet. Then the other two came out and one got a hit on my soldier, but since he had caparace armor + the armor that is an item she shrugged it off. So I rekted the three Chryssalids in just one turn and prevented Nigeria from going full panic.
Thank you guys, I'd be mourning over my soldiers deads if it wasn't for you
>>324106535
no problem senpai
>>324106621
Never dash and always overwatch was probably some of the best advice ever. The thin men can't get close to me, my snipers just shred them, and everything else dies to my heavies + assault, supporter guy just chill out blowing some xeno scum on the back.
And it's not like the game is easy, there's always the tension of fucking things up, but the feeling that XCOM gives you when you do something right is amazing
>>324106858
Xcom 2 is looking to be fucking difficult as shit
I can't wait man.
>>324106621
Not him, but what's the best way to deal with the timed missions? I'd like to just sit and overwatch all day but I can't with shit counting down
>>324107017
No idea man, I guess be quick and safe? I just try to blow through them as fast as possible, Xcom 2 is gonna be filled with them, so now is the best time to get good with them.
>>324077012
I don't know about worst
But my luckiest monsterfucker is a greek sniper I named gyrotrash
>>324106956
I second that statement.
>>324063610
Source?
My memory is fuzzy on names. But I remember in EW, I had a Support character nicknamed 'Doc'
Dude was the luckiest fucker on the team. Rarely got hit. His heals always rolled high. He was a crack shot.
Fucker was the best medic you could ask for in XCOM.
Also had an OP Sniperess who was gene modded to shit.
Nicknamed 'Far-Sight'
Good times.
>thread makes me want to play some more EW
>start up a classic ironman
>get to first council mission
>single thin man weaves through 3 overwatches and one shots my heavy in full cover
FUCK THIS GAME
>>324109281
Man fuck you. I had a fucking sniper I had to rename Deadeye because it felt like she hit her first shot on her first mission and then missed every shot. She put her eye on the scope or some shit.She survived the entire campaign
>>324110549
Filename
>>324101935
No wonder you fucking lost so many without ever reactions training them.
Get them in flying armor with a laser pistol, against mutons, only allow mutons to have plasma pistols *or* give them laser pistols too. Then you wait.
The more reaction shots you take, the higher your chance of taking reaction shots (as its a comparison between your reactions and the enemies TU's). The higher your chance, the more likely you are to blast an alien in the face the second you fucking see it.
Eventually this leads to >100 reactions super soldiers with the itchiest of trigger fingers shooting motherfuckers from across the map with >100 aim.
>>324111250
It's a strange Bowieless world we live in.
>>324102137
... The game preserves its seed unless you turn savescum on, which means that unless you take your actions in a different order you'll always get the same result.
>>324111250
>he's actually gone
i still refuse to believe it
>>324102137
>you
>>324106956
From what I've seen of people playing it: Honestly it doesn't look so much like it's hard, but more like people are making a lot of very stupid decisions.
Started watching northernlions xcom stuff in this thread and he's a fucking comedy of errors. "I'm playing on classic difficulty, but I'm going to constantly leave my troops in low cover" "I'm going to spam grenades on my grenadier, often resulting in me disorienting enemies that I kill that same turn" "dashing all the time is a brilliant idea"
He's getting fucking hard carried by the rangers slash ability.
>>324111947
yeah it was painful
he's trying to XCOM AKBAR, but only succeeding with the beheading aspect of it
>>324107017
Assaults and supports.
Rifle assaults and Rifle supports are terrifying in firefights.
Snipers *can* be powerful in some missions, but often rely on sitting back in not-great positions. Avoid taking more than one on timed missions.
>>324111947
After seeing his reaction to the faceless and not realizing it was hiding as a citizen, I really hope he gets ambushed by one while trying to save someone.
>>324112069
>faceless
which episode was he in?
>>324111821
I was honestly expecting it to be some thing where a new persona showed up.
On my morning run that day Space Oddity started playing on my Sansa and I got a little teary eyed.
>>324112069
I imagine that his first encounter with SNEK is going to make him quit.
>>324112206
Episode 3
>>324112350
thanks
>>324112206
3 I believe. right near the end. He handles it well, but he made a TON of stupid decisions leading up to it.
He's often very slow to the start on most missions (from what I've seen). If he played a little bit more aggressively in certain situations he'd seemingly have a lot less problems: Ie securing more civ's before they're buttfucked in a terror site. Overwatch trapping a whole pod and annihilating it before it links up with another.
>>324111250
>>324111662
>>324111821
>Listening to Valentine's Day right now
>>324111947
You can leave your troops in low cover in Impossible, but you need to be more aware of range and height when you do.
It's not an inherently bad move. And is sometimes better.
>>324063610
Why the fuck would you cut out the best part when the song starts up and Advent comes flying into a warzone full of guys on overwatch
>>324107017
What the other guy said is true. Assaults are nasty in general; no other class can dash AND shoot twice in a single turn at low levels. Kitted and positioned properly, Assaults with Rapid Fire and Close & Personal can shoot THREE times in a turn if properly positioned. They're the biggest damage-dealers, and built around playing aggressively. Perfect for timed missions, and IMO the best all-around.
>>324112545
It has almost cost him his highest level troops close to 4 times. It *has* put all of them in the sickbay for ~30 days.
>>324112676
He did everything stupid. Putting people in half cover wasn't even his biggest problem, though he choose some piss poor half cover options.
That indoor encounter was a tougher than average setup the way he blew up all his cover, but ffs he took way more turns than necessary.
>>324077012
>Get a Scottish rookie
>bring her along because my support is wounded
>Rapes everything from 15 tiles and never dies
>>324066589
All these ufo tockens... is this the long war of board game?
Someone wanna explain how this RNG bullshit got so popular
Played EW today and had two troopers with 80% chance on a floater and nothing connected, leaving a sergeant dead with a crit
>>324113037
80% is not 100%.
I've seen dodgier RNG results in Dota 2 and Hearthstone, cases where you miss a 40% chance to hit ten times in a row, or summon the 0.0017% chance card that fucks you over completely.
RNG is not your bitch, you're THE bitch.
>>324113037
Look forward to XCOM2. Apparently, they have a fix where mid-high percentage shots won't miss twice in a row.
>>324113037
The original game was even more harsh.
>Take first step off of skyranger. Alien sniper hits soldier with heavy plasma, instantly killing them. Rookie fuckbucket panics and kills a squadmate.
>Watching your highest accuracy soldier with a missile launcher get mind controlled on the skyranger and promptly firing a missile into the rest of the squad, instantly killing all 14 people and failing the terror mission catastrophically.
From that point on you remember to bring a low will little psionic fuckslave that isn't trusted with any weapons at all just for the aliens to psionically bully.
>Starting an alien base raid, getting your squad set up in a firing line and prepped against a reaper flanked by two floaters charging at you. Only for a blaster bomb to come zooming in and take out 2/3rds of your avenger crew.
Shit legit happens all the time.
>>324113440
>They have a fix for people being retards about gamblers fallacy.
Fuck off.
>>324113037
>missed two 80% shots
Wow, it's like 80 and 100 are completely different numbers.
>>324113440
They don't. I've seen Solomon and Pete repeatedly miss high tier shots, a sniper missed several 75% shots on a single turret.
Suck it up, bitches.
>>324111250
>They abducted him
>>324113472
Daily reminder, there are retards that think the newer xcom games are more hardcore.
>>324111614
That run never saw a single Muton ufo.
>>324081623
It's a new hot maymay and you better get used to it
>>324113725
>>324081623
>Adding breasts to things makes them hot
>Being new in any way, shape or form
People were adding breasts to the xenomorphs right after that movie came out. Hell even Geiger did it.
>>324113701
Literally no one said that in the conversation
>>324086136
>Storage: 45 GB available space
thats a lot of pre rendered video
>>324113832
Actually you'll find that's all the assets for the randomly generated maps.
>>324113812
I never said anyone did. Reading is fun anon.
>>324113596
Some people deserve to have their faith rewarded
>>324113701
>>324113472
>start game on hardest difficulty (not knowing it was bugged)
>Upgrade one interceptor to the fuckoff tier missiles
>Encounter very small ufo.
>Send FUCKYOU interceptor at it.
>It instantly destroys the interceptor
>"Okay, no worries"
>Fail to scan the ufo searching for my base
>Second ufo encountered is an ethereal battleship, attacking my base in retalliation.
No fucking exaggeration. The second 'encounter' I had with alien aircraft was an ethereal battleship. The first 'mission' I had was a base defense versus ethereals.
I quit that game immediately.
This was stuff that was *POSSIBLE* in original xcom.
Also, way more base defenses, so layout actually mattered.
>>324113918
Its fun when it relates to what people are talking about I've also never seen anyone say old school xcom is easier
>>324114052
>very small ufo is instantly destroyed* by interceptor.
Sorry, made a mistake when typing.
>>324114062
>Its fun when it relates to what people are talking
He was talking about the original series being harder, I pointed out there are mouth breathers on this shithole that legitimately think the newer xcom games are more difficult. Hang around these threads long enough and you will see them.
>>324079276
Medium War so a mission doesn't take 4 hours but is still challenging.
>>324113805
Look, you can have a vore fetish if you want, but leave the rest of us out of it.
>>324079276
Jihad mode.
Commander confirmed human shaped. Take that tumblr.
>>324114540
I hate vore though, and the Viper's physiology would make it impossible to swallow anything bigger than a rat anyway.
>>324113037
It's because of the bullshit RNG system the game uses, the listed percentage, in addition to cover bonuses, perks and equipment, the seed itself influences hit percentages by tagging enemies with certain percentage thresholds whenever you take an action with a soldier, so if the seed decides that the cyberdisc with 2 hp two tiles away from your assault needs at least a 95% hit chance to be hit, and you have a 90% shot, it doesn't matter how many times you save and reload, you're always going to miss that shot.
Is Beaglerush the best Xcom streamer? He's the first streamer I've everseen that's good at the game he's showing off, which is ironic as he's a shit posting Australian
>>324115810
You can play with a new seed generated everytime you load the game. It's in the options menu when you start the game.
>>324115839
But that's why he's so good
>>324092572
Huey is that you? Get back on your boat.
>>324091610
>friends
>not shitposting responding to 5 hours old posts
>>324115839
him being an australian shitposter makes it even better
>can't decide between this and Deserts of Kharak
HNNNNNGGG FUCKING KILL MEEEEEEE
>>324115880
They really shouldn't have put the seed bullshit in at all desu, the people who want to save scum are going to find a way to save scum, all it did was fuck up everybody regardless of their playstyle.
>>324116268
>all it did was fuck up everybody regardless of their playstyle.
How does it fuckup people that don't savescum?
>>324116318
It's not savescumming if you only do it rarely.
>Have a really shitty PC that can run XCom: Enemy Unknown but not incredibly well
>Literally only use Steam for XCom
>Don't know if I'll be able to even run XCom 2
Well fuck.
>>324116318
Because they're never getting an accurate representation of their percentage to hit?
>>324112350
>watching episode
>constantly taking shots around 50%
>rushing into fog of war
>half cover everywhere, all the time
>on one occasion, he deliberately leaves one soldier outside of cover with two sectoids and an advent soldier right around the corner
>"I broke line of sight, it's ok!"
>soldier gets gangfucked when enemies move two spaces and open fire
HOW? HOW DOES HE EVEN BREATHE?
>>324116528
this, it doesn't really matter much what the game tells you your to-hit is, it's already decided whether or not you hit that hypothetical shot with a percentage you never even see.
>>324116528
It is accurate, it's just all the possible dicerolls for your actions were already thrown.
>>324116528
The only thing I've ever seen on EU's hit percentages is that they do ultimately follow the expected distribution. The seed used means its determined before you actually take the shot, but functionally it's equivalent.
>>324116794
>>324116528
it is accurate, its just that the system its more like shuffling a deck of cards at the beginning rather than throwing a dice every shoot
>>324113037
>80% chance to hit
>WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THAT
but why snek tits?
>>324117445
First game had Snakemen so they wanted Snaketits to make it different
>>324117445
I don't want to live in a world without snake tits.
>>324117445
I can't really think of reasonable explanation to it other than "snake aliens have human DNA put in them and the boobs are a side effect"
>>324082198
>I actually made a post about the viper defector on Epictones' tumblr and this is a response to that
holy heck I didn't even know about this until now
gr8/10
>Australian Voice Actors for soldiers
Yessss
>MEC punches sectoid commander because fuck those guys
>it goes flying through a wall
>reveals a bunch of elite mutons and heavy floaters
>all of them have their guns pointing at the MEC
>I made the mistake of it being my last available move
>mfwhe survived
>>324118053
The aliens are using them to seduce humans, thats why
As you can see in pretty much every XCOM thread, it is working
I think a dev said that no MECs. Which sucks, because I love the fuck outta MECs.
Meh, maybe they'll re-intro it with the expansion.
>>324117445
They're pandering to the Japs.
It's a little late now, the lamia fetish is old-busted.
And now I want to go back to XCOM and finish it.
I always do this with games I like, just play it towards the second half and then just quit.
>>324118459
No mecs, though there is a powered exoskeleton.
Sadly I don't think it lets you punch shit through walls though.
>>324098021
EXALT was anti-alium right? They're basically trying to get alium tech and run shit?
Why didn't they just do a HYDRA? Pretend to be in the XCOM Project, and when humanity wins, merc every XCOM tool right after, and win.
Makes no sense to fight two fronts at once. That's how Nazi Germany got spitroasted.
>>324119126
Nah they were full on Alien sympathizers.
Can a faceless shapeshift into a soldier and infiltrate your ranks?
>>324119169
Like Nazis, they're /fa/ as fuck.
>>324116204
Xcom2 looks amazing. People are saying it's amazing. It's likely to be GOTY.
Deserts of kharak honestly looks like shit. It doesn't look like it's going to recapture the things that made homeworld great, and that's unfortunate, because homeworld *WAS* great.
>>324117365
About 1/25 actually.
2/10 * 2/10 = 4/100 = 1/25.
I am bad at statistics though and really wish I payed more attention in class.
>>324120043
>recapture the things that made homeworld great
>quest to rightfully become the best there ever was - check
>slow as shit mobile base - check
>tactical view - check
>desert music - check
>desert people - check
>literal desert - check
It's gonna be amazing.
>>324120330
>actually good gameplay: absent.
Checklists don't work like that anon.
>>324085926
>"Xcom is humanities most elite, tactical first responders... they're called in for things that get way out of hand or for shit that others cant respond to".
>Run and cry when one guy dies
>>324120485
> actually good gameplay: absent.
What makes you say that? From what I saw in the trailers, it will be a complete copy of homeworld. Only without that much of the 3rd dimention. And for me, personally, music and story is what makes homeworld, not the gameplay.
>>324068749
what else is there in tactics?
anime games on handhelds?
>>324062196
scrub here, first time trying xcom. i can't capture enemieslike i could early game (i tried the alien CEM and that huge disc but couldn't. why?
The game is fun so far i can't wait for 2
>>324121871
Robotic enemies and chryssalids are immune to the arc thrower.
>>324081970
>I don't think Firaxis bribes enough
>forgetting all the good reviews beyond earth got
>>324063610
>>324063610
>>324063610
What in the flying fuck did I just watch!?
>>324067918
No, Firaxis' other product this year (Civlization VI) will get GOTY despite not being particularly good.
t. future man
>>324122075
'murrica
>>324122136
>>324122136
My fucking dick.
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So apparently you can hack ADVENT troopers by stabbing them right in the brain. Vigilo Confido, motherfucker.
>>324122235
Vahlen?
>>324066770
oh wow. How many times did they have explain rock paper scissors rules to you?
>>324122235
Is anybody else a little disappoint that the vast majority of enemies are quasi-humans instead of silly aliens?
>>324122396
No, because they're not. You've got four human enemy types out of like eighteen total.
>>324122349
YES
YES TERRY
MINE FOR BRAINS
>>324087653
bothered by the hidous appearance?
All I'm thinking is:
"Now you have activated my trap card Yugioh!"
>>324122514
Most gameplay I've seen has the bulk of the forces troops.
>>324122696
Obviously since Advent is present from the start they're going to be the most numerous.
>>324122696
Probably because it's early game. I mean, they are XCOM 2's sectoid equivalent. They do get some boosts that might carry them into the midgame, but that last Firaxis stream already had a pod with one powerful and two lesser aliens in it.
No exalt in XCOM2?
I liked those 9 to 5 types, always wearing their accountant outfits?
>>324122896
No EXALT.
>>324122896
No EXALT in XCOM 2 because you fucked them up in the first game.
>>324119126
EXALT was basically XCOM but wanted more power for themselves.
>>324098329
No this is HD snek
>>324122696
Because they're only 3 months in at the latest. That's how far the press release goes. What aliens do you seen in EW and EU in 3 months, anon? I only see thin men and sectoids with floaters.
>>324122967
Sweet Lord, have mercy on my dick!
>>324063610
That got me moist
>>324122998
>What aliens do you seen in EW and EU in 3 months
Sectoid
Floater
Thin Men
Outsider
Seeker
Muton
>>324123163
Cryssalids as well.
>>324123163
Outsider is humanoid
Sectoid i'll give
Thin men make up the bulk of forces early on.
This game's going for more of an anti Advent/human-alien coalition feel to it, so of course you'd fight more of them. They're this games Sectoids and Thin Men. You see more ayy lmao's that are non humanoid later in the game, as they start getting more desperate.
>>324121975
how am i supposed to get a living specimen back then?
>>324123318
You don't.
>That feel when Xcom 2 is confirmed to fix most of your gripes with the original
>Doesn't carry over everything good about Xcom 1 though
>Lots of changes that just have me worried
The stealth is fantastic for giving you the option to not always engage on their terms and I love the campaign overhaul to not have you spending 70% of your starting resources on fuckin satellite coverage, but man there's a massive lack of aliens sadly and upgrades being more random drops rather than crazy research, especially to see all of meld just disappear is making me sad.
>>324119126
>looks like EXALT prefers form over function, not what I'd call a winning strategy
EXALT were idiot hipsters.
>late to an Xcom thread
Fuck you and your timezones.
>>324123318
You try to capture something that's actually alive. I now it sure is some outside of the box idea.
>>324123441
>tumblr gif
good thing you were
>>324123501
I saved it from here you fatty.
>>324123396
I'm 99% sure that they'll bring back Meld in an expansion, Firaxis always does this bullshit
>tfw you finally pulled the trigger on preordering
>>324122349
did he died
>>324122349
>>324122349
I really hope this is a fatal attack, I don't understand how you could shunt a pair of objects into somethings fucking frontal lobe without instantly killing it. Or Lobotomizing it into uselessness.
>>324123594
Meld was so good. All they needed was a little bit more reason to research more in bionics than cybernetics because mech suits ended up being so much better than just augments. It's probably part of that upcoming expansion set.
>>324122396
A little bit worried. I was hoping they'd just fill the grunt role and serve as more varied pawns on the battle field than sectoids did. I get the sad feeling the more I see though that there's only ever like 2 aliens to every 10 humans.
>>324122945
>l they needed was a little bit more reason to research more in bionics than cybernetics because mech suits ended up being so much better than just augments. It's probably part of that upcoming expansion set.
So the canon is that the ayys fucked up XCOM but XCOM fucked up exalt? Or were the ayys who fucked up exalt as well?
>>324124402
Exalt never happened because XCOM got their shit pushed in, in like the first month or two.
If anything, exalt became advent because when the ayys started looking for volunteer police, exalt type sympathizers would be the first ones to sign up.
>>324124402
The canon is apparently that EXALT never had a chance to form. I always assumed they were a pre-existing organisation taking an opportunity in EW though.
>>324123396
Theres upgrades that are from research too.
Also I'm pretty sure the number of aliens/enemies is close to or same as Enemy Unknown. I really wouldn't be surprised if upgraded variants of some of the enemies wind up showing up later as well.
>>324124005
It seems to be an instakill, yeah. The drawback is probably that it only works on ADVENT and that, unless your hack skill is very high, you have a good chance of damaging your own soldier, too.
>>324123846
>>324124005
Yes, it is a fatal attack. If it connects, it's an instant kill. It basically serves the same purpose that capturing did for EU. The thing is though, the person you are trying to hack's state has an effect on how effective you are at it. If you fail the hack, it does a bunch of feedback damage to you and also give you a really bad effect for the rest of the mission. Like "All reinforcements get two armor".
So make sure to fuck up the guy you want to hack, or you will probably fail.
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