Conquering the skies on a budget Edition.
Previous Campaign >>125354823
XCOM GENERAL (full information, all links):
>http://pastebin.com/Rd2nfr3n
Retaliation Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryOfZv0JjIg
Beagle's First Two Missions Gameplay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9vG-N0ILB0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT_0gsOmsQE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X1Tfx_TM38
60 Minute Gameplay Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwHPhQXavPA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vblW65PQ9vY
Misc Videos (¡¡NEW!!):
https://youtu.be/HVw-QOU06WU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-cSh3aPDPw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tqHWR_J7VU
Other Articles:
>https://xcom.com/news/en-the-aesthetic-of-domination-the-look-of-advent-and-the-archon-in-xcom-2
>http://www.pcgamesn.com/xcom-2/xcom-2-declassified-firaxis-on-the-risky-shot-theyre-taking-with-a-new-strategy-layer
>https://xcom.com/news/en-dont-get-in-the-andromedons-way-in-xcom-2
>https://xcom.com/news/en-the-environments-of-xcom-2-wilderness
Long War download link:
>http://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/88/
Wiki:
>http://ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Long_War
/xcg/'s Long War FAQ (new players read this shit):
>http://pastebin.com/YmaXBKpN
New Modlist:
>http://pastebin.com/4Hdthmpi
Dreadnought MEC Trooper voicepack:
>http://www.reddit.com/r/Xcom/comments/31wn6m/
Extra perks to add for Training Roulette:
>http://pastebin.com/cUjBbaFM
hugely detailed spreadsheet:
>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13CvoSAyapnC2p9a_r9SV5cTA2r3G9UqtsAazTg2_be4/edit#gid=970853268
Namelist generator:
>http://daiz.io/xcom-namegen/
MGS-themed codename list:
>https://www.dropbox.com/s/plfug9tz86zp56s/DefaultNameList%20(code%20names%20b15).ini?dl=0
Alternate in-game text .inis (AYY LMAO):
>b15f : https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19805654/ayylmao.7z
/xcg/ Operation Name Generator 0.1 (doesn't take effect until you get a new mission):
>http://pastebin.com/i9KbDkF2
Memes will kill your dog.
Ayy lamo.
>>Aliens firendly fire.
>>Friendly fire on the Dog.
There is balance in the system.
>>125473995
Well beagle said he never misses
>>125473862
The scout tank is a modded thing, in the unmodded game losing proper tanks is a lot more expensive and it's not usually worth it to bring them.
>>125474867
Seems like a useless item.
FREE MONEY_?_
>>125474975
l o l
o l o
l o l
>>125474975
Depends on the stats.
>>125474975
Reducing their aim could be beneficial.
>>125475196
Apparently you can produce alloys and sell them for more money than it costs to make them
>>125474975
On-hit acid sounds pretty nice, assuming it has a decent activation rate.
Speed modeling: tactical dog strafe mod
>>125475568
Beautiful
>>125475402
Yep, not much else sells for good profit in FMP that doesn't cost elerium.
>>125475568
B R E A K
R
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L O S
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anybody got the picture of the XCOM 2 soldier alone in the Skyranger holding his head after a squad wipe
>>125474867
>>125474975
Useful for tyranids.
>>125476080
oh man, 40k is so ebin. humanity fuck yearh lol
>>125474975
if it has the aim-reducing effect its a decent thing to have on one guy
>>125476141
you get really passive aggressive around this time of the month anon
>>125476350
>aim-reducing effec
it won't
reminder that poison only caused hp loss in EU and even in EW, only the special grenades had the aim loss
>>125476350
>>125476452
It probably won't, but I think we can expect mods with it.
>>125476558
>mods will fix it!
>>>/vg/fog/
Xth for GOFD
>>125476680
>mods will tailor the game to my individual preferences
Fixed
so how exactly was I supposed to avoid this fire
>>125476080
Man what i wouldn't give for a voice pack that gives my troops Dawn of War replies. I already got the dreadnought for mechs, but a Commissar, Priest, Guardsmen, Krasrkin, heck even a Psyker would be fun.
>>125477137
not sitting in half cover like an idiot
>>125475568
Were you the guy posting it in stream or was that just some fucker stealing your shine?
>>125476680
>adding an item that doesn't even exist and doesn't need to exist
>fixing it
pick one
Is Daiz trying to ruin XCOM too?
>>125477137
A) Kill the ayy before it can shoot
B) Break LOS
C)>>125477197
>>125475568
What's the deal with this?
>>125477197
>>125477362
taking bait like a zoo chimp
>>125477457
i don't understand
>>125477457
I can't help it, it's delicious.
>>125477363
Beagle wants tactical dog for xcom 2 that can strafe.
If you were watching the stream openxcom has attack dogs and you can strafe move with them. Used it for a ufo breach .
>>125477197
there is literally no full cover on that map within a turn or two of the skyranger. that 24h sign is the only piece and it's at least two turns away from start, would have activated more dudes, and only fits one soldier anyway so some other guy in half cover would have still taken the hit
>>125477362
> Kill the ayy before it can shoot
all the shots missed and the nades are all out
>Break LOS
on what nigger
You know you can mod in reaction fire chances in XCOM EU/EW/LW.
"killaliens" is an available console command in all versions of XCOM(2012)
>>125478276
>>125478376
Okay
I already knew these but thanks I guess
I for one am thankful for ghost grenades for saving my party as my mind controlled assault massacred the redshirts during the base defense
can't do this in LW
>>125478464
As in giving your soldier something like ITT but everytime an enemy moves in LOS they can have a chance to fire.
>>125478606
why is everyone getting buttblased about this tactikool boardgame having a melee option?
>Hey Beagle, check Skype
>>125477639
Saw the trailer but missed the first mission.
Thanks.
>>125478606
Huh, I only now noticed that the MEC is red
We have only seen white MECs so far correct? What could this mean?
>>125478883
Late-game upgraded MEC, or a "command" variant that buffs other nearby robotics.
>>125478812
Look at the flag.
Whatever happened to that guy who was doing the EXALT base assault with all rookies?
Anyone have the picture that shows the MEC classes?
>>125478820
those girls' spines are broken
>>125479171
Delay due to problems with recording software.
>>125478812
I'm not, but the Jews literally did this.
>>125479258
I hear that can happen if you use torpedos with magnetic fuzes.
>>125479475
>>125479492
Ah, ok
>>125479258
those aren't girls.
those are anthromorphic battleships
helps perverts justify both pedophilia and mechanophilia.
>>125478812
Really? People is always talking how cool is to have a melee option and how eager they are to use it.
>>125479258
Happens a lot in fanart.
the fuck is "senpai"?
>>125478883
>>125479683
I bet rapier construction would make a better type of laser sword.
>>125478812
I fully intend to have a 7 swordsmen run so I don't know what the fuck everyone else is throwing such a bitch fit about.
>>125479910
http://ejje.weblio.jp/content/%E5%85%88%E8%BC%A9
>>125479683
I don't think melee is gonna be "cool" in any sense and I'll probably turn off every option related to it being flashy because it's cringey as fuck, but it's nice to no longer be completely helpless at close range. ARs topping out at like 80% to-hit at point blank on a rookie (and on heavies forever without Not Created Equally/Hidden Potential) is bullshit, and it's kinda boring that the closest it gets to a close-range high damage option is typical vidya shotguns on only one class, and it'll be nice to have a useful sidearm once pistols stop being relevant for captures.
>>125479678
>those are anthromorphic battleships
no those are just anime girls
im so sick of this trend of making the same shitty anime as ever and just naming the chicks after guns/boats/tanks/whatever to attract the edgy /ak/ crowd
Upotte! was a mistake
I want actual gun/plane/shipboys
>>125480453
Gay
>>125480078
Wow, it actually worldfilters to senpai. I meant a buzzword i kept reading, and now beagles taken to it, it seems, its like the first part of family
>>125479937
I really wish they'd ditch the strange hunched rabbit leg design. It looks like bad furry porn, and makes the unit way too tall. The arms are way too long, too.
inb4
>bbbbbut tall is imposing!!!!
It's not scary, it looks like a shitty DeviantArt fursmut peddler's MSPaint OC.
>>125470910
I decided that Long War just isn't worth $10 to me.
I played it on EU and it was more frustrating than anything else. I liked a lot of it but I remember thinking it was total bullshit when I had 36 Chryssalids and 4 floaters on the first terror mission that was literally impossible to beat even with all the best possible moves and outcomes. I managed to kill 28 or so before I finally got overrun.
Thanks for the help guys. I at least learned some stuff.
>>125481026
It's black slang that people on the internet have been using to be silly. There are other filters, too. The abbreviation for "shaking my head" filters to baka, the abbreviation for "to be honest" filters to desu, the term for your wife getting fucked by another man is cuck
>>125481295
Wait. Does cuck not filter anymore? Fucking hell.
>night terror mission
Rip bagel
>>125481459
Yeah it was removed like today
Been an incredible day for shitposting
>>125481642
he were born 4 dis
>>125481026
>first part of family
it's pretty self explanitory, it refers to people familiar to the speaker. it's like saying "friend" or "bro", and gained a surge of popularity from "black twitter" screenshots that have become the hot new comedy currency as of late.
>>125481459
what did it filter to
>>125481268
LW has been in my top 3 most played games ever so idk senpai
>>125481295
thanks mate
![[BombardsInternally].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xvDC5pc.jpg "[BombardsInternally].jpg")
>>125481642
Are everybody's expectations this low?
>>125481642
dank meme brah
>>125482260
>what did it filter to
"kek" IIRC
>>125481268
>I played it on EU
wait what is this a thing
>>125482456
he hasn't won a terror mission yet, let alone a night one
>have LOS broken
>enemy comes back into sight
>everyone's overwatches whiff
>thin mint kills somebody
shoulda broken los
>>125483070
>using overwatch
>firing on the enemy instead of continuing to break los
You are dumb as hell.
>>125482843
Yea. First mod was for Enemy Unknown.
They didn't port it to Enemy Within until long after it was out and done being patched.
how is this asshole not flanked or exposed
Friendly Fire.
Again.
>>125484131
He is exposed.
You don't get flanking shots on eneies not in cover.
You are shooting him at close range with a Sniper rifle so your to-hit chance is piss poor
>>125484453
>being wrong about LITERALLY EVERYTHING
This is such fucking bullshit. I am beyond mad. Who ever was responsible for designing the base defense is complete and utter retard. What kind of bullshit is having only 6 (six!) people defending an enormous underground installation. And what about those fucking reinforcements, for fucks sake? Guess I am still mad.
After jumping through every shitty hop LW has been throwing at me why not outright state - "we are out to gimp the player in every way possible". Do these people take absolutely no feedback? Almost every option in the Second War make LW easier. And what the fuck is with those insane research requirements? I need half a battleship to make one alloy SHIV.
Fucking bullshit.
>>125484784
>>125484784
it's just not in our budget
>doing something routine
>activate some dudes
>meh it's in an area where los is broken so who cares, can't do much with it anyway, may as well keep doing what i was planning to do
>the currently active soldier changes
>push Y thinking I'm on the guy I just moved and not the fresh dude
>now have a support way behind the rest of the team by himself
LITERALLY ARTIFICIAL DIFFICULTY
EVERY TIME I LOSE A GUY IN THIS DUMBSHIT GAME IT'S BECAUSE THE UI BUGGED OUT OR THE LOS SYSTEM BROKE OR SOME DUMB SHIT
>>125484784
le thats le xcom :)
>thin mint draws 4 overwatch shots at once
>none hit
what is even the point of this game if you can NEVER do damage without losing three people first
>>125486076
>relying on overwatch
You've got a long way to go.
>>125486076
>I rely on overwatch to kill ayys
>they keep fucking my shit up
point of the game is to have fun killing ayys.
if you are not having fun uninstall.
>>125486076
I had a muton just barge his way through 4 overwatching soldiers (one of them a gunner) at point blank. All misses.
Just ugh.
>>125486296
>>125486353
>no enemies in view
oh yeah I know what I'll do, I'll just fucking skip my turn and take no actions at all
>>125486353
>have fun killing ayys.
that literally never happens. gotta love those 87% shots at point blank whiffing everytim
>>125484784
That's why i'm not even slightly ashamed of save scumming.
>soldier takes 1 damage from poison
>panic chain
>everyone dies because 3 out of the 4 shoot eachother fatally, the last runs into some overwatch and dies
gotta love how getting hit ever is a complete death sentence for the campaign and only zero-damage runs are possible
>>125486637
I think they made the RNG system the way they did just to enable easier savesscumming because they knew the game was only barely completeable without it.
>Low Cover: The Map
>This will surely protect me: The Map
>Length: 52 Tiles. Width: 42 Tiles. Height: 3. Fucking. Tiles: The Map
Shittiest map in existence.
>>125484930
>>125485438
>>125485907
>>125486637
At this point it's just blatantly obvious they are fucking with whichever poor soul decides to play LW. I don't understand why pour so much time and effort just to blatantly try to gimp the player in every way possible.
Like the research and manufacture costs. Which are insane, and getting even more so with how hobbled you are with the imposed resource penalties.
>>125487682
because thats xcom baby, git gud or go home :)
>>125486626
get a new game. this one isn't for you.
>>125487682
because this is what finally happens when the guys spamming "git gud" get around to balancing a game.
>>125481132
>Strawman
>Repeating a point that no one has brought up
Are you okay man? Did a furry ruin your childhood? There aren't any here, just a bunch of snekfuckers, so you can leave your complex out there. We have enough shitposters.
>>125487682
edit the ini file and quit crying.
its literally right in front of you.
>>125484659
Well. He's right.
Might just be a bug for you.
>>125478606
he's got a lightsaber
>all these crybabies who never heard about confirmation bias
You only notice when all those 87% shots miss. You don't notice when they hit.
87% isn't 100%. Keep crying, bitch niggers.
>>125487812
>>125488137
I actually git gud at editing the ini files. As >>125488365 a;ready stated.
>>125486626
>>no enemies in view
Then how the fuck are you getting killed? They need to activate first ya dip
>>125487682
Research is pretty insane, but manufacture costs aren't that big considering the fucking heap of missions (and thus materials) you get
Unless you keep the whole Repair mechanic on, in which case holy shit you're a dumdum.
>>125486626
Well, hunker down is an option too.
>>125487408
Left bus --> sniper
Right bus --> Rest of Squad
Right stone thing --> Rest of Squad
>>125486626
>literally having the IQ of a cabbage
I agree, find a new game.
>>125490043
>hunker down
>implying it's anything but shitter bait
you get hit through it consistently and blocking crits doesn't mean shit when weapon damage outpaces your health for most of the early game anyway
Where did /v/ came from?
>>125490458
funny enough the xcom thread on /v/ is far more civil than this one
>>125487408
That map is one of the easiest to manage in the game. Just break LOS and you'll be fine.
>>125488137
Have you considered also gitting gud, maybe? It'd be more productive than crying about it incessantly.
>>125490363
I don't know what you are playing but 80 defense while hunkering is pretty damn much and not a single Ayylium will risk 1-5% shots.
>>125488975
I do keep track. How do you explain that literally over 1 in 10 of my 87% shots miss? How the fuck does that even make sense? 87% is practically guaranteed and yet 1 in FUCKING TEN shots miss. Fucking bullshit.
>>125490584
>eats shit
>it's an acquired taste!
>just add seasoning!
>>125490772
Cute bait.
Eat a gauss round.
>>125490620
>what is poison
>what are grenades
>what is Bull Rush
>what is Suppression
>what is 95 aim thin mints
5-10% != 0%, friendo, they still hit through it pretty consistently.
>>125490772
do you even know what "probability" is?
>>125490935
>what is poison
Manageable. Spread your fucking squad out.
>what are grenades
Manageable. Spread your fucking squad out.
>what is Bull Rush
Irritating. Mixed pods suck.
>what is Suppression
A waste of an enemy action if you were prepared.
>what is 95 aim thin mints
Priority targets.
strawpoll.me/6278510
strawpoll.me/6278518
>>125490935
>Being in range for grenades
>Being in range for bullrush
>2+1 dmg poison
>0 dmg suppression
>15% thinmints won't shoot, they will poison you, ie. point no. 3
Nah. I think the thread for new player is on /v/.
>>125491167
>Manageable. Spread your fucking squad out.
Okay, so one guy dies instead of two.
>Manageable. Spread your fucking squad out.
Okay, so one guy dies instead of two.
>[Bull Rush is] Irritating. Mixed pods suck.
Okay, so one guy dies, and the rest get exposed.
>[Suppression is] a waste of an enemy action if you were prepared.
Okay, so one guy is out of action and can't move, and is probably exposed.
>Priority targets.
Too bad my soldiers whiff 100% of shots.
>>125490772
Bait Level: 0
>>125491452
>>2+1 dmg poison
I've seen it take out 5HP squaddies consistently. It's RNG whether it clears, and so it can stay indefinitely.
>>125491454
Nigga u just fuckin suck lol
>>125491454
You should have prepared better. Everything you type tells me that you can't mitigate risk worth a damn.
>>125491618
>squaddies
>>125490935
>what is poison
Annoying, but decrease chances of it being used by spreading out. Can also be cured quite easily and midgame armor makes it useless
>what are grenades
Almost never used unless you huddle your squad together close to a muton
>what is bullrush
Something you can see coming from miles away and something that happens quite rarely
>what is suppression
A waste of ammo for the ayys and something you can remove with any damage or flush
>what is 95 aim thin mints
Something that is still bothered by hunker down, and they'll prefer poison.
>>125491254
>all these shitters that actually use overwatch
jesus christ
http://strawpoll.me/6278604
>>125491454
>>/v/
Are the Alloy Swords even worth it?
>>125491827
>Almost never used unless you huddle your squad together close to a muton
Mutons will gladly grenade single people if they have no good shots. Suppressing one is basically a death sentence for whoever's suppressing them if it's an area with short sight lines.
>>125491827
>A waste of ammo for the ayys
ayys never run out of ammo.
>>125491454
>Okay, so one guy dies instead of two.
From poison damage? Topkek
It's curable, too
>Okay, so one guy dies instead of two.
In 700+ hours of xcom, most of it Long War (with grenades being a lot more frequent), I have seen grenade-throws on single targets maybe 2 times
>Okay, so one guy dies, and the rest get exposed.
Why is your entire squad huddled together again?
>Okay, so one guy is out of action and can't move
Unless you remove the supression, in which case your soldier can do everything
Not to mention you can also do actions that don't involve moving or shooting
>and is probably exposed.
How the fuck
I've watched a few XCom LPs and tbqh I've literally never seen anyone use Hunker Down. Ever.
>>125492050
>ayys never run out of ammo
Okay that's it, maybe you start playing the game for at least 10 hours and come back again.
>>125492050
>ayys never run out of ammo.
LW :^)
if you're playing vanilla you shouldn't complain about poison, its a fucking boon because the alternative is getting the soldier shot at by a thinman, and we all know how that ends
>>125492050
>ayys never run out of ammo.
>>125492279
Then you've watched shitters who dont play on I/I
>>125492149
>>and is probably exposed.
>How the fuck
Suppression with heavy lasers and pretty much any plasma tends to break stuff. It's not guaranteed, but it's common enough that it's both a threat when it happens to you, and something you can use to your advantage when you're in a good enough position to take risks. It's even better if you have Mayhem, it starts becoming consistent.
>>125492279
Start watching some that play xcom on impossible. Without hunker, you won't survive any mission.
>>125492470
no one has ever completed a televised run of I/I, let alone one with no deaths
it has literally never happened
even your precious bagels gave up after becoming physically ill from the game's bullshit
>>125492476
Oh I know, but it's pretty damn rare without mayhem unless you've been getting shot at in the same place for multiple turns
>>125492393
>>125492307
>>125492346
He savescummed, so he never saw them running out of ammo.
>>125492279
https://youtu.be/z9zJE9GodMQ?t=332
at 5:30
literally first beagle vid I looked in
>>125492802
>still loses a guy
unacceptable
>>125492691
of Long War? Beaglerush has, along with other streamers
of vanilla? of course people have beaten it, it's hard but not LITERALLY impossible
>>125492691
What the fuck? You have no idea what you are talking about.
>>125492935
also I forgot
>it's LW so there's actually options for things instead of frags, ARs and basic armor for the first like ten missions
>>125492935
maybe he should've savescummed :^)
He's gotten a lot better over the last three years, all of us here have. Mission did in fact have a few mistakes in it, but that level of play I think is sufficient to win I/I.
>>125493158
I'd like to think that /v/ is trolling but honestly I think most of them are stupid and aggressive enough to actually think like this.
>>125493230
>losing people on I/I
are you a scrub? that's scrubbery. are you a scrub, anon?
>>125493287
>le /v/ boogeyman
what happened anon, did some goobergater rape you as a child last year or something
>>125493287
>aggressive
Not accepting losses isn't aggression, it's bitchery.
People die. This is war, and you fuck up, and people die. And sometimes you do everything right, and people still die. Sometimes you roll snake eyes.
>>125493357
I said the way people play has evolved from back then, it's a three-year old video.
>>125493115
thats vanilla
>>125493547
Here is your reply
Now >>>/v/
>>125492698
>I only play LW
vanilla cover falls apart if you look at it funny. even the basic LMG can tear shit apart
>>125493573
>d-dats xcom
maybe if you're a scrub
>>125491254
Snakes with hats mod when
>>125493698
Any day you want to upload your full I/I campaign where you don't lose a single soldier, I'll be waiting with hat and salt.
>>125493547
/v/ is known for shitposting, so it makes sense that shitposters convene there
>>125493573
Aggressive as in they are too stubborn and try to curse out anyone that proves them wrong
I don't know if anyone here is /tg/, but Ken Hite just released a mini-RPG where you basically play as 1970s XCOM.
MOON DUST MEN has you playing as field agents (investigators more than soldiers) fighting aliens and Soviet psychics, MAJESTIC OVERWATCH has you as the planning committee who choose what projects to fund and where to deploy interceptors, and then GALILEO UPLIFT is about the researchers working to reverse-engineer alien tech. It's fun shit.
Why didn't obama prevent the alien invasion in xcom2
They will know...
>>125495284
Obama wanted us to integrate the aliens.
>>125495292
EVERYBODY WILL KNOW
>>125495284
He was probably the one that pulled funding from xcom and surrendered to the enlightened ayys.
>>125475568
That dog is too OP and an exploit.
>>125496128
DELETE THIS
where can I get a list of random anime characters to make a namelist out of
>>125496406
Spike
Kaneda
Howl
Naruto
Vegeta
You're welcome
>>125496301
Actually it's magnificent strategy.
>>125497059
It deserves a magnificent change.
>XCOM was betrayed
>Vahlen has yet to be mentioned, not even as ded like Shen
I'd put money on that psychotic bitch being the turncoat. Anything for new tech, right?
Stream is Over.
>>125497236
She was mentioned in the book. She isn't working for Advent, but she is now a crazy scientist who wants to be left alone to root around in alien brains.
equipment video?
>>125497601
>book
>>125497605
Nah.
>EW vanilla
Anyone else think that equipping assaults with shotguns is kind of pointless once you get laser weapons.
Sure they deal more damage, but with rapid fire that's kind of moot. The long range accuracy of a rifle is better.
>>125497776
It was available on scribd for free a while back by accident. They fixed that however and you can no longer access it.
What is that dude in black armor in Beagle's stream?
>>125496128
NO! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! THIS DOESN'T FUCKING HAPPEN! DELETE THIS!
>>125498197
Can't you read the nametag, its beagle. It is fan art by some guy for beagle for xcom2.
>>125496818
>>125497997
A title, at least?
>>125499003
XCOM 2: Resurrection by Greg Keyes
>>125496406
Shiki
SHIKI
shiki
>>125498570
Made that post before the tag was put there.
>>125491454
this cuck sucks at xcom desu senpai baka
>>125499652
Much obliged. I'll be back when I find a working download.
>>125501137
Good luck with that, there isn't a publisher ebook copy until May "officially". Hopefully someone was able to rip it from scribd before being taken down. Pls find one online wizard man.
>>125495217
Oh, shit. I've been itching for an XCOM RPG. I gotta check that out.
>>125501325
Can you at least spoil something about what is Vahlen doing? She was already mindbreaking with alien brain since EU
>>125501846
I have horrible memory so bear with me. If I remember correctly, she has a lab hidden in Antarctica. The squad tracks her down and gets her help with decoding the messagethat leads to finding the commander.The Vahlen part ends with Advent attacking and the fate of Vahlen is unknown in the end. I think her lab is described as horrific with alien body parts all over the place.
>>125502306
MFW based Vahlen torturing ayys
>>125501325
didn't amazon have an ebook
>>125492691
beagle has streamed numerous campaigns over the years
he even finished the LW one after like a year and a half
>>125503271
I think it was only available in the UK. It definetly isn't available on the US amazon.
>>125502306
>>125502863
Dug through the archive because I remember someone posting a good summary before. I got it wrong with Antartica, it was a volcanic island. Vahlen will most likely show up in the game somewhere, unlike shen.
>>125503271
Nope. Tell ya what. If I can afford it, I'll throw down for a paperback, dissect it and scan it. It might be a while before I can afford it, so I wouldn't get your hopes up too much.
>>125503727
$10 + SH on amazon
Here is the summary from the archive since we are talking about the book.1. Xcom only brought down 2 UFOs, one of them is the avenger.
2. Xcom failed extremely early in-game (no lasers developed, or interrogation)
3. Bradford survived and spent his time drunk and resentful. He starts his journey to rejoin Xcom in the Epilogue.
4. Shen and Vahlen are both alive, bankrolled by an unknown source(s). Heavily implied some governments who folded did so in order to infiltrate ayy operations.
5. Shen survives in a converted WW2 sub, working on a plan to salvage what is now the Avenger. His health fades throughout the book, and when the AI of the avenger awakens sectoids Xcom couldn't find in cryo, he gets mind read, but it is not clear if the aliens found out since all sectoids died. (poor writing, sorry). He dies at the end of the book and leaves his brilliant daughter in his place. New Shen is smarter than old shen.
6. Vahlen survives and went underground on an active volcanic island. She continues research there, hacking the ADVENT systems. The island is found in the book, and is invaded. She activates the failsafe exploding the volcano which destroys the ADVENT and Chryssalid invaders. Vahlen fakes her death during this and escapes via Sea.
7. CONTAGION SPOILERS: It is not clear exactly WHAT contagion is: biological, chemical or alien. The book described it as a spread of 'crystal' that attaches itself to anything organic, including plant life. The animals it touches seem to be controlled by it (like zombies), and the animals dont behave as they normally would. (A hedgehog, some dogs and deer group together in one scene, and the operators use fire to kill them. The animals don't react to the fire and are subsequently destroyed by it). ADVENT uses flameweapons and prioritize containment of this contagion.
>>125503727
I can afford it but i don't have a creditcard ;-;
>>125503908Fffffucking Tiberium all over again. (Fuck yeah.) What's next, the Scrin showing up?
>>125503916
>i don't have a creditcard
prepaid card from stores.
Also, how do you survive without a card? It is smart to at least get one that you immediately pay off after purchases to build up credit.
does openxcom work with a pirated copy
>>125504161
Well i'm not american so i just use iDeal and i do have a card but it doesn't work internationally.
>>125503908Dat Tiberium
Nod mods please
>>125503916
As much as I hate suggesting it, PayPal. Pretty sure you can put money into a PP account from an alternate source and then use that on anything that accepts PayPal. Of course, I don't know how it works in your country, so there is a significant possibility that I could be wrong.
>>125504792
Dutch, right?
Try setting up a PayPal account if that's an option. You can transfer dosh from your bank account to it using iDeal
>>125506021
Yeah i tried making an account for that but paypal gives me shit when i use my own zipcode and even any other one i try.
>>125504305
yes
>>125475914
gotcha senpai
>>125506619
I wish it said how many soldiers had been lost/wounded on that screen
>>125487408
This map is like the worst in the game to start on. Wiped 3 times before winning my first impossible mission there. Never had a problem with the first mission before.
>>125506619
which dumbfuck was playing that managed to wipe a squad on the lowest difficulty setting? and the only soldier left alive has the extra armor, natch
>>125492470
>>125492510
>hunkering down instead of breaking LOS on impossible
>>125507325
must have been angry joe
>>125495217
Cool, thanks.
I stopped going to /tg/ after too many 40kfags took over every thread and they started getting super uptight about what was /tg/ and what was not.
>>125508907
I stopped going when quest threads took over.
reminder that when the snake lady says she will take you out for a night of pleasure, you will actually be kidnapped and melted down into goo at an ADVENT black site. it will be immensely pleasurable for her to watch your muffled screaming as you die.
vigilo confido
How does everyone else feel about XCOM 2's pre-order DLC and season pass?
I love X-COM. I even $115 (CAN) love X-COM. I would hand Firaxis $5000 in cash if it meant the difference between XCOM 3 being developed or not. I just don't want to encourage 2K's shitty business model.
>>125511060
Sounds like a risk I am willing to take.
In UFO Defense what should my approach to terror missions be? It currently just feels like throwing as many soldiers as I have into the meat grinder and hoping more promotions come out than deaths from all the slaughter.
>>125511294
rockets everywhere
>>125511258
Good, your shitty genetic material will set back whatever the ADVENT are up to.
>>125511438
You're right I only had one guy manning a rocket.
>>125511202
The season pass is not day one dlc so its fine and the day one dlc that comes with a preorder is just cosmetic stuff. I'm fine with paying more for more xcom related stuff, blind hate against dlc is stupid. There is bad dlc, look at ea and paradox, but firaxis at least wants to give us good content for our money.
>>125511202
I have zero problem with it.
Fuck, everyone here seems to think EW is the tits ("Just play EW, you don't even need to play EU") and yet no one is complaining that it was DLC. I don't get it.
>>125511438
This, the first four people out of the skyranger should have rocket launchers and backpacks full of large rockets. Just blow everything the fuck up, the LZ can't be hot if it doesn't exist. Also give all your non rocket dudes high explosive packs so they can wreck everything too.
Just be careful if it's a sectoid terror mission, mind control and explosives is not good times.
>>125511202
I'm alright with the principle. Not all DLC is evil, and it's pretty clear that this is stuff they'll be working on post-release, so it's not cut content. EU's DLC was, for the most part, solid, so I'm willing to put a bit of faith in Friaxis for a $5 discount.
>>125511623
i dont see the problem with paradox DLC, sure it makes buying a game thats been out for a few years more expensive but by that point its better to get them in a sale.
>>125512085
EW is an expansion. "DLC" is stuff like the Slingshot Pack and Elite Soldier Pack, of which one was "preorder or pay extra" shit that should have been in EU at launch.
>>125512587
It is more the fact that you have to pay for your mongolian characters to not look like a european instead of it being actually part of the horselord expansion. That is really scummy dlc policy.
>>125512587
Its DLC that doesn't have work put into it. Its one thing to have 15 dollar dlc that actually adds to the game, its another to add faces or portraits
>>125513027
>$218.46
Fucking hell.
>>125513169
Paradox owns the market on grand strategy games, they can make their customers their bitch. They have said so before.
>>125513027
>Ruler Designer
>"Lovingly craft the character you'll control for 20% of the campaign!"
>>125512816
>>125513027
thats still a cosmetic feature which doesn't limit the game in any way, its no different that games that sell character/weapon skins, if you really like a certain part you can buy a skin for it or just play without it
>>125504142
>What's next, the Scrin showing up?
Well, there is some unknown threat that had the ethereals worried about...
>>125513564
Its pretty big immersion breaker and is just cut from the main dlc to make more money.
>>125513564
That would be like the mec dlc having the new mec class look like a regular trooper unless you payed more for it to look like an actual mec.
>>125514201
immersion? i never really thought of it that way, i've never been immersed in a grand strategy game because you play them from such an external point of view. in CK2 i nver really look at portraits, in EU4 i dont care about any of the unit sprites and i dont use sprites when playing HoI3
>Tfw you have a classical composer in your barracks
Would you want Thin Mints back in XCOM 2?
>>125516293
They are back
>>125516293
No. Keep those goofy fuckers. I want goofy advent and their mecs.
