Anarchies Children edition
Previous squadwipe >>140615361
News:
1)
Julian Gollop is working on his new game, Phoenix Point. It's a turn-based tactical game with strategy elements, destructible terrain, geoscape and character progression much akin to XCOM
2)2) Long war studios are working on more mods for Xcom2, the first of five Long War Toolbox is live on the workshop
https://xcom.com/news/en-long-war-studios-creating-more-xcom-2-mods
Furthermore mod author Capnbubs - maker of the most endorsed mod on the workshop - has been signed onto the LWS team
Here are some links for the curious, though there isn't much yet:
>https://twitter.com/Phoenix_Point
>http://www.phoenixpoint.info/
>http://www.pcgamer.com/julian-gollop-announces-new-game-phoenix-point/
The /xcg/ Mandatory Read
>>http://pastebin.com/k9pT8zx4
<<Helpful XCOM 2 Links!>>
Essential improvements (Skip intros, alleviate stuttering, multi monitor support, resolutions past 1080p)
>http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=616682629
XCOM2 NEW AND IMPROVED MODLIST, updated regularly:
>>http://pastebin.com/pTMatP5Z
NEW AND WORKING MEGA MOD LIBRARY - Contains literally all mods from the new modlist:
-RECENTLY UPDATED AND COMPRESSED IN ZIP FORMAT
>>https://mega.nz/#F!HlgWjCqR!STJ0c0kW8Fs6jKynqKyerw
Music For Killing Ayys:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfW1bkPI8Kc
/xcg/'s Long War FAQ (new players read this shit):
>http://pastebin.com/YmaXBKpN
pistols are usefulI like Anarchies Children
snek
>>140856709
Just pointing out a typo:
>2)2) Long war
Also move the phoenix point links to be next to the relevant new item.
>>140856709
>lw links slimmed down
>capnbubs info in
>fairly low character count
This is better than the longer one I suggested, gj OP! I may be biased because you put my screenshot in there though.swords are useless
post mission music, i need some shit to listen to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO5SpavZxeM
>new Long Dong mods
Are you ready for the magnificent design, /xgc/?
They're going to buff argon toxicity even further so andromedons will be more dangerous to kill.
>>140857279
Yeah I spotted the typo
Also fuck I didn't notice I fucked up the links, tiny textbox threw me off and I was distracted by trying to get it to fit. As long as we remember to fix it for next thread it'll be fine.
>>140857302
Thanks lad
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>>140857450
We don't have the thinmen's acid cloud on death anymore, so I don't see why we shouldn't add it back in to andromedons as space argon clouds.
>>140857450
REEEE NO MEMES ALLOWED
>>140857450
Already got my music prepared
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gO7uemm6Yo
Got XCOM 2 yesterday and I've been playing it quite a bit. Game really needs some serious patching when it comes to attacks though
> Got a couple of soldiers inside a building
> They're stacked up against a wall
> Stun prod enemy runs up and stuns one of them
> Through the fucking wall
Another time a snake bitch grabbed one of my guys through the floor.
Also how's my ranger looking?
>>140857345
Check the OP for music for 8 man squads
>>140857965
Not bad.
>>140857965
Yeah, there is some serious issues with ceilings/floors not blocking los, though I can't say I have had people melee me through wall though.
Nth for pure innocent Codex
>>140857302
>>swords are useless
NO
What is ADVENT's stance on religion?
>>140858664
Praise the Elders
>>140858664
This pretty much: >>140858787
All old earth culture is considered archaic and an obstacle towards the ascendance of humanity. Or so they say.
>>140859101
that's not true, they have no issue with waifus
>>140859272
Hmmm, maybe your right...
>>140859415
>snek
>codex
>female advent
They clearly cherish waifus
asshole clenched
>>140859415
Love can bloom?
>>140859817
I wouldn't count on it.
There's nothing more frustratingly disappointing and anger inducing as having the best guy on the team with all the gear killed, and then turned into a zombie by some cheeky sectoid.
Ayy Smiley got two grenades after he hit the ground on our way out.
>>140859769
Dont fuck up know
>>140859981
We already went over this, that is a screenshot of a Codex successfully proposing a cultural exchange.
>>140859817
Yes, even on a battlefield.
>>140859981
Shuddup, you.
C L O S E R A N G E ?
>>140860305
>>140860163
>>140860280
In this fight not even waifus are safe,
>>140860430
But that codex is fine and she's now happily experiencing the blissful joys of Xcom culture while showing them what a long experienced albeit highly shaky Advent culture can do
>>140860656
Recent intel suggests they never left the battlefield.
>>140860858
Don't be ridiculous anon
>>140860995
>>140859981
This image is extremely graphic all advent citizens should know the malice xcom is capable of.
>>140862028
I only see a ded snek, thanks for showing that they accepted the Codex's proposal and are now working to improve themselves
>>140862028
REMOVE SNEK! ALL HAIL THE COMMANDER'S PROPHET BRADFORD, MAY SWEATERS BE UPON HIM.
COMMANDER ACKBAR!
>>140862290
THAT FUCKING SLUTTY-ASS VIBRATOR BITCH CAN GO TO HELL REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>140862951
Don't worry, the sneks death wasn't in vain and now the Codex is having lots of fun and enjoyable experiences with Xcom and the sneks corpse was turned into glue
>>140862951
top kek
Nobody can do space correctly without absolutely butchering the laws of physics.
![xcom7[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/tRlx9vz.jpg "xcom7[1].jpg")
>>140857748
I still miss the bastards.Keep their memory alive, anon.
>>140865618
Most things don't try to do space correctly as it makes for a shitty game or blockbuster
Fun fact, Elite Dangerous tried doing perfect space physics but found it completely killed dogfights and with weapon ranges and accuracy turned the game into space jousting with the losing party just not coming back around when their shields went down and accelerating into the sunset
>>140859817
why the fuck would you stretch out the image
>>140865894
>Most things don't try to do space correctly as it makes for a shitty game or blockbuster
It does neither, it changes what you can do. It's like saying submarine combat has to be exactly like space fighter combat or it's not fun.
Fucking retarded.
The problem is that people can't seem to conceive of space being anything other then WWII space fighters, or how anything except WWII space fighters could be fun.
And that's because they're retards.
Elite Dangerous fucked up by trying to implement WWII dogfighting in space, while ignoring all the elements that even make WWII dogfighting fun and interesting to begin with. That's a game design failure, not a "realistic space is intrinsically boring" failure. And retards keep failing at it and begetting the whole thing more.
>>140865618
I presume this is in regards to the new CoD trailer? CoD has never cared about realism, even the old ones are abstract and one man army as fuck (the soviet level where you clear out large portions of Stalingrad pretty much singlehandedly come to mind) and expecting space realism from them is silly considering this is the studio that brought us a teleporting russian army, a russian army that conquers all of europe in a few hours and the Ghosts tank that handles like a Ferrari
>>140866453
>the Ghosts tank that handles like a Ferrari
I was pretty annoyed about that, it felt so stupid
>>140866385
Because its not exciting, realistic space combat would be two opposing fleets made up of ships primarily constructed of heat radiators firing at each other from hundreds of thousands of KM away, read atomic rockets if it still exists if you want to know quite how boring it would be in anything but strategy game.
They didn't try to implement classic dogfighting in space though, that was my entire point, they fell back to it after realising realistic combat would make it a boring game.
Also whats with all the aggression, just because people enjoy classic dogfighting which is visually exciting and tense doesn't make them retards, its the same reason in most action films they don't show the reality of modern air combat which is just sitting beyond visual range firing missiles at each other
>>140866941
It was just silly fun and its a Call of Duty game, simplified fun vehicle controls are a staple.
>>140867153
I would have preferred it feel like Battlefield ( responses to inputs are sluggish and vehicles can't turn on a dime)
>>140866941
Of all the ridiculous shit in Ghosts THATS where you draw the line?
>>140866385
>>140867018
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/ Found it, and it still has the same design as it always had. The owner was a right lad, replied to every stupid question I emailed him.
>>140867452
>THATS where you draw the line?maybe it is, what are you going to do about it nerd?
>>140867708
Be confused, the handling wasn't even the most ridiculous section of the tank sequence
>>140867895
yeah, the most ridiculous thing was the fact you had Ghosts installed on your computer or on a console or had the disc in your console
>>140868049
I chuckled in a sensible manner
>>140868049
Is a man not allowed to have bad taste anymore?
>>140868218
You're not allowed to have any sort of opinion
Stop judging me because I'm 700 pounds, I'm perfectly healthy, stop oppressing me with your "fit" genetics
>>140868467
>Stop judging me because I'm 700 pounds, I'm perfectly healthy, stop oppressing me with your "fit" genetics
That came from nowhere
>>140868590
No, that came from McDonalds
>>140868590
I think that was his (your?) point. (The Joke)wasn'tfunnybutnotbecauseitwasntfunny.it'sblameculturek
>>140868967
Most days I don't get to see a train wreck in person
Today is not one of those days
>>140868967
I have no clue whats happening
>>140860117
I am a man of patience, they finally moved and I got them one by one
>>140869328
>turns taken
>44
thats a lot of patience
So is xcom 2 better than xcom :enemy within or not?
i heard a lot of bad things about xcom 2 on release day.
>>140870032
They're probably about on par, the strategy layer is better in EW but the tactics layer is better in Xcom2. Long War is still better than Xcom2 but with mods and DLC I would expect Xcom 2 to eclipse EW. If you enjoyed EW you'll enjoy Xcom2.
>>140870032
Its different. The bad stuff you heard was undeserved for the most part.
>>140870260
>>140870390
nice. gonna smash my enemy within play through and get on the sequel. thanks family.
>>140867018
>Because its not exciting, realistic space combat would be two opposing fleets made up of ships primarily constructed of heat radiators firing at each other from hundreds of thousands of KM away, read atomic rockets if it still exists if you want to know quite how boring it would be in anything but strategy game.
How is any of that boring?
You're making the same mistake all the other retards do: If it isn't spasm-inducing 'fun' it isn't 'fun'. Why in the fuck is someone like you even in an xcom thread? Your type is usually complaining about how boring turn-based gameplay is and how everything should be real time.
>>140870882
>waiting for decades just to have your missiles to miss the enemy ship
>fun
>>140870882
I don't think you quite comprehend the distances that are involved, it would be a salvo of torpedos firing, a big cannon firing or a little red light coming on and then a few minutes/hours later having a ship suddenly explode or watch an effectively invisible missile/projectile miss by several hundred km isn't that exciting and thats what realistic space combat is. The distances involved are massive and the same technology used to make space travel possible will make space combat just that.
Also it only works for a strategy game like I said if you actually bothered to read instead of sperging out at the first line, most genres are not suited to realistic combat because its not fun for it, it would be great fun in a turn based or real time strategy but it would be shit for a shooter or action RPG
Its funny how having a basic understanding of physics and not finding sitting watching nothing happen for several hours with an explosion happening once boring makes me apparantly incapable of enjoying xcom.
Holo targeting or Implacable?
>>140870032
The only problem I have right now is that I can't adapt to the gorilla warfare. Even on normal my squad often loses 1-2 soldiers per mission which never happened in xcom. I hope I'm not a pleb in a few days and start to change my playstyle.
>>140871195
It's so unfortunate that it's impossible for games to do anything like speed up or slow down or otherwise change the presentation of time to the player.
But no, go on with your caricature of a game, strawmanning all the way about how unfun it would be because of your contrived conditions of 'fun' and what this hypothetical game would play like.
>>140870882
>reee stop having different opinions to me
>>140871758
You will get a hang of it don't worry also you do have some room for error so don't be afraid to pull out of a mission or two.
I drew a picture of snek dancing like an egyptian
Whats with all the people trying to stir drama today?
>>140871593
Realistic sci-fi games can't be fun because if I made one, it wouldn't be fun. For example, don't you know how long it would take a missile to travel 1.2 million kilometers? Waiting for 2 IRL months while playing a game wouldn't be fun!
Therefore all realistic sci-fi can't be fun, because, as you can see from my example game, it's impossible to make it fun, you have to do so much boring stuff.
>>140872065
Is also nazi snek, v rude
>built 7 nanovests to try and see if they helped
>forget that all my soldiers only have one utility slot
>140 early game supplies gone
>>140872418
Did you not play EU or something where vests were the most useless fucking item in the game?
>>140871659
What soldier? If you can expect them to get a lot of kills, then implacable is good. If you hate missing and like killing things with fewer bullets, holo targetting is for you.
>>140858230
Line of sight in general is just completely broken.
Pic related. Muton is just standing there against a wall, absolutely nothing between him and my guys and somehow he's got full cover because ???
>>140872418
>he fell for the nanofiber jew
TOPSNEK
>>140872669
the nanofiber taking up a utility slot is kind of stupid. It's just a vest. Why would it use a utility slot?
>>140872570
I did, I've actually played it more than I have 2. I remember them being universally useless and for some reason I thought they'd make them better
I wonder who it is at firaxis that makes all these useless items
>>140872584
I have the feeling the cover system is somehow broken too. Even when I flank my enemies, they sometimes don't show the flanked symbol.
>>140872584
It means he's in high cover on one side and you're not flanking him, its identical to how xcom 2012 did it
>>140872576
Specialist, I'm considering Implacable since three of my other guys ended up with Holo-targeting too
>>140872418
They're good in the very early game to prevent your rookies getting oneshot.
Once they've got 7-8 health plus a point of armor, you don't have to worry about the vests anymore.
>>140873010
Consider grabbing holo-targeting. A guardian specialist will be able to apply holo targeting onto a large number of enemies, allowing for easy clean up (in an ideal world of course). Then again, having holo targeting on a lot of soldiers is a bit redundant.
>>140872880
Probably the same person that forgot to make smoke do something before launch
>>140873579
>>140872880
>>140872570
>>140872418
Not an exactly original idea but, what if instead of vests that take a slot, each vest can be added to base armor like a weapon mod? There would have to be some balancing stuff to work out but how about something like this:
No addition: No effect
Nanoscale vest: -1 mobility, +1 health
And so on. Each vest would give you soe small bonus at the cost of mobility.
just cleared commander difficulty with my team of JAV idols
now for legend
>>140874587
Did you use the japanese voice pack?
>>140874570
>armor mod slots
Anon all you have to do is say that and its already a good idea
>>140874970
it's a thing in grimy's loot mod
Ranger with serial is fucking disgusting
>>140875152
it promotes rape of alien culture
>>140874570
More ideas
Tactical rigging: -1 mobility, 1 more utility slot
Mind shield: -1 mobility, +20 will
Jump jets: allows soldiers to jump up buildings
Shield generator: -1 mobility, the soldier starts with 3-5 shields.
Camo: decreases detection radius for this soldier.
Blast padding: -1 mobility, +1 armor, reduced damage from explosives.
What other useless items are there?
>>140875978
blast padding is a skill, not an item
>>140877090
Yeah I know, I was just brainstorming potential armor mods.
>>140871593
How do you even know what realistic space combat is?
Have you been aboard a frigate in the Wild Yonder at the bridge yet?
No?
>>140877449
http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/
Physics is constant.
>>140877567
Yes, but the progression of technology is not. By the point we're dividing and forming militarized factions in space we'd probably have been there a long time.
>>140877337
could make it "EOD gear"
-1 movement, +1 armor, +33% resistance to explosive damage
Then it makes blast padding really tempting for a sweet +3 armor, 66% explosive resistance
>>140877669
For clarity, I meant to imply that humans have a habit of exponentially improving their technology with each successive breakthrough, instead of keeping to a linear scale.
Just look at the Renaissance for an example.
>>140872186
I literally said it would work fine for a strategy game where that kind of thing can be abstracted. Do you have no reading comprehension?
>>140877669
And that will still be bound by the laws of physics, heat retention is always going to be a massive issue and the kind of tech needed to move a starship is going to make for an incredibly effective long range weapon.
The laws of physics are constant, nothing is going to change the fact that you'll be able to spot your target from vast differences away, nothing is going to change the fact that the same tech used to propel a starship can be turned around and used as a weapon. As technology advances with things like high powered lasers and railguns these things are going to become even more pronounced, if you can accelerate something to relativistic speed or project a beam that can heat a hull to millions of degrees in a second you're going to be engaging from very long distances and with the lack of things like air resistance and a medium for light to diffract in these are going to be a lot more powerful than on Earth.
It sucks but unless we discover some way to break the laws of physics thats what realistic space combat will be like. This is proved to an extent by history, as technology has advanced military technology has become longer and longer ranged
>>140878268
It kind of sucks that the best space warfare simulator we have is the unfinished mexican game
>>140878556
Despite my complaints about realism I honestly wouldn't mind an actual realistic space strategy game (or even a more classic RPG with less focus on space warfare), it could be interesting if done properly, theres just a time and a place for it due to how it would play out.
>>140874570
It's kind of what long war did with most of the additional armor/items. It's interesting when items are given a cost/benefit, but often times with the limited resources the biggest costs are opportunity, e.g. you couldn't equip the grenade.
I think nanoscale vests by themselves have a very small niche in the early game where you have weapon mods but are on the ropes with only rookies. Or are just on the ropes with only rookies that must eat the pain for a sergeant to rise.
>Did we start the fire?
>>140878794
I'd love something like KSP, but less cartoony and with actual win/lose conditions, factions, colonies, resourceS, etc
How exactly does the wounded state system work in the game? So far it just seems completely random how long a character is going to be in the infirmary after a mission.
> Heavy gunner and a ranger both take damage during a mission
> Heavy gunner gets bound by snake tits and only takes 2 damage
> Ranger gets shanked by a advent stun lancer and takes 4 damage
> Heavy gunner is gravely wounded and has to spend over two weeks in the infirmary
> Ranger is just wounded and just needs to spend a couple days in the infirmary
How does that even make sense?
>>140878794
I imagine it'd be very similar to submarine warfare from the cold war era. You get a image of where a craft is and a time-stamp then a moment later you get another, and the computer extrapolates a probably set of paths. You decide where to shoot and it's more like you're setting off a depth charge or flak than anything pinpoint.
Bust out your stopwatch
>>140878268
>advanced military technology has become longer and longer ranged
>its 2016 and there are people that think supercarriers are remotely worth the cost
>its 2016 and they think carriers aren't just casualty bait for an actual war
>>140879076
It rolls for what wound you get, taking less damage increases you chance to take a light wound, but it's not guaranteed.
>>140879076
The damage dealt to a unit deals wound points (based on percentage health damage), the amount of time needed out is based on these points, for some stupid reason the time required healing for the points has massive overlap.
For example you can get the max amount of woundpoints and roll a regular wound while someone can have a middle number of woundpoints and roll a gravely injured.
>>140878268
I've personally played a turn-based tabletop wargame using realistic physics doing 'spaceship dogfighting' and it works perfectly fine
You're just stuck on "space combat isn't/can't be fun because I said so"
It's literally just submarines in space except they have rocket engines on the back and skate around like they're on black ice while firing lasers and nuclear missiles at each other.
Yeah, totally not fun, sure thing bro.
Let me remind you I've actually PLAYED this.
ahurr durr space combat can't be fun or exciting; go fuck yourself. I'm sick of retards like you who parrot this stupid fucking meme every single fucking time realistic space combat comes up because you can't personally think of how it would be entertaining.
>>140879076
Largely RNG, I think it's partially based off of Will.
Can open up the .ini files to check. There's a few mods that try to rebalance it based on damage and total health of the soldiers.
The hidden pronoun is (You) can open up the ini files to check.
>>140879008
Would be nice, I kind of want a full on hard sci-fi crpg now.
>>140879246
Distances are so astronomical it would be a lot harder than that, a ship wouldn't be that big and you'd start engaging from a long way out, if you presume lasers continue to get more advanced you wouldn't even really need the timing.
>>140879327
Yes, they'd be taken out by long range cruise and ballistic missiles.
>>140879453
I've literally said it could be fun in the right setting.
You also aren't capable to grasp the fact that the realism of the setting and physics goes out the window if you have short range fights as any ship would be detectable from extreme ranges due to the coldness of space and any tech capable of taking you up there and making you effective at fighting would be effective at extreme ranges.
You're boardgame simply sounds like it has mildly realistic flight physics and then throws everything else out in the sake of "fun"
You clearly have no understanding of physics and technology if you think dogfighting in space is remotely realistic. I have literally linked resources by actual physicists explaining what realistic space combat would look like and you cling on to denying it would be like that.
>>140879327
They're great for killing poor brown people who can't fight back though which is all the west needs to be able to do, the threat of nuclear war does the rest :^)
>>140880785
if we want to kill poor brown people, just use an air station, we've got them fucking everywhere
why is steam updating xcom 2 right now
why am I downloading what looks to be a 100+mb patch
>>140881256
its a virus, gabe is hacking your computer
>>140881217
Yeah but then you can't shitpost about how America has more aircraft carriers than the rest of the world combined
>>140881412
But we don't need to send that many innocent nuke souls into the Rickover Reactors
Fuck Rickover
Fucking faggot using the guise of nuclear energy to make a navy that actually runs on the souls of its crewmembers
>>140881765
Its not his fault he had to make a deal with the dark gods to ensure America became a super power.
don't 404 on me
>>140884648
error, content not found
Is this still xcom thread?
>>140891628
I juse beat my first xcom2 game today.
Bretty fun.
I was playing on low duff cuz I'm rubbish. Gonna play again on hard.
>>140892007
Anyone got tips for ironman?
I'm scared and love to savescum
>>140892229
welcome to restart-the-game-after-2-weeks-of-playing if you actually have a life outside video games-ville
>>140892229
Do you actually want to play ironman, or are you just doing it because some people on the internet told you too
>>140892229
It's about getting used to it and the dangers that are presented. I have to say getting used to fatigue again was another challenge for myself.
For xcom2, I definitely did a commander run with an extended campaign mod and then switched to legend in the third month.
Starting what I consider a true ironman legend game only recently and I have to say that experience has really helped me feel a lot more comfortable. Definitely there's salty moments, like finding a sectoid reanimating the body of my best armed soldier (so the equipment and the soldier were lost for good), but it's important to think about things as being expendable for the greater good of the campaign.
That feeling when you realize the sectoid is not a sectoid but a sectoid commander... I didn't think I could feel trepidation again, but there it is...
>Mods are great
>>140893781
He's only allowed to play how I dictate or else he needs to gtfo from MY franchise that I'm so autistic about I'll rabidly attack and insult anyone that plays worse than me, better than me, and equal to me because I need to feel secure about my poor life choices
Do I still need to check every single one of my nigh 100 mods individually?
How did I fail this
>>140896385
That poor soldier ;-;
>>140896385
Oh. Ohhhhhhhh. Whoops.
>>140895934
Yes. There is an alternative mod launcher, which I haven't used, that might have a select all button.
>>140857096
That doesn't look like an ADVENT Snek, Commander.
>>140895934
Check the op modlist, there's a better mod launcher
>>140892229
Ironman isn't a problem once you start removing bullshit RNG stuff and you've got more tools to counter bullshit RNG stuff.
Basically, it's great once you're mid-late game.
It's a huge pain in the ass early game though, because it's piss easy to wipe entire squads just because one guy triggered another pod and they have flanks on everyone.
Unfortunately, that's the nature of a game that relies on numbers to beat human players, rather than good AI.
>>140898016
>>140899341
Holy SHIT YES
>>140898764
There, now she's an ADVENT snek
>>140900225
kek. Pretty clever anon
Friendly reminder that there has been some recent [Beagle Activity]
>>140900225
I could not have predicted this outcome, though it is intriguing.I had to Google to get it.
>>140900274
I have a good feeling the seviper is cropped porn but I've never seen the original so I can't know for sure
So I just noticed that Always Show Shot Breakdown and Perfect Information are in conflict. Is there anyway to tell what the conflict will do? I've seen Perfect Information give wrong numbers (over 100% shots missing), but I assumed that it was from conflict with EU Rolls.
I brought the target in alive, but at what cost?
Fucking ADVENT Snipers.
I can tell you though, this VIP? Man they aren't gonna be happy soon.
I imagine several of the crew are more than eager to enact some 'justice' for the death of a fellow soldier.allahu akbar
>>140902975
over 100% shots can miss in the base game too, I think it's a problem with the game regardless of mods
I never see something shown as 100% when firing on your turn miss or had a 100% alien shot at my guys miss, but I've seen 100% reaction shots miss, I've seen aliens miss mimic beacons and civilians that should be 100% etc.
It can happen
>>140902898
Google gave me the artist, he does pokeporn, The image actually isn't cropped surprisingly, that is it.
http://lunis1992.deviantart.com/art/A-Serpent-By-Any-Other-Name-Wouldn-t-Be-Me-315091479
>>140903135
I've seen an ADVENT Captain miss a 1165% shot on a mimic beacon. I think the numbers are slightly wrong.
>>140902995
It's the tacticool equipment in my opinion. If you were wearing more goofy outfits the enemy wouldn't take you as seriously.
>>140903890
To be honest you're probably right.
Also, my guns look too dangerous. They're black, and they have attachments on them, so the enemy probably gets scared more easily and calls in reinforcements to deal with the 'assault weapons'.
Plus the balaclavas are 100% terrorist equipment, so that doesn't help.
ayy lmao
>>140905335
God I love the DMR. It is so much better than the assault rifle.
The hell man, i'm using that M60 mod from the modpackage but the textures show as black. What gives?
>>140905951
Go to My Games/XCOM2/XComGame/Config and delete everything inside (if you have the uniform manager mod, then delete everything except XComUniforms.ini). Now verify cache.
If you still have issues un-subscribe the mod, restart steam, then re-subscribe.
>>140905548
it's great for anyone likely to be either staying with height advantage some distance from the enemy, or for anyone who's gonna be picking off exposed targets from a distance
I find though, with OW infantry or scouts, sometimes using the DMR is just asking to get the close range aim penalties. Rocketeers and Harrier infantry can get a lot from em, but you need a bit of shotgun support from support classes if you do that
>>140905335ayy lmeow
>>140907598
What the fuck is wrong with that? Did it get sectoid genes spliced in or what?
>>140907964
alien experimentation
it is intriguing
>>140875978
>Tactical rigging: -1 mobility, 1 more utility slot
I was actually thinking of something like
>Tactical Rigging: Adds a dedicated vest and ammo slot
>>140908213
Although this sectoid/feline hybrid lacks any obvious combat capabilities, I find it nonetheless intriguing, commander.
>>140859817
>>140859415
>>140907964
Cataracts.no pun intended.
>>140908841
I like these vest ideas being thrown around they could really add to that attrition mod that god made.
>>140909887
*got made, stupid phone
>>140909887
>>140909954
I was actually thinking that a perk which adds
>dedicated ammo slot
>dedicate vest slot
Would be an ace basic perk for an Infantry class.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=674420475
>>140910328
ammo-bearer perk works like a medkit
>>140881018
God is dead and we killed him.
>>140910426
Ammo-bearer concept combined with Grimy's attrition mod limited ammo feature would be the shit
>>140911975
Aroused just thinking about it
>>140909775
I prefer my aliums stretched and disfigured, thank you very much. Your posters trying to 'correct' them are quite disgusting. Beauty at any size, and any amount of distortion, thank you very much!
>>140909775
>be xcom operative on leave
>"left is really cute, maybe i should ask her out"
>take her for lunch
>notice stunlancer shoulderpads
>aggressive ptsd trigger, drops spaghetti in front of a very confused and flustered date
writefag my shitty idea and i'll tell you the secret of legend rushesi'll drop you a hint, it's shotgun rangers and rushing psi
>>140916285
>I'm going home.
>>140916285
>Shotgun
>Being good at anything
>>140917193
He's right though, that's the speedrun meta
>>140917193
>literally best weapon in the entire game due to 100% accuracy, best normal damage and very high crit to top it off
>somehow it is not amazing
Top kek
>>140919413
Especially when Talon Rounds exist
>F R E E 20% Crit
>>140919413
>>140919587
Please stop your dream team shotgunning memes in my Coy Codex General, thank you very much.
>>140857096
remove snek.
>>140921137
pls no
>>140921137
no
snek a best
>>140921137
Don't be a silly Anon, Snek is top tier comfy and cozy.
>>140921802
>you will never achieve top comfy with snek
it hurts
Dead general
Dead game
Dead mascot streamer
its all ogre
Y'know, I've heard about firecrotch before, but this is ridiculous.
>>140923181
>you will never pat smaller cutie snek on her head and queeze her headboobs and boop her snoot
>They finally brought Ricochet back, the greatest esport in the world, thank you Advent
Kek
>>140925041
no u
>>140925148
>you will never come home after a long day of working at ADVENT Electronics Factory No.17 to be greeted by snek and a hot plate of spaghetti and meatballs
>>140856709
i remember that screenshot from storyanons retaliation mission a couple of threads ago
what happened to him, did we scare him away? modlist hasn't been updated in a while either
Bagels today?
>>140929976
Oh snap just noticed:
https://twitter.com/beaglerush/status/727418274216964096
https://twitter.com/beaglerush/status/727420954763124736
He's now moved his Firaxis (or Firaxis has moved it) to Friday night (for US and Euros).
First stream back will be Friday the 13th.
So we have confirmation, but that means no stream today.
>>140930378
But
Why?
>>140893781
That's a fair question. I don't entirely know. It would be a neat accomplishment.
>>140928239
He posts in every thread, he even posted at the start of this thread to say that was his image.
200+th forcyclops eye mod when
>>140925095
This is why Advent stopped building facilities in Scotland
>>140928239
I haven't gone anywhere, I just haven't been storyposting. The modlist was updated last friday, nothing worthwhile since then imo
Feel free to drop suggestions though!
>>140930493
One of his tweets apologized to his Europeans viewers stating, "If I had to wake up at 4am one more time, I would actually die."
>post yfw Dawn of War 3 confirmed
>>140931569
>>140931569
The plot will be orks causing problems at first, then the eldar turn and start smuggering and trying to stop the actual threat which turns up in the last half of the campaign, I predict it'll be necrons this time.
>>140931907
Nah its Chaos like always. I mean the trailer literally featured Skull Throne of Khorne
>>140931907
>>140932201
i hope its tyranids
>>140932201
I dunno, we had chaos in the first game and pretty much every DLC, Necrons haven't had a chance to be a main game antagonist yet and weren't really in the second game except from one tiny DLC a month or two ago.
>Combat Knife mod
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=677573817
>>140933971
Thats not a knife
>>140932442
>mfw Space Tomb Kings still not announced
Alright, beat the game on normal. I like that they rebalanced the action economy, and that I can't just spam assaults all over the place.
Psi seems absolutely game breaking, and hacking seems of marginal utility, the tradeoff doesn't seem worth the benefit a lot of the time. Game seems just as focused on not letting enemies have a turn as EW.
Is Classic difficulty more of a balanced experience?
>>140935821
I'd still say that classic (commander) is still the most balanced between " a challenge" but still fun for most people just like in X1.
Psi is definitely broken, they just bring too much utility and damage, and with so many abilities the cooldowns hardly matter. Stasis is arguably the best ability in the game, or at least is in the running for it.
>>140857748
that fucker with 2 gun
someone should make an exalt version of this rookie
>>140862028
man i should totally set up winter uniforms
>>140931569
Wonder if they're going to include base building again.
>>140940886
Yes, base building was confirmed.
Overall the game is closer to DoW1 than DoW2 form what we've been told so far.
It's an AYY life.
>>140931569
Oh shit, that looks like it'll be fu--
>>140941426
Ugh.
>>140942019
>likes DoW2 over DoW1
Get out
NONSENSE, NO INTERCEPTOR HAS BEEN LAUNCHED, ADVENT CONTROLS THE EARTH
The Commander isn't attacking, he's making allies
Even as we speak, he courts the East Asians, the Chinks!
>>140943023
Primarily commanding heroes in the single player was infinitely more fun than a quasi-RTS with sort-of-but-not-really base building and resource generation that was present in DoW1.
If I wanted a decent mix of RTS and RPG I'd play Spellforce or Spellforce 2 again. Dawn of War 1 couldn't even live up to those games despite being sci-fi instead of of high fantasy.
Hello /xcg/
So, recently, I added a new concept to my mod, which is I added supplies as a cost for research. I added this in order to increase the early and mid game tension and as a way to limit the player from becoming op through the selling of resources, items, etc.
In practice, I created a hectic early game, where some research is unobtainable til a supply raid happens or you're forced to sell your items.
However, there is an issue with research just on the backburner all the time, which can get boring. How do you think i can fix this without removing the supply requirement entirely? Also any other interesting mechanics/ideas you'd like to share?
>>140943996
Could actually make more research items take a minimum level of scientists just to start. Not sure how easy or hard that would be to implement though.
>>140943996
decrease research times and turn it from a slow, cautious if-you-lose-a-man-you're-fucked early game to send-forth-rookies-to-the-harvester-of-souls early game
and to prevent any blatant cheese, you only have a limited number of free rookies, and after that point, hiring costs start increasing based on how many you've gotten killed (since it would take a hefty sum to convince people to die if you're a shitty commander or just allahu akbar everything)
>>140944256
I know that there was a couple or researches that required a certain amount of staff, I think it was the sectoid autopsies or psionics. Will take a look at it
>>140944545
I don't really agree with most of your suggestions but I can see where you're coming from. I don't agree with the entire "rookies to the slaughter" approach, yes rookies should be weaker and much more vulnerable than your veterans, but they still should have a chance and a use for something. I do agree with the costs increasing with more losses approach though, it would be something above my current experience level but I will keep it in mind. As for the decrease in research times? No, I like long research times as they encourage a hunt for scientists and a need for the black market to buy rushes, its an additional struggle in the strategic game
>>140943996
So I don't know what your mod is, but the issue I'm seeing is the enemy will be outpacing XCOM. A supply cost added too researching magnetic weapons means that it will be even longer before I can afford to build them from. In the mean time, the doom counter has put on a jetpack and is flying high. ADVENT will be sending out more advanced ayys like mutons and I will be stuck trying to fight them and destroy facilities with ballistics.
Easy solution would be to slow down threat level increase and the doom timer.
>>140944545
oh right, increase mission frequency early game too then have a tightened advent security moment that reduces mission rates
and make bradford fly faster
>>140945563
I think the best way to describe it is to make early game strategy an opposite of late game, details dont matter much
>Harrier Infantry
>AWC gives them ITZ
>H&R Executioner Scout
>AWC gives them Reaper
>Sniper
>AWC gives them H&R
>Salvo Rocketeer
>AWC gives them ITZ
>Harrier Infantry
>AWC gives them Reaper
>Support fire Gunner
>AWC gives them Rupture
FUCKING DREAM TEAM HOLY SHIT
>>140946354
visusal evidence or this tale is but a falsehood
>>140946493
lemme get pic
>>140943883
/twg/ pls
>>140948710
I SUPPOSE HE'LL BRING WITH HIM AN ARMY OF SHIVS!
Does X-Com support open source software and memes?
>>140953516
No, but open source software supports X-Com.
>>140953783
>X-Com supports closed source
"ADVENT is the future of humanity" - Stallman
>>140953959
So Advent has open source AND better waifus, xscum on suicide watch?
>>140956218
>xscum on suicide watch?
they've been on suicide watch, they simply can't compete
Well I'm off for another clash with the Mercenaries, so hopefully it goes better this time (16/18 died of my squad died only killing two enemies).
This time I'm packing low/mid tier laser weapons, a few basic plasma wepaons, posion nades, ellerium nades, lots of HE bricks, and a spore launcher. Completely dropped all ballistic weapons as even the best are near useless against their armor.
Still might have to beat a hasty retreat.
>>140957379
Try not to die this time
>>140957379
>>140957538
No guarantees.
>>140956579
I can't wait till xcom 3 where theres no need to use xscum operatives as all the defected Advent will be superior
>>140958238
>implying we won't play as ADVENT in XCOM 3
>>140958238
I'm more excited for the dating sim parody called X-Cum where you play as an unseen protagonist that runs around having sex with a bunch of characters in a VN that features gameplay where you go on short tactical missions to impress you are chosen waifu for that run
>>140958709
Firaxis pls
