/xcg/ - XCOM General

Archers are god tier, Goliaths are nigh-unkillable tanks when played right

Oh this is Long War? Well you heard right. Also consider Goliaths for tanks paired with a psionic support medic packing medkit perks/dank smoke/and mind merge (gives bonus DR based on will).

You don't even need the smoke and merge, a well built Goliath has crazy DR and health inherently.

Nice, I've got plenty of gunners and rocketeers

I know there's a minimum grade but do I wait for them to get the maximum grade or is it pointless to go past a certain one?

I'm aware, I'm just referencing this from someones experience with Impossible in B15.

I'm pretty sure you want these guys max ranked if possible.

Alright then

Any perks I shouldn't pass on? Not sure which to choose from Tandem/Javelin/Danger Zone for example

I assume Mayhem is essential

Perks don't carry to Mecs

Oh

So what's the point of waiting for maximum grade?

>Tandem/Javelin/Danger Zone
All of these are actually good, so its up to you. I think people prefer Tandem and Javelin the most

>Tandem
More AOE damage. That's good

>Javelin
With steady aim you can shoot 100% accurate rockets further then line of sight. Pair that with battlescanner/conceal scouts and you can iniate on pods with a rocket strike.

MECs level slower then standard soldiers, and often rely on having all their perks to fullfill their role. There are exceptions, but that's the general rule of thumb.

Archived so I don't ever have to type that all out again.

>press f11 to exit full screen

gahhhhhhhhhh thx

Ah yes that does make sense, thanks

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>smoking your tank
>ever

Unless you charged him into 2+ pods you better smoke rest of your team, ayys usually will target your other soldiers since they'll have bigger chaces to hit them than smoked tank.

And you don't want to make your bait/life saver useless while possibly sacraficing other squad mates.

Wow I didnt even know that these Advent posters were in the game.

The dank smoke is for your medic / nearby squad mates for the will boost.

Huh, I didn't either, that's pretty sweet.

I thought you mean smoking for the def bonus, my bad then.

Yeah I should have specified that the smoke is strictly for the will/DR bonus from mindmerge + bonus defense on squishies.

I wonder if we'll reach the last slot of page 10 again.

Take a guess

Are you sure that's not a mod? I never saw any...

Yes

Concealment, In the zone or Hit n run on a reflexes / lone wolf / low profile / battle scanner scout?

I'm sure I could be using her better than I am

Lone wolf and low profile should synergize good with hit and run since you'll be going out for flanks with them.

Sounds like the makings of a conceal scout.
Hit n' Run is always strong (action economy) for a combat scout.

Its a bit late to take ITZ since you passed up ranger and aggression. ITZ scouts are situational anyway.

I think they just got added by a mod no? Most maps?

Moar - fuckin autocorrect.

Yeah, I'm a bit wary of using her like that though since it oftens leads to "triggering" new pockets of ayys and then me getting roflstomped

I don't see concealment being much more than a gimmick, from the description, especially considering AI opponents have computer omniscience

I'm picturing a 5 snipers / 1 scout memeteam but wouldn't the scout get instantly flanked and killed the next turn?

Am I the only person who plays without showing enemy HP?

It feels like it.

Concealment means ultimate battefield intelligence. Its not a gimmick, specially for UFO missions. Its let's your Sniper and rocketeer get set up properly with steady aim, set up overwatch traps, not activate multiple pods. You can prepare for any situation. You should be working towards having an 8 man squad by the way.

Yes.

Yeah, I think so. The new games are so boardgamey and have much less range of damage than the original that I feel like I'm at a severe disadvantage if I turn it off.

wow, file deleted that quickly?

There is one thing on this board the mods do not like, and that is porn

Yes, I like where this is going.

>tfw no 300mm MEC-mounted guns in EW

Partially true - they don't like anything anthropomorphic, be it furry, scalie, or otherwise. Porn just gets it deleted faster. Porn that isn't furry/scalie/etc. tends to be overlooked.

They are in the game we had some body put all of them in an imgur im trying to find it at the moment

Its because people report furry porn, the mods/jannys only delete what gets reported, if you report any form of porn and it gets reported it'll be deleted and you'll probably get a warning or 3 day ban.

>They are in the game
I think the question is whether you could find the posters in-game on map, or if modded maps put them in. We know that their official X2 items from the game files.

True, I forgot the reporting part of the matter. The mods/janitors aren't all-seeing, clairvoyant beings ... or are they?

I'm working on it. Those weapons are supposedly going to be mounted on my ships though.

>janny hotpocket
>clairvoyant anything

Forgot pic

Am I the only one who treats everyone in Mjolnir like Spartan III's like they were in canon? by sending them to their deaths constantly?

No one who does it for free is clairvoyant.

>People who have gifts would of course use them for beneficial or wise purposes
Explain Notch spending all his time on Twitter essentially shitposting then.

I'am fairly certain that the city vip missions sometimes would have them inside some of the buildings

I mean if they had gifts like that they would be moderating Veeky Forums for free

After almost 200 hours I still fucking hate Gatecrasher. The only mission in the whole game where grenades don't destroy half of the cover in the area and where the only good cover is 500m away from the closest enemy.
Fuck Gatecrasher.
Inb4 git gud

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i completely feel you, bruh

download operation quickstart

i don't think anyone but a troll is going to disagree with you there.

mods can fix it :^)

I feel like there needs to be a mod with a re-worked Gatecrasher.

Is the Berserker Queen supposed to start the mission off by mauling any nearby ADVENT soldiers?

>download operation quickstart
But then I feel like a cheater (not that I have anything to prove anything, I already beat the game, but you know).

I dont know I saw it in one of those buildings where its like a recruitment center with a receptionist desk in the front and in the back is the weird dissection tables and jails.

Guess I'll have to pay attention then.

Fucking Attrition Mode + Additional Mission Types = no joke. Goddamn 4th mission of this playthru.

Nobody's a rookie anymore after that shit...

There's nothing quite like a bunch of suicidal super child soldiers.

That's just her snu-snu ability.

How do you get the skull on the chest piece?

Forgot pic.

She just tore an entire pod apart before I even revealed her from the fog of war. Talk about rough loving.

Looks fun

It was.

Until we started running out of ammunition...

It clearly mocked her inability to dunk in basketball.

Is that a long war X-com 2 style?

Link?

What do you do on attrition mod with no ammo?

>it's a you're casually playing a terror attack and you hear heavy mechanical sounds for the first time from the fog of war episode

w-what is it lads

Might be a mechtoid, might be a cyberdisk, might be your lucky day and be your first sectopod

Heavy and slow mechanical footsteps I might add*

Of those 3 I've only seen cyberdisks so far so I'd assume it's a mechtoid?

What month are you in? But probably yes

June 2016

Is it dangerous

It'll be a mechtoid, if you haven't nerfed the aim prepare for fullcover crits

it's not cheating, user.

it's just improving the quality of life of the game

Cower and pray the rest of the squad are good shots with the remaining ammo left.

The problem is in the Defend the Haven mode you cant evac for 12 turns while waves of enemies are incoming. Every shot counts. Have to have real good fire discipline and not take low percentage shots. I had 3 members go winchester on me that mission - made it rough to survive. I lost the 4 scripted rookies that reinforce during the fighting.

There is no LW for 2 yet, no one has done enough of an overhaul type mod. That wont come for some time if ever. It's a weakness of the modding scene that everyone wants to be modular. It makes balancing difficult as its left up to the user to juggle.

These are the two mods I mentioned.

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=647242867

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=669212530

Pic related - mods I am using this playthru.

Haven't released it yet. Currently waiting on the MJOLNIR armours guy to see if I can edit his helmets for use with this.

Ah yes I see now, good thing he can only one shot 2 of my troopers per turn

Pretty nice mang.

They're the one enemy I nerfed in the ini's, by default they are far too strong.

Neato

I see they can also get 6 bonus hp from mind merge

That 6 is more like 30 unless you kill the merger as it also gets high DR while merged

Wonderful

Steams up. Still best intro

OK Time for some PROFESSIONAL STREAM

>>Beagle: "sectoid butt broke stream"

I can't even

[muffled skin slapping in the distance]

>tfw beagle uses your picture on stream
senpai noticed me

I'm trying out Specturm, but I want to use the Halo weapons. Is there a way to change the model for the new guns?