/xcg/ - XCOM General

But how...
>ghost in the machine

>modem noises

And more bodysuits mods when?

>Remeber LW?!
>remeber the horrifying bullshit that was LW aliens pack?!
>now there's even more of it!

>fucking a codex
>it starts getting close
>deafens you with dialup noises
>and electrocutes you

Viper king on Gate Crasher

>itching to start a new campaign
>Long Dong 2: Magnificent Boogaloo is coming soon

Hopefully a re-balanced strategic game. More features for other modders to play with when LW2 inevitably falls short.

'Soon' might be a while mate.

>advent grunts start at 10hp and 2 armor
>every alien has ruler reactions
>every alien has 3+ cockblock shields
>adds thinmen back because fuck you
>a single sectopod will end your game with 200hp and the ability to insta kill anyone under 15hp

>somewhere out there is some alternate XCOM jumping dimensions saving alternative Earths

>they didn't save ours

So, to sum up, among female skin-tight suits mods, there are:

>Starcraft HotS Kerrigan suit
>Starcraft Nova suit
>Halo armors (one of the options)
>MGS "Frog" suit

What I missed?

I also want more distinctive human features, if you know what I mean

I agree, the capitalist occupation has gone on for far too long, and they are very good at indoctrinating the masses.

Add
>Half of civilians in every mission are Faceless

and its perfect.

*coughs*

>(((capitalist)))

ftfy

>consolefriends will never field soldiers this weeb

Can't imagine living a "life" like that

My first psi-op got three options on train: Domination, Void Rift and Insanity.

I did wrong by choosing Domination, right?

Yes, you did wrong by picking the best psi.

I mean, you probably aren't going to send the guy out until you train more abilities, and you can get them all. Not really sure if you can make a "wrong" decision.

No. Most of the biggest offenders are business owners.

>LW1 started releasing just a few months before EW announced and then it took several months to port over
>LW2 announced possibly just a few months before XCOM 2 expansion announced
LUMPED

>chryssalid can now dash and attack like Rangers
>sectoids can now permanently mindcontrol
>officers mark is permanent
>vipers on reveal get a free acid spit attack
>mecs can hack your specialists
>archons blazing pinions land on its turn

magnificent

Also, uploading more suits, because damn I cant control my fetishes.

Ahem

>(((business owners)))

ftfy

>>chryssalid can now dash and attack like Rangers
They can do that already.

THE BIGGEST CHANGE LONG WAR 2 WILL BRING IS

>killing civilians (of which more will be spawned) outside of retaliation missions will have negative repercussions

No more nuclear strikes or shred storm spamming through houses and shit

Why is she a feminist?

Dunno man, p sure Trump, Gates and Musk aren't jewish.

so beagle is coming back now right

>mecs can hack your specialists
kek

only when they burrow

No. He will release edited old stream vods, though.

should be

I dont know, I was just making up characters in pool section, tried different combinations at random, saw this, added glasses, changed hair to red one and said "this is it!".

I dont make stories behind characters at most, save from little ones, like the blue one from this screenshoot, convincing one in grey-white to wear same type of armor as she do.

so, you made a feminist and said "this is it"?

It was scary, really. In first mission against them, I was scaried as hell and torn between moving slowly with everyone in overwatch and saving civilians.

I forgot to re-equip battle scanner on at least one of the girls and thats how I got punished.

I bought Xcom 2 on release day when it came out, but after almost a year I still never finishes it because I suck Should I give it another attempt?

Are you a pussy?

Why not

Pretty much, yeah. Except that she just looks like one.

Besides, it was nice fit with "happy" attitude.

Yes. If you want, set up lowest difficulty and play until you get it.

How exactly you suck? Wrong build/research order? Squad gets wiped over and over?

>50% chance of a retaliation mission being a trap with every civilian spawning chryssalids when killed or rescued
>lategame faceless spawn chryssalids when killed
>low hp advent mecs combine to create a full hp sectopod

>short hair and glasses a feminist make

Grow a bigger reference pool, pal.

>>low hp advent mecs combine to create a full hp sectopod
>AdventBots Roll Out!

I try to follow guides on how to maximize my research and build order the best I can, and I try to play carefully with making sure the squad is always in high cover or hunkering down in dire scenarios. I also try to get the squad proper armor and weapons before starting the story missions proper. But after a while, usually a bit after mutons are introduced, the squads usually end up wiped out.

I hope they classify Berserkers as regular units instead of Terror units so they appear more often and have Chryssalids show up sooner, both of them felt like they got the shaft in X2.

I agree. Lids are troublesome though, having them show up too early could be pretty devastating.

I love this suit.

Then I see no reason, really. I play without research optimized route right now and I dont got wiped yet (Im at mid-June or something, right after first Chryssalids mission).

Maybe try this one - start a mission where you start to get wiped, save at the start and then repeat encounters few times, always trying different approach and solution. Maybe try to save before squad selection and try different setups as well.

Maybe then you will find out, what you do wrong.

I'm thinking they'll fit fine in the midgame, on all my playthroughs it just feels like they come a little too late to feel threatening, and I usually wrap up the campaign not long after so they're not around for long.

Yes.

>Run 'n Gun Stun Lancers
>2 armor

They already do that.

In case of some bugs or another mechanic I dont know about, I had once situation, where one of them performer slash after dashing AND move followed with shooting during same turn. Probably because he was set ablaze after slashing and that triggered second action.

>ablaze
The fire damage made him panic. When a unit panics, they can move and shoot at an enemy with a reduced chance to hit. Bad luck.

Almost as bad as when that VIP was hiding behind solid wall of building without windows nearby and advent trooper attacked and killed him anyway, despite being basically unable to see him at all.

>tfw can't break los in X2
between all the windows and see through walls it just isn't an option anymore.

When Elite mecs are reduced to half health they combine Gurren Lagann style , regain all health and get 100+ hp and 100+dmg

No joke, I would love 2 enemy mecs combining into a sectopod if any of them were half hp, as a game mechanic.

>Sectoids leaders have Psionic Squadsight
>Viper tounge deals poison damage
>Faceless can attack after dash
>If humans survives a Crysalid attack it becomes a walking Cocoon

>Viper tounge deals poison damage
I actually like this idea.

>If humans survives a Crysalid attack it becomes a walking Cocoon
If you don't have med packs they already are,

you can just evac them, also i would like to see the ability to build different kind of skyrangers like in OG XCom, each one with different abilities

>Huge Skyranger that carries lots of troops but has to land in open areas with almost no cover and alerts all alien pods
>Infiltrating Skyranger that allows you to choose where to land at the beginning of the mission

As long as they come in a slick Purple paint job it will be OK.

Same. All those gymnastics give me a boner while playing, most irritating.

Goddamn, man, we have the same fetish, but maybe you're putting too much effort into it?

...

I'm going to assume a mod that Firaxis has paid for is going to get some behind-the-scenes warning to prep for updates.

Aside from lurking? Not really. I expected more, to be honest.

Another day, another successful operation.

hello

i got a boner during the hacking scene and i got annoyed about it

damn holo ladies

I just finished the game, what could that ending mean?

Tentacles from the Deep

Nothing. Just wait for the announcements. They retconned the first game easily, as far as I know they can do the same again

More of a wish really, I want enough of a proper re-balance in just about every aspect of the game to fix the core issues.

I'm really cautious of this because I'm not too sure that the same lightning full of bullshit that was oddly of the best experiences I've ever had can strike twice. So far every mod that I've played did its own thing, and it did it well, but the underlying problems that made the whole thing an alpha strike simulator always stayed. They can add it whatever they desire, but if the core of the game remains slaughtering everything the turn you see it, immobilizing them so you can do it next turn, or eating huge shit if you can't do one of the two, then it's junk

>Remember when we announced that first game was just a simulation?
>The second game was simulation as well, designed to harden Commander against what will awaits ahead of him and humanity!
>Because in real world, while you were training after winning against invasion, humanity invasion fleet reached Lmaos home planet and prepare for subtle infiltration!

Just in case, if Firaxis would decide to use that idea, please mention /xcg/ and that humble user, kay?

I really have a stupid wish about a full port of EW on XCOM 2 engine, but that's really unlikely. I just dislike the way core gameplay of XCOM 2 works, where everything must die in one turn like the guy above mentioned.

>Psy-mechs
Fund it

At its core Long War was just EW taken to a logical (and illogical) extreme in every aspect.

A larger, better research tree, deeper base design, more tactical options, retarded strong aliens.

They're obviously going to have to overhaul the Avatar Project if they want to live up to the "Long" aspect of Long War 2.

>EW tier 2 weapon port never
>will never use the sexy EXALT lasers to melt advent faces

why live?

>mecs can hack your specialists
My sides

i'd argue just tuning down numbers would fix the problems but all the balance, AI, and enemy mods just dump more enemies with larger stats into the game.

>On the last throw I managed to reach region with Advent base from Codex jacking and halt the Avatar Project by two bars
>No supplies, no informations left
>Mission pops out, 220 supplies and 118 info as reward

Also, my first mission against Sectopod. Are normal Sectopods as durable as Julianpod?

No, Julian is a unique boss type.

BATTLEFIELD 1 PORTS WHEN

>WW1 guns in 2035

Normal Sectopods have less health than Julian but Julian's AI is more hamstringed in comparison.

Good, it was annoying to fight him with his 35+ hp bar and neverending swarm of selfdestructing robots, with 4 man squad without ranks other than first, class giving one, during first month or beginning of second, when mission unlocks.

Advent forgot to confiscate museum guns

If we can have AK47 mods and M14 mods I don't see why not

I have a hardon for WW1 tech anyways, always wanted to remove snek with Martini Henry

Silent Storm port when?

Though I doubt it's going to work without bullet physics and free aiming.

>Jerzey

I still dont know why they named him that silly way or what his "yes guz!" mean.

Also, panzerkleins were extremely rage worthy and game ruining.