XCOM General - /xcg/

Rad Edition Edition

Previous Mission: News:
1)LONG WAR 2.0 is OUT
>steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=844674609
>pavonisinteractive.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=23382

EXPANSION STATUS: UNKNOWN

The /xcg/ Mandatory Read:
>pastebin.com/k9pT8zx4

/xcg/ XCOM 2 Character Pool:
>docs.google.com/document/d/12XvY-C-RoQZUexxauBXcCsw1jElq-g8TaCNpLgG2atM/edit

Image Library of /xcg/:
>imgur.com/a/S1qfx

List of compatible mods for Long War 2
>drive.google.com/file/d/0B0KYKP0J-c9vcksxLXBTUkFzdE0/view

XCOM2 modlist, updated a bunch of threads ago!
>pastebin.com/pTMatP5Z

MEGA Mod Repository, now contains all of the mods in the modlist!
>mega.nz/#F!HlgWjCqR!STJ0c0kW8Fs6jKynqKyerw

Modlist Steam Collection - Contains 99% of the mods in the modlist:
>steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=756115171

Assorted improvements (Skip intros, alleviate stuttering, multi monitor support, and resolutions past 1080p):
>steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=616682629

/xcg/'s Long War Library (New LW players read this shit or you will be ignored):
>pastebin.com/YmaXBKpN
Piratez mod for OpenXCom:
>openxcom.org/forum/index.php/topic,3626.0.html

Rad music here:
>youtube.com/watch?v=2KBmFQP7clw
>youtube.com/watch?v=GkisicWhoyA
>youtube.com/watch?v=QF8UdZi18Ig

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1st for small maps are a blessing.

2nd for small maps are a nightmare.

3rd for small maps are for faggots

4th for small maps are for rookies

5th for small maps make my dick hard

C-C-COMBOBREAKER

are people busy playing. sleeping or what

pistols are useful

Xth for dodge: grazed (1 damage)

why are the EXALT missions in LW1 so fucking bullshit? this is the least amount of fun you can have playing this game. especially the 4 man extractions.

How the hell do you liberate a region? I'm 3 months in and still nothing

are you using the comm hacks? if your covert op has high enough mobility you should be able to chain them

>tfw too busy trying to learn modeling to play long dong 2

>
No he's just winging it :^)

Busy watching JoiNrbs crush L/I LW2. Also jacking it from time to time.

Ok, here we go again.

First, complete a secret mission in the region. This isn't labeled as anything special, no way to know what it is, sorry.

Second, you'll start seeing Liberation missions pop up in that region. Complete two of those.

Third, that'll unlock the Network Tower. Complete that.

Fourth, that unlocks the ADVENT HQ. When you complete that, the region is liberated and you unlock the Avatar Project.

So I'm infiltrating a regional base or something right now. Is this how you bring the avatar project down or at least how you learn where you are at the moment with the avatar project? I wish Dor came back so he could port more female titanfall outfits.

assuming that comment is sardonic I don't know what else to tell you

EXALT missions are pretty easy if you plan well

About to embark on my first ADVENT tower mission, what should i expect? They have a 6 Regional Strenght

Just got Xcom 2 from the humble bundle! Big fan of Xcom: Enemy Unknown, played it all the time back in high school.
Can't wait for my favorite suqad members to die again :(

>hey have a 6 Regional Strenght
I would honestly suggest you fuck off and do it again when the heat level is lower for the region. Infinite reinforcements are no joke.

>>Liberating a region.
>>No Air Force to keep it free.

Seems legit.

Play hard, play fast, TAKE A SPECIALIST, know that when you hack the tower, it stuns everything on the field for two turns.

yeah it's not hard to chain except when there's 2 yellow moves between each.

>JoiNrbs

who

You can't control the ground from the air. Air Force exists to support the ground grunts, not the other way around.

twitch (notspam) .tv/joinrbs

One of the testers for Legend LW2 and one of the best LW1 players in the world. He streams 7-7 every day since LW2 release. He's pretty damn good.

I'm continually amazed that no one here knows this guy.

WELCOME BACK COMMANDER

There is no point in ground control if you get glassed from orbit.

they can't glass shit from orbit

they need us for their new bodies

But they don't want to glass stuff, they want to hold territory.

>Grazed War 2: Low Percentage Shots

What went wrong?

Nothing. I enjoy seeing my guys survive getting hit while in cover.

Good point tho the problem comes once they move into the phase of 'dispose of all non-essential human life' the plan.

Do i have to put all the resistence member on hiding AND avoid all missions in that region to lower the strenght? How long does it takes?

I think the main thing is too not run missions, so I could be wrong. Maybe put people on recruiting and supplies and not do missions?
I'm not very familiar with it, but running missions in other regions while ignoring that region should reduce the strength. I don't know how quickly.

it's "processing" not disposal

Why does it feel like the atmosphere in /xcg/ has become a lot more angry and hostile since LW2 released?

Because people are angry and hostile to change. Just like when X2 came out.
It also brought more people back to the general. So more chance for loud angry vocal people.

i beat base xcom 2 at commander difficulty when it came out but im having a lot of trouble with lw2 on standard difficulty

is it just because i havent played so long? will i get used to it or should i play on lowest difficulty?

Rookies desperately need to shit on something.

/v/ happened

If you haven't played with the previous LW X2 mods, then there is alot of stuff you won't know. Some more play time will fix it.

graze graze graze graze
graze graze
graze grazegraze grazegraze grazegraze graze
graze graze graze graze

then flashband + gremlin aid and still get oneshotted from full hp
I also enjoy sneaking around only to find out Ayyliens used those 5 rounds to swam the objective forcing triple pull
and lastly 8 Ayy pods and 20 aliens on screen

all very FUN and engaging

what are they talking about

>I bet you can't sssswallow that flamingo
>You're on Ssssssamantha
>Damn girlssss you're too ssssassssy for me

Getting moved to a sunnier post

Sounds like a case of git gud you gutless simpleton. I'm 3 regions into my commander run and things have been smooth and by the numbers except on two missions.

Just kidding, I can't get to mission 2 because of persistent unresolvable bug over the 10 times I've tried to start a campaign.

Their favorite Manolo Blanco tail-socks.

>Just kidding, I can't get to mission 2 because of persistent unresolvable bug over the 10 times I've tried to start a campaign.
Sounds like your config is fucked.

>record scratch
enter xcom

HAHAHA! Get fucked ADVENT! Now I'ma high tail it outta here.

I saw that post and tried deleting the configs and verifying files, even disabled everything but lw2 and unsubscribed from old outdated mods. Right now I'm on the full reinstall of the game stage and don't know what to try after if it doesn't work.

Excellent job Commander.

VIGILO CONFIDO
VIGILO CONFIDO
VIGILO CONFIDO
EARTH BELONGS TO HUMANS

>humans
Fuck I meant humanity. Sounds better.

That sucks, I haven't had a single crash or gamebreaking bug yet. I'm assuming you deleted all the mod configs?

it was the right thing to do

VIGILO CONFIDO

Yep, regenerated em all but the bug still persists. For anyone else who might be dealing with the same, it's the bug where you don't have any way to scan for intel to pass time, just the black market and then nothing to scan at all where you should be able to land the avenger and scan until missions pop up.

best of luck with your game user

I have no supplies to buy decent weapons and armor. Enemies keep 1shotting me. Just git gud or does the binary life/death persists later?

no collaborators

"Soft" Cheat

Same thing that always happens when something high-profile releases.

or course tygan doesnt use tomorrow

only fags use anything other than yotsuba

it's a classic

>Not using Minimalistic

go back to the retirement home

bitch I'm not even old enough to drink until saturday

fight me

I use tomorrow because the white hurts my eyes

na you are ancient, older than dirt, older than the sun, you might as well be an ayy

has anyone beaten LW 2 yet?

post pics

i need a new theme for Veeky Forums x

>Shit crashes at the monthly report screen repeatedly.
Am I alone in this hell?

So what does the other money amount not in parenthesis mean when you're scanning at a haven? It doesn't get given to you at the end of the month, so whats it do?

Ignore random anime girl on the side

Pretty much the same for XCOM

>Used to the weird Long War 2 thing of turning the loading screen into some creepy shit
>Suddenly the transition makes a crackling radio sound
Fuck, was this always happening?

...

has beagle posted his ini edits yet

oh, try resubscribing

When are we getting multiple SPARK classes? I miss my mine trapper MEC.

Soon ™

also, is Spark useful in LW2? I don't have any dlcs and I want mechs in my LW

I think the left is the amount you collected so far and the parenthesis the possible amount you could get in a month.

Don't quote me on that tho.

I got a FIFTY TWO day repair timer for almost losing the SPARK in the mission you get him, so I've been pumping every defensive option.

They never ever shoot him, so I can't judge it too well.

They're giving them 5 ablative health in 1.1, so I think they'll no doubt be useful at that point.

Old thread i left as it got full so couldn't see all the replies. But what is the ideal squad and base build? Lost to two side by side sectopods and some guy suggested more grenadiers. What makes them better than say 3 specialist?

grenades are incredibly overpowered

Is there a mod or way to prevent concealment breaking for interacting or hacking mission objectives?

i.e. planting x4 charges, hacking relays, hacking vip containment units etc

I feel like if you were able to sneak past all the enemies under the time limit you should be rewarded. I mean you don't get corpses but you get out alive.

If this is somehow op is there a class, skill, or even item that accomplishes this? I can't be the only one who wants this right? I want to be able to metal gear it up sometimes.

You talking with or without LW2? Cause doesn't LW2 nerf the cover destruction capabilities of the grenades?

Or are you talking about armor shred potential?

Grenades do everything, better grenades do everything better. They remove cover, opening aliens up to fire, shred armor, guaranteed damage, sometime bonus effects to keep enemies down if you can't finish them, open passageways, proxy mines are the best way to start a fight, salvo lets you do the above and take a shot, and probably much more.

I think he's talking vanilla, where grenades were the stuff of dreams and legends.

>>EXPANSION STATUS: UNKNOWN
>>Soon ™

Any idea what the 'Official' Expansion will be? Pic related?

I'm still hoping for an optional Advent Mode.

EW came 13 months after release, so we should be hearing something soonish. maybe in two months since they had the dlc being bigger this time around.

Hmm, might get the dlcs then before 1.1 hits.

Thanks user.

Grenadiers are amazing. I would say focus on either left or right side on each one, maybe some middle perks inbetween. Left is blow cover and do damage and right side is support.

Specialists I used for Revival/Aid Protocol and range hacking only.

My current best squad has

2 Sharpshooters, one focused on holo targeting and the other full damage/aim/crit, he also has some amazing AWC perks. The perk that makes killing someone on lower ground and gives you a turn back is OP with steady aim.
2 Grenadiers - Either 2 full damage or 1 damage and 1 support
1 Ranger - my officer
1 Technical - fire perks pretty much all the way + focus on mobility + exo suit
1 Shinobi - just to give my snipers vision, sometimes I bring a pure melee
1 Gunner
1 Assalt - Arc thrower build
1 Specialist

For lower than 10 men I just remove stuff based on the mission

Maybe messing with genetics? Like mixing soldiers with aliens?

SWEET FUGGIN HOLY SHITFUCK CHRIST ON A CRACKER

WE

ARE

LEA - VING

does anyone know how to fix the under the lagvenger bug?

Is there a way to console command the fog of war away?

I want you guys to appreciate just how many xeno fucks are chasing my poor sniper

Get rid of your Avengers Menu mods