XCOM General - /xcg/

Oh yeah you're right I just checked the wiki.

It's kind of a waste to take in EW but not an awful choice.

Thats what I usually do in lw2 as I did with lw1. Swap any causalities with the next in line.

>Overwatch can only proc within visual range

I know, but I'm asking if an enemy only seen with squadsight and has opportunist will crit or is it only within the regular non-squadsight range.

Because if the latter I'd rather go with opportunist.

>Because if the latter I'd rather go with opportunist.

with executioner*

A shot in EW will not crit at squadsight range without headshot, period.

One of the changes that EW makes I disagree with. I like how LW handled it (flat -20% to crit chance) over EW.

I don't see how overwatch shots that always hit are a waste. In fact considering how good sniper aim is, I think it's much better than executioner in vanilla, as you are really only getting the crit, not the aim.

I think you could crit from squadsight overwatch in EU, but they might've fixed it in EW.

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Capeshit is trash and you should feel bad for even thinking about it.

Thanks! Sticking to executioner then.

Yea, you could, which is why I wanted to understand what the new wording in EW's description meant.

That armor looks really uncomfortable

Speaking of Enemy Within, I finished the Classic Ironmeme solo soldier youtube campaign. All that's left is to upload before we move onto I/I rookies only.

youtu.be/w-gba2fxd2Q

that shit is not kino

Make Annette or one of the furies your volunteer

That's the advice I got last thread. Either them or Zhang will be.

>tfw phone rang like five times during the Overseer crash so the video has awful jump cuts
I don't wanna upload this shit but I kinda have to

Also lmfao just wait til you see the Volunteer cheese two Sectopods with Rift from out of LOS on the temple ship. Shit's fire yo. Also, throwing chem nades doesn't break concealement, so you can shave off some of the Uber Ethereal's HP, then slap him with a fat crit, which is how I solo'd that room.

Words of Wisdom.

Basically this.

>Also, throwing chem nades doesn't break concealement, so you can shave off some of the Uber Ethereal's HP, then slap him with a fat crit, which is how I solo'd that room.
That's some solid cheesing user

Thanks matey. Sectopods will fucking kill your solo soldier campaign without extreme luck (which I had) or researching everything so fast you get the Overseer shootdown before September btw.

What build did you use for your sniper? I haven't got a chance to watch yet.

I used Training Roulette and ground out a sniper with good aim and the following perks
Headshot
Snap Shot
Opportunist
Rapid Reaction
Bring Em On
Resilient (HEAT ammo would've been ideal but required much more careful play)
In the Zone

...I also turned on one Second Wave option: Absolutely Critical.

Once I got mimetic skin, the game devolved to sprint to high cover -> overwatch a pod for 1/2 free crit kills -> either break LOS and re-cloak, or flank, ItZ the last enemy, and THEN re-cloak.

Also, International Service Cross (+2 aim per continent bonus) and especially Council Medal of Honor (+10 aim and crit when 10 tiles from friendly units) are amazingly useful, CMoH is basically a free upgraded SCOPE.

How did you get through the base defense?

It's already up. I just sorta carelessly dropped people in the meatgrinder because I couldn't be assed. Cleared out my barracks nice and neat though!

youtu.be/Y4imQnVyaPQ

Honestly the only really cool mission in the run is whichever you watch first and then the Temple Ship Assault. It's not very tactically interesting, which is why I'm using it to learn how to do this whole commentary thing. The rookies-only Ironman Impossible is gonna be much more coherent.

Speaking of "tactically interesting", Seekers only cloak for like 5 or 6 moves. Once you find them on a mission, book it for the nearest map edge and let them chase you until you hear them un cloak and then waste em.

Seeker Autopsy is dank as fuck, because you get Respirator Implant and also Meme Skin out if it.

That reminds me, Bradford had one hell of a hard head if he could still be conscious after a fire extinguisher to the head.

Also, DCshill detected

He traded in some of his brains for more skull.

Super Heroes just aren't cool, both Marvel and DC. No shilling necessary bro

>basic comic literacy for 200
>what is the Miracleman reboot

Call me a Moore cocksucker all you want but comics already got deconstructed.

Can't tell me that shit's not dope.

Not him, but while i like some of the "capeshit" movies, marvel and dc videogames have never appealed to me, so i don't see the appeal in a marvel Xcom game.

Are we down?

New to long wars in XCOM 2, mind giving me some tips that I should start with? Weapon or classes I should skip like in vanilla or perhaps priority I should have at the beginning so it won't bite me in the ass later down the line.

Put everyone on your starting haven on intel

If you can't get infiltration at 100% just don't do the mission

Also, I would like to know if Long war mod have its glitches fix or should I start downloading a shit loads of glitch fix also. Currently I only have:

Long Wars
Capnbubs accessories
A few character pools creation
Free rotation
stop wasting my time
evac all
overwatch all

Long War already has free rotation in its toolbox.

Are Supply Raids supposed to be this hard in LW2? On Commander and I go in with my best guys and the pods patrol so close that I barely kill the first one before 2 more come in and fuck me. Is it skippable or is it worth losing a few guys over?

What infiltration should I try hitting with this because I've heard people say you should do it swarming but it's literally impossible with the troops I have now, and I have low intel so I'm trying to do it without boosting 73%.

I had to reinstall my game because I fucked up my ini file.

Is LW2 still a fucking buggy mess or is it at all playable?

i haven't seen a lot of bugs but it's still unplayable all the same

Expansion When?

Also, what do you think an expansion could flesh out or add to the game/ hope they would add? Personally I would like a rework of the timer/concealment system or just add more mission types without timers. I like having to work within a timer, but I also miss regular missions where I could take my time and search a map for bad guys.

I think adding more mission types without timers would be pretty reasonable, just like how EW adds some different mission types into the mix.
More aliens is pretty obvious, but still good. No more ADVENT unless they decide they want some crazy stuff. Tygan needs a mission out in the field.

Bumping for SNEK!

nononono

YES

die in a fire

NNONONOONO

we will fight collaborators
more advent types, few more mission types and a mysterious new creature kinda thing which heralds the new TERROR FROM THE DEEP WHICH WILL BE XCOM 3 AND WILL BRING FEAR AND TERROR IN ALL OF OUR HEARTS AND THATLL BE XCOM BABY

>Start playing Xcom 2 again
>Get over the research hump and everyone has plasma weapons, powered armor, etc
>All difficulty is gone
>Lose interest in playing
>Decide to go ironman top difficulty
>Instantly lose interest as soon as half my A squad gets killed by bullshit

I don't think I'm cut out for this game.

What is this weeb shit in the OP?

>Ablooh the game is difficult
git gud

Can ravens detect an UFO without a sat present in LW? I had the vague idea that it's possible, but thinking back I've never seen it happen.

every interceptor has like a 4% chance to detect a ufo

>easy difficulty is easy but hard is hard

well lad arent you bit of a bitch there

>race 0 face E is the only acceptable female voice
Suffering.

I mean face, duh.

t. faceless shitposter

OP is a fucking weeabo faggot with shitty taste in music.

best music

>We're all weaboos
Bullshit. You're a weeb, I'm not.
I tolerate your choice of life, but stop shoving your shit down my throat.

The cheek of it!

pls no bully

>lw2 finally doing something about single shinobi stealth
>solution being discussed is just throwing a yellow alert pod on top of the objective or evac

unironically the most reliable source of dmg until you can get your aim up

Actually it's us that tolerate you.

Please go back to /a/. You're delusional.

That has to be the highest denial:word ratio I've ever seen.

This general has really spiraled.

>bumps
>completely off topic bumps
>bumps barely disguised as rookie questions that anyone still posting in xcg already knows in a desperate attempt to stimulate conversation
>kids going back and forth about weeaboos
>bumps
>kids going off about "capeshit" or something
>bare minimum posting to keep the general on its deathbed
>one ok guy still playing XCOM and doing some actual campaignposting

This.
Wait really? Besides I just use specialists for stealthing non-jailbreak.

LW2 was a mistake.

>>kids going back and forth about weeaboos
Weeb detected

I tried to stimulate comversation in the last thread by posting a screenshot of a fallen soldier I genuinely thought it would be fun to read other peoples fallen heroes with interesting epitaphs explaining their demise. Got 2 replies. Everybody was too busy posting pictures "waifus" and manga characters.

Say what you want but I miss the more, feminine, models in xcom 2.

Daymn shayme

My soldiers don't fall

Don't forget Show Health Values shilling. Those "people" probably like the rainbow vomit icons too.

>How the fuck do I work this thing

She's been working in the kitchen on the Avenger and has no idea what the fuck to do when she's deployed due to desperation & low counting barracks.

Like a hammer.

What's the mod I see on some strimms that displays the %'s?

Perfect info

>haven defense
>squad spawns on a fire tile

Magnificent design.

Happened to me as well. Thought it was a bug with map generation from one of my other mods.

>spawn
>pod activates and shoots you

numeric health display is the one with faggy icons faggot

>muh cleen ui

i actually do have a rookie question for you all:
should I counter the UFO hunt or the Minor breakthrough? I have 10 bars of avatar progress up.

*Pod activates behind you*

Depends on if you can hit a facility or do a story objective soon. If you can't then counter the breakthrough.

The UFO is a 50-50 shot at a base defense.

Eh, I've got a facility in the Western US I can hit, and the Codex Coordinates in the Eastern US right after. I can afford to do the UFO hunt. Thanks

The breakthrough dark events also add progress pips to facilities themselves. If you're lucky then it will add the pip to that nearby facility and you can completely negate the progress.

>pod teleports in on bladestorm shinobi

gg

depends on tech. ufo is easy if you have lots of power weapons. blaster launcher makes that one piss easy, the others are good as well.

You're literally the only "Clean UI"-babby in here still upset about the fact that you're wrong.

But little inconspicuous text makes my head hurt reeee