XCOM General - /xcg/

pistols are useful

mutons and berserkers in x2 are hybrids mixed with human DNA

only because you get to take them for free and can't put anything else in that slot

Mutons have human genetics mixed in, Berserkers is just years of straight genetic tampering to make them jacked monsters of adrenaline and anger. If only that was actually reflected in gameplay, instead they're a joke

>Need Andromedon Corpses to upgrade my SPARKs
>Have only encountered 2 Andromedon's total

Nah. They are good on their own right.

airgame is better than timers

You know I don't miss archangel at all, you know why? I'm playing a new Long War campaign right now. Speaking of which I did some ini edits to cheat make the game more fun. I put the arcthrower in the pistol slot. I want to make one more item available to the pistol slot but I'm not sure what. Can't be nades, medkit, laser/scope, target module, that radar thing or battlescanners. I think only the arcthrower is truly ellible since it doesn't stuff things up. Any ideas???

The other ini edit cheat is making certain small items 0 weight, like the laser pointer, but not sure what else.

Ask me anything!

you didn't explain why you don't miss archangel

Because I'm playing Long War right now. How can I miss something I'm already using.
Green fog is brutal so far, same with ITT. Make the game way more random and scary and you can't do the beagle overwatch shuffle.

I would kill for that pistol. Being able to dress casual as a covert operative or just bradford...

I really don't miss reloads ending your turn.

Give every soldier locknload and redo the perk trees? It's just a couple of text edits.

Remove snek

...

That white guy is me in the hoodie hangin out with jamal's sheilas. He doesn't know he's getin cucked.

pretty sure xcom is about to mega cuck the shit out of everyone here

Whats the best way to tackle that first landed large in Long War? I can't remember how I used to do it.

Man the motion tracker really speeds things up. But it's only really useful if you use a battlescanner. It would be good if there was an activation circle on the radar.

that's actually a good idea

Ok so looks like that first large landed is impossible since I last played Long War. TWO Cyberdiscs with drones? Seekers everywhere. I only remember chrysalid packs, thinmen, sectoids and the 6 outsiders.

12 hours til beagle

For classic you need to understand that low cover is as good as staying out in the open. For impossible you need to understand that high cover is as good as staying out in the open.

are sneks ADVENT citizens?

They can become citizens if they marry a human who's one.

both ayy fucking shits and filthy advent sympathisers are legitimate targets for tactical- and strategic-level immolation via grenadier incendiary bombs.

I pity you edgy XCOM posters, you can't let go of the past.
>xenos OUT x-DD vigilo gonfido :-DDD praise the commander
>bawww ;_; how could they attempt to dismantle our terrorist organisation ;___;
I hope you enjoy bleeding out in the mud while I sit in my comfy high-tech home, shitposting on the web while my viper wife is ordering some delicious burgers.

>mfw I flame you along with your horrid xenos abominations on every mission I can

anyone else also drop their explosives and flamers after the mission just to do as much damage to ADVENT?

>standing in the evac zone with action points left
>why not use up all remaining grenades and heavy weapons?
>no reason not to

advent murder gives me a boner

>having a sharpshooter with faceoff on top of a shack in that DLC Vahlen snake king mission where you get ambushed by a dozen+ 2 hp baby snakes and 2 regular ones on the same turn
>never before has so many sneks been removed in a single action
I had to reload that mission and try letting Bradford use reaper on them as well but damn, that was one good faceoff

can someone post an endgame LW1 base layout? Want an idea of how big the power block ends up

send help

When you think about, the end of x2 is equivalent to:
>Al qaeda is able to blow up cities and military bases all across america
>they then broadcast a video showing the American government is planning to kill everyone
>everyone in America joins up with Al qaeda to overthrow the government

I mean really, who is the advent sympathizer really going to side with? Us? The video could be fake for all they know. And advents been pretty great for the last 20 years

I usually end up with a vertical row of fission - thermo - fission - fission (obviously need to be lucky with steam on the last column on the left/right, but hey, you might get even luckier and actually have 2 adjacent steams and work with that), with the last two hopefully being upgraded into elerium generators as soon as possible. Don't be afraid to build disposable generators in reserved spots with intention to delete them later, it's only $120.

Just that? 3 big generators and one small, not even with a square bonus?

I might be mistaken because it's been at least 6 months since I last played long war but if you complete that column it should provide well over 100 power (even more if you upgrade the last fission into elerium which I never even had to do unless my memory is fucked), that's enough to get well past midgame. I seem to always roll the worst placements with my steam vaults and I consider it pretty much default that I have a random thermal somewhere in my workshop square and simply never build a second workshop so not only are my bases kinda fucked but my sense of how much power should optimally be available is fucked as well. Don't really know why I thought I should be giving advice.

so for the retaliation missions: do you get a bonus for rescuing more than the minimum of civilians?

Yes. I believe increased region funding.

nobody has a screenshot saved?

If I'm randoming a class in LW1, there's bonus chance for the soldier to become the class I have least of. What happens if I have multiple rare classes with equal numbers?

Then it's an even chance, because no one would get a bonus.

That's unfortunate. Does it also disable the bonus if the rarest class is the one you're randoming from? Ex. you're randoming from rocketeer/gunner hoping to get a medic, you have 1 rocketeer, 2 medics, 3 of everything else

It shouldn't. Medic should be most likely in that case.

There had been decades of resistance, and if many people are like tygan then they don't trust ADVENT or the aliens; they're drawn to the sense of stability and normalcy.

Nobody trusts the government now, even less with ayys.

I could take one after I get off work.

I have a campaign where I'm just missing the gollop chamber

please do

>Missed my chance to pick up EU+EW for cheap last month
Fuck.

Really dude? It's up for like 10 bucks constantly.

plasma may burn the tree, but its spirit is still with us

>constantly
Good, because I'm kind of strapped for cash and would prefer to not drop $50

Just check steam during any holiday or sale. It was 10 bucks for christmas. It was probably 10 bucks during Easter as well.

I checked during Easter and no such luck.

That is bad luck then.

>Sectopods on Supply Raids
STOP CHARGING THROUGH YOUR OWN CRATES YOU LOUD BUMBLING FUCKS

>sectopod obliterates city block while on patrol
>bzzzt ruuhr clank clank clank
>MY CAR!

do you think advent will cover the damages

No, the sectopod will kill the civilian and blame it on xcom.

>LOUD BUMBLING FUCKS
I'm quite happy they're as loud as they can possibly be, I can always know from the start of the mission where it is.

sectopods need a sticker with please be patient on it

>Not programmed to recognize terrain. Please be patient.

Sectopods actually cannot manage terrain. They can't climb even short hills.

Who needs to climb a hill when you can be taller than any hills in the game

Tell that to the Sectopod I used full override on. He was stuck in the water for the whole mission.

>When your Sharpshooter with Serial and a Superior Auto Loader has 100% shots on all 9 enemies in sight regardless of cover

>minrolls on the first shot

>Precision Shot is giving me 100% crit on the ones hes flanking
I'll be fine m8.

BLEACHED

>cleanse my fucking gene pool with your hot white seed

3 hours til beagle

Never trust robots.

i.imgur.com/GTk0h37.gif

Precision Shot procs Serial?

yes
serial triggers as long as the kill is made with the main weapon
precision shot uses the main weapon

now you're making me want to make a sharpshooter with rapid fire serial

Sounds useful if I ever get serial on a ranger again.

JC Denton got 253 kills that campaign.

Send them back to the people. In body bags.

In a recent Campaign, I did the Alien Hunters DLC with Powered Armor, Plasma Weapons, a Paladin ranked Spark Unit, and a team of all Colonels of each specialization. These were the Highlights.

>When the Ambush started, I had my Sniper use the grappling hook of their Wraith Suit to get high ground and used that to Faceoff a majority of the Vipers within the first turn, followed by playing cleanup with the rest of the squad and after that, the Vipers were dead for that part.

>Before moving up to trigger the reveal of the Viper King, I made a firing line with my units before sending my Spark Unit (Who has Hunter's Instinct) to trigger the reveal.

>When we encountered Viper, I used the Shredder Gun equipped to my Spark Unit to eradicate their armor

>When I moved my Gunner up to freeze bomb him, the Viper shot an Ice blast at my Ranger and Specialist, freezing them both but I retaliated with the said Freeze Bomb.

>With the Viper frozen, I had my Sniper, who was already on the High ground. Deadeye the Snek with a Talon Round, greatly weakening his health.

>Next up was Bradford, who I moved up to shoot, the freeze bomb effect fading and releasing the viper king, Bradford shot and did the basic damage from his assault rifle but the king had like seven health left.

>The Viper summoned a gate behind my Spark, Grenadier, and Central.Bradford's shot ended my turn, Thats when the Viper made a mistake.

>He dashed forward to the Portal, towards my Spark, Bradford, and the Grenadier.

>Cue Bladestorm.jpg

>Bradford killed him with that Bladestorm and we won, flawlessly.

That's actually his line when you activate serial.

"Except send you back to the people, in a body bag."

>MFW when my PSI-Op Is able to dominate a Gatekeeper with a Mid-Level Psi-Amp and in turn, use the Gatekeeper to kill all the fuckers surrounding it.

Man, the lines are what makes the JC Denton voicepack a 10/10 for me

Just how they're somewhat related to the action, like "You weren't kidding about leaving New York" for a move is hilarious. I bet it was fun to make.

>waiting for T3 to do the nest

Scrub

Real xcom has an airforce and would poo all over that special bus xcom2 calls a base.

Fucking beautiful

beagle beagle beagle

Its another hour because of Daylight Savings Time
Fucking upside down land.

CLOSE

RANGE

bagels where
haven't been here for a year or two

RANGA

beaglezoom.jpg

/beagsandjam

>offline
welp, back to thermodynamics homework