XCOM general - /xcg/

>tfw you try to have fun in your fancy temple and your stuck up elder brother has to come in and scold you ruining everything

thatsssss racissst

So, in one of the recent interviews Jake mentions a "new ending". Does anyone else hope that means we'll get some better cutscenes?

yes

>when you have to choose between killing an ADVENT soldier or a Sectoid before ending your turn, and choose the ADVENT soldier because you know the Sectoid won't go for the flanking shot on your soldier for he'll instead create a zombie
lmao

>when you have to choose between the sectoid who's already rezzed a zombie or an officer
>no guaranteed way to kill either

>when the Sectoid decides to shoot you and crit through full cover

Well it seems I gonna jump from CIV to this, one simple question: should I start with XCOM EU or EW or LW or simple go straight to XCOM2/LW?

Would you mind I sharing my play with you via SC? Thanks mates.

I could not have predicted this outcome.

Though it is intriguing.

EW > LW 1 > XCOM2 > LW2

there is no reason to play EU over EW
LW is way, way too difficult for a first playthrough

2 improves on many, many of the mechanics in EW so if you cant handle "downgrading" I suggest you do EW first

If you haven't gotten into the series yet, then starting with XCOM EW (which on sale you can get for like $10) is a pretty safe bet.
If money isn't an issue, and you want to jump in to what everyone else is playing, then starting X2, WOTC is just fine.
>SC
Wat dis?

Do not ever start with LW, LW is made for 1% "hardcore" audience, if you're new you'll just get rekt.

It's up to you whether you start with Xcom 1 or 2, if you start with 1 don't bother with EU, EW is just EU with more stuff, there is no point in playing EU.

Xcom 2 has an expansion coming in August, which will work similarly to EW. Sooo, you might want to play EW now, and then buy Xcom 2+War of the Chosen when it comes out and play that.

Why isn't there a comfy anime about ayys coming to earth from all over the galaxy and trying out comfy human food?

what the fuck does comfy human food even mean you asshole

I don't mind losing or taking up a fight, I always play it the veteran/hard because I really appreciate not having me anything handle to me.

Might take EW first and then LW and then finally move on XCOM2 > LW > Expansion

Screenshot aka "see how bad I play it and mock me"

Enemy Within

>Why isn't there a comfy anime about ayys coming to earth from all over the galaxy and trying out comfy human food?
taadd.com/book/Oh, My Sweet Alien!.html

Probably because there is.

>screenshot aka "see how bad I play it and mock me"
Oh yeah, carry on

Sectoid AI is really bad in vanilla. I know it's because they're an early game threat but still.

I do this in LW2 and it still happens. Sectoids are just dumb.

I find it odd that they sometimes take two movement actions in a turn while they're already next to you, and this sometimes happens on Commander.
I haven't played Legend yet, pls no bully.

I think its because theyre usually found in small pods
so when you kill their buddy they immediately think "I need backup"

>Screenshot aka "see how bad I play it and mock me"
Rule 1: Don't yellow move into darkness
Rule 2: flanked = fucked, make sure it's them and not you
Rule 3: When the going gets tough, fall back and regroup

>"I need more corpses"
ftfy

I guess lump was feeling merciful. They always attempt mind spin vs me. One of the reasons I take revival protocol.

Also when they switched combat protocol and revival protocol I learned the value of medical protocol. Remotely wiping poison has saved my ass 10 times now.

Rule 4-999: break los

Zombies don't drop corpses I thought? They are like mind controlled units of I'm not mistaken.

>Sectoids will never shoot and kill friendly troopers to raise them as zombies

What.
Mod when?

>Comfy psi learning

When you dominate an enemy they won't drop a corpse when killed. I think psi zombies exhibit the same behavior.

Sorry I worded that poorly.

Ok I get that, but what's the context behind bringing this up? I'm lost as to what you're responding to.

>break los
I usually just kill everyone in a turn or two (on Classic Ironman), does that count?

I gonna get fucked I bet

>not using EU aim rolls mod

Someone said sectoids like to raise zombies because they're like "oh shoot I need backup." user 2 said "I need corpses" ftfy. I was under the impression they were saying that from the player's perspective, as though they'd get a second drop.

Ohhh.

Nah I'm pretty sure he meant that from the Sectoid's perspective, not the player's perspective.

Yes in retrospect it seems so.

Autism is fun.

>rocketeer misses lone advent soldier and kills friendly squad member
A I M
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Rockets are cancer, don't fall for the Technical meme.

> 20min to finish download
> +20 to install it in shitty laptop

So tell me can I heavily customise my Soldiers or that is something for XCOM2 also.... is ok to pirate the second game? Will it work with mods?

if anything you shouldve pirated EW
mods can still work but obviously downloading them straight from the workshop is 100% more convenient

>So tell me can I heavily customise my Soldiers
>heavily
No
>customize
Yes

>XCOM2 also.... is ok to pirate the second game? Will it work with mods?
You can't use mods straight from the steam workshop. You can try to ask where to get a pirated copy of X2 here, but your unlikely to get an answer.We don't have much of a pirate population, not since release

I know where to get the pirate game, just wanted to know if LW2 would work in a non-steam version

Already had the game from giveaway long time ass ago in 2015 but never played it.

You know, baraposter's screenshots made me think. The game needs a specialized healer class, and combined with the mod he uses we can have a unique one.

Using the AWG's Gene Therapy, you can make your soldier larger, with big pecs, and able to lactate nutritious healing milk and literally nurse injured soldiers to health during missions. Move either the medic or the injured person next to the other and they'll Hunker Down and the medic cradles the soldier who starts to suckle. It lasts an entire turn but during that time the soldier is covered and the medic has increased defense from Hunkering and the genetic therapy toughening his back and side skin, After that turn the injured soldier is fully healed and depending on the level of the medic and what upgrades he has other benefits for a turn or two after like regenerating health, increased melee damage, increased aim/dodge/critical chance, etc. And one upgrade lets the medic nurse two soldiers at the same time and confer the bonuses to healthy soldiers by nursing them for a turn.

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I wish man, it is a old laptop with a 710M, doubt it can run XCOM2 at 60fps@720p

You know, I think the bara screenshots are kinda funny, but you my friend, should kill yourself.

Make it a female bodyslide and i'm on board

YOU DARE DEFILE THIS SACRED BOARD, WITH YOUR WRETCHED SMUT!?

Sounds fair. Though it would give the female soldier cowtits, is that okay?

of course, in fact it is preferred.

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Is LW a meme ?

Installed it to try it out, second mission step outside the landing zone immediately trigger 2 pods of 6 ayyys and a 3rd one "arrives" from the side effectively boxing the entire crew on the 2nd turn of the mission.

I wanted to make a playthrough before the expansion arrives for x2 but this is just dumb.

did you infiltrate to 100%?

>he fell for the LW meme

Long War is for hardcore players, that being said, you need to wait until the squad infiltrates before launching a mission.

>2 pods of 6 ayys

try reading the information in the commander's quarters. You really need to infiltrate

Here we go mates! Lets get ready for some memes and rekt moments.

>implying you wouldn't nurse your hunky squadmate's energizing milk to get the power needed to slaughter the ayy menace

Both Long Wars are a meme. There is a reason MAGNIFICENCE is a thing. The primary dev of Long War wants you to lose and actively hates the fact that people are capable of beating it because he sees it as a personal failures and like they are beating him personally.

He changed a fuckton of the original Long War JUST to fuck over Beagle who was beating Long War on impossible. Do you understand the level of fucking cuntishness and childishness that requires? The FAQ literally tells you to get good and any failures are entirely your own. The creator is a massive cunt and it is a meme.

All of that said though it adds a lot of great things to both games. It gives a lot of depth to EW and X2 but it also adds a lot of bullshit because as stated before the primary designer behind it is in fact a cunt who can only get off if he is telling someone to get good.

I would still suggest playing it though.

does anyone actually use combat stims?

its really good actually just not needed at all also the lack of zerker corpses in vanilla makes it even less likely to be picked up

good luck commander

I never get enough beserker corpses to really use it. I kinda want to carry one on my assaults as an "oh shit" button, but it's too expensive to justify.

Can't take screenshots with ShareX, what kind of bullshit is this?

Normal/Ironman

Maybe it doesn't have window focus? I take screens with the steam overlay so I dunno.

I would if Berserkers would show up more often and not on missions where I can't collect corpses.

I guess you'll have to use Steam's screenshot function. It's one of the F# keys iirc.

eh i used them a couple time desu they were complete letdown imo

F12 by default

It works on widow mode... could be worse but still
Hope normal is not to easy

did you try borderless windowed?

Maybe if berserkers showed up beyond once or twice total.

>Hope normal is not to easy
normal is the easy difficulty actually
the game is balanced around classic

I did now, works just fine!
I might make a new game then

I didn't know until recently that there was a t3 gremlin, because sectopods never showed up where I could collect corpses.

>18 mobility
>3 moves

hnnnnnnnnnnngh

>using default squad names
That's that one mod that adds fire emblem sorta things right?

Only with the mod that removes the whole losing the item part

Now this looks like fun, overwatch is both fun and fucking shit

The Tank class can get an Overdrive Serum in their inventory for free once a mission, and it is delicious. Surprisingly good item, when you have frequent access to it.

Also, /xgc/, does anyone have that discount code for GMG for War of the Chosen? I wish to give Jake my money like a good goyim but am poor with sick family. Is there a noble user who will assist a Commander in need?

Early on try to go for as much meld as you can. By lategame it gets way harder to safely get it and it is needed for certain soldier upgrades that really can shake things up. Patience is key, but don't be complacent, there are several missions that will pressure you for time so you'll want to not be caught in one mindset for play.

Is that XCOM2? Man I want that custom options

Yes.

>Early on try to go for as much meld as you can. By lategame it gets way harder to safely get it
It's usually the reverse for me. Early game, I'm forced to take it slow with my rookies, but after I've got some leveled soldiers I can use my preferred blitz-style tactics (on Classic difficulty).