/xcg/ - XCOM General

How bad is UFO hunts xcom dark event?
I failed to kill a stupid General before he ran away and now I have that shit on on the first week.
Does that shit triggers avenger defense?

Has a chance of triggering Avenger Defense, good luck. That shit killed the first Legendary Ironman run I got out of March in vanilla

Yes it does but aveneger defense isn't that hard of a mission once you get to t2

Also for the thread steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1123896931 so melee Rangers can join in on killing Lost

I bet the VSS will still sound like a bolt action.

pistols are useful

>vanilla sounds
Nope. Has custom sounds.

BOW YE SHITS

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we need an XCOM edit of this

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>the Lost tries to melee Muton

Finished the Shotgun Improvement breakthrough and glad to see both the conventional shotgun AND the shardgun do indeed have the upgrade

That's some rainbow ass lookin' squad there. Just needs someone in blue.

>Kill Assassin
>Forgot to photobooth

SUFFERING

It does say all shotguns.

bitch withhold commander

I wonder if E's mega pack contains a VSS?

So can you still get breakthroughs even if you do all researches? Can you get them in Covert Ops?

I just got the sniper rifle one for my campaign. I wonder if it includes the Reaper rifle?
Either way, the Lost are a massive indierect buff to marksmen and a pretty big nerf to grenadiers, so it will be pretty nice.

I normally have infantry style classes in blue but I don't have Skirmishers yet, I also have some blue on the Reaper

Also I just had a lost 1 shot a sectiod

Fuck this expansion is great

Roger that commander, redeploying bitch.

is there a way to enable beta strike, longer timers mid campaign? maybe using ini files? forgot to set it before starting, now im deep into the game and cant be arsed to do it all over again, for the third time

not the user you were talking to, but I agree on the visuals. Trying to recreate UFO by making a similar game was cool and ambitious, but Xenonauts really just makes me want to play openXcom, since it feels like such a weak sidestep rather than an upgrade on the original.

NuXcom isn't necessarily better than the old games, but it's very different in a good way. It's the same reason I like apocalypse better than TFtD, because a refreshing new take can be better than a bland re imagining or a straight downgrade.

Like, fallout 3 was a better sequel than Skyrim, because FO3 was a novel, if disappointing take on a series that switched things up, while Skyrim was a straight and derivative downgrade to the series that ruined everything good without adding anything interesting.

toids have a melee weakness

I ended up getting a pistol damage breakthrough. My Gunslinger has been putting in work because of it.

I know, it was just funny and somewhat sad

This, combined with Capnbubs updated tacticool pack, is the set up for the perfect Zone squad.

>Also I just had a lost 1 shot a sectiod
Must of been a bruiser. Those guys hit pretty hard.

The game feels really full now. I've noticed it is taking me a lot longer to play through than vanilla because I have way more stuff to manage, even beyond more missions. And now the Photobooth occasionally sucks up my time.

Why did this ancient meme get changed from anal to impregnation fetish?

Who the fuck is in charge of these things?

Resistance members are crazy accurate. Why can't we recruit them Bradford?

so what is difference between these combat intelligence levels:

gifted

savant

genius

????

which one is the highest?

Have a male Reaper lead your squads named 'Marked One'.

Uh it depends, you can cheese it with Reaper and Sharpshooter.

>not Strelok

Come on

>Jake topped Johnny's magnificence
I never thought I'd see the day.

I miss Vahlen telling me not to use explosives.

>tfw so many mod makers have abandoned the game and its shit without mods

>tfw bore of the chosen doesn't elaborate on her either

Savant.

Genius is second highest.

You will get more genius than savant.

I'm glad that the new classes are really not that much stronger than the base xcom classes at the end of the day. Taking them along with the rest of your squad feels natural and doesn't make me feel like I wish I was just taking the new faction heroes.
They have their extreme niches where they excel, but grenadiers are still blowing up all the cover and dealing the sweet guaranteed damage while shredding armor, Marksmen are still the real snipers and now absolutely are great for wading through the Lost, Rangers are still unparalleled single damage dealers for big crits, and no one does what specialists do + now they can be medics and combat specialists.
+ now I can do fun stuff like give all my rangers conceal and blade master.

>send Reaper on covert op
>ambush
>just runs out of there without giving a damn

Have we still found out how much snek cock vahlen has taken?

Someone halp

Also, how to cure Tired? put em in the medical bay?

Let them rest

>Also, how to cure Tired?
It just takes time

Have you guys gotten geniuses yet? I only have 2~3 gifted.

Can't help when you recruits from the ghettos.

I have like three geniuses in my campaign
All women
Also now even without not created equally, people have different will, different bonds, different combat intelligence, and different bonus abilities. Kind of nice.

I got one, out of 24 soldiers.

>stealth mission to get Mox back
>a turret has a clear shot at the fucking prison door

Got two, both grenadiers

With how resistance center works now, I have to drop all my money for moar recruits instead of buying scientist and engineers.

>all women

really activates my almonds

Does it crash for anyone else? I just want to STALK

WotC Long War compatibility FUCKING WHEN, FUCKING KEK DEVS

>Pistol breakthrough
>Bond 2 gunslinger sharpshooters

They effectively can handle any lost/horde sitreps by themselves

> Rescue Mox mission
> Get the Sitrep where all my soldiers can re-conceal

Out fucking skilled ADVENT

wait a few months

>be me
>do lost towers
>on ballistic
>lily is saving my ass big time

claymore better be worth it on the jullianpod

I'm probably not going to go back to long dong. I feel like there is enough macro management now as it is, and standalone mods can spice up the tactical gameplay.

>doing lost towers with fatigue
shit nigga wtf u doin

Not getting any issues on my end. There might be 2 mods conflicting, although that's highly unlikely.

I use integrated dlc after lost towers and snek den raped both my best teams for a long time while assasin is raping my rookies and squaddies new holes.

Jake is right. It's bullshit doing both during the early month when convert actions through the roof and assasin pounding your ass.

So how are we all feeling bout WotC? Pretty good?

bore of the chosen

So far its fantastic.

>youtube links still broken

Combat didn't change that much, it's still alpha strike galore, maps are still pretty bland and repetitive, but all these new mechanics, QoL changes and classes are really good. There is so much shit to do, my strategy map is literally drowning in various points of interest. Performance is really good too, feels much smoother than a horrible stuttering mess XCOM 2 was.

Played it for about 12 hours yesterday. Feels good. Covert actions mean you can start fighting the AVATAR project really early, new classes are fun, the Lost are actually mechanically interesting, Almost all the new missions aren't times, are soft-timed, or have some mechanic to add time, new Resistance retaliatons with the resistance fighters are fun (though maybe to easy). Fighting the Chosen can be interesting since you won't always be able to just rush them down, bonds are fun.
It's mostly just fun stuff, not sure how balanced it is, but hell if I care right now.

I am using the remove weapons and remove utility like it's a religious act.

Fuck having personal weapons, with the huge amount of troops.
Everyone share the best weapons.

It's pretty good. I put more time into WotC than I put into the base game before I uninstalled it at launch.

Has BeagleCuck said if he's gonna try WotC yet?

>90% of the extra skills I get on the training center are complete garbage
>my templar got a bunch of pistol things instead of stabby shit
I wasn't a big fan of the randomness of the AWC on vanilla and I am not a big fan of this now.

I feel the same way. I'm hoping the smaller Long War mods get updated, but for the most part, I'm pretty happy with the feel now.

He's full PUBG now

>not just taking all those juicy vanilla perks you passed up because there competition was a tad better

He will, probably in the next TNX. He doesn't expect much though, but he thinks it should be good for one run.

What updated gameplay mods are you desperately waiting for /xcg/? Are you holding back from playing until you get them?

How? Elena is tired since the first mission, its been..2 months since?

Does it have to do with the bar below the HP in squad selection screen? the bar with the lighting

Just comestic mods and some QoL UI shit.
Also the make your own personal and gun mods shit.

What is the point of fucking posters?

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any edits to the .ini that will make this game less alpha strikey? I don't want the beta uprising 2nd wave option that shit is just retarded cuz you can't kill enemies in time

All of my HATE, So many damn tired soldiers

The bar depends on willpower so now Focus kits are not garbage marked for sales as always.

If you want to continuously use someone on most missions, outfit them with superior focus.

>perfectly healthy soldier gets tired after flawless mission
>out of commission for 9 fucking days even with the Infirmary

Wow this is so fun

Sounds like a bug imo, it's supposed to go away on it's own.

Really? What is the point of cosmetics user? They serve no practical gameplay purpose.

Second Wave.

And yes, I literally can't play without Hidden Potential, if my soldiers all get the same stats on level up it sucks all the fun.

they appear on the walls in game