/xcg/ - XCOM General

>made a thread for the general a while ago
>changed every mention of /xcg/ to /xgc/ in the op
>ten or so threads later they still say /xgc/

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This is... this is a violation of our trust!

Cheeky shit.

I could not have predicted this outcome, though it IS intriguing.

this is how the Pandora virus spread

You blackguard

>everyone is injured
>it'll be fine, I can rest at HQ
>that mission where the UFO downs the ship

I can't. I just can't stop thinking of CWC whenever I hear that.

>double pod activation on a difficult mission
>templar gets critted in full cover and dies
>Reinforcements

Someone said how to get bradford and the advent to shut the fuck up. I can't restart again and go through 30 minutes of my life with bradford locking my fucking screen down. I know how it works.

I mean for wotc

WHERE IS THE EXPANSION JAKE

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Shall I compare thee to a plasma bolt?

Okay I really don't care but the ratio for male to female in xcom 2 has to be 75 to 25. I always have predominantly females.

50/50

it embarrasses me that we get this guy every three threads

I hate to break it to you but it's already out, user.

Avenger missions are pretty easy man, especially with reaper and Sharpshooter.

>first supply raid mission on legend ironmeme
>Its not a timed one
>Get site recon
>Mfw

>ironmeme
baka desu senpai

>yfw the unnamed dlc in the steam records is a complete/ultimate/all dlc edition

>Load up xcom after over a year of not playing it
>~4-6 missions in on classic lose my entire squad to a thinman after missing 6 80% shots in a row.
>Uninstall
Thanks.

There's already a complete option on Steam. It could still be nothing but it's not going to be that.

>mfw the unnamed dlc in the steamdb is a new expansion

So apparently Elon Musk is the founder of a company called XCOM

Ports when

youtu.be/XCKet4O8jP4

That's not how it works.
Complete/ultimate/GOTY/"All dlc edition" go in the packages section, not in the DLC section
The unnamed dlc is in the DLC section with WOTC, Annarchy, Shen's Last Gift and the others, what ever it will see the light is in the air, but is cleary DLC

COMMANDER

YOU MAY WANT TO INSTRUCT YOUR MEN TO EXERCISE RESTRAINT

I am getting ridiculously lucky on this legend ironman run. I am probably about to get fucked in the ass. Three retaliation missions so far with no losses. First supply raid was the easiest supply raid of my life. Tygan (sp) got inspiration for improved conventional weapons, so all of my basic weapons got +1 damage. That includes combat protocol with specialists. Wew

>Save won't load

I should have known. Who knew that today would be the day that I kill my are self.

What's the /vr/edict?

>That includes combat protocol with specialists

I didn't know the damage breakthroughs affected gremlins too. Interesting

>ironmeme

We really need to put in the OP that you should never play Ironman if you are playing a modded run.

Honestman only from that point and save regularly.

I love you.

That's kinda homo bro

>man wants to go to space so badly
>wait but what if we accidentally meet or hit ayys?
>I know, let's form XCOM

It needs more work, buddy. While you wait for it, you'll have hours of fun playing my friend Julian's game Phoenix Point.

But that won't be out proper for some time.

The neurotoxins are working. Let's get our strike team in there and finish it off.

Oh no you don't.

Octopi are fucking awesome.

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Soundtrack is great, though I'd rather have it sparser like in UFO Defense (there's still a very clear influence there, though). I'm halfway through yet but two things I really liked are the los indicators and overwatch spending will. I guess it's more elegant than timers while still making it difficult for the player to just overwatch spam. The armors are kinda dull but I doubt this game will lack mod support, since it proved so integral to XCOM2's success imagine when we start getting cross-enemy porting. I really liked how things went down out of nowhere, that's something NuCom kinda lacks, thought it also seems like they're all low level dudes and this can also happen in the early game. Also I'm 100% sure Jake just gave them the heavy firing animation, it's identical to X2's.

But I wanted to play the expansion while waiting for Phoenix Point, Jake.

>los indicators
How does Jake feel about Julian taking features from EU/EW's prototype builds?

Flattered I'm sure.

40 minutes video from the community manager of the Phoenix Point Pre Alpha demo showcased this weekend. Skip the first 5-10 minutes or so.

youtube.com/watch?v=2uGPUaJvi_8&feature=youtu.be

Actually wait its more like the first 4-5 minutes. He goes pretty in depth about what's going on.

I like how they explain the differences in mechanics between PP and XCOM in this video.

Phoenix Point will be playable in early access in April. The XCOM2 expansion won't be coming until at least the summer probably.

>early access

Access to the Alpha for backers.

>early access

So what are people playing now?
Is Long War 2 still hip with the kidz?

Exactly.

It never was.
Did you miss the expansion?

>we don't want people to just sit there and spam overwatch while waiting for the aliens to come to them
This kills the Bagels.

Good. Fuck Beagle.

Still haven't implemented the ballistic system, huh.

It has been implemented, the hit chances indicate the chance for each bullet to hit, not each shot.

Yeah? Last I heard they were going for a system where you could shoot where you wanted, and were having difficulty melding hit chances from that with the interface.

I was assuming they were using a FiraxisCom approximation based off location til then.

You are thinking of free aiming, which is planned to be added to the current system.

Isn't that what the sniper can do?

It looks so good, bros.
Almost too good.

You don't think that Julian is flim-flamming us, do you????

Oh, nice bits of lore at the beginning. I was wondering about how they'd treat alien infected individuals.

No, but... there's gotta be a catch, right? There can't not be a catch.

The catch was that we had to have faith and buy it/back it while it was in development.

The sniper can aim at specific body parts.
Free aim means you can target any tile, any cover regardless of whether a unit is present there or not.

After that video, I am legit considering getting into the alpha. It was pretty impressive looking.

It was a specific cut-out made for a public demonstration. You shouldn't expect the alpha to be that consistently impressive.

>Our sniper has a pistol that is armor-piercing (ignores armor). It also gives an ability called "gunslinnger" that allows you to shoot twice.

PISTOLS

ARE

USEFUL

>alien language is actually a real language with translation

interdasting

They said a big part of the research will actually be figuring out the alien culture and language so that you can interrogate them effectively.

So we got new about PP.

Any idea when Xenonauts 2 is going to make some noise?

Never.

B-But I want to youtube.com/watch?v=4uhJlIKby18 !!!|!

xenonauts.com/2018/02/19/xenonauts-2-february-2018-update/

Not any time soon, though an update was posted today. They are alive and kicking.

>>though an update was posted today
>>last one was a month ago.

Oh. That explains it. Thanks.

has anyone here made a voice pack for xcom2 and how difficult was it?

>it's nu-com with real bullets and cover
jake on suicide watch

delete this
Jake and Julian are for friendship and professional respect only

24 hour hotline!

>line of sight is shown with an actual drawn line
They tried this with XCOM EU and apparently it looks really bad once you are facing more than a handful of enemies.

You only face more than a handful of enemies if you fucked up real hard. I think the drawn line would have worked fine.

Lost soldiers today?

youtu.be/3JyHELDF_ug