IGdood presents: XCOM ENEMY WITHIN - IT IS DONE - XCOM 2 PREVIEW IN LAST POST

[Esau of Isaac]

So I've already lost like ten dudes what the fuck EXALT rocket launchers are so bullshit

[IGdood]

Let's get the show on the road.

The screenshot log will follow a format of caption on top of the image.

No tutorials

No reduced voiceovers

Operation Progeny

FINAL DESTINATION

I'm going to die so fucking hard it won't be funny. Never played Classic difficulty before.

I like how they put in orange as the new color scheme for some of the scenes and changed the introduction quote

Capsule falls, people get covered in green gooey shit, and aliens begin running around.

THAT'S XCOM BABY

The people voted Asia and so our first mission will be in Asia.

We have 2 dudes and 2 dudettes. May the luckiest bastard survive.

FOUND 'EM! 2 of them scrambled into the building. The 3rd one stays around to get shot, but since I ain't taking risks, the grenade is thrown.

And the expansion pack's new resource is found. Meld. It only lasts a set amount of turns from the beginning of the mission, so I think I gotta get somewhere there in 4 turns.

Additional Asshol-err, Sectoids spotted.

Webb takes another one out.

Meld canister #2 found

Oh god it's the Sectoid Mind Meld. The recipient receives +1 HP and +?? Aim bonus.

Both of the chicks get shot and panic. Luckily, they're not dead.

WEBB FUCKING MISSES.

THE GRENADE FAILED TO KILL

FUUUUUUUUUU

Both chicks die, Webb panics, Webb gets overwatched to death the next turn, Russian dude panics

Golubev gets his shit together and takes out 1 sectoid. 2 more to go because Classic.

The longest shootout ever happens.

Sectoid 2 mind melds every turn.

Sectoid 1 misses Gulabev 3 turns straight.

Gulabev misses for 3 turns until the 4th turn he nails Sectoid #2 and the psychic backlash kills Sectoid #1.

THAT'S XCOM, BABY!

>BRUTAL JESTER

FUCK YOU JESTER.

This is Bradford. He's like the guy who talks to you and gives you info and shit.

GULLLAABEEEEEVVVVV is a support now

A new feature is the Medals system. As you play through the game, you gain the ability to unlock medal slots, customize their name, and pick from 2 choices the benefit of the medal.

I'll let you guys pick the name, I'll pick the power.

This is Dr. Shen. He makes items for your soldiers.

Dr. Vahlen does research and unlocks items for Shen to make.

I order a satellite and a medikit. The former's importance will be explained later.

We're gonna take many losses. I put Vahlen to work on understanding Meld, though I doubt I have enough of it to do anything. Maybe I should've gone for Xeno Biology.

The game doesn't allow for empty last names, and after searching through the current roster I find 2 matches for our request list.

Balcerzak Balcerzak and Integ Rity are now on duty. The funny thing is that the RNG gave both of them the lowest aim (55!) out of the whole fucking team. As soon as other teammates promote to the right class and they are the right country, I'll add them in. This is assuming they survive.

[Esau of Isaac]

Actually, Mind Merge gives a health, and +25 to both Will and critical hit chance.

Also dat already staggering bodycount Jesus

[IGdood]

ANOTHER BIG UPDATE?!

Brazil is in trouble. We send our best men (HAHA, NO WAY)

McGregor seems to have the best potential. If she gets into the right lass I can recreate her as PrincessK's character or.....sifer's

Contact was established shortly after the landing.

Misses everywhere. Fuck it, here's a gren--OH DAMMIT THE MELD CANISTER CAN BE BLOWN UP

More assholes show up

Everyone misses except McGregor

What a based Scottish gal

Integrity narrowly avoids being turned into into a burnt crisp.

Spanish recruit dude overhears the 2nd Meld Canister's location

I don't have time for your shit. Bombs away.

Only 4 guys?

ALso it seems that even if you don't collect the MELD if you finish the mission you end up automatically collecting it anyways

Annnnd McGregor is an assault, so now she fits PrincessK's character.

Integrity is assigned the Heavy class by the game.

We have a new medal.

Sellin' bodies to sick fucks

BEHOLD, PRINCESS K's NEW LOOK

UFO DETECTED. EXTERMINAAAATE

With a 4-man squad I can only take 1 recruit at a time. Any more and the squad will start sucking.

This must be a new map, as I've never seen UFO Crash Sites in the city before.

Found some Sectoids, easily killed.

CHACHING

Dammit, too far.

Pop smoke, advance, overwatch.

KILL.

I hate outsiders.

They carry full plasma rifles, not dinky plasma pistols that sectoids carry.

And they have uncanny luck. Everyone fucking missed this turn, and GOLUBEV IS SO BADASS HE SURVIVES A FLANKING SHOT.

Don't fuck with Russians.

Aww I wanted a Frenchie support.

CASH

Meld research complete, we're treated to a little Shen vs. Vahlen cutscene. We're here for Shen's toys, of course. Gene modding is pretty cool too, but I'd rather get the MECs out first.

Speaking of which, which of you guys want gene modifications?

Also, there is a tiny reference to The Bureau when they talked about redacted data stores from the 1960s.

[IGdood]

Actually, Mind Merge gives a health, and +25 to both Will and critical hit chance.

Also dat already staggering bodycount Jesus

Ooh, I see. Thanks!

Adaptive Bone Marrow might be the best gene mod ever.

Gotta dig deeper.

Gotta get access to that Thermal Vent.

>all these objectives

NEED WEAPONS RESEARCH CREDIT

Let's help China.

Taking a German guy with me today

ONCE AGAIN THE MELD IS TOO FAR

INTEEGRRIIIITTTTTY WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOOOIINNNNNNGGG

Sectoid hides behind a Meld container, Integrity shoots, misses, and instead blows the canister up. Vahlen is pissed.

Also note the star next to Integ's name. It means he is the squad leader of the mission and as long as he's alive, everyone gets resistance to panic. If he dies, everyone fucking panics.

PrincessK grenades the enemy to death and we move on.

I love it when overwatch nails enemies in succession.

I hate overwatch when it nails your squaddies in succession.

Don't fuck with Germans.

Because we received a Chinese support Sergeant as a reward, we can now build an Officer Training School. I still lack the funds to do so...

TIME TO BUILD

I like Murica. Muh freedoms. They get +1 satellite

SCOPES available

Problem is I don't have any viable volunteers. I need a Dutch Female (though I might just promote a Swedish/German female, they're close enough) and a USA HEAVY MALE (for Esau, Integ is a perfect fit but I didn't know he would've become a Heavy)

WE NEED MOAR RECRUITS

CASH!

HARDER BETTER FASTER STRONGER

>VERY DIFFICULT

FUCK

[IGdood]

Why can't I hold...all these updates?

So..a Very Difficult mission. Alright, we've got newbie Shaun and a Scoped Integrity. Surely we can win?

Screw MELD collection. I'm playing it safe.

SEEKERS! A NEW ENEMY! TENTACLES! STEALTH! BASTARDS WHERE ARE YOU?!

The amount of inaccuracy is terrifying. It takes 4 people to kill 1 Sectoid. And there's...like..3 Sectoids.

OH GOD WHY

GO AWAY

FUCK OFF

Strangle does 2 damage per turn and the person being strangled is essentially stunned. You have to park a friendly squad member next to the Seeker to be able to shoot it accurately.

I refuse to move because there's a second seeker a--AH FUCK THERE IT IS

Moving forward I see nothing but Sectoids.

Integrity gives 0 fucks about exp share and rockets them all

Moving on again we encounter FLOATERS. I hate Floaters. I hate all aliens.

REACTION SHOTS ERRWHERE

Shaun Reynolds is assigned Support...which means....he fits the criteria of one of our members!

I should really get going with these medals.

Labs and WOrkshops give more scientists and engineers, respectively. You need a certain amount to be able to research/build certain techs/facilities.

Shen muses on all this new tech that is being developed and how they'll be used once the war ends. In Enemy Unknown he ends with "I will have none of this if we go too far" but here the line is retconned and he sounds a bit more.....ambiguous?

Cooper Weir created just for Rehab.

Integrity gets to double attack, assuming he has enough ammo and doesn't move.

Fuck.

Council Missions are known to be either hilariously easy or notoriously hard.

I'll take caution and not bring any recruits. Only the best may come. Except Balcerzak, he gets to cme because his rocket might come in handy despite his shit aim.

Fuck Thin Men. They always do 6-7 damage

The amount of aliens getting hurt is miraculous. No fucking misses, it's like the RNG took pity on me after Operation Brutal Jester.

Thin Men love to hang out on roofs. I should do the same too.

Hey look, that guy is totally from Exalt.

Shotgunner killed that one.

>1 damage

NO NO DON'T FAIL ME NOW

Gubolev rescues the guy. Everyone goes on the roof.

It's gonna be a long walk home. Overwatch works wonders on those fuckers dropping in out of nowhere.

Our..."hostage" is rather uncooperative despite following my every order.

Why do so many of these assholes keep dropping in...

That extra health really helps thin men be a real threat. In Normal 3 health usually means they die in 1 shot.

Permission to shoot the survivor?

And suddenly everyone starts missing.

The height advantage aim bonus is a godsend.

If you're wondering where the survivor is, he's in the building behind the crew out of the aliens' line of sight.

After what seemed like forever, we advance forward...only to find more fucking Thin Men dropping like bird shit

[IGdood]

We took care of them. Whew.

PROMOTIONS

I've decided to rename 2 of the medal types and chose bonuses fitting their names.

Giving a soldier a medal leads to a very short cutscene where he/she stands there and salutes.

I decide to leave the Internal Service Medal alone for now, though I think the choice on the left is much more useful.

Here we go again...

YOU UGLY PIECE OF SHIT. DIE! (it doesn't)

All that for 1 kill.

That was a close one.

WHY WON'T YOU DIE?!

And finally the new recruit nails the last floater.

Fuck, an outsider.

IT'S UP TO THE FRENCHIE SHOTGUNNER TO SAVE THE DAY

FRENCHIE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT YOUR FLANKING CRITICALS

Hooray sniper chick.

The sound of things being sold in the Grey Market makes me JIZZ IN MY PANTS

I need that Foundry.

With all this cash and Asia's half price bonus I purchase a shitload of techs for the troops.

Iron WIll is purchased earlier because it doesn't retroactively apply to soldiers that are already leveled. It increases the amount of WIll gained by 25%

TERROR MISSIONS GET

fuck

[Rehab]

Awesome stuff! Looks like they packed a few more goodies into Enemy Within than I first heard. Really tempted to pick it up myself, arr

I'd like to motion the Internal Service Medal be named, "Spirit Bomb" (or, "RAISE YOUR HANDS UP RIGHT NOW OR YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE")

Edited November 14, 2013 by Rehab

[a.f.k.a. Howard Hughes]

Cant wait for tomorrow and getting this bloody thing to europe

[IGdood]

Awesome stuff! Looks like they packed a few more goodies into Enemy Within than I first heard. Really tempted to pick it up myself, arr

I'd like to motion the Internal Service Medal be named, "Spirit Bomb" (or, "RAISE YOUR HANDS UP RIGHT NOW OR YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE")

I'll name it after I put in 2 more huge updates.

As for temptation, I hope the following updates will seriously tempt you.

Cant wait for tomorrow and getting this bloody thing to europe

eheheheh

Egypt is under heavy attack, so it's time for us to suit up and roll out.

2 floaters, followed by 2 chrysallids, followed by 2 more floaters, I think.

Integrity really wants that promotion.

But the chrysallids only take heavy damage from rocket attacks. Heh.

That was the easiest terror mission ever. And it's even aptly named LAZY JESTER

Our new recruit is assigned the Support class. However, I have other plans for her....

PrincessK specs down the critical hit side of the Assault class while Integ takes Suppression.

Integ also gets a callsign.

Because I couldn't find a Dutch female, a Swedish girl will have to do. BEHOLD, YOU ARE NOW REBORN AS DAIGOJI EXCELLEN

German sniper chick becomes Rikku.

MAKING A MEC TAKES 3 DAYS

WHY WOULD IT TAKE 3 DAYS TO SAW HER ARMS AND LEGS OFF

Foundry is available. I don't need the pistol upgrades or the SHIV or the SCOPE upgrade but Tactical Rigging sounds beast as fuck.

7 DAYS? FUCKING SHEN

3 days later Jesus rose from the dead.

3 days later so did Daigoji.

(Yes she woke up without her right arm, but then a machine claw slapped it onto her)

A new paintjob, a power fist, a fucking badass helmet, HOW MUCH MORE GENDER AMBIGUOUS CAN YOU GET?!

JUST IN TIME. DOUBLE FRAGS FOR EVERYONE

Can't wait to loot some of those television sets.

DOUBLE FRAGS IN YOUR FACE

AND FUCK YOU PUNY SECTOID.

Not sure how much longer that Meld canister will last, but Seekers won't make it any easier.

The funny thing now is that overwatch can potentially kill Seekers before they strangle their target.

I haven't been able to get good angles of Daigoji's orgasmic gatling gun spinning in action, but then again I didn't use her much. She has a neat robotic/mechanical voice and her disruption field really helps in survivability of everyone around her.

Why do the girls end up as assaults? That's kinda funny.

MEDKITS FOR EVERYONE?

A bigger UFO = moar money on the grey market.

Another new recruit.

Another chick.

I should fire all the people who don't meet the forum's character criteria.

We jump straight into the action as Daigoji mows down floaters with her Gatling gun while the rest of the squad advances. Some sectoids get in the way but fuck sectoids

[IGdood]

I like how the game practically tells you where the sectoid doing the mind melding is.

Balcerzak seems to be hitting targets more often than his low aim would suggest.

DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DIE OUTSIDER

ANOTHER FEMALE ASSAULT?!

Daigoji is like the ultimate sentry or something.

Even if his own aim may be low, a least Balcerzak can improve other people's aim assuming he fires first.

Finally more satellites

I think I'll give in to Genetic modification

LASERS GET

If Mexico and Canada wihdrew, does that mean I'll never get Canadian troops?

I'll take improved pistol accuracy so my snipers won't be totally useless in a very mobile firefight.

Heh, the Sectoid image from the first XCOM...

Let's test these mofos out.

TOO MANY ITEMS

This sounds OP..

Wow these UFOs are getting harder to take down. I better step up my flight weapons upgrades.

Let's see what we can find...

THE BEST ALIEN IS A DEAD ONE

It took me awhile to realize I forgot to give the supports a laser rifle.

NOBODY CAN TOUCH US.

NOBODY.

Everybody is doing their job well, and that's great.

The game seems to not want to give me any additional Heavies....

2 Spooky 4 me

[Sifer]

Yes! I caught up....

GRRR! NINJA!

I have to read some more

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You go Rikku! Be the coward like you are and stay in the back and kill people and have your teammates act as your meat shield!

Assault would have been more appropriate better for Rikku but I saw no one else asking for snipers and snipers have a higher chance of survival.

-

I don't use grenades... I used the mithrill vest. (+2 hp)

is that a bad idea?

Edited November 14, 2013 by sifer

[Rehab]

I haven't used the vests much in a while, but that's more because I enjoy the other items' effects so much than anything else. Also haven't played any higher than classic, not sure what really becomes invaluable as difficulty increases, though I've heard one guy (Impossible player?) say he put scopes on everyone no question.

RE Double Rigging:

muh

m-----uh

Edited November 15, 2013 by Rehab

[Excellen Browning]

weissganger 3 is da bess!

[Balcerzak]

I haven't used the vests much in a while, but that's more because I enjoy the other items' effects so much than anything else. Also haven't played any higher than classic, not sure what really becomes invaluable as difficulty increases, though I've heard one guy (Impossible player?) say he put scopes on everyone no question.

My rule in Ironman becamen:

2 medikits, one on a support with 3 use skill, one on somebody else just in case, because murphy's law always sees the support go down first, and only critically wounded (just to spite you).

Scopes on Heavies and Snipers, no questions asked.

Arcthrower in Support second slot when available, otherwise on second support, because dat fucking sprint for extra movespeed.

Assault... eh, whatever I need, probably one grenade, for clearing cover my heavies don't want to waste rockets on.

Early-game I hear in impossible you want those nanofiber vests because the gap between regular armor and carapace is just too long otherwise. I have not yet had the balls to attempt Impossible Ironman, so I cannot confirm/deny.

Also, holy fuck, tactical rigging so OP.

[IGdood]

Yes! I caught up....

GRRR! NINJA!

I have to read some more

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You go Rikku! Be the coward like you are and stay in the back and kill people and have your teammates act as your meat shield!

Assault would have been more appropriate better for Rikku but I saw no one else asking for snipers and snipers have a higher chance of survival.

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I don't use grenades... I used the mithrill vest. (+2 hp)

is that a bad idea?

>Higher chance of survival

Well time to make her a Pistoleer then.

Honestly it really depends on what job classes you enjoy using and whether or not you're good at avoiding damage.

I haven't used the vests much in a while, but that's more because I enjoy the other items' effects so much than anything else. Also haven't played any higher than classic, not sure what really becomes invaluable as difficulty increases, though I've heard one guy (Impossible player?) say he put scopes on everyone no question.

RE Double Rigging:

muh

m-----uh

You're gonna see why I use vests in a post or two.

weissganger 3 is da bess!

Distortion field too helpful

My rule in Ironman becamen:

2 medikits, one on a support with 3 use skill, one on somebody else just in case, because murphy's law always sees the support go down first, and only critically wounded (just to spite you).

Scopes on Heavies and Snipers, no questions asked.

Arcthrower in Support second slot when available, otherwise on second support, because dat fucking sprint for extra movespeed.

Assault... eh, whatever I need, probably one grenade, for clearing cover my heavies don't want to waste rockets on.

Early-game I hear in impossible you want those nanofiber vests because the gap between regular armor and carapace is just too long otherwise. I have not yet had the balls to attempt Impossible Ironman, so I cannot confirm/deny.

Also, holy fuck, tactical rigging so OP.

I should put scopes on heavies...soon.

We're here to investigate something fishy in Newfoundland. The name of the mission, Spectral Jester, worries me.

FUCK THE UNDEAD

A zombie managed to nick Balcerzak but he'll be fine.

Bradford. That's not a fucking shark.

ALSO, FALCON PUNCH INSTA 12 DAMAGE

Chrysallids y u resist crit ;__;

PrincessK's special ability lets her shoot twice as long as she's up close.

Random shark carcasses will explode to reveal chrysallids.

As the squad fights their way across the port, it becomes very clear that the source of the problem is from that ship. We also get a reference to Terror from the Deep.

I lost count of how many chrysallids got killed by this point.

Many eggs in a whale. Shit shit shit shit shit it spawns 1 chrysallid every turn, sometimes 3. The key tactic is to avoid line of sight. As long as the chrysallid doesn't see you, it'll waste the turn moving to find you instead of attacking, granting the guys a turn to reload. Weir is sent to activate the ship's transponder while everyone else is busy killing Chrysallids.

The situation is stable, I stayed my hand from posting too many shots of Chrysallids getting..well...shot.

This was the hard part. The game throws 3 chrysallids from the whale body and 1-2 more from the remaining shark bodies on the island.

You couldn't just dash out of there because the bastards run faster than you and they already have line of sight when they were spawned. I spent about 4-5 turns reloading and making a fighting retreat until I killed the bastards and then I began dashing because the respawning chrysallids couldn't see me once I got far enough from the whale carcass.

I got there RIGHT ON TIME.

Light up the dock.

With that number of kills, of course there'd be promotions.

Balcerzak gets more versatile, Daigoji gets more dangerous, PrincessK gets paranoid, Integ perpares for what's next, and Weir takes medical training

The new medal is assigned the left power, and I didn't give it to anyone yet.

Medals are given to those who need will (PrincessK) and those who need defense (Balcerzak, Rikku, Daigoji)

I need the cash, and Rapid Recovery is purchased.

Genetics Lab complete, let's send PrincessK for modifications because reasons

This will aid us.

Also Argentina needs help.

It was an easy mission. Get meld fuck floaters and seekers

PROMOTIONS ONCE MORE

One for All is not Daigoji's style. She's more of a fly in your face and punch you off a cliff kind of style.

Weir advances his medical training.

Germany is on the verge of withdrawing but I will not let that happen.

Germany pls stay:3

Nanofiber vests available. I issue them to our resident heavies.

[IGdood]

What what another update

As I was saying earlier, nanofiber vests!

SUDDENLY EXALT

They hack my money and to find more exalt hideouts I need money

Being XCOM is suffering

Rikku gets to be our covert operative.

NEED $$

THIS GUNNA BE GUD

Everyone seems kinda nervous

There's those plebeian fuckers. And there's a fuckton of them.

We have the height advantage. Clear the area!

Kill 1 EXALT member and literally 2-3 more show up.

I can't use Bullet Swam because Integ moved to fire. So I used Suppress to be sure.

WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A FUCKING ROCKET TAKES US OUT.

Poor Integ. The rocket exposed him and an Exalt operative shot him a few more times. He goes down, but he's bleeding out. In fact, he falls down into the pit making revival all the harder. Weir is nearly dead too!

Daigoji moves to flank, but fails to do sufficient damage.

PrincessK kills one, misses the other.

Weir is healed, but it's not entirely clear whether or not he can make it to integrity without being shot to death

Balcerzak gives covering fire, and Weir tosses a grenade. Integ can wait another turn.

I didn't see the EXALT heavy earlier, otherwise I wouldn't have bunched up my forces. I know there are 2 heavies now, and 1 guy used his rocket.

Those fuckers have Holo-targeting too.

The fog of war continues to shit out Dickxalt Medics and Operatives from flanking positions. Damn this shit.

Rikku hacks DICKXALT communications and the squad gets a free turn of reloading, repositioning, and shooting dicks in the dick.

Princess K runs out of shotgun ammo at the worst possible time. She whips out her pistol and proceeds to critical enemies. Because EXALT's AI mindset is "ZERG RUSH" they basically disregard safety and will run into the hacking zone to contest the encoder from XCOM's control.

This also activates PrincessK's Close Combat Specialist ability multiple times (and pistols don't need to reload) so basically the 2 idiots that ran past her either ended up dead or take enough damage such that another squaddie can kill them the next turn.

Hey look, more enemies show up and one even lands on the platform which nobody else can climb!

Balcerzak has had enough of this dickery and rockets 2 enemies to death.

Daigoji takes plenty of damage as she makes her way to falcon punch one of the EXALT heavies to death....or was it operative...?

Integrity has been revived but unfortunately he fell onto an unclimbable box, which means he can't move anywhere for the rest of the level. He is essentially without cover and a sitting duck. Fortunately, he dodges bullets.

[IGdood]

Integ receives the blessing of RNG, more enemies die...

RNG PLS

Daigoji receives some healing (after all, Mecs can't take cover)

>last of the reinforcements

>a whopping 4 show up

Laughing_Dicks.jpg

ANOTHER ONE ON THE PLATFORM

HAHA YOUR WEAPONS ARE USELESS

XCOM WILL TRIUMPH

WHY WON'T YOU DIE

That was a hard battle.

Balcerzak gets anti-robot ammo. Integrity gets moar grenades.

Rikku gets Snapshot.

EXALT weaponry looks kinda cool. They're the exact same as XCOM's ballistic weaponry though.

I fire the recruits that don't match the remaining characters' profiles requested by our forumites. I need Canadian and American males that will promote to heavies. That's hard.

SO MANY ITEMS

Time to start on the Arc Thrower

Burning money

FUCK.

You can sell EXALT weaponry, ahahahaha

With most of the veterans in bed, it's up to these mofos to deal with this...Large UFO.

[IGdood]

I'm having lots of trouble rolling a Canadian Male Assault, been doing it for an hour straight.

So far I've been getting Canadian Heavies/Snipers and most of them are female, I dunno if I can get a character Polydeuces like.

[Sifer]

If you have 2 interceptors in one place you can recall the first one if it is about to be destroyed and send the second.

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If I buy the expansion I guess I have to look out for the rocket launcher too.

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Rikku in my D&D group is the infiltrator since she has High strength and she can go invisible. I suppose giving her the pistol ability increases her usefulness in infiltration missions

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The first things I researched were in my current, classical play through were: (this is my first)

+2 vest, carapace armor the Tazer so I can start zapping aliens and get the research credit.

I then realized I didn't have ten engies and so I am just waiting for an engie mission, but there not poping up!

A lot of rookies died since they were the first ones in to protect my elites.

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lol, look at the beanie on Integ, cuz screw helmet when you have swag

Edited November 15, 2013 by sifer

[Esau of Isaac]

I wonder if EXALT ever get plasma. I killed them off before I could find out. :(

[Integrity]

Anybody who researches anything at all before laser weapons is a terrible person who is not my friend.

[Sifer]

I prefer longevity to killing power, my reasoning:

it doesn't matter whether you do 3 damage or 10 to a sectoid, they are still dead.

Also going for beams uses time that could be spent for other upgrades, like amor or plasma.

However you are troops sustain damage and needs to withstand crits.

So armoring up reduces wound time and give greater chance of people being promoted, increasing your overall firepower later on.

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my current upgrades:

Alien materials>vest>officer school>interrogate floater>carapace>interrogate everyone else for credit, buy foundry

no beam weapons yet... I am going straight for plasma!

but then, this is my second play through, first time on classic

Edited November 15, 2013 by sifer

[omglmaowtf]

Xcom's RNG really makes FE4 & FE5's RNGs look friendly

IF your attack has less than 100% chance to hit, don't even bother, in Xcom terms it means guranteed 100% chance to miss

You can only depend on grenades, rockets, & assaults' run & gun

I practically play every mission with fresh new recruits because of ever-expanding long list of people gravely injured for 17 days

[IGdood]

If you have 2 interceptors in one place you can recall the first one if it is about to be destroyed and send the second.

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If I buy the expansion I guess I have to look out for the rocket launcher too.

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Rikku in my D&D group is the infiltrator since she has High strength and she can go invisible. I suppose giving her the pistol ability increases her usefulness in infiltration missions

-

The first things I researched were in my current, classical play through were: (this is my first)

+2 vest, carapace armor the Tazer so I can start zapping aliens and get the research credit.

I then realized I didn't have ten engies and so I am just waiting for an engie mission, but there not poping up!

A lot of rookies died since they were the first ones in to protect my elites.

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lol, look at the beanie on Integ, cuz screw helmet when you have swag

I gave her snapshot instead, because a high strength chick should be able to carry a sniper rifle into close quarters

Yes I know sniper rifles have shit accuracy the closer the target is but fuckit

I wonder if EXALT ever get plasma. I killed them off before I could find out. :(

They get lightning guns or something

Anybody who researches anything at all before laser weapons is a terrible person who is not my friend.

I-I'm s-sorry

I prefer longevity to killing power, my reasoning:

it doesn't matter whether you do 3 damage or 10 to a sectoid, they are still dead.

Also going for beams uses time that could be spent for other upgrades, like amor or plasma.

However you are troops sustain damage and needs to withstand crits.

So armoring up reduces wound time and give greater chance of people being promoted, increasing your overall firepower later on.

-

my current upgrades:

Alien materials>vest>officer school>interrogate floater>carapace>interrogate everyone else for credit, buy foundry

no beam weapons yet... I am going straight for plasma!

but then, this is my second play through, first time on classic

I like longevity to killing power, especially because I play with damage roulette. Only grenades and rockets are exempt from this option, and the only thing stopping you from dying is a nanofiber vest + armor.

Xcom's RNG really makes FE4 & FE5's RNGs look friendly

IF your attack has less than 100% chance to hit, don't even bother, in Xcom terms it means guranteed 100% chance to miss

You can only depend on grenades, rockets, & assaults' run & gun

I practically play every mission with fresh new recruits because of ever-expanding long list of people gravely injured for 17 days

Normal difficulty is practically more or less FE 6 - FE 7 difficulty though.

I don't even want to play impossible. Especially not with all second wave options turned on.

Yes this is an update

We shot down a large UFO and they send a welcoming party of Thin Men to greet us.

PARTY HARD

Oh hey MELD

I like it when aliens find me instead of the other way around.

I think I've gotten the hang of using PrincessK's mimetic skin. The key part is stealthing her in the beginning (the EXALT defense had her unstealthed the whole time because she was in their line of isght the whole time) and sending her away from the rest of the squad as a scout. That way I know what to expect and can prepare for it.

They never saw it coming.

ALL DEM PROMOTIONS

Princess K gets even tougher, Rikku takes advantage of higher ground (I want to gene mod her, can I?)

$$$$$

Now I can test out new items in combat

Moving on with the objectives while Vahlen muses on the aliens

This makes rolling for soldiers possible, unfortunately I still can't get a MALE CANADIAN ASSAULT. that's like a 1/2 x 1/50 x 1/4 probability but I will roll again tonight and see if I get anything.

>very difficult

Aussieland, the Death World

PrincessK finds MUTONS

We're careful not to alert them. We take the indoor route and find Thin Men instead. Princess K continues to monitor the mutons like the voyeur scout she is.

SURPRISE ASSHOLES

If I can't kill you in my turn, I'll suppress you so you can't fight back.

More thin men. They troll me with poison because they can't win this firefight. Dicks.

Don't even bother.

Rikku gets another promotion.

She doesn't have Squadsight so I don't take combat scanner.

JIM JONES AND CID ARE IN THE HOUSE.

After a week of scanning for alien activity, I think Dickxalt will be up to no good again. Time to look for them again.

First Argentina, now Mexico.

Rikku is like our resident covert operative but maybe I should train up an actual expendable character pistoleer.

JIM JONES ALPHA AS FUCK

SHIVs are apparently key components in Ironman/Impossible/Classic strategies because they can be used as super expendable cannon fodder that can suppress and/or draw fire.

ALL DAT CASH HNNNNGH

We're gonna remodel the base because I need that faster research.

After the initial EXALT mission I don't want to take risks. So once again, we're sending in the best of the best.

RIkku starts off on the other side of the map and we need to rescue her. AND THEN WE HAVE TO HACK 2 MORE COMM RELAYS

HERE WE GO.

SURPRISE

YOU WILL SUFFER LIKE I DID THE FIRST TIME

Wow, everyone did well. What's even better was that hacking the relays STILL disables their weapons. I didn't even get swarmed this mission, damn I could've brought Jim Jones to lighten up the field.

Ragdolls are funny.

The remainder of this update will be posted with the next big update. Post limits me to 100 pictures.