Esau of Isaac Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 THE BAD: we can't name our goddamn base what the fuckTHE GAYNESS: soldiers apparently earn callsigns automatically and you can't force gender/nationality so I made due :( Quoted for immutable fact-ness. URGH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 You get at least 3 updates today. [spoiler=omgg] So, does Vigilo Confido mean anything in, like, Latin? I can take a gander as to what it means, but I want to know if it's actual language or just made-uppey stuff. Returning to the game, I find out that we can build SATELLITES and promptly do so. I then discover the "scan for activity" button, which appears to fast-forward time until something happens. Just like clicking that triple arrow in UFO Defense, which everybody did all the time. You can also just stare at the globe to go at a rate of about 2-3 minutes per second. yesssssssssssssssssssssss oh god a choice what the christ I call my darling sister in, and she decides that we move on Johannesburg because, I think the quote was, "keep it local man." look at us LOOK AT US (also: rk. slamlord. seriously. somebody go tell nightmarre how amazing his ideas are.) LET'S GO. (you get to watch the plane fly across the globe :3) Another cool little touch: the load screen for missions is the inside of the 'Ranger, where you can watch your soldiers fidget and - in Little Mac's case - jam to invisible music. It's a little thing, but I like the big red ALIEN ACTIVITY plastered on the enemy phase. Andrea's first action is to shoot some guy. Who named her? Oh, speaking of her. Her description was to be South American, and in my 0600 mind I decided the flag on her back was a South American flag I couldn't place. Rae pointed out when we were shipping off to South Africa that that's the South African flag. Home turf! gay Shit still blows up. Yeah. I'll get tired of these shots eventually. FUCK YOU FUCK YOU Bitch got CHOKESLAMMED by the SLAMLORD. Every XCOM rookie starts with two abilities: Overwatch, which lets them take reaction shots at the cost of not being able to shoot on the Player Phase; and Hunker Down, which doubles cover bonuses and renders the rookie immune to critical hits. I like Overwatch more, but Hunker has its place. Aliens have to activate Overwatch too. That means if any of us move around, he takes a shot. Fortunately, the SLAMLORD carries a remedy for that on her belt. I like how the nasally British lady scolds me for destroying the precious fragments of weapons. oops I think Andrea killed this guy. She killed a lot of guys. I REALLY want to know what this purple shit is. After Terror from the Deep, everything scares me. OH GOD SLAMLORD BEEN SLAMMED l'il mac gotcha girl Doga handles the problem. Nasally British lady scolds me again. It's okay. It turns me on. 1: dodge laser 2: shoot some asshole in the brain 3: shoot some asshole in the mouth somebody take credit for naming Andrea because I love you I did NOT notice that Doga's car was on fire. I ran Doga out for no real reason, turn ended, BAM. SLAMLORD ends the mission with six rounds of quiet dignity. Rae got the class she wanted. Everybody applaud, please. Little Mac's new gun appears. Its design pleases me. SHOTGUN also that ability \o/ science \o/ the shady council approves beep beep, say my speakers. Beep beep, Commander to the Situation Room. ok i say The council gave me another approval words, and then I found out you can launch satellites from here. Let's finish the one we have now! soldiers only cost $15. I buy one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted October 9, 2012 Author Share Posted October 9, 2012 Three updates today, I think. If my professor doesn't post this stats quiz and Furetchen doesn't want to play Myth, it could be 4. [spoiler=omggg] It's a really slow two-ish weeks. \o/! **Integrity makes pewpew and engine noises with his mouth.** SADDLE UP, BOYS jesus all that is holy luka started with SEVEN hit points Reaction fire. Luka is ALREADY good by me. BITCHES BE TRYIN TO MIND CONTROL LUKA ...? Gonna hazard a guess that that's the UFO. uuuuuuh fuck. I just had Andrea RUN N GUN her way close to the UFO too. not that a hit would have killed it but why did you miss luuuuuuuu kaaaaaaaa ANDREA NO AVENGE HER BETTER LITTLE MAC LITTLE MAC THAT IS NOT HOW YOU AVENGE SOMEBODY THIS IS GOING LESS THAN OPTIMALLY Admittedly, I was worried/hopeful that Doga would hit the reactor and blow the UFO up. He did hit the energy alien, though. Nice. jesus christ luka are you literally made of gold Guess I know where the last guys are now! You can free-aim grenades. The trajectory is traced as shown. I can, by being clever, bounce them off of rocks and logs and shit into aliens. you're god-damn fucking right he earned a promotion So the chick isn't British. She's ...like, soft Belgian. Very pleasant. DOGA has a CHOICE for levelups. Normally I wouldn't let people actually decide but I have a break here and this is our first choice level. He can take: BULLET SWARM: Firing the primary weapon as the first action no longer ends the unit's current turn. HOLO-TARGETING: Firing at or suppressing enemies confers +10 Aim to allies targeting that target. he gets to decide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) Yep going back to calling bullshit on Four-kill-in-one-mission Luka becoming a support :p Edited October 9, 2012 by Furetchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau of Isaac Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 Two guys dead means two guys closer to Jarret Falcon being necessary. Aw yeah. Also Vahlen is German, not British. .__. Also, Vigilo Confido can apparently mean "I am vigilant." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike-Mike Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 So X-Com are vigilantes now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riariadne Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Fuck yes. Seems like I'm still keeping the tradition of being most susceptible to mind control strong. Oh boy. ... what are the logistics of becoming support through that mission though Don't CARE but that is some weird class assigning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 ... what are the logistics of becoming support through that mission though Don't CARE but that is some weird class assigning. As I explained to Furetchen, I suspect it isn't random and it is based on some criteria. In your case, I suspect that it assigned Support based on the fact that your promoting action was to lob a double-kill grenade and Support is the grenade class. Two guys dead means two guys closer to Jarret Falcon being necessary. Aw yeah. Also Vahlen is German, not British. .__. I was closer the second time. She has a very soft accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riariadne Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 As I explained to Furetchen, I suspect it isn't random and it is based on some criteria. In your case, I suspect that it assigned Support based on the fact that your promoting action was to lob a double-kill grenade and Support is the grenade class. oic Well I'm always cool with EXPLOSIONS so definitely no complaints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGdood Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Time to start my own playthrough heheheheh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balcerzak Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 hot damn, this looks amazing. I wonder if my computer can run it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGdood Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 If you can play total war I don't see why not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 The game doesn't actually seem especially resource-intensive. If you can run Shogun 2 you can absolutely play this beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGdood Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 ARC THROWER Y YOUR RANGE SO SHORT ARRGGGH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) This update has 51 images. One will be hotlinked. [spoiler=omgggg]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/TrollPrince/xcom40001.jpg 50 is the limit. Doga's levelup screen is mostly irrelevant, but I wanted to link it. BULLET SWARM. yeah uh screw capturing (for now) >Egypt wants to give me money >OK It's time to give Jarret Falcon a spin! Slamlord's busy working her magic fingers. So it turns out Smoke Grenades are really, really pretty. I hucked one at Doga because he's staring an alien down. Jarret Falcon literally cannot hit anything. He's going to be a great Sniper if he gets promoted to Sniper. hey remember that smoke grenade i threw good thing too FUCK CAR IS ON FIRE EVACUATE It's a really good thing cars don't seem to explode in one turn ever. he was a butthole for killing that car and he deserved a painful death Luka is fortunately still made of gold. Jarret is fortunately still made of alive. I have him run away and spam Hunker Down. Honey badger don't give a shit. promotion what! Unsurprisingly, Kitty takes BULLET STORM too. WHAT CAN WE USE THIS DOSH FOR (the answer was also 4? soldiers) We're monitoring Canada now. They were at 4/5 Panic, whatever that means. I assume it's bad. >Target Extraction >;/ Welcome back Squaddie Teabag, hello Rookie Gunnington. Civilians! (neither of them die) u ugly bro YOU SHOT DOGA BRO also some sectoid shot ciaran but he's alive This is precisely what Doga thinks of "we should probably capture one for study." Bosh. Ciaran has been shot AGAIN. BUT HE RAN, MAN of fucking course he did Reaction fire is a bitch. Medicine is delivered to Doga via blue mist. Efficient! get yourself the hell out of here fucker Of course I do. ... yes. Doga just took reaction fire on him on the turn he spawned and killed him. Go Thin Man. he would have fallen ON ciaran wow Neither Ciaran nor SLAMLORD like this very much. He picked a REALLY bad place to spawn. Drop smoke; you never know what assholish things the game wants to do. oh for f- it's just like a classic xcom mission :| TURNS PASS hi >increase xcom squad size OK ... 'Boom Boom'? Much better. Also, Workshops. EDIT: Besides Mr. Gunnington, the other recruits this update were a Scotsman named Balcerzak Feldspar, a German named Friedrich Wutzenstein, and a German woman named Ein Rose. Edited October 10, 2012 by Mr. Sparkles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ein Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 EDIT: Besides Mr. Gunnington, the other recruits this update were a Scotsman named Balcerzak Feldspar, a German named Friedrich Wutzenstein, and a German woman named Ein Rose. Not surprising. I'm okay with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike-Mike Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 oh for f-it's just like a classic xcom mission :| Sure is being faithful to the original in here. I also like the effort put into the environments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrhesia Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 <Soldier's Log, Squaddie C. Gunnington, 19 March 2015> Hey, is this thing on? ... Okay yeah I think this thing's on Right, so, just had my first mission and it was a total piece of shit and I fucking hated every second of it. I don't even know why the fuck I'm here. One second I was in an airport getting ready to go to Sweden and the next these eight guys in these black suits and shades are like, "Mr. Gunnington, sir? Your flight's been re-arranged and you're coming with us." and I'm like "Yeah bullshit I am" and that was pretty cool then they kicked the shit out of me Next thing I know I'm in a helicopter, in like, fuckin' AFRICA. Africa is NOT Sweden! I did not ask for this! Then I'm told I've volunteered to join X-COM. I says, "No, that, like, never happened," and then they hit me again. With tazers, this time. I gave in on about the third time. First mission was pretty recent, and it was a PIECE OF SHIT. YOU ASSHOLE NURSES HEAR ME?! PIECE! OF! SHIT! ... I don't think they heard me. Anyway, one of those tall alien dudes shot me right in the dick. And I was like "AAAAH HOLY SHIT IT BURNS" and this fuckmassive Russian dude was like "GET BACK INTO FIGHT, COWARD" and I was like "OH GOD I WANTED CHILDREN" in hindsight I could've acted with more dignity Eh? What's that? I've been transferred into the fucking ASSAULT SQUAD? Oh, fuck this. <end log> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ein Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Then I'm told I've volunteered to join X-COM. I says, "No, that, like, never happened," and then they hit me again. With tazers, this time. I gave in on about the third time. If you can take three tazers like a champ before deciding on something maybe you're in the right place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 fucking furetchen you're funnier than I am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau of Isaac Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 (edited) All the cool kids are gravely wounded. Why aren't any of you guys as cool as Jarret? (~@,@)~ Edited October 10, 2012 by Esau of Isaac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGdood Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Motherfucking Chryssalids. Motherfucking zombies. Motherfucking awesome nicknames make your playthrough much cooler than mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau of Isaac Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I am on a mission right now that involves trying to take out ~8 Floaters, 2 Sectoid Commanders, a Muton along with an armored Muton, and a Sectopod. Sectopods are so fucking cheap in this game. It's like they're still playing with Time Units. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eclipse Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 RIP Andrea. That was my generic. Does that mean I can name another one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 Name as many as you want, as long as you're not picky about what nationality they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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