XCOM V3: Hyphens are SO last decade - Games

The snaketits are far less bothersome than the insides of the thigh. That picture just highlights it more. It looks like she's wearing trousers. [sp]Stupid sexy snake.[/sp]

These fucking collaborators... Everyone knows that XCOM operatives in jumpsuits, skin-tight stealth suits and sexy military webbing gear is where its at.

[QUOTE=Viper123_SWE;47885859]These fucking collaborators... Everyone knows that XCOM operatives in jumpsuits, skin-tight stealth suits and sexy military webbing gear is where its at.[/QUOTE] No one ever points out how good XCOM butts look in Carapace.

[QUOTE=Viper123_SWE;47885859]These fucking collaborators... Everyone knows that XCOM operatives in jumpsuits, skin-tight stealth suits and sexy military webbing gear is where its at.[/QUOTE] What if you can research armor based on vipers Skintight suits with boob plates that make everyone miss as long as the wearer is female.

what if EU and EW are separate universes and XCOM2 follows EW.

Snake titssssssssssssss

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;47885400]I did my first terror mission on my current playthrough last night, I saved 9/16 civilians because I'm a jerk who prioritized my squad's safety :v: [I]Really[/I] not looking forward to the later ones, this mission had only two chryssalids and I was shitting myself in terror (Cpt. Bloodstone was almost eaten).[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i59.tinypic.com/2z8q8ac.jpg[/IMG] Yours sounds like a pretty successful mission in my books, i go for the approach of saving the first Cililian i find on this shit house of a map and fuck the rest, Promotions and Citing plating all round!

[QUOTE=krakadict;47886058]what if EU and EW are separate universes and XCOM2 follows EW.[/QUOTE] The popular theory on Reddit is that in the run that led up to XCOM 2, the player rushed skeleton key and got their shit wrecked by Ashes and Temples.

What if when your volunteer teleported, he somehow ended up in this alternative reality. :tinfoil:

[QUOTE=Hamaflavian;47885301][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/tEOmdPI.png[/IMG] someone's mad[/QUOTE] The funny thing was, XCOM 1's port to console was a total waste of cash, looking at the sales proportions. If they'd stuck to PC (the port to consoles was likely exec interference), they'd have likely been able to make a better game.

[QUOTE=Hamaflavian;47885301][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/tEOmdPI.png[/IMG] someone's mad[/QUOTE] Who is this guy anyways? I feel he's some game dev, or perhaps he's just some random asshat.

[media]https://vimeo.com/129923235[/media]

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;47884845] Is there a list somewhere of things that are recommended to sell? I know you can sell off damaged things (they straight-up say that they're useless to XCOM) but I'm hesitant to get rid of other things (unless I'm broke) because I don't know if they become useful later.[/QUOTE] I was talking about the original, where I would raid so many ufos in the late game that i literally couldn't run out of heavy plasmas.

[QUOTE=Corndog Ninja;47885400]I did my first terror mission on my current playthrough last night, I saved 9/16 civilians because I'm a jerk who prioritized my squad's safety :v: [I]Really[/I] not looking forward to the later ones, this mission had only two chryssalids and I was shitting myself in terror (Cpt. Bloodstone was almost eaten).[/QUOTE] On my first terror mission I lost my whole squad before being able to rescue 3 civilians. It was at this moment I developped an immense fear of Chryssalids.

[QUOTE=jonu67;47886401]What if when your volunteer teleported, he somehow ended up in this alternative reality. :tinfoil:[/QUOTE] Someone mentioned earlier about it basically following Fringe, but it sounds more like one of the old stargate episodes where jackson ends up in a dimension where earth is being invaded and only he has to knowledge to stop it, he fails but still, it's very similar.

I think I played Enemy Unknown for about 10 hours straight today, holy shit. I suppose that's what happens when I don't play EU for about two years - I get hooked on it again. I'm definitely getting Enemy Within but I know that it's kinda tougher than EU but it adds mech suits which I quite liked.

I should get back to XCOM. The problem is, I like the early game a lot more than the late game, because all the late game enemies are annoying little shits - and the early game enemies that remain are the fucking thin men.

I take it thin men are only a problem at.... what point? I mean the game only realy screw me over with those times where you send a trooper into the clutches of the zombie-making things or way too many mutons.

[QUOTE=goluffy;47886998]On my first terror mission I lost my whole squad before being able to rescue 3 civilians. It was at this moment I developped an immense fear of Chryssalids.[/QUOTE] I remember the first time I saw one (on the Slingshot mission). I was like "oh, some sort of spider-xenomorph? Creepy - and it has a lot of health - I'd better stay back" and then the fucker sprinted across the map and ripped the heart out of one of my men. Then he turned into a gross zombie and ate another squadmate, [I]then[/I] he pulled a John Hurt and coughed up a whole new Chryssalid. It was a bad time. Then later I got squadwiped [I]twice[/I] on Chryssalid terror missions! They scare me.

[QUOTE=RocketRacer;47887197]I think I played Enemy Unknown for about 10 hours straight today, holy shit. I suppose that's what happens when I don't play EU for about two years - I get hooked on it again. I'm definitely getting Enemy Within but I know that it's kinda tougher than EU but it adds mech suits which I quite liked.[/QUOTE] Not only mech suits. Mech suits with flamethrowers.

Enemy within does not make the game harder per se, it adds more variables into the mix which you need to account for so in that regard it is harder but only because there's a lot of stuff to learn, however it does give you the tools to counter said variables, and they kinda tip the balance in your favor a lot sooner than EU does due to how good they are.

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;47887313]I should get back to XCOM. The problem is, I like the early game a lot more than the late game, because all the late game enemies are annoying little shits - and the early game enemies that remain are the fucking thin men.[/QUOTE] That's the biggest problem with XCOM imo, the game just doesn't know how to keep the challenge consistent after the harrowing early game. Here's something to discuss: how would you feel if XCOM 2 used some light level-scaling where it'll speed up or slow down the escalation depending on tech level/average rank?

[QUOTE=Hamaflavian;47888212] Here's something to discuss: how would you feel if XCOM 2 used some light level-scaling where it'll speed up or slow down the escalation depending on tech level/average/rank distribution?[/QUOTE] You mean, just like how original game did it with score, where it would throw Heavy Plasma Mutons on superhuman up yer arse, if you have successfully shot down every UFO in the first month?

If I can't have Mec units with swords (Chainswords even better) I will be severely disappointed in this new XCOM installment.

[QUOTE=Tureis;47888769]If I can't have Mec units with swords (Chainswords even better) I will be severely disappointed in this new XCOM installment.[/QUOTE] Give mechs a gigantic power hammer to blast through walls.

Just played a game of online Enemy Within with asteroidrules, my god the game goes on forever if both of your last troops are mimetic skin snipers with no bio-electric skin

Are there any good resources for imporving play overall? I understand a lot of fundamentals for classic when it comes to combat but when its time for base building I find myself exceeding funding or just generally poorly managing things.

[QUOTE=Fr3ddi3;47887112]Someone mentioned earlier about it basically following Fringe, but it sounds more like one of the old stargate episodes where jackson ends up in a dimension where earth is being invaded and only he has to knowledge to stop it, he fails but still, it's very similar.[/QUOTE] I was the one who mentioned Fringe only because of the volunteer acting as Peter Bishop and the new threat being the Outsider invasion.

Well, the other shoe dropped - I got my first base invasion while my medic was in sickbay - blew through my heavy, both MECs, and a number of other squad members. But I pulled through!

So things are going pretty well, I just shot down my first Overseer class UFO and i discovered a new Alien. [T]http://i.imgur.com/pWgbSy6.jpg[/T] It's a Rare T-Pose-Alien, his ability is the power to T-Pose and crash your game after your best soldier gets killed by a Sectopod, Forcing you to CtrlAltDel the game and reload an old save :suicide: