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XCOM 2 |OT| Be Aggressive! Be Be Aggressive!
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razgriz417
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Found this on reddit, wished I saw this before I started playing.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Xcom/comments/44job9/tips_for_surviving_the_early_game_and_building_to/
I just did the blacksite and a UFO attack and now all my guys are wounded with 5+ days to heal and I have 1 healthy squaddie left, had to purchase 3 recruits to even staff for a guerrilla mission where I got stomped lol.
Quest regarding the timer, do I have to do blacksite missions right away? I did the first one while the bar was at 6 and it was a grueling fight. Does anyone know how many bars it reduces? Also what is this 20 days limit after the avatar project is completed?
OMG, thanks for that.
Those screen before/after missions always last like 2 min. for me, I assume it was loading during it, but apparently not. Why the hell are they so long then?
There are two general principles that give you a huge edge:
1. Having a height advantage gives you a significant aim bonus.
2. Explosives blow up most cover.
Learn to exploit both to their fullest and you'll start cruising through the aliens.
Dick Justice
Banned
So if you finish a blacksite mission when the avatar project timer is counting down, will that completely reset their progress to 0 out of 12 bars?
Endish game spoilers:
So I was happily doing a retrieve VIP mission, and an
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So I was happily doing a retrieve VIP mission, and an
Avatar teleports
First off, god damn this was a cool enemy. This thing moves around after every shot lands and recovers 5 HP... is there a way to hold it in place because it was just wrecking my squad with hit-and-run tactics.
RandomSeed
Member
Hah, only now do I notice that the advanced warfare center can be built, gives bonuses to soldiers as they level, AND reduces recovery time. First playthroughs in these games are such a mess. 
And HOLY BALLS, I thought fire effects tank the performance, but I had my first mission in the rain. Then a building caught on fire.
And HOLY BALLS, I thought fire effects tank the performance, but I had my first mission in the rain. Then a building caught on fire.
Yeah, it's crazy. I just got an upgraded launcher for extra radius and damage, and there's skills that give you more grenades and I believe can increase the damage even further. My current best soldier, appropriately named 'Tank', is the VIP of my team with how much cover and armour he shreds. And that's when he isn't throwing the flashbangs for disorientation.
Btw, the UFO mission was pretty damn sick.
Easy enough to cheese though, I got one soldier in eye range of the disruptor and then blew it apart with my snipers from the ramp.
I'm loving the game, but it's disheartening to see how so many are unlucky with bugs to the point where the game breaks. I've encountered quite a few personally, but I've been lucky to not hit any game ruining ones. I really hope Firaxis gets patches out ASAP.
I just tried to start a game, and as soon as i try to start a new campaign the game crashes 1-3 seconds into the campaign intro video. Dis anyone have the same issue and knows how to fix it GPU drivers are up to date and all other drivers are too.
I didn't find any solution for this online
I didn't find any solution for this online
Yeah, the animations for destruction are definitely getting more and more whacky for me. Pieces of buildings defying the laws of physics, enemies falling through roofs before the roof explodes, guns being shot point blank through windows without the window ever getting destroyed....
Patch needed.
Shove a shotgun up its arse and hope it doesn't dodge seemed to work for me.
Slackbladder
Member
No. A Site may have dots beneath it on the map. I did one with 3 dots and the bar went down by 3 dots. I assume the level of the site affects how advanced the Avatar bar is.
Word of advice; Black Sites with 3 dots (lvl 3) are Very Difficult!
I am now at August and I regularly fight against Gatekeepers, Amdromodons and Sectopods usually at the same time. And I slaughter them (usually). Got my first Psi Soldier and got Null Lance straight away. Fucking lethal.
poor guy...all he wanted to do was fly
When starting out, absolutely. I was losing rookies left and right a couple of days ago. Now prepare yourself for losing the veteran soldier you've gotten attached to over 10 missions.
i 'm thinking of restarting my game for a second time. playing on veteran difficulty, after the first month the game just seems to become basically impossible--is there like ONE starting build that you should go for that will get you through the first month without starting to lose absolutely everyone when mutons and mechs turn up or am i just playing insanely badly?
CecilRousso
Member
The joy of discovering that the grenade you threw at a mech, caused the roof it was standing on to collapse, with it failling to it's death.
The sadness of watching more of the roof collapse the next turn, with the VIP falling to her death,
The sadness of watching more of the roof collapse the next turn, with the VIP falling to her death,
MrCompletely
Member
The strategic layer is super interesting, so I've got two Guerilla ops options and their corresponding dark cards are not super debilitating, one will double the cost of recruits for a month, the other doubles the cost of black market items for a month. Rewards are 162 supplies or 1 scientist (I've got two).
I've got a retaliation coming in about 4 days, and if I take these ops, my squad won't be in good shape for the retaliation, PLUS, I'm trying to gear up for the black site.
Loving the decisions to make in this game.
I've got a retaliation coming in about 4 days, and if I take these ops, my squad won't be in good shape for the retaliation, PLUS, I'm trying to gear up for the black site.
Loving the decisions to make in this game.
Thank you, you've given me the courage not to drop the difficulty to easy.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
I got a transmission from the bald guy saying "commander, we've got a new scientist and a veteran soldier for you back at HQ" but when I went back to HQ I didn't see any new people. Is there something I gotta do? Do I need to look in like a personnel storage compartment or something
You have to purchase them from HQ. It's the raised fist icon next to your HQ on the strategic map.
Parallax Scroll
Banned
Thanks!
Slackbladder
Member
Upgrading the Power rooms at the base is essential. If you want all the options plus an extra Workshop and/or Lab you need space. I'm wondering if there's any other building I have to build as I have only one room left to excavate.
Certainly normal when starting out. Your soldiers getting better equipment will help a bit but ideally you should be trying to put yourself into situations where you aren't being shot at, because those are situations where you can die. Obviously you need to balance that with actually killing enemies, but as a rule if your soldier isn't in high cover then you should have a good reason for it and if they aren't in any cover at all your reason should be "That guy pissed me off back at the bar and I want him more dead." The tutorial mission gets everybody killed to show you some common errors and to show you that soldiers will die and that's part of the game.
With time you'll learn what the enemies can do (Which helps in keeping your soldiers safe) and start to get a feel for the tactical combat. For example, if you have a soldier in a good position but with terrible odds at hitting you can use overwatch on an enemy. Your chance to hit will be even lower but the threat of an active overwatch will force the enemy to make different choices like running away or shooting from where they are instead of moving to flank you.
I started over yesterday after having screwed up on the strategy layer in my first attempt and making things too overwhelming on the ground. I'm having considerably more success now, with almost every mission getting a Flawless grade.
I got global weapon upgrades and Predator armor up fairly early, as well as Squad size to 6 because I have a Ranger who is just a beast and kills everything with his sword, so he got up to Captain quickly. He has like 20 more kills than anyone else. This run is going so well I regret not turning Ironman on.
Skyranger summoning is completely disabled on those missions, I think.
I got global weapon upgrades and Predator armor up fairly early, as well as Squad size to 6 because I have a Ranger who is just a beast and kills everything with his sword, so he got up to Captain quickly. He has like 20 more kills than anyone else. This run is going so well I regret not turning Ironman on.
Skyranger summoning is completely disabled on those missions, I think.
I've just beaten my first playthrough on commander, and let me say
That said, I really like the game, and I'm psyched for my next playthrough. Not sure I'm mentally ready for ironman though...
that last mission can actually go fuck itself. It was just a relentless onslaught on enemies, and I didn't have nearly enough AOE to deal with them. I only beat it because I got lucky and got executions on the first two avatars.
RandomSeed
Member
Why wouldn't they have the LOS indicator right on the bottom bar where it shows your targets? Seems silly that you have to zoom way out, rotate, and hope you can see what's in your LOS.
Archon tip.
Archon tip.
Even if you kill the fucker before he can get off his Blazing Pinions attack, they will still drill you the next turn if you don't move.
Salty Catfish
Member
Is Cone of Fire broken or am I just completely misunderstanding the skill? I just set it on a group of three enemies who I ambushed and my sniper only fired at one of them. I was under the impression he'd fire at everyone who moved in the cone's area.
N
Noray
Unconfirmed Member
Check your ammo. Your sniper will only keep firing as long as there is ammo in the chamber, which makes the ammo upgrades on his weapon very attractive.
Also I just completely steamrolled an Escort VIP mission by taking control of a Sectopod. I set it in raised stance and just had it plow through the building where the enemies were, and they were so caught off-guard they all just shot at it and missed and couldn't do anything as I basically just used it as a distraction. I tried attacking with it but it didn't do any damage for some reason, but it's fine, it was an excellent distraction/cover destroyer. Feels so good to use their own overpowered units against them and decimate them.
This would be silly if there's like 5 of the same type of unit and you can't tell which is which. But yeah, some UI elements really could use a little iteration. Choosing which direction to melee from is another one.
Because for GAF-COM, your GAF handles are the real people!
You can always give yourself a quirky nickname and we won't stop you if you want but 1) the randomly generated ones due to your class, etc. are always more interesting IMO and 2) you can edit the randomly generated nickname list for added procedural hilarity.
This is what the roster would look like when you have GAF handles:
RandomSeed
Member
Have both display then for all those times you have 5 of the same types at once. Icon on the bottom to tell you yes, you are in LOS here, and the little icon overhead.
Ugh... black site mission was a complete disaster. Managed to skip by the first enemy group without seeing them, and when I ambushed the first one I actually saw, it activated 2 other groups + a turret. End result 2 KIA 3 captured... Now I got only 8 soldiers left, of which 5 are squaddies, and two are already injured for 4 more days. Was pretty awesome fight though, almost pulled it off!
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Didn't play the expansion but no it is not canon.
Canon is you lose EU very early on in the campaign.
Spacecowboy77
Member
Beagle just posted this:
The bar fills left to right on the hack so I assume the mark for the hack attempt just is the inverse, telling you how far the bar needs to go to succeed. Which is why like a 2% success is all the way at the end and 100% is right at the left.
Or am I missing something else?
Randomizer123454444
Member
I don't understand? Is that "unlock change 0%"? I think it's 0% chance to "unlock" (read: trigger) feedback which would lead to reinforcements being called? So in other words you have 0% chance for reinforcements?