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Voting closed: April 07, 2013, 10:34:35 am

[Radio Controlled]

Milno should be careful about mindfuck. And everyone else should be careful around milno. He is the resident assassin after all.

((Welp, it seems Milno might be getting secret missions to take out unstable/unreliable/dangerous ARM members. If the sharkmist doesn't get to him first of course.

Ivan still isn't dead.

((The Doc keeps him as a pet. In a big durasteel cage.))

Maurice still hasn't opened one of his artifacts. I may have to make it remedy that fact.

((Someone remind me, is that a Nyars box he's referring to? Idiots tells us of a 'small gold triangle vertical line (bag of people)' whatever that is. He also seems to have 'The Glaive', anyone remember what that does?))

There are timmy's Tears that are still unused

Gorat has drawn Timmy near to this location, so that void suit of his is exceedingly dangerous.

((Yep, I gave my last one to Alarith as a gift for a newbie, but (s)he doesn't seem to around much anymore. I wonder if Timmy being near would affect the tear usage.))

There are many "brain dead" former HMRC members, still born or mindless since soon after they awoke. They're not listed as dead, but they don't seem to be around. I wonder if they might come back?

((We could use the manpower really. And it would certainly make planning easier, because having to account for the chance of any of your assets going braindead any any given time makes designing any strategy much harder and complex.))

I wonder, what will the UWM if ARM becomes a true threat? To what lengths will they go?

((Probably very extreme, seeing as how they've got everything to lose here. All their power and privileges, something people are quite fond of most of the time.))

The doctor's Ventilator doesn't feed him normal air. It keeps him supplied with a constant flow of aerosolized, powerful drugs. But for what purpose?

((Maybe to keep back his true nature? To keep whatever is hiding under that deceptive fleshy shell in a constant slumber?))

((A and/or C for the game ideas. Or maybe a combo of those two where you pilot the big machines fighting the monsters, and you have to balance mechanical aspects (what power goes where, what subsystems to use) and piloting aspects (where is the enemy, how could you beat him with your weapons at hand).))

[Tavik Toth]

((I have the original ps1 port of XCOM. Sweet Jesus it's hard.))

[Alarith]

((RC, I'm still around, I just don't feel like I have much to say.  PW, I'd go with the first option.))

[BFEL]

((As for the condition of Grates immortality, I always assumed that would come up, and I also assumed its a "As long as STEPHEN HAWKING is alive" thing.
Was even gonna threaten Jim with that if things went bad ))

[swordsmith04]

((The Nyars box PW is probably referring to is a little box sealed with tape, with "I'm not coming back" written on the tape. And yes, it's a golden triangle with a vertical line. I've got a spreadsheet of all of the Nyars boxes bought and used. Flint's got an unopened one too, I think. It's not in 'Idiots in Space', though.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

Re: Grate's death condition: immortal as long as he doesn't kill himself?))

((I hope it's that simple...))

Spoiler: X-Com...I might want to look into it... (click to show/hide)

One thing I should have realized was that Interceptors should be everywhere. That's how I lost Germany and Japan. Eh, didn't need those guys anyways.

The Kaminazis will have their revenge upon you for your apathy and dismissiveness!

And is it just me, or are French soldiers not very good in this game? I know it's purely coincidental, but everyone I've seen play the game always ends up with bad luck French soldiers, as opposed to the 'Save Yo' Ass' Russians or 'Wreck That Shit' Americans or 'Why is Everyone Dying Guess I Have To Be The Team Sentential' South Africans.

What are the German and Japanese soldiers? Or the Brazilians? Or the Albanians? Or the Aussies?

The fuck? First off, give your Heavies Scopes.

Heh. I'm imagining a big burly guy with a minigun that has a scope stuck on top.

Seeker - This is one of the enemy types that they were hyping up for Enemy Within. Not worth it, they're just a nuisance. Even Thinmen are more dangerous in my opinion, as a horde of Thinmen could possibly do damage. These guys die from any Overwatch, and even if they manage to Strangle someone, it just takes one shot to kill them, and they end up dying for delivering two damage and ruining one turn for a single soldiers.

They sound like they could be terrifying with good AI, good stealth mechanics, and maybe some (annoying) mechanics that somehow conceal the fact that one of your squaddies can't act.

...it's dreadful losing all that progress.

You probably wouldn't have lost half of that progress if you had closed the game with the task manager or something.

He also seems to have 'The Glaive', anyone remember what that does?))

((The only time it's been mentioned--by that name, at least--was in one selfie sheet. Weird.))

((As for the condition of Grates immortality, I always assumed that would come up, and I also assumed its a "As long as STEPHEN HAWKING is alive" thing.
Was even gonna threaten Jim with that if things went bad ))

((Really.))

[BFEL]

((As for the condition of Grates immortality, I always assumed that would come up, and I also assumed its a "As long as STEPHEN HAWKING is alive" thing.
Was even gonna threaten Jim with that if things went bad ))

((Really.))

((It was intended to be more like: "I'll kill you for [action]!" "I'm the only thing holding Grate together. If you kill me, you kill your "child"))

[Xantalos]

((Wait someone just dismissed THIN MEN as HARMLESS?
Hahahaha play on Classic and watch the critpocalypse begin.))

[PyroDesu]

((Wait someone just dismissed THIN MEN as HARMLESS?
Hahahaha play on Classic and watch the critpocalypse begin.))

((Not to mention that those light plasma rifles have a +10 Aim boost (though whether or not that is applied to aliens wielding it, I'm not sure). Thin men can be accurate as all heck. Also, on Classic and Impossible, they do 2 more damage.

Doesn't help that their poison spit has a 100% to-hit, not matter what, and does guaranteed damage.

I thought Classic was easy, until the first Slingshot mission. The Thin Men (not the surprise chryssalid, that was easy) shredded my people.))

[Toaster]

((Interesting info, there.

As far as game suggestions, my first instinct was A, but that's not too terribly different from what we're doing now.  Therefore, I vote B on those three.))

[PyroDesu]

((Oh yeah, and in terms of game suggestion... C. And if not C, then A.

Actually, mix C and A.))

[renegadelobster]

((I feel like B would be an interesting choice))

[TCM]

Spoiler: X-COM Stuff (click to show/hide)

GWG:

"The Kaminazis will have their revenge upon you for your apathy and dismissiveness!"

Yep, they can do that once they stop being incompetent enough to become swirling hell-holes of alien fuckery running a-muck. Whenever I went to those countries for aid, I noticed that their trucks, tanks, and helicopters lined the streets, all destroyed. No wonder they need us.

And for some reason, I was confused; it was India who withdrew from my council, not Japan.

"What are the German and Japanese soldiers? Or the Brazilians? Or the Albanians? Or the Aussies?"

Germans: Shooter People. All Germans I get always do end up utilizing their most offensive abilities.

Brazilians: Only have one Brazilian soldier, a Medic, and she's the savior of my team.

Aussies: Don't have any, except for a Australian Sniper recruit that I'll use if things really get bad.

Albanians: Don't exist. Like I mentioned before, only the biggest countries in the world are actually in game, the smaller countries are included into the borders of their major country, like how all of Eastern Africa is Egypt, West Africa is Nigeria, and everything else is South Africa. All countries in-game are:

North America: Canada, U.S.A., Mexico
South America: Brazil, Argentina
Europe: England, France, Germany, Russia
Africa: Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt
Asia: China, India, Japan, Australia

"Heh. I'm imagining a big burly guy with a minigun that has a scope stuck on top."

Precisely. They can't hit the broad-side of a barn anyways. Now that you mention it, I've noticed something strange: When male soldiers become Heavy, they get big burly armor. Female heavies however, look just as slim as their Sniper and Medic counterparts. Hmmph.

"They sound like they could be terrifying with good AI, good stealth mechanics, and maybe some (annoying) mechanics that somehow conceal the fact that one of your squaddies can't act."

They'd have to change the whole role of the Seeker at that point. The Seeker's ability is to turn invisible as soon as you see them, and then reappear when they strangle one of your soldiers. Seems scary, except that every soldier has the ability Overwatch, which instead of having them shoot immediately, causes them to stand in place and wait until they see enemy movement, at which point they'll shoot the first alien that moves. Because of this, as soon as Seeker reappears, the anyone on Overwatch immediately spots it and lights it up with laser beams.

"You probably wouldn't have lost half of that progress if you had closed the game with the task manager or something."

I'm playing on the console version.

If anyone reading this wants to get on me about 'Well you should play the PC Version, duh!' I currently own, and am typing on right now, a 2005 Model HP Laptop. Don't even start.


GWG, I'm surprised you don't own this game yet. Combat centers around tactical grid-based positioning and accuracy centers around accuracy and mathematical calculation. Then you have the Base Building portion of the game which revolves around determining which projects and items monthly revenue is put into, figuring out what to research and when. Finally, and the hardest portion of the game in my opinion, is the fact that while you are the best army in the world, you can't be everywhere at once. You have to make choices about who to save. And who you can't save, what will you do to repay them once they begin panicking? Will you forsake Russia or Mexico? You've got to plan it all out. The game will no doubt leave you screaming multiple times, but each time may be for a different reason, perhaps an alien instantly scored an instant-kill headshot on your best soldier, or your team somehow managed to survive a giant assault that could have easily decimated them all. It's a fantastic, emotional experience. I believe it's still on sale on Steam, if you've got the spare cash.

@Pyrodesu: I'll beat the game on Normal a couple times before I even touch Classic.

[Yoink]

((XCOM is fun indeed. Also, I know I'm not particularly active here these days, but option B caught my imagination the most, followed by C. ))

[NAV]

((I would like option B the most, and XCOM is pretty awesome.))