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

[PyroDesu]

((First, there are no abductions. Your mission types are UFO assault (crashed or landed), terror missions, alien base assaults, and base defense (if you shoot down too many UFOs, the aliens will look for your bases. If they find one, they will invade it).

And like I said, you can have multiple Skyrangers (Or Lightnings/Avengers, those two you have to manufacture), so you can have multiple teams in the air at once. Not that you need to, as I recall, multiple missions don't usually come up simultaneously. The only reason to (with Skyrangers, at least. The other two can function as interceptors as well as transports) is the mandatory refuelling after they return to base. Same reason to have multiple interceptors (which need to rearm and repair as well as refuel, and you do need to keep ammo in stock at their base), except they can be destroyed in combat too.

Oh, and craft are only limited by their fuel range. You can fly a Skyranger around the world twice (and do so in one and a half days) before it runs out of fuel.))

[Tack]

((Also there's no satellite network, and you can put bases anywhere you want. Multiple.
I mean... Shoo))

[BFEL]

((I agree with the shoo.))

[WhitiusOpus]

Attempt welding! There is NO WAY this can go wrong. Again.

((Does anyone know the significant differences between XCOM for a mobile device - I have it for my  ipad - Or the console version? I can't get the PC version right now.))

((and if so, should I go with Enemy Unknown, or Enemy Within?))

[GreatWyrmGold]

-snip-

((Starting to wish I had bought the old version...))

[Sean Mirrsen]

Attempt welding! There is NO WAY this can go wrong. Again.

((Does anyone know the significant differences between XCOM for a mobile device - I have it for my  ipad - Or the console version? I can't get the PC version right now.))

((and if so, should I go with Enemy Unknown, or Enemy Within?))

((There's Enemy Within for the iPad? I am, honestly, somewhat surprised that it can run it decently.

...after some research, apparently Enemy Unknown was indeed released for iOS as well. Huh. Well, if the review I read is to be trusted, apparently there's a significant reduction in graphics (not surprising), and a reduction in the variety of available mission maps (also not surprising). Also there is no Slingshot pack (no big loss). And Enemy Within apparently hasn't been released for the iOS yet. So your choice is kinda limited there.

The console versions, however, should be mostly identical to the PC ones. And definitely get Enemy Within.))

[BFEL]

The console versions, however, should be mostly identical to the PC ones. And definitely get Enemy Within.))

((The big difference of course being that with the PC version you could theoretically make a Einsteinian Roulette mod....))

[Sean Mirrsen]

The console versions, however, should be mostly identical to the PC ones. And definitely get Enemy Within.))

((The big difference of course being that with the PC version you could theoretically make a Einsteinian Roulette mod....))

((Inasmuch as you can mod Enemy Within at all...))

[GreatWyrmGold]

The console versions, however, should be mostly identical to the PC ones. And definitely get Enemy Within.))

((The big difference of course being that with the PC version you could theoretically make a Einsteinian Roulette mod....))

((Someone should totally try that.))

[Sean Mirrsen]

The console versions, however, should be mostly identical to the PC ones. And definitely get Enemy Within.))

((The big difference of course being that with the PC version you could theoretically make a Einsteinian Roulette mod....))

((Someone should totally try that.))

((I believe we'd have better chances modding Xenonauts. We'd have better chances using Unity to make a new game, really.

...

Hmm...))

[BFEL]

The console versions, however, should be mostly identical to the PC ones. And definitely get Enemy Within.))

((The big difference of course being that with the PC version you could theoretically make a Einsteinian Roulette mod....))

((Someone should totally try that.))

((I believe we'd have better chances modding Xenonauts. We'd have better chances using Unity to make a new game, really.

...

Hmm...))

((Ah, I guess I'm just used to getting games that all but throw their insides at you screaming "THESE ARE YOURS TO DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH!"))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((I have never had a game do that.))

[WhitiusOpus]

((Men of War does...))

[Toaster]

((Surgeon Simulator is like that!))

[piecewise]

Spoiler: There actually is a dash in X-Comradeship. (click to show/hide)

Honestly, in my games, I have not once seriously needed for Engineers or scientists, and I never build labs, and workshops only for the refund bonus. Maybe it had to do with my base being in Asia, but my North American one didn't have a problem either.

You can have a base in Asia? My options were Europe and North America.

Spoiler: X-Comanche, the Brave Horse (click to show/hide)

You can only pick Europe or North America to start if you do the tutorial.  Otherwise you can also pick Asia, Africa, and South America, which have their own advantages.

Good to know.

Spoiler: X-Combustion (click to show/hide)

Warning: No actual combustion. Probably. Now that I've said that, of course, I give it 50-50 odds that something important gets set on fire.

Three abductions. We really need a couple more Skyrangers. Nigeria, Australia, UK. Nigeria is Difficult and offers a Heavy, UK is Easy and offers four engineers, and Australia offers $200 and reduces Panic in a terrified area...but is Very Difficult. Well, frak me with a firecracker, we're going Down Under. We really can't take any higher Panic in Asia.

Operation Demon Gift
Cookie, Socks, Saturn, and White--AKA Emily King of Australia, the medic, Anastasaya Smirnova of where-do-you-think, the Assault soldier with the highest kill-count of anyone (closely followed by the late Papa Clean), the Support guy the Argentinians gave us, and our only Sniper ready for action--prepare for action. This could be the toughest mission yet. I really hope no one dies, but it wouldn't surprise me. Good luck, soldiers.
Three hulks--wait, they were called "mutons"--three mutons and a pair of floaters show up and surround Saturn. Remarkably, he survives a barrage from the mutons...barely. One of the floaters is headshotted by White, but remarkably little else is accomplished before two more of the aerially-enabled bastards showed up. Saturn polishes off one of the mutons, White explodes another floater, Socks explodes yet another, and Cookie accidentally advances to the wrong side of cover, losing half her turn and a bit more than half of her health. Thank any god there may be that the second muton shot missed, because she has the only medkit and Saturn is in critical condition. (Note to self: Buy more medikits.) More aliens are shot, White earns a promotion, a tactical miscalculation prevents proper use of Socks's gun and costs her the kill, and the firefight ends. One man down, three women looking around worried for what comes next.
As half the team advances, Cookie works on trying to figure out what button to press to revive Saturn, and what reviving actually does. Google helps. I'm pretty sure by this point that it A. requires an upgrade and B. is not required to bring the man back alive. White advances, spotting a trio of sectoids hiding behind the building everyone is on. I waste Run and Gun moving to a position none of them are actually visible from. LOS, thou art a cruel--wait, I can't see them but they can shoot me? What kind of crap is this? Screw this, Socks is hopping into melee range. Not that she gets to kill any--White and even Cookie kill the sectoids first.
That was "Very Difficult"? I suddenly feel more confident about things.
White is promoted to Corporal, as well as "Only person not to be hospitalized" and "Five behind Socks in killcount" (tied with Papa Clean). Saturn is out of action for two weeks, which is pretty minor considering how close he came to death; Socks is out for nine days; Cookie will be back in action in just under a week.

Nigeria is panicking. Great. At least it isn't China.
I buy a couple things, yes including another medikit.
The research is complete. It "bring us closer to matching the alien ships in combat," which will be useful as we have previously only been blowing them out of the air with damage easily repairable by the next invasion. I have them work on an EMP cannon next, because it promises to increase loot recovered from spacecraft we bring down, and because that archangel armor sounds impractical and I haven't found a situation where the skeleton suit came in handy, so mobility upgrades seem sort of meh.
The foundry is completed. I decide to have them start developing S.H.I.V. units.

A Large UFO is seen over North America. The only ship there? The Raven-3, same as the Raven-1 and Raven-2 in Europe. Well...let's cross our fingers and hope for OH THE HUMANITY! I order a new Interceptor, hopefully one of the upgraded ones that is closer to matching the alien ships in combat. For some reason, though, the UFO causes panic in the US. Those quirky Americans.

Abductions. Again. Seriously, I order an Interceptor and they say "It'll be here in three days". I order a Skyranger and they look at me like I'm crazy. THIS IS A PATTERN, NOT AN ISOLATED EVENT. And then the game crashes. Funny how this always follows one in a few Alt-Tabs. I wonder if I can use Chrome or something in one half of the screen and play X-Com in the other, or if that only works with PDFs and such.
This time, though, it was followed by a weird problem where the cursor hugged the lower-left-hand corner. Anyways. Turn came up while I was rebooting. Best kind of ninja.

piecewise: I'm a bit wary of just going for the high ground ever since my best sniper got killed due to lack of cover. And I eagerly await figuring out how to just run back to the Skyranger. It's probably something simple like moving everyone into the glowing rectangle, but meh.


Attempt to clean and fix the bloody gore-fan.
"If that was me, don't tell me."

Now, this can go one of two ways. You can try and get Tavik to come down in here to help you, which may prevent another incident with the fan. Or you can try and do it on your own, because you don't really care about death anyways. This way will require you to hang upside down and fix the fan with no tools. And I haven't looked, but I'm fairly sure you don't have a handiwork bonus.

((That is hilarious.))

Wait to see if grate dies again.

We're putting the odds at 13:8  for death.

((Yeah, I don't really know what to do to charge a bonus either.  I already went through everything that makes sense charging my previous bonus.  Which doesn't carry over to my next action...  can I spend these actions on getting a permanent bonus, like how Mesk learned how to fly a shuttle?))

Dynamic AUX bonus: +/-1

Continue practicing kung fu with the arms.  Take care not to punch Marcius.  Try to catch anything he drops.

Wiggle arms, Wiggle arms, Wiggle all the way!

(Reading GWG's AARs is an exercise in face-palmery.  Keep it up.)

Repair the people with Stacy's help.

[med:2+2]

You patch up the other one's shoulder, at least enough to stop the bleeding and stabilize him.

((Missed me PW))

Carefully enter water looking out for surprises, search for the leak again

The Stairs are a bit of a thing
[Aux:4]
It's a rather harrowing trip down the stairs, carefully adjusting the throttle on the machine's movement to let the automated movement systems handle the differences in terrain and not go tumbling down into the water below.

You reach the bottom and wade into the water. The warning systems start yelling at you even louder, warning of potentially dangerous levels of radiation. You start wandering around the reactor, looking for the problem.
[intuition:2-1]
Maybe...the leak isn't on the outside...maybe it's on the inside!

[int:3]

Wait...no...something about what you just said seems wrong. Hmm.

 

(( Sunday update says wat! ))

Right, my side is done. I'm moving down to the next panel, good luck.

Move to the next damaged panel, remove the panel from the mounting points.

(I lost track of days, So I spent yesterday building things.)

[handi:3]
You sort of lazily hack at the plates mounting points with the cutter, doing all of nothing to them.

Lars praises his team over the radio.  "May the Most Holy Steve watch over us all."


Be generally helpful.  Dance if skills are not needed.

"Does joker team even have a representative around here?" You say, in the midst of doing the Charleston

"I saw thirteen black crows, as black as 3 AM and as big as vultures' eyes, their wings hanging by their sides like laundry on the line..."

Sing and help Mesk! Preferably in a constructive way, too!

Mesk does it all on his own, without killing anyone. Good for him!

Attempt welding! There is NO WAY this can go wrong. Again.

((Does anyone know the significant differences between XCOM for a mobile device - I have it for my  ipad - Or the console version? I can't get the PC version right now.))

((and if so, should I go with Enemy Unknown, or Enemy Within?))

[handi:6-1]
Actually everything goes perfectly and you weld it into place like a steel worker with 40 years of experience and a wife who hates him.

-snip-

((Starting to wish I had bought the old version...))

Original is only 5 bucks
http://store.steampowered.com/app/7760/

Or free if you want to torrent it, since I think the original makers aren't getting paid for it anymore regardless.

((Surgeon Simulator is like that!))

HA







Basically, when it comes to Xcom vs X-com

XCOM: Updated, modernized version that scales back customization and level of control in favor of streamlining and overall easing the experience to a more general audience.

X-COM: A completely old school pc game that eschews time saving and explanation in favor of massive amounts of freedom and control; which you will of course need since it's also much harder.