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Spoiler: Intro (click to show/hide)

Welcome soldiers. We are facing a new enemy.



'Alien's as they have been coined, have come from outer space to enslave mankind. You have been enlisted to fight this unknown menace.



Those of you that use your brains, will live to become heroes of mankind.



Those of you that don't, will DIE.



Any Questions? No? Good. Suit up and head out. And stop crying please.




Sorry. I just played Psychonauts recently and I just had to incorporate it somehow.

Spoiler: Pre-Update (click to show/hide)

Since Burnt Pies who I have verified is indeed a female and will be doing her own LP had some time today, we started up our bases. We'll also likely be playing an update later today.

I preemptively chose NW Africa. Why? Because I've learned that getting your skyranger from Point A to Point B is a lot more important than scan radius. I'm not far away from the Americas, and have close access to Africa and Europe. I can also scan two regions, Europe and N. Africa, so its still a fairly good position. Only thing that got the backburner was Australia, but its too isolated to do much with anyway. Australians just haaad to break away from the main continent.



This is our base set up. Notice how I packed all my buildings together? That's so I have room to add on hangers, if I decide to do so. (By end game I'll usually have two more). I assume most of you have knowledge of how humans work, so I won't go into detail unless asked to.



I grab motion sensors for research. They are my favorite equipment to use.

Here's a list of my purchases and selling...and so on.

Sold Heavy Cannon/Autocannon. Never use 'em.

Bought Avalanch Missile Launchers, some proxies, some grenades, more small rockets for the rocket launcher, two snipers, a cannon tank, electroflares, several high explosives for breaching UFOs, a couple medkits, and about 23 scientists. Everything I need for the first missions.

Also to note is that I don't like being 'gamey' with this. It ruins some of the fun. I have 3-4 dedicated medics and several motion sensor scouts. Yes, while I could pack on med kits on everyone along with motion sensors...that's just not fun.

Finely, our soldier selection. I'll put that in a separate spoiler. People who claimed first get first dibs.

Frosty, the Engineer, will, unfortunately, not be building tanks for a while, since tanks are purchased as of right now.

Spoiler: Soldier Selection (click to show/hide)

Unfortunately, equipment selection will be very limited. My snipers are highest FA. My grenade/scout/pistol users are high TA. I'll sometimes check PE and TU. Rocket Guy goes to the one with the highest FA, but at the same time has enough strength to hold 3 small rockets in his backpack.

Everyone else gets rifles.

People who lose their soldier go at the bottom of the order.

The order of claiming:

1. Euchre Jack
2. NRDL
3. Shadowgander

Current Soldiers: (This will rarely get updated)

I plan to stick with this image size, so sorry for those of you with smaller monitor sizes. Try increasing your resolution temporarily.

[frostshotgg]

It's Frosty, not Freshy. >:I

Anyways, why do you set your base up like that? Won't aliens get all up in your shit if you have so many access points to the hangars?

[Orb]

It's Frosty, not Freshy. >:I

Fixed. I knew I'd screw up something. Expect future mistakes of similar caliber.

Anyways, why do you set your base up like that? Won't aliens get all up in your shit if you have so many access points to the hangars?

Perhaps. However, aliens will have to go in more different ways, spreading out their troops further. Having more entries is both an advantage and disadvantage for the aliens, if I assume you're referring to the higher hanger count.

Base assaults won't come for a long time, and if they do happen, I'm probably dead anyway. The extra hangers are well worth it, imo, because I can keep my elerium and missiles all in one place. If a misc. base gets sniped, I won't lose the fighter craft also, which are very valuable.

[frostshotgg]

Well, no. In XCOM, when you build a base, the only thing you want touching a hangar is another hangar and then the access tunnel. The only thing connecting to your main complex should be the access hangar, that way you have a chokepoint you can set up all your guys and tanks at and then just kill aliens with tons of proxy nades and reaction fire.

[Orb]

Well, no. In XCOM, when you build a base, the only thing you want touching a hangar is another hangar and then the access tunnel. The only thing connecting to your main complex should be the access hangar, that way you have a chokepoint you can set up all your guys and tanks at and then just kill aliens with tons of proxy nades and reaction fire.

Interesting thought. Though, in TTS all slots not occupied by a building still have pathways through them. Also, most of those buildings I can't choose the location of initially.

So, they could go out any side of the hanger and just come around.

[Orb]

Hopes he hasn't scared everyone away with his intro...

Spoiler: Update 1: Tanks = Best <3 (click to show/hide)

Here we are. I set up the following positions for my first fly out. Skyranger hovering over the sea to see if I can catch some grounded UFOs.



Our stuff arrives! Hurrah!



Our first detection. Just a small.



Small UFOs don't hold up well against enemy missiles, and is promptly destroyed.



I equip all my interceptors with avalanche missiles. More damage, more accuracy, and a longer range. Makes escape almost impossible. Though they do cost more.





Our research finishes. The only other tech available is laser weaponry, so I pursue it. Our extra scientists are really kicking in.



I start up production of some motion sensors. I didn't purchase any engineers, so it will take awhile.



The first activity graph comes in. After that interception I would think she would stop going after S.A. I send my planes to scour over S.A.







I spot one of those dodgy UFOs. I try to set up an interception. It fails. However, we know her exact base location now. Right next to ours. Very nice.



Our research finishes, and I begin work on laser pistols.



She continues to pursue South America.





Our superior Avalanch missiles crash it. The nearby ground team catches them at the break of dawn.



This is my typical scout set up. Only one soldier had a good throwing arm, so he's our only scout.





Our tank starts our scouting. Our local sniper comes out and deals with the menace, to increase his FA and leave TUs in the tank to continue scouting.



Scout in the back takes a broad look. She should only have one Sectoid left. I suspect it's in the burning UFO.



I toss a proxy. It misses slightly. Not the best positioning, but it will get the job done.



I get too aggressive with the tank, and get caught out of position.



I try to clear the hedge aside, even using rockets, but its just too far away for our stupid recruits to get an accurate shot at it.



She has free reign to kill my tank. However, as I said in my last LP, plasma pistols suck. If I were her, I might have tried using up a few TU to hit the tank in the side, where it's more vulnerable.



The Sectoid is cleaned up with a rifle shot from our local grunt.



Flawless mission. Tanks repair instantly, so no damage done.



Another Small Scout sighted over South America. It is also annihilated.



Based on the activity, I've really hurt her. She's gotten the idea and switched targets. She's not doing much activity at her main base. Maybe she doesn't want to reveal it? Or somehow, she figured out we were right next to her.



I catch a medium scout landed in South America. The Skyranger meanders its way toward it.



Perfect defensive position for the UFO. It will be a hard nut to crack. I catch a Sectoid wandering the desert.



I pack everyone inside for the moment. I don't have a secure sense of where he is, so it's the safest thing to do.



A Sectoid inside the UFO takes a peak around, doesn't see anything, and ventures back in.



I place a Proxy at the front door.



The Proxy doesn't actually kill the Sectoid. It's this weird bug(feature?) where if you place a proxy in front of the door, it won't go off immediately and the Sectoid can escape. I was aware of this, but hadn't actually experienced it myself. This failure sets the tone for the rest of the mission. 



I prepare for a double HE breach. I can see she's prepared for it.





I toss in all the explosives I  have at this point, and lose a scouting Grunt. See that Sectoid next to the grenade? It doesn't die. Chairs have like blast resistance or something. It's so annoying.



I get a little...aggressive, since my explosives seem to do nothing. She picks off another grunt.



I lose my scout to a venturing Sectoid.



The Sectoid keeps exploring. It doesn't spot me in the smoke, and I promptly deal with it. I am also sick of these shinnanigans so I role in the tank.



I lose yet another soldier. Thankfully most of these are grunts...but still.



I roll the tank around and blindfire at the Sectoid's last known position, taking it out.



Pretty bad mission on my part. I could have avoided all those casualties. But that's X-com for you.

I also thought of a new plan for breaching UFOs(at least medium scouts, anyway). I'll have one HE to take out the wall, and have another HE on top of it. So when the HE explodes, it takes out the wall, and then the secondary HE blasts the inside to oblivion. Will need some testing, but hopefully it will work. Maybe I could even get a strong Grunt to toss the HE in the UFO on my turn, after the breach.

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Summary





Here's where we're at. I've ordered the replacements, they should arrive next update. While I did pretty bad last battle, I've taken out 2 small UFOs and 2 medium. That leaves just one small for her initial fleet, and whatever she's constructed.

Also, sorry for the lack of energy in this update. Summer Heat just saps it away.

Comments, criticism, claiming, and so on, are welcome as always. Also, we still have no soldiers claimed. I'll auto assign if you guys don't particularly care.

[Shadowgandor]

You can just auto assign me to a soldier, preferably one that gets a lot of action of course! Following this like usual ^^

[NRDL]

...You spelled my name wrong 

[Orb]

...You spelled my name wrong 

My only guess as to why I messed that up is that ND = National Department of bla bla bla.... Fixed'.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Huh. Shouldn't your scouts have high perception instead of throwing accuracy? Unless you use them more as grenadiers or something like that.

Also, also, posting to watch.

[Orb]

Huh. Shouldn't your scouts have high perception instead of throwing accuracy? Unless you use them more as grenadiers or something like that.

Also, also, posting to watch.

I use them more as grenadiers.

Most combat happens at close quarters, so the motion sensors apply more than perception.

However, I usually use grunts with high PE to do the initial scouting(as indicated with the guy who did the broad sweep). Tanks also gets this job, since they usually have high PE.

[GlyphGryph]

I want in! Yay!

But finish this one.

* GlyphGryph glares.

GlyphGryph reporting for duty, sir!

[Orb]

Orb returns the glare.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Yes, I did look through 23 pages for this black mail. Had a faint memory of you doing an X-com LP. There's actually a lot of X-com LPs for B12. Found at least 15.

To be honest, though, Comp got hit by the RL train in the 1st one, and in the 2nd one it was pretty much decided.

It's like if all of a sudden I destroyed your entire military in Starcraft 2, and had free reign to destroy your mineral lines. It would have been just that, Burnt would have had to sit back while I did terror missions and destroyed her 'economy'.

[GlyphGryph]

Wait a minute when did I host an X-Com lets play? I actually managed to get it working on my computer!?

o___o

This is one of those dark spots, isn't it...

[USEC_OFFICER]

Most combat happens at close quarters, so the motion sensors apply more than perception.

Ah. Well, I could never get motion sensors to work for some odd reason, which wasn't a problem until I actually had to get inside a bloody UFO, since I used scouts in tandem with snipers to clear the outside areas. Admittedly said snipers rarely ended up using sniper rifles, especially if I've skipped the whole laser line altogether.