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[UXLZ]

Anti dibs on officer.

(I don't want to be an officer.)

[IronyOwl]

Nobody wants to be an officer. Not when the alternative is crushing things with your mind or giant mechanical fists.

[i2amroy]

Wow, Negative defence, I feel so special!

Dibs on officer!
Unless we want to hold elections for officer or something like that...

In truth defense doesn't make that big of a difference, IIRC a -1 defense just means that enemies will have a 51% chance of hitting that shot instead of a 50% one, and is weigh outweighed by factors like cover.

I'd totally be an officer if I wasn't a yolo-flanker assault.

The only way I can see that kind of shooting technique being useful is if you were in a massively cramped area.
It truly does look ridiculous though...

It is actually a valid stance (as confirmed in this thread), though in reality you would probably rest the rifle on a nearby wall or whatnot if at all possible first. Being xcom with highly destructible terrain, they decided to avoid the waste of time coding that to spend time on other aspects of the game.

(Also it's hilarious when multiple overwatches are triggered at once since the sniper shoots so much later. I've had times where an alien pops out and is utterly annihilated by like 6 overwatches, then like 4 seconds later the sniper finally shoots their bullet over the long-dead corpse. XD)

[RAM]

Much as I would love to crush squishy aniels with my mind, it would detract from my overwatch and suppression time, and who wants that?

[GiglameshDespair]

Why does my guy keep shooting his Marksman's rifle one handed? >_>
Is that the crit animation or something?

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

It's a genuine shooters stance. Means you aren't supporting the weight of the rifle with your wrist and hand, instead you can use your nice meaty arm for it.

Rickenbacker can be an officer if we need more than one.

[MaximumZero]

giant mechanical fists.

You have a very valid argument, there.

[Quartz_Mace]

Is it too late to sign up for a casualty soldier?

[Mephansteras]

Is it too late to sign up for a casualty soldier?

Of course not! Pick a soldier off the Barracks roster in the OP that isn't already named. Or you can wait a little bit, I've got some new rookies coming in soon.


RAM, pick which perk you want for Lieutenant



GiglameshDespair: You can have the second officer spot if you want it. Doesn't seem like anyone else is too keen on the position.

[Quartz_Mace]

I'll wait for the new recruits. When they come:
Name: <Quartz> <Face-mace> <The Mace>
Gender: Any
Nationality: Any
Appearance: Any

Preferred class: Assault
Preferred weapon: Close-range to mid-range (shotguns/assault rifles)
Preferred equipment: Any
Preferred tactics: Jumping enemies and putting them out of commission in a few shots at close range (mace to the face)

[Tiruin]

Nobody wants to be an officer. Not when the alternative is crushing things with your mind or giant mechanical fists.

I never liked using MEC characters for some reason ._. Maybe its my philosophical side...

Or that I love hugging cover.

Make me an officer if nobody else wants to!

giant mechanical fists.

You have a very valid argument, there.

...Except for this part. Just for the steam achievement, I made Zhang into a MEC trooper with that nice fist augment.

Never regretted just charging up and punching aliens.
With them fists.
^{And watching them flop like a ragdoll soon after. Same for EXALT!}

[i2amroy]

Go for Stay Frosty! That -1 day to exhaustion after missions is wonderful.

[Mephansteras]

Another alien craft appears, scanning for our satellites. Fighters are launched to intercept.


Our craft sustain heavy damage in the fighting, but we manage to take it down



Movement is detected at the crash site, so a team is sent in to mop up.


Van Doorne will take a group of Specialists in for some additional combat experience.


The mission goes smoothly, with only some minor burns on the Scout from a lucky Sectoid shot.


The team got some good experience from the mission, and we have some more basic resources at our disposal



Engineering has informed me that our new Autolaser is ready, which means we have at least one heavy laser weapon at our dispoal. Very good news!


A request comes in from Brazil for Sectoid Corpses, a trade I am always happy to make. We need all the scientists we can get!


A few days later another alien craft shows up on the scanners. A medium ship, heading to Egypt!


A fierce battle over the African skies ensues



And the ship is finally brought down


With alien survivors at the crash site, a team is assembled to assault the ship.


Being a larger vessel, a more experienced team is going to be required.

Spoiler: Operation Patient Ring (click to show/hide)

The alien craft went down in a rocky, forested area.


It doesn't take long before the squad starts detecting Alien Activity


The downed craft, and a group of Sectoids, are discovered not long after!


They unleash some sort of mental horror on Amenamen, causing him to hallucinate and panic


The rest of the squad retaliates with more...direct threats


Maelle gets in the first kill, taking out the alien boosting its allies


And Tenrin makes full use of her new laser rifle's accuracy to pick off the wounded alien and heavily damage the final one



It fires back, but in its pained state can't hit anything


Out of energy for her rifle, Tenrin calmly finishes the job with her Pistol

(Seriously...that was a 20% shot that I only took because she needed to reload that round anyway and the shot was basically free)

With the sectoids taken care of, the squad regroups and reloads before moving to investigate the craft. Sounds of alien activity are soon heard.


A group of Thin Men, moving in on our position!


The squad unleashes a barrage of laser fire, taking out two of the Thin Men




It retreats further into the ship


Meanwhile, the crystal aliens move up to engage the squad


Greene fires a rocket, but only manages to destroy a bunch of cover


While Tenrin and Amenamen seriously injure one of the two crystal aliens, but are unable to quite finish it off.



Sectoids move up the Right flank. The squad is being pincered!


The aliens pin down McSheb with suppression fire, and the Thin Man returns to the fight


With the squad pinned down and no decent cover to retreat to, the troops really show us their worth!

Amenamen badly injures the Thin Man, allowing Tenrin to take it out with her HE Grenade



While Max and Kaos double team the Outsider leader



The Sectoids assault Amenamen's mind again, wracking him with horror and pain


Greene turns his attention to the surviving crystal alien


Allowing McSheb to take it out


The sectoids finally gather their courage up and assault the team. Fortunately, McSheb's armor takes the brunt of the plasma.


And the other Sectoid's aim is poor.


Unfortunately, Greene's rocket aim isn't much better without time to prepare a careful shot


So the squad falls back on good old fashioned gunplay



Naturally, the aliens bring in one more group of reinforcements. A group of Drones fly in to back up the Sectoids.


And emboldened by allies, a Sectoid manages to get in a hit on Amenamen


But the other still can't hit anything


Kaos shows us just how powerful her Autolaser can be


And Tenrin lands a solid hit on the more accurate of the Sectoids


Maelle, however, is forced to retreat from the swarming drones on her position


Kaos comes to her rescue, blowing Drones out of the sky with remarkable precision



Freeing up the Sniper to take out of of the Sectoids


The last Sectoid gets in one final blow on us, wounding Tenrin


Before Amenamen rushes in and takes it out for good


A solid mission, if challenging. Excellent work by the team in what could have been a disastrous situation!

Spoiler: Soldiers (click to show/hide)

Darkening Kaos, you can choose between Shredder Ammo (Damaged enemies take additional damage for 4 rounds from any hits), HEAT Ammo (Mechanical units take extra damage), or Ranger (Bonus 1 Damage to all targets and +2 Aim, +2 Will)


Sheb, you can choose between Covering Fire (overwatch triggers on alien attacks in addition to movement and +3 Aim), Rapid Reaction (Successful overwatch hits grant additional opportunities for overwatch, up to 3 and +3 Aim), and Heat Ammo (Bonus rocket damage to Mechanical units)

[Sheb]

HEAT Ammo any day. You'll thank me when we start facing Cyberdisk and other threats.

Question though: if you shredder rocket a mechanical unit, does the Heat Ammo bonus benefit from the shredder's debuff?

[Toaster]

And does Shredder damage count as explosive in terms of getting mission-end loot?

[Mephansteras]

As far as I know, Shredder and HEAT stack. I know I've used both on Sectopods late game to rip them to shreds quickly.

And Shredder Ammo just applies an effect, it doesn't count as an explosion on its own, so it is just fine for getting loot.