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[Rolan7]

@SolomonJake @IGLevine It would be humorous to see burning units flailing in a turn based game such as XCOM xD "END THE DAMN TURN ALREADY"

[Graknorke]

https://mobile.twitter.com/SolomonJake/status/664179763406348288

Already more complex than Dwarf Fortress.

[umiman]

https://mobile.twitter.com/SolomonJake/status/664179763406348288

Already more complex than Dwarf Fortress.

?

[Graknorke]

In DF being on fire is pretty much a death sentence regardless of what happens, since the injuries are too bad and also they won't get in water of their own volition. However, the units in XCOM 2 will try and put themselves out. Therefore more complexity.

[Egan_BW]

He never said the AI would try to get to water. 

[IronyOwl]

He never said the AI would try to get to water. 

This is gonna be some hilarious decisionmaking if it's not a panic mechanic.

"Hmmmm. Currently on fire. There's a fountain directly to my left, but that Mechvent sure could use an assault rifle to the face. What to do, what to do..."

*idle animation rotates between writhing in pain and normal looking around*

[GiglameshDespair]

He never said the AI would try to get to water. 

This is gonna be some hilarious decisionmaking if it's not a panic mechanic.

"Hmmmm. Currently on fire. There's a fountain directly to my left, but that Mechvent sure could use an assault rifle to the face. What to do, what to do..."

*idle animation rotates between writhing in pain and normal looking around*

Nah, they don't writhe in pain. They just scream constantly while acting as normal.

[IronyOwl]

Nah, they don't writhe in pain. They just scream constantly while acting as normal.

Thinking about it, I legitimately want poorly looped constant screaming while the unit in question is selected.

[Graknorke]

I didn't want that 5 minutes ago.
Constantly suffering units when?

[Culise]

Corollary: specialized responses for units on fire means more ways to set units on fire.  Flamethrower-mounts on sectopods when? :3

[Furtuka]

Spoiler: A friendly Something Awful person has given summarizations of the important information in the XCOM2 prequel novel (click to show/hide)

Basic synopsis is that it covers some resistance fighters getting drawn deeper into what is left of xcom and they find information that leads them to the avenger. The majority of the book tries to give comparisons between life in the cities (cushy people zoos with abductions blamed on insurgents) and living in the wilderness (pretty much fallout). People in cities see ADVENT as loyal and helpful police and people in the wilderness see them as brutal and terrifying.

The reason xcom failed: The governments mysteriously pulled funding very early on, and someone leaked the location of the base. Xcom had only just downed their second ufo when it happened.

Shen: Is alive during the book. He is hiding with his daughter on an old diesel sub that the aliens can't detect as it is so low tech. He is well represented and a bit of a figure of legend to the resistance fighters. He dies at the end of the book after a sectoid mind interrogates him and causes him to have a massive stroke. There are hints that members of the proxy earth governments may be supplying his xcom cell with equipment and trade goods.

Vahlen: Is also alive in the book, hiding in a secret bunker in Antarctica. She has continued her research in exile but makes a point that she isn't part of the resistance. She tells them she will only sell them her secrets in exchange for more "live subjects". She is also portrayed as a bit of a monster, way to interested in showing off her 'collection' and getting excited at the prospect of fresh things to cut up. ADVENT attack her base and she has the whole thing wired to blow. She fakes her death and escapes to an unknown location. The resistance don't hear from her again in the book

Bradford: Bradford is living as a crazy mountain man/hermit and seems to be permanently paranoid that ADVENT have found him. He drinks a lot. At the end of the book he realises that the resistance finally seem to have some momentum so he puts down his bottle, picks up his shotgun and heads out the door to go save the world.

Lily: Shens daughter is portrayed as a bit of a super genius autist. She doesn't interact well with people, is only interested in tech to the deteriment of people around her and becomes totally focussed on stuff when she works on it.

Tygan: Did not appear in this story aside of " we got a guy called tygan to be chief science scientist" at the end

ADVENT: They don't speak any human language when they talk to each other. Their weapons and armour self destruct when they die, they look like a cross between human and and sectoid (not the swoletoid) when they have their helmets off

Aliens: Apart from statues in the cities the aliens almost never appear in public. They abduct thousands of humans every year but it gets blamed on the resistance. ADVENT are their public face entirely

Contagion Zones: I don't think these have been mentioned anywhere outside this book so far. Huge tracts of land are marked as off limits by the aliens. Humans living outside these zones in non alien built cities are tolerated but treated like crap, humans found in the zones are killed on sight. At the start of the book the resistance had the belief that these are for secret alien stuff they don't want people stumbling upon. But the aliens are actually legit scared of them. The squad in the book observe ADVENT burning things in these zones on a couple of occasions, and they make a point to comment that flamethrowers aren't their usual equipment. They encounter weird animals that look like they are covered in glass. The book deliberately doesn't go into much detail about what is going on. It really spooks the squad when they encounter it and they gtfo pretty fast. It is Really weird and seems to spread to everything living like crazy.

THE COMMANDER: Is spoken of as a figure of legend, nobody has any idea what happened too him, Shen seems to have a theory but it is never properly discussed.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Spoiler: Response (click to show/hide)

First of all, AAAAAAAAA VAHLEN CONFIRMED, and holy shit, her fan characterization is canon. I'm genuinely surprised.

Secondly, I'm super hype if it turns out that all the speculation about the Other Force turns out to be true, which the contagion zones sound like it is. It also sounds almost exactly like Tiberium, feeding my Peace Through Power dreams.

[KingofstarrySkies]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I am totally okay with the commander being treated as a legendary figure.

[Furtuka]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I'm interested in how from the sounds of things XCOM's fall really was because they were played like a damn fiddle.

[RAM]

Spoiler: Response (click to show/hide)

First of all, AAAAAAAAA VAHLEN CONFIRMED, and holy shit, her fan characterization is canon. I'm genuinely surprised.

Secondly, I'm super hype if it turns out that all the speculation about the Other Force turns out to be true, which the contagion zones sound like it is. It also sounds almost exactly like Tiberium, feeding my Peace Through Power dreams.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

If Kane were to make an appearance it would be stupid awesome, emphasis on the stupid, probably, but still awesome...