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[cerapa]

Does anyone know the abilities of the thing that comes out when you skulljack a codex? I killed it the turn it spawned, so I didn't get to see it in action.

[Rince Wind]

And can you mind control it? Now that I have a 72% chance to control a gatekeeper I'd like to try. I guess there won't be anymore of those.

[Flying Dice]

Does anyone know the abilities of the thing that comes out when you skulljack a codex? I killed it the turn it spawned, so I didn't get to see it in action.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Mind Control, Teleport, Dimensional Rift (Large AoE on cast, large AoE next turn when it collapses), Null Lance. Regens 5hp per turn.

You could always do what I did and add them to a bunch of the spawn pools.

[Rolan7]

Does anyone know the abilities of the thing that comes out when you skulljack a codex? I killed it the turn it spawned, so I didn't get to see it in action.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Mind Control, Teleport, Dimensional Rift (Large AoE on cast, large AoE next turn when it collapses), Null Lance. Regens 5hp per turn.

You could always do what I did and add them to a bunch of the spawn pools.

Flippin hell...  On normal it's only exhibited

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Teleport, Disable-weapons in a zone (which explodes for damage when it dies) and clone.
Clone is maddening because on EVERY hit, it instantly clones itself - essentially spawning a copy of itself ANYWHERE (IE behind my lines).  It splits its remaining health with the copy, BUT it still "clones" itself if it has 1HP (I think the original disappeared, so essentially a final F U teleport).  I can't see how it's possible to kill it in one turn, unless reaction fire doesn't trigger it...  And even then, that's a lot of reaction fire!
If the clones regenerated...  fuck.

And of course these guys are showing up just normally now, somehow, and only the first one set back the doom clock.

[PanH]

Does anyone know the abilities of the thing that comes out when you skulljack a codex? I killed it the turn it spawned, so I didn't get to see it in action.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Mind Control, Teleport, Dimensional Rift (Large AoE on cast, large AoE next turn when it collapses), Null Lance. Regens 5hp per turn.

You could always do what I did and add them to a bunch of the spawn pools.

Flippin hell...  On normal it's only exhibited

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Teleport, Disable-weapons in a zone (which explodes for damage when it dies) and clone.
Clone is maddening because on EVERY hit, it instantly clones itself - essentially spawning a copy of itself ANYWHERE (IE behind my lines).  It splits its remaining health with the copy, BUT it still "clones" itself if it has 1HP (I think the original disappeared, so essentially a final F U teleport).  I can't see how it's possible to kill it in one turn, unless reaction fire doesn't trigger it...  And even then, that's a lot of reaction fire!
If the clones regenerated...  fuck.

And of course these guys are showing up just normally now, somehow, and only the first one set back the doom clock.

I think he's talking about what happens if you skulljack a codex, not if you skulljack an officer and a codex spawns. At least I'm pretty sure but I've not done it yet.

[Rince Wind]

If one of your guys is burning, you can send him into a river and it'll stop.

[Chiefwaffles]

Yeah, Rolan, he's talking about an enemy different than the codex that appears much later game than the codex.

[umiman]

I'm a really big fan of the SMG mod by long war.

I liked it back in Long War itself but that they brought it here is neat too. I think it fits very well here too.

The katana mod is... neat I guess.

The customization mods are all really fun but they really need to work on renaming the files.

Oh, and I love the one that lets the classes use the other weapons (within reason). So I can give the supports shotguns or rifles or SMGs depending on the situation or I could have the useless squaddie snipers carry a gun they can hit with instead.

[Flying Dice]

Does anyone know the abilities of the thing that comes out when you skulljack a codex? I killed it the turn it spawned, so I didn't get to see it in action.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Mind Control, Teleport, Dimensional Rift (Large AoE on cast, large AoE next turn when it collapses), Null Lance. Regens 5hp per turn.

You could always do what I did and add them to a bunch of the spawn pools.

Flippin hell...  On normal it's only exhibited

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Teleport, Disable-weapons in a zone (which explodes for damage when it dies) and clone.
Clone is maddening because on EVERY hit, it instantly clones itself - essentially spawning a copy of itself ANYWHERE (IE behind my lines).  It splits its remaining health with the copy, BUT it still "clones" itself if it has 1HP (I think the original disappeared, so essentially a final F U teleport).  I can't see how it's possible to kill it in one turn, unless reaction fire doesn't trigger it...  And even then, that's a lot of reaction fire!
If the clones regenerated...  fuck.

And of course these guys are showing up just normally now, somehow, and only the first one set back the doom clock.

I think he's talking about what happens if you skulljack a codex, not if you skulljack an officer and a codex spawns. At least I'm pretty sure but I've not done it yet.

Yeah. The former. Codexes are easy-peasy, especially because they like to clone themselves down into one-hit range.

[My Name is Immaterial]

A friend and I are going to play multiplayer against each other, and I'm planning on using a three Demo Expert (with plasma grenades to round out the point count) and one Chryssalid team. Any advice?

[Rince Wind]

Fun with mind control: use the psi zombie you raised with a sectoid to commit suicide by killing that sectoid when you don't need it anymore.

[Graknorke]

Not enough sectopods.

[My Name is Immaterial]

But sectopods are so expensive, and they provide one big, easy target for the enemy team to focus fire on, while three Grenadiers in Exosuits have enough grenades and rockets for each member of the enemy team and their cover.

[SOLDIER First]

Replace the Exosuits with Ghost suits?

[Rince Wind]

Use psi ops and mind control all the things.