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[Neonivek]

I will admit though if I had to chose between the Rangers and the Assault class...

I'd chose the Assault.

[KingofstarrySkies]

but rangers ARE the assault class

[TherosPherae]

So I beat my first Veteran game, took my A-Team, added them to my character roster, and began anew on Commander.

My kick-ass Grenadier who got Kill Zone from the last game showed up again, and on her first promotion she picked up Rapid Fire, so I gave her Shredder ammo and every aim bonus I could get my hands on. She is now the bane of every armored unit in the game.

[Sirbug]

I seem to have bad luck with grenadiers. I'm not offered to hire them and every time I bring a squaddie grenadier on a mission, he dies.

Also, got a sniper with awesome sideburns. I usually don't customize my troops, but giving this guy purple fedora and sunglasses just felt right.
Just like my top psionic is an ageing hippie now.

[Aklyon]

Bladestorm still gets priority over stun lancer though, I think.

[Chiefwaffles]

I think I've only had bladestorm hit once in the course of my entire campaign. It's missed so many times.

[Aklyon]

I think I've only had bladestorm hit once in the course of my entire campaign. It's missed so many times.

This is why you don't use default swords!

[Neonivek]

but rangers ARE the assault class

You know... Every other class is an improved version of the classes that came before it.

EXCEPT the Rangers who are closer to a Quasi version of the Assault class.

They are the Bard to the Assault's Wizard.

[Toaster]

I think I've only had bladestorm hit once in the course of my entire campaign. It's missed so many times.

Me as well.  Is it affected by an overwatch modifier?


Also, using mimic beacons for the first time this new campaign.  If you're not using them, start doing so.  They're pretty ridiculous.


Last terror mission, had one civilian left alive but could see two.  Gee, I wonder if one is a faceless?  Sadly, the aliens helped me figure out by shooting one and failing the mission.  I chose gambling over the aliens not shooting a civvie over gambling with a troop's life to guess which one it was.  Grrr...

[Puzzlemaker]

I FINALLY BEAT THE GAME

I AM FREE

It was a good game.  I liked it.

I will wait for mods.  And then play more.

[Aklyon]

What sort of mods?

[Puzzlemaker]

What sort of mods?

I have no idea, but I am sure if I wait awesome mods will start popping up.

I can totally see a full warhammer 40K conversion where you cruise around a sector as an inquisitor.  A lot of the gameplay would be similar.

Basically, from what I understand the game is super moddable and popular.  Give it a few months and all sorts of cool shit should start popping up.

[Chiefwaffles]

XCOM 2's mod situation is looking pretty good at the moment. Most games with out-of-the-box mod support can have their modding scene crash and fail immediately after launch, but XCOM2 already has some great mods and is continuously getting new ones.

I wonder how long until we get the actual overhauls/total-conversions.

[Aklyon]

Seems like its less a matter of time and more of wrestling the sdk/modbuddy into doing as the modders want, from the sound of various mod descriptions and comments.

[misko27]

Seems like its less a matter of time and more of wrestling the sdk/modbuddy into doing as the modders want, from the sound of various mod descriptions and comments.

Which takes time.

The tools are incredibly versatile, but, um, relatively unintuitive. There exists quite a fair bit of documentation, to their credit, and I'm sure there's quite a lot more I would have a grasp on if I had a grasp on such things in general, but, well yeah.

On the other hand, it seems that someone does in fact have a Freeman's Mind Voicepack already, so now I have to figure out what to do with my modding interest.