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[Sirbug]

I'm on the final mission and AI decided it's no longer going to play with me. Last attempt to take away my fun.

Too bad I don't think I saved between it and attack on tower, so if it doesn't fix itself, I'd have to just accept easy victory. After all, haven't I suffered enough?

[EnigmaticHat]

I'd been decently lucky for my entire run, and then on the final mission the game just stopped taking my shit.  I'm talking repeated 80% misses, purple dudes dodging 100% killshots, that kind of thing.

[Aklyon]

Is there any set that people are really enjoying?

Accurate Swords.
The rest of my set is mostly just because I like the sound of them, but get that mod.

[Toaster]

Sectoids, as in the first game, are simply not scary.  Even mind control can hose you only if you lack any threat response or have a multiple activation.


I am running these mods:

Spoiler: Mods, plus insta-review (click to show/hide)

Capnbub accessory pack:  Like the tac goggles.
Evac all:  Saves some clicks
Leader pack:  Interesting.  It does cost supplies and time, so it's not just free perks.  Only up to rank 2 in it but Focus Fire is handy.
SMG pack:  Haven't used one yet and may never do so.
Muton Centurion:  Nasty surprise when one showed up.  I... think it shows up at an appropriate time?  It's about the only fleshy alien with that much armor.
Sombrero:  Essential
Stop Wasting My Time:  Works just as advertised.  Great on a second playthrough.
More Maps Pack:  I... guess?  Haven't used it or the other map pack enough to say.
Free the Hood:  I had to readjust my hooded character, but sure, why not?
International Voice:  Haven't had one in game.
World Expansion Project:  See above.

[misko27]

There's quite a lot of nice Sword mods, I recommend you look about. Personally I like one that just bumps up the general accuracy and damage of the swords, without guarenteeing damage and thus really taking out something important in the game: RNGesus owns your soul guaranteed damage should be relatively rare. (Name is subtle sword tweaks).

EVAC ALL is really only one I find is just a straight upgrade currently, although surely there are others on the market. I do hear positive things about the Stop Wasting my Time mod.

[Toaster]

If you've ever felt yourself staring blankly at the screen while an animation hangs around (overwatch, shooting, gremlin, etc) then get SWMT.

[Aklyon]

If you're going to run into an almost always non-cover spot, you need to damn hit. Otherwise you might as well just shoot the alien instead of sword. Untouchable is a long ways off from squaddie and only covers one shot per turn.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Are there any preformance enhacning tips anyone has? I'm running at the lowest settings, and am going to crank down the resolution, but I wanted to see if there was any .ini settings I can mess with to bring the FPS up a bit.

[Sean Mirrsen]

Open <Userdir>/My Documents/My Games/XCOM2/XComGame/Configs/XComEngine.ini, find a setting called AllowPostprocessing, set it to false. Also apparently MipFadeInSpeed and MipFadeOutSpeed settings bring FPS up a bit if set to "0.0". I've made too many little tinkering changes in my ini file to recall them all, but those are probably the basis of getting a playable FPS out of an integrated GPU.

[EnigmaticHat]

Are there any preformance enhacning tips anyone has? I'm running at the lowest settings, and am going to crank down the resolution, but I wanted to see if there was any .ini settings I can mess with to bring the FPS up a bit.

Hold your laptop half off of your desk to facilitate better ventilation

[Rolan7]

You half-jest, but so many laptops put important fans on the bottom for some reason.  Which means that holding it in your lap, particularly on a winter blanket, is a very bad idea when playing an intensive game.

Unless you hold it away from said insulating surface.

[TheDarkStar]

You half-jest, but so many laptops put important fans on the bottom for some reason.  Which means that holding it in your lap, particularly on a winter blanket, is a very bad idea when playing an intensive game.

Unless you hold it away from said insulating surface.

levitating laptop best laptop

[Toaster]

Give it sectopod legs with working hydraulics.

[Culise]

Give it sectopod legs with working hydraulics.

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Spoiler: Pokemon rather than XCOM, but I'm pretty sure this is still the logical end result (click to show/hide)

[Toaster]

Works for me!