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[Tellemurius]

Under no circumstance should any of us go in without a full Megapol Armor set. Don't bother with the Marsec Armor, they're more expensive, and provide less protection(albeit it's lighter). Only the torso is significant, because of the flight ability, but that only turns you into an airborne target later on.

Actually, mutants usually have abysimal strength, so they greatly benefit from the lighter Marsec armor when available.  Otherwise, mutants won't have enough TU to keep up with the rest of the team, as heavy equipment relative to strength decreases TU.  But I totally agree that everyone needs full armor, no matter how heavy it might be.

We're playing Real-Time mode. I've never had any significant problems with heavy-armored mutants keeping up with the rest of the squad in RT mode.
And in any case, I usually hack the savefiles and give everyone teleporters anyway. *cough*

actually yes i seen overloaded soldiers take a reaction penalty when im telling them to fricking move.

[Archangel]

Can I still join, or at least go on the waiting list?
name: M163-14B

stats: High health and bravery, decent reactions, ok accuracy, whatever stamina and strength

preferred equipment: whatever you need most, plus melee and a high explosive

preferred ride: APC is fine

species: Android

bios: Designed to be front line infantry, M163-14B was bored, stuck doing security work. Until the the aliens turned up and attacked the building it was assigned to guard, giving it the chance to do what it was meant to do. Armed only with a pistol, it fought bravely, killing a large portion of that group of invaders, and thanks to its actions, many people were able to escape who would have otherwise been killed. Eager to be of more help, it asked to join X-Com and they were glad to accept it.

[Tellemurius]

Can I still join, or at least go on the waiting list?
name: M163-14B

stats: High health and bravery, decent reactions, ok accuracy, whatever stamina and strength

preferred equipment: whatever you need most, plus melee and a high explosive

preferred ride: APC is fine

species: Android

bios: Designed to be front line infantry, M163-14B was bored, stuck doing security work. Until the the aliens turned up and attacked the building it was assigned to guard, giving it the chance to do what it was meant to do. Armed only with a pistol, it fought bravely, killing a large portion of that group of invaders, and thanks to its actions, many people were able to escape who would have otherwise been killed. Eager to be of more help, it asked to join X-Com and they were glad to accept it.

see the coolest thing about this game as that this bio would make sense. your hired!

BEGINNING OF THE END: FRIDAY

[Tellemurius]

well i got some bad news, ill be leaving for Texas on thursday and won't be coming back until monday but this gives me time to tweak my laptop for less game crashes.

[Hugehead]

You can use DOSBox to run it, I think taht would be much more stable.

[Tellemurius]

You can use DOSBox to run it, I think taht would be much more stable.

you don't understand its a AMD k6 550MHz with 256mb RAM and a busted cooling fan.

[jasonred79]

Maybe you haven't seen the severe advantage that flying and firing explosive autocannon rounds gives you, especially early in the game. It turns all those (numerous) near misses into hits.

Also, I wanna join after you get access to rocket launchers and mini launchers. Gimma one of those! Guided tracking heavy damage weapons? Ohhhhhh yeeeaaaahhhhh....

I always do Cult of Sirius in turn based. Because I'm a sadist and I enjoy walking right up to a COS and firing 10 rounds into him at point blank. (on full auto, 10 rounds = 10 AP lol)

[EuchreJack]

I think bloodsheder's concern is more with angering the various factions of Mega Primus than with anything else.  Although, most factions can't do much if you anger them, except the occasional raid. 

And removal of that anger takes massive, constant bribes.

It is even possible to sign a ceasefire with the Cult of Sirius, if you keep bribing them whenever they ask.  They're still hostile, but their vehicles won't shoot at you on the city map.

[Tellemurius]

I think bloodsheder's concern is more with angering the various factions of Mega Primus than with anything else.  Although, most factions can't do much if you anger them, except the occasional raid. 

And removal of that anger takes massive, constant bribes.

It is even possible to sign a ceasefire with the Cult of Sirius, if you keep bribing them whenever they ask.  They're still hostile, but their vehicles won't shoot at you on the city map.

na i just hate the Sirius cult cause they annoy me during the ufo raids. plus by blowing those guys away we can get some access to weapons not available to the market yet.

[jasonred79]

I was mainly talking about the benefits of flying chestplates from marsec, actually.

Anyhow, Early game, do NOT irritate your weapon suppliers. They will stop selling you stuff! NEVER irritate Transtellar or the taxi companies. You won't be able to have people or items transported anymore! Do not irritate the government. They will stop paying you. Do not mess with mutant alliance or the android thing or you can't hire those guys. All in all, quite a number of people you want to like you. Quite a number you couldn't care less about.

Forget about the PUNY 100-200 worth of damage that your people do with explosive weapons within the battlescape. They WILL do FAR more collateral damage during the firefights with the UFOs.

[Akura]

Forget about the PUNY 100-200 worth of damage that your people do with explosive weapons within the battlescape. They WILL do FAR more collateral damage during the firefights with the UFOs.

I'll confirm this. I've had people go nuts with mini-launchers before, and I think I've only seen relation deteriorate with only one group, and I'm not too sure if it was from the launcher-happy.

As for groups...

Spoiler: Here's a list of groups and what they do, read it if you want (click to show/hide)

Government: Important, at least in the early game. They pay you weekly, but never more than 50% of their own budget. Your perfomance each week can give you an increase(or decrease) in funding. Do badly enough(intentionally), or they become hostile for any reason(alien takeover, you attack them), they'll terminate funding, which is permanent. Late in the game, you can usually fund yourself selling self-produced or captured alien goodies.

Marsec: Supplies most of your heavy hardware and vehicles, so never, ever irritate them or let them be taken over by aliens.

Megapol: Another major equipment supplier, a hostile Megapol has the added Fun of police cars attacking you.

Cult of Sirius: Always hostile, but there's bug that causes them to demand reparations to go to Unfriendly. It quickly detiorates to hostile. Early-game not much of a threat, late game the aliens supply them with heavy gear. Their vehicles will attack yours, but they're never a threat.

Superdynamics: Moderately important, they supply (air)vehicle engines and fusion powerfuel.

General Metro: Supplies lighter ground vehicles and their engines.

Cyberweb: Supplies targeting computers for vehicles(which are next to useless) and nothing else.

Nanotech: Supplies medkits and nothing else.

Sensovision: Worthless*. Roleplay-wise, it's a form of mass-media, but really, they're not that important.

Gravball League: Again, worthless. Those gravball stadiums are nastly places for a firefight, though.

Sancuary Clinic: Again, worthless. RP-wise, they control hospitals, but that hardly matters for you. You (should) have at least one medical bay at your base.

Transtellar: Important, without them, you can't transport items between bases.

Solmine: Supplies Elerium-115, which is ammunition for plasma-based vehical weapons.

Lifetree: Worthless. RP-wise, they run the schools.

Nutrivend: Worthless.

Evonet: Worthless again.

Energen: Some more worthless.

Synthmesh: Presumably worthless, although according to the UFOpaedia, they repair damaged buildings.

Psyke: Only significant because they'll attack you if hostile(they also fight police constantly). Raiding them might yield more psiclone, which can be sold.

Diablo: Supplies incendiary grenades, but otherwise functions like the other gangs. Probably more dangerous than the other two gangs, because of those grenades.

Osiron: Another gang, probably less dangerous than Diablo, probably more dangerous than Psyke.

S.E.L.F.: If they become hostile, you can no longer hire androids.

Mutant Alliance: If they become hostile, you can no longer hire mutants Sectoid Hybrids. (darn political correctness)

Extropians: Useless political party.

Technocrats: Another useless political party.


*It's possible that corporate entities, probably the political parties as well, are taxed by the government faction, so if you wreck the corporations' balance sheets, the government will have less money, possibly crunching your funding. Then again, bombing the corporations might hurt your rating anyway.

[Tellemurius]

aww shit i forgotten this.... (works real hard to start up with something). sorry guys i just been busy looking for a job and stuff to do other than my computer.

[Zangi]

Was sure this died a horrible death in some undisclosed location... but expected, considering all the other Apoc LPs I post at died.

[zchris13]

Use dosbox. Mutant alliance is made up of sectoid-human hybrids.  (it's all in the manual).  And most importantly, don't overload your mutants.  They take major speed penalties.  The best guns in the game are the toxiguns, but before that, pistols are way better than anything else.  Use aimed fireing mode for anything that isn't next to them.  Trust me, I'm an expert.  (Auto-fire pistols can empty entire clips in seconds)

[Sheb]

Name: Jean Dujardin

Stats: Agile and Accurate

Preferred equipment: Rifle

Preferred ride: Like to act as a sniper, so walking discreetly, but may join a team in a light vehicle to provide fire support.

Specie: Human

Bio:Jean Dujardin was serving as a private in the 12th Afghan War (Man, when will governments learn to leave those guys alone?) with the French Légion Etrangère. After serving his terms, he realized he liked it so much that he had to continue fighting. Since them, he has been in most wars, acting as a solo sniper (He cannot stand the Red Tape of standard armed forces). However, the appeal of fighting the aliens was so great that he joined X-COM.