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[thvaz]

II was with a really good squad but they started dying one by one after just a few missions. Just a Heavy Colonel and 2 Snipers captains remain, the rest is squaddies and rookies... 

[Urist McSpike]

]My successful run was in South America. The reason was that you need a really successful start to succeed on classic iron man or you're completely boned. So everything I did was to maximize that.

I would take 2 rookies on every mission. Get as many squaddies as I could. All the way till I got the OTS second final level thing where everyone would be a squaddie. This way if anyone dies I still have useful soldiers instead of a handful of crappy morons with no skills.

I rushed to laser weapons before all else. So that means capturing a sectoid for the boost. Getting two labs, etc. I'm not sure how to optimize that but that's what I went for. My rookie survivability rate went through the roof the moment I got those.

Yeah, the death rate killed me, I think.  I took some stupid risks in the earlier missions, and lost guys to it - then had wounded/dead, and was sending out rookie squads.  That's a definite no-go.

I'm doing another run (Classic Ironman), and doing the tutorial.  It's really almost a cheater start instead of going straight into the game... 
Con: Limited to NA or Europe starting base, and all the time spent doing what you're told (and only what you're told) to do.
Pro:  Free squaddie from the first mission, 2nd mission got me two more (and the aliens never hit; might have been the RNG), abduction mission rewards, free satellite, and I've just started the first shot-down UFO mission. Bonus xp from the early missions, and bonus research time & materials from the first couple of missions.

Yes, you do indeed get a free satellite on Classic Ironman from doing the tutorial.  I did not get one on my previous (non-tutorial) Classic Ironman.

[Cthulhu]

I'm starting to think Team Floater (3 floaters + 2 heavy floaters) may be OP in multiplayer.  I mean, that's a shitload of hit points the opponent has to chew through, plus crazy mobility, high damage, ten free damage at basically unlimited range (Since elevation increases grenade range), floaters are ridiculously good for their cost.

[LoSboccacc]

I'm still pretty sure the monthly bonus is bugged. Classic wouldn't be anywhere near as hard if I actually got that 400 or so bonus.

also, I don't know if by chance or bug, when I land in geoscape at  day the mission will be at night, I was starting to considering that each and every mission in this game is at night until I landed in geoscape at night, on a 'dark' zone, and the mission was at day 

[Tarran]

I'm still pretty sure the monthly bonus is bugged. Classic wouldn't be anywhere near as hard if I actually got that 400 or so bonus.

also, I don't know if by chance or bug, when I land in geoscape at  day the mission will be at night, I was starting to considering that each and every mission in this game is at night until I landed in geoscape at night, on a 'dark' zone, and the mission was at day 

Obviously the aliens are changing the lighting of the planet and your map at base is not adjusted to this fact.

[Man of Paper]

I'm still pretty sure the monthly bonus is bugged. Classic wouldn't be anywhere near as hard if I actually got that 400 or so bonus.

also, I don't know if by chance or bug, when I land in geoscape at  day the mission will be at night, I was starting to considering that each and every mission in this game is at night until I landed in geoscape at night, on a 'dark' zone, and the mission was at day 

Could it be that Day/Night is relative to where your base is and adjusts accordingly as to where you send out your dudes? I still have a couple days before I can get this, so this is coming from someone who has yet to see this for himself.

[Urist McSpike]

Effing bomb runs!   

Anyone know if there's a way to not auto-end your turn?  I ran a guy next to the bomb, but he dashed to get there - and the round auto ended.  Even though you can go back to the guy & click it.

[dogstile]

Move him first

If I find an actually solution i'll let you know. Time to go trawling through other forums to find an answer.

[alway]

Effing bomb runs!   

Anyone know if there's a way to not auto-end your turn?  I ran a guy next to the bomb, but he dashed to get there - and the round auto ended.  Even though you can go back to the guy & click it.

Had the exact thing happen on my first of those missions. Followed by dashing the maximum distance for all 3 pre-detonation turns and still losing everyone since the distance to the choppa was too great.

[Taricus]

So, I decided to try impossible mode out of curiousity.

Never. Again.

[hemmingjay]

So, I decided to try impossible mode out of curiousity.

Never. Again.

Same here.

[Johnfalcon99977]

Effing bomb runs!   

Anyone know if there's a way to not auto-end your turn?  I ran a guy next to the bomb, but he dashed to get there - and the round auto ended.  Even though you can go back to the guy & click it.

Try doing the important life or death decisions at the beginning of your turn.

Also, Berserkers are bullshit. I literally shot one down to three health, and tried to stun him at 70% success chance, and Failed. Twice.

Guess I lost three of my best men for nothing. >.>

So, I decided to try impossible mode out of curiousity.

Never. Again.

Enlighten us with your experience, Taric.

[Taricus]

So many sectoids. SO MANY BULLSHIT CRITS.

[Cthulhu]

I also tried impossible once.  8 4hp sectoids in the starting mission.  good fucking lord

[umiman]

I also tried impossible once.  8 4hp sectoids in the starting mission.  good fucking lord

Lmao... you'd have to successfully shoot each twice...

So you'd have to perform 16 successful shots and dodge at least 8 return fires. AT LEAST.

Yeah... name is correct.