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[forsaken1111]

They're also a hell of a lot more dangerous when there are civilians around.

[Neonivek]

They're also a hell of a lot more dangerous when there are civilians around.

Does that even happen in Multiplayer?

I mean... YEAH you are right... In a Terror mission they are the most dangerous enemy you can face. Since they can easily double their numbers in a single turn.

[GlyphGryph]

I imagine they'd make a good counter to sectoid swarms or some other multiplayer swarm approach. Lots of low cost units seem like they'd be able to to rush some of the sniper builds and overwhelm them, but a chrysalid could quickly see that strategy backfire. Still may not be the best strategy though.

[Johnfalcon99977]

Chryssalids, as it turns out, are surprisingly underpowered. They really don't justify their cost, as it seems most players using advanced soldiers can just instantly murder them.

Against weak soldiers they are very much worth their cost.

The problem with that particular strat is that no wants to bother with weak soldiers.

[Criptfeind]

Swarm tactics? Is that even possible in MP? There are still only six slots as far as I am aware.

[Sonlirain]

Behold! Mu-tan!

SO KAWAII
MU-TAN IS TSUNDERE 4 U DESU~

kill me.

Have a female Muta then.

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[Johnfalcon99977]

KILL ME NOW!

No, because suffering is but sweet nectar to me.

Seriously, suffering tastes great guys!

[SP2]

It is also great on toast.

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I went up against my first Sectopod in a Terror mission today, I thought they'd be harder but my squad took it down easily enough. :S

[Neonivek]

Looking at what is available for multiplayer

I am a bit surprised by what cannot be used.

No Shivs, no Outsiders (WHAT A COINCIDENCE!), and no Sectopods

[Sergius]

Do cyberdisks get cover? Not so OP if they do.

Though idk, those damn high level snipers seem more OP to me.

As long as the're packed up in their flying disc form they get a defense bonus for being airborne, and a "hardened" perk that give a 60% defense against critical hits. They tend to die quickly in my single player missions though and aren't very scary.

Unlike the sectopod. The sectopod is scary.

How to get rid of sectopods:

Turn 1:
-Have someone suppress it.
-Slowly approach it, try to get assaults close to it, and reveal other roaming aliens so there's no surprises.
-Use lots of cover (this plus suppression penalty gives you a nice survival chance because it will probably shoot anyway... and TWICE)
-Plink at it with snipers, unless it has repair drones, otherwise focus on drones.

Turn 2:
-Dual shot the hell out of it at point blank range with alloy guns or the strongest stuff you have in your assaults. Run & gun if you have to. Lightning reflexes help if it's on overwatch (fun to see it blast random wall as it misses, since it's beams do area damage)
-Finish with snipers if necessary, and/or other troops.

Obviously having some rockets helps too, specially if you can blast the drones next to it in the first turn.

[Neonivek]

I usually have two snipers and two assaults. Killing a single sectopod is generally easy for me.

Killing two at once however... I have to outright admit I was EXTREMELY fantastically lucky.

[Mephansteras]

Heavy with H.E.A.T ammo and a Rocket, now that does wonders for taking down a sectopod!

[Neonivek]

Heavy with H.E.A.T ammo and a Rocket, now that does wonders for taking down a sectopod!

Yeah I unfortunately didn't do that at the time and my heavy wasn't a robot slayer (honestly it is probably one of the best roles you can have your heavy do)

[Vactor]

Regarding some of the conversations about the ending:

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From what I can tell most people here seem to think that the entire invasion was a ruse to goad humanity into becoming more powerful.

I have to say I saw a completely different story unfold, where the aliens invaded, and begun abducting humans to start their own modifications to humanity.  It was only once you captured and activated the psi device that they realized that humanity had produced exactly what the invasion had been trying to create.

The ethereals then saw an opportunity to integrate humanity into themselves, to finally achieve ascension.  (Ethereals being different from "the ethereal ones")

I don't think they intended for humanity to ever capture a UFO, or to build their own hyperwave relay.

[Cthulhu]

That's a cyberdisk.

Chryssalid discussion from multiplayer:  I've used them before, they're okay but as mentioned, they're not all that great if you can't kill an opponent in one turn.  If you can get them in a flanking position and surprise somebody they can be pretty good.  Like with the cyberdisk, one of anything is a target, so I usually use two of them when I use them.  I usually use muton berserkers though, because zombification isn't very good and bull rush is fucking awesome.  Plus muton berserkers are rad as hell, and when you're using a 2-sectoid+commander base of fire, you can have the berserker and a rookie with a plasma gun for cyberdisks.

There's a good tip:  Chryssalids are pretty expensive so if you've got a working team it'll probably have sectoids, and sectoids can't do shit against a cyberdisk.  Team Sectoid+Chryssalid sucks against cyberdisks and will lose.