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[Thexor]

Also, remember that the Mutons would be quite likely to hit after a grenade blows away your cover. 

That was a mistake I often made - thinking "grenades only do 3 damage and destroy fragments, I should bring a better item". Yeah, except at 3 damage, grenades usually won't get the kill, so they won't destroy any fragments. And blowing away the target's cover is usually worth not bringing a SCOPE on a rookie.

[Shook]

Because as you know, the lower the probability of hitting, the more powerful the percentage points are!! Likewise with me missing three 70-something% shots in a row, while still hitting 30-40% shots with frightening regularity. I'm not quite sure how probabilities work any more, and i've had statistics class.

Also i wuv this game. But hell, with a canadian sniper called Cpt. MOOSEFIST "SYRUP" MAPLEBLAST and an angry scottish assault called WHISKEY FUCKSHOT, there's not much that can go wrong. Other than those two dying, but hey. WHISKEY FUCKSHOT has a talent for getting wounded all the time, but never managed to die. He also likes to retaliate with shotguns, much to the aliens' chagrin. Scatterlaser hits preeeeetty hard at point blank range. Captain MAPLEBLAST just snipes everything from afar, even with a laser pistol.

[Anvilfolk]

Doing another classic ironman run. I've been more and more careful, hunkered down quite a bit... my guys are still getting wounded rather frequently, but survivability is fairly high. Since there's always a couple of wounded guys, I'm cycling the team quite a bit and have probably got a full complement of 6 nicknames plus squaddies and whatever the next rank is. Just got the 6 man squad upgrade and faster healing. Started in Africa, and money does not appear to be a problem. Have had two countries leave, but will get 3 new satellites before the next council.

The only assault I had died, now I got another one. My team composition is usually 2 snipers, 2 supports, 2 heavies. Mostly due to not having an assault

But... so far so good (I've just gone ahead and jinxed it, right?).

[krisslanza]

Just remember this for percents:

If it isn't 100%, it can fail. If it isn't 0%, it can succeed.

[dogstile]

You'll be fine. Use more heavies.

[Mephansteras]

Just remember this for percents:

If it isn't 100%, it can fail. If it isn't 0%, it can succeed.

Not true: EVERY shot in the game can fail due to the hit calcs. Treat every 100% as a 99% and you're closer to the mark.

Also, for those of us using Mods, word on the 2k forums is that there was an update today that made the game us a hosted ini file instead of the local or baked in ones. The solution is to play offline.

This was probably done to deal with Multiplayer issues and balancing, but it kinda ruins mods. Hopefully they'll change it soon so mods work properly without having to go offline.

[GlyphGryph]

You know, I really do think I'd enjoy running with 6 heavies, hah. Just the sheer amount of dakka.

Enemies? EXPLOSION. 8 shots of bullet fire. 2 more shots or 2 more explosions as needed.

Repeat for up to 6 distinct groups of enemies!

[Thexor]

To be fair... it's pretty much required for consistent, reliable multiplayer. The 2K forums are up in arms, but that's because the forumites are phrasing it as "killing modding!", not "safeguarding multiplayer".

It's also trivial to work around - reboot Steam in offline mode, and you may now safely mod your game.


Al in all, it doesn't help modding, but it's hardly the death knell some people are claiming.

[Mephansteras]

I'd prefer a solution that checked versions to ensure that if you're using mods you can only play against other modded games. Or one where it only uses that ini for multiplayer and leaves singleplayer alone (and maybe disables achievements if you have a modded game).

Putting steam in offline mode isn't a big deal, but I'd rather not have to bother at all.

[Neonivek]

Truth be known I'd gamble MORE then they don't let you use mods in order to gouge you with DLC

You saw the first DLC... A modder could easily do that. Insant money Fireaxis wouldn't make if modders were allowed to submit content in the game normally.

[GlyphGryph]

This honestly does not seem to me like the sort of change you'd make (certainly not as a silent unannounced patch) if you were simply trying to protect MP.

As if MP even works for some of us. -_- Could maybe try fixing that first.

[krisslanza]

Just remember this for percents:

If it isn't 100%, it can fail. If it isn't 0%, it can succeed.

Not true: EVERY shot in the game can fail due to the hit calcs. Treat every 100% as a 99% and you're closer to the mark.

Also, for those of us using Mods, word on the 2k forums is that there was an update today that made the game us a hosted ini file instead of the local or baked in ones. The solution is to play offline.

This was probably done to deal with Multiplayer issues and balancing, but it kinda ruins mods. Hopefully they'll change it soon so mods work properly without having to go offline.

My saying assumed a 'perfect' percent and not rounding. Of course, most games round but... still.

[Cthulhu]

Okay, it was mentioned earlier that you could see things you build under the engineering section.  I'm looking and I don't see them.  Is it only in workshops you build yourself?

[Tarran]

Go to the build menu for items. There, you should be able to see the number of those items that you've built.

Assuming that's what you're looking for, of course.

[Cthulhu]

No, I meant actual physical representations of the items you've built.