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[Darkening Kaos]

@Flying Dice
I'd use AC-IN instead purely because of the continuing flames, plus, if the mission was at night, you'd see a hell of a lot further and could snipe at anything, especially if a couple of your guys had any acuracy to speak of.
It was a strategy I took into TFTD and Apoxylips, always bought up every incendiary round available; rockets; bullets; 'nades, whatever.

[Sonlirain]

@Flying Dice
I'd use AC-IN instead purely because of the continuing flames, plus, if the mission was at night, you'd see a hell of a lot further and could snipe at anything, especially if a couple of your guys had any acuracy to speak of.
It was a strategy I took into TFTD and Apoxylips, always bought up every incendiary round available; rockets; bullets; 'nades, whatever.

Hah i also always ended up without IC ammo in apoc. All my men had to have at least one Diablo Nade.
Hell i even gave two autocannons to androids so thay can akimbo them.
And yet the entire gang couldn't make more than 10 grenades a week.


As for the new game...

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Anyone else thinks they should use Outsiders as permanent pilots/commanders on at least smaller UFOs?
Right now you seem to fins one or 2 per game tops and after you nab and research one you never seem to see them again.

[GlyphGryph]

They are just remote control units for sectoids. You can actually see a large number of them if you avoid destroying the base.

[Flying Dice]

Ah, I always carried IC on night missions. But I normally left it out for space considerations.


Re: New-X-COM HWPs: How useless are they? I've heard very.

[Mephansteras]

Ah, I always carried IC on night missions. But I normally left it out for space considerations.


Re: New-X-COM HWPs: How useless are they? I've heard very.

Nah, they're really good. Just bugged, so that if you lose one without having a back-up in the barracks any future ones you build won't work. This is on a type basis, so a normal SHIV and an Alloy SHIV are different.

They'll be fixed with the next patch, though.

[Flying Dice]

Wow. Firaxis really did rush it a bit, didn't they? Seems like I can't read/watch/talk about the game without noticing a bug. Eh, s'more reason to be glad I held off on buying it for a bit. Not that my current PoS could run it.

[Neonivek]

Wow. Firaxis really did rush it a bit, didn't they? Seems like I can't read/watch/talk about the game without noticing a bug. Eh, s'more reason to be glad I held off on buying it for a bit. Not that my current PoS could run it.

Well not just bugs but also many features that are either missing or included but limited.

Heck there is one cutscene that includes two clones trying to save eachother (which is possibly a parody though) because they didn't have any other models.

[Nadaka]

Yea. picked up this game a couple days ago and its pretty awesome.

[shadenight123]

And the alien base was stormed!
Six went in, but three came out.
Chrysalids everywhere.
Not a single Muton, but hell, i'd have rather preferred those guys.
Oh, and sniping sectoids. (And when you remain with the last three guys, two of which with only one tick of health, and Slim men in the final room+psychic commander? Got lucky with Headshot)
But we WON! Right? Right guys? That's the end right!?
...
chuckles.

[Nadaka]

Ugh, most of my heavy hitters were wounded on the last mission, and now my green recruits are having a hell of a time capturing this damn saucer. About to say screw resources and rely heavily on grenades. The map just doesn't have enough cover and they keep getting pinned down and flanked.

[shadenight123]

I find that snipers with squad sight makes the world go round and about.
Especially if the sniper doesn't even move from the start zone and you give him a Scope.
Really...
what world would we live in, without scope and squad sight?

[Mephansteras]

Ugh, most of my heavy hitters were wounded on the last mission, and now my green recruits are having a hell of a time capturing this damn saucer. About to say screw resources and rely heavily on grenades. The map just doesn't have enough cover and they keep getting pinned down and flanked.

Anytime you're having problems, saying 'Screw resources, we have explosives!' is usually the right plan. High level troops are worth more than their equipment, although better equipment always helps.

[The Scout]

I find that snipers with squad sight makes the world go round and about.
Especially if the sniper doesn't even move from the start zone and you give him a Scope.
Really...
what world would we live in, without scope and squad sight?

Run and Gun snipers with the Advanced Scope. Good aim, good fire power.

[GlyphGryph]

Finally encountered the true power of Chrysalids. One jumped my squad, and all the shots on him missed. Then I had one less guy, and a zombie, and another chrysalid joined the party.



Up until then they were jokes, but now I understand.

[Flying Dice]

Just remember, if you get a terror mission with Chrysies, kill the civilians first. There's no way that Firaxis has changed things enough for that to be a bad idea. In fact, flatten as many of the buildings as possible with explosives, because that also seems like it will continue to be a good idea.