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[MetalSlimeHunt]

Given that you get a message about how the Cyberdisk Cannon explodes whenever you kill one, yes.

There's also the fact that there as at least a vestigial fourth weapon tier, Fusion, of which only Fusion Cannons and Blaster Launchers remain.

[Neonivek]

I just want them to admit they rushed a bit because I am tired of needing to prove that oddly missing content is oddly missing content.

[Lightningfalcon]

I just want them to admit they rushed a bit because I am tired of needing to prove that oddly missing content is oddly missing content.

Like the interception screen? 

[MetalSlimeHunt]

On the bright side, a rushed (but still good) game with missing content has been turned around by a well-funded sequel or expansion pack before, and could be here as well. Fallout 3 to Fallout New Vegas, for example. Hopefully we'll get a Terror from the Deep remake, as there's lots of potential there since the original didn't do very much with what it had.

[Neonivek]

On the bright side, a rushed (but still good) game with missing content has been turned around by a well-funded sequel or expansion pack before, and could be here as well. Fallout 3 to Fallout New Vegas, for example. Hopefully we'll get a Terror from the Deep remake, as there's lots of potential there since the original didn't do very much with what it had.

and because Terror missions were lack luster, us missing them... won't really bug me.

[Sirus]

On the bright side, a rushed (but still good) game with missing content has been turned around by a well-funded sequel or expansion pack before, and could be here as well. Fallout 3 to Fallout New Vegas, for example. Hopefully we'll get a Terror from the Deep remake, as there's lots of potential there since the original didn't do very much with what it had.

Oh god, I can already hear the RAAAAAAGE if such a thing is announced 

[MaximumZero]

I, for one, think that they could continue along the current storyline, possibly doing the aftermath of the story. What happens now? What do we research? (Elerium, for one, could allow us to build super-reactors, allowing us to become a much more advanced civilization. Imagine hooking up the LHC to an Elerium reactor?) We could open up whole new branches of materials and high energy sciences, get something like the Alcubierre drive or something similar working, fusion reactors, and all kinds of military goodies.

I would much rather see this timeline fleshed out a lot more before TFTD. Heck, we never even got to Cydonia in this last effort!

[Lightningfalcon]

Maybe humanity could go on the offense, and it would be XCOM doing the alien abductions to some poor planet that has yet to leave their solar system?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

The story hooks at the moment are that the Ethereals wanted Humanity to deal with "the coming threat", a scientist X-Com rescued is plotting the flight path the alliums took to get to Earth, and that Vahlen and Shen are a couple of years away from mass-producing Elerium.

From there, if I were in charge of the sequel, I'd say the next step is X-Com defending humanity's Elerium-fueled stellar expansion against "the coming threat" using our apparently rare combination of physical prowess and psionic ability (and unbeknownst to the Ethereals, rapid technological adaptation and unstoppable determination).

[Sirus]

So...XCOM: Interceptor?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Yes, but not terrible and not just ship combat. It should probably also cover the fall of the Ethereal Empire to "The Coming Threat".

[Neonivek]

Except we lack Eridium for interstellar flight.

We havn't had the game where we discovered more

[MetalSlimeHunt]

As I mentioned above, there's a line about humanity being able to mass-produce Elerium on Earth, but that it just isn't going to happen within the timeline of the game.

I suppose it could start with an interstellar humanity fighting the Ethereal Empire, when their holdings on the edge of the Milky Way start to go dark...

[Criptfeind]

That sounds like a interesting story and could make a good spin off strategy sim game or something, but I am unsure how that would translate to a X-Com game.

[Jelle]

Well yeah they scrapped content, it's a damn shame they didn't finish second wave. I think I've seen people get it working with modding, to some extent. Still though, would've loved the marathon mode it would have offered.
afaik cyberdiscs only have weapons so you can get weapon fragments. I think it's hardcoded to only drop fragments if the enemy is holding a weapon. Infact zombies and tyrannids have weapon to, I think zombies have a weapon called zombieFist or something, since the attack action is tied to a weapon rather then unit.

The story hooks at the moment are that the Ethereals wanted Humanity to deal with "the coming threat", a scientist X-Com rescued is plotting the flight path the alliums took to get to Earth, and that Vahlen and Shen are a couple of years away from mass-producing Elerium.

From there, if I were in charge of the sequel, I'd say the next step is X-Com defending humanity's Elerium-fueled stellar expansion against "the coming threat" using our apparently rare combination of physical prowess and psionic ability (and unbeknownst to the Ethereals, rapid technological adaptation and unstoppable determination).

Do want! Although I can't imagine the world not slipping into full out war in between nations as a result of the sudden arms race. The XCOM project being in the middle of said conflicts, being the nexus of new alien knowledge.

Wooh another attempt ruined. Cause: Terminal Bad Luck. Fucken dice got me again, I really liked this team to. Not much you can do if you miss all your shots and the enemy crits all theirs...