I still don't understand why you'd want to play on normal. It'd be too easy.
You're making me feel bad.
Don't feel bad, you just haven't been educated in the art of the Beagle.
Sure, it's EU (Though haven't you said you only have EU?), the only thing that doesn't really work in EW is the conga-line, since aliens can overwatch upon discovery opposed to doing nothing.
Indeed. (Although I don't know why "Move around" counts as "Nothing." especially for bastards like the cryssalids.)
Super heavy? Infantry vehicle? I unno. That doesn't make much sense. But eh! c:
It's heavily armored, meant to take the place of an infantry, microvehicular in nature, and "super" makes it sound cooler.
Also, a shiv is a kind of weapon.
The acronym is also a.... what's the word for an acronym with a dual meaning?
A backronym is an "acronym" where the words were chosen to fit the acronym.
Also, thought of running the XCOM project along the lines of the Deathwatch, since the setups seem quite similar (small force insertions, combined tactics from different armies united under one banner, revolutionary weapons that everyone wants later). Thoughts?
Wrex is running a game which uses the Only War rules, but they're basically the same.
SHIVs can't take cover, which is necessary to operate the node as well as some other things.
This is fixed in Enemy Within. SHIVs and MECs can retrieve meld and disable power nodes or bombs. Neither can open doors though. Gotta burst through doors SWAT team style.
While regular soldiers burst through doors SWAT style, I think the way MEC's go through door would be better described as "Kool-Aid Man style".
I'm pretty sure Sectopods can go through doors. Every unit counts as one tile and thus can walk through doors.
We were talking about
opening doors, though.
And I'm kinda sad that nothing is ever multitile. I'm sure there were technical limitations or somesuch, but seriously, a SHIV could live up to its name better as a 4x4 and sectopods and such would be even more terrifying if they were twice as big in every dimension.