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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 3.0: Beyond Human

« on: August 10, 2023, 11:01:38 am »

Thanks for the answers, that was helpful. Which means it's time for more questions!

The game has been spawning a lot of Black Lotus missions, and a few lucky stuns (and death rookies), means that I have "The Root of all Evil" available in July 97. I still have a lot of dossiers to interrogate out of BL members, and selling them into slavery collecting Interpol rewards for them and nicking their cash legally seizing their assets is a good source of money.

Do I "kill" Black Lotus if I do the mission? Will it respawn if I ignore it? The low despawning penalty makes me think that I can ignore it safely, but I'd rather check.

EDIT: Also, I haven't seen a thread for questions, I hope it's ok to ask them here.

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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 3.0: Beyond Human

« on: August 09, 2023, 03:23:26 pm »

Is there any reason to build radars (or an extra HQ, I guess) before the invasion actually starts? I guess I could try to down some of the UFOs I expect are around, but that seems problematic with my tech (six months in).

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The X-Com Files / Re: Cultist Safehouses don’t spawn

« on: August 05, 2023, 12:20:28 pm »

Yep, it was RNG. Loaded a late February save and safehouses started popping up. Complaining on the Internet works for everything.

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The X-Com Files / Cultist Safehouses don’t spawn

« on: August 04, 2023, 06:25:29 pm »

I have been playing the game for a couple of days and having a blast. Restarted twice to find a couple of fastest ways to get research online as fast as possible, and the new game (on middle difficulty) is going well.

Problem is that I’m in May and the only safehouses (rank 2 cult missions) that I can attack are Red Dawn ones. Maybe it’s because I’m in Europe. I have the 4 cults researched (both the basic cultist and the research they unlock) since February, so I’m not sure whether I’m missing something.

Just to check: I only need the “base” cult research to get the next type of mission, right?