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Also, think like the US Marine Corps: they don't have anyone on the battlefield who isn't a warfighter.
That's why I gave the ranger a bonus to accuracy and reactions: they don't just run around the field, but they also shoot aliens they come across. And if you run around the field a lot, you're going to find a lot of aliens.
The ranger is the main support class. It's good to have medikits on anyone, but a ranger is a good choice as medic because they can move around a lot to get to other soldiers.
Hello, RandomCommander.
That would be great. I would like to test such a mod.
If you use the RPG Classes mod as a base, and add the graphics you mentioned, I'll either link to it in the RPG Classes post (post #2 in this thread), or download and attach it to the post itself. Depending on the size of it, I guess. Maybe I can do both.
Would be good if you could re-name it, though. So that we could have two versions of it. Maybe "RGP Classes 2," "RPG Classes A" (for Armour) or RPG Classes Plus....well, you come up with a fitting name that you like. I'd like you to also update the credits file to include yourself (for what you made) and others (if you have used something from others).
I like having alternatives, and "my" mod is currently compatible with Solarius Scorch's FMP 1.9.3c (crosses fingers and hopes for the best, as playtesting is currently limited to starting up a new game and researching Soldier Specialists). I guess an armour-graphics mod would not be, since FMP has many more armours than vanilla.
That is probably going to be a much longer wait, as I have yet to make those images for the classes. - type: en-US
strings:
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STR_ROCKET_PACK: "Rocket Pack"
STR_ADVANCED_ROCKET_LAUNCHER: "Advanced Rocket Launcher"
STR_ADVANCED_ROCKET_LAUNCHER_UFOPEDIA: "Utilizing the Alien Optical Processor, the Advanced Rocket Launcher can be aimed faster than the original design and is able to fire guided missiles."
STR_EXPLOSIVE_AMMO_UFOPEDIA: "Explosive ammunition causes violent detonation on hit, which is destructive to both enemies and the environment."
STR_INCENDIARY_AMMO_UFOPEDIA: "Incendiary ammunition releases flammable agent on hit, causing immediate immolation of the target."
STR_INCENDIARY_AMMO: "Incendiary Ammo"
STR_EXPLOSIVE_AMMO: "Explosive Ammo"
STR_ADVANCED_FIREARMS: "Advanced Firearms"
STR_ADVANCED_FIREARMS_UFOPEDIA: "Working upon the most recent advances in human engineering, a number of weapon designs was developed to give the X-Com troops more firepower and flexibility on the battlefield."
STR_HEAVY_SNIPER_RIFLE: "Tactical Sniper Rifle"
STR_HEAVY_SNIPER_RIFLE_CLIP: "Tactical Sniper Rifle Clip"
STR_HEAVY_SNIPER_RIFLE_HE_CLIP: "Tactical Sniper Rifle HE Clip"
STR_HEAVY_SNIPER_RIFLE_AA_CLIP: "Tactical Sniper Rifle Alloy Clip"
STR_HEAVY_SNIPER_RIFLE_UFOPEDIA: "This heavy sniper rifle sacrifices mobility for accuracy and power."
STR_STORMTROOPER_ARMOR: "Stormtrooper Armor" - type: en-GB
strings:
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STR_ROCKET_PACK: "Rocket Pack"
STR_ADVANCED_ROCKET_LAUNCHER: "Advanced Rocket Launcher"
STR_ADVANCED_ROCKET_LAUNCHER_UFOPEDIA: "Utilizing the Alien Optical Processor, the Advanced Rocket Launcher can be aimed faster than the original design and is able to fire guided missiles."
STR_EXPLOSIVE_AMMO_UFOPEDIA: "Explosive ammunition causes violent detonation on hit, which is destructive to both enemies and the environment."
STR_INCENDIARY_AMMO_UFOPEDIA: "Incendiary ammunition releases flammable agent on hit, causing immediate immolation of the target."
STR_INCENDIARY_AMMO: "Incendiary Ammo"
STR_EXPLOSIVE_AMMO: "Explosive Ammo"
STR_ADVANCED_FIREARMS: "Advanced Firearms"
STR_ADVANCED_FIREARMS_UFOPEDIA: "Working upon the most recent advances in human engineering, a number of weapon designs was developed to give the X-Com troops more firepower and flexibility on the battlefield."
STR_SNIPER_RIFLE: "Sniper Rifle"
STR_SNIPER_RIFLE_CLIP: "Sniper Rifle Clip"
STR_SNIPER_RIFLE_AA_CLIP: "Sniper Rifle Alloy Clip"
STR_SNIPER_RIFLE_UFOPEDIA: "This precision rifle is more powerful than a standard rifle and has excellent accuracy. However, it is harder to use and has a low rate of fire."
STR_HEAVY_SNIPER_RIFLE: "Tactical Sniper Rifle"
STR_HEAVY_SNIPER_RIFLE_CLIP: "Tactical Sniper Rifle Clip"
STR_HEAVY_SNIPER_RIFLE_HE_CLIP: "Tactical Sniper Rifle HE Clip"
STR_HEAVY_SNIPER_RIFLE_AA_CLIP: "Tactical Sniper Rifle Alloy Clip"
STR_HEAVY_SNIPER_RIFLE_UFOPEDIA: "This 12.7-mm caliber sniper rifle sacrifices mobility for accuracy and power."
STR_STORMTROOPER_ARMOR: "Stormtrooper Armour"
)Maybe, but the name stuck already, so...
Yeah, what I say is based on what we know so far. Which is mighty NOT impressive, asside from the cool focal points. But cool snakemen with boobs get boring only after so many times that you see them. Gameplay mechanics is the point in games for me and immersion. And I have to admit that 2012 did a good job in immersion, a feat in itself these days, since game developers forget it alltogether. But its mechanics were so cut down it was painfull.
Time will tell.
Personally I am not a moder. I dont have a clue about it. But that arguement if I am allowed to phrase it as such (no offense meant) is a bit week. If that was the case then every modable that was considered 'bad' should have this excuse. You are paying for the game m8, not the mods that will come after. If I wanted to play the mods and mods only, they might as well have released an open source barebones engine charge it 10 euro/dollars and all of us would enjoy the mods. Not a game that is 90% Its predecessor with a retouch and me paying its marketing campaign. Because make no mistake about it, in this instance thats what we are paying for. Or so it seems. Ill reserve final judgement upon release.
There were NO story-driven forced sacrifices in the original (there could be tons of sacrifices, depending on your game style, but none forced by the storyteller - you were commanding soldiers, not suicide bombers.). I think they should kick the writers out instead. The game feels dangerously like Call of Duty, and I don't like the jihadist vibe the new XCom has either.
Things were so much simpler in the past. The old XCom unified people of every continent and political viewpoint with a simple message any healthy human has to identify with: THE BASTARDS HAVE LANDED. WE'LL KICK THEIR ASS. It was speaking through the universal language of pure violence. XCom was beyond any moral judgement, good or bad - they were us, the humans, against them, the aliens.
Here we have a much more complex dialectic, as, on the surface of it, the aliens really seem to be trying to clean up the mess we have gotten ourselves into as a species through the combined weight of too many bad choices. They don't seem to be doing this only to turn us into the soylent green either, so we have moral ambiguity right there.
Still, if you disregard the story of Advent, I guess we can have a pretty decent tactical mobile game, though (definitely not a full-fledged PC game). For a mobile game, it looks advanced enough.
I'm half-tempted to play this, if only to dissect game's dialectic, but on the other hand, XCOM2012 was quite tedious and we can expect more of the same gameplay here...
Oh come on now, thats hyperbole there and there. I admit the scenario is bullcrap but still....Jihad?Both of you seem to be forgetting something, the ability to mod the game with proper tools. So one of you thinks the plot is stupid and the other thinks the gameplay leaves more to be desired. I think 2k games made the right decision to add bonafide modding tools, because now you are able to counteract the problems they put in the vanilla game! Plus, the OpenXcom community is full of modders and I trust that you guys can make outstanding mods for it once the game comes out, right?
If we speak strictly for EU, then yes. If you generalise the whole series was about how the human race is steadily losing its humanity and becoming that which it fights. With each subsequent war more moral sacrificies with technology gains as a trade off and an uncertain future lying ahead.
Continuing on my above reply neither in the original their purpose was extermination, you had crossbreading/experimentation and exploitation that reached inhuman levels.
I wouldnt call a randomly generated map with set objectives on a set method of approach: Deploy, stealthily pinpoint the enemy, kill them, do the objective, scram it, advanced, but I see your point.
2012 Also was no tedious, it was boring. Once you set up 5-6 things the game litteraly progresses on by itself, all you had to do is reach that point. On the other hand from what is been said and promissed I can see this one to be indeed tedious.
