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« on: October 18, 2014, 05:37:50 pm »
Some tactics I use when I don't enable psi LOS ( which is always nowadays. I feel like I have paid my psi dues years ago on ps1).
First, to my knowledge. The aliens have to see at least one of your squad and can them psi any of them. So try to keep hidden all troops as much as possible. Hard to do. But not impossible. Smoke helps a lot.
Two, aliens seek out weak psi troops as I recall. How do u know without psi lab u ask? Previous missions will reveal that. So once u know who is weak either sack or use em as psi bait. Equip him with just a medikit and put him in vanguard.
Another tactic, keep weapons in backpack or on ground when alien turn.
And finally, let me tell u a funny story...
One month I was desperate to take out the only base I could see since I had a warning prior month on score. This was like month 3 or 4 I think and I was in USA and my radar was not giving me any UFOs.
I loaded my ranger with stun rods only. Took a tank to deal with cyber disc. My idea was let em psi all they want. Worst case my guys act like a bunch a frat boys and poke each other with stun rods.
So I get to about turn 4 and boom. My tank gets toasted by the 3rd disc it engaged. Now I have a bunch a meat puppets running around shocking themselves and cyberdiscs picking them off. I lose a few guys and since I'm not getting many kills, only stuns my guys morale is only going down. In a fit of desperation I charge at a disc with a stun rod.....and it gets stunned?!
Incredulous I try it again and stun another one.
Long story short, of course I still lost the mission, I mean come on. But did find it interesting I could stun a disc.
I don't recall which version I was playing of open xcom. Vanilla I think
But there ya go, I challenge u to succeed where I failed. Fill the ranger up with a bunch a drunk frat boys and cattle rods. Heck leave the tank at home. No smoke, mwhaha