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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 25, 2016, 03:48:55 pm »

Episode 7 and 8 are up.

7 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS0LUPfyahA
8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3awTSvPb3k

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 25, 2016, 12:19:46 am »

Hobbes, you have so far died 5 times in my lets play. Do you wish to insert £1 and continue?

Only going to bring people back a few times and then check if they want to continue :-)

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 23, 2016, 08:22:38 pm »

Fair enough. My apologies to Lion66six for the undue pressure. Strong beliefs are some times hard to keep in check.

In general, I enjoy Extender Accuracy when I play. In specific, play however you like (and however the mod you play was designed!) and have fun. Watching a LPer having fun is what makes LPs worth watching (well, that and hilarity when everything goes wrong! ) so: Have fun, get murdered and I'm looking forward to seeing both!

No worries, everyone has a view and expressing it should never be considered as terrorism :-)

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 23, 2016, 08:20:53 pm »

I believe Hardmode was "balanced" to spam everything (including autoshots) and to use as much cheese as you possibly can... we'll see later in the LP I guess. I didn't play it enough to know for sure, and I am glad that Lion66six will do that for me, regardless if he proves me right or wrong.

In any case, Lion66six is doing a great job with the LP... I like when people just play and don't try to impress the audience at all costs with those "this-is-the-only-way-to-do-it-right tips & tricks" (e.g. energetic voice, constant (fake) interaction with viewers: influencing/compelling viewers emotionally, etc. etc. basically what majority of big youtubers (have to) do). Just a relaxed guy playing a great game for pure fun... you don't find many such youtubers these days!

Thanks mate, appreciate the feedback :-)

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 23, 2016, 08:19:14 pm »

I'm not watching (yet) but I will as I am very curious to see what a Hardmode game looks like and even though I am reluctant to inflict such pain on myself, I quite enjoy seeing others suffer And I know I will enjoy watching more if it's not autoshot spam.

Well hope you enjoy watching, I have the view that the accuracy in place via the mod is about right. Each type of shot does have its place as valid options based on situation and range.

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 23, 2016, 02:45:02 pm »

We demand another episode NOW!

Next one is public. Here is the link https://youtu.be/XS0LUPfyahA

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 22, 2016, 05:35:30 pm »

I am looking forward to your next episode.
Be also advised to update to the new BETA Version 0.99.2d which i linked above, to enjoy some new Bulletsprites, some overworked maps and some other minor changes and bugfixes (mostly terrain stuff).

I recorded the next episode a few days ago, typically when I get chance to play I actually get around an hour and a bit, so I can do a few recordings in one sitting. Likely releasing it on Friday, or maybe Saturday afternoon. Before my next recording I will do the upgrade :-)

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 21, 2016, 07:18:49 pm »

I was laughing my ass of once i saw your reaction towards this happening
Deploy all mean, kill each aliens once it is spotted... or you die!

Aye that was much fun. I think.

Shotguns are lovely, apart from when they are facing you with the plasma one :-) Still enjoying!

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Playthroughs / Re: Cerazor's Veteran LP

« on: September 21, 2016, 02:37:09 pm »

Alright you too .

Sorry I would have finished that Terror Mission If I wasn't really sick. I might try and record it tonight.

I wouldn't worry, health always comes before video games etc. Just call it a cliff hanger and have done :p

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 21, 2016, 01:13:39 am »

Episode 6 is now live, click here:

Titled this one "Small in size, not in pain!"

https://youtu.be/vFPNs4ZVKao

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 21, 2016, 12:08:51 am »

Heh.  The mod and this LP get some nice face time in the new OpenXCOM Nightly Install Tutorial Video.

Installing Hardmode: https://youtu.be/L1WUpX9n7gY?t=2025

Hardmode LP: https://youtu.be/L1WUpX9n7gY?t=4741

Many thanks mate, top stuff :-) I will try not to let your soldier die too much in the coming episodes ...

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 20, 2016, 01:53:12 pm »

Btw Lion66Six, please have a good look at your scoring in the next months.
Once you get a infiltration mission you need to counter and raid the UFO's or the point penalty will get severe.
I am just mentioning this because you should get some more combat teams in the future, at least 2 or 3.
They will be needed...

Also normal Radars (Small and Large) do stack in detection chance.

Thanks mate, aye I need to be ready for them.
I'm starting to get to the point where I will have more men available for strike teams, slowly but surely I will beat them :-)

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 19, 2016, 05:58:49 pm »

HAHA! yeah steak dinner is nice but i actually eat raw meat mixed with onion, egg, and a few spices/other ingredients graded after freezing it (then letting it warm/soften), on a toasted bread rubbed with fresh garlic.- gotta preserve the proteins, and I don't do night/graveyard shifts (can't see well in the dark) XDD.

I notice your use of tank as scout v.good tactic.
The other tactic I used was dropping primed smoke grenades (not throwing but dropping as it uses far less TUs), to protect scouts exposed (i.e. no alien contact), prior to end turn.

As you probably already learned from EP5, weapons that create smoke after explosion don't create good smoke cover. Also when utilising smoke cover (by way of grenades), don't stand at edge of smoke it seems to offer little to no protection.

Also i noticed from earlier episodes when you do missions like farms you don't want go door to door (this put x-com operative far too close to aliens and is far too dangerous- and will yield you heavy casualties over some time), you want first flatten everything/buildings/fences/clustered trees etc. with rockets/HEs and then sweep the area with scouts.

Also REACTION fire is determined by % TUs, thus if  a squaddie has reaction of 100, but has only 50% TUs left his reaction will actually be reduced to 50. So in reality if you want reaction fire your best bet is to have a squaddie kneeling that hasn't moved and therefore has 100% TUs left (preferably with starting reaction stat of 50+ in reaction fire, any lower at it becomes painful to train reaction fire), here just reflecting on your poorly planned UFO assault in EP3

Also good idea to bring along an ammo mule (high strength rookie), to carry all the extra ammo/explosives/rockets, that way you wont run out of fire power.

...AND yeah just have a bash at name I was trying to come up with name that will come up last on forum member nick/username list.

Some good points, I will let the cook in the living quarters know about your dietary requirements :-)

I like the idea regarding smoking out the scouts, will try that and see how I get on with it.

I guess I could do some damage to houses etc, with an explosion height of 3 two large rockets should be enough to flatten most stuffs.

As for your name, I'm going to likely pronounce it something like cypher but with a bit of a ze at the end. Close enough and thanks for the hints and tips. Always learning :-)

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 19, 2016, 03:54:17 pm »

I did that to my viewers for a while... it certainly keeps the audience coming back.
But don't overdo it

Aye thats a good point, with my current update period being about 24-48 hours its not too much of an issue :-)

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Playthroughs / Re: [LP]Hardmode Expansion - Glory or death! (Likely much of both)

« on: September 19, 2016, 03:06:06 pm »

Wow that Blaster Bomb failing was really lucky on your side!

Aye its an ever present danger with a battleship, hence not going for it first :-)
Do you like the fun cliff hanger? Will Hobbes be eaten? .....