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XPiratez / Re: The self-driving car

« on: September 01, 2017, 11:11:24 pm »

If there will be a hover version it would be cool if it would look like armored classic yellow cab. X-Piratez have a lot of references to old games and popculture, so why not make one to Quarantine.

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XPiratez / Re: A thread for little questions

« on: August 30, 2017, 10:31:18 am »

This is the same. You don't "need" space suits, becouse crew without spaceworthy suit gets space rescue pod with build in weapon and medkit. However without space suit your gals will die, becouse enemies there see further than rescue pod, and built in weapon have very short range.
It's fairly easy mission, even two veteran gals could do it by hiding in old satellites and shoting aimed shots. Don't forget that you can't bring normal firearms into space, only melee weapons and lasers, propably plasma.

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XPiratez / Re: Cydonia or Bust! Kiri's question thread. Game complete!

« on: August 30, 2017, 10:22:08 am »

Do you do it with one craft equipped with that promitive (still banned from use by star gods) weaponry, or all 4? I'm not sure, don't 50mm cannon and seagul missiles have the same stats like vanilla counterparts?

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XPiratez / Re: Finally started playing this

« on: August 29, 2017, 09:57:45 pm »

Those ratman patrols can be destroyed and they will after one hit from even the weakest craft weapon. Since they don't carry anything good, or valuable, so destroying them could save the time needed to kill every one of them in base and risk blood hound hunt in sewers.

Warrior suit is good against early shootgun pellets and pistol bullets, so it is usefull early in the game or for capturing civilians. One of hints in the game states: "Armor is good for those who get hit". Reliable tactic is two gals, shootgun scout in warrior armor and rifle sniper in camo paint are self sufficent. But those in carapace often carry gauss weaponry that one-shot kill despite warrior armor.

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XPiratez / Re: Cydonia or Bust! Kiri's question thread. Game complete!

« on: August 26, 2017, 05:23:28 pm »

What is the point in having snapshot for more than a half AP in a weapon that is not a sniper rifle? 37mm Rifle is meant to use with power armor and gals in power armor are poor snipers.

Camping in craft is more about playstyle, than craft or difficulty itself. Only enemies with baby nukes in open areas force to stay in craft. Also sectopod and Boomsaur are dangerous enough. I found myself doing it for more than 6 turn when gauss enemies show up in the night around my airbus.

Don't need to encourage me to do underwater mission. One sunken USO gives enough aqua plastic to fill needs for one-two years, or pay bills once, guarded by crabs, fish or shark people.
Space mission are related to shadowtech haters mission not yet in the game (or only not in 99G5) and I think it's the only way to get syns (I miss more robots and cyborgs in this mod early). Mansions are pain in the ass for me. When I went there for the frist time, on my next playtrough I don't even research it. Organ grinder is kinda pointless. Early on it involves too much risk with that acid, smoke, combustible pipes all over the place, blood hounds, close areas and ghoul bullet sponges, but gives nothing good in exchange for that. Later it is just a mission where you know you don't get any high-tech, or valuable stuff so why bother?
Monsters hunting missions are good source of training and cash early. It's fairly easy, mayby only blood hounds are dangerous. For shambler there is only need for one gal and a molotov.

There is no need to change anything in black market. By the time to research it, its easy to get enough firearms to arm that few gals you have in start.

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XPiratez / Re: Getting trashed lol. New question thread

« on: August 17, 2017, 11:14:13 pm »

I don't feel that way about "Ayephone" in vanilla game. Full time sense that early in game would be OP at cost of one hand that could drop it for only 2 AP.
It's great device when used in 2-3 gals/soldiers squad becouse 9 titles in urban areas are a lot and even alien ship in open field is a mystery. If somebody played TFTD then he should think about it as a blessing on ship missions. So many rooms and so many lobstermans.

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XPiratez / Re: Getting trashed lol. New question thread

« on: August 17, 2017, 04:23:42 pm »

You mean armor that give gals sense? I guess assasin armor give 10 titles sense but I'm not sure. Ayephone give you 9 titles sense but at cost of some AP.

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XPiratez / Re: The self-driving car

« on: August 16, 2017, 12:07:45 am »

But what role could that car fulfill? With that much AP it seems to be advanced guard dog with machinegun and without ability to bite. Mayby it could be a good early tank. Melee ability is absent becouse of game mechanic, gameplay or lore? 

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XPiratez / Re: Getting trashed lol. New question thread

« on: August 15, 2017, 08:28:44 pm »

You all know device from original game called in XPiratez as "Ayephone"? This will give your gals ability to sense about 9 titles around despite armor for the cost of about 1/4 AP. It's great way to search for enemies in urban areas.

You said you have 37mm rifles. Power armor guy die or lay wounded after two-three front hits with that so I don't see any problem in taking down them. If you encountered deep ones you should have "doom pipes"(that weaponized instrument). It works like bow, but chem damage do great job in taking down armored enemies. Demon essence or early flask o' acid with skilled thrower can do something to armor also.

Logically, small ships have small engines and chance for them to blow up is random I think. Mayby it have something with overkill damage. I never saw shooted down excavator without working small engine.

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XPiratez / Re: Getting trashed lol. New question thread

« on: August 11, 2017, 11:22:30 pm »

Did you get him as loot? Sometimes weapon sprite is showed instead of body if they are on the same square. I don't think waking up stuned foes is good idea. Handles and stun buttons don't do much overstun to kill victim so stuned in frist round will remain alive for more than 20 turns. If you want to be sure, use manacles. Especially, when trying capture ghouls or other regenerative enemies. During my playthroughs I never had problems with dying stuned targets.

Surgery rooms can be found in alien bases and some bigger ships. Mayby your base building design is bad, if you have that much of a problem defending them. Besides army of newbies there should always be veteran with weapon that could easily kill power armor foe. Loader suit is avialible early, it have good armor, and gal don't need to be strong to carry big weapon.

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XPiratez / Re: Getting trashed lol. New question thread

« on: August 11, 2017, 01:53:30 am »

Or use Auto-Ax on door and stun everyone in ship with stun granade. If they are civilians onboard and you kill them, you will get negative points. The chapest and most profitable way.

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XPiratez / Re: A thread for little questions

« on: August 07, 2017, 05:00:39 pm »

Sometimes it's look like arrow hit something, but actually it miss.

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XPiratez / Re: Getting trashed lol. New question thread

« on: August 07, 2017, 01:25:17 pm »

There probably are bases but they are sneaky. Check the charts and scan areas where funding was decreased by no reason.

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XPiratez / Re: Getting trashed lol. New question thread

« on: August 07, 2017, 11:53:02 am »

To have dojo you need research all Uber Gals "things"(like post-apocalyptic cousine etc) and their history related projects. I'm not sure did mutant alliance martial arts prize is needed or mayby it is shortcut.

To get aqua plastic fast and plenty go to "sea adventure" mission. If you'r lucky, you will get mission with crashed TFTD aliens ship and as a loot you will get +/- 200 aqua plastics.

I think joining mutant alliance will give you option to buy medical supplies. Another rute is destroying enemy base, becouse church cardinal should carry old earth books and that will give you "back to school" research what unlock(probably direct) pharmacology and this allow manufacturing medical supplies.

Power armor need so much so this is more late-game and I think there is no fast way to get one. You could always manufacture "scrapyard master" after reaserching power armor parts. It is unplugged power armor so it inflict stun damage but front armor is just like in normal power armor, or slighty worse.

 

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XPiratez / Re: Getting trashed lol. New question thread

« on: August 02, 2017, 06:55:50 pm »

There is a button in HUD to drain all remaining action points. It is placed in left down corner and you need to right click on it.