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Offline ibanix

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Rookie? I've been on three missions and killed a Sectoid!
« on: July 05, 2014, 05:10:22 am »
Anyone able to explain this?


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Re: Rookie? I've been on three missions and killed a Sectoid!
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2014, 05:14:16 am »
Also, I know what you're thinking. It wasn't with a grenade. It was with a laser rifle.

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Re: Rookie? I've been on three missions and killed a Sectoid!
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2014, 06:04:30 am »
Promotions in X-Com have always been kind of screwy. The game rushes to fill certain positions in the platoon, then once it's satisfied that there are enough squaddies and sergeants it gets really stingy. That's been my experience, anyway.

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Re: Rookie? I've been on three missions and killed a Sectoid!
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2014, 06:43:41 am »
Are you sure the kill was not a civilian on a terror mission? Civilians killed by mistake will still be shown as a kill

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Re: Rookie? I've been on three missions and killed a Sectoid!
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2014, 08:47:06 am »
It turns out, amusingly enough, that the kill was friendly fire  :o :'(

XCOM should demote someone if they kill a friendly  ;D

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Re: Rookie? I've been on three missions and killed a Sectoid!
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2014, 12:35:20 pm »
or promotion they you kill commander :D

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Re: Rookie? I've been on three missions and killed a Sectoid!
« Reply #6 on: July 05, 2014, 03:09:41 pm »
Haha, she must be proud with those stats :D

Quite funny that it counts friendlies and civilians there too. Never thought about it, but now I could rise the kill counts more easy  ;D

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Re: Rookie? I've been on three missions and killed a Sectoid!
« Reply #7 on: July 05, 2014, 06:58:26 pm »
Promotions in X-Com have always been kind of screwy. The game rushes to fill certain positions in the platoon, then once it's satisfied that there are enough squaddies and sergeants it gets really stingy. That's been my experience, anyway.
Anyone who gets a kill becomes a Squaddie though. Well, a legitimate kill anyways. :P