Re: [MAIN] XPiratez - N7 16-Dec-2023 Flying Tiger, Hidden Tentacle

[ivandogovich]

Question of the day-2: incendiary damage numbers in bootypedia doesn't represent actual damage, right? I fired the FAE grenade (stated to have 120 INC damage) into a power armor soldier, then checked him with mind probe to realize he only lost 1 health.

As Arthanor said, armors have varying in resistances.  Take for example one of the new brutes to join the mod:  the Humanist Supersoldier:
https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Humanist_SuperSoldier_%28Piratez%29

His resistance to Incendiary is 10%.  That means that only 10% of the damage is passed onto health, I believe, and his under armor is 100.  Hard to even dent him with fire.  Most power armors are very resistant to fire, so Chem(old Acid) and Laser are usually the way to go.  I haven't even manufactured FAEs because of this, as most other enemies can be dealt with effectively in other ways. 

[davide]

It's happening.

Is it a working progress ?

Is it a hotel/resort ?

In my opinion there is too much pink color,

The rooms are all single bed ...

where are the baths ?

I think that it needs a lunchroom and a bar

in any case I'm interested in your experiment
Thanks

[Arthanor]

I assume it's a work in progress, otherwise you better bring lots of hammers since many/most rooms don't have a connection yet.

That'd be nifty to separate enemies from civilians and ensure the chryssalids don't get to reproduce. Just make sure you can handle them after opening up a room with one

I'm sure we'll see more corridors when it is implemented.

[Dioxine]

Is it a working progress ?

Is it a hotel/resort ?

No, it's a mansion.

In my opinion there is too much pink color,

The rooms are all single bed ...

where are the baths ?

I think that it needs a lunchroom and a bar

There are 8 floors more to it, don't just assume you've seen it all. It has all these things already, only on different levels.

[Boltgun]

There are 8 floors more to it, don't just assume you've seen it all. It has all these things already, only on different levels.

Height more floors? I'd better stock up on miniguns and explosives.

[ivandogovich]

Height more floors? I'd better stock up on miniguns and explosives.

*The sinister chuckle knowing that only small weapons will be allowed. (think knives and pistols) *

[Boltgun]

*The sinister chuckle knowing that only small weapons will be allowed. (think knives and pistols) *

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WziO005uM3g

[ivandogovich]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WziO005uM3g

Lol! Yep! My thoughts exactly... until....
Dioxine explained how squishy the baddies were, and how amazing the loot would be...
The loot whore in me said, "Ok, I'll try this just once..."

[Dioxine]

There will be no despawn point penalty either. So you can just let it go. Fully voluntary.

[greattuna]

I tackled a big ship. It was a battlesh cruiser, full of plasma-armed soldiers and a provost! Nevertheless, it wasn't particularly successful assault: I lost 11 gals and 2 power armors.

Aggressive tactics worked really well for a first few turns: I killed a lot of them without losses (aside from 1 gal, who got MC-ed on first turn and killed another gal) and even stunned an esper! Then a stray grenade killed her, and it went downhill from there. My overstretched forces couldn't survive the counterattack, and in the end, only five gals remained, two of them unconscious, and one in the vanilla coveralls (also known as NONE armor). To add insult in injury, last enemy threw a grenade into cargo tile of Bonaventura, mind probe gal survived, but some equipment was destroyed.

After that, I caught lesser ship and got two espers, one for research and one for interrogation, so aside from $2+m gained, attacking the cruiser was pointless, and I was dumb.

[ivandogovich]

The cruiser is really tough, especially when facing MC attacks.  The academy has been avoiding me during my campaigns, but I do have a tactic that I like for the Cruisers.  Instead of trying to infiltrate via the "elevator shaft of death"... try taking a fusion torch along.  Bust into one of the engine sponsors and attack from there.

[Arthanor]

Indeed! The fusion torch breach is well worth it for that ship! You can breach on your own terms and not have to go through two floors surrounded by enemies. Some hit and run in the middle while the gals are going up the engine room works well, to keep an eye on the action and distract the ennemy.

Also, that cruiser was worth a lot of points! That's almost half a pogrom penalty right there! Of course, good gals are much harder to replace :/

[greattuna]

Thanks for advice, but the fusion torch is one of those items that I will forget about when I need it the most.

And the losses are the main reason I won't be doing anything cruiser-related, even despite a lot of ships doing peacekeeping and ruining my score.
Instead I'm now trying to stave the loss of score from all the enemy hideouts and missions with the imperial probe mission, featuring the dark ones (and 3-minute enemy turns).

Questions of the day: is there anything I'd need to spoiler on this subforum, and is there any sources of ammo for BFG aside from the probe missions?

[Dioxine]

You'll be able to produce them, eventually.

[greattuna]

Yeah, if I survive. He. He.

Way for me to start the third year. Star God mutant pogrom! And their goddamned lackeys, I figured their gimmicks, but it didn't help my armor-heavy team at the slightest. Goodbye 15 good gals.
All I gained is one alive cyclops.