A thread for little questions

[esto7]

Mission Failed

Science Vessel's shield was too tough.

I used lascannon and avalanche with 3 nightmares, but no damage.

Wiki says Avalanche is most powerful missile... but No use to Science Vessel.

[Rince Wind]

The science vessel is mostly shields, once those are breached it goes down easily.
I have never used the avalanche, too much damage against smaller targets and only one shot against larger ones. I phased out most missiles for meteors, even though I have to pay 150k for each. I have an implosion launcher on my Devastator though.
I still have quite a few gauss cannons in the light slots, because I have so much ammo for them, and they are more than adequate for most targets, up until medium warships. They have trouble with the armor on heavier ones.

You could try the same setup again and use the menace class as a tank. Red Codex' ship has 2 heavy slots, which help as well, even if it is just 120mm cannons. But the other ones can tank as well.

[Ethereal_Medic]

Avalance also has a good chance to just whiff and is expensive to build.
The meteor missiles (while expensive with 150k each) are faster to resupply across the globe without putting a hold to your infinite-money generation.

What's the issue with 150k a rocket if you can generate this much money in like 2 hours worth of geospace? - Capitalism. 

[BBHood217]

It's never happened to me because I usually rush Family Ties before they start happening (and the one time I saw it, I shot down the courier before it could land), so I have to ask something about sway local govt missions.  Since they're basically alien infiltrations, does that mean a successful one will create an enemy base in the country they swayed?

Edit: Guess I might as well ask this too.  Are holy warriors the ultimate training for slave soldiers, or is there something better down the line?

[Rince Wind]

Sway local government makes the gov stop paying you, and you can't get it back once it does so.

[Gyvon]

Mission Failed

Science Vessel's shield was too tough.

I used lascannon and avalanche with 3 nightmares, but no damage.

Wiki says Avalanche is most powerful missile... but No use to Science Vessel.

Yeah, Avalanche isn't worth it.  It does good damage, but it's very limited on ammo and, like the other guy said, it has a tendency to whiff.  I prefer Medusas (for shields) and Hammermites at that stage.

[esto7]

Mission Successsss!

I shoot Science vessel down with Tesla Cannon. Thanks for all the answers!!!


- But Tragedy is, I already made a hundred of Avalanche... 

[Warface]

So I have a game in which I finally unlocked Adv. Laser (up to Custom Lasgun and MP Lascannon) and Gauss clips, but it took well over 2 game years due to postponing the Mutant Alliance. I also never went after Dr. X (tending to push what seemed like "endgame" things until later) After looking at the tech tree and the various moneymaking schemes, I was wondering if I might enjoy rushing the Mutant Alliance/Higher Learning path sooner. I have a new game getting close to the Codex choice and knocking out early MA reqs. Pretty sure I'm going to stick this game out and try to get some minting/casino action as early as possible.

I realized that I will have to find at least 3 Industrial Scanners again, and a few other lucky things that I had accumulated in the previous game. However I would be able to do things like Dr. X sooner and can avoid blowing at lot of cash on needless things early on (like that six-figure pile of Euro LP clips).

So...

Is this worth it? My other game seemed a little stale, but in hindsight this seems like it will take a looong time to get close to where I was. Will I really be getting a head start on Act 1, or just pushing the game to Act 3 sooner?

Where are ALL the Industrial Scanners? Spoilers pleeeez

Also, what is the latest version of OXCE that had TheBiggestRipOffEver? Where can I find that version?

[Gyvon]

Where are ALL the Industrial Scanners? Spoilers pleeeez

Funily enough, you should get some so long as you clear DR X's lab.

[Warface]

Funily enough, you should get some so long as you clear DR X's lab.

Aha!

[Chibblets]

Every time I try to embark on an underwater mission, I keep running into the same issue: I equip armor that is listed as underwater appropriate; i.e. Swimsuit, Bikini, Theban Dress, Looter armor, Frogsuit, etc. But when I deploy, all the armor is gone and they default to nothing.

Is there something I'm missing? I've even tried changing vessels and it hasn't made a difference

[BBHood217]

What does ETAP mean?  Since their clips seem to only be sold by sectoids, I can't help but think it stands for "ExtraTerrestrial Armor Piercing".

[Dioxine]

Every time I try to embark on an underwater mission, I keep running into the same issue: I equip armor that is listed as underwater appropriate; i.e. Swimsuit, Bikini, Theban Dress, Looter armor, Frogsuit, etc. But when I deploy, all the armor is gone and they default to nothing. If anyone has any insight, feel free to blow my mind

Game was installed incorrectly.

[Chibblets]

Well that would do it 😂 I hadn't noticed anything else wrong so I hadn't considered it

[Thatguysenpai]

I dunno where to ask this, but I was wondering if there was a score penalty added to Slavery? On my latest campaign, all of sudden out of the blue I was hit with a severe negative score, in the vein of -2000, despite doing most of my missions and researching constantly. I'm not sure what else could have caused it, and the subsequent month's score of -800.

Does the score hit for skipping pogroms increase at some point? Because I definitely wasn't doing those.