realized this was a wall of text, excuse my autism I have over this mod its just a lot of fun
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I figured out the issue with the training I was having, I needed to click on the SOLDIERS tab then click the drop down combo box. All is well!
Playing it on genius iron man despite being new. Had to restart a few times. Ended up getting the star blazer. The starblazer is great. Armed with 2 devastators, the attack suite and a heavy tractor (also ran it with 2x tractors for forcing ships to land while trying to capture aliens alive)
I used it as my primary ship transport. I like the various doored exits it has and it works great as a platform for staging my attacks.
A bit of a 'noob' moment but I wasnt sure how to get to cydonia despite doing all of the interrogations. I skimmed hadrien's stream and seen I can access it via the intercept screen on geoscape. I think this issue is only because ive never really played xcom to completion before.
I got a bit sick irl so I havent went to cydonia but since the new patch came out I may just re roll a fresh game on genius or maybe even superhuman (im the kind of weirdo who likes games that make me want to consider throwing my PC out the window).
I use the motion scanner a ton (every troop has one) and 1 troop stays in the transport dedicated to using the mind probe. I dont see many people using either of these items and they seem to be some of the most powerful in the game. The probe lets you see how many TU a target has so you can determine if youre safe to attack without getting reactioned. The scanner has a feature where you can see the blips via pressing alt key which changes the game completely.
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Not sure if this is too much a spoiler but the elite mutons.. I tried alot of diff things on them but not everything. RAPID PLASMA seemed to be the best on genius. They arent impossible to deal with by any meams and I dont think they need nerfed, was just curious if the machine gun aka rapid plaz is the best tool for the job?
Lastly, the FATE, Doom lazer and Scourge are all cool but I wasnt able to tell what their strong points were based on reading their info text. The doom laser is great for 1 shotting sectopods and the scourge is a powerful shotgun that seems to be able to delete walls as well which is incredibly useful. Anything about the fate pistol? Is it just like a stronger version of the plasma rifle but 1 handed? Any properties I may be missing?
Dang, for a sec there I thought you were saying you have autism. I was going to be like "me too!" X) Hey I love walls of text.
Ah, another Starblazer fan! (Dang, nobody has gone for the Amaranth yet (that I know of).)
Yes, a lot of strategic tools are very strong, but people sometimes just don't feel like bothering with the extra hassle. If you enjoy that sort of stuff, I'd love to hear what cheese you can invent with the Cerberus tank!
I couldn't really tell you what is the
best weapon for fighting mutons, but there are plenty of good ones as well as poor ones. But I'd rather leave it up to the playerbase to discover, anyway.
The Doom, Scourge, and Fate weapons don't particularly revolutionize your arsenal but they have some distinct advantages if you're willing to pay the cost (the weight). Doom is not just very powerful but also highly accurate over long range. Scourge, yes, can destroy walls. (So can power swords!) Fate is like a stronger plasma rifle except one-handed, yes. It also has pistol-like shot types, in particular the aimed shot having a much lower TU cost but with less range and accuracy. They also all have small ammo clip capacities but quick reload times, which primarily serves just to add even more weight.
In that case, may I recommend combining Reaver's Harmony on Superhuman with the Brutal-OXCE-client? I suppose it should be a good combination for that purpose. :>
That sounds unbelievably difficult!
Really enjoying your mod atm. I'm playing v1.10 on superhuman and it's very challenging. I'm also playing it through brutal ai v3.80(see attached) which ramps the difficulty up another notch.
I
really want to see this gameplay on video!
P.S.: I realized that one or more of you may have tried to talk to me on Discord and got ignored. Please send me a message and not just a friend request. I often ignore friend requests if there are no servers in common, no message attached, and I can't send a message back without accepting. Sorry for any inconvenience.
