XCOM 2

>SPARKS and Rulers rebalanced
>timers improved
>engine optimization
>over a hundred new mechanics
>a load of new maps and mission types
Jake fucking did it, he actually fixed his game

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did they fix the main game that I wasted $60 on or just the new expansion?

obviously the fixes affect the base game too, but you need to be more specific about your gripes if you want me to go into details

Are we still fighting nothing but ADVENT and straight up humanoid "aliens"?

>humanoid "aliens"
Just like every entry in the series including UFO?
If anything the new hybrid enemies offer a lot more variety in terms of gameplay

Sorry Jake, if it's not got aliens then fuck yourself, for real.

>Templars are not being led by Vahlen
I just want to have her back man

>starting an XCOM2 thread by posting some literally who

I am looking forward to seeing the game improve though. I already liked vanilla XCOM2 about as much as EW so I've got high hopes.

They baited us
Even gave them a German codename

it's not nice to forget the man who saved the entire genre

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Is this guy going to become the new Todd-posting?

It's it weird if the only reason i can't get into xcom 2 is the 'so real!' Graphics?

>When Mario and Rabbids is going to come out and be a better XCOM game than XCOM 2
LMFAO THIS TIMELINE. THIS TIMELINE BROS WHAT THE FUCK?!@?!

Any sexy armor mods yet?

there's bikini armors, low cut pants and straight up nude mods on loverslab

>male archon has no nipples
That's sexist

Doesn't work for me, LL mods show up with - 1 bytes size in the alternate launcher

considering that you usually play zoomed out, the level of detail can be very impressive
I still miss the xboxhueg guns from EW though

Are there any mods that add better looking faces? Not a big fan of the ones available tbqh.

There's just one good female face while the rest look like they've been hitting the bottle hard.

Just a few slightly different ones from what I've seen, no full overhauls
But my soldiers only get to wear no helmets once they hit max rank anyways

My bf got me the game and the season pass at D1, do I get this new dlc as well or do I have to pay?

Face E?

I just miss the whole b-movie/comic book style to the enemies and characters.

I see where you are coming from, but the new artstyle leaves enough room for less serious designs in my opinion
Someone even modded in celatids and they work just fine

It's a fully fledged $40 expansion, not part of the DLC packs

literally, a different season

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better pay up, bucko

drive.google.com/drive/folders/0By9Haw96-sRnSUxza0JzblFhWWs
Here's a bunch of Screenshots of today's stream

>CIV card system
that works surprisingly well, holy shit

How the fuck does all that work, I feel a bit overwhelmed desu

Did they fix the terrible performance problems? Haven't touched the game since february last year.

>5'11 & 6'0

>engine optimization
I guess?
Are you an AMD fag?

God no, but a 970 should have been enough to get smooth 60 fps out of tucking UE3 in 2016.

Worked on my (GTX 970) machine.

60 at medium doesn't count, pal. Seen reports of people with 1080s and the like getting 40ish fps even without the crazy SSAA at 1080p.

I've been playing it again recently with a 770
not maxed out, but I was still hitting a comfortable 60 fps on high
maybe your computer is a bit bloated if a 970 performs worse but considering you played on a 1 year+ old build they must've improved it by now

I wish there were more videos with him just sitting around bullshitting and talking about videogames. He rides the line perfectly between disgusting normie swine and miserable autist shrieking about balance and romances. Actually really looking forward to the Xcom 2 expansion.

I feel the same, he seems like a blast to hang out with

will LW2 be updated for WotC though?

>Jake
>Literally who

Delet

Honestly would consider getting that archon mod, not for the tits but because that skin looks really good and fits in with the theme of the archon well, does this make me autistic?

He's a big guy

>Long Grind the Bloatening
I can do without, just make a mod that gives early game aliens the perk progression system so they don't fall off so hard

Could be a case of me thinking too highly of myself but I generally end up being picky about my game buddies because of the same reason. Not enough of a normie to play a lot of big stuff like CSGO or DotA or whatever but also not autistic enough to like weebery or get super obsessive about most games. Strategy games, RPGs, card games, and a sprinkling of action games is the light and the truth.

>does this make me autistic?
No, I was thinking much the same thing. Although also for the tits.

>Long War 1, solid expansion to a rough around the edges reboot of X-com that improved replayability
>Long War 2, shit mod from a butt to a shining diamond of gaming perfection
We can only hope not.

>Favorite UFO alien?
>Favorite TftD alien?
>Favorite Apoc alien?
>Favorite XCOM alien?
>Favorite XCOM 2 alien?

Sectoid
Sectoid
Sectoid
Sectoid
Sectoid

so it's the warlords of draenor garrison table but in xcom?

how accessible are the older games? Can a casual like myself get into them easily?

>But my soldiers only get to wear no helmets once they hit max rank anyways
My nigga

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Unironically would

Gollop himself admitted that the reboot games are more difficult
You still have to deal with a bunch of other shit though

>Sectoids got gains and the little guys are never seen again
sadness

If you want the old style try Xenonauts, it feels authentic without being inaccessible.

It will eat you alive though. It just does it with game difficulty instead of archaic UI and Jank.

>Lid
>Lobster
>Hyperworm
>Thin Mint
>Archon

>these veiny lanklets are allowed to walk around naked inside the ADVENT city centers
Bothers me more than it should

CUTE

Fuck thin men
Fuck thin men
FUUUUUCCCCCCKKKK THIN MEN
FUCK JOHNNY LUMP
F U C K T H I N M E N
Fuck Johnny Lump and fuck his acid spitting, lightning reflexes using, full-cover sniping, sky dropping, ACID SPITTING, never missing, roof jumping, fast moving reptilian assholes

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>Reboots
>More difficult
My dude are you high on the finest dope?

You've never had an alien use auto shot, miss the primary target three times, and still kill three other team members?

HOW CAN GRAY BOIS EVEN COMPETE?

Someone post the webm
You know which one

How? There's no hole.

Of course there is, they just keep their cheeks pressed firmly together so they can make loud and proper braps instead of stealthy cowardly fffssts like an Xcom operative with cheeks akimbo.

Once you get some basic tactics down the game turns easy
Smoke grenades shouldn't be as overpowered as they are

>tfw newfriends don't even know hard

Same. Not enough big buff Sectoid art.

>The Xcom toot
>The ayy trumpet

The games are much more lenient on the fail conditions though
Loosing a few soldiers each month means nothing

Good choices

I still can't believe that's a thing now
Truly the weirdest time line

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Andromedons are pretty slick

That's it. I'm sick of all this "Hunter's Axe" bullshit that's going on in the XCOM system right now. Katanas deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in the ADVENT Recreational weapon center for 2,400,000 Adv (that's about 2,000 supplies) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut slabs of solid alien alloys with my katana.

ADVENT smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to the galaxy.

Katanas are thrice as sharp as XCOM axes and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a Hunter's Axe can cut through, a katana can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a katana could easily bisect a Ranger wearing a W.A.R suit with a simple vertical slash.

Ever wonder why United nations never bothered conquering Space? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Chosen and their katanas of destruction. Even in During the invasion, XCOM soldiers targeted the Chosen with the katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected.

So what am I saying? Katanas are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the XCOM system. Here is the stat block I propose for Katanas:

KATANA
DAMAGE 8-9
ARMOR PIERCE 5
Cannot miss.

Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Katanas in real life, don't you think?

tl;dr = Katanas need to do more damage in XCOM, see my new stat block.

It doesn't even look like a katana, it is just a weird elongated dagger

only the elders most loyal champion can save this thread now

>tfw your siblings are a bunch of moronic edgelords

Best Chosen
Best Theme
Best abilities
How can miscreants even compare?

forgot pic

hunters axe still gets a free throw to clean your faggot ass out from range and then move in for another cut.

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katana really only seems to outshine the axe for setting up reaper chains since you are fucked if an attack goes wrong

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What kind of cool new mechanics are there to look forward to?

>timers improved

look at the screenshots or watch the stream

all those rookies throwing a fit actually did something

the fucking crit after that

But is it out on consoles or smartphones like the first?

No?

Well

then

who

gives

a

shit?

100% magnificent

the expansion will hit consoles on the same day shitposter kun
and mobile is really pushing it now

How were sparks buffed? Will they get more customization/utility options, more health/defense, or the ability to use cover? If not then they're still shit.

>shitposter kun
>and mobile is really pushing it now


xcom ran fine on movbile and they cut nothing out.

>more customization/utility options
more utility slots and you can mod guns
>more health/defense
that too, and accuracy buffs
>or the ability to use cover
fuck no, why'd you want that?

Are these changes coming to console?

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holy shit, I drew this back in 2013 for the drawthread, what a blast from the past

Did they fuck off the turn timers in each map or at least make them bigger?
Also did they re-vamp the fucking doom counter on the main map?, its sad when first month you get 8/12 because of random events.