EPTXCOM: Enemy Unknown - Page 79
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Obsidian
United States350 Posts
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goldrush
Canada709 Posts
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Obsidian
United States350 Posts
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Godwrath
Spain10134 Posts
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floor exercise
Canada5847 Posts
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
They reaaalllyyy want Eu people to not pay them and download a quick fix instead, i guess oO | ||
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Godwrath
Spain10134 Posts
On November 13 2013 01:12 LaNague wrote: rofl, they load the expansion on everyones PC no matter of they bought it and then they also disable the expansion for 3 more days for Eu people that bought it. They reaaalllyyy want Eu people to not pay them and download a quick fix instead, i guess oO Yeah that's was what i was aiming for haha. But it's weird, my patch was 3.5 gb or something like that, i didn't have any expansion or DLC. | ||
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Qbek
Poland12923 Posts
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goldrush
Canada709 Posts
On November 13 2013 00:21 Obsidian wrote: Yes, just start it as normal, you should get the option to play Enemy Within or Enemy Unknown accordingly. I advise Enemy Within though... the new maps alone are worth it, though again. Mecs rock. Thanks! I'm obviously hyped for the expansion since I bought it for release day. :-) | ||
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Derez
Netherlands6068 Posts
Playing myself right now  .Edit: You keep the game even when you disable the proxy. | ||
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sacrilegious
Canada863 Posts
So I'm in a conundrum, as most know the first 3 months are the hardest. However I've failed twice so far because of the damn council mission 1.5 months in. Anyone knows what I'm talking about it's the one where you got to find some uncooperative dude and escort him back. The problem is thinmen left and right, getting incredibly bs RNG and shot angles whether I play really defensive or not. Anyone else run into this problem, and can help me out besides saying "luck out"? | ||
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eluv
United States1251 Posts
On November 14 2013 10:35 sacrilegious wrote: Playing EW on Classic Ironman, decided to man up after playing EU on Classic non-Ironman last year. So I'm in a conundrum, as most know the first 3 months are the hardest. However I've failed twice so far because of the damn council mission 1.5 months in. Anyone knows what I'm talking about it's the one where you got to find some uncooperative dude and escort him back. The problem is thinmen left and right, getting incredibly bs RNG and shot angles whether I play really defensive or not. Anyone else run into this problem, and can help me out besides saying "luck out"? What are you prioritizing research wise? And how are you building your squad? If you can show up to that mission with a 5 man squad, one of which is a squad sight sniper, and another that's a mec trooper, you should be able to manage. Also make liberal use of overwatch - especially during the phases where thin men are dropping from the sky, if you spread your guys out before picking up the survivor, and just overwatch from a bunch of advantageous positions, you can usually kill anything left the turn after. | ||
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DaCruise
Denmark2457 Posts
On November 14 2013 16:06 eluv wrote: What are you prioritizing research wise? And how are you building your squad? If you can show up to that mission with a 5 man squad, one of which is a squad sight sniper, and another that's a mec trooper, you should be able to manage. Also make liberal use of overwatch - especially during the phases where thin men are dropping from the sky, if you spread your guys out before picking up the survivor, and just overwatch from a bunch of advantageous positions, you can usually kill anything left the turn after. How the game works is that the thin men have fixed spawn locations. At least this was the case in EU. Its the movement of the npc that determines when the thin men spawn. Once you get to know the map you will also know where the aliens are, which makes everything so much easier. At this point the mission can be done with 4 rookies. Unfortunetely it takes some tries to get to know a map. | ||
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Snotling
Germany885 Posts
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Obsidian
United States350 Posts
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GrandInquisitor
New York City13113 Posts
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Qbek
Poland12923 Posts
On November 15 2013 02:49 GrandInquisitor wrote: How is the iOS version? I have never played XCOM before and was thinking of starting either on Steam or on iOS. I heard it's functionally identical | ||
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sacrilegious
Canada863 Posts
On November 14 2013 16:06 eluv wrote: What are you prioritizing research wise? And how are you building your squad? If you can show up to that mission with a 5 man squad, one of which is a squad sight sniper, and another that's a mec trooper, you should be able to manage. Also make liberal use of overwatch - especially during the phases where thin men are dropping from the sky, if you spread your guys out before picking up the survivor, and just overwatch from a bunch of advantageous positions, you can usually kill anything left the turn after. First time I tried to go old school after researching Meld not realizing what it was. I got wiped after the first terror mission. The 2nd time I got wiped after trying to escort the VIP back with a MEC soldier, and the officer school upgrades. The mission was going well for me and I had all 5 of my guys living, then 3 thin men and a sectoid dropped, one thin man the following turn after surviving overwatch fire found like the tiniest hole to fire at my VIP who dies, 2 of my squad panic, and the next thing I know mission failed with all 5 of my squad dead. The overwatch thing is not as reliable as last year, from what I heard on the Steam forums they tweaked the AI so that you can't pin enemies with overwatch anymore. Naturally they will move more now, and if you miss with overwatch which is highly likely against thin men, then you're likely going to take hits. I'm assuming you're talking about the map with 2 buildings, where the thin men can drop from the roof. One of them took a shot from a window above me... it's so lame Edit: Yea so as I said I'm not the only one who's thinking thin men on classic difficulty are a little lame right now. http://steamcommunity.com/app/200510/discussions/0/648811670565179682/ , same problems in my 2 games getting hit a good amount of times despite under high cover and having a high chance of getting crit. | ||
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DaCruise
Denmark2457 Posts
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TrickyGilligan
United States641 Posts
On November 15 2013 07:23 DaCruise wrote: Bought it today on steam. Well technically its a preorder since it doesnt release until midnight (37 mins). However it doesnt show in my library. Hopefully it will when it becomes avaliable. When you open up XCOM: Enemy Unknown in Steam it opens a splash page that lets you choose which version you want to play. So yeah, no new library entry is normal. | ||
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