XCOM 2 - Page 48

On February 10 2016 22:52 Latham wrote:


Can I manufacture PCS? On my first campaign that I scrapped I did get a nice AIM PCS but on this run I got a pretty shitty non-aim one and its the only one from 20+ missions . I also only recently started buying from the black market due do only now having excess intel to spare. I needed it for region unlocking before.

On February 10 2016 23:03 hfglgg wrote:
little rant:
there should be a button to break concealment on will. i have a killzone phantom ranger and at first i thought he would be a great ambush unit because shotgunning a whole pod in one turn is great.
well he is a phantom ranger so he doesnt break concealment which makes killzone pretty useless because it costs 2 actions. meh.

if i retrain him in the awc, does he keep is additional ability?

On February 11 2016 00:21 BlackMagister wrote:
I heard that the Advanced Warfare Center was retroactive, but I haven't gotten any notifications about my troops getting a hidden ability and it's been many missions and level ups later.

On February 10 2016 21:50 Latham wrote:


I dunno honestly, I think EW was a bit less random, or maybe I had a better grasp on the full palette of bullshit it could throw at me. In XCOM2 it feels like I have to always expect the worst outcome and if I even dare to dream of 1 not absolutely worst-case scenario in a firefight the game just mercilessly slams my head back into the mud. The enemies in XCOM2 also feel far more tedious than EU/EW. Back then I had sick snipers to cheese from range and other shit, in XCOM2 there are codexes, shieldbearers, andromedons, annoying amounts of armor to shred which only grenadiers seem to do well, dashing enemies that want to melee you and always dodge: graze 6 overwatch shots, some downright unfair timers etc.
I'm really gonna enjoy mods later.

EW I played through on legendary and had more fun than frustration, especially later on. XCOM2 even this late with Tier 3 weapons/armor, good nades, 6-man squads and all Colonels which should have good AIM and WILL stats on veteran difficulty mind you, still feels more frustrating than fun to play on ground missions.

On February 11 2016 01:31 BLinD-RawR wrote:

Hah you think that's OP, it synergizes with repeaters, only in xcom 2 can you instakill an enemy with a miss.

On February 11 2016 01:34 BLinD-RawR wrote:

I'm pretty sure that how you kill a sectopod and other gatekeepers.

On February 11 2016 03:45 andrewlt wrote:
What abilities are people using? So far I've found almost all classes useful, even though my gunslinger is only captain and doesn't have the fire at everything skill yet. The only one I've been disappointed with so far is medic. I healed somebody to full with a medikit only to have them be gravely wounded still. The other specialist skills seem so much more useful. The grenadier's blast padding skill seems pretty awful as well. Even on my grenade specialists, I think shredder would still be more useful for the times they would actually use their cannon.

On February 11 2016 03:45 andrewlt wrote:
What abilities are people using? So far I've found almost all classes useful, even though my gunslinger is only captain and doesn't have the fire at everything skill yet. The only one I've been disappointed with so far is medic. I healed somebody to full with a medikit only to have them be gravely wounded still. The other specialist skills seem so much more useful. The grenadier's blast padding skill seems pretty awful as well. Even on my grenade specialists, I think shredder would still be more useful for the times they would actually use their cannon.

On February 11 2016 04:07 ref4 wrote:


you want to have at least one blast padding grenadier to put your W.A.R. suit on. The 2 armor from the suit + 1 armor from blast padding gives 3 armor which is amazing vs. pretty much all damage sources, plus the blast padding also drastically decreases damage from enemies' explosives like grenades from mutons and advent troops and their MEC rocket blasts. It's more useful than you give it credit for actually.

On February 11 2016 04:15 Gorsameth wrote:

The problem is that it competes with Shredder which is amazing against the late game enemies who have a lot of armor.