EPTThe more news that comes out the more and more I can't wait.
Also, Long War 2 is going to be free. They've already said this which is why its being advertised as "Long War 2 mod"
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Disengaged
United States6994 Posts
The more news that comes out the more and more I can't wait. Also, Long War 2 is going to be free. They've already said this which is why its being advertised as "Long War 2 mod" | ||
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rebuffering
Canada2436 Posts
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WindWolf
Sweden11767 Posts
On January 18 2017 18:28 rebuffering wrote: Has there been a rough estimate for when the mod will be released? I just finished my playthrough want to play more, but i would rather put my time into Long War 2 instead. If I were to guess, I would say February 5th because that'll be the 1-year anniversary of the release of Xcom 2 | ||
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rebuffering
Canada2436 Posts
On January 18 2017 19:22 WindWolf wrote: If I were to guess, I would say February 5th because that'll be the 1-year anniversary of the release of Xcom 2 Well, shit. lol. Darkest Dungeon just said they are releasing a big patch in early February, so between that and Long War 2 my time will be strained to the max! | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
Seems I will be a Xcom 2 fanatic once again :D | ||
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WindWolf
Sweden11767 Posts
On January 18 2017 19:58 rebuffering wrote: Well, shit. lol. Darkest Dungeon just said they are releasing a big patch in early February, so between that and Long War 2 my time will be strained to the max! I am by no means certain about the exact date, but since the Pavios devs have hinted that it is not that far off and Firaxis will stream LW2 later today (at 21:00 CET), I would assume that the 1-year anniversary of the release of XCOM 2 is a good date to release LW2 | ||
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bluzi
4703 Posts
On January 18 2017 05:58 Disengaged wrote: Oooooh that shit sounds amazing. The more news that comes out the more and more I can't wait. Also, Long War 2 is going to be free. They've already said this which is why its being advertised as "Long War 2 mod" I dont mind paying a little , this mod makes the game completely new to me and it might incentive other mod creators to really come up with quality mods which take time and resources , paying isn't always bad if you get your money worth and i know i will get it with Long War 2! | ||
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Thezzphai
Germany1145 Posts
On January 15 2017 20:30 DaCruise wrote: The DLC is better than what we had in Enemy Unknown. Personally i like Alien Hunters the most as it has a bigger impact on the gameplay than Shen´s Last gift. The robot sucks and you are better off bringing a rookie imo but I do like the story and the mission itself. Wait what? Enemy Within was the shit. Other than that, I think I'm going to have to wait if LW2 turns out as good as the old LW before I consider reinstalling XCOM 2 for it | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On January 19 2017 00:19 Thezzphai wrote: Wait what? Enemy Within was the shit. Other than that, I think I'm going to have to wait if LW2 turns out as good as the old LW before I consider reinstalling XCOM 2 for it Enemy Within was a bit more of Enemy Unknown but not much better. None of the crappy gameplay decisions of EU were fixed in EW and they even broke late game balance even more with MECs and gene mods. | ||
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Sermokala
United States13909 Posts
there really isn't a way to easily balance end game with a game like xcom. Theres only so far you can do to try and balance the rate at which the player powers up and the way the aliens power up, Especially once you get to the end of that curve. there were really a lot of flaws with EU but the fact that there was nothing like it (and still not much coming close to it) is what makes it such a good game. | ||
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Kasto
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Doodsmack
United States7224 Posts
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Sermokala
United States13909 Posts
On January 19 2017 02:02 Doodsmack wrote: It's very generous of them to make Long War 2 free. Seems like it goes over and above LW1 in terms of content. I would be willing to pay. Though at the same time I wouldn't be shocked to see them premiere their game that they're making in the new studio at the same time. A hell of a way to get free hype and something I think would work great for more indie studios to try. Imagine how awesome games would be if publisher x threw some dev dollars at a studio if they made an extensive mod like LW or the indie studio used it as part of their pitch to get their game published by a bigger name. | ||
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Disengaged
United States6994 Posts
On January 19 2017 02:02 Doodsmack wrote: It's very generous of them to make Long War 2 free. Seems like it goes over and above LW1 in terms of content. I would be willing to pay. Keep in mind they are most likely getting paid by 2k/Firaxis for LW2. LW2 wouldn't exist otherwise because they wanted to work on their own game. Now, I'm more then happy to pay money if they made it a paid thing but I'm also happy that its free. Its basically a win-win either way. *Edit* Just watched the LW2 stream and it all look soooo gooood but I'm not sure I'm a fan of the wide range of rng damage. | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On January 19 2017 01:05 Sermokala wrote: I loved the shit out of enemy within. It admittedly didn't look like it was designed and included in the balance of the greater game but between exalt mecs and the gene mods I really liked the additions to the game. there really isn't a way to easily balance end game with a game like xcom. Theres only so far you can do to try and balance the rate at which the player powers up and the way the aliens power up, Especially once you get to the end of that curve. there were really a lot of flaws with EU but the fact that there was nothing like it (and still not much coming close to it) is what makes it such a good game. New Xcom must be your first turn based game if you are serious about this ridiculous statement | ||
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Yoav
United States1874 Posts
I theorized a change that would just have alien power ramp up significantly after player power caps out... so eventually you're kinda on a clock. | ||
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Sermokala
United States13909 Posts
On January 19 2017 06:50 -Archangel- wrote: New Xcom must be your first turn based game if you are serious about this ridiculous statement There are three paragraphs there bro try to narrow down what you mean for some context for that Turn based permadeath squad based with a strategic layer but yeah it was | ||
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WindWolf
Sweden11767 Posts
On January 19 2017 03:05 Sermokala wrote: Though at the same time I wouldn't be shocked to see them premiere their game that they're making in the new studio at the same time. A hell of a way to get free hype and something I think would work great for more indie studios to try. Imagine how awesome games would be if publisher x threw some dev dollars at a studio if they made an extensive mod like LW or the indie studio used it as part of their pitch to get their game published by a bigger name. On their website, it says that they will do a Kickstarter for their game. I am going to back it, as I love Long War and if this is what they can do with modding existing games, I will be very interesting to see what they can do with a proper game And I wouldn't be surprised if they have already tried to pitch it to publishers. And just because they may have rejected it for the time being doesn't mean that they cannot try again later. If I remember correctly, it took a couple of attempts before Paradox decided to publish Cities Skylines | ||
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superstartran
United States4013 Posts
On January 19 2017 06:50 -Archangel- wrote: New Xcom must be your first turn based game if you are serious about this ridiculous statement MECs weren't even broken in that game compared to Genes. Gene snipers were what really ruined that game and made it easy mode, rofl. | ||
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-Archangel-
Croatia7457 Posts
On January 19 2017 21:23 superstartran wrote: MECs weren't even broken in that game compared to Genes. Gene snipers were what really ruined that game and made it easy mode, rofl. I agree gene mods were more broken but MECs were much stronger than added enemies in late game. Exalt missions were just irritating and the rest of the game stayed the same stupidity (except they slowed down research a bit which was needed). | ||
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