"There's beer on the couch. Somebody left a full case of beer and another six-pack of cans up top" It's an alien plot, to downgrade XCOM soldiers' aim. "Woohoo, that Sectoid's a hawtie" says Andromeda suffering from beer goggles.
Seems like units have some hidden stat like "attractiveness to aliens", which make aliens prefer some targets over another. Mimic beacon has especially high value of this stat, and Skinner.
Jahana Locksley, audio diary: Who would have thought that - these piloted robots, Andromedons, can climb ladders. That was a nasty surprise. Apart from the Archon, all our enemies have been pretty ground floor so far. The rooftops aren't safe any more, and that worries me. It means we - Nora and I - will have to guard our backs even up high now. Shit. Other than that, things went smoothly. Or as smoothly as things can go at the moment. None of us was wounded and the mission was a success. I don't ask for much more than that. Oh, and I'm starting to worry about the Commander. First he calls me Kingsley all the time and now he calls Nora "Locksley". Nora was pissed! She wasn't too fond of being out with me instead of alone, anyways. She might be right. I'm still not totally convinced that the darkness from the last mission is gone. I keep waiting for the sectoid's will in my head again. I know it is dead. But is it gone?
+Julia Maluca Always Love reading these. The audio diaries are the one thing i search for after finishing Mr.odds XCOM 2 vids. Keep up with the amazing work. ^-^
Andromeda's Log - #19 We had a flawless mission today, and whilst it doesn't give me much to write about, I love them all the same. It's a lot of fun to not be writing this in a hospital bed with nothing but my notebook to entertain me. Despite the mission going well, Locksley still looked a bit nervous now and again. I wonder if she's not gotten over what happened a few days ago. I'd love to go and talk to her about it, but she's like some sort of enigma. She could just shout at me a whole lot for prying. I'll keep an eye on it though.
+Rolincito Azmitia Honestly his luck factor is pretty high as well, altho HE IS doing good what he is doing. But i have to say, the luck factor here is high. Peeps often have 80% flanking shots missing like 4 times in a row. Also peeps having issues when an advent soldier killing of of their soldier behind full cover (about 25%) and criting it also (about 5%).
If anybody cares... 42:32 German phrase "Ich stehe unter starkem Beschuss!" is the interpretation of "I'm taking fire overhere". The complete translation is "I'm taking some severe fire!" Just if anybody cares.
(Dr. Desmond Pendulum) - Journal Entry #15: Day 145 (September 20, 2035): This war is running out of energy fast, and I along with it. It feels like our only fuel source that works is hope. After every mission I notice the squad recounting everything they killed. It gives us hope. Dr. Tygan and the other fellow scientists have been working indefinitely, project after project after project with no end in sight. No time to communicate and relive our humanity, no time to venture outside the Avenger and feel human. I'm sure the engineers must feel the same way. I see them constantly clearing out rooms, working in dangerous situations aboard the Avenger. Day after day, week after week, month after month, you'll find me in the lab.
I hope there will be some quirk system like: "Bloodthirsty" kill 30 civilians to unlock, you do 1 extra damage with every attack, but your aim is -10. "Saviour" rescue 20 civilians during retaliation, you heal for double the normal amount, however you have 10% chance to be spotted by civilian. "Masochist" unlock by taking non fatal damage 30 times, you have 25% chance to trigger a 8hp regeneration during 4 turns if you take some damage, but your dodge is reduced by -10. Something like that. Some trait that develop following your play habit.
Yo, loving the video's man, been playing through my campaign on legendary ironman then coming in and watching how you approach your campaign. Just want to toss out this nugget of information for anyone who might not know, you can aid protocol mimic beacons, which is sick. Combo'd that together with a WAR suit providing it shield wall to great effect in my most recent operation, made for many lols.
Just wanted to say, as someone new to your channel and a recent subscriber, I'm really enjoying your play through of XCOM 2. You have a great feel for combat tactics and seem to show real concern for the well being of your squad members. I find these videos somewhat bittersweet ATM since I am experiencing the "corrupt save" bug on my copy of the game and am unable to make any real progress in the campaign until 2K can find and squash the bug! Meanwhile, I'll just watch your videos and plan for the future!
holy shit didn't actually think you were gonna upload xcom because you were streaming, thank you for making my day. Side note, please try to keep consistent with 2 a day uploads, you're xcom series is so damn addicting man and i feel so bored when you don't upload any. Thank you and keep being awesome
Man you are awesome Chris!!!...hahaha...love your comments. sometimes it's just too much but it's always insight and funny... you are like Robinson Crusoe, we follow every chain of thought and speaking to yourself all day long. Awesome playing by the way.
Great to hear your going to continue to play once your done with this game. I want to get my RK in for next play through. Love the XCOM videos big fan of your channel and XCOM of course. I don't play on ironman but be nice to see my RK run through on your progression. Keep making videos and I'll keep mashing that like button!
I know I'm very late to the party, but great series thus far you made me buy this game and I am absolutely loving it. Great videos all around keep up the excellent work
Field Commander Neko's Log Glad I got to see the commander back. He's been helping out a lot. Supplying gear and ammunition to any who need it. Food and water are taken care of. Skulljacks are proving rather useful. Gaining intel on ADVENT moves. In fact we have a lead on a data cache that they are leaving exposed to flip the switch. We are heading out currently and- *yelling from the pilot* Ah, cut recording. Log Entry Closed
+Chris and Shane (ThePigChris) Before I started watching this episode I read your comment and stopped half way and was like omg NO someone dies!? lol the whole time I was watching I was think WHOS GOING TO DIE!?
+L Shaw There's a...reason for that, trust me. I'd tell you myself, but I honestly recommend reading the Audio Diaries by her Creator miss Julia Maluca here in the comment sections of Odd's videos, especially the ones for the last 4-5 episodes or so.
L Shaw (Sigh) Don't we all... It hurts to watch her like this, but everyone is entitled to their own sorrow, for the heart has no metrics or forms of measure, and all of it is irreplaceable.
executions are awesome. I only got like two in my first game, but that second one was a freaking gatekeeper at full hp. you are right, its beautiful because you throw some bs back at the game haha, I can't wait to see that happen to you, by the way you are playing I feel pretty sure that will happen.
Started watching this series 2 days ago, and have been stuck watching ever since..! I wonder if i can squeeze in 2 more episodes before i fall asleep 🤔
LOL, Your description of "Execution" was brilliant-"Total Bullshit". Thing is, OHKO's are a typically only available to enemies in gaming, love that the tables are turned here in Xcom.
+ChristopherOdd By the way, it's always a good idea to use Rapid Fire when the normal chance of hitting is between 35% and 95%. The chance to hit at least once with Rapid Fire is 2x -30 - ((x-15)²)/100, where x is the normal chance of hitting. That identity is greater than x when 35
Honestly you should be stacking aim on you heavy gunners who are not explosive based. With Superior Aim PCS, Superior Scope on their weapons and Holo Targeting, Chain Shot can wreck with the right ammo. I particularly like putting on Bluescreen rounds. Fighting Sectopods becomes a breeze with this set up. I usually have one heavy dedicated to this.
+Wesley Brock I just find that they are so much better blowing things up. Until nades get nerfed, or I make my own modifications to do so, I can't justify shooting a single target.
+ChristopherOdd But if you look at your first encounters with Andromedons, you always needed 2+ turns to kill 1. Once you start encountering 2 Andromedons/Sectopods per pod (or more, because Legend?), they have to die more quickly. You tend to run out of grenades and mimic beacons towards the end of a mission and a gunner, which is more based on abilities, performs well even during marathons ( such as the final mission). Chain shot is actually very reliable - if you give him a scope and an aim PCS.
ChristopherOdd Oh I can't argue with the "good at blowing things up" part but as Wbr said nades, no matter how good are limited. Furthermore a single successful Chain shot from a Hvy gunner with Bluescreen (BS) can easily do 28+ dmg even without critting to mech units. Give them AP rounds for general ass-kickery however. This becomes clutch at the end of the game especially on the final mission, which minor spoiler, has a metric shit ton of enemies and you won't have enough grenades. I brought 3 hvys and still ran out before I got to the end. Chain Shot saved my ass from a Gatekeeper and Andro twice on that mission. Mind you I'm not saying make every hvy like this but having one hvy who is gun focused is a good idea. Suppression, Holo-targeting with Chainshot and Sat. Fire can really save you. I usually run the best possible Expanded Mag on them and depending on whether or not I have the extra weapon mod slot bonus Scope over Auto-loader both if I have the bonus. Also if you want you can take Blast Padding instead of Shredder for a gun focused hvy with AP rounds and put them in a Exo suit since they don't necessarily need the extra slot for a grenade for 3 points of armor in total with power armor making a decent tank. Since they need to be up front to get the most use anyways. As a side note in my last game I had such a gunner that picked up Kill Zone from the AWC. Fucking glorious.
+Wesley Brock I've finished the game on Vet, playing on Commander now. I agree with you on having a gunner, I had one on my Veteran play through with an Aim PCS and superior scope, she was a beast. I also gave her a war suit so she could carry some extra explosives.
I wish more missions were like this. In the briefing, they mention an "XRF" operative, and I like when the game actually makes it seem like the other resistance cells are actually doing things as well. I mean, someone has to sabotage all those trains and caravans for the supply raids.
First Andromedon I encounter just so happened to have my Psi Op with Dominate going on his first trip into the field. Anybody that's seen this combination will know much fun was had.
Kinda wish the Shadow Chamber research would show in the regular research queue, since they share all other resources (time, research slots, advantages from having researchers.)
Late game on my first play through, I had a baller psi op and combat hacker. My favorite tactic was to control a sectopod and mind control an andromedon. Much fun was had. And not by advent.
that German line you didnt understand was "stehe unter Beschuss" - its like "heavy fire in this Zone" from the english speaking soldiers, but more exactly is: I'm under heavy Fire :)
Hey i just caught up in the series and i am getting really confused about the shadow chamber. "i really want to build the shadow chamber to start some items going through" 5 episodes later the only thing it has done is tell alien troops. Any given reason for this?????
am I the only one who thinks Luce could have 2 nicknames? Guile, and Old Timer. and if you've played or seen street fighter gameplay you'll know why I said Guile
They have already started nerfing stuff in-game... I am in the middle of a new play through and the UFO attack on the Avenger is incredibly much harder now! Troops are dumped off right and left every turn and now with more Robot MEC's, two at a time and tons of Stun Lancers, it was somewhat doable before but now you almost really need the defense towers for the ramps! Also they nerfed the Mimic beacon by no longer giving it back to you after a mission, you have to make a NEW one every time you use one. So save up on the Faceless Corpses or you will not have the use of them again.
how do you write with your hand if you wear gloves?... glasses are not much of a handicap. and you don't need to press your eye into the scope, if that's what you're thinking. considering the recoil of the weapon it wouldn't be wise to do so, anyways. also, many professional soldiers and law enforcers nowadays wear protective goggles/glasses. it's pretty much the same.
+s0me1up I was just thinking about how the curve of the glasses focus light and how that would be affected by the way the scope focuses light and if one would affect the other. I'm not an expert on this stuff so I just don't know
If we submitted a character in at the start, per the form, how do we know if and when our character has been added to the pool? Sadly I do not have a PC that is capable of running this wonderful game, at least not yet.
Thanks! I'm really enjoying your playthrough! And man, when your guys come under fire (Episode 29) I hold my breath with every enemy attack. Keep up the great work and proud to be a new subscriber!
In case you were wondering what Polo said was "stehe unter Beschuss", so "I'm under fire" which doesn't really make sense because he was the one shooting but oh well.
I don't like Chain shot much either but I just had to take it on my grenadier with death from above as a hidden ability because it only triggers with the cannon shots, not grenades ;)
I'm not an expert at XCOM, but I think it'd be best if you used Killzone in a situation where you place a mimic beacon. Think about it! Use Killzone within the area of the beacon, enemies run towards it, profit. Just an idea.
You can still use Sasquatch for a backup Medic for when Skinner is out. Or don't, it's fine by me, but when somebody dies because you have no medic, just remember that I told you so.
I'm wandering around youtube and caught your channel. Even though i've never played Xcom be4, but i got hook after i see you play. I've watch 11 ep continuously for the last 4 hours may be more.... anyway i got attach with some members of your team, especially Locksley and Nora .... Samantha as well but too bad ... fire and poison got her. I'm at ep 11 but i come to this Ep bc i saw Nora (you didn't give her much chances on ep 1-11, so i wanted to see if she got some action or not and apparently she did) Btw bc of you i've decided to download and play Xcom right away. Pardon me for the long conversation but i'm so hook and excited about your channel and this game right now, so i may went nuts a little bit. But PLease tell me that Nora and Locksley in the character pool files, i want them so bad !!!
Hey odd, why not set up kill zone and shoot with a different squad so that you guarantee for the kill zone to work? This way you don't have to rely on them moving for it to work.
You are talking about when overwatching the whole squad and allowing the enemy to only take their "discovered" move/action. However, what is the difference if you overwatch with the whole squad but shooting with the last one? And even if it is not, is wasting kill zone worth it?
RomanNumeral04 the difference is that if they find you on their turn they don't get to fight back until next turn, if you overwatch everybody except one and you shoot with them, they get to immediately take a turn, whether it's worth it or not is up to the player
At least for once you complete a mission where someone isn't wounded... it seems like that has been happening to a lot of your previous missions where you would always have someone wounded.
Barely started this lets play around last week and I love it, thinking about buying the game myself but just a quick question, would you ever think of changing the recruits hats? I don't mind how you have em now but I was wondering if you would at some point?
Actually, I might be wrong on the mimic beacon.... I just remembered during my UFO Avenger attacked mission, my Ranger that was killed was carrying a Mimic beacon so I would have lost that since I didn't drag the dead body back, ran out of time for that.
I enjoy your vids on xcom 2. thank you. I have a question why dont you set your kill zone and have the dummy hologram in full cover forcing the enemy to walk into or attack it the dummy in a trap attack? the idea is to draw first blood before being revealed. . im not sure if it well work since my play time is limited on xcom.
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"There's beer on the couch. Somebody left a full case of beer and another six-pack of cans up top"
It's an alien plot, to downgrade XCOM soldiers' aim. "Woohoo, that Sectoid's a hawtie" says Andromeda suffering from beer goggles.
+AllaMortify it seems that the aliens succeeded in the plot as about 20 minutes to the video the case of beer seems to disappear from the couch
Seems like units have some hidden stat like "attractiveness to aliens", which make aliens prefer some targets over another. Mimic beacon has especially high value of this stat, and Skinner.
And others like Elfrank seems to be the Grim Reaper reincarnated
@@giahuynguyenkim6389 seems fitting considering elfranks facepaint/mask
@@Cooldude-ko7ps I love Elfrank's aesthetic, he's a black and white reaper w/ a mask
Jahana Locksley, audio diary:
Who would have thought that - these piloted robots, Andromedons, can climb ladders. That was a nasty surprise. Apart from the Archon, all our enemies have been pretty ground floor so far. The rooftops aren't safe any more, and that worries me. It means we - Nora and I - will have to guard our backs even up high now. Shit.
Other than that, things went smoothly. Or as smoothly as things can go at the moment. None of us was wounded and the mission was a success. I don't ask for much more than that.
Oh, and I'm starting to worry about the Commander. First he calls me Kingsley all the time and now he calls Nora "Locksley". Nora was pissed! She wasn't too fond of being out with me instead of alone, anyways. She might be right. I'm still not totally convinced that the darkness from the last mission is gone. I keep waiting for the sectoid's will in my head again. I know it is dead. But is it gone?
+Julia Maluca Always Love reading these. The audio diaries are the one thing i search for after finishing Mr.odds XCOM 2 vids. Keep up with the amazing work. ^-^
+Julia Maluca guess for the commander, nora will always stay number two ;)
+Julia Maluca Nice one :)
Fearbreather
Thank you. I will continue until Locksley's dead :)
pentii varg
Thank you!
Andromeda's Log - #19
We had a flawless mission today, and whilst it doesn't give me much to write about, I love them all the same. It's a lot of fun to not be writing this in a hospital bed with nothing but my notebook to entertain me.
Despite the mission going well, Locksley still looked a bit nervous now and again. I wonder if she's not gotten over what happened a few days ago. I'd love to go and talk to her about it, but she's like some sort of enigma. She could just shout at me a whole lot for prying. I'll keep an eye on it though.
Don't you all think Chris should have THOUSANDS more subs?
Man, he makes this game look like a piece of cake!
I have around 20 lost campaigns on commander ironman. I don't get it, always on full cover, always getting 1 shot crit anyways
+Felipe Pérez Maybe, you getting flanked?
+Rolincito Azmitia Honestly his luck factor is pretty high as well, altho HE IS doing good what he is doing.
But i have to say, the luck factor here is high. Peeps often have 80% flanking shots missing like 4 times in a row. Also peeps having issues when an advent soldier killing of of their soldier behind full cover (about 25%) and criting it also (about 5%).
"I've had pretty bad luck with windows."
Yeah, I heard a lot of complaints about Windows 2035, so I'm not upgrading from 7. :)
If anybody cares... 42:32 German phrase "Ich stehe unter starkem Beschuss!" is the interpretation of "I'm taking fire overhere". The complete translation is "I'm taking some severe fire!" Just if anybody cares.
You know, Advent has all these sick weapon mods like instant kill repeaters, but they never use them for themselves.
huh never relisted that
Are they basegame?
man, everytime I see the aftermath of these battles i just think of that one spongebob episode.
"We did it patrick! we saved the city!"
Elfrank has become my fav. Soldier after the recent missions.
=) good to see him back in action for the Raid tho
(Dr. Desmond Pendulum) - Journal Entry #15:
Day 145 (September 20, 2035): This war is running out of energy fast, and I along with it. It feels like our only fuel source that works is hope. After every mission I notice the squad recounting everything they killed. It gives us hope. Dr. Tygan and the other fellow scientists have been working indefinitely, project after project after project with no end in sight. No time to communicate and relive our humanity, no time to venture outside the Avenger and feel human. I'm sure the engineers must feel the same way. I see them constantly clearing out rooms, working in dangerous situations aboard the Avenger. Day after day, week after week, month after month, you'll find me in the lab.
I know how you feel man. There's even a rumor going Round that no ones ever actually seen the commander sleep!
I'll have another video out tonight if that's ok with you guys!
2:23 “Tommy for blowing shit up” quote of the day
"Ooohhhhh! Luce Baby!" Love it when Odd just gets so into the moment! 😁
I'm having a meeting tomorrow with my town Mayor and I should be preparing myself but f*ck it! New XCOM 2 video!
Nora : "fuck, i missed it!" ; Loksley : "let me show you how to"
You make this game look easy
I always look forward to this series. Thank you so much for doing this!
I hope there will be some quirk system like: "Bloodthirsty" kill 30 civilians to unlock, you do 1 extra damage with every attack, but your aim is -10. "Saviour" rescue 20 civilians during retaliation, you heal for double the normal amount, however you have 10% chance to be spotted by civilian. "Masochist" unlock by taking non fatal damage 30 times, you have 25% chance to trigger a 8hp regeneration during 4 turns if you take some damage, but your dodge is reduced by -10. Something like that. Some trait that develop following your play habit.
Man, i would love to see more of the sword type Ranger, Zepernick and Russle did so great in their first mission, and then they disappear
Yes been waiting to continue watching. It's amazing to see Mr.odd kick ass with such an amazing Team.
Yo, loving the video's man, been playing through my campaign on legendary ironman then coming in and watching how you approach your campaign.
Just want to toss out this nugget of information for anyone who might not know, you can aid protocol mimic beacons, which is sick.
Combo'd that together with a WAR suit providing it shield wall to great effect in my most recent operation, made for many lols.
I'm a big fan of the way u cast these xcom vids! Keep up the good work
Just wanted to say, as someone new to your channel and a recent subscriber, I'm really enjoying your play through of XCOM 2. You have a great feel for combat tactics and seem to show real concern for the well being of your squad members. I find these videos somewhat bittersweet ATM since I am experiencing the "corrupt save" bug on my copy of the game and am unable to make any real progress in the campaign until 2K can find and squash the bug! Meanwhile, I'll just watch your videos and plan for the future!
holy shit didn't actually think you were gonna upload xcom because you were streaming, thank you for making my day. Side note, please try to keep consistent with 2 a day uploads, you're xcom series is so damn addicting man and i feel so bored when you don't upload any. Thank you and keep being awesome
that 94% curse is a real pain in the Gremlin
Man you are awesome Chris!!!...hahaha...love your comments. sometimes it's just too much but it's always insight and funny... you are like Robinson Crusoe, we follow every chain of thought and speaking to yourself all day long. Awesome playing by the way.
Chris! Love your gameplay! Not a game I would play personally, bit when I watch your gameplay, it a book! Can't wait for the next chapter!
Right when I was going to sleep.
Chris is merciless.
Great to hear your going to continue to play once your done with this game. I want to get my RK in for next play through. Love the XCOM videos big fan of your channel and XCOM of course. I don't play on ironman but be nice to see my RK run through on your progression. Keep making videos and I'll keep mashing that like button!
I know I'm very late to the party, but great series thus far you made me buy this game and I am absolutely loving it. Great videos all around keep up the excellent work
Field Commander Neko's Log
Glad I got to see the commander back. He's been helping out a lot. Supplying gear and ammunition to any who need it. Food and water are taken care of.
Skulljacks are proving rather useful. Gaining intel on ADVENT moves. In fact we have a lead on a data cache that they are leaving exposed to flip the switch. We are heading out currently and- *yelling from the pilot* Ah, cut recording.
Log Entry Closed
Hey Odd. Don't forget to rename John's Storm Gun to Grelite, since the name got changed
+Chris and Shane (ThePigChris) Damn, I'm gonna be late to that one lol.
+Chris and Shane (ThePigChris) Before I started watching this episode I read your comment and stopped half way and was like omg NO someone dies!? lol the whole time I was watching I was think WHOS GOING TO DIE!?
Oh my god, i like you're gameplay you're so clever at placing your units!
Keep that gameplay you're a god!
*LOVE!*
42:30 "Stehe unter starkem Beschuss!" mean "'I'm under heavy fire!"
Good luck dude. As long as there isn't a timer your good . Keep up the great videos
I'm a simple man, I see Nora Wild, I press like
Haha same
+shon spenter I like Nora, but Locksley in that Spider Armor is so sexy. I just wish Chris would change her attitude...she is so down trodden.
+L Shaw There's a...reason for that, trust me. I'd tell you myself, but I honestly recommend reading the Audio Diaries by her Creator miss Julia Maluca here in the comment sections of Odd's videos, especially the ones for the last 4-5 episodes or so.
AllForFire Yeah I have read a few. I know the reason for it, but I still wish she wasn't that way.
L Shaw
(Sigh) Don't we all...
It hurts to watch her like this, but everyone is entitled to their own sorrow, for the heart has no metrics or forms of measure, and all of it is irreplaceable.
executions are awesome. I only got like two in my first game, but that second one was a freaking gatekeeper at full hp.
you are right, its beautiful because you throw some bs back at the game haha, I can't wait to see that happen to you, by the way you are playing I feel pretty sure that will happen.
Started watching this series 2 days ago, and have been stuck watching ever since..! I wonder if i can squeeze in 2 more episodes before i fall asleep 🤔
LOL, Your description of "Execution" was brilliant-"Total Bullshit". Thing is, OHKO's are a typically only available to enemies in gaming, love that the tables are turned here in Xcom.
Luce puts the combat into combat engineer! Bloody good roll on the AWC there for double tap :D
Are you ever going to unmask Polo? I am curious about what his face looks like.
So repeater does work with rapid fire. Good to know.
+Dexter Cain Seems to be one of the only things.
+ChristopherOdd By the way, it's always a good idea to use Rapid Fire when the normal chance of hitting is between 35% and 95%. The chance to hit at least once with Rapid Fire is 2x -30 - ((x-15)²)/100, where x is the normal chance of hitting. That identity is greater than x when 35
Daaaaayummmmm! Is it safe to call Locksley a "Serial killer" now?! Very well played.
Locksley Is the highest ranked Soldier In the base, but Is still not authorized to oppose Polo during missions. #FeelsBadMan.
+titanquest15 Well, Polo is the leader *shrugs*
+Ze Crayz Respect that chain-o-command.
"you know what the chain of command is? its the chain i go get and beat you with, till you understand whos in ruttin command here"
"you know what the chain of command is? its the chain i go get and beat you with, till you understand whos in ruttin command here"
Honestly you should be stacking aim on you heavy gunners who are not explosive based. With Superior Aim PCS, Superior Scope on their weapons and Holo Targeting, Chain Shot can wreck with the right ammo. I particularly like putting on Bluescreen rounds. Fighting Sectopods becomes a breeze with this set up. I usually have one heavy dedicated to this.
+Wesley Brock I just find that they are so much better blowing things up. Until nades get nerfed, or I make my own modifications to do so, I can't justify shooting a single target.
+ChristopherOdd But if you look at your first encounters with Andromedons, you always needed 2+ turns to kill 1. Once you start encountering 2 Andromedons/Sectopods per pod (or more, because Legend?), they have to die more quickly. You tend to run out of grenades and mimic beacons towards the end of a mission and a gunner, which is more based on abilities, performs well even during marathons ( such as the final mission). Chain shot is actually very reliable - if you give him a scope and an aim PCS.
ChristopherOdd Oh I can't argue with the "good at blowing things up" part but as Wbr said nades, no matter how good are limited. Furthermore a single successful Chain shot from a Hvy gunner with Bluescreen (BS) can easily do 28+ dmg even without critting to mech units. Give them AP rounds for general ass-kickery however. This becomes clutch at the end of the game especially on the final mission, which minor spoiler, has a metric shit ton of enemies and you won't have enough grenades. I brought 3 hvys and still ran out before I got to the end. Chain Shot saved my ass from a Gatekeeper and Andro twice on that mission.
Mind you I'm not saying make every hvy like this but having one hvy who is gun focused is a good idea. Suppression, Holo-targeting with Chainshot and Sat. Fire can really save you. I usually run the best possible Expanded Mag on them and depending on whether or not I have the extra weapon mod slot bonus Scope over Auto-loader both if I have the bonus.
Also if you want you can take Blast Padding instead of Shredder for a gun focused hvy with AP rounds and put them in a Exo suit since they don't necessarily need the extra slot for a grenade for 3 points of armor in total with power armor making a decent tank. Since they need to be up front to get the most use anyways.
As a side note in my last game I had such a gunner that picked up Kill Zone from the AWC. Fucking glorious.
+Wesley Brock I've finished the game on Vet, playing on Commander now. I agree with you on having a gunner, I had one on my Veteran play through with an Aim PCS and superior scope, she was a beast. I also gave her a war suit so she could carry some extra explosives.
after watching, i agree with your set-up
I love how luce can use his hair as table. but my favorite is polo or elfrank
I wish more missions were like this. In the briefing, they mention an "XRF" operative, and I like when the game actually makes it seem like the other resistance cells are actually doing things as well. I mean, someone has to sabotage all those trains and caravans for the supply raids.
When Odd said he doesn't know what Polo said: "I'm under heavy fire!"
First Andromedon I encounter just so happened to have my Psi Op with Dominate going on his first trip into the field.
Anybody that's seen this combination will know much fun was had.
+ChristopherOdd funny the Repeater works with Rapid Fire, but not the Stock… I'll talking about at 44:55.
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watching again the first season -- 1.25 question for Odd >>>>> more than 6 years later xD
thanks god he said he's going to keep xcom i'm subscribing now :D
Wow, this series is getting better and better. World´s best Xcom player for sure.
Luck is when you execute an Sectopod with full life and armor at a 5% chance, like my Ranger did in my campaign. :)
Kinda wish the Shadow Chamber research would show in the regular research queue, since they share all other resources (time, research slots, advantages from having researchers.)
At 39:20 you could've attempted to haywire protocal/hack the mec, THEN gone for the grenade if you failed.
Late game on my first play through, I had a baller psi op and combat hacker. My favorite tactic was to control a sectopod and mind control an andromedon. Much fun was had. And not by advent.
that German line you didnt understand was "stehe unter Beschuss" - its like "heavy fire in this Zone" from the english speaking soldiers, but more exactly is: I'm under heavy Fire :)
Hey i just caught up in the series and i am getting really confused about the shadow chamber. "i really want to build the shadow chamber to start some items going through" 5 episodes later the only thing it has done is tell alien troops. Any given reason for this?????
Ever think about tossing a mimic grenade and then the acid grenade when the enemy surrounds the mimic? A very good trap I would think.
Also, you can use the prox mines to blow up reinforcements, simply set one up on the drop beacon.
chain shot w/ the right bullets is double shot w/ the heavy machine gun. you can counter aim penalty and then some w/ the appropriate enhancements
am I the only one who thinks Luce could have 2 nicknames? Guile, and Old Timer. and if you've played or seen street fighter gameplay you'll know why I said Guile
About power, the last "room" you can clear is a power relay so power is not a problem
Sweet another episode, and again Katana mod Odd, check it out. lol :)
They have already started nerfing stuff in-game... I am in the middle of a new play through and the UFO attack on the Avenger is incredibly much harder now! Troops are dumped off right and left every turn and now with more Robot MEC's, two at a time and tons of Stun Lancers, it was somewhat doable before but now you almost really need the defense towers for the ramps!
Also they nerfed the Mimic beacon by no longer giving it back to you after a mission, you have to make a NEW one every time you use one. So save up on the Faceless Corpses or you will not have the use of them again.
after seeing Nora I wondered something. how do you use a scope with glasses?
She actually doesn't use the scope, it's all for the camera.
how do you write with your hand if you wear gloves?...
glasses are not much of a handicap. and you don't need to press your eye into the scope, if that's what you're thinking. considering the recoil of the weapon it wouldn't be wise to do so, anyways.
also, many professional soldiers and law enforcers nowadays wear protective goggles/glasses. it's pretty much the same.
+s0me1up I was just thinking about how the curve of the glasses focus light and how that would be affected by the way the scope focuses light and if one would affect the other. I'm not an expert on this stuff so I just don't know
+Evan Silva Take it from me, I hunt but at the same time I wear glasses, it really doesn't effect what you see at all.
I have your Character Pool. In my game Grelite is not only an Engineer but a Nurse at the Advanced Warfare Center.
+supersasukemaniac Seems reasonable.
+supersasukemaniac Polo retired as squadleader and became a scientist in my game.
Codename Levine is definitely a nod to Ken Levine. It's on the andromedon, which may or may not look like an iconic enemy from a different game. ;)
I'm guessing bioshock yeah?
"ohhh I love that 'cause it's completely bullshit" hahaha
dont forget to move the engineers that just got done clearing that room
Locksley hit him so hard she broke the game! 😆😆😆
You can always "force trigger" the killzone by "revealing" yourself...meaning shooting someone or throwing a mimic beacon.
If we submitted a character in at the start, per the form, how do we know if and when our character has been added to the pool? Sadly I do not have a PC that is capable of running this wonderful game, at least not yet.
+Robert Nash Via the form is VERY slow. The only way to check is to download the file, open in notepad, and search the name.
Thanks! I'm really enjoying your playthrough! And man, when your guys come under fire (Episode 29) I hold my breath with every enemy attack. Keep up the great work and proud to be a new subscriber!
what the hell is that integrated coms button over Luce name at 44:50 ?
THANK U CHRIS
In case you were wondering what Polo said was "stehe unter Beschuss", so "I'm under fire" which doesn't really make sense because he was the one shooting but oh well.
I don't like Chain shot much either but I just had to take it on my grenadier with death from above as a hidden ability because it only triggers with the cannon shots, not grenades ;)
I'm not an expert at XCOM, but I think it'd be best if you used Killzone in a situation where you place a mimic beacon. Think about it!
Use Killzone within the area of the beacon, enemies run towards it, profit. Just an idea.
The beam pistol looks like the nerf hammer shot.
So much beer, Its Firewatch all over again
So now we know for sure that the Repeater works with Rapid-Fire. :)
Tfw the "Slums district" looks like your neighborhood...
ahaha i am getting attached to the squad, this is like watching a show.
You can still use Sasquatch for a backup Medic for when Skinner is out. Or don't, it's fine by me, but when somebody dies because you have no medic, just remember that I told you so.
You should put the talon rounds on Elfrank, to make his already incredible crits even crazier.
I'm wandering around youtube and caught your channel. Even though i've never played Xcom be4, but i got hook after i see you play. I've watch 11 ep continuously for the last 4 hours may be more.... anyway i got attach with some members of your team, especially Locksley and Nora .... Samantha as well but too bad ... fire and poison got her. I'm at ep 11 but i come to this Ep bc i saw Nora (you didn't give her much chances on ep 1-11, so i wanted to see if she got some action or not and apparently she did) Btw bc of you i've decided to download and play Xcom right away.
Pardon me for the long conversation but i'm so hook and excited about your channel and this game right now, so i may went nuts a little bit. But PLease tell me that Nora and Locksley in the character pool files, i want them so bad !!!
Hey odd, why not set up kill zone and shoot with a different squad so that you guarantee for the kill zone to work? This way you don't have to rely on them moving for it to work.
+RomanNumeral04 if they move without him shooting, he gets to go again immediately after, meaning it's basically a free turn
You are talking about when overwatching the whole squad and allowing the enemy to only take their "discovered" move/action. However, what is the difference if you overwatch with the whole squad but shooting with the last one? And even if it is not, is wasting kill zone worth it?
RomanNumeral04 the difference is that if they find you on their turn they don't get to fight back until next turn, if you overwatch everybody except one and you shoot with them, they get to immediately take a turn, whether it's worth it or not is up to the player
Heyy Chris awesome videos haven't missed a single episode of this campaign any reason why you don't use battle scanners. Just curious to know.
At least for once you complete a mission where someone isn't wounded... it seems like that has been happening to a lot of your previous missions where you would always have someone wounded.
May I suggest the Ayy Lmao "overhaul" mod? 10/10 enhances gameplay more than long war did
Barely started this lets play around last week and I love it, thinking about buying the game myself but just a quick question, would you ever think of changing the recruits hats? I don't mind how you have em now but I was wondering if you would at some point?
Actually, I might be wrong on the mimic beacon.... I just remembered during my UFO Avenger attacked mission, my Ranger that was killed was carrying a Mimic beacon so I would have lost that since I didn't drag the dead body back, ran out of time for that.
2 videos are always welcome!
Chris, you should get the mod that adds a number for the hp bar.
I enjoy your vids on xcom 2. thank you. I have a question why dont you set your kill zone and have the dummy hologram in full cover forcing the enemy to walk into or attack it the dummy in a trap attack? the idea is to draw first blood before being revealed. . im not sure if it well work since my play time is limited on xcom.
Two words Chris, Primary. Mission.
You get distracted *way* too easily.
lol Operation Falling Skies, hopefully it turns out better than the TV show of the same name did!
man the talon rounds on rangers are insane! try them