The Official XCOM Thread

[evil_twin]

You have to prolong the ending of the game for quite some time to get the stats bug, but after working so hard to build up an uber soldier it was pretty annoying when he became useless.

I've never seen the practise range though, anyone else?

[Alobar]

Is there any interest in doing some mulitplayer battles? seems like there are quite a few of us who enjoy the game. I havent tried it out (didnt know anyone to play with), but you can check it out here

[Morrek]

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Is there any interest in doing some mulitplayer battles? seems like there are quite a few of us who enjoy the game. I havent tried it out (didnt know anyone to play with), but you can check it out here

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How the heck does it work in multiplayer?

[Alobar]

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Is there any interest in doing some mulitplayer battles? seems like there are quite a few of us who enjoy the game. I havent tried it out (didnt know anyone to play with), but you can check it out here

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How the heck does it work in multiplayer?

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click the link. There is an open source remake of the original for multiplayer battles

[strunks]

Collapsing from smoke happens too rarely for it to be a concern. Especially if your man hasn't been shot. If he has, then the combination of wounds and the smoke inhalation may knock him out, but it's still unlikely.

I let my rookies die a lot. I play without reloading, so if I have to send someone through a door, it's always some unarmored newb. If he dies, oh well $20000 is chump change and well worth the benefits of knowing that there are aliens lying in ambush. Not every rookie is treated the same though. Some rookies come with exceptional stats, and I armor them up and build them. But the poor suckers with any deficiencies get labelled as fodder and always die first. I never fire a soldier for bad stats. I already paid for him. He's more useful to me if I send him through a door to die. Because my soldiers die, I always keep a few extra around as a buffer so I don't have to wait 3 days for replacements.

I used to use tanks back when I used to reload. I didn't like my troops dieing so I sent the tanks ahead first. I don't usually let the tanks kill anything though unless as a last resort. They're great scouts. Tons of movement and high hitpoints.

But now, I'd rather have 4 rookies than a tank. With the 4 rookies, I have 4 pieces of fodder I can send to check corners and doors instead of just one. And the total cost of 4 rookies is 80 grand instead of whatever the tank costs which I think is more than that.

[TimTimSalabim]

I had no idea people still played this game. I recall years ago I'd play it in the middle of the night with all the lights off, and it would scare the crap out of me when I'd encounter an alien. Pretty good for a turn-based game.

[Morrek]

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Is there any interest in doing some mulitplayer battles? seems like there are quite a few of us who enjoy the game. I havent tried it out (didnt know anyone to play with), but you can check it out here

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How the heck does it work in multiplayer?

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click the link. There is an open source remake of the original for multiplayer battles

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Yeah... but how does it work? I don't have time to read through all that right now(4tabling). Do you have one base each and fight as allies or are you fighting eachother and aliens or is one of you alien and the other human or what?

[swede123]

I would imagine it's just the tactical turn-based phase of the game that's multiplayer. You set up your squad, the other guy sets up his squad on the same map and you start taking turns. Most likely you end up using the human soldiers with whatever weapon/equipment load outs are available; based on playing the singleplayer game and mindcontrolling the various aliens they mostly suck compared to well equipped (and experienced) human soldiers.

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[bobman0330]

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Is there any interest in doing some mulitplayer battles? seems like there are quite a few of us who enjoy the game. I havent tried it out (didnt know anyone to play with), but you can check it out here

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I'm absolutely interested. Shoot me an IM if anyone wants to play, bobman5352.

[Blarg]

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Collapsing from smoke happens too rarely for it to be a concern. Especially if your man hasn't been shot.


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Well, what I'm talking about is if they've been shot. Which happens to soldiers all the time of course.

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If he has, then the combination of wounds and the smoke inhalation may knock him out, but it's still unlikely.


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Wounding alone can knock him out, that's the problem. The smoke isn't about knocking him out, it's about dropping his health much more quickly when he's knocked out. If you're racing to get to him with a medi-kit, your chances can drop significantly.

And any time a soldier has lowered health, it means more recovery time. Having a soldier do nothing but soak up salary hurts quite a bit, as does having to train up yet another guy.

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I let my rookies die a lot. I play without reloading, so if I have to send someone through a door, it's always some unarmored newb. If he dies, oh well $20000 is chump change and well worth the benefits of knowing that there are aliens lying in ambush. Not every rookie is treated the same though. Some rookies come with exceptional stats, and I armor them up and build them. But the poor suckers with any deficiencies get labelled as fodder and always die first. I never fire a soldier for bad stats. I already paid for him. He's more useful to me if I send him through a door to die. Because my soldiers die, I always keep a few extra around as a buffer so I don't have to wait 3 days for replacements.


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Definitely a different play style. I treat my guys like I would if they were real live dudes, where bringing my guys back alive is a very important part of the mission. There's usually a better way of doing things than killing off my own soldiers. Semper fi, alien mothafuckas!

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I used to use tanks back when I used to reload. I didn't like my troops dieing so I sent the tanks ahead first. I don't usually let the tanks kill anything though unless as a last resort. They're great scouts. Tons of movement and high hitpoints.

But now, I'd rather have 4 rookies than a tank. With the 4 rookies, I have 4 pieces of fodder I can send to check corners and doors instead of just one. And the total cost of 4 rookies is 80 grand instead of whatever the tank costs which I think is more than that.

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People often either love them or hate them. I tolerate them here and there, but they are expensive and easy to lose. I used them more in Terror of the Deep, which was harder and got harder faster, and it was even easier to lose soldiers.

I also don't like the way they hog up space. Maneuvering soldiers around them, or to get a sight line around them, can be a pain, especially in narrow corridors.