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Let's blindly kill insane Xenonauts ironmen

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Alrighty, mates, I havent seen a Xenonauts (what a shitty name) LP around here. This one, god willing, is gonna be vanilla, semi blind, insane, ironman. Ironman is not ticked cause if I lose (like my last attempt), Ill reload and play the game to the end but this LP will be over.



what an ugly main screen
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sheeit, the only reason i picked insane is all the bling on the uniform
its selfiposed ironman but only for the dex lp
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first base around the pyramids, WE WUZ KANGS AND SHEEEIT, stargate man
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straight up, second base in houston
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the thrilla in manila, but we get an own island choke full of slanties
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beautiful wolrd
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we got a nice fcuking draft here, great stats, pikc your soldiers
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we buy 5 brainies
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build a hospital and some living quaters cause we need em
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and wait for rist contact
1400m/h is a light scout, prolly, 3-5? aliens inside
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row row row your boat
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100% autoresolve actually sometimes deals damage to our planes...
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as i understand it, dealing with it with a condor goes like this
full speed ahead, no missiles, ratatatatata
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after you get hit once, you roll and shoot 2 missile salvo
into the side of the vessel for max profit, dead 100%
if you know a better strat, let me know
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middle east terrain
which is a healty mix of close quaters and long range
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pick your soldiers, soldiers!
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You can rename them soldiers. Iosif Kirsenko or Yuri Zaytsev gotta be russians, rite? Gimme any of those, just rename to Grimwulf.

FOR MOTHERLAND! :russia:
 

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as i understand it, dealing with it with a condor goes like this
full speed ahead, no missiles, ratatatatata
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after you get hit once, you roll and shoot 2 missile salvo
into the side of the vessel for max profit, dead 100%
if you know a better strat, let me know
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Come on, you outrange this UFO class a good deal.

1. Full speed until enemy is within range.
2. Then slow down to minimum speed and launch first rocket.
3. Ufo will dodge the rocket. Don't wait for the dodge maneuver to end. 1 second after first rocket was launched, launch another one.
4. If you do everything right, you will always win these battles with zero damage taken.
 

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3. Ufo will dodge the rocket. Don't wait for the dodge maneuver to end. 1 second after first rocket was launched, launch another one.
I tried that, it seems my rokkit timing is off.

It shouldn't be that hard. I manage to hit the target with my second rocket 95% of the time. Granted, one rocket doesn't kill a scout UFO by itself, but you have gatling gun to finish the deal. It's easier to pull off when you zoom in during air combat.

There is a mod that makes air combat difficult. Something to consider if you get bored with the game.

 

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Well, that escalated quickly.
Whatever grunt has highest bravery and isn't taken by someone else, rename said mook to "Azira" and see him (or her) inexplicably panic all the time, despite the bravery score. Much fun will be had!
 
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I played a bunch of missions last weekend even before I renamed the soldiers so they have their given names now.

Soundtrack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB_dYLTHsPA


this is our starting equip
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greetings committee
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first blood
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we look around and this is the first imo shitty los behaviour
you need to rotate 45 degrees left/right to see stuff cause you have 90 degree vision with a big but
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and straight up another los/line of fire issue
i see him but i cant shoot him, this is that but, oh and i am certain but maybe HE can shoot ME
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and keith cant move anymore
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so we smoke all of it
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next turn the alien hides
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we use the windows for some scouting
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but windows are the third issue for me,
if i were to kneel in the corner there, i would be shootable diagonally through the window
you might say that this is obvious but the position from where you can see that corner are tiny and the alines ai sees them seemingly, while i cant figure em out, there will be another example later
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there is our grey friend, btw, the design for greys is kinda below average...
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we hide
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and start moving out while trying to avoid possible los with aliens, what they cant see, they cant shoot and the ai doesnt think about things that it doesnt see... at least not outside of ufos... more on that later...
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i leave patrick here to guard stuff with the mg
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and now we camp
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cause doors open and close even in the fog of war...
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a turn or two later of door opnening and closing we spot our second friend and see how bad our accuracy is... thanks windows
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one shot of the assault is still only ca 80% tohit so we dont risk it
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we skip turn and circle around so we can make sure the aline dies in 1 turn
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it moves around
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tempting and if standing directly at the window the -50% acc drop doesnt happen
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even some mg action is available
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but we dont use it and skip a turn
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after which we see our third friend
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who is too far aaway
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next turn and one attack by the assault is still too risky, plus the second alien is still alive too
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we check our chances
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the second one is lucky
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this could work but the second aline could see us through the dreaded windows
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we wait for backup
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and grenade this one
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cant see the body...
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eat slugs, biatch
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plasma rilfes, deadly as fuck
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we scout a bit up top and see the los issue a bit clearer, see the second door and the 2 visible tiles inside of blackness? i have a feeling that hte aliens can use them specifically to shoot you, as if they know
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we go up top for some overview
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same down left where we were just holding positons, peeking aorund corners, seeing if there is somebody coming for a visit
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this is another weirdness of the game, never ever sit around corners like that, aliens will be able to shoot you while you cant even see them
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nothing...
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scounting a bit reveals our first ufo, i really dont like how ufos look in this game, even the color is crap
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at this point, i skip around 10 15 turns and try to wait out aggro aliens while peeking around corners and doors and going back/closing doors, nothing happens, so i everyone slowly towards the ufo
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where we meet this guy
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who survived a lot
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schultz smokes the area to protect the dreaded window and the guy in it...
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surprisingly the next guy appears next turn
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too risky, someone is in the ufo and could walk out
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grenades too close ranged
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so we start shooing from all around
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a tiny loss of attention and mg guy is in the window with no action points to move... need halp
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last chance
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and great success!
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our first lucky roll, someone shot zaytsev in the back and missed! on insane
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hello, could take the chance but
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we've got snipers
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and grenades
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good, this is a semi blind run, i already played the game till the androids appeared with far worse results due to los, windows, corners, reaction fire, etc
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we go for energy weapons, armor is for pussies
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alien craft have trouble in the air, makes no sense
by the way, we are already -50.000 in funding per month after a perfect mission, great success!
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we cancel the rifle and go for better interceptorps
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our possible recruits, tehy are okay, early game feels like TU is the most important stat, it allows you to shoot (which is a percentage of total TU) and hide behind a corner to remove los
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i find the legs of the grey cartoonish...
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the thing we shot down
research on it happens automatically, i think
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ufos can be recognized by their speed, which they dont vary, this is a light scout
and we are already -89.000...
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3rd ufo
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industrial terrain is one of the worst, lots of corners and close quarters comabt/cqc
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no rest for the wicked
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we start in the corner, which is nice
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civilians are alos great as bait and indicator of alien presnese - if they die, aliens are present
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scouting, horrible los situation here
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end turn and pray
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diagonally avoiding hte window
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this is the 4th issue, i think the aliens have longer visual range even by day!
combined with los magic, i think if tehy sit on the other side of the wall, where hte mouse poiter points, somewhere in the dark, they could shoot me
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turn later
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something moves
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snafu, cant run back far enough
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smoke and pray
i gotta check what smoke does, how much acc reduction, maybe visual...
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we psot what moved
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reaction fire! yaay!
only its pointless, wont kill even the weakest alien
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this will though, how much armor does one need to save the guy here?
134 damage, man...
death 1: plasma shotgun to the back torn kirsenko to shreds
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ward with great acc, 2 shots should hit
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i dont remember if this is a brainfart by me or if shultz missed...
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saving pvt shultz
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the second sniper hits, this was close as fuck
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second friend still alive and getting closer
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we try to put it down, it doesn work
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the raptor sprays through the smoke
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and keith drops dead, while ralfi shits himself
notice how keith died behind ralfi, but the alien was infront of us and shot THROUGH ralf... fuck you, engine
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we risk it since we cant hide ralf and let him die too
yuri delivers the unexpected!
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we move out
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los magic, i hate it that i dont know how i managed to lift fog of war on those tiles...
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same fog of war/fow jungle
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we start corssing to the other side
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spot the craft there
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and circle around
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this is bad positioning but the door was not opening or closing for several turn, so i assumed that it wont suddenly....
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dont assume anything...
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WOW WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!
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WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
reaction fire killed, its a miracle
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what the fuck, game is not over?!
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los fuckery
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shits fucked, so the corner assualt cant see em, but if you stand opposite of him then you do?
maybe its because of standing/crouching?
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we have 2 assualts so i feel confident that we can kill it in 1 turn and we do
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+34.000 earned
-20.000 for keith and kirsenko repalcements
= 14.000
should have airstriked for 15.000... fml
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grab a sniper and an assault
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lose the third ufo and btw, we are down to -89.000 per month!
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cant fidn the third! this is bad, every ufo flying globally incurs funding losses
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every one of those events, like dead zone or freak storm is a minus for funding... -97k now
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this is my fav art from the game, looks pretty great, shame that those alien looks crappy in tac screen
it says that those thing regenerate hp, which they seemingly do, i dont know how much though, but its a lot
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ONE! escaped ufo... -140k
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i try to find it but condor fuel is lmited
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as a kid i had a plastic model of the mig 31 bomber, its good looking sturdy plane
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back to plasma
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we hire 5 engineers
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4th ufo, -223k funding
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i hate this minigame, i fell asleep, short brain blackout, clicked something wrong... we down it though
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and try a shield layout with a shotgun backup, the piston is pointless gun
you cannot kill an alien with it
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equip for mission 3, which is tundra, hence the snipers and the shield
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that would have been night mission, so we return, crashed ufos remain for a day
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the 2 bases finish, now they need a radar and 2 hangars at least
250k radar
100k condor
200k foxtrot
= 550k for a base, 1100k+ for both
ideally, id like 3 hangars
that should be doable next month, so next month + 10 days for building radar, would leave us 20 day to fix the funding of the second month...
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3rd mission a day later, must have been anxious for the squaddies
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corner landing, yay
civies, yay
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now i am pretty certain that alines have longer vision by day! fuck!
shield gone, some hp dmg
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zaytsev circles and finds 2 friends, shooting either of them would be suicide
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so we hide to break los and the ai shows us that it has no memory, somtimes
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fugn trees
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sarah long goes long
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smoke cause eagle eyes are still around
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this friend doesnt move or shoot
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we do though
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ralfi ends it
2 down
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i scout left to see how far the map goes
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hope those things dont explode...
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proper position, not visible
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i peek around while ending turn after turn
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moving over to the left boulder, i smoke cause i remember having seen movemnt on alient turn there
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backup firing squad
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assaults back to back
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hello
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oh look! issue nr x, hilarious los! i cant see the fucker because of the "90" degree vision angle and square tiles
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sleeps tight
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cant hide, ready prayer beads
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we spot the 3rd friend while turning around, great!
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he doesnt shoot
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since there is no safe approach, we decide to go here, but around the lake
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like so, several turns later
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sup, redshirt
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brainfart, turning around costs tu, cant shoot now, i dont wanna die so young!
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trees, man...
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some manevering helps
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sarah long goes long again!
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ah, 3 great missions
-366.000 in funding!
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DEAD:
Kirsenko, triple plasma to the back, shredded, pround assault death
Keith, blindly sprayed through smoke, war is random
 

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Specialty is close combat with arms or hand to hand. I'd like to get into the shit sir. :salute:
 
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This update was 65 MB heavy. Ill bump the page to 2 after we reach 100+.
 
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Ill also try to cut down on tac screens, if the movement or shooting is nothing special. It was detailed just for the mechanics I wanted to show, like the unreadable LOS or visual range or snipers squads.
 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THcbQyFtCqg


so, we were flying home for 'christmas'
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some time later both bases finish
i am very uncertain if this chess opening with 3 bases from the get go was a good idea... one base is 500k, i could have had 2 with working radar, now i have 3 but only one has radar and i have no money
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but at least we have foxtrots now
say, what is the point of fixing the light aa missile instead of a torp?
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evil plasma guns, i wish we could pick up that shit in the missions and shoot with them...
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we go for more plasma, i believe it gives us better explosives, and i liek explosives
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its a beautiful world
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our first fighter?
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and the game spawns in waves
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minigame is a must on insane, autoresolve gives 0 chance but its actually 100 in manual with the delayed torp tactic
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shoot once when you are about a planelength out of range
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when he rolls and is just about to leave your range, shoot
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arctic is fine
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grimwulf gets a shield and a shootygun, he is a big guy, for you
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wayward son is a heavy
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mother is a sniper, great acc, great tu
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azira is a girl
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tindrli is born, he is a heavy

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this is an interesting feature, WE get intercepted, but the execution is shit
0 fuel means 0 win... but if we engage and insta retreat, we dont lose shit
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like so, idunno what the dev thought this was supposed to be
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we land on a corner, getting lucky wiht position, it seems, or maybe we alwyas land in a corner?
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smoke for safety
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some turns later grimwulf turns cause he wanted to run to the right around the trees and gets lucky
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snipers

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fail! this is weird, i shot at him, got no return fire, moved an inch and whaam!
sarah long goes on a long journey
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smoake and pray, the usual
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azira ends him
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we skip turns and wait for the aggressive wandering aliens to come to our plane, i think its an ai behaviour
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wayward son
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sucks
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i luv snibers though
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shieldguy checks the mapsize
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and grimwulf hides in all-red cover, which i think means visual obstrucion
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we spot the craft
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and start camping and peeking around every turn
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we bring the execution squad along too
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but its up to grimwulf to finish the job
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weird, only 3 aliens and none hid in the ufo
shame about sarah, didnt have to die, my fault
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we buy a replacement
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this is also interesting, the autoresolve seemingly takes the fuel number into account
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we send a different interceptor
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plasma pistol research
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i wish alien plasma technology would give us alien plasma weapons...
how hard is it to stick some plastic on it to make it ergonomical... but everything must be sawyer
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fighter ufo reserach, i dont like these things, they are very bothersome to fight in the minigame
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the horror, but ive got 2 planes!
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go foxtrot go
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and i forget to deactivate the torps.... the light scout rolls the simultan. fire and now, the horror, it will fuck our funding even more
i hate this minigame
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techno mumbo jumbo
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it gives us laz0rs! finally
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next victim
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industrial again...
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and our first scout
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96 percent victory force you to minigame...
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which is the top 2 in the worst of them, you just shoot both torps and wait.... nothing else... you cant lose this... 96 percent
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corner drop and welcome committee
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pew pew pew from wayward son is gud
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defensive positions
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nope!
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shield takes 79 damage, and saves us, thank you based shield
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we answer the call
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wayward son is on a roll!
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smoke and pray, s.a.p.
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find the craft close by
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i skip a lot of very slow scouting and trying to defend the left flank but some time later we land here
in a firing squad position
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movement here spooks me, civies? idk
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grimmy is the brave one, opening doors, holding shields
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empty craft, game still not over, something is on the left flank
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BUT we dont care, some of the tooltips told me that i can win a mission if i take the craft and hold it for 5 turns!
lel
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and we do, killed 3 out of 4, avoided risk, 29k profit instead of 15k
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but we have the second ufo hanging around
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the month ends, GREAT SUCCESS! only -700.000 in funding!
my first attempt at the game was also insane ironman but the ai did not hit usa and soviets so bad, the ufo activity seems randomized, base placements not 100 percent predictable
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we try to save ourselves, 1mio buys us radars and hangars and later planes
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and i forgot to build a hangar in the homebase, fml
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oh well, next mission
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it even starts the same, and i think that aliens have full tu at start of mission and are very prone to reaction fire ...
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this dancing around obstacles is very tedious
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dead, thx azira, i wonder how the soldiers stats upgrades work, due to kills or just being on a mssion
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next turn
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i am also no quit clear of the elevation mechanics, seems like a great position to have a bullzeye on your chest
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camping
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and the second friend, grimwulf is actually in a shit position, not enough tu to hide anywhere safe
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and we cant reach the mofo
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decent but cant close the door
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i pick this, hoping that hte raptor wont see me even if he opens the big door south
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wow, MG reaction fire, nice, i wonder if it supresses
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there is too much open space up south so i decide to scout right/east
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and we find the alien scout vessel
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we circle with the rest of our crew, civies are sometimes armed which is great
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LOF shit, cant hit the raptor from the second floor because car... yeahno
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the raptor """AI""" does nothing but go in and out of hte craft, turn after turn
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rest of the squad clears building to get a safe sniping postion
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something like that
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i wonder if being on that building would be kewl but deadly
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shieldguys live dangerously
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and this is how corner LOF works, here it is blocked
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a few degree farther, it isnt
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one sniper is not enough to kill a raptor, he must regenerates like 30 hp per turn, its insane
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LOS issue, something shoots shieldguy, and cant even see em... this is retarded
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and this is me being retarded, i simply forgot to close the door! its due to the turn skipping and camping, it gets boring
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by magic, grimwulf survives, shiled takes 80 dmg, grim 40
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mother ends the alien scum
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grim is a big guy, carries medpacks too
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working this ufo is dangerous because of all the black fow on the left, someone mgiht just step out of there...
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defensive positions
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pls no
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weird, they run around and go away, i think its bacause of the white van, you can see through it! but you cant shoot through it
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this is the scout ufo weirdness, those empty tiles where he cant run, he just cant run, occupied... cant shoot through them either! hehe
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crossfire cover
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some turns later
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hello
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and ciao
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we repeat this maneuver, shieldguy runs to door, opens it, snipers shoot, shieldguy closes it and runs back
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the thing about raptors though, is that they are hard to kill and heal fast as fuck, you need to kill em in one turn with this tactic
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at some point i get a bit impatient
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but at some point, the last alien ai chooses a bad spot to kneel, no cover
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now, this was nice, 60k profit!
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laser weapons finish
i find them a bit ugly but kinda intersting due to the dumb unified tube design
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heavy lasors are for planes
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and after such a great mission, we buy a laser shotgun, which is manufactured as long as a foxtrot airplane...
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rip: sarah long, uncalled for reaction fire
 
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Question: how ironman do we want this? I just got a fun TPK... A single alien killed 6 nauts. A single alien. I mean, this LP is blind and all and I could have aborted but I was frustrated and just wanted to know what the fuck it takes to kill it and it didnt work out... He ate 3 shots of laser shotgun reaction fire from 2 tiles away, and following that 2 sniper shots to the face and didnt die... This feels unfair... I would prefer to reload the mission and just nuke the place as if it didnt happen. And wait for more laser weapons.
 
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I mean, I am all hardcore all the time but it was a trap. At first it was like that

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but then suddenly death incarnate.

Also, I lost the transporter and didnt play further, it could happen that a terror mission appears and I cant go (thats how I lost my first game, lost terror mission is a funding suicide). We'll see next week.
 

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