Let's play Incubation - Battle Isle Phase 4 (Completed)

[Zdzisiu]

1271 - that is how much alien scum I had to kill in my entire campaign, but the game get easier around the last 5 missions.

 

[spekkio]

If I'd be late with my shopping, try to set up my dude so that you can get him the double-barreled gun in the future - or a sniper rifle, if you think the squad could use another one. Right now I guess it'd be ACG + armor.

1x SAR + 1x Light Armor bought.

I'll switch later when the need arises eventually.

I hope you don't mean "switching" in Kaiserin/SMA kind of way?

Anyway, let's proceed with the mission.

Mission 12 - The Hole

Turn 1

This huge 3x3 fuckers are called Al'Coo

Giant unit. It has a 3x3 base.

APs : 6
HPs : 100
Front/Rear armor : 5/5
Weapon : giant claws
- Range : 1-1
- Accuracy : 100%
- Damage : 20
- Defensive mode : -
- AP : 1
- Ammo : -

Since Krraloth & Pussy weren't kind enough to buy a MT, I allow them to deal with A'Cs.

First one is pretty damn close, second one is in NW corner. We also have 7 Ray'Coo and if we want Combot to stay alive, we should take them out fast.

Alright, let's go.

Combot hits 1st A'C twice, -43 HP :shock: moves W.

Combot Weapon Shooting Sound

Bluebottle shoots 1st R'C for 2 HP

moves SW. Bratt shoots 1st R'C

misses, shoots him again and kills him. He also kills 2nd R'C, moves N.

Double Fire Shooting Sound

PrzeSzkoda shoots 3rd R'C (almost OOR)

and kills him :shock: Shoots A'C but for 0 damage

Alright, let's test those new RFMGs against A'C

Pussy shoots A'C for 0 damage

moves N.

Rapid Fire Machine Gun Shooting Sound

Krraloth shoots A'C twice, -14 HP moves SW.

Enemy turn:

• one R'C shoots Combot twice, 0 damage
• A'C comes close to Pussy and tears him to pieces

er, I mean I bet he regrets not buying this MT now. :codexrage:

Anyway, who will be so kind and use his time-shifting powers to bring Pussycat669 back to life?
We've got our 2nd casualty in 1st turn, so I'm gonna start this mission from turn 1.
Of course that is IF somebody decides to rewind the time for our BRO Pussy.

I would also like to remind you that lightbane depleted his magical powers bringing Bluebottle back from the grave in mission 9.

So, how should it be?

 

[lightbane]

I would suggest to someone reanimate pussycat and repeat the mission but not before exchanging someone his weapon for a mine thrower.

PS: What would happen if in a let's say specially unfortunate mission all of our party but Bratt dies?

 

[spekkio]

That's really not gonna happen, don't worry.
And new recruits cost only 60 EPs anyway

 

[PrzeSzkoda]

Bros befo hoes. Bring Pussy back.

 

[Krraloth]

All right Commander , rewind + mine thrower, albeit it's really not my style.

 

[Kiree]

You don't need a mine thrower yet. The combot can handle the Al'Coos. And it's not like a mine thrower will save you if you don't keep your distance.

 

[spekkio]

Don't let this Ethereal MC you, soldiers! MT is essential to my playstyle ATM, trust me!

PROTIP for Kiree: With MT all the EXP in this mission would be ours...

 

[spekkio]

Bros befo hoes. Bring Pussy back.

That was really touching, BRO!

Mine Thrower

Hey, no cheating! We're gonna finish this mission using the exact shitty equipment you dirtbags bought!

Anyway: the magical fairy uses her magical wang wand and brings us back to Turn 1

Turn 1

Combot shoots 1st A'C twice, for 30 HPs moves W.

Bluebttle shoots 1st R'C for 5 HP, moves SW.

Bratt moves N, kills 1st & 2nd R'C, shoots A'C for 0 HP

Przeszkoda shoots 3rd R'C twice, for 3HP, moves N

Krraloth shoots A'C twice, for 7HP, moves SW

Pussy moves N.

Enemy turn: two R'Cs shoot Combot for -1HP.

Turn 2

We have to kill this 1st A'C in this turn, or we're dead (well, one of us will die for sure).
That's why I insisted on buying a MT: stepping on a mine stops enemies from moving further AFAIR.

Combot shoots 1st A'C twice, for 29 HPs. If my calculations are right, he has 44 HPs left. There's no way for us to kill him even with concentrated firepower of the entire team. Let's move Combot W and pray that it survives next turn.

Bluebottle moves S, shoots 1st R'C three times

kills him, levels up.
Krraloth moves SW

shoots A'C twice, 0 damage

Bratt moves N

shoots 2nd R'C twice, for 5HP
Przeszkoda moves N

kills 2nd R'C
Pussy moves N, shoots A'C for 6HP.

Enemy turn:

• Two R'Cs shoot Combot for 0 damage
• A'C comes close to Combot and destroys our robot in one hit.

Mission failed.

Turn 2 (once again)

Let's try a different approach: everybody and their dog shoot at this fuckin' A'C

Combot hits A'C for 31 HP
Other guys shoot A'C, 16 times total. A'C is still standing. Bratt kills him with 17th shot, levels up.

I bet my ass somebody will die in enemy turn
Bratt heals himself.

Enemy turn: Three R'Cs shoots Combot six times, but for 0 damage. One R'C jumps close to Combot.

Turn 3

Maybe there is still hope for us, people!

Combot shoots 2nd A'C for 16 HPs, moves E.

Bratt moves N

kills 1st R'C, shoots 2nd for 3HP

Pussy kills 3rd R'C (the one in front of the Combot) with 2nd shot, misses 4th (the one in the south)

Bluebottle moves S

kills 4th R'C, levels up, moves W.

Enemy turn: one R'C shoots Combot twice, 0 damage, second one jumps close to Combot.

Turn 4

Great, four new R'Cs appeared from the hole.

Combot shoots A'C for 23 HP.

Bratt shoots 1st R'C

kills him. Kills three other R'Cs near the hole (that's why I love Double Fire - deadly weapon in close combat).

Przeszkoda misses 5th R'C twice, WIH

:facepalm:

Pussy finishes this R'C, moves S

kills 6th R'C.
Krraloth moves N, Bluebottle E (Crates).

Turn 5

Combot shoots A'C for 10 HP.
Krraloth shoots A'C 4 times, for 2 HP

Bluebottle moves NW.

Bratt moves NW

kills two R'Cs

Przeszkoda moves NW

shoots 3rd R'C for some damage.
Pussy finishes him off, levels up, goes N.

Turn 6

Combot shoots A'C for 22 HP.

Pussy switches his MG to mode B

kills two R'Cs. Switches back, misses 3rd.

Bratt kills 4th with 2nd shot. WIH. Kills 5th, heals himself.
Przeszkoda shoots 3rd R'C. WIH. Kills him with 2nd shot, runs OOA.

Krraloth moves N, Bluebottle W.

Turn 7

A'C is OOR of the Combot
Combot moves W, shoots A'C once, for 24 HP.

Przeszkoda moves N. I was thinking about blocking the A'C with the block, but decided not to. A'C should be almost dead anyway.

Bratt kills 1st R'C with 2nd shot, WIH.

Pussy shoots 2nd R'C

misses him twice, kills him with 3rd shot.

We have to kill this remaining R'C.
Krraloth moves NE

kills 3rd R'C with 2nd shot.

Bluebottle opens 1st & 2nd EC.

shoots A'C twice, but 0 damage

Turn 8

It's time to finish off this 2nd A'C. No new R'Cs appeared this time.
Let's have some fun, A'C should be almost dead anyway.

Bratt shoots A'C

And kills him with 1st shot, levels up



The only thing left now is opening two remaining crates.

Bratt opens them in Turn 12

Przeszkoda moves onto the [A] mark.

Mission ends.

Kills: Krraloth 87(+1), Bratt 77(+14), lightbane 65(+0), Bluebottle 54(+1), Pussycat669 54(+7), PrzeSzkoda 27(+1)

Unit Menu:

I've decided to commend PrzeSzkoda, because he's the only soldier who hasn't been commended yet of his stellar performance so far.

The goal for Bratt is clear now:

Just one SP more...
Anyway, no shopping for Bratt this time.

Shopping possibilities:

Pussycat669:

PrzeSzkoda:

Bluebottle:

Krraloth:

lightbane:

We can use all six units in next Mission, so no fooling around this time!

What should I buy for you?

PROTIP: Somebody should buy a Mine Thrower.

Don't listen to this alien scum above, soldiers!

 

[Kiree]

Well, IIRC, you can't bring the combot further, so there goes your fire support...

 

[lightbane]

Buy me one Double Fire, then.

 

[Krraloth]

Commander this weapon makes me epic fail too much...let me have a mine thrower?

 

[Lonely Vazdru]

I just started playing this game after stumbling upon this LP. So thanks spekkio, it's been a while since someone made me discover a new interesting game (insert random sex joke here). I only read the first two pages of your LP, since I don't want to know about things in advance.

I played the first five missions and the game is rather good so far. I particularly love seeing the aliens move through their own eyes, it's a nice touch and it brings lots of tension. On the other hand I hate the awful and clumsy interface. It also starts to look suspiciously like a puzzle game in disguise, and from some of the comments, it seems it will only get worse, so I'm afraid I won't like it all that much as time goes on.

Still, thanks for the LP I'll read it thoroughly when I finish the game, or give up.

:Honourbayonette:

 

[Bluebottle]

Save again for me.

Now I've just got to decide whether I'm saving for the targeting system, or the large medipak.

 

[spekkio]

I hate the awful and clumsy interface

What's so awful and clumsy about it? This game has 6 unit commands FFS...
I've definitely seen worse:

It also starts to look suspiciously like a puzzle game.

It's not that bad in the main campaign, it's much worse in the expansion pack.

I think every TB tactical game has it's flaws. X-Com is way too random when it comes to casualties (you did sth wrong - you die, you did everything right - you die anyway), in Jagged Alliance leveling up is not that important, because you will replace your soldiers with better ones during the campaign, etc, etc.
I really like one thing in Incubation: you die only if you screwed sth up or was extremely unlucky.

Commander this weapon makes me epic fail too much...let me have a mine thrower?

I'll shit you not - soldier with MT will definitely score less kills than let's say soldier with DF or RFMG.
But on the other hand he'll be one of the most important units in the team, killing the most dangerous Scay'Ger.
Your call, maybe Pussy will buy MT (he is first in shopping line) and one MT in the team is enough.

Now I've just got to decide whether I'm saving for the targeting system, or the large medipak.

As Kiree or Ashery wrote earlier, TS is not really worth it IMO.
Most of the time we'll be fighting in close combat, so accuracy is not that important.

Buying some energy weapon in the future is better idea, especially due to their 100% accuracy

Large medkit is always useful, but skills requirements are steep.

 

[Krraloth]

Commander this weapon makes me epic fail too much...let me have a mine thrower?

I'll shit you not - soldier with MT will definitely score less kills than let's say soldier with DF or RFMG.
But on the other hand he'll be one of the most important units in the team, killing the most dangerous Scay'Ger.
Your call, maybe Pussy will buy MT (he is first in shopping line) and one MT in the team is enough.

You see my conundrum Commander? I want to squish aliens in great numbers, I want to do that in many many bursts of alloy slugs/sabot/whatever shot multiple times.

P.s. that little training program you got me? (system shock portable) it's so awesome.

 

[spekkio]

Heh, another convert...

 

[ady5]

hey bro, for the second AC u could just pushed the crate sitting near the red exit, blocking his way. Pussy move, but when you deal with a 3x3 squares motherfucker, who can blame you? But you did well, commander, and in semi iron man mode.

Let's see your next mission.

 

[spekkio]

Thanks for a PROTIP and totally missing what I wrote in my update, BRO!

 

[lightbane]

Just to know: Can a soldier survive a direct attack from these super-giant freaks with the heaviest armor you can have (I'm assuming by the endgame)? Just to know how powerful your characters can become (eventually).

And once more, anyone knows who gives these xenos unpronounceable names?

 

[Zdzisiu]

If this big fucker is hitting only once for 20hp then with Heavy armor (6Def front) you could survive with like 1hp because the highest HP in my team was 15.

 

[spekkio]

AFAIK armor is not working by adding HPs, but by reducing damage?

And Combot was PWND in previous mission even with his massive front armor...

Also Heavy Armor IS the heaviest armor available in the game, there will be nothing better in the future

 

[Zdzisiu]

I thought that 6Def mean -6 for the damage soldier take.

One way or another, getting hit is never a smart thing to be doing :D

 

[Bluebottle]

As Kiree or Ashery wrote earlier, TS is not really worth it IMO.
Most of the time we'll be fighting in close combat, so accuracy is not that important.

Buying some energy weapon in the future is better idea, especially due to their 100% accuracy

Large medkit is always useful, but skills requirements are steep.

In that case I'll probably save for the large med-kit. I'm guessing one of us will need one (especially if this is all the armour we're going to see), and I'm already part way there.

 

[spekkio]

C'mon Pussy & PrzeSzkoda, I think

and you still haven't decided.

(Maybe it's time to abbandon this LP, with all the people playing this game and stuffies).