Overweight Manatee
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Chef_Hathaway said:
This is Xcom, not TFTD. Surviving is a possibility.
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Let's play UFO: Enemy Unknown - Update #25: It's on!
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This is Xcom, not TFTD. Surviving is a possibility.
Overweight Manatee said:
True enough.
Overweight Manatee
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TFTD isn't any different in D/N cycles. IMO the main problem is that the maps are just designed to kick you in the nuts in as many ways possible. The maps have far more cover and terrain variances so an alien can pop out from almost anywhere, while the alien subs and bases are designed so that there is pretty much no safe way to move through them, contrary to all of the xcom subs. For example, the subs don't have any good corners to camp, often having V shaped entrances which stops you from reaction firing aliens. Other places have lots of unsafe rooms with 2 doors on opposite sides, so an alien could pop open either of them and shoot you in the back.
Then the tentaclauts hide in the worst places imaginable in bases as opposed to randomly running around like morons in TFTD (and not even being seen in non-snakemen missions). Remember in Doom 3 where you knew what direction a demon would spawn from because it would always spawn in the most annoying place? Its like that, but even when you know where the tentaclauts are they still end up killing you.
Also, TFTD nerfs a lot of equipment, then buffs the enemies. No rocket launchers for surface missions makes me cry.
Then the tentaclauts hide in the worst places imaginable in bases as opposed to randomly running around like morons in TFTD (and not even being seen in non-snakemen missions). Remember in Doom 3 where you knew what direction a demon would spawn from because it would always spawn in the most annoying place? Its like that, but even when you know where the tentaclauts are they still end up killing you.
Also, TFTD nerfs a lot of equipment, then buffs the enemies. No rocket launchers for surface missions makes me cry.
Fuck! Before losing consciousness I send out a telepathic message to micmu to organize a rescue party. Payback will be with an anal probe, Whiskywolf.Tails said:
we spotted one alien and sheek, in the same place. The one on screen probably spotted Codexia forces, but retreated.
kingcomrade has find first one. dragonfk crouch and take three snap-shots, first one misses but second and third one hit, killing the alien.
Sheek on-line! WhiskeyWolf hits him two times and knocks him out! amazing. Get ready for some experiments, sheek
Micmu
Magister
He'll get raped soon enough, oh yeah.
Silellak
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It's everyone's dream, really.dragonfk said:Please say that since I've seen so much action my stats have risen to Siellak's level.
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Feeling butthurt?
Satori (original)
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In the future write out your updates in a text file first.
Yes. I found a program to pre-format the image links (from a copy paste block of direct urls), paste that into notepad, preview it in this forum, fill in between images with the text, copy/pasting back each time you make an addition.
Desmodus Rotundus
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signing up to meat grinder, dual wielding stun rods
also belt loaded with nades for backup
also belt loaded with nades for backup
Tails
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Thanks for the advices.
Few days after battle third UFO shows up in the skies. Time to send welcoming committee! Fuck Firefox. btw.
UFO was so overwhelmed by our committee, that it feel down right to the ocean. Fuck Firefox btw.
Another day, another patrol, plus equipment and personnel delivery. Suddenly...
...terror attack on Havana. It seems that we upset aliens a bit with our progress. did I say Fuck Firefox?
We are almost there. Those who been disappointed by previous updates (aka lack of deaths on Codexia side) can have some hope for now, since it will be probably almost night.
Ok, in this mission we are going to rush as much we can, for the sake of civilians. Yeah, I'm a bit of :pointwhore: in this case.
Xcomutil saved equipment settings this time, sweeet! also we can see how kawaiiii ^_^ Ash is.
First turn and we already spot an Floater, standing by the wall.
kingcomrade could try easily take down this Floater, but civilian inside the house could get damaged. Let's scout the area around for now. Suddenly, kingcomrade gets hit and lightly damaged by another Floater.
After getting on ground level, kingcomrade spots the bastard that shoot him and also another alien kind, Reaper.
Thought you cannot see on this screenshot, Ashery with a fine snap shot killed first spotted Floater. Not long after
TNO goes to the ship bridge and sends many shots toward kingcomrade oppressor, but misses.
kingcomrade fails to hit Reaper with the rocket and it detonates on some wall far behind alien. Rocket wasn't wasted thought, because one Floater was taken down. No civilian was harmed. Another Reaper was spotted (south from the one on screen), damn. Great place for landing Mr. Pilot, really great.
BUMFACE comes to the rescue! smashes Floater into pieces with his Rocket Launcher. In this moment I made serious amateur move. like TNO, BUMFACE run out of AP and blocks rest of the Codexia soldiers, inside the Skyranger-1
Alien turn. Floater spotted by kingcomrade kills civilian and retreats.
Another one comes from the north and wounds TNO. Like previous bastard, he retreats. Another Floater shots from place where BUMFACE send his rocket. Again, scream at end of the turn.
Second turn. TNO jumps down from the bridge and spots two Floaters on east. It starts to feel like clusterfuck.
When TNO retreats to hide behind Skyranger-1, he spots another happy Reaper on south-east. It is a clusterfuck.
Again TNO, and this time he stunts with west Reaper with his shots. Good job!
kingcomrade takes care of the one on south-east and surprise! we get extra dead Floater free.
Another kingcomrade rocket and another two Floaters won't rest in peace.
Time for WhiskeyWolf go to action! after getting out from ship he hits two times last Floater on east. Bastard is still alive.
Black_Willow goes to get ass of Floater that was close to another one, taken down by BUMFACE. Yet, Black_Willow fails mostly and hit Alien scum only once. It seems that Floater has pet Reaper on leash. Chef tries to help out somehow but all his shots go everywhere instead of target. BUMFACE reloads rocket but has no enough AP to shot or run inside SKYRANGER-1.
On this screen you can see to what kind of trouble we get because of my bad decisions. About two Reapers could get here to the troops, two Floaters could throw grenades easily. Let's don't forget about rest, blood starved aliens, hiding in the shadows. Yeah, we are fuck up. To decrease chances of getting naded at least from one side, by sending Silellak towards Floater that hurt TNO. End of turn and may the love of god be with you
Aliens turn. Floater tries to take down Black Willow and Chef, but fails and retreats.
One shot from the shadows and Sargeant TNO is dead, the first casualty of Alien war. Forgive me. His death strikes squad morale badly. (wrong screenshot)
Another sneaky Floater tries to take down kingcomrade but misses.
kingcomrade dies from jaws of Reaper, but his spirit stays forever with us.
Floater after seeing Silellak rushing towards him, has retreated. It seems the tactic work out, since no Alien Grenade landed near tight squad formation. Yet it's not end of our problems.
Third turn. Silellak knock out alien (we got some strange luck in doing this, eh?) with one snap shot and stays in his place, waiting for another one. It will be a bit risky since we know there is one long way behind him.
WhiskeyWolf tries to take down Reaper but even after 4 hits, the beast still stands.
BUMFACE comes to the rescue, by taking down both of them with one rocket. After that he retreats inside ship.
Black_Willow will try to get closer as can to throw grenade, while Chef will reaction fire to Floater near Reaper. Alien turn.
Alien turn. Chef reacts fire and hits Floater but it's still alive. Three hits (if we count those from previous rounds) and still breathes. Chef didn't have so much luck. One well aimed shot takes him down, R.I.P. soldier, you shall never be forgotten dragonfk exchanges shots with Floater wielding pistol, without any hits.
Fourth turn. WhiskeyWolf spots TNO murderer. He primes granade but lacks 1 damn AP to throw it, so he retreats and ducks by wheel.
Silellak takes another down, after third shot. Now he turns in direction of alien spotted by WhiskeyWolf.
Black_Willow jumps out around corner and spots new Floater and the old one, responsible for Chef death. With auto shots he takes one down and runs back from where he came. Ashery tries snap shot another one, but fails utterly and hits the roof.
dragonfk spots his old pal and hides behind pillar, for right moment.
Aliens turn. One scream.. or screams? dosen't matter now, we have our own trouble. north & south Floater try take down Ashery, but both miss all the time. dragonfk was under heavy fire. North Reaper show up and stop very close to Black_Willow.
Fith turn. Ashery stunts down Reaper on second shot. After two more shots god damn Floater is dead, thanks to Black_Willow. dragonfk leaves his hideout and tries to auto shot bastard on south from him but misses all the time. So Silellak has to take care of this problem and oh boy, he did! one snap shot and it's dead. Learn from the master dragonfk.
WhiskeyWolf throws grenade next to Floater and holds position. End of turn and it seems we have one or few more aliens alive, yet nothing happens.
WhiskeyWolf finds another and probably the lost one bastard. Yet when he misses every shot, Floaters does not. WhiskeyWolf dies in battle
In rage, Ashery snap shots this fucker and ends Floaters miserable life. Mission Accomplish.
Five civilians alive, five death, not bad. Yet we had more horrible loose, our dear comrades: Sargeant TNO, Rookie Chef hathaway and Squaddie WhiskeyWolf. Salute to the fallen heroes!
I hope all of you are happy now.
Few days after battle third UFO shows up in the skies. Time to send welcoming committee! Fuck Firefox. btw.
UFO was so overwhelmed by our committee, that it feel down right to the ocean. Fuck Firefox btw.
Another day, another patrol, plus equipment and personnel delivery. Suddenly...
...terror attack on Havana. It seems that we upset aliens a bit with our progress. did I say Fuck Firefox?
We are almost there. Those who been disappointed by previous updates (aka lack of deaths on Codexia side) can have some hope for now, since it will be probably almost night.
Ok, in this mission we are going to rush as much we can, for the sake of civilians. Yeah, I'm a bit of :pointwhore: in this case.
Xcomutil saved equipment settings this time, sweeet! also we can see how kawaiiii ^_^ Ash is.
First turn and we already spot an Floater, standing by the wall.
kingcomrade could try easily take down this Floater, but civilian inside the house could get damaged. Let's scout the area around for now. Suddenly, kingcomrade gets hit and lightly damaged by another Floater.
After getting on ground level, kingcomrade spots the bastard that shoot him and also another alien kind, Reaper.
Thought you cannot see on this screenshot, Ashery with a fine snap shot killed first spotted Floater. Not long after
TNO goes to the ship bridge and sends many shots toward kingcomrade oppressor, but misses.
kingcomrade fails to hit Reaper with the rocket and it detonates on some wall far behind alien. Rocket wasn't wasted thought, because one Floater was taken down. No civilian was harmed. Another Reaper was spotted (south from the one on screen), damn. Great place for landing Mr. Pilot, really great.
BUMFACE comes to the rescue! smashes Floater into pieces with his Rocket Launcher. In this moment I made serious amateur move. like TNO, BUMFACE run out of AP and blocks rest of the Codexia soldiers, inside the Skyranger-1
Alien turn. Floater spotted by kingcomrade kills civilian and retreats.
Another one comes from the north and wounds TNO. Like previous bastard, he retreats. Another Floater shots from place where BUMFACE send his rocket. Again, scream at end of the turn.
Second turn. TNO jumps down from the bridge and spots two Floaters on east. It starts to feel like clusterfuck.
When TNO retreats to hide behind Skyranger-1, he spots another happy Reaper on south-east. It is a clusterfuck.
Again TNO, and this time he stunts with west Reaper with his shots. Good job!
kingcomrade takes care of the one on south-east and surprise! we get extra dead Floater free.
Another kingcomrade rocket and another two Floaters won't rest in peace.
Time for WhiskeyWolf go to action! after getting out from ship he hits two times last Floater on east. Bastard is still alive.
Black_Willow goes to get ass of Floater that was close to another one, taken down by BUMFACE. Yet, Black_Willow fails mostly and hit Alien scum only once. It seems that Floater has pet Reaper on leash. Chef tries to help out somehow but all his shots go everywhere instead of target. BUMFACE reloads rocket but has no enough AP to shot or run inside SKYRANGER-1.
On this screen you can see to what kind of trouble we get because of my bad decisions. About two Reapers could get here to the troops, two Floaters could throw grenades easily. Let's don't forget about rest, blood starved aliens, hiding in the shadows. Yeah, we are fuck up. To decrease chances of getting naded at least from one side, by sending Silellak towards Floater that hurt TNO. End of turn and may the love of god be with you
Aliens turn. Floater tries to take down Black Willow and Chef, but fails and retreats.
One shot from the shadows and Sargeant TNO is dead, the first casualty of Alien war. Forgive me. His death strikes squad morale badly. (wrong screenshot)
Another sneaky Floater tries to take down kingcomrade but misses.
kingcomrade dies from jaws of Reaper, but his spirit stays forever with us.
Floater after seeing Silellak rushing towards him, has retreated. It seems the tactic work out, since no Alien Grenade landed near tight squad formation. Yet it's not end of our problems.
Third turn. Silellak knock out alien (we got some strange luck in doing this, eh?) with one snap shot and stays in his place, waiting for another one. It will be a bit risky since we know there is one long way behind him.
WhiskeyWolf tries to take down Reaper but even after 4 hits, the beast still stands.
BUMFACE comes to the rescue, by taking down both of them with one rocket. After that he retreats inside ship.
Black_Willow will try to get closer as can to throw grenade, while Chef will reaction fire to Floater near Reaper. Alien turn.
Alien turn. Chef reacts fire and hits Floater but it's still alive. Three hits (if we count those from previous rounds) and still breathes. Chef didn't have so much luck. One well aimed shot takes him down, R.I.P. soldier, you shall never be forgotten
dragonfk exchanges shots with Floater wielding pistol, without any hits.
Fourth turn. WhiskeyWolf spots TNO murderer. He primes granade but lacks 1 damn AP to throw it, so he retreats and ducks by wheel.
Silellak takes another down, after third shot. Now he turns in direction of alien spotted by WhiskeyWolf.
Black_Willow jumps out around corner and spots new Floater and the old one, responsible for Chef death. With auto shots he takes one down and runs back from where he came. Ashery tries snap shot another one, but fails utterly and hits the roof.
dragonfk spots his old pal and hides behind pillar, for right moment.
Aliens turn. One scream.. or screams? dosen't matter now, we have our own trouble. north & south Floater try take down Ashery, but both miss all the time. dragonfk was under heavy fire. North Reaper show up and stop very close to Black_Willow.
Fith turn. Ashery stunts down Reaper on second shot. After two more shots god damn Floater is dead, thanks to Black_Willow. dragonfk leaves his hideout and tries to auto shot bastard on south from him but misses all the time. So Silellak has to take care of this problem and oh boy, he did! one snap shot and it's dead. Learn from the master dragonfk.
WhiskeyWolf throws grenade next to Floater and holds position. End of turn and it seems we have one or few more aliens alive, yet nothing happens.
WhiskeyWolf finds another and probably the lost one bastard. Yet when he misses every shot, Floaters does not. WhiskeyWolf dies in battle
In rage, Ashery snap shots this fucker and ends Floaters miserable life. Mission Accomplish.
Five civilians alive, five death, not bad. Yet we had more horrible loose, our dear comrades: Sargeant TNO, Rookie Chef hathaway and Squaddie WhiskeyWolf. Salute to the fallen heroes!
I hope all of you are happy now.
KickAss
Augur
kill me too please!!! :D
poocolator
Erudite
Fuck yeah, baby!
CARNAGE
CARNAGE
Silellak
Cipher
Pretty solid work, considering the clusterfuck of a situation you started out in.
Of course, it doesn't help that I'm apparently such a badass.
And yes, I am purposely jinxing myself so as to ensure a bloody demise.
Of course, it doesn't help that I'm apparently such a badass.
And yes, I am purposely jinxing myself so as to ensure a bloody demise.
dragonfk
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I am still alive! Rejoice! I must say that I already bonded with that version of myself. So I am very worried about lack of any alien killed by me. Also don't send me to unto heavy fire, please, pretty pretty please.
PS. I joked about not sending me into action.
PS2. Okey, I didn't. I don't want to die .
PS. I joked about not sending me into action.
PS2. Okey, I didn't. I don't want to die
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Tank getting destroyed doesn't give -score? Weird.
And btw, 'a', 'an' and 'the' are your friends.
And btw, 'a', 'an' and 'the' are your friends.
Black_Willow
Arcane
for the fallen. But hey, it didn't go bad, most of the team is still alive.Including me.
Tails
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ThanksSilellak said:
it wasn't so bad game, thought I probably could avoid death of Chef and WhiskeyWolf.For now you killed 4 aliens in 3 missions, one more then Silellak.dragonfk said:
Too lazyDarth Roxor said:
next update will be more solid, don't worry.I'm just glad we didn't get Sectoids. Probably in such clusterfuck they would waste me in no time with Psi-control.spekkio said:
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