Because no one uses the Other Games Forum: X-COM

[Al B. Sure!]

You must be chosing the wrong continents to reduce panic in, I can't think what else could be happening. I havent lost a country in month one for at least a dozen games.

Do I not go for engineers?



Phew. First terror mission was a success. Only a rookie was zombified because a 1 HP chrysallid got to him and was promptly put down. 11/18 civilians were saved but I only actively saved two who were near the staging area.

I didn't move. I had my 6 guys (4 with carapace armor; all but one of the supports with grenades) array themselves near the staging area and dig in with overwatch.

[snoopy369]

Exactly. There was probably a UK mission you ignored. Don't.

I am on my what, 18th classic ironman, and I haven't lost a country in the first month sicr maybe the fourth time; and I am pretty bad at this game.

[Al B. Sure!]

Exactly. There was probably a UK mission you ignored. Don't.

UK's panic levels are cool. Only at 3. Wouldn't it have been higher?

So don't go for engineers on first abduction?

[snoopy369]

UK's panic levels are cool. Only at 3.

So don't go for engineers on first abduction?

If you ignored a UK mission, the France and Russia would go up. Hence why you should've taken it. If you don't have any severe panic risks, take engineers; if you do, fix the panic.

[Al B. Sure!]

Damn. I won't be getting the "Aint no Cavalry Coming" achievement. My assault colonel who's done 21 missions with 62 kills is 1 day away from returning and I have an abduction mission.

I'm really surprised it was my assault who lasted the entire game so far. My other 3 starters are all dead.


My game was going really well. After a while, it did feel like I had a team of juggernauts. All Captains and above with laser weapons and carapace; I was killing mutons and cyberdisks with guys scarcely getting wounded (stupid Muton grenades, though ). I think higher ranks are more accurate and they certainly have greater health, plus the abilities are so nice. Definitely a big gulf between having Captains and above and having squaddies.

Til a bunch of losses...

Now back to looking grim

[Al B. Sure!]

Is it possible to lose equipment? I thought no but I've gone from 6 to 5 carapace armor.

I've been running a 6 man fireteam for a while and they always have carapace but now I only have 5. Bug?

On my last mission, I lost a man who was in the extraction zone when I aborted. I know that was a bug; I guess I lost his armor, too.

And his laser rifle and medikit. WTF?

[Al B. Sure!]

Damnit. My fireteam of all squaddies did good by taking out 2 Mutons and Berzerker with no one getting a scratch but my assault panicked next to a car on a fire. When it blew and killed her, 4 of the 5 other squaddies panicked and shot each other, putting my support in critical condition and reducing each other to half health.

What the ****? It's like the game said 'you took out those aliens too easily.'

[kentonio]

Yeah, shooting each other in panic so often is one of the few things I'd tweak difficulty wise if I was Firaxis.

[Guynemer]

If you leave a man behind, you lose his kit.

[MikeH]

Never leave a man behind, call yourself a marine?

[Al B. Sure!]

If we could buddy carry in this game, I would have taken him.

I still had one medikit when my panicked troops put the other support in critical. Rather than saving his life, I used it to heal one of my wounded heavies.

Didn't work out. Cyberdisk and more mutons leave me with one guy making a hurried escape.

Panicking is what did it. I would have won this if not for that. Stupid squadies.


Anyone else having a bug where extraction points don't show up on the map? This dude may get left behind.



And actually that other mission, I got two guys into the extraction point but only one survived. Bug?

[Al B. Sure!]

Great. Canada, Argentina, UK, Germany, and Russia all went full panic off that one failed abduction.

[Hauldren Collider]

Why do they shoot each other when panicked? That makes no sense to me.

[snoopy369]

Yeah, me neither. I think that should be entirely removed. It's an example of 'making a bad situation worse' - after all, the only reason they're panicking is that something bad _already_ happened. No reason to pile on to the already-piled-on second part (panic) with friendly fire.

[Hauldren Collider]

To be fair, the results can be really hilarious. Unless you're on ironman and it totally ****s you.