Long War 2 is out TODAY

[Sonmi]

Going to get my ass kicked, and like it.

Does anyone know if the annoying "elite" aliens still periodically show up? Because them having a turn after every freaking action was complete BS.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Going to get my ass kicked, and like it.

Does anyone know if the annoying "elite" aliens still periodically show up? Because them having a turn after every freaking action was complete BS.

Only if you enable the DLC

 

[Sonmi]

Going to get my ass kicked, and like it.

Does anyone know if the annoying "elite" aliens still periodically show up? Because them having a turn after every freaking action was complete BS.

Only if you enable the DLC

Nice, will likely start a campaign tonight then.

 

[DoPo]

What is the best class, in your opinon, to make into a psi-operative?

Is there a new Psi op mechanic in the mod or are you thinking about the ones from the previous XCOM? Because in XCOM 2 the psi ops are an entire separate class that you take a Rookie and train into, not an addition over one of the other classes.

 

[happyninja42]

What is the best class, in your opinon, to make into a psi-operative?

Is there a new Psi op mechanic in the mod or are you thinking about the ones from the previous XCOM? Because in XCOM 2 the psi ops are an entire separate class that you take a Rookie and train into, not an addition over one of the other classes.

I seem to recall you could take classes that weren't just rookies, and they retained their previous skill lines? Maybe I'm misremembering, but I could've sworn that's how it worked, as it determined what type of weapon they could use. It's been a while since I played X2 so I might be totally wrong, can't recall.

 

[DoPo]

What is the best class, in your opinon, to make into a psi-operative?

Is there a new Psi op mechanic in the mod or are you thinking about the ones from the previous XCOM? Because in XCOM 2 the psi ops are an entire separate class that you take a Rookie and train into, not an addition over one of the other classes.

I seem to recall you could take classes that weren't just rookies, and they retained their previous skill lines? Maybe I'm misremembering, but I could've sworn that's how it worked, as it determined what type of weapon they could use. It's been a while since I played X2 so I might be totally wrong, can't recall.

That's how it worked in the previous game.

You got me excited for a second, I thought it was something that LW2 added here.

 

[happyninja42]

What is the best class, in your opinon, to make into a psi-operative?

Is there a new Psi op mechanic in the mod or are you thinking about the ones from the previous XCOM? Because in XCOM 2 the psi ops are an entire separate class that you take a Rookie and train into, not an addition over one of the other classes.

I seem to recall you could take classes that weren't just rookies, and they retained their previous skill lines? Maybe I'm misremembering, but I could've sworn that's how it worked, as it determined what type of weapon they could use. It's been a while since I played X2 so I might be totally wrong, can't recall.

That's how it worked in the previous game.

You got me excited for a second, I thought it was something that LW2 added here.

Ah, sorry no, was thinking that's how X2 did it. Like I said, it's been a while since I played it, so my memory of the fine details are shoddy.

 

[meiam]

There was a similar mechanic in XCOM enemy within (the expansion of the previous one by firaxis) where you could make character into mech and they'd gain a specific skill based on what class they were, so that might have been it.

Are psi opt still in LW2? They were so ridiculously OP in the base game that they really contributed to the last part of the game being a cakewalk.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

There was a similar mechanic in XCOM enemy within (the expansion of the previous one by firaxis) where you could make character into mech and they'd gain a specific skill based on what class they were, so that might have been it.

Are psi opt still in LW2? They were so ridiculously OP in the base game that they really contributed to the last part of the game being a cakewalk.

Yes, but the inverted difficulty curve is gone. Long War starts "easy" <cough, cough> and rapidly gets heinous.

 

[QuiteEnjoyed2016]

There was a similar mechanic in XCOM enemy within (the expansion of the previous one by firaxis) where you could make character into mech and they'd gain a specific skill based on what class they were, so that might have been it.

Are psi opt still in LW2? They were so ridiculously OP in the base game that they really contributed to the last part of the game being a cakewalk.

Yes, but the inverted difficulty curve is gone. Long War starts "easy" <cough, cough> and rapidly gets heinous.

So far I have been enjoying it... got murdered on first couple of missions twice, then flawless-ed them and now slowly realising I can't respond to anything like every mission

Edit - does anyone know where all my income is going, is there some dark event hidden somewhere?

 

[Sonmi]

Well shit, got my first game over in LW2. Really loving this shit so far.

Edit - does anyone know where all my income is going, is there some dark event hidden somewhere?

Pretty sure some Dark Events are hidden and sap your supplies, better start looking for it, mate.

 

[QuiteEnjoyed2016]

Well shit, got my first game over in LW2. Really loving this shit so far.

Edit - does anyone know where all my income is going, is there some dark event hidden somewhere?

Pretty sure some Dark Events are hidden and sap your supplies, better start looking for it, mate.

It's great! I stormed in all "I've completed Xcom 2 on ironman, how hard can this be?" and promptly team wiped twice on mission 2. Should have probably read about infiltration...

Bastards, how am I meant to equip 20+ soliders when they nick my income! I will find them.

 

[Sonmi]

Well shit, got my first game over in LW2. Really loving this shit so far.

Edit - does anyone know where all my income is going, is there some dark event hidden somewhere?

Pretty sure some Dark Events are hidden and sap your supplies, better start looking for it, mate.

It's great! I stormed in all "I've completed Xcom 2 on ironman, how hard can this be?" and promptly team wiped twice on mission 2. Should have probably read about infiltration...

Bastards, how am I meant to equip 20+ soliders when they nick my income! I will find them.

Haha! Not reading about infiltration also led to my first team-wipe as well. Nothing to be ashamed of there.

Quite honestly, I'm of the opinion that LW2 is even better than the first iteration of the overhaul, but then again, it's probably also because I think that there was much more to be fixed in XCOM2 compared to Enemy Within.

 

[Generalissimo]

Let us hope it isn't as bloated and overdesigned as the original. Like they just took the original and vomited numbers and complexity at you.

 

[Dansen]

I would be enjoying it except the game hard crashes after I complete a second mission and fucks with my computer.

 

[Amigastar]

I just found out that Supply Drop doesn't mean you get the supplies automatically but have to scan it after about 50 hours of playing. I always wondered why i don't get the supply the day i should get it and always thought it would be spread out through the month until the next supply drops, silly me.

Anyways i'm begining to like this LW2 mod, sure won't stop playing it for until some time.

 

[Erttheking]

There was a similar mechanic in XCOM enemy within (the expansion of the previous one by firaxis) where you could make character into mech and they'd gain a specific skill based on what class they were, so that might have been it.

Are psi opt still in LW2? They were so ridiculously OP in the base game that they really contributed to the last part of the game being a cakewalk.

Yes, but the inverted difficulty curve is gone. Long War starts "easy" <cough, cough> and rapidly gets heinous.

So far I have been enjoying it... got murdered on first couple of missions twice, then flawless-ed them and now slowly realising I can't respond to anything like every mission

Edit - does anyone know where all my income is going, is there some dark event hidden somewhere?

One word. Faceless. You'll be eventually getting a security breach mission where you deal with some infiltrators.

 

[Erttheking]

So I've been playing it for some time and I'm saving scumming like a *****. Lots of frustration, I really like it, but I need to take breaks every once in awhile just to keep my blood pressure from going through the roof.

 

[Sonmi]

So I've been playing it for some time and I'm saving scumming like a *****. Lots of frustration, I really like it, but I need to take breaks every once in awhile just to keep my blood pressure from going through the roof.

Save-scumming in a game like XCOM is literally immoral if you want my opinion.

Spoiler

It's the only way I feel I'd be able to succeed in LW2 though, to be honest, I'm getting my ass kicked on Ironman.

 

[Erttheking]

So I've been playing it for some time and I'm saving scumming like a *****. Lots of frustration, I really like it, but I need to take breaks every once in awhile just to keep my blood pressure from going through the roof.

Save-scumming in a game like XCOM is literally immoral if you want my opinion.

Spoiler

It's the only way I feel I'd be able to succeed in LW2 though, to be honest, I'm getting my ass kicked on Ironman.

Well, I don't. Thank you for sharing, but I really don't. If I wanted to play on Ironman, and I have in the past, I'd turn on Ironman.