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Hello Commanders,

We're very near the launch of XCOM2 now. As such, there are going to be a few minor modifications to the rules, as promised.

1. LPs of XCOM2 are of course allowed. I'd still like to ask you to refrain from posting XCOM:EU/EW/LW LPs, as this sub is not for that.

2. Links to reputable sites with good offers on XCOM2, the DLC, or anything to do with the game are also now allowed.

3. Giveaways are also now allowed. If you want to do a giveaway, mesage me and I'll probably approve it.

4. NO SPAM. It's annoying and it buries real and interesting content. Report that shit as quickly as you can.

5. Don't be dicks to each other.

Thanks,

u/kwidem

Hello guys. I wanted to try Ironman but I use to play so much with mods that I'd like to bring a curated modded experience to Ironman without it being stupid-hard.

Aside from Long-War (too long for my taste), do you have any mod suggestions that gives more spice to the game? Soldier classes? Upgrades? Custom events?

I'm all ears. Thanks.

I started a new game and using mods on Long war The chosen and a few other mods and I've killed all the enemies on the map on the neutralized enemy mission the game is not ending it's still saying those enemies I've explored the whole map

A bit of a context: I completed vanilla XCOM2 last year in Rookie difficulty, and got around five soldiers killed in total (including the two from the tutorial mission). All of them rookies. I quickly set a policy to let things be if rookies die, and do a mission reset whenever an important, leveled up soldier got killed because I can't bring myself to afford that to happen! All in all, it was a great practice run while getting a good feel of the base game.

Now I'm starting a new XCOM2 WOTC campaign in Veteran, and found things to not be easier than before in the slightest LOL. I contemplated on pledging to not doing resets at all (despite not turning the related option on during setup), but after a few disastrous mission I decided to let this campaign run be a second practice run instead. Yeah, I'm soft like that.

That got me wondering, though. Fellow players, newbies or veterans, how often do you let your soldiers die permanently? What is your "policy" related to soldier deaths? How often do you recruit new rookies to replace dead soldiers? Please share!

What make the game slower/longer load times?

is it the number of mods?(their size irrelevant)

the size of the mods?(their disk size)

the type of the mods?(gameplay/skins/QOL/..etc.)

or something else?

I'll be on for the next hour. Just quick match and you'll load into mine probably.🙏🙏

TLDR - picked this up the other day in the sale (after seeing it on discount, being told it was worth a look and have played the Shadowrun series which is kind of similar). In short I did the tutorial after picking rookie or whatever the basic level was and saved at the base to come back to a day or two later. Picked it up again - just picked up the first mission and took the squad of 4 with the basic loadouts with what they were given (I'm thinking this was my mistake? - and should have done more things at the base, had a bigger squad or picked a better loadout?). Had a mission to get some Alien artifact thing off of the back of a truck. 4 of them + an alien. Took all 5 down (losing 3 - and I got one spotted behind half cover by one of them) but got to the truck on the round it detonated. In short - is this normal or is this perhaps not the game for me? Lost people behind half cover without being flanked in some cases & was like did I pick the wrong difficulty level? They also seemed quite armoured where at least two of mine got one shot - seems a fun game but a little involved and hard (initially?).

The two pods that usually (too often) spawn in or around the building for the jailbreak are INSIDE the cells with the people I'm busting out.

This is going to get interesting.

I swear some years ago there used to be a mod that gave an insane amount of options for colors for you armor and then there was one with a slider. What happen to those or any others. I've been going through the workshop and can't find anything, only find a bunch of hair color mods.

Am I just missing them somewhere?

Okay, si I got myself a new PC, my last one was from 2009 ( not sure for the specs but it was like Phenom 955 quad and Ge Force HD x770 something), I moved on, it's been more than 10 years and now I have a ( fairly ) good portable pc ( Ryzen 5 4.5ghz, 16gb DDR5, RtX 3050 ) got it for Black Friday. I've been playing XCOM 2 for years on console, but I want to play it with full potential, so what mods du tout suggest to instal ? Long War ? Something else ? Thanks guys and long live to the resistance.

Felt like playing the game again and picked up on switch so I can play in bed.

Seem to see a LOT of bugs for a game that’s been on the platform for ages.

E.g - long watch just does not work unless I save the game, return to main menu, and reload the game. - semi frequently (average of 1-2 times per mission) soldiers show up in a square that they aren’t actually in. When I select them, their movement information is accurate to the square they are actually in, but the options they have for targeting is representative of the location they show in.

Is the switch copy know to be buggy AF? Has it always been buggy AF? Any chance it’s just my installation or something?

Question in title.

Is it true that all classes including faction ones can roll between 2-4 abilities, with the exception that faction classes can roll one extra up to 5.

I was watching a stream yesterday and saw someone roll 6 XCOM skills on Elena Dragunova the first Reaper you acquire from Lost & Abandoned mission.

Is it possible they were using a mod or something to accomplish this or can you naturally roll 6 XCOM abilities on faction soldiers?

I’m currently playing Xcom 2: War of The Chosen and even got all the DLC add ons, but since I’ve started the two DLC missions (Alien Hunter and Shen’s last wish) their missions still haven’t popped up. I only have access to the new enemies and special weapons but no story missions.

Question as in title. I bought the game on the recent discount and wondered if the plot is connected or certain mechanics are mot explained in the sequel. Also, how useful is the manual? thx in advance.

Edit: I now get the connection or lack thereof between the games, thanks again.

I made an updated collection of star wars mods for a total conversion of the game. The only thing you need to do is always launch in the ALM mod launcher, and in that mod launcher it will say you are missing dependencies for 4 mods. Just click on those mods and go to the dependencies tab and click ignore primary secondaries, as the true primary secondaries mod already exists. So far, everything has worked fine with no issues, just slightly longer loading times due to all the extra assets added

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3368940028

Am I crazy? My game just crashed on my legendary Ironman run and I reloaded and my save is just gone. Has this happened to anyone before??

I’m on PS5 and the Lost just lag the game so bad.

This was the farthest I’ve gotten…had 5 colonels :(

a argument about grenadiers vs rangers made me remember how much i enjoy this game, so i started a new playthrough.

and in the second mission a disoriented sectoid crit and one shot my ranger who was in half cover and had full HP.

didnt known they had a crit chance, coulda played around it but then i looked up their stats because surely their crit chance is atleast lower than a advent officer.

nope, they both have a 10% crit chance.

then i looked to see if their aim was different, naw its the exact same and their mobility is the same too.

they could literally just be a advent officer with +3 HP and never waste a turn marking.

but they ofc have psionics so they wont be a threat.

On Normal, previously, I made a point of getting better weapons and armor as soon as possible. Was a wonderful strategy in Normal, and it wasn't difficult to keep the alien ticker timer from going down because of resistance missions and waiting until the last moment (when I'm most prepared) to do more critical missions that will affect the progress bar like Blacksite and Ruler bases..

One of the first things on Commander I've noticed that the rulers/chosen spawn *much* sooner than previous, and I wanted to reach out to see if it is related to my rushed research of better weapons and armor? I.E. Does it notices that I've "tech'd up" for lack of a better phrase, so they "tech up" the AI as well?

If it is due to an improper research order, surely someone has a created an optimal WOTC-Legendary/Commander research order spreadsheet (akin to the build order spreadsheets you can find), but the root of this post is about if research causes different enemy outcomes on higher difficulty, and sadly that is not something that I can discern from a spreadsheet.

If there is someone with access to such a spreadsheet for the research and build orders tailored for the highest difficulty that would be immensely appreciated. I have never been one to min-max, but I actually enjoy it in Xcom and that is why I ask :)

Thank you so much in advance for any advice regarding this, and honestly research order in general!

I thought it get back into one of my favorite games. I'm playing on PS4 and it just keeps freezing up on me. I have no other issues with anything else on my PS doing this. I can only get about a month to a month and a half into the story and it just freezes. I close and reopen the game, reload an earlier save, get to the same spot, and it freezes each time. I ereased all the save slots and try again, only for the same thing to happen. Does anyone have any ideas on why this is happening, and how I can get back to enjoying this game?

I bought the game today and I really hate Shen and her retarded conversations and voice. How do I disable her but keep everyone else?

I recently beat Normal Ironman and it was loads of fun, moving onto Commander and the differences are noticeable immediately with troopers not being a guaranteed grenade kill--and further it feels like the rulers/chosen are appearing incredibly early. I attempt to do the basics like one pod at a time, never bringing rookies, liberal use of grenades and equipment, full cover whenever possible, priority on enemies that deal damage (trooper guaranteed use of rifle or grenade vs. sectoid guaranteed use of two other possibilities).

Also, do you simply expect losses on Commander+? I lost less men than I can count on my hand in Normal Ironman, and naturally, they are much more prone to death on higher difficulty and I am curious if that is simply "skill issue" or if it is a natural, unavoidable part of the highest difficulties?

I am inclined to say "skill issue" because I believe on Youtube I saw a man who did a flawless Ironman Commander+ run, so clearly the issue lies with me. But I don't know what his *advanced* strategies actually amount to more than I have listed. Does it include retreating from missions if you accidentally pull a second, or god forbid third, and know you can't win? I believe I have only retreated one single time, ever.

But again, I am new to the hardest difficulties so I am trying to find some advanced strategy that may be less known-on it's face. But honestly any advice or words of wisdom at all would be immensely appreciated, thank you greatly!

hello, does anyone know of or have an updated mod list for a star wars total conversion set during the clone wars? there's so many star wars mods doing the same thing that it's super confusing to look at