How do I not suck at this game
How do I not suck at this game
Ryder Clark
Alexander Lewis
just play slower. everyone moving to new areas should have 2/3 on overwatch who have their backs.
Liam Cooper
The game artificially increases difficulty when you do well. It’s futile.
Hudson Rodriguez
Don't listen to Valhen, use more explosives
If the enemy can shoot back you're not using enough
Juan Torres
Low cover is no cover. Cars are not cover. When in doubt, break line of sight. Go slow.
Parker Miller
Cover is always useless, the only way to prevent deaths is to kill everything as soon as it activates
Kevin Ross
Unlock tactical rigging, that way you can bring both nanocock weave and a grenade or two
Get as many heavies as possible, grab all perks that include missiles or grenades
Eventually you can have 3 missiles and 6 grenades per soldier
Always move the guy who will go farthest first, that way if you uncover some shit all your other fuckers still have their turns to bomb everything
You can try shooting if you've already blown up all the cover
Don't use the goddamn gasmask or the thin mints and tentacle bots will just fucking shoot you instead
This user gets it
Ethan Campbell
Just play it on a lower difficulty. No ones watching you, no one cares. If you wanna actually git gud just spam the fuck out of overwatch, go slow, use explosives any time you see an opportunity that they might be good for. Also get a few snipers with squadsight and keep them on high ground
Kayden Walker
Basic risk management. Have a place B if it goes wrong, have a plan C if plan B goes wrong. If you can't afford to miss you have already failed. That said, expect some deaths in the beginning until you have gotten better gear and ranks on your soldiers.
Easton Reed
Overwatch crawling. Also, heavies
Parker Lee
the problem in this game is that you lose so many countries and then you lose, even if you succeed in the missions
also the missions get repetitive, they all look some brawl at your local mcdonald's and surroundings
Aaron Rogers
Play Xenonauts instead.
Noah Wood
Play XCOM 2, its way easier
Ayden Lopez
when should I start upgrading my guns and armor?
is mech and gene shit worth it?
Sebastian White
Rush laser guns
Fuck armor
Get mechs before gene molding
Win game w/ mechs
Caleb Reed
Just build invisibility suits and rush with assault shotguns. Do giant crits.
Colton Baker
>discover an enemy
>they always move immediately and shoot at me
why cant i get the jump on them?
Parker King
Rush scientists at the start.
Andrew Howard
Don't ever flank unless you're extremely confident there isn't a new pod waiting in the fog
Blow up the ayylmao's cover
Strategically withdraw to lure the ayylmaos into taking worse cover
If you get raped to death the moment Mutons show up, just dust yourself off and try again but better
Eli Sanders
*Blocks your path
Aiden James
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Jaxson Diaz
*brings 6 Assaults with CCS*
psssht, nothing personnel, xeno
Gavin Gray
>Long War mod adds those tenctacle bots and fucking thin men in high ground
AHHHHHHHHHHH
James Green
How does this work out? I always rush engineers so I can launch 3 satellites at the end of the first month and then 2 more each month.
Not half as bad as Portent. Fucking Thinmen are the worst enemies in the game. They're so fucking strong for how early they appear.
Alexander Thompson
The only casuals who thought that it was hard are the ones who forgot how to run and thought that the crew aren't expendable
Dominic Myers
wish I knew. I could never get past June in the first month after 300ish hours total time played. I also only played Long War, so that L is on me.
Jeremiah Wilson
build satellites number 1 priority
Juan Scott
defeated by box strats
Wyatt Morales
you dont not suck. the game just eventually lets you win. xcom hates everything.
Hudson Parker
Play more careful minimize risk and use overwatch approximately 3 times as much as you do now
Jordan Rivera
this, if you neglect the satellites, you can't recover
Jacob Ramirez
>tfw I'm about to win my first Long War campaign
Aiden Rodriguez
Lucky bastard. I've been playing Long War for like four months, and I've only on lasers, just flipped my first country, have seven satellites with no continent bonus or South American presence, and the Hyperwave Decoder is still in my research queue.
Jaxon Kelly
I got XCOM 2 from the sale. Should I go in to WotC immediately or play vanilla first then WotC?
Charles Sanders
wotc
Ryan Perry
OH FUCKING GODDAMMIT, I NEVER REALIZED I ONLY NEEDED TO RESEARCH ALIEN COMPUTERS FOR SATELLITE NEXUS, I'VE HAD THAT IN MY QUEUE FOR MONTHS
Christian White
>I've only on lasers
Git Gauss
Jacob Ward
>thought that the crew aren't expendable
That's because they're not. Depending on the state of your game, a total team wipe might not make the game unwinnable but it's really hard to come back from.
Aaron Bennett
Haha my PC crashed while I was playing and I had to do a full re-install of the base game + the mod. Here's hoping my save file isn't corrupted!
Jose Cox
>long war 2 iron eazy pz
>Xcom 2 ez pz and enemy within Ironman both.
>Long war rebalanced is ramming my ass hard.
Dam hadn't had a challenge like this since final mod pack, Advice nigs?
Aaron Wood
Ideally, try to have most of your squad on overwatch, then alert the enemy. The enemies will scurry around, making them potential overwatch reaction shot fodder.
Aside from timed Meld canisters, the game rewards slow, careful advancement on overwatch. (XCOM 2 tried to address this by leaning heavily on mission timers.)
Christian Harris
That level is scary only for those who are unprepared for it. The mission is heavily scripted, so you're just reacting to what you know is going to happen next.