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by Ithuriel
Wed Mar 29, 2017 3:02 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Engineer Advisers
Replies: 18
Views: 25653

Re: Engineer Advisers

Faceless only affect the region they are in. The effect is a percent per faceless which is 3/5/6/7 for each difficulty. Faceless also have a secondary effect based on the job they are assigned to. If the faceless effect was global, it would be too easy to hit 100% and the game would break. Oh.... t...
by Ithuriel
Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:50 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"
Replies: 36
Views: 47798

Re: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"

I figured out my whole confusion here- I thought the infiltration reduction mechanics staked multiplicatively, which in fairness would make sense. I now totally get how people are able to stealth this.
by Ithuriel
Wed Mar 29, 2017 12:48 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Poison Rounds+Pistols
Replies: 22
Views: 27968

Re: Poison Rounds+Pistols

Faceoff and other AoE abilities don't apply debuffs (but i would have thought the first target would still get poisoned). Whether it's on purpose or not is currently unknown. Welp.... now I'm sad, and basically my entire reason for researching Venom Rounds has gone out the window >.< And AP rounds,...
by Ithuriel
Sun Mar 26, 2017 4:36 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Engineer Advisers
Replies: 18
Views: 25653

Engineer Advisers

So I have a bit of a conundrum. I've cleared all rooms in the Avenger, and I currently have two engineers with literally nothing to do. I do have two liberated regions where I could staff them; however, the supply drop a day ago was 1320 supplies, with a penalty of ~300 due to Unknown Causes. So I'm...
by Ithuriel
Sat Mar 25, 2017 4:04 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"
Replies: 36
Views: 47798

Re: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"

For my tower runs I typically take a very yolo approach. Seems to work well. I take 2 assaults with trench gun and 2 grenadiers with only 3 grenades as well as the fastest SGT shinobi I have. No utility items on anyone except the grenadiers. I put my shinobi either in the left/right side of the com...
by Ithuriel
Sat Mar 25, 2017 3:52 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Poison Rounds+Pistols
Replies: 22
Views: 27968

Re: Poison Rounds+Pistols

For that matter, why can Poison wear off before dealing a single tick of damage? The only time I've poisoned a guy thus far the poison wore off at the start of his next turn- it did literally 0 damage and had 0 CC effect, because it wore off before he moved or shot. It can't wear off before dealing...
by Ithuriel
Sat Mar 25, 2017 3:51 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Asia Balance
Replies: 5
Views: 9324

Asia Balance

Is there any point in trying to get the Asia continent bonus in general? It seems seriously flawed to me that Asia takes twice the resources (2x towers, 4x regions) to get the continent bonus as some other continents, but has the exact same bonus options... wouldn't it seem more reasonable to either...
by Ithuriel
Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:39 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"
Replies: 36
Views: 47798

Re: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"

I'd plant my Shinobi behind the right-most ADVENT symbol and wait for an opening, then turn Ghostwalker and dash to the door. If no opening is ever present, I'd try to get the rest of the team on top of the building and engage that MEC pod while trying to sneak the Shinobi thru, but it might now wo...
by Ithuriel
Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:34 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Poison Rounds+Pistols
Replies: 22
Views: 27968

Re: Poison Rounds+Pistols

For that matter, why can Poison wear off before dealing a single tick of damage? The only time I've poisoned a guy thus far the poison wore off at the start of his next turn- it did literally 0 damage and had 0 CC effect, because it wore off before he moved or shot.
by Ithuriel
Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:56 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"
Replies: 36
Views: 47798

Re: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"

I always find a way to do networks on stealth too. One thing, maibe i'm wrong, but by the screenshot i think you have a big detection radius. If you want to stealh the tower always needs to infiltrate 200% in order to have the small detection range. Also if you have the dark event that increase det...
by Ithuriel
Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:55 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"
Replies: 36
Views: 47798

Re: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"

Does your shinobi have covert or only ghostwalker. This also makes a difference. Low cover for your sniper shouldn't be an issue as it looks like he has Low Profile. What's making it hard is the inaccessible left path, there is often one side of the map that's easier to sneak due to the patrol path...
by Ithuriel
Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:52 am
Forum: Long War 2: Bug Reports
Topic: Advent attacks on viper-snared soldier
Replies: 22
Views: 26587

Re: Advent attacks on viper-snared soldier

I'd have to go inspect the AI decision log to figure out why this is happening so frequently, but it could be as you say prioritizing a killshot or it could just be the fact that the bound soldier is now out of cover giving them a big bonus to hit that soldier vs any others. If all the other potent...
by Ithuriel
Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:44 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"
Replies: 36
Views: 47798

Re: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"

But more importantly... that's all lovely and well thought-out strategy. But look at the screenshot I linked. With a stealth Shinobi, there has in 20 turns been not a single gap for me to get through- not even close. I can't see very easily from the screenshot - I'd need to spin the map around and ...
by Ithuriel
Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:42 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Poison Rounds+Pistols
Replies: 22
Views: 27968

Re: Poison Rounds+Pistols

Well, i really like Venom/Dragon rounds on an overwatch ranger/specialist or a suppression gunner. If they don't kill whatever is coming/moving straight away, they apply a nice debuff. Talon rounds have their use on a crit build. I never bothered with Stiletto/Needle rounds. I really think AoE atta...
by Ithuriel
Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:35 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"
Replies: 36
Views: 47798

Re: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"

Here's how you do a Network Tower. A few things here. Firstly, how do you know there is a command pod- I didn't think they still existed? If so, how do you tell which one is the command pod? But more importantly... that's all lovely and well thought-out strategy. But look at the screenshot I linked...
by Ithuriel
Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:21 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Poison Rounds+Pistols
Replies: 22
Views: 27968

Re: Poison Rounds+Pistols

Faceoff and other AoE abilities don't apply debuffs (but i would have thought the first target would still get poisoned). Whether it's on purpose or not is currently unknown. Welp.... now I'm sad, and basically my entire reason for researching Venom Rounds has gone out the window >.< And AP rounds,...
by Ithuriel
Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:52 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Poison Rounds+Pistols
Replies: 22
Views: 27968

Poison Rounds+Pistols

...shouldn't pistols apply the Poisoned debuff when you have a soldier with Venom Rounds? They certainly benefit from AP ammo, and at least when aiming at an enemy it showed +1 damage- it was a Mag Pistol, showed 3-6 damage on robots+sneks, 4-7 on everything else. However, after a glorious (and poss...
by Ithuriel
Thu Mar 23, 2017 8:23 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: "Stealthing Network Tower Missions"
Replies: 36
Views: 47798

"Stealthing Network Tower Missions"

So I've heard, and seen everywhere on the forums, that Network Tower missions are often trivial to cheese- just bring a stealth-spec'd Shinobi, sneak your way to the console, hack it, and mop up. However, this hasn't been my experience a single time... Would anybody give me advice on how the hell I'...
by Ithuriel
Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:26 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Psi Ops still suck?
Replies: 208
Views: 5035071

Re: Psi Ops still suck?

I do kind of wish they got a skill which was simply, "damage or destroy cover in the target area." Telekinesis-ing the wall down is just a great image, and it would have tactical usefulness at all stages of the game. FWIW Long War 1 had pretty much this exact skill- it functioned much the...
by Ithuriel
Wed Mar 22, 2017 7:35 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: If 2 Archon Kings Appear In Game Do Both Have to Be Killed?
Replies: 17
Views: 26461

Re: If 2 Archon Kings Appear In Game Do Both Have to Be Killed?

Huh, that's strange. I also had something really frustrating happened with the Berserker Queen- I took my first Kubikiri shot of the game with my best sniper, and crit. It doesn't execute Rulers, but it's supposed to deal double normal crit damage. ....I dealt 16 damage with a crit Kubikiri with a ...
by Ithuriel
Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:00 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: If 2 Archon Kings Appear In Game Do Both Have to Be Killed?
Replies: 17
Views: 26461

Re: If 2 Archon Kings Appear In Game Do Both Have to Be Killed?

The Alien Ruler DLC is super borked in LW2! :( I'm not sure how this will work. I had two missions generated close to the same time, with the Archon King being added to the list of enemies. I left the first Archon King at a little more than half health and 1 armor before he escaped. The second Arch...
by Ithuriel
Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:21 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: If 2 Archon Kings Appear In Game Do Both Have to Be Killed?
Replies: 17
Views: 26461

Re: If 2 Archon Kings Appear In Game Do Both Have to Be Killed?

The Alien Ruler DLC is super borked in LW2! :( I'm not sure how this will work. I had two missions generated close to the same time, with the Archon King being added to the list of enemies. I left the first Archon King at a little more than half health and 1 armor before he escaped. The second Arch...
by Ithuriel
Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:01 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: AWC Balance
Replies: 50
Views: 95606

Re: AWC Balance

I absolutely agree with showing the whole AWC tree: I prioritise what's fun, and it's much more fun to know about what is (or could be) upcoming. I love to see when Faceoff is in the top 2 pistol perks once I've got mag pistols; my technical with Faceoff and some nice ammo once killed 13 enemies an...
by Ithuriel
Tue Mar 21, 2017 4:58 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: AWC Balance
Replies: 50
Views: 95606

Re: AWC Balance

It seems like a lot of people are using the reveal perk option. Might be useful to at least put it in the options menu to make it more convenient for those that want that but don't know enough about ini hacking. I think the problem with doing that is that it does significantly increase the power le...
by Ithuriel
Tue Mar 21, 2017 1:37 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Are mags better than lasers
Replies: 15
Views: 23415

Re: Are mags better than lasers

I did a hard rush for mag weapons in my campaign, and hands down they were more valuable to me than lasers. I didn't research advanced mag weapons for a good while; for a month or two I used mag rifle Rangers to carry me. And this was me getting mags as soon as humanely possible, so my soldiers had ...