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by Icarus
Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:17 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Announcement regarding LW2+WotC
Replies: 73
Views: 364345

Re: Announcement regarding LW2+WotC

This is pretty much what I had expected. I'm not sure I would have been happy with LW2 tangled into WotC, what with some differing core mechanics (afaik - didn't try WotC). And I really want to have a look at Terra Invicta. But could you answer, based on your current knowledge, whether there will be...
by Icarus
Fri Nov 03, 2017 1:10 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Detecting faceless/rendezvous missions
Replies: 24
Views: 45593

Re: Detecting faceless/rendezvous missions

Are you trying to make me look like an idiot? I'm just asking because you make me look like an idiot. Thanks for the reminder though, I remember reading about this but forgot it. There's more to know about Long war 2 than there is to know about Quantum mechanics Umm, no, I didn't mean to try. :) I ...
by Icarus
Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:26 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Detecting faceless/rendezvous missions
Replies: 24
Views: 45593

Re: Detecting faceless/rendezvous missions

I presume that mission resets after detecting. Or it continues if you have more faceless ? As I understand it, once you get a Rendezvous Mission, all faceless active in that Region will be there. I had a Mission with 3 faceless and I lost miserably. But at least you get the Chance to kill them all ...
by Icarus
Thu Nov 02, 2017 2:03 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Scientist in demand
Replies: 32
Views: 40814

Re: Scientist in demand

No arguments there. But a lack of consistency makes for pointless gameplay. By that logic every roguelike game has pointless gameplay. Not sure I agree :D Not sure I want my games to play like roguelikes. I do think that too much consistency makes for repetitive gameplay instead, though. The game n...
by Icarus
Wed Nov 01, 2017 10:53 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Scientist in demand
Replies: 32
Views: 40814

Re: Scientist in demand

Dwarfling wrote:Black Market (after engineer dig), Black Market (after S&G), rescue, rescue, PoI, rescue (Lib2).
Right, forgot POIs can yield scientists.

But I think this overall qualifies for "dumb luck". ;)
by Icarus
Wed Nov 01, 2017 8:47 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Scientist in demand
Replies: 32
Views: 40814

Re: Scientist in demand

Dwarfling wrote:Is this a whine thread? Cuz I thought only Tac1 was allowed to do them.

Check this out: [...]
3 of those I understand (2 bought, 1 mission). The rest: dumb luck?
by Icarus
Tue Oct 31, 2017 7:29 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Typical numbers of soldiers may/june
Replies: 3
Views: 8010

Re: Typical numbers of soldiers may/june

Okay, so my 42 soldiers on June 10th actually aren't bad (Commander difficulty). Thanks.
by Icarus
Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:57 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Typical numbers of soldiers may/june
Replies: 3
Views: 8010

Typical numbers of soldiers may/june

How many soldiers, squaddie upwards, do you usually have around the end of may/beginning of june? Including difficulty level, if possible. Because at my current go, I can't shake the feeling that I used to have a lot more guys doing missions at this point. Between 5 guys in AWC/GTS, 5 guys as adviso...
by Icarus
Mon Oct 23, 2017 1:07 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Mimimi moments, or no regrets when reloading a save
Replies: 81
Views: 105008

Re: Mimimi moments, or no regrets when reloading a save

I just reloaded to a save 3 in-game hours ago in the strategy layer because I forgot to set a region back to full intel. Fortunately there was no mission inbetween. I'm becoming obsessive with not missing a day of optimised intel on the strategy layer. Sounds unhealthy, but I can relate. I restarte...
by Icarus
Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:31 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Can we surround alien/advent strategically?
Replies: 3
Views: 8681

Re: Can we surround alien/advent strategically?

You might be intetested in this thread, as it was motivated by an isolated region and goes into some details on the matter:

http://pavonisinteractive.com/phpBB3/vi ... 16&t=26463
by Icarus
Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:13 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: First death, incredibly soured.
Replies: 68
Views: 89656

Re: First death, incredibly soured.

What? You can upgrade the Sawn-off. You can, but only to Mag Shorty, which requires Advanced Coil according to Ufopaedia. Which leaves you hanging from early midgame to late midgame. When your guys use mag weapons, a rifle shot does the same damage as a one-barrel shotgun, and a ranger double-shot ...
by Icarus
Sun Oct 22, 2017 12:57 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: First death, incredibly soured.
Replies: 68
Views: 89656

Re: First death, incredibly soured.

It doesn't take forever if you take out the scaling by soldier level on retrain times. Simple INI tweak though I don't remember where atm. If anyone's interested, I can try to find the parameter once I'm back home.
by Icarus
Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:51 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Psionics - which skills to pick in what order?
Replies: 6
Views: 30697

Re: Psionics - which skills to pick in what order?

Thanks. Will see how to put the info to use once I hit Psionics on my current campaign.
by Icarus
Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:48 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: How do you plan/follow your new campaigns?
Replies: 19
Views: 27071

Re: How do you plan/follow your new campaigns?

@Psieye: Ah, sorry, didn't mean to be blunt. No apologies necessary. I find counting available missions per region too much hassle for me - one reason why I keep playing Commander instead of trying my hand on Legendary. That said, I really should do some of the stuff, like keeping track of liberatio...
by Icarus
Sat Oct 21, 2017 3:45 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Hunter's instinct/do enemies shot in OW count as flanked?
Replies: 5
Views: 11225

Re: Hunter's instinct/do enemies shot in OW count as flanked?

The overwatch shot against a coverable enemy is a flank shot at the most cases. If you have Hunter`s Instinct, you will got the flank damage. I have tested this before. In additional, you will have the flank crit chance(+40%) against the coverable enemy on overwatch. However, you can`t crit them be...
by Icarus
Fri Oct 20, 2017 1:13 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: How do you plan/follow your new campaigns?
Replies: 19
Views: 27071

Re: How do you plan/follow your new campaigns?

Next campaign I'm going to try a psi rush. I tried and failed horribly in 1.2 but it's changed a lot. I still think it will be suboptimal but only 1 way to find out... Tried a hybrid approach, slotting Psi in where I usually do first basic research. But between the power requirements (need Resistan...
by Icarus
Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:37 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: How do you plan/follow your new campaigns?
Replies: 19
Views: 27071

Re: How do you plan/follow your new campaigns?

For organising, do it the old fashioned way: write things down. LW2 doesn't spoonfeed you on in-depth mechanics, you should similarly not expect it to do your bookkeeping for you either. I don't. I was asking for strategies, for how to write it down, alternatively for tools like prepared excel shee...
by Icarus
Fri Oct 20, 2017 7:50 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: How do you plan/follow your new campaigns?
Replies: 19
Views: 27071

Re: How do you plan/follow your new campaigns?

I agree to Dwarfling on almost everything, but a few details (playing on Commander): 1. I advertise mag rush - if you can deal with 2 weeks more on ballistics, you can get a head start on both research (skipping the laser techs until later), firepower (earlier mag and incendiaries) and resources (no...
by Icarus
Thu Oct 19, 2017 12:46 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Hunter's instinct/do enemies shot in OW count as flanked?
Replies: 5
Views: 11225

Hunter's instinct/do enemies shot in OW count as flanked?

I rolled several OW perks on a Shinobi and need to decide whether to give him hunter's instinct. Does anyone know whether shots during OW on an enemy not in cover count as flanked for the purpose of hunter's instinct?
by Icarus
Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:39 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: First death, incredibly soured.
Replies: 68
Views: 89656

Re: First death, incredibly soured.

Frankly, I've come to despise Gunners and suppression. I have yet to have suppression fire actually hit the enemy, the debuff alone never seems enough to prevent enemy weapon's fire, and Advent just runs it willy nilly and never takes punishment for it anyway. I only had that problem at the very st...
by Icarus
Mon Oct 16, 2017 12:30 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: First death, incredibly soured.
Replies: 68
Views: 89656

Re: First death, incredibly soured.

IMO some of the discussion is getting a little overcautious in terms of defence. The way I actually play:[...] Which is almost exactly how I play. But with this gameplay, accidents like OP described do happen and I wouldn't generally count this towards suboptimal play. Though I usually double up on...
by Icarus
Mon Oct 16, 2017 7:55 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: First death, incredibly soured.
Replies: 68
Views: 89656

Re: First death, incredibly soured.

Stop trying to debuff their aim and buff your def instead. There's a reason why I value smoke grenades over Sting flashbangs. 45 (high cover) + 20 (smoke) + 20 (Aid Protocol) ="anyone who doesn't have OVER 85 aim just gives up". You know you've succeeded when they just stand still and OW ...
by Icarus
Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:17 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Trouble identifying enemies from sound
Replies: 11
Views: 18374

Re: Trouble identifying enemies from sound

Thanks guys. The distinguishing thing is usually not that much of an issue. Maybe I just need to pay more attention. I play with regular stereo headphones, and what I do to tell the direction they're coming is that just as the sound is playing, I swivel the camera (Q or E) towards the direction I'm ...
by Icarus
Thu Oct 12, 2017 8:22 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Trouble identifying enemies from sound
Replies: 11
Views: 18374

Re: Trouble identifying enemies from sound

Dwarfling wrote:Are you hearing impaired?
Not according to the doctors. I do have trouble distinguishing though.

I've been playing for a long while though, currently on my 9th playthrough iirc. Haven't picked this skill up though.

Is it possible to identify the alien's position or direction by the sounds?
by Icarus
Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:10 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: 1.5 Legend Campaign
Replies: 5
Views: 14215

Re: 1.5 Legend Campaign

Out of curiosity: how does DfA work on a Ranger?