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Thanks, anyway.

Can't believe this, but somehow we've effectively swapped positions. Somehow, though, the ADVENT isn't flanked? This game is like doing drugs, and I can't get off the ride.

Version 1.5, PC. Gotcha Again, Perfect Information for LW2, A Better AWC LW2, Commander's Choice, Smooth Scrolling, Additional Icons, Cost Based Ability Colours, Uniforms Manager, and a few cosmetic mods. Operation Gatecrasher, I've started a conflict with every pod on the map. The first pod is wipe...

I know EV would be better later on, with a dedicated build, but I'm concerned if anyone I have will even live that long. Walk Fire is helping me now, on the other hand, and is definitely helping me mitigate the '88% to hit but still miss' problem. Even with cover, +30 to aim is damn fine. Add in +10...

Most of the way through March, few rough patches, but my luck seems to have changed a bit. Still running into consistent issues of Advent Officers and Sectoids nailing 5% shots, but at least I've stopped missing everything. I've resorted to using Rangers Light'Em'Up! to double-fire into cover for th...

Well, I finally got a Gatecrasher run to not end catastrophically. Took 36 turns to actually beat it. One 4-man pod and a trooper/sectoid pod at the end, we spent every turn missing each other, even on flanking shots. It was utterly idiotic and I am sore from laughing. One injury, two weeks out. But...

Well, after two full reinstalls, I don't think that's the case. I've never had much for luck in life. I don't think I ever finished a WoW expansion with maxed gear, because I could never roll well enough to get anything after a raid. I had to re-roll my stats for my last D&D character five times...

Personally, I see it biased. The Aliens benefit a lot more than the player does, strictly for one reason; The player goes beyond the fight. If I graze a Trooper from 3 to 1 HP, then he has 1 HP. I hit him again, he dies. Mission goes on. If he grazes my Ranger from 6 to 1 HP, that man is in medical ...

I have. I honestly expected it to make more of a difference. Reduced an Officer from 6 to 1 health, barely made a dent. 20 off his aim sure, but he still had no trouble consistently landing shots. I think I'm gonna be done for the day. Watching that same Officer survive 5 shots at 15-30% to hit and ...

I absolutely do know that, yes. As much as I try to be as effective as possible, I can't catch a break. Hilarious enough, I did that just my last session of D&D. Trying to kill a Zombie, last point of health, and I managed to roll a 1 (1d6) on every attack for six turns straight, and 5e's 'Undea...

Full-reinstall. Took me close to an hour or so to do, too. My current game is going... better. Advent isn't missing, but at least they haven't done anything worse than 1 damage grazes. Somehow one operative was shot five times in one turn and didn't panic. Still can't get a grenade to damage over 2,...

Don't have a save, unfortunately.

As for mods, mostly cosmetics. Gotcha Again, Perfect Information, Overwatch All/others, Additional Icons, LW2 A Better AWC, Cost Based Ability Colours, Commander's Choice, Evac All, Smooth Scrolling, and the rest is just cosmetics.

Tried to start a new campaign, try my luck again. Gatecrasher, squad spawns inside a mess of civilians and are Revealed on turn 1. I'm going to find a better game to play for a while. - Gave it one last try. 2 pods of 4, killed 5 in the initial ambush. 23%, 12%, 38%, and 19% shots, Advent makes them...

I don't believe the AI cheats. I've never had good luck in life. In D&D I'd frequently roll low, failing even easy DCs. In WoW, I'd rarely see loot, because I'd roll terribly in dungeons. And in XCOM, I lose men left and right because a 5% chance to be hit is still too high to risk.

I did honestly laugh at the advent sentry who managed to survive the combined shots of 2 rangers double-firing and a gunner, then to land a 2% to hit and crit on 5% to one-shot my assault. Really helps reaffirm my belief that the lottery is a waste of money.

Honestly, my problem is that massive difference between hits given vs hits taken. When I actually do hit, I usually do alright. I seem to have bad luck with rolling 3s on tier-1 weapons, rarely seeing that nice 5 or a crit, but it's sufficient at least. The problem is rolling on a 92% for the fifth ...

No luck. I still have Advent routinely taking and succeeding 8% shots, while my troops just fail anything not rubber stamped by some higher power.

I'll try for a reinstall and hope for the best. If nothing else, at least breakfast was good.

I'll try to be brief. After 32 hours of gameplay, I have absolutely lost all sense of relevancy in this game. The horrific, crippling RNG and the utter inability to affect this game whatsoever has obliterated any tactical decision I can make. My last mission is a prime example, and a frustratingly c...