XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

McGray · 3 Sep 2017 at 17:25

This is pretty great.

I'm finding it easier to the base game but might just be I'm more familiar with it now.

Deleted User 234324 · 3 Sep 2017 at 17:49

Just had the XCOM base attacked, 2 squads of 6. wiped out game over, and this is on easy as well! Game is way tougher than previous versions.

Mr Jack · 3 Sep 2017 at 17:55

There's a trick to base defence now. You just need Sharpshooters with Squadsight and a Reaper. Send the Reaper ahead and destroy the jammer from the safety of the ramp with Squadsight!

Deleted User 234324 · 3 Sep 2017 at 18:03

All me good soldiers are injured so I was left with 2 squads of rookies pretty much.

VincentHanna · 3 Sep 2017 at 19:15

The mission against the Chosen at it's own base was rock hard.

Reppyboyo · 3 Sep 2017 at 19:37

I didn't find either so bad at all on vet difficulty.
I did have high levels troops for both though

VincentHanna · 3 Sep 2017 at 19:49

Reppyboyo said:
I didn't find either so bad at all on vet difficulty.
I did have high levels troops for both though

I went in before I had Plasma weapons and my only specialist/healer/hacker was knocked unconscious before we made it to the

Gateway

Which left me with 5 soldiers and no heals

Smokey Deza · 3 Sep 2017 at 20:59

Not finding it hard on vet.

Although, first assault on the avenger threw me off. Was expecting to just spam overwatch but seems that's not a viable strategy anymore.

Chosen are garbage as well. Stun a guy then run behind a rock and carry on smack talking for the rest of the turn.

VincentHanna said:
The mission against the Chosen at it's own base was rock hard.

Got one in Africa to do. Hope it's as hard as you say.

Jonny2284 · 3 Sep 2017 at 22:26

Hopefully your Chosen have enough strengths for it to be a challenge, took the Hunter out in mine and he was a walkover, he ended up with this "strength" that meant he'd teleport every time he took damage while having a weakness to elevated shots, so troops spread out on the central platform it just meant wherever he went I had a good clean shot and played whack-a-mole for 2 turns.

VincentHanna · 3 Sep 2017 at 23:35

You killed him once or at his hideout?

I didn't find them too bad in missions, but that mission to eliminate the one with the sword was a nightmare

varkanoid · 4 Sep 2017 at 00:08

Another Star Trek actor I've found and one of my favourites. John De Lancie ('Q') is Templer Geist. He is now in my available squad list so I can have 'Q' in my mission squads !

That's 5 altogether now.

Jonny2284 · 4 Sep 2017 at 08:12

VincentHanna said:
You killed him once or at his hideout?

I didn't find them too bad in missions, but that mission to eliminate the one with the sword was a nightmare

His hideout, that teleport thing was a nightmare in the field given the size of the maps (especially combined with him getting automatic overwatch at the end of his turn and a free counterattack on anyone who misses a shot) but made him fish in a barrel at the hideout.

Killed the Assassin since my last post as well, that was far tougher, the Reaper skill that keeps sighted units visible was a must and I still lost two troops and walked away with the other four gravely wounded. RIP Mox (and the other guy, but I don't even remember his name)

I suppose that's the nature of this kind of system though, no guarantees and you take the good with the bad.

Jonny2284 · 4 Sep 2017 at 08:14

Oh and not to turn this into a modding thread, but the most useful QOL mod around has finally got it's WOTC version. Evac All how I've missed you.

Really, really surprised they didn't integrate that one tbh.

VincentHanna · 4 Sep 2017 at 09:32

Never bothered with it, it takes like 5 seconds to tab through and press 3 or 4.

Sleepery · 4 Sep 2017 at 12:52

Execution on the viper king

God I hate those guys

Panos · 5 Sep 2017 at 12:26

Sleepery said:
Execution on the viper king God I hate those guys

Yeah pulled it on the berserker queen of all.

But the most fun now is having chosen, sectopod or gatekeeper in a battle with Lost. Throw few lure grenades on their area, and laugh at them getting hit by the zombies and ignoring you completely.

As to how beat the chosen and the sarcophagus. Equip some of your troops with emp ammunition (the device is weak). Have beam weapons and power armor. have also one Psi ops with very strong ability to crowd control. And the reaper with the 10 shells clip add on and the banish skill. Did it on commander, and was a doodle on my second play through. On the first went there with magnetic weapons and normal armour and got beaten badly.

Glanza · 5 Sep 2017 at 12:29

Love me some XCOM but i'll be waiting until this drops in price as I've got other games coming out shortly that I'll be on with.

Do you start from scratch on this or can you bring your squad over from XCOM2?

Mr Jack · 5 Sep 2017 at 12:56

It's start from scratch. Like the Enemy Within expansion for XCOM, it re-imagines the original campaign rather than extending it.

varkanoid · 5 Sep 2017 at 12:57

I have to stop playing this game half an hour quick go turns into 2.5 hours......

Panos · 5 Sep 2017 at 14:10

Glanza said:
Love me some XCOM but i'll be waiting until this drops in price as I've got other games coming out shortly that I'll be on with.

Do you start from scratch on this or can you bring your squad over from XCOM2?

No. Because the war on Xcom 1 is lost and the world is now under alien occupation.
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And on the launch event back in Jan 2016 we were told the war was lost because how few only did finish the game on impossible ironman.