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Great game. Thinking of making a "iron man" type let's play here. (there may be my own mods involved)
Anyone want to be immortalized as a Red Shirt?
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Great game. Thinking of making a "iron man" type let's play here. (there may be my own mods involved)
Anyone want to be immortalized as a Red Shirt?
I was going to do a UFO:AI LP here, I've just been waiting for the oft delayed next public release
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I volunteer for redshirt duty, and I also volunteer to stop being an alien hunter after I take a plasma blast to the knee.
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I, Lord Sir Melvin Huffleston III volunteer for cannon-fodder duty!
(I would, however, prefer to be a mauve shirt - someone who lives just long enough to seem important, then dies to show things are really serious.)
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Great game. Thinking of making a "iron man" type let's play here. (there may be my own mods involved)
Anyone want to be immortalized as a Red Shirt?
I was going to do a UFO:AI LP here, I've just been waiting for the oft delayed next public release
Get the nightly build installer :P
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While I'm on the waiting list for redsniper's X-COM squad, throw me into your UFO game there, I'll need the experience.
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As we start our defense of Earth, we first find we have to set up the base. Being a conservative old sod, I place my base in south-east Europe. It covers a decent area and several nations, so it seems OK. I also place a UFO Yard immediately.
Next, I start quickly spending funds on upgrading the base.
(http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/5867/ufo01.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/521/ufo01.jpg/)
After 5 days we detect our first UFO.
A Stilleto II interceptor was sent immediately. The landing pad for another isn't done yet, but I had time to install additional ECM and targeting equipment into our only fighter. It appears that is sufficient:
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/1795/ufo03.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/405/ufo03.jpg/)
No sooner than the first UFO is shot down, another pops in from another direction. The Stilleto will rearm and refuel before engaging, since it's still fair distance away. Meanwhile, we send the team in.
(http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6012/ufo06.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/85/ufo06.jpg/)
I regret not giving everyone long-range weapons - a tactical blunder on my part. By I position my men as best as I can, using cover to come close. 2 snipers are on both flanks.
The aliens charge in on their turn - maybe my CC fighters will get some action after all. My sniper utterly fails to hit with both shots, and I reluctantly order Spardason to break cover and engage. He actually riddles the aline full of holes.
Yay for us! The rest of the team moves inside the building to try and flank.
On the very next turn another alien charges and throws a plasma granade at Sparda. He misses, but Sparda, Scope (our sniper) and Scourge are wounded. That doesn't discourage Sparda, as he opens with full-auto on the second alien, killing him too. Go Sparda! Huh..guess our weapons are effective enough.
We hunt the last alien, assuming he's further towards the crashed UFO. He isn't. We find he came around the house while hunting civilians as is behind our backs. Melvin is prevented from cooking the bloody alien to a crisp by a civilian too dumb for his own good. Furtunately, having anticipated such things, the entire team was runing back like crazy..and it so happens commander TrashMan and his heavy machinegun were in range!
Victory for us!
(http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/9235/ufo08.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/830/ufo08.jpg/)
But our UFO yard still isn't complete and we got no place to store the craft. We sell the thing to the US as they offer the most moolah for it.
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/2783/ufo09.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/851/ufo09.jpg/)
The intercept of the other UFO was also sucesful, but with 3 people in hospital, I'm wondering should I get replacements or risk it (since we got medikits)
Also, state your favorite weapon/position in the team.
Your skills are as follows:
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1272/ufo04.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/546/ufo04.jpg/)
(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4906/ufo05g.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/189/ufo05g.jpg/)
(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/818/ufo11.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/ufo11.jpg/) .. hm.. Sparda seems to have gotten a few points in Assault and Mind.
And of course, your glorious leader:
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3442/ufo10.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/9/ufo10.jpg/)
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I volunteer for red shirt duty
Xan Derr would be my name :3(not my actual name mind ya, just my alias on things that require a first and last name)
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I will take an assault position, just give me an AR until laser rifles come online
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Having decided not to risk Sparda (him being useful in the last mission) I confined him to Sickbay for this mission. However, we're not going depleted as two new soldiers joined our ranks. We waste no time and deploy immediately to the site of the second UFO crash:
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6342/ufo12.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/190/ufo12.jpg/)
It is dark and the enemy probably scattered. The craft appears to be of the same type as the last one, so we expect only 3-4 aliens.
No sooner that we disembark, we run into the buggers!
Our sniper manages to get one shot in, but that is not enough. While Xan Derr is right next to her, he refuses to use his granade launcher, due to civilian proximity. Fortunately Melvin rushes from our dropship and manages to bring the alien scum down with a well placed burst.
(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9106/ufo13.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/513/ufo13.jpg/)
2 to go and we end our turn.
A plasma bolt comes flying from the barn and hits headdie. The alien rushes forward with a blade attempting to finish him, but it doesn't end well for him.
(http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/5845/ufo14.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/859/ufo14.jpg/)
He landed smack in the middle of our group, but Headdie didn't need help. Two down, one to go.
Plasma shots are heard and the team fans out. We assume the alien is near the craft or in the house beneath it.
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/712/ufo15.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/707/ufo15.jpg/)
Our assumptions are wrong. The alien pops out form the other side. It looks grimm as Headie is already wounded!
Our sniper attempts a long range shot trough the dropship:
(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/2783/ufo16.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/689/ufo16.jpg/)
And it succeeds! however, the alien is still on its' feet!
Xan Derr attempts an airburst shot, but the damn dropship in the way. Melvin managed to get 1 bullet hit on him too, but the damn alien is STILL standing.
Finally, headdie opens full auto and the alien finally falls, mission won!
Alas, our UFO yard is still not ready, so we sell it to New Africa.
Back to base for our brave team.
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THis looks interesting, I always liked the X-Com type games.
Is this a fan mod, or an official game ? How big are the maps, this would really interest me. I was so much dissapointed that the maps in aftershock were so tiny :(
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Nice to know I have managed to earn a baddass rep on my first outing :D
THis looks interesting, I always liked the X-Com type games.
Is this a fan mod, or an official game ? How big are the maps, this would really interest me. I was so much dissapointed that the maps in aftershock were so tiny :(
Its a fan offering using I believe the Q3 engine though could be wrong there. Its been in the works for years and they keep releasing updates every now and again. My personal preference is for the original game but this does well for itself. Look it up on source forge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ufoai/?source=directory)
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UFO AI is excellent. The only thing that sucks is the story.
I advise you to get the latest nightly Build)
the UFO AI installer can be found here:
http://ufoai.ninex.info/wiki/index.php/Download (Look under Development)
Note, ti's 1.1GB atm.
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I volunteer myself to be the crazy guy equipped with a knife and grenade that runs at the enemy.
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I'm fine staying as a Rifleman until you get access to psionics (there are psionics in this, right?). When that happens, I want to kill aliens with my mind.
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YAAAAAAGRH..... accidenlty closed the tab and the LP was lost. Now I gotta type this s*** again....
*** DO TO CIRCUMSTANCES TOTALLY IN MY CONTROL, BY ME DERPING, THIS MISSION WILL HAVE TO BE..RE-WRITTEN. ***
Anywhoo... when we last left our intrepid heroes, the eeeeevil aliens sent another UFO their way. It suffered a predictable fate:
Glory to our mighty pilot!
The UFO has gone down somewhere in africa, and the team is going in. Without Headdie, as we left him in the hospital. We got Firespawn as replacement, so all is good.
Our luck, it crash landed right in the middle of a small desert town:
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3888/ufo27.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/214/ufo27.jpg/)
We devide into 3 grups.
(http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/3661/ufo28.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/864/ufo28.jpg/)
FireSpawn, yours turly, and the flamer guy (slot open) flank from the left, going trough the house.
The two sniper chicks cover the main square from the dropship.
Scourge, Melvin and Xen Darr take the right flank
Fukken aleins turn out to be spread out again. one shoots from the buildign and hits Scope, but despite me bringing her wounded into the missions, she's still holding. Both snipers return fire but alsmot all shots miss. The ones that do hit only graze the alien.
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6375/ufo29.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/ufo29.jpg/)
Another alien comes from our right flanks and begins murdering civilians at the small marketplace. However, he makes two mistakes.
One, he remain in range of our guns, and two: he got rid of his human shields.
(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/1210/ufo30.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/ufo30.jpg/)
Xen Darr, enraged at such alien carnage, blows hte creep up with a full 3-nade burts.
(http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/4011/ufo31.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/ufo31.jpg/)
Rest in pieces!
We push forward, Scourge and Melvin hugging the house, and our left flank moving in. An alien attempts to shoot Firespawn once, but realising it is futile from that position, climbs down. His compatriot from the house exits too, as both seem to want to charge us.
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/4756/ufo32.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/ufo32.jpg/)
Scourge nad Melvin make use of this and charge out of cover themselves, the aliens completely unprepared.
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/8640/ufo33.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/ufo33.jpg/)
Scourge run right up to one of them and unleashes a 3-round shotgun burst. Somehow, the aliens remains standing. Untill Melving finished the job with his assault rifle.
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2065/ufo34.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/ufo34.jpg/)
The last alien is the designated prey of the left team, as we move into position. I flank the alien and ready the HMG, firespawn and the flamer guy in position to take it out if I fail. Despite there only beign a 11% chance of hit, the 5-shot bursts kills it. Guess the sniper girls did some damage on the guy.
anohter victory for our glorious team!
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I volunteer to be the guy lugging the heavy weapons who gets killed by his own fire!
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Oh oh! I love this one, got it installed and play it from now and then.
I want in if there are positions open, just give me a heavy machine gun and send me to the front, will slaughter anything with that.
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Woo! I'm a 'nade chuckin' gun slinger!
PH33R M3 X3N0 SCUM F0R D07H C0M37H :mad2:
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Waaait..this seems familiar:
Yup..same map. This time we are ready and Scourge and Melvin circle around the house, while the rest of the team highs the warehouse.
Yay! I can totally be prepared for something if it's identical to the last thing I did...
Meanwhile, on the right flank, the alien rushed right between the houses. Melvin still wasn't in position, and Scourge was out of AP's. Yikes.
Yaay! I'm... wait, no, that's bad. Erm. Yeah. I don't understand this, Usually Melvin Huffleston the Third is the most prepared guy on the field and...
*zooms screenshots*
GAH! Noooooo! You got my name wrong! Noooooooooo! :)
Oh, well. At least I've got good facial hair. :rolleyes:
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No worries, you can change the name at any time. I also got Xan Derr wrong :P
FYI, I play this with a little mod of mine - which means we get acess to some more guns. A heavy duty pistol (to be researched later) and a bastard child of a gatting gun adn assautl rifle (also to be researched much later).
I also forgot to enable another assault rifle of mine (which is in the game files, but disabled). And I got a electro-rifle that is also not enabled. I'm still not sure if I'll enable these two, as it might affect save games.
Lastly I may edit the coilguin for this game. Not the stats, but the model - frankly I'm not satisfied with the model and epsecially the texturing I did.
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I'll try to be more verbose in the future with the LP guys. Also, positions as pilot is also available. Furthermore, you can roleplay in the thread for kicks if you want.
Lastly, I will keep you up to speed with research, and in the future, you can vote for what we go after next.
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Don't you find the human researched weapons to be useless?, I'm not familiar with the changes made recently but the electromagnetic rifle and the laser weapons are all quite weak to my personal confort, I think I only used the laser rifle as a long range weapon, and that's about it.
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No, not really.
The Railgun isn't much, but the coilgun is a sniper rifle from hell. Aslo, Granade launcher is always excellent (except when the map is packed wiht damn civilians)
Here's some of hte new stuffI put in the gmae:
http://ufoai.ninex.info/forum/index.php/topic,4874.0.html
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Somewhat badish news.. I brought the game, the mod nad hte saves with me so I can continue the LP on my laptop. But the save is a tad older, so the last mission wasn't done.
I'll have to re-play it... which renders my last post null and void.. Will update in a yiffy wiht 2 (1 actually) new missions.
*** PREVIOUS MISSION EDITED, NEW MISSION INCOMING ***
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You can throw my name in as a redshirt pilot. :p
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I don't know what is it with these aliens and why do all insist to come near my base..you'd think other parts of the world would be more interesting for them, but nooo....
Anywhoo, they send another UFO, not even several hours after the team returned to base.
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2788/ufo35.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/155/ufo35.jpg/)
Bathroom break will have to wait guys...
I decide to put Headdie back in action and leave Scope in the hospital. In her state she wouldn't survive another wound.
and we're ...offf...
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9853/ufo36.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/220/ufo36.jpg/)
Already being prepared for such a layout, hte team fans out immediately.
Scourge nad Melvin Huffington take right, out remaining sniper gurl takes center - everyone else hugs the warheouse.
And sure enough, 3 aliens come running!
(http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/8905/ufo37.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/ufo37.jpg/)
Sniper gurl misses both shots....I'm already beginign to miss Scope.
Fortunately Firespwan steps in and takes the aline out with a single burts from his pistol. All 3 bullets hit. Impressive.
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/8241/ufo38.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/190/ufo38.jpg/)
I try to lure in the alien on the left:
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/3024/ufo39.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/ufo39.jpg/)
All of my shots miss, but I relaise too late I'm out of TUs. Can you say sitting duck?
Xen Darr and his grenade launcher again prove hte salvation as the alien is torn apart by explosions.
(http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/4526/ufo40.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/ufo40.jpg/)
I remind myself to invenst in incendiary grenades. Everoyne else start movign toward the houses, where the last alien is headed.
We prepare a trap. Scourge, Melvin and Flamer guy are waiting in ambush with full TU's and reaction fire.
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7927/ufo41.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/220/ufo41.jpg/)
I conteplate shooting, but it might draw the alien towards me. Nah, I want him to walk right into the ambush!
(http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/133/ufo42.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/ufo42.jpg/)
Such a nice setup. Left or right - it matters not. He'll walk into a wall of fire and steel.
but the sucker doesn't move!
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3362/ufo43.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/ufo43.jpg/)
Unfortunately for him, Scourge doesn't have patience for dipsh**s!
Another missions won. Gloriously.
And our UFO Yard is still not ready.... Our new Labs should be done in 3 days, but I notice we need mroe living quaters from more scientists.
and our budget is too low to build any..
What kind of a ripoff is this? How the hell are we supposed to fight aliens on a shoestring budget! Fukken beurocrats!
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You are using a dev version?, I just downloaded it here at work and it doesn't look that good for me.
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Scourge nad Melvin Huffington take right, out remaining sniper gurl takes center - everyone else hugs the warheouse.
That's 'Huffleston.' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoM-ZC7uNnc#t=43)
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Name fixored.
Bt.w - Electromagnetic rifle researched compelted!
Now, what ot go for next?
Lasers?
Alien Origins?
Alien plasma Pistol?
Taman autopsy?
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Plasma pistol!
(the fact that I use pistols holds no bearing to the choice :nervous:)
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Lasers. Everything's better with laser beams.
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We get 3 whole days of relative peace. then the aleins are detected again.
Moongoose takes off in SkyDancer1 and engages. The Stilleto's proved to be an amazing craft for the job, damn hard to handle, but as nible as f****.
The alien goes down.
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/4262/ufo46.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/13/ufo46.jpg/)
This time we make a hot landing. And when I say hot I mean "5 meters from the damn alien ship" kinda hot. The pilot of the dropships has a lot of crazy, but that just might be the kind of people we need. (NOTE: I did re-try this mission cause I lost headdie immediately because of a rather stupid oversight - I wasn't paying attention and dind't evne notice an alien that was right in front.)
(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/6455/ufo49.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/51/ufo49.jpg/)
No sooner that we move out, we run into our first alien! Firespawn hit him with a pistol burts, but that's not enough. Wanting to make sure the aline dies, insted of fireing another burst, he lobs a grenade, despite the small distance to the alien. It pays off as the alien dies.
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8982/ufo50.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/ufo50.jpg/)
As I move forward, I notice another alien behind the barn, his back turned. I do not have a clear line of fire, so I take up position near the edge and ready my gun.
(http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/2290/ufo51.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/13/ufo51.jpg/)
The other follow lead and we are ready to take the sucker out if he reaers his head.
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/5747/ufo52.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/ufo52.jpg/)
Our sniper gets a shot trugh a small gap as hte alien is moving, but that doesn't stop him. He does step around hte corner, only to be greater by a HMG burts and falls down.
(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2581/ufo53.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/ufo53.jpg/)
Anothe alien pops out form the building on the opposite side and open fire with a plasma pistol on headdie. It's hits and headdie is badly wounded.
Headdie returns fire wihout a hit and falls back behind the craft wreckage. Firespwan prepares a medikit, while Melvin covers their fallback wiht full auto - unfortunatley, not a single hit.
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3176/ufo54.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/24/ufo54.jpg/)
The alien turn again and it fires another shot at headdie, but misses widly. Our sniper provides reaction fire and grazes the alien. It charges forward.
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8840/ufo56.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/233/ufo56.jpg/)
Flamer guy pops from his hideout and burns the grey pest to ashes!
(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/5509/ufo58.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/828/ufo58.jpg/)
Another victory!
We are doign so well I throw a small celebration when we go back. End of the month, so money should start rolling in! Meanwhile we sell another UFO, as the damn yard is taking forever to complete. This time we only get 10000 for it!!!
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8056/ufo59.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/651/ufo59.jpg/)
This puts a dampener on our party....
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Personal log of commander <EXPUNGED> "TrashMan".
PHALANX HQ, april 1st, 2084
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8056/ufo59.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/651/ufo59.jpg/)
They have to be fukken kidding me!
Is this supposed ot be our budget???? Not even half a million???? And then the representatives form the Revolutionary countries and Asian Republic have the gall to come complain we aren't doign a proper job of protecting them!!!
What the hell do they expect me to do? Fight aliens with paper planes? With our current funding we can't afford to re-activate another base - not without severly compromising our efforts. Mantaining the one base is expensive enough - we didn't even have enough money in the first month to properly expand this one. Only now have we begun building more living quarters for more scientists (which we're gonan sorely need as we got far more things to research then we have resources).
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/7956/ufo61.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/ufo61.jpg/)
I am faced with hard choices. I could build radar stations - that will detect alien incursions, but without long-range craft to intercept them, it seems like a wste now. I could build SAM sites, but their limited range wouldnt' make htem effective at defending entire nations. No, we need a new base.
and it will take at least 14 days to get even the basic operational. By the time we add a landing pad the month will be over.
We do have two Stilletos here, so one could be transfered, thus reducing some of hte costs, but that is only a stop-gap measure at best. Leaving our HQ with only 1 fighter is risky.
Fund allocations...never a simple issue, isn't it?
On the upside the rail rifle research is complte and we have begun production. I expect a working field prototype within a few days.
Also, in a few days our new science labs and living quarters should be complete, allowing us to tripple our research staff. but for now, we have to make due with just 10 researchers.
With that in mind, I begun looking into what to research next. Possibly splitting the research mihgt be usefull.
One one hand, researching more about where the aliens come from (Alien Origins) might be handy on a strategic scale.
Yet, capturing a live alien could also be a big intelligence boon - but they seem to die in our containment units. We simply don't know what kind of atmosphere they breathe...hence an autopsy might be usefull.
From a tactical standpoint, researching how to use the alien plasma pistol sound promising. Yet our current weapons seem to pack enough puch so far, and the plasam pistol seemed very innacurate in alien hands. A futher problem would be manufactuing it. Can it even be done? It's one thing to use it, another to produce it compeltely...and that means we'd be dependant on scavaging for ammo.
One of our scientists urges me to go for lasers. It would make accurate, if not powerfull weapons - and possible larger scale appilaction, as fighter weapons nad even base defenses. I have to admit, this intruiges me, as the current SAM's have trouble getting trough the alien ECM's.
Not an easy decision and one I'll have to sleep over. I have to remind myself to send the representatives of our dear complainign nations a letter. Best I leave it for tomorrow, lest I create an incident.
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Do both origins and autopsy, Lasers can wait until we are in true need, i mean, i have the BOOM BOOM right :D
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Dear El Presidente/Chairman of the People
I fully understand your concerns about the aliens and I agree with you that the situation is intolerable. However, you're barking at the wrong tree. The funding we're getting is table scraps, barely enough for us to works as it is. Currently we simply don't have the resources to set-up bases in every country in the world. So I am left with no other choice but to make some hard decisions - which is why the current base is where it is. Protecting the biggest population and production centers is a priority.
No, you are not the only one to complain - I had representatives form New Africa and even the Secretary General from the United America file their letters of protest yesterday.
I can only repeat to you what I said during the last UN meeeting - stop throwing money on useless side projects. Everyone is dumping money into their own military and defence forces and your Phalax equalents (which faield to provide any results), and we are getting royally shafted. If you want our bases in your teritory, shell out the resources.
Otherwise, please refrain from sending one complaint after another. I got one base and a handfull of people and the entire planet to defend, and I don't need to deal with your garbage on top of that.
(Not so) respectfully
Commander TrashMan, Phalanx HQ
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Would you like me to drop a grenade in his morning cornflakes, Sir?
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Tempting private, but that might hurt our funding even more.
* expect an update in a few hours*
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sell ufo's like a crazy bastard, and don't go making the same mistake I made back then, selling to an unhappy nation will not make it happy.
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I'm allways selling ot hte highest bidder, but they are offering next to nothing. :sigh:
Also, sorry forhhte delay, had to re-load a few times and re-do the entire day because of a series of silly problems. Also I killed Melvin in friendly fire. But we shall forget about that...
Anywhoo.....
With the new budgest in and 2 new labs finished, we hire new researchers. However, more living space is needed. Blast it all, I decide to spend more money on more labs...
(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/2246/ufo71.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/252/ufo71.jpg/)
Another UFO scout comes our way, we let it come close and it is attacked simoultaneously by both our SAM and both fighters. It goes down right next to the base and we deploy!
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/4162/ufo72.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/225/ufo72.jpg/)
Replaceemnt Sniper Girl misses both shots.
Scurge, Melvin and Headde hug the houses, I take far left to draw their fire. The rest hug the wareouse. Standard procedure.
The aliens charge forward
(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/6479/ufo73.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/ufo73.jpg/)
I attempt a bit of supressing fire, but surprisingly, it ends up killing the alien. Guess he must have been pretty banged up by the crash.
Firespawn and flamer dude charge out of the cover
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4060/ufo74.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/31/ufo74.jpg/)
And Firespawns skill with a pistol prove to be unmatched.
The last alien charges at shoots..and hit Firespawn!
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4060/ufo74.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/31/ufo74.jpg/)
Firespawn returns fire and hits!
(http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/410/ufo76.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/24/ufo76.jpg/)
Flamer dude gives some first aid to Firespawn, and Melvin patches Headde up. With a few TU's left, Headde takes a pot shot at the alien and misses.
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/1074/ufo77.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/408/ufo77.jpg/)
Xen Darr takes a tacticly advantagous position and (again) brgins hte mission to an end.
This time, our UFO yard is complete!
The wreckage is ours for the taking!
(http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/5427/ufo78.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/857/ufo78.jpg/)
And it appears some promotions are in order!
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NOooooo...game crashed during the most tense and epic mission. Team , we got into a fubar situation and for 3 turns every alien on the map was shooting at headde! An they faield to kill him. It took us 3 turn to barely take 2 out.
Then their turn and they start shooting at headdei again..and miss and miss...and then they hit me (since I was covering headdie) and game crash!
NOTE:
In case you die...we can rebuild you. Better..stronger. :P
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More aliens ships incoming. Mongoose downs 1 and we send a dropship. We're not even half way there when another UFO is detected.
Skydancer 2 is sent with a test loadout of 3 shiva cannons. Short range, but it should rip anything apart.
(http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/9743/ufo79.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/841/ufo79.jpg/)
Our team deploys near a farm and we are immediately engaged.
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6383/ufo81.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/190/ufo81.jpg/)
Firespawn chucks a nade trough a opening in the wall, but it overshoots. He follows trough with a burst of pistol fire and the bugger falls.
Flamer guy and Scourge move in towards a large barn, only for Scourge to come under fire by a dual plasma pistol wielding alien that was hiding in the rafters. After a short fire exchange which leaves courge wounded, he darts to the side of the barn.
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6917/ufo82.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/ufo82.jpg/)
As we fan forward, we are greeted by an alein on the roof.
Everyone lines up and fires from everything, but we score precious few hits. Alien return fire, hitting Headdie and sniper girl, but our return barrage has him cowering on the far side of hte roof.
(http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/470/ufo83.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/ufo83.jpg/)
Sniper gurl finally gets him, while we heal the wounded and prepare to get the last one. Flamer guy kills that one, mission complete.
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1451/ufo86.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/20/ufo86.jpg/)
And then another UFO pops up, heading for our dropship. We retreat immediately.
(http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/995/ufo87.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/194/ufo87.jpg/)
On the plus side, the all-shiva loadout works great!
A few hours later, we get a destress call!
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/7858/ufo91.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/ufo91.jpg/)
A golden opportunit to capture and UFO - and this one looks larger to boot!
The team is re-equipped ot better deal with the open spaces. Headde gets a bazooka. Firespawn gets 2 pistols, given his amazing luck with those things.
Firebird 1 deploys....
Area 51 base re-activated in the US:
(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/146/ufo89.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/192/ufo89.jpg/)
It will take a month to get it operational, as I'm very picky with placing buildings (and you can only place one adjecent to a complete one).
EM gun is ready. Who wants it (uses heavy skill)?
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Out team lands very close to the large and imposing UFO. Tem disemarks in an disorganized manner and an entire turn is wasted just to get them to form a battle-line
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/4182/ufo93.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/ufo93.jpg/)
We see one alien and sniper girl and Headdie, the only with enough effective range, open up on the target
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/2803/ufo94.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/31/ufo94.jpg/)
(http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/4095/ufo95.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/560/ufo95.jpg/)
They both miss...horribly. Where the rocket ended up, I really cannot tell.
At this point, a mechanicla spider emerges from the alien craft and heads toward us.
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/8486/ufo96s.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/28/ufo96s.jpg/)
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/8486/ufo96s.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/28/ufo96s.jpg/)
Sparda and Firespawn open up with reactive fire. Firespawns accuracy is exemplary, but the thing keep coming. Finally, Scourge run down and blasts it from poitn blank with a shotgun burst. the thing is tough.
Everyone re-positions. Headde and sniper girl sircle around the craft, me and Scourge proceed to sweep hte inside of hte UFO, while hte rest circles from the other side.
Sniper gril manages ot finish off tha alie and both her and Headde move up to the body
(http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/1608/ufo98.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/857/ufo98.jpg/)
Melvin, Firespawn and Xan Darr encounter and ohter alien and their combined reaction fire heavily wounds it (not a single miss from Firespawn again - look at the friggin range!). Melvin brings it down.
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5476/ufo101.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/9/ufo101.jpg/)
(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/7240/ufo103.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/855/ufo103.jpg/)
The UFO appears to be clear and we finally locate the last alien:
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/1748/ufo105.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/69/ufo105.jpg/)
Hold up in the house, we approach catiously, using logs and hay bales as cover.
(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2084/ufo107.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/ufo107.jpg/)
Melving finally finishes it with a few well-placed shots.
Mission sucess, UFO captured!
This is followed by another mission securing a downed UFO scout. 3 aliens ,no wounded on our side. Kills made by yours truly, Sparda and Xen Darr.
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Now we're talking! I'll shall call the left one 'Honour' and the right one 'Glory', and show those alien scum why
Great Britian's Earth's people have both traits in large amounts.
FOR GREAT JUSTICE!
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Chuck my name into the pot for PHALANX personnel - Don't really mind if I'm a pilot or a grunt.
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I don't have any clue, what game you're talking about but it is funny to read Trashman :)
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Pilot, or Combat Engineer type. :)
Sign me up....
Cheers
:yes:
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HOLY SHI- I've just realised that I'm Phalanx's Tetragramaton Cleric.
(http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/aww-yea-meme-original.jpg)
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You got an opening? What are the classes?
EDIT: Well, I tried the game, not very good at it honestly. But if you have an opening, I'd like to have a shotgun (if they're a good weapon in this game) and preferably a secondary that I can use for potshots at a longer range. Of course, you get the final say.
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There's always openings. 1 team is not enough to cover the whole globe.
And I always need more cannon fodder operatives.
As soon as hte second base is operational, I'll see about setting up another team.
At the time I'm writing this I already did two more mission - reports will follow soon.
You guys will be added to the team aafter that.
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WAAAAAAIT! I Call Bravo team Lead :D
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Got to say, so far we have been VERY lucky.
All the mission so far went without casualteis...which is rather unexpected. And Headdie's luck moreso than anyone elses. In one mission he survived 30+ plasma shots wiht only minor wounds.
The rest of the squad tried to shave him and make lucky charms out of his hair.
Oh well - another day, another downed UFO
(http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/3449/ufo115.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/ufo115.jpg/)
On alien is granaded to death by Xan Derr.
(http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/5374/ufo116.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/ufo116.jpg/)
The wreckage of the craft makes positioning tricky and most of the team can't get a shot. Worse yet, Scourge an Firespawn who are the closest both have close combat weapons. That doens't stop them from trying. Even at this range, Firespawn gets a hit, but it's not enouigh to kill the alien.
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/6231/ufo117.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/ufo117.jpg/)
Sniper girl and Melvin (who was given a sniper rifle) hunker next to the dropshisp to cover our troops as we advance. Scourge makes a bee-line trough the building to flank the alien, while me and Sparda circle from the other side, headdie behind us.
We are ambushed by 3 aliens - two emerge from the far side of the village, and another opens fire on us from the upper floor of the small shop next to us.
(http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/5130/ufo118.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/576/ufo118.jpg/)
Headde, the ever-popular bullet magnet gets the worst of this exchange, but his luck holds. Sparda gets 1 plasma bolt to the chest but returns fire and badly wounds the alien.
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5818/ufo119.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/515/ufo119.jpg/) I finish the alien off, and dart behing the building, having just enough TU's left. The alien above is killed (can't recall by whom anymore..firespwan of one of the snipers methinks) and our troops move in. Sparda has enough TU's left to take 3 steps back, just enough to get some minimal cover from the building.
Our snipers fail to bring down the aleins and sniper gurl gets injnured.
Next turn however, they wound it enough for headdie to finish it with a well-placed burts.
(http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3789/ufo120.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/ufo120.jpg/)
Scourge and Firespawn move closer in, while the rest of the team readies first aid kits for the wounded.
The sheer ammount of fire throawn at the alien causes it to flee and cower. Firespawn manages to get a few hits in, even trough the wreckage.
(http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7285/ufo122.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/190/ufo122.jpg/)
Finally Scourge finished his flanking manouver and delivers death from the top of the map.
Another victory for our glorious team!
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A new contact emerges on our radar. In the skies above Norway, we detect a large UFO.
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3456/ufo123.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/ufo123.jpg/)
I recongnize it as the same large UFO we captured. While we haven't completed an analysis of it yet, a visual inspections told me enough. It is heavily armored and unlike the scout - it is armed.
Skydancer 1 and 2 are ready, but I decide to keep them grounded. If the UFO escapes it will reflect poorly on us - but I can't risk loosing fighters and equipment now. We can't afford to replace them or the piltos. Mongoose isn't happy about it.
I gamble that if it's a transport, it's bound to land somewhere and our chances are better on the ground than in the air. My gamble pays off, as it lands in Hamburg ourtskits.
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5305/ufo124.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/ufo124.jpg/)
The team deploys in an industrial area. I regret giving Headdie a rocket launcher a I doubt it will see any use here. The team fans out.
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4281/ufo125.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/ufo125.jpg/)
Headdie, Malvin, Sparda and Xan Derr take one flank and move towards the refining complex.
Firespawn, Sniper gurl, Scourge move forward and spot an alien near the UFO.
I move into the building to try and flank it alone.
The alien misses horribly, but so do we.
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9481/ufo126.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/233/ufo126.jpg/)
Firespawn moves a bit closer and gets a hit in. Scourge moves even closer, and loaded with flechette shells takes a shot. At the extreme of his range, it barely grazes the alien.
Another alien pops up at the refining area, but our flanking team doesn't have a clear shot. All of his shots miss horribly, stopped by various obstructions.
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/6589/ufo127.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/268/ufo127.jpg/)
The flanking team moves a bit closer, using crates as cover. I pop trough the door and place myself betwwen the alien and Scourge. Just enough TU's left for a 5-round burts....that misses.
Everyone who could shoot at the alien already did. And now it's time for the enemy turn. Doesn't look good.
The alien takes two pot shots that miss and then charges Firespawn...passing right next to me and Scourge. Very bad move.
(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/1676/ufo128.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/337/ufo128.jpg/)
At this range, the flechette shotgun tears it apart brutally.
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/3507/ufo129.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/707/ufo129.jpg/)
On the other side, Melvin and Sparda take out the pestering alien.
We now move into the ship, catiously.
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/2681/ufo130a.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/ufo130a.jpg/)
We camp the stairs, and sure enough, the aliens come down drawn by the noise. With all AP's put into reaction fire, me and Firespawn bring the last two aliens down.
VICTORY!!!! And another large UFO for us!
Our UFO yard is almost full. I contemplate hireing more people so we can work in shifts. The guys earned a rest.
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OO, i'll take an EM Gun if you don't mind(grenade launcher is also a heavy skill gun right?)
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I'ts actually funny as the skill used depends on fire mode and ammo.
Granade launcher is Heavy/Explosive methinks. It also has flechette ammo, si it might even use assault for that one. Will have to check.
EM rifle is a heavy weapon, but uses actaully Assault(single shot, burst) /Sniper (aim)
Shotgun is Close (normal ammo)/ Assault (Flechette ammo)
EDIT: AAaargh..the spelling! The Typos!
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Hm... it seems there are already several shotgun troops, so if needed I can be a balanced troop.
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Still, sign me up for EM Gun, EM Gun > Noob tube
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If you need another fighter jockey, sign me up :P
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With some few extra bucks earned by sellign some of the alein tiems, I decite to hire some more muscle.
Retsof, Dekker adn Ravenholme join our ground troops, while crizza take command of Skydancer 2 (all shiva cannon loadout)
Me, Melvin Hufflestone III and Xen Darr, take a break and let the new blood step in.
A light UFO lands in the middle east and we eagerly pounce upon it. So far we only shot down these scouts and don't posses a single one in tact.
The team drops down hot (as usual) and come into contact with the enem immediately.
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5503/ufo135.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/515/ufo135.jpg/)
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/9219/ufo136.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/31/ufo136.jpg/)
Sniper Girl (now nick-named vixen) and Firespawn kill this one fast and we fan out.
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/4872/ufo137.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/80/ufo137.jpg/)
Headdie with a grenade launcher hugs left, Sparda and scourge follow him, while Retsof, Firespawn and Ravenholme move arund, trugh the houses.
Vixen covers the alley.
(http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/4559/ufo138h.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/221/ufo138h.jpg/)
And alin comes from the alley and charges at Vixen. She hits him, but that doesn't slow it down. Before it can fire on her however, Retsof headshots it with a sniper rifle.
We begin a sweep, going form house to house lookign for more aliens. Retsof and vixen covers us from the roofs. After quite a long search, we find the last alien chasing civiliant athhte other edge of the map.
Retsof hits is with precision reaction fire and the alein changes target, runnign for him. This however, brings him into range of Ravenholmes SMG'.
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6048/ufo140.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/16/ufo140.jpg/)
Another victory.
NEXT UP:
A dark day for Phalanx.
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The next day saw two contact pop up almost simountaneously.
(http://img807.imageshack.us/img807/1197/ufo141.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/807/ufo141.jpg/)
The team is immediately dispatched with the same weapon configuration. Skydancer 2 is sent after the UFO.
We land next to a stadium, the alien UFO nowhere to be seen. Only hte screams from the building convince u they are still there.
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/6213/ufo142.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/ufo142.jpg/)
We move quickly - close comabt specialists go around the back trough the lockers, Vixen keeps the main entrance covered, while everyone else goes up to use hte height advantage.
(http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/451/ufo143.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/51/ufo143.jpg/)
Dekker and Headdie are the first to climb up and are greeted with 5 battle-ready aliens below.
Headde, wanting to make use of their clustering, runs down and fires a burst of grenades (which where supposed to be incendiery, but normal grenades were loaded).
(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4314/ufo144.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/94/ufo144.jpg/)
That is still enough to kill 3 of them. Dekker has only enough AP's for a single burts - not enough to take out the 4th alien, wounded by hte explosions. The rest of the team is lagging behind and won't be able to make it this turn - another huge mistake.
(http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4430/ufo145.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/189/ufo145.jpg/)
Sparda and Retsef run up, but don't have enough TU's left to fire.
Tragedy strikes! The aeeins run up close adn throw plasma grenades!
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6860/ufo146.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/21/ufo146.jpg/)
Headdies luck finally runs out, he is hit and falls, the rest are wounded. A small consolation is that the grenade bounced and killed the 4th alien.
Crying bloody vengance, Dekker and Retsof finish it off.
We return victorious, but there is no celebration.
Headdie is post-humusly awared the rank of Lance-Corporal.
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/795/ufo147.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/ufo147.jpg/)
And no even an hour later, a critical IFF mistake is descovered, as the craft Skydancer 2 was sent to intercept was NOT an alien Scout, but an alien fighter. Not being properly equipped, Skydancer 2 is lost, Crizza is MIA and a serch party is sent out.
A dark day for our organization indeed.
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SUMMARY:
Crap happened. Wrong shells loaded (incendieary would have killed em all), I mvoed too fast forward and I mis-identifed the UFO. Fighter and scout look very similar and I didn't expect it to pop up so soon. Loss of equipment (fully kited-out stilleto) is severe given our lack of moneys. :(
I am contemplating a re-load, but I'm nto sure. Headde, you can roll a new character if we don't re-try..
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Poor me^^
But it is interesting to read :)
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Piltos technicly dont' have stats (yet, as far as I know), so oyu cna "survive"...I can just repalce you with another crizza..no one will ever know.
alternatively...CLONES
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I would prefer to be the lucky guy who ejected at the last possibility and thus survived...always :P
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What's the verdict doc?
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I see TrashMan knows my strengths better than I do. Headshots FTW!
Poor Headdie.
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then we'll make it so!
EDIT:
I'm playing on Standard Difficulty..the only modification (aside from more guns) is setting mroe starting soldiers (so I had a big enough selection to create the motly crew that properly represents you guys)
And hte game is BRUTAL.
I have several save files (one for a "perfect" playtrough), so just for kicks I loaded before the stadium fiascio and averted it and auto'd the next several missions (all victories, the auto is very player biased) and Asia HATES us. In jsut 24 hours it's desposition dropped by 6 stages.. SIX. I sold 4 ufo in a row to them (giving you +1 relationship increase) but it keeps droping back to "Giving Up". Maybe it's a bug. Or maybe the aliens are gangbanging their Chairman - I can't tell since we dont' have radar coverage there.
So this is probably what awaits us in the future (when we resume hte LP from the regular save). With our economy in the crapper already, this doesn't look good.
And we're getting ripped off everywhere. A plasma pistol sells for about as much (of not less) as an asasult rifle.... :wtf:
You can't make money sellign alein stuff with these rates.
Just making a most basic base (activation + command center, powerplant, storage, living quarters) costs almost 400 000. That's without a landing pad, dropship or anything else.....
I'm contemplating editing hte sell rates for alien stuff, as this is downrgiht redicolous....
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What's the verdict doc?
You'll live. You and sparda had 70% health left after the nade.
question is - reload before stadium or not? New character for headdie or not?
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Went out in style at least :D
Feel free to recruit Headdie II be interesting to see if they last as long lol.
As for the sales, that is strange, Im sure you always used to be able to sustain yourself quite well on salvage :wtf:
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I for one wouldn't object to a little temporal displacement, going back to before Headdie died.... Maybe with a few...........winning lottery numbers to aid our coffers?
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ATM the situation is as follows - I currenlty have 6 saves.
2 are before the stadium frakup
1 is right after
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1 is re-loaded (stadium mission didn't appear) and now 3 missions later (LASER OPERATION just researched, no one dead, Skydancer 2 not lost)
1 is 3 missios later after the fiasco (LASER OPERATION research done, Headdie dead, Headdie 2 recruited, Skydancer 2 lost)
In both cases Asia hates our guts and financially we are barely making it. (power plant, living quarters and storage for Area 51 base eat 80% of the funds)
We are basicly down to roughly 20.000 $.
I can pick up from any of the two saves.
So you vote guys.
Research-wise, this is the situation:
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/296/ufo149.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/52/ufo149.jpg/)
Note that the money on the screenshot is BEFORE invensting into the second base.
Altough I have 4 labs (this, 40 scientists cna work), i hired all availalbe ones. The countrues aren't forking out enough scientists....
Thought on wht we should research?
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Counterfeiting money?
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If you research base defence laser turret you can place some SAM silos over Asia loaded with those which will deal a good punch.
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Given your loss of an expensive interceptor I would reload
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And mod the prices for alien salvage while you're at it. Seems like alien tech should be worth a ton of money considering how advanced and hard-to-obtain it is.
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Small correction - the "perfect" save is 8 days later, the "noraml2 sve is 3 days later.
The interceptor itself is Stilleto (20.000) + targeting computer, ECM( around 16000) + all weapons (3 shivas at 5000 each + ammo) ..so about 60,000 $ loss total. More than a Command Center
A plasma pistol sells for 2000$ b.t.w. and I have already been selling a few.
That said, during hte "normal" playtrough, the aliens found our base and launched an attack. A rag-tage team of underequipped (no amor) and wounded defenders fought them off without losses!
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I vote for the no-loss save, and mod the sell-rates for alien-tech, it ought to be a money-maker to salvage things, like in the X-Com UFO Defense game, where i could sell a few Plasma Pistols and have a few 100K in the pocket, including selling a few clips of ammo.
Also, do i have the EM Gun already, seeing as Headdie has the Nade Launcher(or did he have one earlier and i didn't notice?)
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Maybe it's best we live with the loss. It's war. Also, Headdie 2 seems to be doing well.I will mod the prices..maybe add my old super-interceptor in :P
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Alrighty...
Continuing with our less fortunate. I'm drawn to re-loading, but I said this will be a Iron Man let's play...soo...
The highest ranking and most wouned were pulled out for some R&R, and the new blood was put in the team.
Anywhoo, 2 short mission - 1 auto-resolved, the other went swimmingly, but due to a frakup, no screenies.
However, the 3'rd one was an alien assault. Tehy detected our base and attacked. And since equipment is tied to those in the dropship, we were left with the wounded and chillaxin soldiers, with only the left-overs from the armory.
There's was only one combat vest available....
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2792/basedefence1.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/515/basedefence1.jpg/)
Even worse, the first base is auto-generated (you don't place buildings) and it fraked us up, reeeeal good. Both the Power Plant and the Command Center (critical buildings) right next to the entrance, the living quarters (where we started) on the other side of the base. With a large inacessible area in between.
If the aliens had any brains (and proper explosives) this would have been a game over.
This is the entrance
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/2874/basedefence2.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/198/basedefence2.jpg/)By comparing it with the above screenshot, you can see just how bad it was.
Still, miracolously, all 6 alien invaders were killed with only 1 injury on our side (Vixen). Scope (our first sniper gurl who was in sickbay) downed 3, Vixen 1, Firespawn 1..altough in general there were bullets flying everywhere, so there were assists involved...probably.
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7236/ufo00.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/651/ufo00.jpg/)
Not short after we detect another UFO - visually it's a fighter-class. The same that took out Skydancer 2 (but the pilot survived..until we buy a new interceptor, he can pilot a dropship).
Mongoose is itching for revenge and I give an all clear, despite the risks. And it pays off. Mongoose shoots down another boogie and the team goes straight in.
(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/5867/ufo01.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/ufo01.jpg/)
3 aliens are spotted immediately. Ravenholme tests out the EM rifle on it - 2 shots, 2 hits, 1 dead alien.
the other is still far out, so we move to position ourselves better. Scourge runs into the the broken stables, and we discover another alien in the barn to our left.
The upper alien start chasing a civilian, and a while barrage of reaction fire ensues from our side. Everyone misses...except for Scourge, who ironicly has the weapon with the shortest range.
(http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4991/ufo02.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/ufo02.jpg/)
The other aliens ignore us and go after the civilians. Except the alien in the barn who attempts a pot-shot or two, but most off his shot didn't even leave the barn.
The upper alien chases a civilian in the house, but Scourge blasts him away trough a hole in the wall(http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4991/ufo02.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/ufo02.jpg/)
Retsof and Dekker take out the alien in the barn. Two left.
(http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/4991/ufo02.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/847/ufo02.jpg/)
Sparda puts the leftmost one out of it's misery with a well placed burst. I attempt suppresion fire on the last one, but end up killing it despite the distance.
The Dream Team strikes again!
EDIT:
Firespawn was also wounded on hte base attack, so I left him in the hospital. But fear not, you'll soon have this to play with:
(http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3788/automagvi.jpg)
And our flyboys will get this (later)
(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/1329/starfirep.jpg)
EDIT:
Is it just me, or did Rodo's and Pre'd redshirt application go past me without me noticing? Crapola.... Sorry guys. Dunno how I forgot about you two. End of the month is nears, so new recruits coming. you got any preferences regarding weaponry?
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Damn, wish I could fly this well in FS. :p
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Hoo yeah! That was for Headdie Sr., you alien scum! :beamz:
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With the prices of alien items increased a tad, the game is more tolerable.So..I again, mix the team a bit, putting the fresh and healthy and inexperienced on the front line.
We are called to an UFO sighting in the outskirts of a rural town.
(http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9801/ufo05.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/12/ufo05.jpg/)
No sooner that I disembark, I find myself under alien fire. Lacking proper range with my weapon, Xen Darr steps out, prompting another volley from the enemy. Again, without hits. Xen Darr, kneels, aims and lets the rocket fly, hitting the alien straight in the chest!
(http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/4217/ufo07.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/835/ufo07.jpg/)
As the rest of the team attempts to disembark, they come under alien reaction fire. Both me and FireSpawn are hit.
Melvin and Retsef open fire from their snipers, blowing the head clean off the second alien.
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/9235/ufo08.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/33/ufo08.jpg/)
Headddie and Ravnhole provides healing aid while Xen Darr reloads. Dekker provides cover.
A third alien comes out of the craft and open fire on Firespawn, missing. Firespawn returns fire, well beyond effective range of his pistols.
(http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/3442/ufo10.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/804/ufo10.jpg/)
Finally Xen Darr finishes reloading and lets another rocket fly, again with deadly precision.
victory.
We sell the UFO, the money enough for us to buy a replacement Stilleto.
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/5551/ufo11f.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/843/ufo11f.jpg/)
Dubbing it Skydancer 2-2, I set forth to equip it better than the last one. Again 3 shiva cannons, this time with explosive ammunition. but this time I also add polymer armor. It takes a whole day to install, but the increased durabillity is worth it, despite reduced range and speed. Because of this, Skydancer 2-2 will be reserved for shorter intercepts.
I contemplate installing the same armor on Skydancer 1, but I can't afford to have both fighters inoperable at the same time.
EDIT:
Rodo, Pred, I think I have 2 guys with heavy weapons available...if you're still interested.
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-Base defence-
You just shot one of the few females on base.......DIEEEEE!
-Terror Mission-
*Getting shot at*
RULE BRITANNIA, BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES!!! *Shoots back*
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As long as I have a chance of blowing myself up, why the hell not? :P
In fact, the bigger the bang the better!
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I think we are overlooking our secret weapon here, using Dekker to seduce the alien queen. Do it for earth Dekker! :P
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Rodo, Pred, I think I have 2 guys with heavy weapons available...if you're still interested.
Rodo is ready to kick some ass!
Go ahead and give me a HMG if you have one :D
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I think we are overlooking our secret weapon here, using Dekker to seduce the alien queen. Do it for earth Dekker! :P
If.she's anything like the Locust queen, I wholeheartedly support this plan!
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UPDATES!
Skydancer 1 engages a UFO fighter over the sea and brings it down, altough suffering some damage in the process. I honestly lost track of Mongooses kills.
A new Terror mission is Asia. A good chance to improve relations with the Chairman. Pred and Rodo are added to the team., while some of our more active members (me and Xan Derr included) take a break.
(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/6342/ufo12.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/683/ufo12.jpg/)
We disemark next to a rural garden complex. Very pretty, but we don't have time for sightseeing. the alien UFO is large and that means we expect more enemies than usual.
(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/9106/ufo13.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/406/ufo13.jpg/)
No sooner did we fan out a bit, aliens started crawling out of the woodwork!
2 pop around the corner of the house and we can see 1 moving inside it. All 2 have what appears to be plasma rifles!
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2783/ufo16.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/267/ufo16.jpg/)
Pred lets loose a incendiary missile! And it hits. Mioracolously, the alien survives.
Next Ravelhole uses the EMrifle to shoot at the alien inside the house. Wall in the way?
(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2740/ufo17.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/ufo17.jpg/)
(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/3369/ufo18.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/843/ufo18.jpg/)
What wall? ;7
I let Rodo take a stab at finishing off the wounded alien.
(http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/2547/ufo20.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/444/ufo20.jpg/)
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/1198/ufo21.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/201/ufo21.jpg/)
He kills both.
Dekker and Ravenhole are charged with sweeping the two houses for alien stragglers, while the rest of us move forward.
(http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/8861/ufo22.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/830/ufo22.jpg/)
We detect another alien chasing civlians on the other edge of the map.
For 3 turns Scope and Retsef try hitting it with sniper rifles, but score only 1 glancing hit. Even Pred attempts one missile shot, but misses. No further attempts are made by him, given the aliens proximity to civilians.
Meanwhile, Firrespawn and Headde2 go around and run into another alien exiting the space craft.
(http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/103/ufo23z.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/ufo23z.jpg/)
Headde unleashes 3 grenades, but the alines remains standing. Having little TU's left, he falls back. Firespawn prepares to provide covering fire.
The injured alien walk right into Firespawn reaction fire and falls down. Next turn Firespawn tries a few long range shots at the last alien.. and his second burst hits the mark.
(http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9061/ufo24.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/ufo24.jpg/)
We sell the UFO to Asia for more moolah and head back home triumpanth!
Howevr, another fighter UFO is detected heading right for our base. I initially send out Skydancer 1, but since it's not fully repaired, I call it back.
then this happens:(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3870/ufo25v.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/109/ufo25v.jpg/)
It was a possible scenario and one I was gambling on. An in-tact UFO is worth more than a wrecked one.
This is all that's left in home base.
(http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/5321/ufo26.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/ufo26.jpg/)
Fortunately, this time I bought a few more armors and other supplies. Still a few items short (medikits), but far better than last time.
NEXT EPISODE:
Stalwart defenders!
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-Base defence-
You just shot one of the few females on base.......DIEEEEE!
Well, not my fault HLP-er's are mostly male.
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BASE DEFENSE!
Just like the last time, the game starts us in a remote Living Quarters..stupid game.
(http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/3888/ufo27.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/861/ufo27.jpg/)
Now you have to realise the (stupid auto-generated) base layout.
(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/3661/ufo28.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/192/ufo28.jpg/)
As you can see on this image, there are two entrance points the aliens are most likely to use: the main entrance or the large hangar.One COULD also technicly enter from the workshop or the command center tower, but those require opening of door and going a bit longer way. I never seen alines use them.
We run forward as fast as we can. As we approach the hangar and command center, I finally reserve a few TU's for minimal reaction fire. The team splits. Melvin and Sparda take the upper entrance into the large hangar. Vixen and Xan Darr take the right entrance to it. Me and Scourge move towards the main entrance.
Melvin makes first contact with the enemy.
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/1210/ufo30.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/713/ufo30.jpg/)
The alien is wearing some kind of armor and there's no clear fireing line. Furthermore, with most TU's already spent, Melvin falls back a few steps. Sparda prepares reaction fire. Everyone else moves in.
(http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/4011/ufo31.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/ufo31.jpg/)
That alien moves forward and tries to shoot out troops with a plasma pistol, but a bad angle and being peppered by Spardas reaction fire, cause it to miss every time.
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4756/ufo32.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/209/ufo32.jpg/)
Melvin finishes it off with a beautiful headshot.
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/4756/ufo32.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/209/ufo32.jpg/)
Sparda moves forward, closer to the stairs. There is an unarmored alien with a plasma rifle upstairs, but he can't hit anyone without climbing down.
Vixen and Xen Darr also enter the room, and run below the landing pad.
Plasma fire comes from behind, aimed at Sparda. It misses. another alien pops right from a side room next to Melvin:
(http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2065/ufo34.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/100/ufo34.jpg/)
With only 1 round left in the sniper rifle, Melvin drops the rifle and quickly whips out it's micro-shotgun(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/2788/ufo35.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/ufo35.jpg/)
Two full bursts later the alien finally falls. Melvin has only 1 TU left. Yet that couldn't be the alien shooting at Sparda. so we look around.
(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/9853/ufo36.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/855/ufo36.jpg/)
And we find one on the upper floor,right behind us. Xen Darr carefully aims 2 incendiary grenades trough the narrow gap between the floor and landing pad and trough the gaps in the railing. Risky, but the alien dies in a fiery explosion.
(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/8905/ufo37.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/208/ufo37.jpg/)
The last alien pops above with a plasma rifle. Unarmored and Melvin has a clear shot. but if it fails...he won't have any TU's to retreat.
figuring it's better safe than sorry, I retreat Melvin into the small room with the deal alien and position the rest around the stairs.
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/8241/ufo38.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/ufo38.jpg/)
Predictably, the alien comes down only to be cutdown by Sparda bullets.
We are victorious!
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/3024/ufo39.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/821/ufo39.jpg/)
Two new items for research....and congratulations to Melvin and FireSpawn for their new ranks!
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STATISTICS TIME!!!!
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/4451/dreamteamp.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/707/dreamteamp.jpg/)
Also, some bad news:
Most of the changes I made require a new game.
Items prices for alien items are still crap. Some of the new guns may not see the light of day. :(
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So we have 4 Anti-Alien deathmachines in the team..
I honestly thought i had less kills then that though xD
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And Firespawn is da man^^
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(http://images.gfxartist.com/images/ArtworkItem/full/155631.jpg)
I'm a BOSS
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Most definetly.
Does the rank goes with survived missions or how do the promotions work?
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Not sure..I think a combo of mission done and Mind statistic. Just FYI - most of the changes didn't go trough. The items price is unchanged (i have to start a new game), some weapons don't show up (and won't know about others for sure).
The only thing that does appear to work is increased price for UFO's. Also, adding the StarFire interceptor crashes the damn game. Looking into it on the UFO:AI forums, but it looks like they might changed some code from 2.3...
Urr...
Also, I just realized you can (apprently) dual-carry pistols, but you can't dual FIRE. Which is strange. I could swear I saw both pistols go off at once.
Or did Firespawn kill all of those aliens with just one pistol?
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I'd just like to take a moment to point out that I've got a higher mind stat than anyone else.
...and now I'll take a moment to request an assignment as badass-sniper-dude.
...and now I'll take a moment to play with text alignments.
...and now I'll take a moment to point out that there can be only one 'e' in Huffleston.
...and now I'll take a moment to be done with this post.
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I dont know how AI handles ranks but in the original games it was a combination of performance and the total number of soldiers you have alive in the game at the end of the mission which is when rank adjustments typically happen in XCOM games
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Melvin, you have been a sniper for the last few mission.
I can fix your name.
Right now, I'm trying to figure out what to do...
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I'd just like to take a moment to point out that I've got a higher mind stat than anyone else.
...and now I'll take a moment to request an assignment as badass-sniper-dude.
...and now I'll take a moment to play with text alignments.
...and now I'll take a moment to point out that there can be only one 'e' in Huffleston.
...and now I'll take a moment to be done with this post.
...And I'd like to take a minute, just sit right there. I'll tell you how I became the prince of a town called Bel Air
Fix'd :lol:
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Does UFO:AI have power armor in it? If so, I want to be equipped in that ASAP so I can go all Mobile Infantry on these alien bastards.
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You can dual wield pistols, but you can't fire with both at the same time, it's one of those things the devs are unwilling to do and refuse completely when asked, not sure why though.
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They're a bit anal.
I should know, I worked with them for a while.
They downright refuse to change anything, regardless of what arguments people bring.
The story for the campaign is attrocious - people have complained - they don't wanna hear it.
They don't wanna hear about more human weapons.
They don't wanna hear about dual-wielding pistols.
No to man-portable gattling guns.
No to AI controlled allies (soldiers/police).
etc, etc...
EDIT: Yup, stuff works on new game:
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6397/ufo55.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/ufo55.jpg/)
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Are they still no to in-mission saves?
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Yes. They oppose that totally. And frankly, of all the things the oppose, that one bugs me the lest.
On another note, still no replay from the devs on the craft crash problem...hurrrr
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They seem like a friendly and engaging bunch. :doubt:
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Well..best avoid blanket statements. They're not the borg collective.
They can be nice...depending on what you talk about.
I understand sticking with ones "vision", but sometimes it can hurt more then it can help.
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You can dual wield pistols, but you can't fire with both at the same time, it's one of those things the devs are unwilling to do and refuse completely when asked, not sure why though.
Because it's only possible in unrealistic action movies to shoot 2 guns accurately at the same time.
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Because it's only possible in unrealistic action movies to shoot 2 guns accurately at the same time.
Battleships fire more than one gun accurately. I believe you mean a firearm, as guns are crew serviced weapons. :P
Trololololololo
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Because it's only possible in unrealistic action movies to shoot 2 guns accurately at the same time.
Dual-wielding should be less accurate
But I don't think accuracy is an issue at point blank :P
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No new missions yet, Herr Trashman D: ?
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Well...not sure if I should start a new game so we can actually use the new weapons and get better prices.
Also, I cna' get the damn fighter to work and hte UFO:AI devs havn't answered my PM yet....grumble...
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I vote for new game with new toys :D
And i'd like that EM Rifle this time round(when available of course)
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Might as well do a new game with all sorts of new and awesome weapons for us humans so we can kill alien scum better and more money so we can get better weapons and equipment.
I'd like to change to a close-combat guy who shotguns alien scum in the face.
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I support the new game option, those new pistols look badass.
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Well, whatever you decide, i'd like an assault rifle, demo/satchel charges, and a squad/base of my own :)
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A new game it is. Already started it for testing purposes. I actually re-started hte game 50 times (literaly) because the randomizer hated me. I couldn't re-create our squad because it wither kept giving me s*** soldiers, or 90% female soldiers, or all same-looking soldiers.
A Smoother start this time, only 3 battels before the 1st month ended. Didn't screenshot it. Will see about the next set of missions. And I already set-up the basics for the second base!
Soo..le'ts see..
Dekker - assault
Firespawn - pistols
Sparda - shotgun
Patriot - EM rifle (assault)
Anyone else?
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me me me me me
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Sniper for me, please. (M-e-l-v-i-n- -H-u-f-f-l-e-s-t-o-n- -I-V)
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Alright...
Headdie, you didn't specifc a weapon. Want a bazooka?
B.t.w - got confirmation from the UFO:AI devs. Tehy put in a change from 2.3 that prevents adding of new craft. They hope to remove it later.
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If there's a spot count me in! Love the HMG.
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Still want to be the lucky fighterjockey who ejects at the last possible moment :P
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yer i will take explosive crazy with a SMG backup, bazooka or grenade launcher i dont mind which
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I'll be pilot this time around if that's possible.
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Oh, could I keep one of the pistols and replace the other with a knife/kerblade? You know, be the squad's gunslinging, knife wielding badass from Britain.
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With yer trusty pistol and yer cutlass!
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K..started a NEW new game (jsut for oyu guys). Had to set starting soldiers to 40 and start it several times over to get decent soldiers.....
Reports will come soon
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So..our new adventure begins. Again I pick Europe as our starting position - except this time I go even further east.
I immediatly plop a extra laboratory (100.000$) and living quarters (40000$) .
Normally I'd be putting more buildings in, but I re-direct hte funs to start preparing another base, code-named "Rising Sun" (yes, I know it's not Japan, but I dont' care)
I also buy 2 new VHS rifles, that are a bit mroe accurete than the regular assault rifles, but a bit weaker. I also fully equipp our lone Stilleto interceptor.
Crizza gets that one. Untill a new base is up and ready, Penguin gets to fly the dropship.
(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/4104/ufo01c.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/834/ufo01c.jpg/)
So off we go. First UFO detected is shot down by Crizza over the middle east. The team goes in.
(http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/4991/ufo02.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/844/ufo02.jpg/)
No sooner that we disembar, we notice an alien on the stairs. It gets softened up by Patriot, before Scourge finished it off with his shotgun. Everoyne else fans out.
(http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/1795/ufo03.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/ufo03.jpg/)
Another alien pops up on the marke,t chasing a civilian. But, seeing Phalanx soldiers, he turns around and throws a plasma grenade at Melvin Huffleston IV'th. It flies only a few feet before blowing up.
Seeing how there's an civilian right next to the alien, burst fire was ill-advised. Melvin however, takes the alien wiht a single bullet. HEADSHOT!
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1272/ufo04.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/39/ufo04.jpg/)
The last alien is herder into a corner only for Headdie to finish the mission with a bang:
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/9801/ufo05.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/ufo05.jpg/)
(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4217/ufo07.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/ufo07.jpg/)
****
the next UFO we detect is a larger one. We stay clear of that one and wait for a nother small one to appear...which crizze shoots down again.
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/9235/ufo08.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/ufo08.jpg/)
We depoly. Headde gets first kill with his Bazooka. Melvin hit an alein with his sniper, but it's still alive. Inter-mitted reaction fire from our stoops scores a hit or two, but the last two aliens finally go down under heavy machinegun fire supplied by me and Rodo.
(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2783/ufo09.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/94/ufo09.jpg/)
****
More alien craft run around, msotly bigger and more menacing ones. we ait for one to land and pounce right on it!
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/3442/ufo10.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/ufo10.jpg/)
Tor this mission I bout anohter VHS and replaced my HMG with it. Everyone else keeps their loadout.
We start relatively clsoe to the UFO. Unfortunately, I only brought 1 sniper and 1 bazooka and both are on the other side of the dropship.
(http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/4134/ufo11o.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/683/ufo11o.jpg/)
Still, I set up a wall of fire with 3 soldiers spending all TU's shooting their assault rifles..and not a single hit. Firespanw moves a bit closer and fires off 2 shots. Both miss. Le crap.
(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/6342/ufo12.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/109/ufo12.jpg/)
The alien return fire, but he's an even worse shot then we are. Frustreated, he charges forward, despite having two plasma pistols.
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/9106/ufo13.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/ufo13.jpg/)
Firespawn hits it with a pistol burts
(http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/5845/ufo14.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/ufo14.jpg/)
Then moves in and hacks it with a knife.
We continue moving forward, only for another alien to pop up from teh craft.
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/712/ufo15.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/62/ufo15.jpg/)
All out shots miss. All our reaction fire misses. Only Melvin manages a shot trough the ships hull, but the bullet lost quite a bit of punch because of that.
The aleins return fire hits Patriot and Dekker.
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/2783/ufo16.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/ufo16.jpg/)
Our return fire kills it however (shotguns at close range = murder).
Firespawn and me whip out the healing kits.
The last two aliens are runnign around hte upper houses and we follow. Alien return fire again hits Patriot, but tha't not enough to stop him. Most of our troops are out of position, the alien being obstructed byhhte house of hte UFO...we score a few grazing wounds on it only.
(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2740/ufo17.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/109/ufo17.jpg/)
It charges down..only to be cut down by Rodo's HMG.
(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3369/ufo18.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/337/ufo18.jpg/)
the last alien charges at us from the house. We again set up a fireing line, but luck is not with us, since we use of all of our TU's and only manage ot land 2 grazing shots.
The alin is predicatably innacurate and this one too seems to like the charging tactic. The next turn, the fire from our assault rifles brings it down, Dekker having the privelige of hte last burts.
3:0 for us!
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Good show, old-bean!
I have a question though. Don't you think I should have CUT the alien a little slack? ;7
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Throw my name in the pot again
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Firespawn = Ghost from Modern Warfare? :o
And i assume i'm using a VHS atm due to not having researched the EM Rifle yet, which is cool, i like ARs, specially AKs :3
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Nothing like a cold beer after a successfull raid on a harvester.
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I'll be in. Not cure what role to take though.
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I'll be in. Not cure what role to take though.
I dont think we have the obligatory master level 100,000 samurai/ninja/generic eastern blade wielding martial artist yet
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2 down, three to go and I'm ace :P
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Don't get full of yerself just yet. Those were unarmed scouts you took down. :lol:
Anywhoo....Another emergency for our team. We deploy immediately.
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8160/ufo19.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/268/ufo19.jpg/)
to a very tiny map.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/267/ufo20h.jpg/
So we fan out and run into aliens. The little reaction fire we had mostly missed.
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1198/ufo21.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/3/ufo21.jpg/)
By now I figure all aliens must be in this building. I leave Headdie and Melvin outside, as their weapons would be of little use inside the house. I prepare everyone else to stom the house.
Sparda runs right up to the alein and introduces it's face to sabot slugs (should have gone with flechette..those are 3 times deadleir early game)
(http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/8861/ufo22.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/831/ufo22.jpg/)
Me and Dekker(or was it Patriot?) are the only two currently inside the house. A burts from each of us cuts the second alein down.
We detect the third one on the roof/balcony, hiding behind a table. Since no one can get a shot at it from this angle, I move Headde and Melin further away into a better fireing position. However, we losoe track of the alien.
For the next two turns everyone (except the aforementioned two) slowly and catioulsly moves towards hte stairs to the second floor.
And then suddenly the alien appears down.
(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9061/ufo24.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/525/ufo24.jpg/)
There's no stairs or any way to get down, so this must be a bug. Unfortunately for the alien, he dropped from the roof right in front of Headde and Melvin. Melving puts a sniper round into its chest, Headde follows with a rocket. The alien is vaporized.
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/240/ufo25.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/214/ufo25.jpg/)
WE ARE VICTORIOUS!!!
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UFO's fly around, but again we avoid hte big ones. Untill they land. Then we deploy!
(http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5321/ufo26.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/220/ufo26.jpg/)
We deploy in the outskirts of hte town...houses and gardens obstructing our view:
(http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/3888/ufo27.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/855/ufo27.jpg/)
We split into 2 4-man teams.
ME, Sparda, Headdie and Firespawn take the streets.
Melvin, Patriot, Rodo and Dekker go around the back gardens. And we run into aliens almost immediately.
2 aliens visible in the upper left house. 1 in the garden. The one in the garden throws a grenade and wounds the entire group. Melvin and Patriot put it down with return fire.
The second team moves up
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/1210/ufo30.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/ufo30.jpg/)
Only for one alien to go behing the house, throw a grenade at this feet and somehow survive and return. Must be smoking some shrooms.
One more alien appears. We now have 3 alien in the upper left part of the map.
Headdie attempts to hit one, but his missile misses, goes trough the window and destroys the TV in the house. He still claims Twilight was on that TV, and it was deliberate.
One of the alien came to clsoe to Sparda, who shotguns it to the face and then runs behind cover.
The alien return fire doesn't score a single hit.
(http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/4011/ufo31.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/825/ufo31.jpg/)
Finally, on our turn we again push forward. I took a HMG back and my supressive fire kills one, while Firespawn finishes the last one. (at least I think. I'm not sure if Headdie fired another missile at this point or not)
Another victory.
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And our adventures continue!
Getting tired of all the fighter-types UFO' (they WILL go after the dropship if it's close) I dispatch Stilleto 1 to intercept one. I haven't installed polymer armor and I fear the worst. Still, Crizza manages to bring it down, altough our interceptors is heavily damaged in the process. Our first kill of an armed UFO. I begin construction of another small hangar. We're gonna need it.
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/4756/ufo32.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/266/ufo32.jpg/)
We deploy on another small map and immediately engage the enemy:
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/8640/ufo33.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/42/ufo33.jpg/)
Sparda is not with us on this one, beign promoted in the last mission he's taking a break. Ravenhole is taking his place. Sadly, I didn't take notes and memory of this mission is murky, so take this names of who killed whom with a grain of salt.
The alien closest to us is swiftly taken down by combined fire from Firespawn and Patriot.
The rest aling themselves to either shoot at the alein by he house or the one in the middle of the crash site. Headdeis first missile misses. And due to my oversight Ravenhome is left without any TU's, and few cna come to his aid.
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/2065/ufo34.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/233/ufo34.jpg/)
After 2 pot shots and drainign everyoen who could shoot out of TU's, the last burst from my HMG manages to bring the alein down, as if by some miracle.
(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/2788/ufo35.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/824/ufo35.jpg/)
The last alien opens fire and hits both patriot and ravenholme. We quickly move in to heal them.
Our return fire misses, but the alein runs behind the house to cower (afer scoring anotoher wound on Patriot). We use this breathing room to heal everyone up.
The aline finally pops back from the hosue, but this time falls down under a torrent of fire.
6:0 for us.
So far, so good!
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Twilight on the box???? of course I blasted it. The threat of lovie dovie vampires and werewolves is a far greater threat to sane humanity than any alien
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DEATH TO EMOSPARKLES! :mad2:
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DEATH TO EMOSPARKLES! :mad2:
nothing to add, this just bears repeating.
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DEATH TO EMOSPARKLES! :mad2:
nothing to add, this just bears repeating.
:yes:
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End of the month and new monies come in! YEEEE.
We can finally expand on our Rising Sun base
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/9853/ufo36.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/69/ufo36.jpg/)
And equipping of Skydancer 1 wiht Polymer armor is compelte. I immediately send it to shoot down the next fighter we detect. Crizza again manages ot shoot it down, again returning wiht a bange-up craft. The armor was a good investment!
So we deply on a smallish farm and immediately come into contact with an alien. Our fire keeps missing..Even headdies rocket only grazed the sucka.
(http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/8905/ufo37.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/802/ufo37.jpg/)
The rest of hte team fans out and we run into mhoar ALIENS. Firespawn in particular has a close encounter.
(http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8241/ufo38.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/197/ufo38.jpg/)
Yet it's not close neough for him, as he charges into melee range, unloading a pitol burts at point-blank. That doesn't drop the alien, so he stabs it.
The sucka is tough and it's still standing. And no one is in range to come....except for Dekker, who doesn't have a celar line of sight and only enough TU's for a single shot. which he takes...and hit Firespawn.
Oh.....crap.
However, the alien seems to be confused by Firespawns display of crazy and runs around like headless chicken, curving in a fetal position by the door.
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3024/ufo39.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/267/ufo39.jpg/)
Sparda reaction fires at it with the shotgun.at this distance only a grazing hit (but that was Flechette ammo!). The bugger is STIL standing.
Two more aliens pop up, one on the far end of hte barn, one on the second floor on the house in the other corner. The alien fire is good for a change. Rodo and Retsof get hit. So does Headdie.
Firespanw has enough of this s*** and stabd hte alein with impunity untill it FINALLY dies.
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4526/ufo40.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/ufo40.jpg/)
Rodo and Retsof take cover and whip out medipacks.
Everoyne else tries to shoot the alien in the house with a civy wiht little sucess. Except for headdie, as the alien is too close to his human shield.
So he shoots at hte other alien at hte other side of a map, trough a window. If the alien can hit him (and he has) then the reverse is also true, no?
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7927/ufo41.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/ufo41.jpg/)
Kinda-sorta. the missiles does hit...but hte alien is still there. Maybe it hit the wall?
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/133/ufo42.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/ufo42.jpg/)
Anywhoo, everyones woulds beign patched up, we move once more. Sparda tries to go around ot get the irrirating alein with the hostage, retsof and Rodo try to get the offending alien behind hte barn that hit them.
Vengance is sweet.
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/3362/ufo43.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/ufo43.jpg/)
Dont' ask me why the alien climb the cardboard. Perhaps he wanted to make a speech? Well, he did recive a warm welecome. And by "warm" I mean 3 incendiary grenades!
The alien in the broken house finalyl falls (the hostage is safe)
(http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/2408/ufo44.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/841/ufo44.jpg/)
I don't even know who killed it.
We now move ot engage the final alien, holed up on the second floor. However, it moved, so we dont' know where it is precisely.
Except we do now
(http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2012/ufo45.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/269/ufo45.jpg/)
Firespawn takes it out with a single aimed shot. Guess headdies rocket did hit after all..
VICTORY!!!!
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Time to expand further:
(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/1746/ufo47.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/252/ufo47.jpg/)
Large hangar for the second base. Gonna use a Saracen here.
Also, bought a new Stilleto
(http://img545.imageshack.us/img545/4262/ufo46.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/545/ufo46.jpg/)
a 3 Shivan config should put out a large amount of firepower. Hmm...probably shoud put targeting computers in it.
anywhoo, we shoot down a scout or two over the sea, and we double-team in on a fighter. Once it's down, the team goes in;
(http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/7776/ufo48.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/502/ufo48.jpg/)
One alien shoots Firespawn from logn range. Only a sineel shot, but it hits. Seems they do not like him. Rodo me and Melvin take a few pot shots at the charging alien, but it's Retsofs grenades that bring it down.
(http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/6455/ufo49.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/815/ufo49.jpg/)
We consolidate out line, with Firespawn duckign back for a heal. Headdie climbs up the stairs to the house to get a good vantage point for hte missile.
(http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/8982/ufo50.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/ufo50.jpg/)
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/2290/ufo51.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/ufo51.jpg/)
Yet it doesn't kill the alien. The tree suffered most of the damage. Dekkers bursts were also stopped by the tree. I make a mental note to make our fighter armor out of wood.
Rodo and Melvin finally take out the closer alien.
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5747/ufo52.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/ufo52.jpg/)
From my position at the warehouse stairs, the tree isn't blicking my shots, so hte alien falls down to a well-placed burst!
HAIL THE GLORIOUS VICTORS!
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Me + Southeast London stabbing skillz + Alienz = Martian-mincemeat :pimp:
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Looks like my random fire support worked out ok and nice assist Firespawn
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Yeah, trees are kinda hard to understand.
I recall loosing more than one soldier that was crouched behind a tree in those "little-forest" maps, the shots got right through the frikking tree every single time!, and then you go to this map and you find a tree that's like a fortress :doubt:
Congrats on a flawless game so far!
PD: where did you place Rising Sun?
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UFOS!
UFOS everywhere!
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/2581/ufo53.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/ufo53.jpg/)
You'd think there's an invasion going on!
A little bit later the situation is differnet. We shot down one, but no time to send a team in. Terror mission takes priority!
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/3176/ufo54.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/209/ufo54.jpg/)
Wow...small map
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6397/ufo55.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/267/ufo55.jpg/)
(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/8840/ufo56.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/828/ufo56.jpg/)
Sniper and bazooka would be of little use in there, so Malvin and headdie are staying on the main deck.
Everoyne esle forms up and prepares to storm the ship.
Sparda softens up an alien with reaction fire, before moving in close and finising it. Flechette ammo b***!
(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/1829/ufo57.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/ufo57.jpg/)
We go in catiously but do not meet any aliens on that deck. Rodo and Melvin check above, the rest go down.
Patriot and Dekker take one ramp, Retsof and Revnholme the other
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5509/ufo58.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/ufo58.jpg/)
Alien pops up, but reaction fire stops em in their tracks. On our turns Dekker and Patriot finish it off.
On hte other side we detect another alien, but having spent quite a few TU's on movement, we fall back and let it come to us.
(http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8056/ufo59.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/ufo59.jpg/)
Ravenholme peppers it with a burst, and Retsof jump out of hte corner and hits it with flechette shells. Over-sized shotgun effect follows.
***
Immediatley after that we fly to Russia to that crash site.
(http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/261/ufo60.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/854/ufo60.jpg/)
A little fire from Rodo and a missile from Headdie and 1 alien goes down
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/7956/ufo61.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/688/ufo61.jpg/)
Dekker decks the second one
(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2554/ufo62.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/513/ufo62.jpg/)
3rd one tries to charge us from the brn, only to run into spardas reaction fire.
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/1908/ufo63.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/ufo63.jpg/)
the last one is taken down by Retsof and a few pot shots from the rest of hte team.
(http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/4876/ufo64.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/836/ufo64.jpg/)
That said - new lab is compelte, more scientist hired. And research on Laser Amplification is done! Wooo!
Also, large hangar and a Saracen are now operational in the second base. Any pilot want to transfer there?
EDIT:
I was planing a comedy mission with Chuck Norris. Alas, editing the save game to edit soldiers stats is a long and overly-complicated procedure.
So I won't do it.
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Y'know, i was interested in trying the game out for myself, but i would like to know how to edit the prices you get for alien equipment/ships and such, so as to not have the debacle we had in our "previous lives"
Care to share, maybe the mods too? :D
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You can throw me back in for another pilot if you want. I had a good run going in that first game.
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If I'm not in in the new game yet, throw me in there. Looks like we need some more shotgun up in here :)
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Y'know, i was interested in trying the game out for myself, but i would like to know how to edit the prices you get for alien equipment/ships and such, so as to not have the debacle we had in our "previous lives"
Care to share, maybe the mods too? :D
I'll zip it and put it up a bit later. But it's simple really
.pk3 files (in the base folder) are basicly rars. You can just extract the 0ufo folder. The files inside are just text files (don't mind the .ufo extension) and can be easily edited.
Just be sure to remove the 0 when you extract it, the folder structure shoudl be UFOAIDirectory/base/ufo/ (files go in here)
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Look like we will need another large hangar (and a dropship) in base 2. Time is slowly coming to split into 2 deedicated teams.
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Two short reports from two short battles:
First a downed scout:
Mission at night. Melvin takes the first alien out.
(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/3435/ufo66.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/577/ufo66.jpg/)
Two more sighted - the barn and the house. We try a few pot shots, but there's too many obstructions in the way.
Stupid alien almost blows himself and his buddy with a plasma grenade, before moving up and killing a civilian with a blade. Our fireing line takes it out.
(http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2756/ufo67.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/85/ufo67.jpg/)
I repalced my heavy machingun with a flamer and test it out on the alst alein. Booyah!
Immediately after that a terror mission. Middle east.
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/7285/ufo68.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/ufo68.jpg/)
The alien closest to us falls under a hail of bullets and the grenade launcher.
We fan out and run into another alien, in the company of a mechanical spider. They both burn very nicely
(http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/9853/ufo69.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/20/ufo69.jpg/)
The UFO is this time woefuly under-staffed. It turns out there were only these 3 aliens thar....
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What follows is 3 missions wrought with peril at every step, a huge number of clsoe calls and a LOT of luck.
Guess what - we researched Kerrablade. I'm focusing on taman autopsy and UFO Theroy, so we can get sweet alien materials (and we cna get monomolecular blades) and Laz0rs.
Aliens are increasign their activity, more and more terror missions are popping up. Our first mission seez Dekker falling out of hte dropship (actually, due to some bug he's been placed alone, next to the alien Harvester...but hey)
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3176/ufo70.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/708/ufo70.jpg/)
That little green dot there..that's Dekker. All alone. I put full reaction mode on, crouch him and send every runing to him as fast as possible. no TU's in reaction fore for anyone else. Damn risky, but we don't leave a man behind!
(http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2246/ufo71.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/840/ufo71.jpg/)
And sure enough, aliens start flooding out of the harvester.
Oh s***
(http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/4162/ufo72.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/ufo72.jpg/)
Tehy seem to want to cut Dekker up with their blades. Every one of htem has a plasma pisto, but they onyl fire 2 shots this turn, and aimed at our other troops.
Well f*** that!
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/6479/ufo73.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/851/ufo73.jpg/)
One down.
Make that 3 down! :pimp:
(http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/4060/ufo74.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/ufo74.jpg/)
The team is surprisingly accurate today. Altough everyone was running, so they only fired pot-shots, everyone scored at least 1 hit.
the combined weight of fire from 1 HMG, 4 assault rifles, 1 shotgun and 1 pistol was too much.
(http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/4540/ufo75.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/803/ufo75.jpg/)
No sooner than we finalyl join up, the last alien pops out. Firespawn and Patriot finish this one.
WOHOO!!!!
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Yaaaay! I'm a reckless twonk!
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RED ALERT - in china. A civilian sheleter is under attack!
(http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/410/ufo76.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/16/ufo76.jpg/)
This is gonna be a tough one. Close quarters combat. For this mission I pulled Headdie out and put Melvin back in.
Except we can barely move. 3 alien on the upper walkways open fire on the entrance, spending all TU's on shooting.
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1074/ufo77.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/546/ufo77.jpg/)
another alien comes close, only for Sparda to blow it away. Firespawn and Patriot are hurt.
I bring Melvin forward but both of his shots misses. He gets shot. I re-group and heal.
Having no other option I charge out.
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/5427/ufo78.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/ufo78.jpg/)
After a lengthy shoot-out, we finalyl fin. the superior accuracy of our rifles wins out, but we don't come out of it untouched - Rodo gettign the worst of it. More healing follows.
We cna hear more shooting, but cna't determine where it's coming from. The team splits.
Ravenholme, Patriot and Rodo take left, the rest go right. Firespawn and Dekker split from the second team to go down. We discover 3 aliens down.
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9743/ufo79.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/ufo79.jpg/)
Melvin quickly takes position on the upper walkway, Sparde runs down to join firespawn and Dekker. The plan is to lure hte aliels out so hte second team can open fire from above. Dekker plays the lure.
Reaction fire from Dekker and Melvin has little effect, but Firespan tosses 2 grenades.
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/5259/ufo80.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/851/ufo80.jpg/)
They end up rolling too far, but still close enough to kill 1 alien.
Sparda tries his luck. His incendiarey fails completely but his explosive one finish off the already wounded alien.
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6383/ufo81.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/209/ufo81.jpg/)
the last one is killed by Melvins reaction fire.
(http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/6917/ufo82.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/862/ufo82.jpg/)
A victory, but all civilians were killed.
There's jsut no way to save them, as they start too close to the civilians.
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/470/ufo83.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/266/ufo83.jpg/)
3 promotions in one mission!!!!
Celebrations are in order!
Alas, beign too focused on the mission, I neglected a lone UFO fighter that flew past hte base. At hte alst moment it changed couse and attacked! The aliens found our base! To make things worse the only one left in the base are Headdie...and me. :eek:
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but we shall not give up! We will fight them in the air, in the sea. We shall fight them with pitchforks, in the nude and in a bowl of jello if necessary!!!
The sucidal team gears up. I take a flamer and Headdie a grenade launcher filled wiht Flechettes.
the first alien is jsut around the corner and falls to the burnign rage in my heart. And the napalm.
(http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/3344/ufo84.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/848/ufo84.jpg/)
We place ourselves in this tight corridor and shoot the first alein that pops up. Ful lreaction fire on and then we hit End Turn.
Then they come
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/1451/ufo86.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/842/ufo86.jpg/)
But hte combines firepower of a flechette grenade launcher and flamer (set to inferno sweep) is utterly devastating. Headdei even runs out of ammo as he was bursting all the time.
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/995/ufo87.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/441/ufo87.jpg/)
4 aliens are shredded in seconds!
A glorious, unexpected victory!!!!! :D :D :D :D
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boom Boom BOOM haaahaaahaaahaaahaaahaaaaaaaaa ;7
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boom Boom BOOM haaahaaahaaahaaahaaahaaaaaaaaa ;7
This needs MOAR DAKKA! :arrr:
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/me is destined to be bait forever?
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Yaaaay! I'm a reckless twonk!
Well, you DID manage to survive 3 turns alone.. :P
EDIT:
Here's the link to the mod:
http://www.mediafire.com/?m5l94m656y142vm
You just place the ufo and model folders from in inside hte base folder.
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Did Dekker learn from Chuck Norris or the other way around? :D
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wow, impressive base mission right there, you are already heroes.
Kudos!
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I have to admin that I had to re-try that mission. A redicolous bugglitch happened, in which Headdie unloaded a full burt of flechette ammo at an unarmored alien. Point blank. 100% hit chance. All hit. Alien blood flying. No damage to the alien. :eek2:
I was going "WTF!?!?!?!" when that same alien killed headdie on his turn. The flechette burst is supposed to do 460+ damage. The Taman has like 130 health.
Still have no idea how or why it happened.
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While our team was flying back, another terror mission hit..In the US of A.
Our dropship only landed back in base for 5 minutes to refuel (and so our tropps can take a potty break) and immediately continued to Juno, alaska.
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/4493/ufo88.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/708/ufo88.jpg/)
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/146/ufo89.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/37/ufo89.jpg/)
It cold..and I should have given everyone arctic cammo. But that doesn't matter. We detect 3 aliens next to the UFO Harvester
The aliens hang around the front of the ship and open fire with everything. Dekker, who is positioned near the rear of the dropship gets hit twice. As I try to move him back he gets hit once again by alien reaction fire. IT turns out all shots are grazing ones and he's jsut a tad below half health. Firespawn and Melvin whip out healign kits.
Retsof opens up with the grenade launcher with on of hte aliens who came in clsoer and kills it.
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/6632/ufo90.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/27/ufo90.jpg/)
We detect anohter alien behind the UFO.
Sparda and firespawn move towards it, using the trees nad boxes for cover. Their weapon ranges are too short for the shootout with the main alien group anyway. Malvin takes opsition insdie hte dropship to snipe.
Two turns of shooting follow. Spada has made it to the large container, Retsof and firespawn lagging behind. The reast have been fireing full bore from everyting. Constant auto-fire. Few hits scored.
Rhodo has the best hit-ratio, but only because he's using auto-sweep so he's spraying bullets everywhere. Dekker gets back int othe fight and his bur finished off the wounded alien.
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/7858/ufo91.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/233/ufo91.jpg/)
The aliens return fire hits Ravenholme dead center. Twice. He is in critical state and I move him back into the dropship. The alien at the back of the ufo finally walked down and into Spardas reaction fire. That stopped him long enough for Sparda to finish him off next turn.
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/1130/ufo92.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/ufo92.jpg/)
Retsof attempts a 3-round burst on the last alien next to the small water/oil tower, but all 3 of his grenades collide with the scaffolding. Yet the reast of the team compansates with a hail of bullets.
Another victory!
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Man, I'm a damn bullet sponge :(
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Heh, I'm doing really well with my "shotgun to alien face" approach.
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Mhoar action. The damn aliens keep increasing in frequency. I'm gonna hafta auto some battle methinks.
Anywoo..
Everyone reached the rank of Lance-Corporal in these missions... Expect for me, Patriot and Sparda (methinks) who hold captain rank. Will have to double-check.
We were mindin' our own buissnes, cllin and relaxin,
when UFO land near our radar tower in New Africa...and it's up to no good in that neighborhood.
We sent one little dropship out and the aliens got scared, and said "we'll send a fighter to intercept you up in the air"
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/2803/ufo94.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/851/ufo94.jpg/)
So we turned the dropship around and sent fighters of our own, and the alien fighter was the one to go down.
The cost was clear so our dropship landed, and we kicked the aliens off our planet.
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/4095/ufo95.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/ufo95.jpg/)
A nice little map and Patriot got a easy first kill. the rest of us moved forward (and Ravnholm was still getting first aid from the last mission)
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/6088/ufo97.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/688/ufo97.jpg/)
2 more aliens up, but with everyone on reactive fire, they were greeted by a wall of lead.
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1608/ufo98.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/707/ufo98.jpg/)
Melvin got one, but I honestly can't tell who killed the last one. It was a joint effort anyway, since all the shooting caused many minor wounds.
(http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/3609/ufo99.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/856/ufo99.jpg/)
Anywhoo, we hit the crash alien ship on the way back and find ourself in another forest map. Alas, no screenshots for some reason (dunno why)
But we just pretty much did the "wall of lead" tactics with Headdie as bait (who almost died). Last alien was killed by Ravenholme, who finally ranked up.
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5084/ufo100.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/201/ufo100.jpg/)
Test of Saracen interceptor yielded satisfactory results
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/5476/ufo101.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/ufo101.jpg/)
Greater range, greater speed, more armor than Stilleto. But less guns and less manouverability.
We clear that landed UFO too (auto) but on the way back, ANOTER landed UFO...blargh!
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/3632/ufo102.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/ufo102.jpg/)
(http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/7240/ufo103.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/ufo103.jpg/)
2 aliens ened up inside the UFO, 1 on the front. The front one was taken care of by Firespawn and Rodo, the two in the back were injured by combined injuries from our bullets and the dead was sealed by Retsofs grenade launcher
Now maybe we can finally get a few days of lower activit-
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/340/ufo104.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/ufo104.jpg/)
DAMMIT!
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Be carefull with those missions far away from the base, that thing that happened before with the fighter appearing out of nowhere to hunt your dropship is a dangerously repeating scenario.
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Thankfully, I can send a Saracen as an escort. It has the range. Too bad it's worse than a Stilleto in a dogfight.
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So we go in to Australia. Long flight and an iffy mission. A gigantic farm, but I pre-emptively equipped both Sparda and Firespawn with sniper rifles (as they have the best sniper skill aside from Melvin...I really need a dedicated sniper damit. Bad rolls with initial recruits) and I gave headdie a bazooka.
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/1748/ufo105.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/37/ufo105.jpg/)
(http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/8071/ufo106.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/ufo106.jpg/)
3 turns are spent until I realized the damn fence is like a impenetrable barrier and 3 missiles are wasted by headdie (hitting nothing) and my snipers spent 3 turns just sitting there looking pretty.
At least the rest of the team was moving around towards the barn. All the aliens we detected are high up..and we see...plasma rifles. And alien light armor! Uh-oh!
I move everyone up.. Me and Rhodo enter the barn and wait by the other entrance for an alien to come near.
Retsof takes position behind the barrels, Patriot (or was it Dekker?) stay at the lower end of the barn to heal up Headddie, who got hit by plasma fire.
The snipers take up positions to the right of the barn.
the first alien that comes too close gets toasted
(http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/9015/ufo108.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/4/ufo108.jpg/)
3 more aliens runs down from above
(http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/5895/ufo109.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/718/ufo109.jpg/)
Headdie dishes out some vengance
(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/4568/ufo110.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/ufo110.jpg/)
Firespawn and Sparda take out the second (actually third) one
(http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/5696/ufo111.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/803/ufo111.jpg/)
(http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/7203/ufo112.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/ufo112.jpg/)
And another alien appears!
But juditious application of firepower by Retsof and Rodo brings em down
(http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8830/ufo113.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/685/ufo113.jpg/)
The last alien emerges from the ships, only for Firespawn to roll a grenade beneath it's feet and me to cremate it. VICTORY!!!!
I'm playing on standard difficutly and still no deaths. DAYUM!
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Am I ace yet? :P
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ANOTHER TERROR MISSION!
Near our second base. and only 0.5 days left till the second large hangar (and dropship for the second team) is done!
(http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/5374/ufo116.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/41/ufo116.jpg/)
I'm beginning to hate the aliens. REALLY hate em.
Anywhoo, we deploy and move forward cautiously, but for several turns, no alien contact. Since Firespawn was taking a shortcut trough the house and civies blocked him, we kinda waited a bit for him and formed a battle line..but no aliens popped up.
We moved forward - very, very cautiously. It took a few more turns to get to this position here:
(http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/8504/ufo117z.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/823/ufo117z.jpg/)
and then they started coming. First a single Taman who tossed a plsma grenade, that hurt me and retsof a bit, but he was quickly put down.
then two bloodspiders
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/5130/ufo118.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/ufo118.jpg/)
It turns out Flechette grenades are almost useless against them. Retsof empited the entire clip without bringing one down. My flamer brought one down but the other was still there..and I had no TU's left.
In the panic that ensued some friendly fire happened. I got hit by a stay bullet as everyone that could was shooting at the damn spiders. Firespawn and Ravneholme eventually killed it.
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5818/ufo119.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/705/ufo119.jpg/)
the wounded stayed back (and ironicly with the strongest close-combat weapons)
But only 1 unarmored taman was left - Headde finished it off easily.
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3789/ufo120.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/39/ufo120.jpg/)
Now maybe we can finally get some res-.... terror mission? In Mexico!!! FuUuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU :mad:
EDIt:
YEA.now that we have two functioning bases and 2 dropships, it's time to split the team. Who wants where?
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Am I ace yet? :P
Game doesn't keep track of pilot kills yet sadly. but yeah..you took out quite a few. several UFO scouts and 3 UFO fighters IIRC.
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I'll stick with Dekker, bros got to stick together. :arrr:
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Where are your bases, again? If you have one in the U.S.A. I'd like to be there, and if not Europe is my second choice.
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East Europe and China. Have to open up a new base in USA when I get the $$$...
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I don't care about location, so I'm free to transfer or stay as you see fit.
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Keep me in Europe, it's where I keep my stuff :yes:
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Time for a new report and some statistics!
We go to Mexico and engage aliens thar. A large, cleared jungle area.
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6927/ufo121.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/ufo121.jpg/)
Practicly no cover..should have brought more long-range wepons
Only one armored alien pops up, but we slowly whittle it down with reaction fire from Ravenholme and Melvin seals the deal with a well-placed HEADSHOT.
(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7285/ufo122.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/208/ufo122.jpg/)
Turns out it's better I didn't bring sniper rifles, as the rest of the aliens are holed up in their UFO
(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3456/ufo123.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/513/ufo123.jpg/)
We approach slowly
and one alien exits. armored. With a plasma rifle. but he hits his own ships and the return fire from Firespawn, Rodo and Patriot (?) bring him down.
(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/5305/ufo124.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/337/ufo124.jpg/)
We move closer and another alien falls down to Rodos HMG
(http://img818.imageshack.us/img818/4281/ufo125.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/818/ufo125.jpg/)
The third one stop in the corner...and Firespawn rolls a grenade right beaneth it.
(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/9481/ufo126.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/ufo126.jpg/)
We then move in. Retsof lobs 3 grenades in the face of the alien that just came down the stairs.
(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/6589/ufo127.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/ufo127.jpg/)
A narrow corridor, so only 1 soldiers can shoot at a time.and an armored alien popped up right in front of Melvin-
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/1676/ufo128.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/ufo128.jpg/)
But Melvin gets off 2 reaction shots IN DA FACE. Sniper files aint' so bad in close combat after all....
Victory and we mosy back to base.
Statistics time!!!!
NAME MISSIONS KILLS RANK
TrashMan 14 15 Sgt (Seargent)
Sparda 15 11 Cpl (Corporal)
Melvin 22 8 Cpl
Rodo 22 10 Cpl
Retsof 17 9 Cpl
Patriot 21 9 Cpl
Ravenholme 14 5 L-Cpl (Lance-corporal)
Firespawn 18 7 L-Cpl
Headdie 22 10 Cpl
Dekker 21 8 Cpl
Crizza (Skydancer1) - total kills (estimate): 9
Penguin (Skydancer 2) - total kills (estimate): 4
Mongoose (Saracen 1): - total kills (estimate): 2
EDIT:
Rodo, Headdie, Melvin and Patriot seems to be the most experienced (and highest ranking). One of youz will take over command of the second base.
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I'll do it, but Corporal doesn't outrank a Sergeant sir.
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I'll do it, but Corporal doesn't outrank a Sergeant sir.
I should have said - highest ranking except for me. I will of course remain in the main base.
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I have autoed 2 mission (1 by our team and 1 by the second). but there's been a few things happening.
First of all Skydancer 1 and 2 have shot down another UFO fighter and we butchered the alines there. Report as follows:
Middle eastern town. Lots of cover.We detect 4 aliens immediately. 1 inside the small store, 1 on the roof of the house and 2 next to the UFO.
We scatter immediately. Patriot is still wounded from the last mission - so he takes cover behind the house
(http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/3507/ufo129.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/585/ufo129.jpg/)
Ravenholme runs into the store and blasts the aline with a hail of bullets at point blank, but it's not enough to drop it. He has enough TU's to take a step to the right.
(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/2425/ufo130.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/834/ufo130.jpg/)
Which is just enough to clear Malvin line of fire. 1 alien down, 3 to go.
Retsof steps forward.
(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/6522/ufo131.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/577/ufo131.jpg/)
2 down, 2 to go.
The armored alien makes a sucidal jump from the roof and runs into the house Firespanw was in.
(http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/3782/ufo132.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/834/ufo132.jpg/)
Firespawn responds with a grenade, but it's not aimed good and Firespawn also gets caught into the blast. minor injuries - even less on the alien.
He uses all reaming TU to shoot the thing with his pistol. All shots hit, but the armor is damn resillient.
(http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/9831/ufo133.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/ufo133.jpg/)
Luckily, headde was near and the already injured alien was blown to bits.
4 down..but the mission isn't ending..hm..another one must be left.
I move Ravenholme and Headdie forward ((the only two left with the rank of L-cpl)
The two run into and kill the last alien
(http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6134/ufo134.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/32/ufo134.jpg/)
Well, mostly firespawn... Ranvholme was a further away and only 1 bullet of his hit.
As you can see here, team 1 and 2 were both on their way:
(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5503/ufo135.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/525/ufo135.jpg/)
To different crash sites. the Saracen is working wonders against UFO scouts.
Alas, I couldn't auto this mission for team 2, so I have to play it. A freshly recruited team of n00bs (I still haven't transfered anyone). 5 aliens (3 with plasma rifles and armor)...youch.and yet they win with no losses (only injuries)
The month is done - so by selling all of the excess gear, ufo's and plus the funding recieved, I begin work on our third base "Area 51"
UFO Theroy has finished researching to boot.
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9219/ufo136.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/42/ufo136.jpg/)
Laboratories and workshops cost 100000$ each and take two weeks to built :P
But rejoice - son we shall lave Laz0r rifles. Then EM rifles and monomolecular blades
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Throwing grenades through the UFO entrance? YOU BOLD MAN!
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Patriot, Rodo and Headdie have been transfered to lead team 2 and watch over base 2. Two of team 2 soldiers have been transferred to us (callsigns Barbie and Scope).
Since anyone can re-transfer at any time, if anyone wants to switch to somewhere else, say so.
And those in command of base 2 get to give names to the second team scrubs. Let's hear suggestions.
Sparda, once the US base is operational (approx next monthŽ) I take it you want commend there?
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Can we call one of our grunts Jean-Luc?
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Yeah, I'll take command of the Area 51 base.
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I'll volunteer for a transfer to whichever base is closest to a tropical beach.
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Tropical? That's Red Sun base.
B.t.w. - Red Sun has become our main production center. That's right..all of our advanced Laz0r rfiles and armors..will be made in China!!!!
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I request a female scrub be called Laporte (Space lesbians ALWAYS win), and a male sniper called Garrus (He never misses).
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I demand to know where the first name is referenced from...purely for reasearch purposes of course!
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Have you not played Blue Planet 2: War in Heaven?
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Two downed ufo's two missions. One for each team.
Team 2 at this point only has Patriot and Headdie in it, the rest are scrubs. But they kick ass non the less.
Armed with a lot of sniper and assult rifles, they drilled the alines full of holes.
Team 1 takes a detour to handle a terror mission in an industrial area.
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/1197/ufo141.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/268/ufo141.jpg/)
Melvin takes out the bloke on the roof, Sparda and our new sniper gurl take out another.
Firespawn enters a close-range (about 3-5 squares distance) shoot-out with an alien armed with a plasma pistol (damn civilians are guilty of the alien getting a jump on him). Miracolously he survives, altough barely. The alien does not.
So after that the team proceeds to the crash site
(http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/6213/ufo142.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/ufo142.jpg/)
Standard stuff. Our new sniper girl (Scope) and Melvin got 1 kill each, and the last alien was gunned down by dekker and ravenholme.
we head back and....
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/451/ufo143.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/ufo143.jpg/)
Sunova*****!
Anywhoo a construction site
(http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/4314/ufo144.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/854/ufo144.jpg/)
And altough it looks like there are multiple entrances to the pipe system, there's actually only one. Naturally, we lost a few turns to find that out.
(http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/4430/ufo145.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/802/ufo145.jpg/)
So we mosey to the sewer/pipe entrance...Sparda and firespawn kill the alien at the entrance...the passageis 2 blocks wide, so only 2 soldiers can shoot.I move the snipers forwards and they take out another alien.
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6860/ufo146.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/515/ufo146.jpg/)
And shortly after another...turns out all the aliens here are armed with only plasma grenades. Putting the snipers on the front was a amazing stroke of luck. If those aliens got close enough...game over man.. game over.
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/795/ufo147.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/ufo147.jpg/)
We corner and shoot the last one. Booyah.
LAZ0R RIFLE RESEARCH COMPLETE!!!!!!!
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Have you not played Blue Planet 2: War in Heaven?
What's that got to do with space lesbians? I was hoping he was refferencing some perverted anime or movie...for research purposes of course!
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It has plenty to do with space lesbians. The player character in War in Heaven, Noemi Laporte, gets into a same-sex relationship with her commanding officer, Lorna Simms, near the end of the campaign.
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It has plenty to do with space lesbians. The player character in War in Heaven, Noemi Laporte, gets into a same-sex relationship with her commanding officer, Lorna Simms, near the end of the campaign.
Here I was, getting a long-arse explanation ready and you just come along and do the same thing with two sentences. :(
Also...
SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE LESBIAAAAAAAAAANS
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Short report on a few missions. I autoed a few. Was trying to move things with the research forward a bit. The F12 is iffy and it sometimes doesn't take a screenshot..so this report list is gonna be shorter.
Team 1 killing aliens on a farm.
(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/5024/ufo148.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/268/ufo148.jpg/)
Quick and simple - snipers and assault rifles did most of the work.
Firespawn and Sparda got the last one in CC.
terror mission
(http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/296/ufo149.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/202/ufo149.jpg/)
(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/1603/ufo150.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/ufo150.jpg/)
again team 1.
Kablamis (black dude with missile laucher) almost got killed.
Constant missions are taking a toll. This is WITH all the medikits:
(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/5946/ufo151.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/828/ufo151.jpg/)
The aliens also attacked Rising Sun base. Luckily Team 2 was there to defend
(http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/5543/ufo153.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/846/ufo153.jpg/)
All aliens came running down the main entrance ramp.. into tight corridors where we could butcher them.
Teh fools. Teh Imbeciles!
(http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/6500/ufo154.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/715/ufo154.jpg/)
Two snipers at one junction (Melvin + rookie), Patriot, Headdie(bazooka), Rodo(flamer) +2 rookes(grenade laucher, assault rifle) on another.
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7501/ufo155.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/441/ufo155.jpg/)
There were two hiding up top so we had to chase em a bit.
As you can see, Rising Sun has grown quite a bit. Right now it's chugging out laz0r rifles and power cells
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/3542/ufo156.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/ufo156.jpg/)
By now we're intercepting smaller UFO's on a regular basis and selling them for profit. I deliberately intercept some over the sea when I can. Jsut don't want to deal with more missions.
Our HQ has got another small hangar and Area 51 base is slowly getting into shape.
And here the last (two) terror mission of the day:
(http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7233/ufo157.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/46/ufo157.jpg/)
This one was full of nothing but bloodspiders.
(http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4677/ufo158.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/ufo158.jpg/)
The entire team was taking pot shots, and pretty much waiting for them to come closer. We had to hunt down the last one.
And here, on the last mission, we see Ravenhole testing out our new LAZ0R RIFLE!
(http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8610/ufo160.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/718/ufo160.jpg/)
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I like that Kablamis guy, he's bleeding out yet still smiling.
Perfect attitude for an alien hunter!
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So I've DL'd the game, and now I could write a little review...
The good:
-Generally the gameplay is fun. While it's turn based and appears rather slow, I did run into situations where my MG switches to pistol and shoots because it takes less TU's than aiming the big and bulky machine gun. Same thing when someone runs out of ammo in the middle of a firefight- sometimes the secondary ends the battle.
-While the story in the intro sucks a bit, the creators put lots of effort into the details about the aliens, weapons and equipment.
-The aliens themselves are pretty alien, and their weapons differ a lot from what the humans use. This allows some variety in terms of tactics.
-The game is pretty intuitive, some of the hints are helpful.
-The AI is done pretty neatly, except for one ugly thing. Aliens sometimes take the high ground, sometimes they flank, sometimes they ambush or sneak around, and sometimes they just rush massively against a sole defender.
-I wonder when the aliens get their own heavy power armor, rocket launchers, heavy machine guns and snipers....
The bad:
-If one of your soldiers is behind a fence, wall or any other obstacle that reaches to their chest, they will most likely shoot the obstacle, firing from the hip, instead of taking aim and putting the barrel above it. This is a brilliant way to get rid of your rocket launcher dude if he/she is an @$$#*(&.
-The accuracy of guns is generally a bit too low. It makes sense to charge across an open field to get an alien within range of the 'nade thrower (and the shots that bounce reach rather far). This alone turns down the amount of planing needed to defeat the enemy. Snipers also seem to miss aimed shots rather often from as little as 50-100 meters, which pretty much forces to charge and get the team close to the aliens.
The ugly:
-If you have any injured soldiers, feel free to take them on the next mission. Just keep them out of the gunfire until they cure each other using the endlessly healing medkits.
-Keeping the injured soldiers in the hospital only causes them to be out of action for a while.
-Aliens don't seem to seek cover unless they panic. Even when I have 5 soldiers firing at them they just stand there and try to shoot back.
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Any word on the bundling thing? :D
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Lots of action for both teams.
I did auto some battles, but here's a brief rundown:
TEAM2
fihting on that old glitched map
(http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/2008/ufo161.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/ufo161.jpg/)
Jean-Luc was spawned next to the UFO and it took 3 turns for everyone else to catch up. Enemeis were bloodspiders and Taman.
Thankfully, the sniper(Melvin, Garrus) and assault rifle(Patriot, Jean-Luc) fire did manage to soften or kill some.
Rodo and Lapponte finished the rest (flamer + grenade launcher)
As you cna see, there was plenty of action, with both teams out on the field at the same time.
(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/7237/ufo162.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/708/ufo162.jpg/)
And at this point I succumb to my weakness and retry the mission. Why?
(http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/189/ufo164.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/846/ufo164.jpg/)
Because Headdie, the ever popular plasma magnet, go killed. Again. Why he got killed? Because he was very wounded from a previous battle and I forgot about it. Under normal circumstances, he would have survived the battle.
And Headdie almsot got killed again. The aliens were gunning for him.
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/1511/ufo165.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/33/ufo165.jpg/)
Fortunately, there was only 3 of them against a team of 8 badasses.
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/442/ufo166.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/ufo166.jpg/)
Headde and Scope take 1 enemy each. The last one fell to reaction fire.
And MORE activity:
(http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/977/ufo167.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/27/ufo167.jpg/)
Aaaand....Rising sun under attack! Team 2 is full of wounded by this point, but we still fight
(http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/175/ufo168.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/814/ufo168.jpg/)
aliens check in...but they dont' check out:
(http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/2897/ufo169.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/717/ufo169.jpg/)
The narrow coridor and all aliens attempting to use the main entrance works to our advantage.
4 dead aliens litter the floor and we press forward. But this is when our first real casualty of this war happens
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/1862/ufo170.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/ufo170.jpg/)
As we move towards the base exist, a shot comes from behind, hitting Garrus. We turn around to find an alein sneakely waiting. Melvins shots doesn't kill it. Garrus, wounded, atempts his luck, but the alien returns fire....the already injured Garrus succumbs :(
Patriot riddels the alien in revenge.
Alas, poor Garrus, we knew him not very well. But his brother Barrus is eager to take his place.
The Saracen attmpted to intercept the alien fighter alone, bu was outmatched. Still, Mongoose managed to evade the alien long enough to bring the interceptor back home, altough criticly damaged. The damaged alein craft was finished off by the bases missile defences. Team 2 moves in to secure it.
(http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5273/ufo172.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/513/ufo172.jpg/)
Headdie takes one out with his missile launcher.
The next two aliens are weakend by reaction fire and finished off by Laponte. We got our own injuries at this point.
(http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/887/ufo174.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/9/ufo174.jpg/)
The final alien is coooked by Rodo.
Now for hte good news:
- we have several Laser Rifles now and ammo for it.
- research on Alein light armor is done, and this opens our researhc of Nanocomposite armor
- Taman autopsy done
- research on alien materials almsot done.
What to research next? Hmm...better supply you with a screenshot...
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Any word on the bundling thing? :D
wut?
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Jean-Luc is a bald man, jumping from the dropship and close to the Harvester!
... I mean bold man! bold. :D
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You do realize you misspelled Laporte, right?
I'd go with nanocomposite armor for your next research, and not just because I'm the guy in front with the shotgun. Headdie needs better armor too if he wants to survive being a plasma magnet.
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Is there any part of my body that is no plasma scaring lol
as for research what armour are you on atm and would the snipers benefit from the bolter (not sure if that's the name of the rail rifle in the game).
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You said you'd bundle the game + Mods for me :(
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The Saracen attmpted to intercept the alien fighter alone, bu was outmatched. Still, Mongoose managed to evade the alien long enough to bring the interceptor back home, altough criticly damaged.
If you don't bring it home shorting out and held together with duct tape, you're doing it wrong.
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You said you'd bundle the game + Mods for me :(
Eh?
I gave you the link for the latest installer + the link to the mod (just extract it)
@Mongoose - the Saracen litterly came in with jsut a tiny sliver of the health bar left.
@ALL
Player mroe missions. Right till the end of hte month. Again, plenty of shooting and stuff, but still no new enemeis.
I guess it's triggred by alien and UFO research, which I have been neglecting a bit :P
No new casualties - altough we did come very clse a few times. Report will follow.
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We've been shootign down UFO's and I've been selling everything I could (inclusign alien items), so that caused nation happines to go up. That also caused quite a few missions.
Hurr..ever since I got this ne keyboard, the keys are bit...iffy. Game doens't always take a screenshot apparently.
Team 2 is doing goof. Rookies are proving themslves and are eager to avenge Garrus!
(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3396/ufo179.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/ufo179.jpg/)
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/9056/ufo180.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/ufo180.jpg/)
One of hte more memorable missions
(http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/9803/ufo181.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/ufo181.jpg/)
Huge area. Kablamis actualyl hits the alien, but doesn't kill him.
(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3870/ufo182.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/ufo182.jpg/)
(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/6845/ufo183.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/94/ufo183.jpg/)
Firespawn does tough. Trough da window. Like a boss.
And hten more aliens!!!
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6299/ufo184.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/ufo184.jpg/)
1 bloodspider in da house, 2 more exiting the UFO, 1 taman to our left and 1 more bloodspider below him.
(http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/2739/ufo185.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/593/ufo185.jpg/)
Firespawn and Sparde take out one spider.
the fire from our ream + Retsofs nades take out one more.
cope finishes the Taman
(http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/8209/ufo186.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/585/ufo186.jpg/)
And you can see me running like crazy down, since a bloodspider started killing civies. That's bad for our rep.
Blam! Only one spider left.
(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2857/ufo187.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/ufo187.jpg/)
And I finally caught up with the (literal) bloodsucker!
(http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/6168/ufo188.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/835/ufo188.jpg/)
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Wut's this? Zagreb?
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/3141/ufo189.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/851/ufo189.jpg/)
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9084/ufo190.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/62/ufo190.jpg/)
Dekker and laser rifles seem to go well in hand. Rather accurate weapons. Perfect for reaction fire!
(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/9597/ufo191.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/ufo191.jpg/)
I send Sparde and Firespanw up, the rest move in on the UFO. I go forward and didnt' notice an alien waiting..
I'm close enough that he could kill me
(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/8246/ufo192.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/ufo192.jpg/)
(http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/2572/ufo193.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/109/ufo193.jpg/)
Thansk Kablamis!
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/9942/ufo194.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/546/ufo194.jpg/)
Firespawn has gotten pretty good with grenades, knives and pistols....
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the near fiasco of team 2
(http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/1884/ufo195.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/848/ufo195.jpg/)
Looks great, doesn't it? One of hte scrubs kills hte alien behind our dropship immediately. Full auto at that range (2 squares) - deadly.
Barrus detects an alien in the cow/horse holding pen. It shoots him 2 times and gets out:
(http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/8028/ufo196.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/688/ufo196.jpg/)
Melvin attempts ot shoot it..and fails. Alein retuns fire on melvin and hits! Crap.
Melvin tries again. and misses again. And the alien returns fire AGAIN. And hits AGAIN. WTF???????
Everoyone runs in to help. Barrus finally kills hte damn thing, and the rest move to heal them both..who have less than 10 HP left!!!!!
Patriot etects another alien and opens fire. He gets some hits in, but the broken wood is i nthe way. With only 4 TU's left, we duck behind the wall.
(http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/1715/ufo197.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/85/ufo197.jpg/)
Olny for the alien to follow wiht a friend as they both open fire - badly injuring a scrub and hitting Barrus AGAIN. However, he was healed a bit the turn before so he again barely survives.
(http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/2441/ufo198.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/851/ufo198.jpg/)
Enough is enough. Patriot and Headdie finally kills those last two douchexenos. With extreeme prejudice!
(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/3323/ufo199.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/ufo199.jpg/)
EDIT:
BASE AREA 51 now operational. Has it's own fighter craft. Also, started construction on 2 SAM sites next to it.
20,000$ for a SAM site that's 2 tiems better than the one in the base??? Frak that, I'm gonna spam these everywhere!
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Two fukken missions. I decided to create a thrid team in Area 51 after this.
(http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/1888/ufo200.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/ufo200.jpg/)
So we deploy..in a supermarket!
(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3981/ufo201.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/406/ufo201.jpg/)
We fan out immediately..and start running into aliens. Scope is not having her best day, but Kablammis is luckily here...his missile hits, but doesn't kill.
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/181/ufo202.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/842/ufo202.jpg/)
Still, it's enough to freezethe alein in palce, and next turn it's days are numbered.
Another alien creeps up on Firespawn and they shoot eachother. Firespawn is the injured victor.
(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8426/ufo203.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/819/ufo203.jpg/)
As we move futher forward, 3 more aliens appear. We quickly move to flank them.
(http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9834/ufo204.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/233/ufo204.jpg/)
(http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/92/ufo205.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/864/ufo205.jpg/)
Scope and Sparda take out the armored one.
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/5065/ufo206.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/528/ufo206.jpg/)
Kablammis and me take out the second one.
(http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/121/ufo207.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/515/ufo207.jpg/)
The last alien is Laz0red (Ravenholme and Dekker) and then blown up with nades (Retsof)
(http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/2176/ufo208.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/809/ufo208.jpg/)
We auto the second mission and head back home when....
(http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/8761/ufo209.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/840/ufo209.jpg/)
And we auto that one too.
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Meanwhile team 2 has it's own missions.
One suick and simple mission, and hte trip back to base sees the dropship followed by a UFO. But...3 SAM sites around hte base and the UFO literaly crashes on the base.
They started this mission woubed and sorounded.
(http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/130/ufo211.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/714/ufo211.jpg/)
I heal as I can manage, sice I have to watch for cover and alien coming from all sides.
(http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/3300/ufo212.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/860/ufo212.jpg/)
Raction fire from Melvin takes one out that attempeted to come from behind. Headdei bazookas another and then retreats as he's criticly injured.
Some reaction fire injures the two aliens ,who come close enough for Laponte to use her nades
(http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/3051/ufo213.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/62/ufo213.jpg/)
The last alien is brought down by focused fire and the team can finally breathe easy.
Seriously, team 2 is constanly full of injured people.....
ALIEN MATERIALS...COMPLETEEED!
(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9673/ufo214.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/337/ufo214.jpg/)
I luv the smell of SCIENCE! in the morning!
(http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9213/ufo215.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/ufo215.jpg/)
And we finally assemble Team 3. Sparda and Retsof lead this one.
(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/863/ufo216.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/163/ufo216.jpg/)
Time for theri first mission.
DISCLAIMER:
- naming of n00bs is still open for everyone.
- transfers are still open for everyone.
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And it's that glitched map again where one guy always starts next to hte UFO...neat..
And here come the... - ORTNOKS!!!!
(http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/7876/ufo217.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/403/ufo217.jpg/)
Everyone runs like mads and spends every last TU shooting.
(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/1818/ufo218.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/406/ufo218.jpg/)
The Ortnok is tough as nails..but at least 1 Taman is dead.
(http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2788/ufo219.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/706/ufo219.jpg/)
The thing charges us and it takes concetrated fire to bring it down (even afte takin a rocket and a few shots the turn before)
(http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/4403/ufo220.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/805/ufo220.jpg/)
A line of concetrated fire is established.
(http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9044/ufo221.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/141/ufo221.jpg/)
And at last the team moves in. Two un-armored Ortnoks
(http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/2179/ufo222.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/696/ufo222.jpg/)
And they are brought down by our fire.
First deployment of Team 3 is a great sucess.
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Meanwhile, Team 2 faces another terror mission:
A healing conga is the first order of buisness
(http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/3197/ufo223.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/832/ufo223.jpg/)
The team advances, having encountered no opposition yet
(http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/6409/ufo224.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/822/ufo224.jpg/)
First alien spotted - another ortnok
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/9413/ufo225.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/ufo225.jpg/)
And more of them.
(http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/3646/ufo226.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/694/ufo226.jpg/)
The combination of variosu weapons is effective. We got a bazooka(Headdie), grenade launcher, 2 assault rifles, 2 lasers, 1 EM rifle(Patriot) and a flamer(Rodo)
(http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/1563/ufo227.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/193/ufo227.jpg/)
As always, there's always one you have to chase around the map
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/1043/ufo228.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/7/ufo228.jpg/)
UFO Scout research compelte...we cna now start dissasembling them for parts.
Waht to research next? Hmmmmmmm
(http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/8919/ufo229.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/402/ufo229.jpg/)
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i need better armour lol, heck i think all of team 2 needs it lol.
feel free to call any random in one of the other teams Headdie Jr
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I can't find the link Trashman, all i can find is the post where you said you'd upload it, but i can't find the link :(
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I <3 Laser rifle.
*Fallout 1, 2, 3, Tactics, Brotherhood of steel, New Vegas.
All Laser FTW.
I'd quite like to stick with Firespawn.
Request moar Grenades of the Incendiary varriety.
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Go for nanocomposite armour, that will be usefull for team two (callsign: plasmamagnets) hehehe
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I can't find the link Trashman, all i can find is the post where you said you'd upload it, but i can't find the link :(
http://www.mediafire.com/?m5l94m656y142vm
for hte mod
http://ufoai.ninex.info/wiki/index.php/Download
For ufo IA - look under Development... you want the installer
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Ok Dekker - laser rifle and incendiarey grenades it is. And so far, you, Ravenholme and Firespawn are still in Team1.
In other news there has been a lot of promotions - especially among the n00bs. I am no longer the highest ranking officer - Retsof now outranks me (Warrant Officer). I have to remedy that.
As soon as Heavy Laser research is done, Nanocopmosite aarmor and Heavy Pistol are next.
Also, Rising Sun (4 workshops) is churing out Laser and EM rifles, so we will be seeing more usage of those weapons.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
I jsut noticed Firespawn is missing. I'm looking around and i couldnt' find it. and finally I figured he died during one of the auto-resolve missions! How is that possible? I always checked for casualites - 8 surviors! is hte screen bugged????
This will not stand.
I have a save 15 (in-game) days ago...
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Wait.....I'm dead?!
Big brother, avenge me and rain down ruin upon the xeno scum! Let...none.......escape........... *Dead*
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Nah, your alive. I do not permit stupid GUI-related deaths.
I re-played the last 15 days, and we're back where we were. Things went a bit different and the aliens are becoming mroe and more dangerous and more and more IRRITATING.
That said, I started production of nano-comosite armor. We also got Heavy Lasers.
and soon I'll have a Heavy Pistol for you.
Seems auto-resolve HATES close-comabt ppl. If I equip you wiht long-range weapons, auto-resolve doesn't kill you. Go figure.
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Sorry for hte lack of updates. Game needs balancing as the alien activity is becoming redicolous, and the aliens MUCH more dangerous...and I cna't auto-resolve everything, as auto-resovle generally leads to injuries even on victory.
It's not uncommon now so start a crashed UFO mission with a heavily armored alien with reaction fire night next to you.
I will post some screenshots, but suffice to say there have been a lot of battles and deaths - all newcomers wihout a proper callsign.
Nanocomposite armor is entering circulation, Firespawn got a heavy pistol and Stun Rod, we can now produce plasma grenades (for grenade launcher) and nca use alien plasma weaponry.
We have another base in the Revolutionary countries (south america) and all other bases are expanded to hte max. Area 51 has it's own researhc nad production wing, HQ is pure research with just 1 workshop, and Red Sun is nothing but workshops. Dismantling UFO's and building things take a lot of time, and it's nto hte lack of buildings, but manpower that's hte problem.
Money isn' a problem anymore. With 2 UFO yards full, I now sell everything, and with the frequency of missions and UFOs's ourfunding is now breaking the 1Mil a month. That's without selling 200+ plasma pistols that accumulate inside the base.
I have literaly started ignoring crashed UFO's (that get shot down by our SAM sites). We have started research on a new interceptor class (finally).
Still no Coilguns or XAW95, but we won' see those before the aleins bring in Needlers and Particle Weaponry.
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The first time we managed to shoot down a UFO - harvester:
(http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6483/ufo239.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/525/ufo239.jpg/)
Maps like these are the most dangerous:
(http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/562/ufo246.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/ufo246.jpg/)
A close call for our dropship - was attacked by an alein fighter while over the atlantic. Good thbng we scrambled our Stilletos. It was a VERY close call, not only becaue the dropship barely came back in one piece, but also because stilletos were barely in range!
(http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/9169/ufo247.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/850/ufo247.jpg/)
FireSpawn poses with his new nanocomposite armor and Heavy Pistol:
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/781/ufo248.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/209/ufo248.jpg/)
Not showing the stun rod, but it's a great piece of melee equipment. Firespawn captures quite a few aliens with it.
We now got the Electro-laser for it tough...
A dangerous night mission:
(http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3167/ufo249.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/820/ufo249.jpg/)
We can now use the full range of alien stuff - plasma grenades, plasma pistols, plasma rifles and plasma blasters.
We also got 5 bases in total now ("Amazonia" in south america and "Down Under" in Australia.
Laser weapontry for aircraft and base defences has been perfected, and our first new aircrcaft should be operational shortly (I really should have tackled that before)
Ortnoks now come in a heavily armored variety - and they are exceptionally difficult to kill. Full auto fr oma HMG can't bring a sucker down!
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Time again for some statistics:
NAME missions/kills
TrashMan 61/38
Sparda 45/29
Melvin 70/36
Rodo 68/42
Retsof 49/21
Patriot 67/32
Ravenholme 63/22
Firespawn 67/33
Headdie 65/26
Dekker 70/28
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yay! we're back in business.
I was missing this thread.
Uhh, can I get transferred to Amazonia? I'd like being closer to home :D
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Well, currently Amazonia only has a defense garrison...
I can transfer you, but then it would be you with a bunch of n00blets.
I'm honestly tihking of merging it back to two teams to everyone get get a decent amount of action.
As you can see by the above numbers, I have been autoing and avoiding missions just to move things along at a more sane pace.
But I will start making more in-detail reports.
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Na, then it's fine, I'll stay where the action is.
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Some more images from our adventures:
Team 3 fighting aliens in the forest
(http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1476/ufo11u.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/21/ufo11u.jpg/)
Team 1 on the offensive in the suburbs
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/6342/ufo12.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/52/ufo12.jpg/)
Aliens can tank missiles now easily...
(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9106/ufo13.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/163/ufo13.jpg/)
but we still win. Cause we are AWESOME.
Team 2 fights against the glitched map.(http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/5845/ufo14.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/ufo14.jpg/)
Unfortunately for the aliens, the lone troopers is this time Laporte...and she has enough TU to lob 6 nades per turn at the UFO entrance
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/712/ufo15.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/28/ufo15.jpg/)
So she does
Team posing, cause s*** got real:(http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/2783/ufo16.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/577/ufo16.jpg/)
Clearing out the lat of the alines:
(http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/2740/ufo17.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/443/ufo17.jpg/)
Team 1 doing a night clensing mission in a middle-eastern town.
(http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/3369/ufo18.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/406/ufo18.jpg/)
You can see Dekker decking an alien with the plasma rifle. Inaccurate as hell, but a full-auto from it is non-survivable.
Troopers below have trouble and have run out of TU'. Firespawn to the rescue
(http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/8160/ufo19.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/26/ufo19.jpg/)
Pattented V for victory formation
(http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/2547/ufo20.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/28/ufo20.jpg/)
Team 1 in the hills
(http://img534.imageshack.us/img534/1198/ufo21.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/ufo21.jpg/)
I didn't notice the stairs so I sent everyone (except Scope) around. Then an all-ortnok team emerged from the house. At this point I tohught we were doomed.
They hold the high ground and my tam is scattered.
but we are team AWESOME
(http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/8861/ufo22.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/827/ufo22.jpg/)
Count the dead aliens at the stars near the dropship. The team can put out some very accurate and deadly fire when pressed.
Firespawn in his element:
(http://img803.imageshack.us/img803/8923/ufo23.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/803/ufo23.jpg/)
Not that he needs a windows - heavy pistol rounds can go trough a wall. And we have momomolecular blades to boot.
Team 2 clensing a industrial warehouse
(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9061/ufo24.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84/ufo24.jpg/)
They cluster nicely at the doors, don't they? Perfect target for explosive ordinance
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/240/ufo25.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/267/ufo25.jpg/)
Alas, firendly fire is no unheard of. The poor civilian is killed by one of our own troops.
(http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/5321/ufo26.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/441/ufo26.jpg/)
Kaboom! Everyone loves 'splosions!
(http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/3888/ufo27.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/ufo27.jpg/)
And the heaviest enemy units arrive:
(http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/6375/ufo29.th.jpg) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/10/ufo29.jpg/)
The canm take a obscene amount of firepower to bring down. Luckily for us, we have obscene amounts of firepower!
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they all have nano armours, niiice :yes:
Poor aliens, now they've got a tough ride ahead.
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And you still have the highest kill count...but not for long!
You want a plasma blaster, flamer or a HMG Rodo? Heavy Needler and XAW95 won't be available till the game sends out some more advanced alien troops.
I already researched everything there is to research :(
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I love the HMG, the blaster is good but I don't like the firing options it's got.
I'll bet the killcount is because of the HMG, that thing slaughters unarmored aliens on full-auto.
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Will I be able to upgrade to a more advanced shotgun soon?
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I had you carrying a sniper rifle for a while, since your char has a very high score with it (actually, your char has all-around great weapon scores).
Close-combat fighters are penalized because of lack of proper late-game weapons.
I can give you a heavy pistol like Firespawn has (hes in a different team anyway). Or I can go back to the shotgun. Not very effective against armored aliens mind you.
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I love the HMG, the blaster is good but I don't like the firing options it's got.
I'll bet the killcount is because of the HMG, that thing slaughters unarmored aliens on full-auto.
HMG it is..Wait till we get the XAW95
It's WAY more killy ;7 There's a reason the devs dumped into multi after I made it..
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I like killy weapons, and the name does make it sound like an impressive weapon.
Consider me interested :D
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Well, if there's no good late-game close combat weapons, I'm okay with headshotting alien scum with sniper rifles and any upgrades of those.
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I like killy weapons, and the name does make it sound like an impressive weapon.
Consider me interested :D
It is VERY killy.
(http://ufoai.ninex.info/wiki/images/thumb/Xaw95.jpg/800px-Xaw95.jpg)
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ohh... gatling type?
hot damn, I want one!!
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Replace your assault rifles with lasers.
The aliens will be p!$$ed that they get hit from the other edge of the map and can't do a thing about it.
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You know, looking at screenshots, and how the action seems to play out...
Why hasn't a Warhammer 40K mod been made from this engine, seeing as it is in fact open source? I'm thinking it would be quite simple to implement many of the rules and aspects from the tabletop game to this one... you know, if the world was perfect.
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Yeah, like Terminators crushing through walls or warpsipder jumping around the map...
But if this is the case...I want to be an assault terminater:P
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You want Wh40K: Chaos Gate - that0 a tactical team-based woK game
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/23052-warhammer-40-000-chaos-gate-windows-screenshot-choose-your.gif)
(http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/screenshots/5/199265/chaosgat_screen001.jpg)
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y163/mj12commando/Chaos%20Gate/M6/ChaosGate32.jpg)
but I would love to see a 3D engine tabletop game...so you cna play 40K without buying a huge army of models.
Like Vassal, only in 3D and more automated
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That's a pretty nifty game indeed! However, I've got enough abandonware and more pressing issues to attend to as of late. I will keep it in mind, though.
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2 months and no new enemy or tech. No alien base, no particle weapons, no needlers..
Glitched game? :(
And so my friends, the alien menace was defeated. Our brave soldiers made it trough many deadly battles, killing aliens by throngs. They've become real killing machines. Yet the aliens did not relent. More and more of them were coming.
And then Chuck Norris joined our ranks and all the aliens ran away. The Earth was saved!
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Seems to me like a end to the LP, if things can't go forward anymore.
I might try a few moe weeks for see if anyting pops out, but I doubt it.
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No more aliens pop up?
It's probably because of a glitch, or maybe because it's not yet finished. Either way, it was a good ride :yes:
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No, alines pop up by the dozens...but nothing left to research. No needlers, no particle weapons among the aliens.Not even an alien base (I probably should make a massive sweep of the planet with all the craft I have and install radar arrays everywhere..
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Oh no idea, I have never seen an alien base, or the needler so far on my campaigns, then again I tend to get bored pretty fast.
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The alien base has been in-game for a while. As well as the needler.
You can't get the coilgun without it.
You find hte base by following UFO or having good radar coverage.
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After reading a thing or 2 on the UFO:AI forum:
Disassemble a UFO and have 10 live aliens- that unlocks new $#!+ for research.
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Hmm....I think I have 8 live aliens!!!!
ZOUNDS!
Hm..my save games are on my laptop...but I think I have a save from a week ago (where nothing interesting happened anyway)
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Well, I got new alien-related interrogation stuff to research.
Now to see if this gets the ball rolling....
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LADIES AND GENTELMEN!!
The game moved forward!
Finally aliens with Needler and particle pistols appeared. Now it's gonna be tough!
Snipers rejoice. Coilguns will soon be available!
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Did anyone order a 'FireSpawn Alien AssWhoopin" special, with extra 'AwwwwwYeah'?
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aww yeah!
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It will take some time for research to finish.
At the current point in time we have 6 bases, 3 strike teams, s***loads of SAM sites and bucketloads of money.
The New Starchaser interceptors are swell and I'm building them as fast as possible, but they cost redicolously high in alien materials (to the point of absurdity..the default cost for a starchaser is 7000 alien materials... one Harvester, when dissasembled, given you 800. Do the math!) I tweaked it down to more sane levels.
Furthermore, I'm playing with a new nightly build that normalizes the number of alien attacks per month, so we're not drowning in aliens anymore.
Her'0s a few images from out battles:
Retsof was a plasma magnet in this mission. All aliens in the building.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/59/ufo00.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/821/ufo01.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/33/ufo02s.jpg/
But this team has 3 snipers..so the alines didn't last long
The state of the world:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/580/ufo03.jpg/
Looks a bit busy, as I've been avoiding doing crashed UFO's for a few days. I'm spamming radar towers cause I think the alien base is hidden somewhere above.
Starchaser in action (Mongoose piloting)
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/827/ufo05.jpg/
While I wait for research to be done I decide to clear the crash sites:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/ufo06.jpg/
Seems like a decent start for us, but therocket is not enough
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/ufo07.jpg/
But a full-auto from a plasma rifle is
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/40/ufo08.jpg/
Firespawn spots two more:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/37/ufo09.jpg/
The last alien, in a hopeless situation:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/37/ufo10.jpg/
Team 2 at the other crash site:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/19/ufo11.jpg/
Rodo is very handy with the Heavy Laser...too bad the enemy have high resistances. Alas, ti doesn't help when you spam attacks at them. Ammo is not an issue.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/195/ufo12.jpg/
Team 3 in action. Sparada holding position alone...finally can use the Close Combat skill again with impunity:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/210/ufo13.jpg/
I insist we capture a few. DON'T TASE ME BRO!
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/687/ufo14.jpg/
The last image is of Amazonia base (our main production center) fending off an attack completely unprepared. Only 4 recruited soldiers. And I forgot to stock up on armor and weapons.http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/829/ufo15.jpg/
Power outage happened and I had to re-load. Aliens didn't attack again....
Anywho...who wants a needler?
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Seeing as it's getting serious, you can change my loadout to something a little more..."Potent".
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Your loadout is as potent as it can get.
You have a hand cannon (that is pretty much a one-handed sniper rifle) and a monomolecular knife. Both can damage the toughest of opponents. Plus you got the highest close combat skill of anyone. You're a murderdeath machine. I didn't make screenshots, but during one mission, you alone held a position against 3 aliens and you killed em all.
The others are now catching up with you.
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****, that a crowded base aisle!
tell me you went full auto against those poor aliens, that should have been slaughter.
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They still would have won. Most of those are heavy armor wearing alien. A full auto with a HMG is not enough to kill one.
I managed to kill 4 before I lost power, but I don't anyone would have survived the return fire.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAArgh
XAW95 isn't showing up....because of a typo in the research file.
It seems only a new game can fix that.