I've just got this, very impressed with how much more moddable the game is than the EU. So far I've got mods that add more voices and a plethora of new nations.
Anyone got any other mods they recommend? I'm hoping to find something that lengthens the time I can get away with using ballistic weapons and kevlar armour as I don't like the plasma tech and sleek armour.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/201...lien-pack-mod/
This appeals to me more than the super alien ruler bastard things in that official DLC.
Well, now I know how terror missions work. A complete impossibility but it happens to my most wealth nation. Funding and man power decimated so fucking this game clean off.
I think the heroic bots bumped this to save me having to find it for this story.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/201...ng-war-2-mods/
I'll be getting some of these when I eventually try Long War 2.
WWE squad icons.
Anyone currently/still playing Long War 2?
Also an old school expansion "War Of The Chosen" has been announced for release in August. Looks superb.
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/201...hosen-preview/
I'll be using Long War2 when I eventually start another save. And the expansion does indeed look pretty swish. May need to bust out the TTH lads again for a second crack at the alien menace.
This time you're seeing it through to the finish, @ItalAussie.
...,maybe.
I'm willing to join the cause...
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I'll play.
Christ knows where my microphone is though.
I've learned my lessons from my past life. I'm good for it this time.Originally Posted by Ian
I'll be using Long War2 when I eventually start another save. And the expansion does indeed look pretty swish. May need to bust out the TTH lads again for a second crack at the alien menace.
This time you're seeing it through to the finish, @ItalAussie.
...,maybe.
If that lesson is "Don't take on the giant alien deathbot by yourself" then I'd say that's a sensible policy.
Can recommend some good mods if your getting back into it. I've subbed out the LW2 classes in my game and replaced them with the Field Medic, Tank, Jackal, Operator, Spec Ops and the Shadow Ops Hunter, Combat Engineer and Dragoon.
You might not want to replace the lot if it's your first save with LW2 but I'd give the ones I've named a look to see if you fancy adding them in, Field Medic is probably the highlight.
Got the new Jaeger soldier class on the go. Goes well.
Any other bros hyped for War of the chosen?
I shall certainly be getting it. Can get the TTH squad back out to murdlerise some more aliens.
I've installed Long War 2, I've bought Shen's Last Gift. My TTH squad will soon ride again in XCOM2.
Undecided yet whether to try and give people the same / similar classes and appearances as they had last time. I didn't save them to the character pool so I'll need to redo the appearances anyway.
The mong who always dies first.
So, with new classes and stuff and it giving you shitloads of rookies at the start putting the squad together has taken me a while. Fortunately I love dress-up in video games.
Here's the gang.
Ital "Girl" Aussie @ItalAussie
In an alternate XCOM 2 reality he died a hero to save his teammates from a giant robot. He's BACK! Complete with nerdy glasses and shit nickname. This time he's a new Long War 2 class, the "Technical", who come with a thingy that gives them both a rocket to fire and a flamethrower to wield.
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Ma "Claw" How @Sir Andy Mahowry
He's an "Assault" in this run, which means he's a bit shotgunny and has a stun gun thing too. Adorned in bright yellow to reflect his co-op gaming subtlety, and with a shaved head to celebret his home-barbering skills.
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"Runner-Up" Andrew @Andrew
In the interests of racial diversity and given I have no clue what he looks like, Andrew (nicknamed "Runner Up" for his being second only to Cord on the alien murder league table in the first run) has been reborn as a man of uncertain racial heritage. With mutton chops! He is a "Gunner", which means like last time he gets to carry a BFG. And in Long War 2 also a big-ass knife fer stabbin' stuff.
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Ian "Old Man" Welby
The sharpshooter/account is back, baby! This time with a "holotargeter", which lets his chums get an easier shot at an enemy because of science reasons.
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Cord Uroy @Cord
The first playthrough's 80s action star and one-man alien genocide is a sword-wielding nutjob once again, in Long War's "Shinobi" class, which also allows him to use a SMG this time round.
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"Slaven" Byron @Byron
He's back, and he's brought his amazing hairdo with him. This time he's a Ranger. Which means rifles, but also a nifty sawed-off shotgun for close-ranger messes.
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Hfs "Vowels" Wjr @hfswjyr
Once again cast in the role of nerdy tech dude, with a little robot buddy who can heal and hack and stuff.
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Rookies - More info to come with promotions
MF "Admin" Phonics @phonics
In this incarnation he is a totally different person. This time he wears his baseball cap backwards, the mad bastard.
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"Sergeant" Disco @Disco
Goodness me, I decided before I looked at this rookie that this one would be Disco and the game has once again given him an unfortunate hairline.
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Pea "P_3" Three @P_3
Disgusted by TTH XCOM recruitment still being far too caucasian-centric, the first save's blackest, dreadlockiest, cigar-chompingest soldier has jumped through a rip in space-time to join the new team. But it turned his hair white. Blimey.
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Pleb Roll @Pleb
A mysterious, unknowable lunatic, the greatest fear of the alien overlords now ruling Earth is this strange individual and the rumours that he has an unstoppable weapon, known in the hushed conversations inside rebel enclaves as the "Pleb Roll"
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Haystacks Horace @Haystacks Horace
A new recruit. Denying any accusations that he isn't who he claims to be.
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Shin "Shinners" Dig @Shindig
Now with 100% less ponytail, 100% more ginger but the same amount of iffy facial hair.
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Raoul Duke @Raoul Duke
Was justifiably pleased with how cool he looked in his previous life, the cruel lottery of reincarnation (i.e. me) has made him look a right dweeb this time.
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Mike @Mike
Contributing some much-needed sideburns to the resistance effort.
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Baz @Baz
Once again bringing some seriously well-looked-after hair to the table.
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Patje @Patje
After a shambolic early death last time out, Patje is trying to garner some good karma by representing the ladies in this second XCOM2 playthrough. Still has the orange shades, mind.
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Laurent "Samadini" Robert
Decked out in orange, as a tribute to the all the fires he so loved starting in Left 4 Dead.
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Random Legend @Migraine
Covered in scars that he claims are from a life-or-death battle with a nasty alien but were actually caused by his mum twatting him with a ladle.
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Fuck's sake, got Vowels' name wrong. Will have to fix that.
Also this time I'm planning to get more videos and stuff done to show the glory / disaster.
My guy
Loving Pleb and Randrew.
Also you're making me want to fire the game back up.
Mine looks like a roided caricature of local radio personality Alan Robson.
Hah.
I feel like I should lodge a complaint.
Mine looks like a mid-life crisis
So fairly accurate then?
Alright radical cleric, wind it in
Save the fighting for the aliens, lads.
That's a conclusive coolness win for me and my eyepatch.
Ergo I get to use the others as a human shield.
I look like some kind of Space-Costanza, I'm pretty sure I'm fucked.
I'm deffo growing sideburns
Shocking. Alien scum can't pronounce vowels anyway.
Pleb looks amazing.
I look like a photo of me; good job.
I'm a twit
Let's hope my shades protect me this time.
I'm plebrolling these aliens lads.
Believe.
I look how I imagine Pavel looks.
The mask is pretty accurate to be honest. I'm not sure about the pink attire thoughPleb looks amazing.
Pleb died on the very first mission.Despite Baz and Vowels attempting to drag his sorry carcass out of there. However there are things that either the mod doesn't explain very well or I've just failed to understand that made the first mission harder than it needed to be so Pleb may saved yet as I may go back to when I had to do my "infiltration" bit and start that again so I'm better prepped for the mission.
The thing about infiltration being that I totally didin't fucking understand it and sent my squad in on a hiding to nothing and then had to sit and wait for the counter to go down wondering how much the error was going to cost me.
So yeah, I think I'm going to treat that one as a practice run and reload from after I'd finished creating everybody and try that once more.
Pre-ordered War of the Chosen for £25.82.
Fuck you, Ian.
Pre-ordering.
Send Mahow in first.
Says the one whose hairline is running firmly away from the battles.
What would you know about running?
I did it once.
Phonics will be the one tweeting out randomly to win 'hearts and minds'.
I'm sure his 4 followers will appreciate it.
Meanwhile Magic will be watching our demise on liveleak.
Only if the aliens rape the corpses.
Right, did a new first mission and now that I know how I'm meant to prep for it it went a bit better!
No deaths, certainly.
Cord is promoted to Lance Corporal, and obviously I improve his sword skills. He is also wounded and will be out of action for about 10 days. Byron and Andrew also make Lance Corporal and some nice skill boosts.
Phonics is promoted from being a rookie and becomes a grenadier, which... is hopefully pretty self explanatory. Disco, full of admiration for Phonics (or possibly just his hat) follows suit.
P_3 goes into the assault class, Pleb becomes a Ranger and Raoul Duke becomes a sharpshooter.
Hooray!
Where was I?
Somebody has to hold our jackets, presumably.
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