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It was a trap.
Crysalids were waiting for us.
We lost two good people, a Squaddie who showed a lot of promise, and one of the few Americans left in Xcom, a Lieutenant assault nicknamed Caper. We're all gonna miss her, but she traded her life to save not just her team but a lot of people as she was the one who flicked the switch as it were for the airstrike.
Still, promotions for all the survivors save the captain.
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Next mission was retrieving an undercover operative who had been making life difficult for exalt. The men were hungry for something almost easy, and exalt did not disappont. It was a one sided slaughter, and we saw more than a few promotions. The next mission was a terror attack in our backyard that the men truly marched on and put down- although there were civilian losses- promotions all around, and a rookie from South Africa got a nickname of viking- talk about un PC, lol! A ship was shot down next, and we went in and cleaned it out. At this point we have enough cash and meld to create a new MEC trooper, and in her first official mission, one that saw us assaulting an alien base, she has her nickname of gizmo. I would like to get us one more MEC trooper before the game is over...they are growing on me in a way I thought only shivs could.
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There is an achievement for having an all female party, an all gene mod party, and a party made entirely of Mechs and Shivs.
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I'll work on that last one next.
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Not much to report. Big ship landed and we went in, pacifying all aliens we found. We took a bad hit when one of our people went down due to mind control, but the mind controlled operative got payback when he killed the alien that made him kill a friend.
Next up, some exalts we stomped. But we realized that we are running low of talent yet again. Six more rookies were brought in- a full squad.
Now the hologlobe is acting up. What's going on?
Oh my god they've found us. They're in the base. THEY'RE IN THE BA
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Okay, in game voice put aside for a moment.
What the f!~+ was firaxis/2k/whomever smoking when they created base defense?
Why do we have lasers and plasma weapons sitting in the lockers and aliens show up with mech suits and you are shooting at them with...regular guns?
Armor? Nah, we don't need that. Let's just leave it in the lockers with the heavy weaponry.
This isn't fun. This is not a challenge. This is stupid. Not rage quit level, not quite(at tonelico's boss fight glitch holds that honor, as does some of the early fire emblem games), but really f@*#ing close. This is...just stupid. Thank god I had some rookies join up otherwise every seasoned officer would be dead in moments. I sense lots of save scumming coming up.
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~laughter~ I feel your pain. The first time that happened I was like "WTF?!?" and I ended up backtracking one saved game earlier to make sure everyone was equipped with at least SOMETHING useful.
Edit - Having said that, the HQ raid is my favorite mission in XCOM. Just remember to thank Exalt for equipping your guys with all those nice laser weapons.
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Okay. Base successfully defended.
Still not fun. But Sharoth advice helped greatly and we were able to save the day. We lost a lot of rookies in the process though...
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Been a while since my last update, possibly due to my much earlier post being eaten.
We're still defending earth. We had a few losses, but we are on our third generation of rookies, with three MEC troopers and a smattering of augmented soldiers. We've completed almost all research, but we're running low on money and supplies. We need dead aliens and crashed ships for parts. It may be time to see what these new named rookies can do....
If you're done with the normal run, maybe have a try at the mod 'The Long War'.
Soldiers are fatigued after missions, meaning two or three full squads to outfit and manage. :)
EXALT has seen their last sunrise.
They were in Australia the whole time. We put together a team consisting of the people they had hurt, and some shivs for added firepower. It was all over in a few minutes with no losses on our side.
Now to concentrate on the alien menace.
You use SHIVS? How do they work?
just like any other unit, save they are a bit more expendable.
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Well done in taking down EXALT, Commander! Hopefully that momentum can carry you forward as the alien threat escalates.