XCOM 2
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They are Firaxis approved.
One makes a new class - Leader.
Another makes one of the aliens have leader like abilities.
The last one adds SMGs which go with the scout path of the Ranger class who really had no specialized weapon without the mod.
Yeah, looking at who made them and what they do, they are more like DLC than "mods". For those concerned, Fireaxis confirmed in the comments there that adding those mods will not change your ability to earn achievements either. See no reason not to add them, and I already have.
On mission 4 now, and so far <3
As for settings, I put everything on maximum, then changed shadows to medium and turned AA off. Watched the TB WTF video, and he said that the AA slider is where the performance hit comes from. With settings mentioned, it runs perfectly smooth on my laptop. No lag either in cut scenes or in game.
Gavinmad
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rofl
totally forgot about the LWS mods, so I'm probably gonna have to start over. Only a couple missions in anyway.
so that bit where he was talking about simulations running in your head along with the EU/EW footage, was that a funny way of explaining away successful playthroughs? lol
totally forgot about the LWS mods, so I'm probably gonna have to start over. Only a couple missions in anyway.
Sulrn
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There's literally no reason to play without them in this specific instance. They do nothing but add content and are for all intents free, official DLC.
Gavinmad
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Well if you're a pussy you might not want to play with the Muton Centurion turned on. Turning on the mods immediately gave my existing campaign access to the SMG, so I guess I'll keep going until I get guerilla tactics built and see if the leader class is in there.
*edit*
my tactical UI now has a 'toggle command range' button, so I'm assuming all the LWS mods work just fine if you turn them on mid-campaign.
*edit*
my tactical UI now has a 'toggle command range' button, so I'm assuming all the LWS mods work just fine if you turn them on mid-campaign.
Hatorade
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Got my ass handed to me so bad in commander difficulty that I dropped down to Veteran and now it feels like I'm playing with power overwhelming. X-Com problems.
Dandai
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I like to play games on the highest difficulty, but I typically avoid ball busting difficulty settings when they feel arbitrary (+50% damage taken, -50% damage done, 200% enemy hp increase, that kind of thing) or unfair ("RNG" heavily skewed to fuck you). I totally dig challenging and understand some missions will fail, but the overall experience should be enjoyable. How are you guys finding the difficulty settings here?
hodj
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It gets harder. The first like 3-4 missions in veteran the enemies didn't even get a shot at me. I started thinking the game was bugged, and had to test it out by risking getting people shot to see if the aliens would react.
After the first month shit went not unmanagable yet, but definitely the difficulty spiked some.
Onoes
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Here's what I did with my day instead of playing!
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Gavinmad
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lol, nice.
I really dig the new complexity of the choose one or the other for dark event counters. I just had one where I really would have rather had an engineer instead of a cpl sharpshooter, but I decided I'd rather deal with a shortened retaliation cycle instead of an entire month of doubled intel cost. Beats the hell out of 'always choose engineer for the first two months then just manage panic'.
I really dig the new complexity of the choose one or the other for dark event counters. I just had one where I really would have rather had an engineer instead of a cpl sharpshooter, but I decided I'd rather deal with a shortened retaliation cycle instead of an entire month of doubled intel cost. Beats the hell out of 'always choose engineer for the first two months then just manage panic'.
To lazy to do the VPN thing so...patiently waiting. I have tomorrow off and nothing to do for the next 3 days except for superbowl and x-com 2.....
I did the VPN thing and its unpacked but when i go to launch it says unable to launch the app, ensure that steam is running and you are logged in (which I am). Reason: Steamworks is not initalzed....only 1.5 hours to go but fuck me I want it NOW! Any ideas?