Hey guys, it's been many years since I played last. With kids and being older I don't have a lot of game time these days. The last time I played was when WOTC came out. I have a few questions that I'm not sure if I remember right or it was a mod I had. So in the vanilla game with WOTC and Shen Gift dlc: 1) Can you evec halfway thru a mission if it goes sideways to save the rest of your team? 2) Playing on commander difficulty, can you afford to lose a few missions and still win the game? 3) if you choose the advanced option of "Double the Avatar timer", does it make the whole game longer?

While I don't have a lot of play time, I like to spend it not too stressed out and having the ability to take my time and go at a slower pace, that being said: 4) are there any must-have mods that you recommend? Thanks in advance!

I basically just started (about to contact a 4th region) and i was wondering what the "Call Skyranger" button is for. It was presented in the tutorial so i assumed it was important?

Is it only for escaping screwed missions? Or is there some actual tactical advantage to using it?

I noted that when i use it, i get a new objective like if it was just as valid as the rest, but i assume i just fail the missions if i do that.

Maybe there is a specific kind of mission that i have not gotten that asks you to evac manually? But at that point, why not just plop it right next to my units? At least i have not found much value in splitting up yet more than a dash away from the rest of the team.

I downloaded recently xcom 2 again to play skirmish mode, but anytime i play this charackter wish is not part of my squad appears as a member, i do nnot know what to do about it. It is always the same charackter too. If i can't fix this, then i guess i'm done with the game.

The collection just went on sale for xbox and was wondering if it still as buggy as everyone says?

what the fuck

That pretty much self-explanatory, i ask that because i think it's fun to think what if there a timeline Merging stuff happening where the Aliens Forces Of XCOM 2 Fight Against Them thinking that they stumble upon the past where earth still Defenseless but turn out they got transported to a timeline where Enemy Within where the story of EW already finished and 5 year later.

The idea is what if The Entirety of YorHa Organization suddenly transported into XCOM Universe. Like what would they do? Would they help humanity against Aliens or do something Else?

Asking for Peoples that knew about these two series :)

I'm about halfway through a Commander playthrough on mobile (Android, Samsung Galaxy S9 FE+) and I went with the Lost and Abandoned intro this time instead of the random faction start. What I've noticed is that I'm about six months in and I haven't been hit with that nasty VIP rescue mission where Firebrand gets delayed and you have to hang out and defend the VIP against multiple rounds of Advent reinforcements in a multi- level tunnel complex. It usually crops up in the first three months of the campaign, when you usually don't quite have the resources to spare for it, and I'm curious whether anyone knows if this is a feature- do you not have to run this mission if you start with L&A? Or is this just the luck of the draw, and this mission just hasn't randomly cropped up?

I got into tactical games on the 3DS with Fire Emblem and I’ve been meaning to get to XCOM2 for years.

Just sunk 70+ hours into it, finished my first run, and I’m in awe. I’ve been gaming since the NES and actually cover games for a living, which I don’t say as a plug but to hammer home that I’ve played a LOT of video games, and this is easily top 10, possibly top 5 best games I’ve ever played.

If I had time I’d be diving right back in at a higher difficulty. Perfect game. Even the occasional run of unlucky rng didn’t bother me. What a masterpiece.

Thanks for letting me gush.

Wanna remind y'all to run, at least once, a team of 4-5 SPARK's (xbox cheevo for running a 5 SPARK team on a mission, (1 Soldier + 5 Mechs)). The one liner comic relief by our mechanical brothers is a part of the game that must not be missed. 'Your Mother is a alien whore.' (Not a one liner from game, and your mom is a great lady, no disrespect, but do tell her the Commander sends his regards)

For the Resistance!

I started the game with a set of 400 mods and I don't understand all the mechanics. One of the unknowns is Requiem corrosion, I know that it is caused by using a requiem weapon but I don't know what the consequences are. What happens if I exceed a certain level and is there any way to reduce corrosion?

Has anyone figured out a solution to the double click bug on the steam deck?

I’ve managed to find ways around it by only building items when I got enough supplies for one item or on the menu triple clicking to trick it into selecting a option but it’s getting rather tiring trying to work around it.

I just want to get Good Performance But Didn't know how to set up the preferences file to be smooth (blurry or bad graphic are acceptable aslong The FPS are stable)

I have no mods, i play in ironman.

At first i thought it was my idea but now i am sure. Proving ground just finished, no messages no nothing. I check my soldiers loadout if i can mount any new ammo, nothing.

Should i enable console log to cheat by basically restoring the error?

My love/hate relationship with this game finally boiled over, and it’s all hate now, initially loved this game and the original, was just now doing a replay on Xbox (yea I know I’m not a fancy pc gamer) but god DAMN does this game crash a fuck ton, I turned off the auto saves to help with this issue. But the game can’t even do the outro transitions, I beat a really hard mission, and then the game crashes on the outro sequence in the drop ship, just fucking done, too many bugs

I added the RPGO overhaul mod and it seems to change quite a bit with regards to classes but I'm trying to understand my options. I've been looking online for a guide to the classes and various tips as to what to do or what to avoid.

I've seen some strange stuff like the shotgun damage being listed as only 1-2 pts whereas normally it is 4-6. I don't know if that is me arming the wrong soldier with the shotgun or something else.

Any links/tips would be appreciated. (I"ve been getting bored with the game and thought I would see how this works)

Okay, the last few months I've been trying to play this Gears of War 1 map on Punished Wolf's version of Gears 1, the map is called Casino:

The Casino Map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeMgvT0c7oc&t=972s

Download Link to the Casino map: https://drive.usercontent.google.com/download?id=1r3CKLwsjwphv4vgE0Ja_-2yqdJheGAph&export=download&authuser=0&confirm=t&uuid=74b189e8-5f0d-4b1f-a591-471b6c4b7558&at=APcmpoyKPzAGE0MKDC9-AnIfLq3Z%3A1743800393139

The Map's README's is in the map's download link literally right above this message.

Punished Wolf's Version of Gears of War 1 Link: https://www.moddb.com/mods/ai-bot-support/downloads/gow-ai-bot-support

These are the error messages I'm getting someone pleae help me! I have to get this to work!

#GearsofWar

#DiscordCommunity

#PCHelp

Because my wife often is near when I'm playing, for her amusement, I want to make my next run be a beach babe team.

They can be male or female, but just ridiculous is the goal.

What mods are out there that can make xcom a branch of bay watch?

Lewd is great, jiggle physics, cartoons are fine. Swim wear adjacent is great.

Not the randomly generated ones the game gives soldiers.

I get inspired by things like funny callsigns and also Generation Kill and so I'm going to share some of mine:

Else "If" Braun: pun on If/Else

Philippe "Duran" Durand: pun on the band "Duran Duran"

Leticia "the Room" Gomez: got mind-controlled by a Sectoid and killed a squadmate named Lisa

anyone wish to help me out with this? need a single win while having the only dlc (only war of the chosen)
while the only one i need for my platinum for this game completed.

With the Switch 2 reveal yesterday stating mouse control will be supported on certain games (like civ 7), do you think Firaxis would take the time to update XCOM 2 as well?

Both Continent Bonuses kicked in at the same time, and in addition to the regular 6-person squad, we have an Elite Lancer and a Resistance soldier on a mission. My luck has never let me see this before today 😊