Thanks! I tried a million times to no avail lol

This video really helped me out, thanks a ton!!

I remember how Age of Empire microguides talked about how one of the common traps was to focus on powerful units when the actual problem was the weaker units doing much more damage because they were more numerous and focusing on bulkier units let them compound their damage. In a game where actions are a resource, taking out the opponents options fast is usually the best strategy.

For me the biggest chance coming from Enemy Unknown/Enemy Within is that grenades now have no real penalty unless it kills the one guy who drops the elerium core or weapon upgrade. Using grenades to level the map and remove enemy cover makes it much easier. That and a sniper with kill box. As long as you don't get cocky I did pretty well first time out

Why weren't you able to go into that square at 15:22?

i ignored theses tips and i beat game on hardest setting. (Do agree with Using none explosives more because ya damage is good but Flash Bangs and Cryo explosives are way better)

Great series, hope to see you guys collaborate again!

Just got the game last weekend from sale. I'm loving how difficult X2 and love the challenge mate compared to EU and EW. Fcking worth it!

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I know I’m very late but why not auto loaders? For Ranger it makes sense because you can’t auto load between rapid fire but if you look at it as the raw amount of shots you can take the base auto loader gives the same as a tier 3 expanded mag. With tier 2 or 3 auto loaders you can go most missions without spending a single action to reload with all the free ones you get. I also use different upgrades than you basically across the board. Ranger: laser sight & expanded mag Grenadier: stock & autoloader (they miss anyway so why not prepare for it) Sharpshooter scope & auto loader (probably the best option for auto loaders imo since they can shoot almost every turn in a good spot) Specialist: I usually give them the alien hunter weapon but when I can’t repeater & autoloader. Scope is great but when the enemy has 3 or less hp and a scope would bump their hit from 3% to 18% I would rather have a 100% chance to kill with a stock. I only put it on grenadier so I always know who has it, they generally have the lowest chance to hit on average in a squad, and since they are usually either the first to fire or last to fire for me depending on the targets armor.

this man is a true legend

we miss you bro, where are you?

Thanks

thnaks

To be honest - If you guys just dominated every mission this would be much less interesting/entertaining to watch

I can't believe TapCat didn't take the smoke grenade ability!

Once I started ignoring sectoids and equipped flashbangs to at least two guys? they stopped being a threat almost immediately. Infact I would argue that thgem causing panic via mind spin is more detrimental to you then mind control.

tips i cant contact the area with avatar project.. i try four times but nothing. i think its kinda a bug something like that.. so frustrating..

Dark Souls Syndrome is so accurate. 10+ years ago I bounced off both the Souls and Xcom franchises but now I'm obsessed, I've gone back and played Demon Souls and UFO Defense and there's kinda nothing that compares to feeling like you've outsmarted a game that previously felt impossible.

10:16 - A reference to Vulcans from Star Trek? How cool.

True on ignoring that dialogue! After losing lots, gradually realised that protecting your soldiers is always #1. Evac if things are going bad - especially if you could lose a key soldier. Keep getting soldiers promoted, you don't want to be in mid-game with rookies because your initial experienced soldiers got killed , even over several missions. Use rookies as cannon fodder. Also, I had a big high-level strategic mindset realisation. It is that the tactical battles are totally unrealistic and abstract, they are like chess, not real life. Real life military tactics don't really work, because the game is total fiction. Don't think in terms of "I need to move my squad in a formation close to that alien and shoot him". Think of moving a piece in chess on a game board. Look at possible moves and see where that leaves you. Then move that piece on the board. Nothing behaves like in real life, you are moving pieces on a game board. Might not help anyone else, but seeing it like that transformed my game!

I Cant stand the Sectoids.

I tend to have mental squad block when determining what squad comp I should use for every mission. I enjoy using psi and reaper on every mission. Enjoy watching your playthroughs and commentary

Women, soon as you slide the ring on their finger: 2:23

Dracula is heavily overpowered in this game. I had extreme difficulty trying to beat him.Dracula is not that strong in real life, but in this game, Dracula is just as strong as Thanos. SMFH.

Should have trolled Syken with the Laboratory rush!

A fabulous campaign, it amuses me that your two soldier deaths were first and last episodes! Ray is naturallly the true hero of this playthrough.

Rulers post WOTC : Reaper with superior repeater, superior mag, banish => 1-action execution.

My problem with sectoids is that I have NEVER seen them using any other ability than mind control

2:13 Where do you see how many "pips" an alien facility has?

"Aliens? Get off my damn lawn!!"

Hope you're doing well. It's been a while since your last upload, and while I haven't followed this one b/c I just don't like WoTC, your vanilla Xcom2 playthroughs were a great comfort watch for me earlier this year during a rough mental/emotional patch I was having. There's a lot I could mention in terms of things I've appreciated in your content, but really this comment is just to say hope you're alright!

Hope you are well TapCat! Stay healthy!

I'm completely fine with missed shots. Dodge, however,

A fascinating bit of the mission was your magazine v auto loader thoughts. My preferred weapon mods are laser sight or scope coupled with magazine, then auto loader for third when i get breakthrough. Autoloaders are great and all but magazines are much better for general usage. I do also play with a mod that gives me the option to manually reload instead which I feel should be the default. Why choose when you can have both? Additional - blue screens are love, blue screens are life, with talon rounds on rangers and reapers.

XCOM is sow easy. Phoenix Point or Xenonauts 2 are hard but it is good🙂

Fo shizzle my nizzle

You alluded at the start of the mission to a moment of thoughtlessness, you played with such precision and discipline combined with just the right amount of aggression, perfect. Till you moved Chemical right next to a purifier and took fall damage from the inevitable explosion! These things happen Commander, still a very successful mission and your plan for the Queen was spot on. Sure, the execution was nice but your plan would have murdered her anyway! Great playthrough

Explosives

Awesome videos. Thank you bro 🙏

Thanks for this LetsPlay, it was a blast.

Thank you so much for your help throughout my play through with these videos.

Protect the device is a rough mission type. Assuming you are thinking of wraith suits at some point when heavy armour done, those grapples are huge. Good campaign thus far

Thanks for the obvious, 👌 I'm going to go hide in a hole 😸

Love this game but it always destroys me.

All I could manage is 6Min before I skip ⏭️ he’s so slow on talkin it’s annoying

Well, how about the same mission popping up 500 times And also not being able to get resources because of some bullshit they keep on telling me they need help and popping up quest and I have no resources to upgrade anything because I’ve been doing nothing but side quest and my head is a powerful enough

In addition to the useful tips here, two of the best things I do is install a mod so it previews minimum not maximum damage which I feel should be default behaviour, as well as another mod that shows health as numbers in addition to the bar, makes planning the turn so much easier.

that was me I tried it and quit. I dint think it was broken or unfair though I just dint understand mechanics so I'm trying it again. witch is what brings me here lol