"Our First Revenant Of The Season? Who Could It Be?" PP - Terror From The Void - Episode 48

[@dkyzar]

Glad to see you back! I have watched all the 5.1's now and looking forward to new ones!

[@ZigZagZog]

Glad to be back. I still won't be back to daily output, but 3-4 per week should be doable. Could be a few challenges soon with some remodeling being done, but that shouldn't interrupt things for any extended period. Loving the mod and glad that they finally reached thier 1.0 goal.

[@TimoRutanen]

Shields don't help against melee attacks at all. They are just bypassed. Same with enemy shields.

[@ZigZagZog]

hehe yeah. It was more wishful thinking on my part, because I knew that Arthron could reach us while frenzied.

[@HESHRocketWarhead]

"[Machinehater] would regenerate, and be able to shoot us, so the capture just isn't gonna work." It's just a Redeemer. Yeah, it's viral damage, but the actual lethal damage is minimal. Just tank a hit and double down on the capture attempt. Plus applying 8 paralysis to his 13 strength means he'd be lucky to even get a shot off, let alone do serious damage. That was probably one of the best attempts you were gonna get on a revenant. "Now it's just the Siren!" Commander, that Arthron was Void-Touched. And it appears to have an Umbra ready...you are not finished yet... "Normally the game ended if the Umbra hadn't risen." Not exactly. If the last enemy slain had an Umbra, THEN the mission would end anyway. However, the Siren was still alive. Now if you had whacked the Siren first BEFORE slaying the Arthron, then the mission would have ended anyway, even after the Umbra first spawned.

[@ZigZagZog]

I went the wimp route. I really was thinking that about his weapon. But I was also realizing that he would be bleeding and could we finish the mission fast enough before he would bleed out. I guess I didn't see that happening reliably, with what was left on the map. In hindsight, we might have had a chance, a small chance, to have made it. I definitely missed the Touch of the Void. Can we say out of practice? Typical ZigZag mistake. I remembered missions ending with the Umbra not rising, but failed to remember that the Void Touched Pandoran was the last enemy killed. Hence my surprise. Well, let's face it, my time away from the game shows in some sloppy play. Thankfully no disasters.

[@HESHRocketWarhead]

@@ZigZagZog Getting that reesearch sooner rather than later is valuable, so ideally next time the opportunity will be acquirable. No disasters this time. I was expecting it to say the least. Wasn't sure if that wall of heavies would have taken its attention away, but you were lucky enough that it did.

[@ZigZagZog]

Yeah, we're at the time in the gameplay where we need to start making more captures. Need to make it more of a focus. Thanks goodness the Umbra cooperated! Their AI isn't as predictable as the AI in the XComs.

[@felipehenriqueazevedodaroz6256]

Zig it is when you kill the umbra precursor LAST not when you kill all enemies that the umbra does not form

[@ZigZagZog]

Thanks for clarifying. If I had thought that last turn through properly, I could have made that happen.

[@kaeldavidson6898]

Don't worry, you'll never get exactly what you want the first try, you'll catch the revenant later!

[@ZigZagZog]

We will capture the sucker! I can be VERY persistent. hehe More because I don't think we've captured one before and it can lead to stuff we haven't experienced with the mod yet.

[@kaeldavidson6898]

@@ZigZagZog regardless! Persistence is often a good trait!

[@ZigZagZog]

I have a laminated quote in my wallet that my Dad gave to me as a teen. It's since been laminated and I keep it in my wallet. Here's the quote from Calvin Coolidge, "Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts."

[@kaeldavidson6898]

@@ZigZagZog that's a beautiful quote!

[@gleacerstreams287]

30:09 What you gonna do ? Acknowledge my greatness - hands down ;)

[@ZigZagZog]

Ok, I bow down to your greatness. I’m on my knees in a park in Prague. Let them stare!!

[@daveingraham896]

You really are rusty... When you set up a turret on the roof of a building, you should almost always choose a raised location rather than on next to the edge of the building when there's a railing. Turrets just have a low "point of view". You could have given Ramex the independent assault helmet over the berserker helmet. Both have zero accuracy disads and the assault helmet had more armor value. Looking forward to your next...

[@felipehenriqueazevedodaroz6256]

Beserker helmet has some Willpower but still assault is better than the bezerker helm

[@ZigZagZog]

Put an oil can on my desk to help with the rust. Oil up the joints and get the team working fluidly again...with only the normal 'oopsies'. 😉

[@ZigZagZog]

You both are correct on the helmet. I guess I don't have much faith in ANY of the helmets, tbh. If they're going to target my head, there's not much stoppage with any of the helmets...(I guess there would be a difference with AOE damage).