"Simple Little Ambush, Until The Viper King Slithers In!" LWOTC Episode 80 (Ambush A Troop Column)

[@machinehater5143]

Whohoo, lwotc!! Finally i found the time to catch on the videos. As fun as the livestreams are, i am so happy that you do also "regular" videos again and that you did not abandon this game/mod!

[@maxvigne7111]

Great to see this back in circulation!

[@ZigZagZog]

Felt good to record again. I'm shooting for a 2-3 pace per week now. I think that should be maintainable...at least when I'm not travelling.

[@3dmax010]

Love what you are doing! Keep it on.

[@ZigZagZog]

I appreciate this comment. And yes, that's the plan, to keep on doin' what I'm doin"!

[@felipehenriqueazevedodaroz6256]

Zig you forgot about frog's ghostwalker ability it decreases his detectability

[@ZigZagZog]

I know of when you refer. I wonder if I had used that to move forward, how that might have changed the outcome. Might have been able to plan the second pod activation a bit better.

[@roadtrain_]

"Oooooh... now I get to slsh AND stab? This will be fun..." - Hisako 'Anaconda' Chen after receiving the news of being picked out to try the skulljack on her next deployment. ( I'm very glad she got picked. Let's hope it won't go terribly...)

[@ZigZagZog]

Using it WILL involve getting 'Anaconda' exposed AND up close. Always nerve wracking for a stealthy Shinobi.

[@roadtrain_]

@@ZigZagZog (she's got a great track record of not getting hit as far as I remember. It'll be FINEEEEEE)

[@ZigZagZog]

@@roadtrain_ I seem to also remember it wasn't from a lack of trying...hehe

[@HESHRocketWarhead]

@@roadtrain_ I can affirm that Hisako has indeed avoided injury on a consistent basis, requiring no medbay time. For injuries, that is. She had to be sidelined for nearly a month after Spesh was captured however, in order for her mental health to reach a passable state again.

[@gleacerstreams287]

finaly we got daily uploads back ;) j/k

[@ZigZagZog]

Gleacer, the Jokester. But hopefully I can get into a regular upload pace. Just won't be everyday. 😬

[@katzenungenvadlin1074]

Nice 👌

[@ZigZagZog]

@@katzenungenvadlin1074 hehe SURPRISE!!!!! 🎉

[@HESHRocketWarhead]

"Annnd we're ready for our mission here!" That's...88% infiltrated, and they still have some time to finish up. You didn't need to boost the infiltration. At least not at that moment. "[Mark] can get here, without alerting the Viper King." You're assuming that isn't in range of the Vipers it's with. "So that means [Mark] can get here and flame." First of all, I had a feeling one of the Vipers would spot you for the Viper King. Secondly, don't ever take an AoE action when the camera is shaking, such as from a Suppression attack. It caused you to misplace Mark's flamethrower, inflicting no damage at all. "Mike...ehhh, you're used to [injuries] by now." Actually Commander, this is the first time that Mike has incurred an injury that has enforced MedBay time. While he has incurred armour-breaching injuries in the past, these were usually minimal enough for a Specialist - typically Dave - to patch up and avoid him needing to be referred to the MedBay. This is the first time he's been put in there.

[@ZigZagZog]

I think that I ultimately would have had to boost. Even waiting, I don't think it could have reached 100% infiltration. And with the Viper King, I definitely didn't want to under infiltrate! Yep. I think I lost sight, temporarily, of one of the escort Vipers, and that's what pulled the King in earlier than I wanted. Good point. Shaking cameras combined with my shaking finger clicking and shaking mouse hand, made for a less than perfect result. I found this point shocking! I'm so used to seeing Mike's characters spending time in the various Infirmaries and Med Bays of our different games we play. 😜

[@HESHRocketWarhead]

@@ZigZagZog You would have. They had 22 hours to finish infiltration, so I believe they had the time they needed to complete infiltration. And then boosting at that point would have further supported the infiltration team at 150% infiltration. It is unclear if that would have made a difference or not, however. Whenever you see part of a pod, you've always got to think about which ones you cannot see, especially if you've already been revealed. All good things must come to an end for Mike I suppose. I suppose it could have been worse, though.

[@ZigZagZog]

@@HESHRocketWarhead Looks like a total mis-read of the infiltration page on my part. I need to get better. That's tactics 101 in any Long War version. Shame on me. Definitely could have been worse. I thought it was a bit nasty of them to hit him whilst frozen. I guess it was the only way they COULD hit him.

[@HESHRocketWarhead]

@@ZigZagZog Just be glad the first shot the ADVENT Elite Gunner took missed on a 50% chance. Otherwise, that would've been two consecutive shots that Mike took. Also why the next shot was easier for them, because they were locked on for a 70% shot. Considering how much damage just one hit inflicted, the second could've easily been fatal.