XCOM 2 - Part 16 - Commander, We Have A Problem

[@Chalkcs]

Hunter: Grapples up to a roof, then jumps back down, then runs in range to grapple up again, thereby completely wasting his entire turn. Also Hunter: There's an art to what I do

[@davidm382]

It's certainly more of an art than a science

[@TheNzFox]

yeah, the hunter is the weakest chosen in a large part because its AI is just broken, the other being its hunters mark is a non issue compared to the assasins hit and run or the warlocks mindcontrol and summoning

[@SuperBearnut]

He probably just want to teach Jon how to use grapple

[@MadTurnip]

His purposes are beyond our comprehension.

[@pablorepetto7804]

I guess the art is interpretive dance?

[@TheMidwestMarvels]

“Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer”

[@misssniperella]

Overclownfidence is a fast and hilarious killer.

[@unsolicitedditkapics9722]

Has Jon had any fatalities besides tutorial mission lady?

[@BeWare_I_Live]

I read this as the Darkest Dungeon narrator.

[@AaronCorr]

Which is why the Hunter didn't get a single shot off in my first run. He ran into overwatch twice, ended his turn in the middle of my entire team once, and died twice in one turn during his base attack

[@howiedavis2316]

@@BeWare_I_Live Thank you!! I knew I had heard that before but couldn't remember where. So, I looked in the comments. Thank you for reminding me, BeWare. Hopefully he has ... "A decisive victory, but a victory none the less.", to win "Glittering gold. Trinkets and baubles. Paid for in blood." lol

[@charlesbaldwin3166]

"He parried the explosion, but two damage from the fall." He's good, but he's not parry the Earth good.

[@arthurgomes5188]

Turns out you cant parry gravity.

[@ETKCShark]

@@arthurgomes5188 Tell that to rogue's in 5e

[@gurk_the_magnificent9008]

You win again gravity

[@BreakdancePeach]

This isn't Dark Souls. You can't parry the world. The Templars should've learned Tiger drop. Tiger drop negates any damage.

[@alexhooi7268]

"Parry this you filthy casual" - Earth

[@ImmortalIndustries]

Don't forget to set your SPARK to use Julian's voice. You can change it in the same menu you customise their appearance.

[@CABRALFAN27]

"Operation Tomb Fall" for the mission where your ship is shot out of the sky, not ominous at all. :P But yeah, glad to see you're finally starting to appreciate Shock. You seem to have handled the difficulty increase fairly well so far, but the Avenger Defense caused me to ragequit my first Campaign, and that was on _Veteran,_ so... Good luck!

[@arthurgomes5188]

I could almost hear the game saying *"WELCOME TO THE RICE FIELDS MOTHERFUCKER"* when the UFO notification showed up.

[@evilbob840]

It can be nerve wracking, but I enjoy the Avenger defense mission. (And the version with the Chosen attacking the ship too.)

[@darkokat]

​@@evilbob840I think that's much harder. Usually if you have a reaper and one other unit you can kill the beacon while the other guys just protect. I've never actually done it with not having the turrets, so hopefully the next episode will be great

[@ModernWhoFan5B]

At this point, I fully expect Cameron to pull a Julianus Vatinius- He has just been so amazing, I will be *shocked* and *appalled* if he doesn't appear in some other series.

[@andy12345678912]

I was hoping that he would have added more characters to the Character Pool, I would have liked to see people like Ms Finalley as a Sharpshooter/Reaper since he spent FO4YOLO being a hardcore stealth sniper.

[@onchristieroad]

Maybe he secretly *is* Julianus Vatinius; returned from space to aid humanity in a time of need.

[@coyotech]

Jesus Claire has got some amazing abilities, Untouchable, serial, rapid fire, killzone

[@johnryan5133]

Yep, Claire will be an absolute beast if Jon sees what he has, he's sleeping on how good overwatch specialists are so far. Also @ManyATrueNerd - do the faceless autopsy research and the Bluescreen protocol in the proving ground ASAP.

[@Shiftry87]

Yeah that was a seriously stacked ability list she got.

[@eazeepeazee8236]

The Chosen One was chosen again.

[@LeonNFG]

Well, maybe if Jon ever tries using kill zone.

[@lensluiz8357]

@@johnryan5133 Especially when you give them the Disruptor Rifle and use the Training Center to give them Covering Fire, Ever Vigilant & Guardian. I had a specialist that rolled Shredder and Deep Cover. So they can sprint across the map into half-cover with the benefits of Full Cover, then kill or cripple everything in sight with Overwatch shots.

[@mitchm4992]

I love how Jon's like "I don't know, do I have any stun weapons?" and the game is just like "no see what you do is, you walk up to them and you hit them really hard in the face"

[@drewhorton1272]

Here is a fun strategy/suggetion. When reinforcements are coming, try dropping Shock directly on top of the red flare where the reinforcements spawn so he can bladestrom all of them (I found this very fun in my own playtl through I am dping along side you)

[@PureLionHeart]

That's an amazing idea.

[@Mobysimo]

Jon has gone up to Commander difficulty and he still hasn’t taken Bluescreen protocol to get anti-robot ammo to deal with Codexes and Sectapods or has upgraded everything This is gonna end with people dead

[@tortoiseoflegends4466]

In fairness, the only Sectopod he's met so far was babys first Sectopod and the only time codex's actually hurt him was when he first encountered them. He'll figure out. Trial by fire maybe, but he will.

[@thebpphantom]

Here's hoping. He's had a milk run so far.

[@Shiftry87]

When u think about it many enemy units that has a unique ability is not really that dangerous on there 1st turn. Just like a Sectoid is almost guaranteed to raize a zombie on its first turn many other units that wont prioritize shooting there weapon are only dangerous if they live to se there 2nd turn. Shieldbearer will shield = no dmg. Specter will try to copy 1 of your soldiers = no dmg. Codex will disable your weapons = move away and no dmg. Archons havent showed there abilitys yet so i wont spoil what they are but i imagen u know how to avoid them. If u cant kill an entire pod on the turn u reveal it then shooting at some of the unique ability enemys actually makes the situation worse for yourself. If we take the Codex for example as he has already seen all it does. If u know u cant kill it but u got shoots remaining in your turn its mutch better to not take that shoot becouse its gonna clone itself making 2 on there turn. 1 will throw the psychic bomb for sure but the 2nd may fire there gun dealing direct dmg if it hits. If u dident force it to clone there would be no risk of it firing there weapon.

[@bdk336]

@@Shiftry87 I would argue that the codex is actually a pretty big problem because its special ability has a very big AOE and will effectively prevent most soldiers from fighting for a turn.

[@TheNzFox]

sectapods are a non issue, by the time they turn up your gear and talents are so powerful you can destroy them easily in a single turn with skills like chain shot, overdrive or rapid fire. Its the same way for almost all 'xcom' like games, all the difficulty is front loaded

[@AWOOGO]

I'm glad Jon gets to experience ufo defense. I really wish he got the Chosen version though

[@chaptermastermarneuscalgar6926]

Jon might end up killing the two remaining Chosen before that ever triggers because he seems to think the Chosen's information gauge works like the Avatar Project and triggers an instant game over.

[@ShadoShade]

@@chaptermastermarneuscalgar6926 In fairness, until you get to that point, it's not really clear what it does.

[@vargknight]

I mean, as far as i'm aware it's programmed into the game to happen at least once on every playthrough, at least it always does on every playthrough i've done and i've done a lot. But maybe i've just been super unlucky haha

[@AWOOGO]

@@vargknight i don't think so. I believe its what happens when there bar fills up on the plus side the hunter has the best cutscene

[@Cailus3542]

@@vargknight The UFO defence happens every playhthrough I think, but I didn't get the Chosen one on my first.

[@DesolateFields]

Jon, while the grapple has a pretty short radius, the main benefit of it is that it doesn't cost an action, so in that situation you could have moved Tabs with 1 blue move, used the grapple to get up on the roof and then used the remaining action to go further on the roof.

[@bjorns131stpa2]

I just can't believe how blessed his run has been. By now in all my games, my troops are scared of their own shadows and I'm lucky if the science team has figured out how to use a can opener.

[@AceCorban]

The mere fact that he frequently takes shots with less than 90% and actually makes some of them is mind boggling to me.

[@MTGeomancer]

Game does seem pretty easy when the chosen waste their turn grappling on top of a building just to jump right back down immediately, and then do it again the next turn.

[@BreakdancePeach]

I've played this game a lot, and Jon doesn't seem especially lucky. Most of his decisions have been pretty sound. idk why people make it out like he's supremely lucky, like I've seen this top comment multiple times. Really, he's playing pretty well for a blind first-timer.

[@AceCorban]

@@BreakdancePeach Nobody is saying he is playing it wrong, we are just saying Jon has always been a bit lucky in all his playthroughs in exchange for his Perception dump stat. Everyone else on the planet consistenly fail sub 90% shots in this game because its RNG is waiting for Jon to play.

[@McN4styFilth]

​@@AceCorbanHonestly this is just bias from the rage inducing moments when they do actually happen. We've all had our entire squad miss 90%+ shots in one turn and we remember it forever. Especially because it happens at least once every campaign run.

[@Etruscan_Goddess]

Jon's finally using the Templar the correct way, it's glorious!

[@Hsereal]

7:15 "Stand By Me: When this soldier ends a move adjacent to their bondmate, their bondmate will be cleansed of any negative mental effects." Wholesome.

[@Mixxie67]

I was dozing off having had to get up particularly early this morning to take my grandson to his counseling and was loudly brought out of it the sound of Jon panicking at 48:28. That was quite a jolt.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

*Three cheers for King Cameron, and hail to Queen Claire!* Cast them into Advent, to reap chaos there! Foe's bullets can't hurt them, for they cannot die! On Cam'ron and Claire, you can always rely! A toast to Queen Claire and her King Cam-e-ron! The Chosen they combat: you blink, and they're gone! He one-shots from distance, she blasts them in twain! *XCOM's royal family: Long may they reign!*

[@TheWyldKarde]

That's beautiful, but I can't help but worry that your third line is tempting fate.

[@BreakdancePeach]

I can't believe Jon left Claire for his cat, so now Cameron & Claire's formed the strongest power couple on Earth. And *_once again,_* Claire ends up being the chosen one in spite of Jon trying to murder her again. 8:52 look at her random abilities & intelligence! His XCOM runs are truly blursed.

[@ethanwilson1001]

Stig walks into the mess hall where the rest of the squaddies are and pauses a dramatic moment, then starts handing out Planter's Peanuts and offers a game of Monopoly for everyone to play.

[@BryanWagner]

It was seriously really cool how this one ended. We've got literally all the best characters possibly making a final stand in dramatic fashion!!!

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

Jon: *gets armor shredding on Tabby* Also Jon: Doesnt use Tabby to shred armor

[@theRealpizzabandit]

The UFO mission is probably the most fun. I almost wish I got them a few times. It is fun playing a little defensive instead of just going on the offense. And I loved the spark, I did not use it the first few times I played this game but my last game I did, and it is a lot of fun.

[@Hsereal]

Avenger: _Gets shot down by UFO._ John: "Oh god, I may have made a terrible mistake." People who've played the UFO mission before: "LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO!"

[@FailcopterWes]

A difficulty increase and the swift wrath of Captain Consequences. I've been looking forward to this.

[@leejordan5739]

So it's said, inside knowledge, the order that buffs weapon modifications, makes all mods 1 tier higher. Plus one Ammo count becomes puls 2, plus 2 becomes 3, and aim/crit chance/executions go up by 5 percent. This does improve superior mods to a mythical level.

[@Nixter-Bean]

The crash fight is a lot easier with the turret upgrade lol little late though. Can’t wait to see the disaster scene in the next episode lol

[@VeriGreippi1]

yeah but you have to waste a room for the upgrade

[@Ikcatcher]

I’ll never forget the one video I saw of a guy’s avenger turret missing an overwatch shot but somehow hitting the generator and instantly blowing it up

[@hitomisalazar4073]

Nice to see Jon realizing the power of a Templar. Parrying Missiles is just the least of their powers. ;) And he just shredded the Assassin there.

[@jacksurvivalwolf9671]

This and the Chosen defence missions have got to be my favourite (more so with upgraded turrets) looking forward to the next episode

[@hardticket123]

The ending of this one is delightful. I love it!

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

*I'm looking forward to Captain Consequences kicking your posterior!*

[@74153080]

Jon is making this series soooooo entertaining, loving it. Keep it up Jon, can't wait for the next episode.

[@bozzutoman]

24:10 - Try blue-moving closer to where you want... _then grapple._ Re: UFO mission... shoulda brought the reaper. While the rest of the squad protects the ramp they sneak-in, drop 2-claymores on the spike... boom... back to the Avenger.

[@CABRALFAN27]

To be fair, that feels like it should've been grapple-able from Tabby's starting position anyway, and it's not like she could've done much more on the rooftop with just the one move remaining.

[@bozzutoman]

@@CABRALFAN27 Agreed, I was just pointing out that Jon should be thinking in two-stages for squad movement/positioning.

[@brianlevor6295]

My mom passed away btw parts 12 and 13 of this series. Pouring a big whisky and watching you play XCOM has been a great solace, more enjoyable than playing it myself. Thank you Jon.

[@darkokat]

Jeez man, I'm sorry

[@evilbob840]

You can't actually get the chosen and the "snake pope" on the same mission. There is code in the War of the Chosen DLC that specifically prevents that.

[@Mobysimo]

Its actually a useful trick to know what your facing in a retaliation mission. By the late game the Chosen like showing up there almost constantly. So when they dont its a good indicaton your in for a ruler

[@Cailus3542]

@@Mobysimo Which is worse. So much worse.

[@alexpage4355]

Code that apparently doesn't always work, because it has happened.... It's _exceedingly_ unlikely, but sometimes XCOM's gonna XCOM.

[@dantevortex]

There are a few mods that will allow them to show up together. I forgot which one that was, but it was about making the game harder and the AI better and more logical

[@LLlap]

I`m pretty sure I had the archon ruler and a chosen in the same mission.

[@d_p2371]

TIPS: You want Mind-shields for your team before you take on the WARLOCK chosen - also the robot isn't effected by his psychic abilities. Also, equipping your hackers with a SKULLJACK will increase their hacking abilities.

[@Cryten0]

He needs to do skull mining project to make the skull jack useful in normal combat and provide the hack bonus.

[@onchristieroad]

Intel on skullmining too!

[@unsolicitedditkapics9722]

Stop giving him tips lol. We need drama

[@nonetheone8025]

Make sure to use your team's bond bonuses, their extra action sharing in particular. A sniper with Serial and a bondmate is a deadly combination.

[@nyny]

its also fun that it plays into the little stories jon creates for people

[@Sensenoi6]

I've been enjoying this series so much. :) Jon has learned and plays really well!

[@RandomPassrby]

Fun Fact: Spark Units (the robots) can be sent out on missions even while damaged/injured.

[@darkokat]

There is even a trophy (achievement) for it

[@RinAldrin]

The bolt caster is really good as a one hit mega punch especially if you level it up. Can be very useful to deliver a lot of damage and possibly stun them, just don't use it against the chaff

[@Mercurite]

I usually give it to my Psi operative. They've got plenty of skills to use even when the gun needs reloading.

[@johnyshadow]

@@Mercurite Good choice. I just mostly give it to the specialists, as they are either busy healing, or hacking robots.

[@dantevortex]

Once you have time, invest into researching the Bluescreen protocol. It will allow you to get various anti-robotic measures that will give you more damage against robots. You are going to encounter more and more robotic enemies in the future, and having more damage against them isn't a bad thing. Also, you can use Sparks if they're wounded, they'll just start the mission with less than full health, and no other penalties. They also do not get shaken or tired. Use the Sparks, they level nicely and can be pretty OP in later stages.

[@stevenknighton677]

Tuesdays and Fridays are now mu favorite evenings. I've watched MATN for years, a silent watcher if u like and in my humble opinion this is hos best ever play through. ❤❤❤

[@bobbys332]

I really hope Jon does the smart thing and uses his concealed units intelligently for this next mission. I really don't want this play through to end this soon.

[@darkokat]

I think he said if he wipes then he will re-try it. But it has been a truly blessed run so far

[@Paradox-es3bl]

Jon, in a situation like that near the start, where 2 Advent projects aren't really worrisome, you don't need to waste intel revealing the 3rd. Just stop that one. It's almost always the worst one when you feel like you can ignore the other 2. Edit: Btw, you might as well use ALL of a soldier's AP once they're a Colonel. That can only be used on them. It's just the XCOM AP you need to be more selective with. (Of course, sometimes you'll buy like a 10 or 15 AP ability and have like 5 soldier AP left, which can't really be used on any abilities. You'll need to wait until that soldier gets at least another 5 AP, I think, since I think 10 AP is the minimum cost... but thats like 5 Flanking Shots or something. Can literally be earned in 1 mission lol.) Edit 2: Your Tech Score on your hackers/Specialists is NOT going up by hacking. That's an OPTION that SOMETIMES appears as a reward. The Tech Score apparently goes up with soldier rank and the Skulljack with the Skull Mining upgrade can give them +25. Edit 3: Please use Killzone. It's basically super Overwatch on your Snipers. I think they can shoot once per ammo per enemy, so if they have Superior Expanded Mags, up to 7 times in 1 Overwatch with their Sniper Rifle. And it's in a cone area.

[@Sankey84Gaming]

So glad to see your Edit 2. I thought something was wrong with me as I have been trying to figure out why my hacking wasnt going up.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

42:52 *Happy 500th Anniversary, Sweden!* They just celebrated it last month!

[@rickrumble4715]

Man, Jon's really sleeping on all the untouchable and kill zones he's got...

[@snowisthebestweather]

The UFO mission is really fun, so I'm very much looking forward to the next episode.

[@davidjensen1221]

In case you didn't notice, John, the timer always pauses while you engage a Chosen. Advent is nice like that.

[@chriswoodend2036]

Mechanics info for Jon: Resistance ring order Inside Knowledge: it increased the effective level of each weapon mod by +1 level. So for scopes it's normally +5 for the basic, +10 intermediate, +15 superior. That becomes +10/+15/+20 Fall damage is +2 damage per level fallen. Hacking skill increase per hack is a popular mod, your skill isn't going up just from hacking unless you installed it. If it did, the mod wouldn't have gotten made. People think that because of a 7 year old, incorrect forum post (source: ChristopherOdd modders). You can increase hack by increasing tech score - upgrade the Gremlins, carry skull jacks and researching skull mining or by leveling up - +5 per specialist rank. There are occasionally missions that have hacks that, if successful "increase you hacking skill" - this is a rare +20 hacking upgrade and covert action rewards that will add +5 hacking (seen in this episode). Max hacking without any bonuses is 145, so when Jon completed that covert op his max skill is now 150 fully upgraded. If Chosen show up on a timed mission, once you properly engage the Chosen (active it's pod) the timer stops until the Chosen retreats or dies. The bonuses from completely contacting a region and getting the requisite number of radio towers up is world-wide.

[@michaelniesen3711]

The faceless autopsy basically gives you a get out of jail free card. And give the boltcaster to a specialist!

[@Cheshire020]

The A-Team's back together again for the most important mission of their careers thus far.

[@onewhowalkedaway]

The avenger defence missions are great fun. Probably my favourite use for the psi operatives as well

[@starsnmuffins]

of course jon gets a base defense the moment he switches to commander difficulty. :D good luck jon! by the way, one advantage of defeating the chosen is as you saw, you get some ability points for killing them; that just means you get more points to spend for your troops' extra abilities and beef them up even more (especially with people like claire... my god, those extras...). but also sadly, ever vigilant on snipers does indeed default to pistol overwatch.

[@varthaner4617]

You have stun devices on non-business ends of your weapons. Skulljack is great, if it hits, and its melee so it has decent to hit, it will autokill any Advent no matter hp, without any on death effects from priest or purifiers. Even if you fail hacking. Grapple is great for moving out of psionic bomb or tracking shot.

[@dandelyon1830]

Can't wait for the next episode, that mission is gonna be sick!

[@klemminguk]

Increasing the effects of weapon mods is godlike. I keep superior repeaters on as many troops as possible, they give you a flat 20% to execute anything, even a chosen or Alien Ruler. Considering the Rulers mountain of HP, it's more likely that you'll execute them than wear them down normally.

[@sotnosen95]

Stig looks like a very passionate football fan. I swear I've seen Swedish football fans wear felt top hats in our colours.

[@Techstriker1]

Just noticed the trophy room they literally took the Assassin's torso and head as a trophy.

[@crimsonharvest]

This is such a good inversion of the real, dos xcom 2, basically every part of it being the inverse of the player's position there.

[@spooky_basil202]

Looking forward to my favourite mission in the whole game next time👌

[@MelficeSilesius]

Stig got turned into The Spiffing Swede. Excellent.

[@marcpatenaude7820]

Good luck with the UFO fight!

[@janparkki5704]

Oh, this is getting exciting. Now with upped difficult and the ufo interception event, for the first time the aliens might be non-trivial. =) Then again, I had high hopes for the upgraded hunter and your rookies wiped the floor with him. Well see... Certainly going to watch next one.

[@macroglossumstellatarum5932]

I got the game during the summer sale, and I have to admit I also got Jane Kelly killed during the same mission as Jon. I tried to be fancy and sneak to the objective without being detected. As it turns out, hacking it activates all enemies on the map, leaving you surrounded. (But got redeemed by rescuing Mox without being detected)

[@fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Stig looks like a Dickensian industrialist on a stag holiday. In only the most murderous way; of course.

[@Osma777]

The shear, 4 leaf shaped horseshoe levels of good luck here that allowed the alien ship to wait just long enough for the A team to be back on their feet. If it had come one or two days earlier, he wouldn't even have the C team since they were tired and/or sent on covert missions.

[@penthief83]

Jon, squad leader is always centre left on the squad pick screen. Put your highest willed trooper there.

[@craniusdominus8234]

Jon, my dude, I don't know if you've ever read Sven Hassel's WW2 books, but Stig's yellow top hat is reminding me of one Corporal Joseph Porta :D

[@rowansnow6579]

The UFO mission is my favorite other than the last one. It's genuinely really fun

[@blake7297]

As far as the UFO goes, a certain mission will spawn one automatically In addition to the dark events. The first UFO encounter is always guaranteed to hit (or it may just be the UFO spawned by the particular mission). All subsequent UFOs have like a 50/50 chance of being evaded. your flight path means nothing at all. Also, the chosen have a similar avenger defense if they're Intel maxes out. It's a fun mission I suggest you let it happen.

[@ethansmith7263]

Yaaaaay, my favorite type of mission is up next

[@alexhooi7268]

Jon, in the Covert Ops. you passed over "Counter Chosen Activity", i suggest looking at it.

[@samporter9729]

Having just done a playthough, Tactical Analysis is amazing.

[@realkingofantarctica]

There could be a trollface in that alien's head and we might never know.

[@exquisitemeat5845]

Cameron would be a BEAST with Fan Fire Which means Jon will never take it

[@DavidRickmann]

He took it this episode.

[@exquisitemeat5845]

@@DavidRickmann I wish he did. No, he took ever vigilant

[@Sankey84Gaming]

I love this mission, Don't worry Jon I think its impossible to avoid the UFO once it is about. I have had it where I was in the Europe and the UFO was in South America when I got the notification I then fled to north America and waited for the UFO to do two laps of the Earth before getting to me. *****Spoiler Alert***** I was so shocked the 1st time I did this mission to realise you get 10 soldiers if you just take your time.

[@jacksurvivalwolf9671]

I know it's possible to evade it but I think the chances are super low

[@vegeta002]

You can easily evade the dark event one, but it gets harder each time. The storyline one is 100% unavoidable.

[@JJPower-im1te]

Mimic beacons are your friend on commander difficulty

[@kincrawford7169]

Research the faceless autopsy! Mimic beacons are amazing!

[@L0rdNikoN1]

Well Jon, you said you'd regret it going to Commander and the Game responded with "As you Wish. Here, try that UFO for Starters! I'll make you cry, my Guy..."

[@QuixoteBadger]

I don't know what you are so afraid of, Jon. This is the A-team were talking about. Whatever is out in that forest is about to get roflstomped and yeeted into oblivion.

[@vasquez8098]

Negative traits can be treated in the Infirmary. The ufo dark event will be a hard battle the will swim in and have brutes maybe depending on the games feels.

[@carrandgillfamily8901]

4:39 You may have a bunch of weapon mods, but you often let soldiers leave on missions without making sure they all have weapons with mods actually attached.

[@darkokat]

That's probably the best one to get. Other than "sabotage"

[@unsolicitedditkapics9722]

He is on recruit difficulty so it doesn't even matter. He won't lose any soldiers other than the lady from the tutorial.

[@darkokat]

@@unsolicitedditkapics9722 He just moved it up to commander. This episode.

[@unsolicitedditkapics9722]

​@@darkokatI just watched. Thank goodness. It has been such a boring campaign

[@vizinyul122]

Jon please do the bluesceen protocol. Its much more usefull than the description lets on and also the faceless autopsy. You won't regret either, especially on commander.

[@charlesfranks1902]

X-Com always throws wicked curves at you, it's great.

[@unsolicitedditkapics9722]

He has had one death and is on recruit difficulty lol. This has been crazy boring

[@jordanj809]

@@unsolicitedditkapics9722people keep correcting you over and over. Why do you keep saying this is recruit difficultly when like 4 people have told you otherwise and you saw him set it to veteran in episode 1

[@Gbusjones]

Absolutely riveting

[@AceCorban]

I actually really like the UFO Defense battles. The UFO itself is kindof annoying when you are trying to do certain scans, but this battle is pretty fun.

[@lensluiz8357]

The first Avenger Assault mission is impossible to avoid irrc. They'll always catch you the first time. Gonna be neat watching Jon handle this though.

[@peterdcrowley]

Just to say don't sleep on fanfire. It does massive damage once armour is down. Very useful against chosen and later enemies

[@tortoiseoflegends4466]

I can't wait for the defense mission! They're my favourite kind in the game, just really badass (if stressful at times.)

[@nathangutteridge2376]

Jon, I'm pretty sure the "squad leader" position is 3rd from the left (the one standing most prominently in view) not that the game makes it obvious 🤔

[@Sankey84Gaming]

Does that actually make a difference for anything other than Role play? I only asked because I never look at where a person is selected.

[@CABRALFAN27]

@@Sankey84Gaming I believe there was a GTS upgrade in Enemy Unknown/Within where the Squad Leader could substitute their Will score for any lower-Will soldiers when they're making relevant checks, but that's it AFAIK. Oh, they do also have special roles in cutscenes, E.G. in the opening cutscene of the Avenger Defense, the Squad Leader (Jon, in this case) would've walked out slowly while the rest of the Squad rushed ahead and fanned out, but Jon (The Commander, not the Soldier) unfortunately skipped it.

[@TrueHankScorpio]

I always enjoy the avenger defense mission. So much so that I never stop the UFO dark events lol. It’s even more fun if you have the turret upgrade, then you can sit back and just watch them kill everything

[@dylandugan76]

I'm increasingly unable to wrap my head around just how astoundingly lucky Jon is in every game he plays, but this series absolutely blows the usual feats of fortune out of the water. Even on Veteran difficulty, his clumsy tactics, abysmal strategy layer misplays, and constant stubborness and willful ignorance surrounding basic game mechanics should have fully torpedoed about four to six entire campaign attempts in this amount of time. Instead, he has fewer soldier deaths than the average player. I'm confident that winning the lottery is more likely.

[@DavidRickmann]

He's even had the EMP spike spawn on his side of the building so his snipers should be able to get it from the ramp, instead of behind the building where you have to fight your way through and around. Outrageously lucky.

[@dylandugan76]

​@@DavidRickmann I still can't decide if my favorite is pulling both Interchangeable Upgrades and Between the Eyes in the FIRST month, or an accidental bladestorm plus stun against the FIRST ruler reaction of the campaign.

[@jordanj809]

In most recent memory, that argonian in the Dark Brotherhood Oblivion quest. That was one of the hardest fights in the game for me and Jon just stumbled into victory like it was nothing Same with Darth Cameron from KOTOR. Lucky git

[@Xecryo]

I think this is the second game I have bought specifically because I saw it on this channel. Got it on sale with Jurassic World Evolution 2 and once I finish that it's onto X-Com 2.

[@qwertynjiloc]

You're doing great!

[@christopherfrankovich5239]

This is absolutely my favorite mission.

[@TomCoolery]

good thing shen remembered the magic button hidded behind that panel

[@jordanj809]

Only after Central had to remind her twice

[@goffe2282]

Good luck with this one..... a reaper would have been nice.... or anything with stealth to reach that thing.

[@abdoobaset6100]

And now the show will begin

[@thegentleman5435]

Hopefully jon sees this,the UFO dark event is gonna happen a lot during your playthrough,I'd recommend researching the advent turrets upgrade and then building the structure,they help a lot during the UFO encounter

[@BardMichaelKelly]

If you keep the room staffed with an engineer, it also provides a certain amount of defense against Chosen attempts to sabotage rooms on the Avenger. So it's not only useful during the UFO encounter.

[@CABRALFAN27]

@@BardMichaelKelly I think that feature is bugged and doesn't actually work without a Mod, but yes, the turrets themselves are worth it anyway. My last Avenger Defense mission, they could all hit the Disruptor with Squadsight, so all I had to do was run a Reaper forward, wipe it out in like a turn or two, run the Reaper back, and lift off. Everyone else was on defense, so it was trivial to keep the Aliens away from the ramp.

[@teaFoxFarrel]

The Avenger defence is a tough mission, do NOT try to kill everything, they just keep coming. However, if you're efficient, you can temporarily clear the map. Be aware, snipers with squad sight will be able to hit the target if they have an unobstructed line of sight and anyone can see it. If you have a reaper or stealth scout in your team, you can totally cheese the map and send them out as a forward spotter whilst everyone else defends. As it is, work slowly and carefully up, and then the same on the way back ;) Be aware that some enemies might ignore you and beeline for the avenger too.

[@Cryten0]

Im kinda glad he doesnt read comments for a few episodes since you are over explaining all of the mission. It would be no fun if he didnt learn himself.

[@teaFoxFarrel]

A fair point, but he doesn't have the team for the cheesey win, and the other way is pretty much common sense. Still, I'll ease up on it if it bothers you.

[@Maestria00]

The next mission is the one I was waiting for for a long time now. It's your time to shine Jon or to doom yourself. Literally.