Xenonauts 2 (EA v4) - Ep. 30: Explosive Results!

[@RandomPassrby]

"Mission...debrief? After-report? Anywho, las-shotties worked like a charm. Honestly felt like I was playing laser tag. The world's deadliest laser tag. Uh, Rook got hit during an attempted ambush maneuver, but in my defense we were kept on 'Hold' for so long my hand went numb. He didn't die at least!"

[@erichammer2751]

Yeah, but did you notice he had about 3 HP left after that hit? It's still dangerous out there.

[@Exsellsior]

Though it goes against the grain, you should sell some Alenium and Alloys. Large stockpiles are useless if you lack cash for projects. Avoid hoarding instincts.

[@RetconRaider]

True. I suppose part of the issue is that I don't really know how much Alenium or Alloy future projects might require, so I'm hesitant to sell things we might need for short-term gain. :)

[@Exsellsior]

@@RetconRaider I sold things down to about 150 of each and never ran short. Your mileage may vary.

[@edgarrobinson1474]

@@RetconRaider haven't had an issue with Alenium however everything needs alloy to construct. (especially fighters)

[@discordinmymind6565]

51:06, I'd totally pull the pin on a grenade and let it teleport upwards it this was in irl or vr 😂

[@mclouj]

Once you get the next upgrade for the las weapons, they start to get even better. You get ammo back in the clip every round, makes the size of the clip a non-issue (assuming of course this hasn't been changed in the last couple of weeks). Team shotgun put in some work this ep!

[@RetconRaider]

Oh, wow, that *is* a pretty huge game changer. Definitely makes my main concern about the weapons moot. :P

[@SilencerGDA]

​@RetconRaider that's the Plasma weapons research. But remember it still is engineering project. And you may unlock higher tier guns in the process.

[@Arrow1bowmen]

_Bowmen reading the after action report and grumbles from the infirmary_ "I'll get my chance...soon as I can walk without pain meds"

[@kingsrook9866]

ow

[@jebise1126]

when they move they will remove that sticking hay... interesting. i wonder if that improves visibility

[@pedromoura1446]

You should take MORE grenade lunchers for next mission. Just blow everything up into a large crater and bam! Mission over!

[@AB-ln2py]

I hope they will solve the weapon problem, its kinda lame that last weapon tier kicks u back to the start of game. Aliens doing OHKs and they tank with insane HP pools.

[@gg.youlubeatube6249]

Grenade louncher random shots get fixed a bit in the latest hotfix. There are numerous bugs on this weapon. More of them will be fixed in the next milestone, in few days out.

[@RetconRaider]

Ah, good to know they're addressing the GL spread. It does seem a mite bit too wild. Do we actually have word on when Milestone 5 is supposed to be coming out? I haven't seen anything through my usual channels.

[@gg.youlubeatube6249]

@@RetconRaider spread is about half now. M5 in Few days

[@ombrepourpre7562]

24:14 this is the "I don't like environments and facility, let's raze it!" chapter of the story 😂

[@jonathantanner7083]

Honestly the grenade launcher just feels like a lability, it never works right

[@RetconRaider]

Eh, it tends to work more often than not. I use it a *lot* during missions to clear walls and cover, to the point where we've often fully depleted our ammo with it by the time we finish a mission. I think it's just that the spread is so wild that every miss tends to be really memorable. Though I'll also say this was definitely the worst outing for it by far. Three out of four shots missed. :P

[@RetconRaider]

Apparently the devs are listening to feedback and turning down the misfire spread in an upcoming patch. :)

[@jameshalko8713]

I weirdly jumped into this series 3 episodes ago. I enjoyed and look forward to the next episode. Back to watching.

[@stevendeamon]

Is this game ever coming out? Its been 10 years since I stopped following its progress.

[@RetconRaider]

It did fall into a development loop for a few years where they seemed really indecisive about exactly what they wanted it to be. But it's been moving forward again ever since they were picked up by their new publisher, Hooded Horse. Still in Early Access, but seeing a lot of regular content updates. :)

[@gg.youlubeatube6249]

Milestone 5 is going out in few days. Tons of content and improvements coming. Expectation is, there will be release this year.

[@christianvitroler5289]

There is a gimmick for helping out with strength (plus 30). Just keep researching :-)

[@RetconRaider]

Ah, good to know. :)

[@CowCommando]

Do the airbattle deploy options on the top left not work? You tend to use a setup that mirrors one of the options, but you always do it manually.

[@RetconRaider]

Oh, I'm not sure. Never really noticed them. :)

[@discordinmymind6565]

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[@jihyotwice3159]

Am I missing something but you should build up your bases more in Africa, Asia, and Australia. Not for interceptors, research or engineering, but holding more soldiers for ground raids and downed aliens. Afterwards, you can transfer old interceptors before scrapping them. I presume you are holding this pattern until you can build advanced landing planes but you can build them up at the same time. You have 300k-400k cash budget sitting idle. Atleast build more laser weapons and 2nd tier armour. You can still shift them around once you get plasma, which the game might not have been implemented.

[@RetconRaider]

Honestly, it just doesn't feel practical to build up more than one or two "manned" bases. Logistically, you'd be spending millions of extra dollars for facilities and dropships to support each extra base, when even just one base can already deploy soldiers to almost anywhere in the world (albeit with some travel time). That aside, if we don't funnel more funding into building up more hangars and Interceptors, we won't be able to shoot down alien UFOs anymore, and there won't be many missions for the soldiers to go on anyway. :)

[@jihyotwice3159]

@@RetconRaider Doesn't expanding to more bases mean you can detect more alien activities and deal with more abductions quicker and crash sites? You don't need to have research and engineering everywhere but it could help with quicker response times (research and building gear). This in turn would reduce global panic and raise funding.

[@RetconRaider]

​@@jihyotwice3159 Sure, that's why I built they outposts. They each have a radar inside that detects alien activity in that region. At this point, we've already got radar coverage on most of the land masses aside from Southern Africa. :) There's just no reason to spend millions of extra dollars to add soldier infrastructure to them. That would require living quarters, storage facilities, a dropship and extra hanger to store it in, plus training and medical facilities if you want to keep those extra soldiers viable. All that stuff adds up quickly. :)

[@erichammer2751]

What you're missing (or rather, what Retcon is missing) is C.A.S.H. Everything costs money, and there's not enough of it to go around. After I finished the vanilla X1 a few times, I modded it to give myself about 50 mil at the start so I could have six bases spread out all over the world, each with its own squad. That meant that the number of downed UFO missions went up exponentially, which was the point of the exercise.

[@jihyotwice3159]

@@erichammer2751 hahaha. That was exactly my point as well. What else are you gonna do with the extra alien parts? In XCom2 you can only sell alien entertainment. I'd love to know how the aliens entertained themselves. Lol. My Latin American and African brothers might as well drop out of the program. They have that base as neighbors and many people getting abducted.

[@jebise1126]

do those elenium explosives cost elenium every time they are used? also elenium reactors for aircraft... does that use elenium for fuel?

[@RetconRaider]

No, just a one-time cost as far as I'm aware.

[@erichammer2751]

Nope. The lore excuses this by saying that just a pinch of elenium produces a huge amount of power, but that raises the question of why the explosives and such couldn't be more powerful with larger elenium packing, although they could although they could excuse that by inventing critical mass issues. Anyway, once researched, everything is upgraded to the new standard for free, and costs nothing to maintain.

[@Jompabompa]

Still no character :(

[@RetconRaider]

Unfortunately, there aren't any Swedish recruits available in the current batch. The recruit pool is reset every 30 days so I can check again on Day 210. I'm really at the mercy of the RNG if you want a specific nationality, but I can get you in faster if you don't mind your soldier being a randomized nationality. :)

[@Jompabompa]

@@RetconRaider Eh if you cant find any Swedish then just go with any European obe

[@RetconRaider]

@@Jompabompa Will do. Pretty sure I saw a couple of decent options when I was recording this last batch. :)

[@rebekalandwehr7886]

Great episode. Reb forward.

[@erichammer2751]

It's probably already been mentioned, and is a bit spoiler-y, but researching Plasma will give you the ability to get self-recharging Lasers.

[@JuanBautistaDumasOvejero]

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