Xenonauts 2 (EA v4) - Ep. 31: Dragon The Line

[@ebenkleinhans4474]

Free Mentarch!

[@RetconRaider]

Fortunately it does look like our revenue from salvage is spiking significantly with these newer ships. Should help with getting more Phantoms in circulation, so we can just relegate the Angels to the off-sites - or maybe just retire them entirely. :)

[@edgarrobinson1474]

Commander, you really need to avoid stacking your troops. Wraiths love it when you do that.. I have seen them "run out into open terrain" to throw a grenade on a group of 2.. and they have very good range...

[@RetconRaider]

I've heard about it a lot, but yet to see it. Then again, I do suppose it's only a matter of time. :)

[@edgarrobinson1474]

@@RetconRaider agree

[@zombiefolklore]

I can only imagine that alien intelligence, is rather concerned about finding xenonaut codenames for their various species consisting of just a dollar value.

[@RandomPassrby]

Man, those cruisers are aptly named. Them ayy lmaos were-a zippin'!

[@ombrepourpre7562]

The pick a boo from the tank was fun! And the next from more classic troop as really make the "never sell the bear skin before kill it" well 👍

[@Exsellsior]

You aren't very near to the build end. There are still 2 weapon upgrade levels and 1 better Interceptor and Drop ships too. Along with new modules and armour types. Plenty of new stuff to go. I reached the end of the current build myself. Again.

[@RetconRaider]

I was told that the aliens just stop showing up once you get past a certain day. Is that not the case? :O

[@Exsellsior]

@@RetconRaider Not in my game.

[@RetconRaider]

@@Exsellsior Fair enough. Maybe that was only in one of the earlier milestones. :)

[@SilencerGDA]

Nope, they still show and have activity pass the message that you have reached the end.

[@RetconRaider]

@@SilencerGDA Good to know! We do still need to end the series at some point, so it'll probably be shortly after the notification. But I'll at least try to make sure we finish all the research projects first. :)

[@edgarrobinson1474]

Pegasus carries 16, imagine what the last mission is going to be if you need 16 troops. 12 troops is awesome compared to 9, I like 3 fire teams of 4 (1 hvy/1 sniper/2inf) this allows teams to cover 3 areas at once instead of all moving together.

[@AllisonIsLivid]

Are the angels slowing your phantoms down? It'd make sense in a way, but if so, you may need to adjust expectations for how best to roll them out.

[@RetconRaider]

Yeah, that does seem to be the issue. All the more reason to accelerate building more Phantoms, I suppose. :)

[@Kaebuki]

Tank broke down the door like “Here’s Johnny!” XD

[@christianvitroler5289]

What's your silly obsession with captures? Trading lives for money?

[@RetconRaider]

Pretty much, yeah. :P More seriously, though, it's because this particular build is very stingy on funding and we're having a hard time affording the things we need. Live-captures are worth significantly more than corpses.

[@zrw040689]

Thanks for the episode, mighty brave of you to tempt RNG when its known to be fickle =) . Side note have you seen the game Our Adventurer Guild, it seems right up your alley!

[@RetconRaider]

I think I had it on my watch list a few months ago, but ended up dropping it because I was put off by the anime aesthetic. I do see they've got pretty solid reviews since launch, though. Might give it a closer look if I can find the time. :)

[@etienne8110]

I feel like xenonauts2 has been in EA since forever. 😂

[@RetconRaider]

It's definitely been a while. Thankfully they're showing some pretty serious progress these past few months. :)

[@KrullKama]

I just use the angels as pure missile boats now, all torpedo for the bigger crafts on interdiction for my base. It’s happened more than once

[@RetconRaider]

Do they do enough to actually take UFOs down? It feels like their hull values are escalating too quickly for just missiles and torpedos to handle.

[@KrullKama]

@@RetconRaider I use pure torp’ on larger ufo, and it’s more anti base attack.

[@timothyjohnson2002]

"Draggin' the Line". Tommy James and the Shondells. An early '70's classic!

[@PhilippBrandAkatosh]

Looks so easy when he does it, he must have been doing these things for years, imagine the face of the Alien commander seeing what raider has done to his cruiser :D

[@edgarrobinson1474]

I talk too much...sorry ...

[@RetconRaider]

Ha ha, you're fine. Nothing wrong with getting enthusiastic about a game you enjoy. :)

[@IridiumSnake]

Henrik: "It's fine commander. I didn't need most of my organs anyway." 🤕

[@Ryanfinder226]

is there any way to know if we're on the xenonaught name list?

[@RetconRaider]

I don't have it posted anywhere, though I really should figure something out for that at some point. :P That said, you *are* on it. I've got you listed as "Gallowglass" and you're not too far from the top now. :)

[@Ryanfinder226]

@@RetconRaider I appreciate you letting me know!

[@rebekalandwehr7886]

Good armor makes up for slips of the finger but not the time in the med bay.

[@Dr.Koki4]

Is there any weaponary extended of laser ones in the game, actually?

[@RetconRaider]

From what I've heard there are upgrades for laser weapons, plus at least a few higher-tier types like Plasma, Fusion, and Gauss weapons. :)

[@Dr.Koki4]

@@RetconRaider so it means that railgun is prooobably possible to achieve, ig?

[@RetconRaider]

@@Dr.Koki4 I'm assuming so. I've been told they're in the game, but it might only be for vehicles. :)

[@Arrow1bowmen]

27:47 Floor breaching would be so dope

[@TheArklyte]

So, I guess we skipped the second RT slot for wizards?

[@RetconRaider]

Technically the Tactical Breach Wizards vid was in the now-empty BG3 slot. :) But no, I generally consider the Thursday and Saturday slots to be "crumple zones" if I start falling behind schedule and production is at risk of going off the rails. In this particular case, we had two extra-long XN2 eps that required extra production time, followed by an untimely power outage, which necessitated skipping a slot to get things back on-track.

[@TheArklyte]

@@RetconRaider wait, BG3 is halted? I thought it was doing good on views, no?

[@RetconRaider]

​@@TheArklyte Sadly, no. The series was struggling for months before I finally pulled the plug. If anything, I kept it running much longer than I should have - but I was having fun, so I kept giving it more chances. To put it into perspective, Rogue Trader is starting to struggle a little, and its still getting about twice the numbers BG3 was. Xenonauts 2 is getting about triple. That said, I do hope to return to BG3 every once in a while. I just can't afford to keep doing it on a regular basis.

[@Jompabompa]

On a side note have you considered playing Alien dark descent?

[@RetconRaider]

It was on my radar, but I'll admit I lost some interest when I found out it was real-time rather than turn-based. I've been spoiled by all the good TBT games coming out the last few years, so its hard to get back into the RTwP mindset. :)

[@Jompabompa]

@@RetconRaider Hehe yeah i also prefer turn based, dont like getting stressed out.

[@Nobody10115]

4:50 How might one join the list of meat shields?

[@RetconRaider]

Just let me know what name or other specifics you might like, and I'm happy to add you to the Waiting List. Though, fair warning, we're winding towards the end of the current Early Access build, so it's hard to say how many more recruits I'll be pulling in at this point. :) (But there's always the full launch to look forward to.)

[@Nobody10115]

@@RetconRaiderI’m fine having to wait. If I can get in as Nobody that would be nice, I don’t want to be picky but I’d like to get my hands onto a shotgun if possible, but I understand if that doesn’t suit whatever rng chooses for stats

[@discordinmymind6565]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Jompabompa]

It feels like this game should be harder.

[@RetconRaider]

It seems to hold a very tenuous balance, hinging on how kind or cruel the RNG decides to be at any given moment. If we'd been a little closer when the enemy came out of the ship, for example, or last time around when that one random Seb teleported in and immediately shot Rook before any reaction shots triggered. While this particular outing was largely in our favor (user error aside), I could definitely see one bad turn causing an entire mission to go south.

[@Jompabompa]

@@RetconRaider Maybe, but so far you have only lost a few soldiers, mostly its been a mediocre challange. Atleast thats what it feels like from here.

[@TheArklyte]

Compared to what? Are you the guy, who doesn't play the game, but suggest all the new nerfs for devs, like making grenade launchers shoot perpendicular to the direction they're aimed at?

[@Nobody10115]

@@Jompabompa it’s still early access, and as more patches come out there will probably be changes in difficulty. But early on several people were dropped to 0 Hp in combat and only lived by the game allowing them to, with changes to that system, funding, and other small tweaks the game can change difficulty before release.

[@M0EJ0EKING]

@@Jompabompa trolling in year 2024? sad