Xenonauts 2 - Early Access Campaign - 8 Miracle

[@countyvillwolfeschlegelste4189]

that ufo coming in after the distraction is just.... wow, gl with that

[@benstewart7970]

Yeah sneaky aliens got me with the same trick completely caught with my pants down and I'd launched skyhawk for a mission so my base was full of rookies and the nearly dead, fun times😂 next episode is gonna be a banger can't wait

[@ZombieKilla786]

Oh my god the aliens baited you with the first ufo. Then after hitman 1 & 2 were out. Launched the real threat to your base. Absolutely nuts.

[@Ink-931]

Cleaners are like ants, you find one and think it’s just one but there’s a whole colony of them a few feet away.

[@Phrosphor]

Worse than Xenomorphs

[@protojoe2907]

What an intense mission! And what a cliffhanger!

[@DebatingWombat]

Yeah, all these cleaner missions all have tonnes of enemies, and then even harder ones start pouring in as reinforcements by turn 6… Even on “normal” difficulty these missions are rather nasty. But it also seems that especially early UFOs currently have a lot more aliens than in X1 and that they’re more likely to be placed immediately in the dropship landing zone, meaning you have to either kill or suppress them or risk taking reaction fire as you leave the ship.

[@ZombieKilla786]

Not only does he get up HE TAKES A SHOT AND NAILS THE GUY KILLIN’EM

[@Author_Paluthor]

Don't forget that Heavy weapons(Machineguns and Snipers) get an accuracy bonus if you fire without moving in a turn.

[@dmitrypuchkov2699]

Aliens have finally demonstrated some tactical thinking launching a distraction UFO to sneak in a dropship.

[@psyantologist]

Hot dayum! That was wild :D and a great cliffhanger ending! I rage quit yesterday after 3 of the hightest tier base defense systems were not enough to shoot down a medium-sized UFO attacking a radar/hangar base (even though two did the job thus far) - I suggest to build four in a square shape for the adjacency bonus to be that one crucial die roll more safe

[@warmaster4574]

Here's an alternate name for that episode: "and another one." Because hot damn those cleaners were like roaches you kill one 10 more take its place place On a side note glad to see my dude landing shots for once now let's see if our brave shield hero can hold the door

[@yuriguimaraes410]

Careful with ending your turn on smoke, It does so much stun damage

[@CMDR_Remus]

OH NO.. The ol' bait n switch. And everybody is in hospital. I do not envy your position here. I hope Lady Fortune is smiling on you for Base Defense.

[@TheKerberos84]

Something important to know, you can only send 3 Aircraft per interception. It is not like in Xeno1 where you could send all of your Aircraft on one UFO. Those Turrets with wheels for Base Defense are were strong.

[@DepressedHandsomeSpaceCop]

Damn, those cleaners just hit differently. Tough mission. The timer feels a bit gratuitous on these missions - there's already so many enemies on the map that even without a timer the mission would be plenty challenging. So how did T Rem survive with bleeding damage and 4 hp? Does the bleed damage not proc if the character is unconscious?

[@DebatingWombat]

Yeah, that seems to be it. Unconsciousness potentially cancelling bleeding has been mentioned in other videos and this seems to confirm it.

[@aliassabbath9081]

Congrats on capturing a Cleaner and corpse, (Note to devs, perhaps have a slight variation if you captured a suited Cleaner) but yeah, I've seen that distraction UFO maneuver before in other series. Tricky! Things are ramping up, and I hope you can pull through!

[@DebatingWombat]

Same happened to me, even though I only play on “normal” difficulty. X2 really seems to ramp up both the aggression of the aliens and their numbers early on. Be warned, though: While most aliens in a base defence mission will be coming through the hangars, they can spawn in other parts of the base as well(!)

[@TheWaldleufer]

This was very enjoyable to watch! I like that the pace in these missions is entirely different from the ufo missions. Well played!

[@Morghuul]

WHOA... THAT's me there :D I started watching this last night, and fell asleep with the playlist going. It's morning now, and I see a character with my name on it :3 I hope she lives :)

[@Phrosphor]

Ah the heady days of campaign 1. There are a few highs and lows to come! Just wait for the base defense mission...

[@NickLupercus]

Spoiler: T Rem literally, got knocked out, woke back up, and shot a cleaner in the face. Not bad for someone with a gapping hole in his chest.

[@moistjohn]

Medal of honor recepient type shit Goes into shock from blood loss, proceeds to engage in hand to hand combat and win while being barely able to move and actively dying.

[@czpiaor]

What a mission! It's great that T Rem survived. Can't wait for the next episode! Opening up the walls with Dagger was a good move and certainly made the mission go back quicker.

[@LenaMel]

I am begging you to put your people into cover diagonally. Its so useful in situations like the one right at mission start.

[@iGleeson]

I don't why I found Warmaster opening the door, missing a single pistol shot, and closing the door the again so funny

[@Phrosphor]

Just you wait!

[@renogillenwater3781]

Cant wait to see how you handle this. It might be worthwhile to set up ambushes and retreat since you're on the defense and won't have hitpoints to spare. Essentially trade space for safety and their lives. I'm not sure how base defense works though, either way best of luck!

[@ryaniko94brglowingkitty68]

This was a intense operation and beautiful to watch, almost a movie lol

[@satire__]

cleaners in florida? well that explains the crazy crap going on down there

[@LenaMel]

15:07 dropping things is free, the reason it didn't work is because you didn't drag it all the way onto the grid.

[@yonniebob]

Love watching you play!

[@joemakogaming2491]

GG, that was one hell of a mission

[@manyheadedmishaps6182]

Oh, didn't expect that to happen so soon. Good luck. This is fine.

[@Aiello_]

uh oh the next one is going to be even spicier

[@Nortonius_]

The cleaner frogmen / S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s are somehow scarier than any of the aliens so far (except mentarchs maybe). Also more proof T Rem always wins the !heist 😂😂😂

[@RifterDask]

Pretty excited to get my hands on this game when it's out of EA. It seems to address most of my complaints with Xenonauts 1.

[@zzodr]

Sectons get PTSD whenever they hear a Chinook

[@Ink-931]

God dayum god themself intervened for T-rem.

[@Phrosphor]

T-Rem is apparently blessed.

[@dylanrichardson3034]

that was an awesome mission

[@TheWaldleufer]

Can’t wait for the next episode :o

[@BarryChuckle69]

Fantastic episode, looking forward to more!

[@ryaniko94brglowingkitty68]

Wonder if you can build more workshops so you get more money from them being idle would it be worthy it done by the start?

[@DebatingWombat]

Kind of, but they will only pay off the investment after 3-4 months, so it’s only profitable in the long term.

[@renogillenwater3781]

Monetarily, it's a long term return on investment. However, the increased rate of production is a value of its own.

[@Squall-ln1is]

Wow this was soo good. I'm looking forward for the next. Great game and your playthroughs is great thanks for the vids.

[@CounterfeitDuck]

6:49 Is there a stealth element you just blew?

[@edwardlewsey3954]

Really great video, excellent gameplay by the way- there's nothing wrong with crouching! Just like in real life; think about flash-banging or grenading into rooms before moving to places that they could shoot out from! :-)

[@MouldedSalad]

37:00 *"GET TO DA CHOPPA!"* 😃

[@NimDod]

quite a cliff hanger. can't wait for the next video!

[@linksterbot]

What a play by the aliens.

[@DSMTyralion]

Ooooh, base defense! :)

[@LenaMel]

A month 2 base attack? Thats rough, in the previous game they couldn't even spawn before month 3

[@CounterfeitDuck]

2:21 Does that mean that there's a chance for medkit to not work?

[@Someone-lr6gu]

No, medkits are guaranteed to work.

[@tripking3219]

Thank you

[@catvanbrian9470]

Phrospher, how do you zoom in and out of the world map?

[@areallybigdwarf4560]

and the game was like yeah ima bout to hit this man with a 2by4 in the teeth

[@tymvas]

Executing Difficulty Ramp UP now.

[@cbavid2003]

Come on. You gotta say, "Get to the choppa!!!"

[@hkrider]

What do you need to research to get Tissue Regeneration?

[@Allah_Snackbar]

Oh shit, here we go

[@BlueFae]

Would it be a good idea to gather up the cleaner accelerated rifles to get a head start on your next combat team?

[@DebatingWombat]

Kinda, I think it’s more important to get better shotguns and sniper rifles, though (either accelerated or lasers). Still, I hardly use any Riflemen, but instead run my dropship with: 2 Heavies 2 Snipers 2-4 Assaults 1 MARS 0-1 Shield 0-1 Rifleman I find having 2 Heavies and Snipers crucial as is allows a much better chance of initial suppression, destruction of cover or outright kills by the Heavies and very high hit chances from the Snipers. Having two of each allows you to either split your squad into two units, each with their own support, or to concentrate all of this serious firepower in key points (say, the entrance of a UFO…). The MARS is a useful support as well, blowing up cover and softening up aliens for the soldiers to kill and ramming through obstacles and walls to create entry points without having to use explosives. Not to mention that the MARS is useful for drawing enemy fire away from vulnerable soldiers and can take a decent amount of damage, while being instantly ready for redeployment as long as it isn’t destroyed.

[@DebatingWombat]

Oh, and as for machine guns, I’d definitely skip the accelerated version and go straight for lasers. Due to the thermal damage being twice as effective at destroying terrain, laser MGs are excellent and their limited magazine capacity isn’t as punishing as in some of the other weapons.

[@Piratfabbe]

What a cliffhanger!

[@isaaclepan]

Thrilling

[@Milleniumlance]

You followed the white rabbit

[@Shenaldrac]

Wait, who's complaining about you crouching? It's a good defensive move, makes your dudes harder to be hit. And it only takes 4 TUs. That's like, 1 extra square of movement. It's almost never worth it to give up on crouching to move one more tile imo.

[@DebatingWombat]

Crouching safe units wastes 8, not 4 TUs, because you have to factor in the 4 more TUs you have to spend getting up again to move. Potentially wasting 8 TUs per turn is something that needs to be taken into consideration, especially now that X2 has added timed missions. Even on missions without a deadline, wasting 8 TUs might mean a soldier is not able to both move and take an important shot (especially Snipers and Heavies whose shots really guzzle up TUs), that they end up too far away to support others in their squad, or that they will not be able to reach a desired position (incl. getting out of an alien’s line of fire). I agree that crouching is pretty much a necessity when in potential danger, but it shouldn’t be something you just mindlessly do all the time.

[@Shenaldrac]

@@DebatingWombat Oh absolutely. There are definitely situations where it's better to get that extra tile or two of movement to break LoS, or get an objective. Especially like you said since they've introduced timed missions and more varied objectives. That being said, I haven't seen Phrosphor using it inappropriately. It seems to me that if you're not on a timer you can, well, take your time and keep your units together while using crouching. Especially if you're uncertain where enemies may be, and if they might stumble onto your guys. Do apologize if I sounded like I was advocating for never not crouching.

[@DepressedHandsomeSpaceCop]

You don't need to crouch them when they're not in any danger, like when your troops are stacked up behind a wall with no threats to either side. It's sort of like taking your support ships into battle in Highfleet - a bad habit that, while not the end of the world in of itself, can lead to problems down the line.

[@haydenedwards6603]

lame. was a perfect opportunity for an "Operation Florida Man" hehe

[@Abband0n]

Wow awesome, they drew off your fighter jets and then raided your base. What difficulty were you playing on again? This is pretty non stop. T-Rem better be a bad ass psychic because he sucks as a soldier. He is just a bullet magnet. He needs to be the first dude you test the nanobots on lmao. I hate those reinforcments... it feels like they should be pushed 1-2 more turns. You were one shotting guys and still didnt have time to even have a chance to stun. There were 18 terminals to hack and you got about 5-6 of them. Most of your troops are out of the base I just realized... A few injured people?? wtf...

[@DogHonest]

T-ram :(

[@RedwoodAmaril]

does crouching not help?

[@czpiaor]

Crouching reduces enemy accuracy by 10% I think

[@LenaMel]

it makes you harder to hit, but since it costs 4 TUs to stand back up there's no point crouching people that cannot be shot at

[@RedwoodAmaril]

@@LenaMel fair

[@MouldedSalad]

Squeaky bum time! 😬

[@thetreelander7378]

Raid there puppets and they will raid you. Kinda mean but okay.

[@bobsagget823]

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