Xenonauts 2 - Milestone 3 Part 22: Sebellions for days

[@kitesumane]

That flashbang sure left a lot of smoke. >_>

[@Phrosphor]

Big oops, I guess I was still dealing with some brain fog.

[@CounterfeitDuck]

38:32 Me after looking closer: «Didn't you just smoke them instead of flashing?»

[@Phrosphor]

Operator error, not my fault, they grabbed the wrong grenade...

[@CounterfeitDuck]

@@Phrosphor Fair enough.

[@DSMTyralion]

Hi Man, good to hear from you again, glad you got better! Looking forward to the next videos. :) I really like your Xenonauts 2!!

[@Phrosphor]

@@DSMTyralion Thanks! Covid really sucked but I'm back now. Looking forward to getting deeper into this campaign!

[@imperialus1]

41:13 At what point does the MARS become a Ship of Theseus? Must say I'm really enjoying how the pacing of the campaign is coming together. It really does feel like the alien pressure is enough to be challenging, but still allows you to feel very effective, though the Sebellions feel a bit spongey for sure.

[@Phrosphor]

That was a lot of tough aliens but I think what we are seeing is my tech falling behind a bit. I really need to have laser weapons. And yeah the MARS is truely a Ship of Theseus at this point, there probably isn't a single original component despite being rebuilt.. six? times now?

[@AB-ln2py]

Cleaners coil rifles look sweet... i hope they get entire line of advanced weapons.

[@Phrosphor]

I think they look really nice, sadly I don't think they will. Still I think they could be useful as an option to skip mag weapons if you wanted to try and rush lasers.

[@erkanerken95]

Always love to see in my youtube feed : D It was funny how you meant to stun the aliens in the ship top floor but smoked them instead : D

[@Phrosphor]

Sorry about the wait, COVID really knocked me out. I swear that 'flashbang' was operator error...

[@DeltaPepper]

34:46 who said you had machine gun privileges back! 38:47 and smoke has never been your friend. Great job on the teleporters though. Love the content.

[@Phrosphor]

At least I got the teleporters correct for once!

[@tymvas]

M-Bot stands for Magnet-Bot (for plasma). Also you're heavy gunner almost became a heavy goner.

[@Phrosphor]

Yeah we had a couple of shaky moments. Is M-bot actually Mulch-bot?

[@Christabar1]

It's easier to replace a robot than a soldier, good fight

[@Phrosphor]

Just don't tell the robots we are using them as cannon fodder...

[@asdjaldkjhflkjahdf]

yay! it's good to have you back!

[@Phrosphor]

I am happy to be back thank you!

[@SomtimesHeron]

Sound is slightly off on this as always wonderful video (just a little quieter than normal) Glad to see you back and not got the lurgy anymore. Love it, but I did not possibly expect anything else. Top show old bean.

[@Phrosphor]

I think my hearing is a little funny after being blocked up from Covid. I will give it a second pass next time.

[@AntonyWest]

Nice to see things continuing :)

[@Phrosphor]

Sorry about the wait, I have not had a lot of luck with illness this year.

[@AntonyWest]

@@Phrosphor No need to apologise, all good :)

[@Anglashock]

Glad u feel better dude. Love your work, especially Xenonauts. 🇦🇺

[@trololoman1337]

my man, please, hold on to the sidewinders untill you either destroy the armour, or lock on to a unarmoured enemy in air combat. Sidewinders do almost nothing against armoured targets, but can do a lot of damage to a probe or smth

[@manyheadedmishaps6182]

Alternatively swap for torpedoes, yes?

[@AB-ln2py]

@@manyheadedmishaps6182 Torps are garbage against light targets.. unless u go from side then the xenos barrel roll into torps :D Anyway soon the air combat will be remade...

[@Phrosphor]

Great advice, even though I have upgraded my primaries to deal with armour I actually forgot to factor in the missiles. I will keep them held for armour breaks in future!

[@aviatorengineer3491]

Seems more like the MARS of Theseus with how many times they get blown up and rebuilt. The newbies mostly handled their roles well enough, problem is machine gunner just doesn't seem super useful in general, even if there had been an experienced soldier behind the trigger.

[@megleslie]

I don't know if it's already been suggested, but I'd like to add Theseus to the MARS name pool =P

[@B3ZTrojan2012]

New plane names: Trojan 1 & Trojan 2 😄

[@Phrosphor]

Haha, added to the list!

[@derp1234]

A new episode, a new MARS. This cannot look good on the budget report...

[@CounterfeitDuck]

Expendability is benefit of robotic platform over a living soldier.

[@Phrosphor]

We just have an line item for new MARS units after every mission now.

[@mattfitzgerald7836]

Well, it *does* at least save the monthly maintenance cost... :)

[@Nortonius_]

Those robot parts contractors are making a killing

[@Phrosphor]

@@Nortonius_ Trans-national securities inc want Another set of robot arms and tracks?

[@Squall-ln1is]

Awesome playthrough thanks for the video

[@Phrosphor]

Thank you!

[@MagpieMew]

Favourite series so far!

[@Phrosphor]

Really glad to hear you are enjoying it, thank you.

[@DeltaPepper]

And another one (mars) bites the dust! At least it’s expendable.

[@Phrosphor]

We can rebuild it! We have the technology!

[@GregoryPrimosch]

Hard to save a rocket for the ship if the bot is destroyed…

[@Phrosphor]

Yes, I though the same thing the second it died :(

[@mattfitzgerald7836]

That was a very...smokey...flashbang :) And MARS units do not seem to be worth as much as the ten or more soldiers that you could recruit for the same cost.

[@EvelynNdenial]

starting the video, here's hoping gameofcain can become the crackshot he was always destined to be.

[@Phrosphor]

It's like a weird alt-universe cameo!

[@scnips]

Nice video as always, but maybe check on sound levels. The air fight at 5:07 is a little bit loud.

[@Phrosphor]

I think my hearing is still a little off after being blocked up from COVID, I will give it a second pass next time before I publish.

[@Marxman-bi5yu]

Probably uninspired but why not name the new air group Shredder?

[@MrsGozdzikova]

It is a good name

[@Marxman-bi5yu]

@@MrsGozdzikova It's fitting for a squad sized unit and one from the base aye

[@Phrosphor]

Added it to the list!

[@tomasduchan8275]

we do not need corpses -_- So ... what about that research in workshop which is using corpses?

[@Phrosphor]

I spoke about this on the Discord but at the moment I don't find that research hugely useful in the majority of cases. That is made worse by us being behind on research. I am planning to make better use of corpse research in my final release campaign.