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by Dlareh
Sat Jun 16, 2018 8:13 pm
Forum: Long War of the Chosen Development (Community Adaptation)
Topic: LWotC News and Announcements
Replies: 22
Views: 60064

Re: LWotC News and Announcements

*sniff* *sniff*

Does anyone else smell that?

*sniff*

Yeah, vaporware
by Dlareh
Sat Oct 28, 2017 3:14 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: XCOM 2 expansion + Long War 2: (11/7/17 UPDATE: See announcement thread)
Replies: 260
Views: 1005779

Re: XCOM 2 expansion + Long War 2: Nothing to announce

There's nothing because there's nothing.

However people would obviously keep asking quite endlessly about there being something, so this thread was created to report that there's nothing.
by Dlareh
Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:54 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: XCOM 2 expansion + Long War 2: (11/7/17 UPDATE: See announcement thread)
Replies: 260
Views: 1005779

Re: XCOM 2 expansion + Long War 2: Nothing to announce

It means Pavonis has/had interest in doing something additional.

Whether discussions continued or were productive or some work started isn't known.

Pavonis is a small and will likely keep their options open even if negotiations with 2K haven't been promising so far.
by Dlareh
Sat Aug 12, 2017 9:53 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Grenadiers suck.
Replies: 58
Views: 76109

Re: Grenadiers suck.

Grenadiers are a useful addition to missions when I run out of other, real soldiers on squad select.

Their grenade launcher's extra range and radius turns them into slightly-enhanced rookies.
by Dlareh
Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:17 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Can we have (old) Supply Raids back?
Replies: 11
Views: 19744

Re: Can we have (old) Supply Raids back?

If you enjoyed playing the old 0% Supply Raids, consider deliberately running some 0% Smash and Grabs once in awhile, especially near the start of a campaign. Remember if you kill at least half the number of enemies that were on the map at mission start (this half number can be partially made up of ...
by Dlareh
Mon Jul 03, 2017 7:56 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Please rethink this!
Replies: 141
Views: 689810

Re: Please rethink this!

Yeah. Worst case scenario, if you feel too many things have been nerfed you lower the difficulty level a notch to cope. There is no point complaining about devs and playtesters doing their job in trying to make a more balanced game by adjusting abilities that are very clearly too powerful in their c...
by Dlareh
Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:06 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Please rethink this!
Replies: 141
Views: 689810

Re: Please rethink this!

I'm not sure LW2's burning mechanic locking down enemies so completely for 2 turns is a good thing, and I'm not sure the planned changes to fire grenades are ideal. Perhaps something better could be conceived, and perhaps other non-fire grenades could be made more relevant since most of them are a s...
by Dlareh
Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:21 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: 1.5?
Replies: 33
Views: 55564

Re: 1.5?

Never attribute to trolling that which can be adequately explained by overenthusiasm with English-as-a-second-language
by Dlareh
Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:29 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: How to buff/balance Specialist Interference ability?
Replies: 14
Views: 21159

Re: How to buff/balance Specialist Interference ability?

Free action would make it workable in its current form

I still don't think I'd use it, but it would be an o.k. ability then
by Dlareh
Mon Jun 19, 2017 9:06 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Science Strategy
Replies: 36
Views: 65087

Re: Science Strategy

After the 1st basic research I go Mod Weapons, then a second basic research. This does set things back a bit, but really pays for itself in getting to coil sooner. It's debatable whether the second one is worth it, but at this point in the game I often do not have the resources for buying things, s...
by Dlareh
Sun Jun 18, 2017 1:51 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: 1.5?
Replies: 33
Views: 55564

Re: 1.5?

We aren't doing Beta patches because we don't have the manpower to track feedback from two different versions out in the world. Half the feedback posts wouldn't say which version they were playing, and we'd have to query ... it'd ultimately make a final 1.5 take a lot longer to get out. Really? To ...
by Dlareh
Fri Jun 16, 2017 7:16 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: "Experienced" rebels on full retal missions
Replies: 3
Views: 8412

Re: "Experienced" rebels on full retal missions

Yeah, my preferred change would be that anyone who's leveled up starts with a weapon alongside the squad as if it were a rendezvous-type mission. It's just thematic. I don't care much what happens to the non-leveled up ones; I suppose having to go activate and rescue them is what these missions are ...
by Dlareh
Fri Jun 16, 2017 6:42 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: 1.5?
Replies: 33
Views: 55564

Re: 1.5?

You can follow the progress here: http://www.pavonisinteractive.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=26052 I see it's been updated with a lot of good fixes. Depth Perception was totally bugged all this time? :shock: And Haven Advisors can stay in squads, so the haven-squad assignment UI will at last...
by Dlareh
Tue Jun 13, 2017 6:49 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Too much starting randomness
Replies: 19
Views: 28737

Re: Too much starting randomness

But I will grant that the randomness of getting Engineers and Scientists is worse. Having crap soldiers hurts. Not having enough Engineers and Scientists cripples. This is just not true in my experience. I've literally never lost a campaign due to insufficient Scientists and Engineers at the start....
by Dlareh
Tue Jun 13, 2017 1:02 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Questions about post patch 1.3 Grenadier
Replies: 31
Views: 61013

Re: Questions about post patch 1.3 Grenadier

Not sure, but I see you have Yet Another F1 installed which should show the perk if you have a save from when it happened.
by Dlareh
Mon Jun 12, 2017 11:33 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: XCOM 2 expansion + Long War 2: (11/7/17 UPDATE: See announcement thread)
Replies: 260
Views: 1005779

Re: XCOM 2 expansion + Long War 2: Nothing to announce

As this thread states, they have nothing to announce yet.

They'll announce something when they have something to announce. August 29th is a fair ways off.
by Dlareh
Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:06 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Questions about post patch 1.3 Grenadier
Replies: 31
Views: 61013

Re: Questions about post patch 1.3 Grenadier

Here is a clip of my rocket almost hit the target dead center but still doing 1 dmg. In LW1, I use rocket as an emergency backup for those "Oh crap" situations. In LW2, rocket sometimes just causes more crap. I wish they would be more reliable. Just to be sure, you don't have the mod caus...
by Dlareh
Sun Jun 11, 2017 7:12 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Too much starting randomness
Replies: 19
Views: 28737

Re: Too much starting randomness

I beg to differ - doing Basic research with 1 or no scientists takes around 20-24 days. In that time you can research two technologies. What a trivial observation. Yes, it's 28 days on legend. The point is those technologies you didn't research will then require less time; it's a strategic investme...
by Dlareh
Sun Jun 11, 2017 3:50 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Questions about post patch 1.3 Grenadier
Replies: 31
Views: 61013

Re: Questions about post patch 1.3 Grenadier

The dropoff is calculated using probabilities that make it randomly decrease according to how far away it is from the center, but it's still within the range of 2-5 or 2-7 or whatever, as far as I know. 1 damage isn't possible short of armor/shield, unless my memory is completely failing me. Status ...
by Dlareh
Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:40 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: I keep fucking it up on commander, help!
Replies: 12
Views: 20663

Re: I keep fucking it up on commander, help!

No mention of Blue Screen Bombs? I thought command pods were like the 1 use for them. Although it's hard to stomach the opportunity cost of not having one of the other SGT perks the rest of the time.

And I thought lots of people with AP ammo was standard fare, but yes it's good.
by Dlareh
Sat Jun 10, 2017 11:32 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Questions about post patch 1.3 Grenadier
Replies: 31
Views: 61013

Re: Questions about post patch 1.3 Grenadier

Shaenix wrote:I get pissed off if I see an enemy takes 1 damage when the mimium damage says 2. There's something going on here but I don't understand, and I don't like being like that.
Armor? Or, just the status effect on the next turn?
by Dlareh
Sat Jun 10, 2017 9:03 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Too much starting randomness
Replies: 19
Views: 28737

Re: Too much starting randomness

Given the thread title I was expecting a discussion on how the getting the first engineer and the first scientist is too random, since they are super important to get excavations and certain research going. There's a reason the base game gives these as guaranteed rewards from the first GOP/Council ...
by Dlareh
Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:13 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Too much starting randomness
Replies: 19
Views: 28737

Too much starting randomness

1.3+ has improved soo many things about the regular gameplay that I want to bring up what's now truly my least-favorite part of every campaign: everything before you start to scan for your first GOP. Most especially the stats and classes of the soldiers you end up with after mission 1. I understand ...
by Dlareh
Fri Jun 09, 2017 6:03 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Walking through solid things,easy to fix?
Replies: 2
Views: 5639

Re: Walking through solid things,easy to fix?

Ask Firaxis.
by Dlareh
Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:37 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: The AWC is my favorite building but...
Replies: 10
Views: 16473

Re: The AWC is my favorite building but...

I am aware of that but have no plans to customize it; my comment was about what I think the default settings should be.