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by hamds28
Sun Sep 24, 2017 9:02 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: LW2 1.5 Technical Builds - especially LCpl perk
Replies: 15
Views: 27398

Re: LW 1.5 Technical Builds - especially LCpl perk

I don't use technicals all that much, although I would love to. My main problem is that technicals lose me loot, and being AOE, they lose me a lot of loot. How do you people get around that? I like rockets and flamethrowers, but chances are that slamming that rocket into a pod will cost me up to two...
by hamds28
Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:20 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Grenadiers suck.
Replies: 58
Views: 76082

Re: Grenadiers suck.

I had some recent success with high aim sappers, built like shooters. The main tradeoff I made was Centre Mass instead of Heavy Ordnance because my hack specialists usually have Airdrop. So Sapper, Centre Mass, Formidable, Chain Shot, HEAT, Salvo and Combat Engineer. Essentially a rifleman with a co...
by hamds28
Mon Aug 28, 2017 2:53 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: LW2 v1.5 is Live
Replies: 36
Views: 54405

Re: LW2 v1.5 is Live

In case WotC breaks things (even without buying the expansion), is there a way on Steam to lock your xcom2 game at the specific build? I won't be buying the xpac anyway because I feel like it's a money grab. Our understanding is that WotC won't break things -- there won't be a patch to the base gam...
by hamds28
Mon Aug 28, 2017 12:07 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: LW2 v1.5 is Live
Replies: 36
Views: 54405

Re: LW2 v1.5 is Live

In case WotC breaks things (even without buying the expansion), is there a way on Steam to lock your xcom2 game at the specific build? I won't be buying the xpac anyway because I feel like it's a money grab.
by hamds28
Sun Aug 27, 2017 9:31 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Is frustration intended for XCOM 2
Replies: 24
Views: 44975

Re: Is frustration intended for XCOM 2

I don't see how wound mechanics favour small squads. They seem to favour instead bringing enough soldiers to take as few wounds as possible, given that each wound is so expensive in terms of mission time lost. Having one soldier more infiltrating costs about 4+ soldier-mission days, and can save you...
by hamds28
Thu Aug 24, 2017 6:01 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Is frustration intended for XCOM 2
Replies: 24
Views: 44975

Re: Is frustration intended for XCOM 2

If you are frustrated and want to play for fun just lower the difficulty I am playing with fun at highest difficulty. What I mean is : they created gear you can NOT use, they created perks you can NOT learn. What is the point ? I just stared a new campaign. I made some reload (big mistake, misclick...
by hamds28
Thu Aug 24, 2017 8:52 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Coping with wildly unbalanced Haven Retals ahead of 1.5?
Replies: 27
Views: 42139

Re: Coping with wildly unbalanced Haven Retals ahead of 1.5?

My retals have never had any pre-existing pods. One RNF every turn, scaling up in numbers and difficulty. I've handled two of them just fine, but both times I was lucky enough to have my absolute A team on them. I do think that they are either too demanding, or the format and objectives not communic...
by hamds28
Tue Aug 22, 2017 5:09 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Perks that are amazing if they were on a different class
Replies: 27
Views: 35127

Re: Perks that are amazing if they were on a different class

Hmm not a lot of love for Phantom. I want to try a stealth Trench Gun or Iron Curtain (let alone the MSGT AoE gun skills). I suppose Ghost Grenade lets you do it too. Phantom Trench gunners would wreck GOps. Beagle the first pod, Trench gun the second, shinobi the third one, power walk away as an a...
by hamds28
Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:56 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Low mobility Shinobi?
Replies: 10
Views: 16243

Re: Low mobility Shinobi?

I save my highest mobility soldiers (if they have not too high defensive penalties) for assaults. Blue moves are king for them. Shinobi are fine with average to low-ish mobility, given the SMG bonus. But I also tend to not use vests for shinobi.
by hamds28
Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:13 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Assault class - how to effectively used them?
Replies: 50
Views: 84501

Re: Assault class - how to effectively used them?

I would bring 2 rangers and 1 assault over 3 rangers, even before the Tech Sergeant level. With the exception of Shinobi, no one else can run suppression and waste enemy OW, crit harder and more consistently, and reach hard to kill enemies like an assault. They aren't built to dish out consistent da...
by hamds28
Fri Aug 18, 2017 9:20 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Perks that are amazing if they were on a different class
Replies: 27
Views: 35127

Re: Perks that are amazing if they were on a different class

Hunter's Instinct, on an Assault. I don't build shooty shinobis. Implacable on Assaults would be utterly broken, but it's fairly good on Rangers and most people. Interference, on shinobi if it doesn't break stealth. Most perks are pretty good at what they do already, there's not that many level-ups ...
by hamds28
Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:20 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Assault class - how to effectively used them?
Replies: 50
Views: 84501

Re: Assault class - how to effectively used them?

Assaults have been my favorite class since vanilla XCOM1. They were incredible in LW1 and they are still very good in LW2 (i feel they aren't as strong as in 1 but i think the same can be said of every class ... maybe they are just more balanced). As far as builds go, i used 3 (with some slight var...
by hamds28
Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:37 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Assault class - how to effectively used them?
Replies: 50
Views: 84501

Re: Assault class - how to effectively used them?

Also, giving your assaults hazmat suits will let them bait out poison spits when approaching and not attacking. Oh, and incendiaries too. A grenadier tossed one at my CE/Untouchable Assault brawling with 6+ enemies in a troop column gone horribly bad. First reaction was oh FU...wait, wow hazmats are...
by hamds28
Tue Aug 15, 2017 6:54 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Assault class - how to effectively used them?
Replies: 50
Views: 84501

Re: Assault class - how to effectively used them?

You don't have to shoot with the assault every turn. My assaults approach with blue move and hunker if no shots present themselves. It forces the enemy to reposition themselves or get flanked. If you don't mind losing Lightning Reflexes, you can also take Slug Shot. I find that my assaults dip in ef...
by hamds28
Sun Aug 13, 2017 4:28 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Grenadiers suck.
Replies: 58
Views: 76082

Re: Grenadiers suck.

If you have both environmental damage perks then you can, in fact, absolutely and completely obliterate cover in the game. Does Combat Engineer add a flat environmental damage to the entire radius, or is it scaled down? As far as I remember, and I could be wrong, the Combat Engineer perk not just a...
by hamds28
Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:59 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Grenadiers suck.
Replies: 58
Views: 76082

Re: Grenadiers suck.

If you have both environmental damage perks then you can, in fact, absolutely and completely obliterate cover in the game. Does Combat Engineer add a flat environmental damage to the entire radius, or is it scaled down? A good question, what I know is in my current play, my single grenadier with bo...
by hamds28
Sun Aug 13, 2017 10:05 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Proving Ground Weapon Upgrades
Replies: 7
Views: 11183

Re: Proving Ground Weapon Upgrades

If you get the continent bonus of 33% reduced costs for Proving Grounds. Other than that, I find a mod which I use often and have 3 elite ones and upgrade that all the way. It's pretty awesome when everyone is sporting Elite Scopes, Suppressors or Extended Mags.
by hamds28
Sun Aug 13, 2017 7:45 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Grenadiers suck.
Replies: 58
Views: 76082

Re: Grenadiers suck.

Damages isn't only for cover but also shredding, Hp reduction and ensure some damages. Moreover with the two skills for cover destruction is it still true? I feel too random the cover destruction so I don't base my tactics on that, could be an error I do, but I still find damages grenadiers quite u...
by hamds28
Sat Aug 12, 2017 8:08 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Grenadiers suck.
Replies: 58
Views: 76082

Re: Grenadiers suck.

My Needle Grenadiers lose a bit of steam before plasma. The Biggest Booms buff should help, and I think maybe if Boosted Cores gave 2points of damage to plasma but only 1 to special grenades, that might even up the playing field. I wouldn't bring my couple of needle grenadiers to a long HQ battle, ...
by hamds28
Fri Aug 11, 2017 10:33 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Grenadiers suck.
Replies: 58
Views: 76082

Re: Grenadiers suck.

My Needle Grenadiers lose a bit of steam before plasma. The Biggest Booms buff should help, and I think maybe if Boosted Cores gave 2points of damage to plasma but only 1 to special grenades, that might even up the playing field. I wouldn't bring my couple of needle grenadiers to a long HQ battle, b...
by hamds28
Thu Aug 10, 2017 8:50 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: LW2 1.4 Team Builds
Replies: 15
Views: 28473

Re: LW2 1.4 Team Builds

My most frequently fielded teams have a shinobi, ranger, and a DFA sharpshooter (turn 1, survey building layout for most efficient nest :D ). After that it's two more. If there's an assault available, they get the fourth slot. Fifth goes to either a specialist (for hack rewards) or a grenadier/gunne...
by hamds28
Thu Aug 10, 2017 8:32 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: This is.... TERRA!!
Replies: 6
Views: 9474

Re: This is.... TERRA!!

I thought that the command pod was going to be the hardest part, because I can't afford to take any solid hits without predator. Hence the double sniper comp while rangers shoot/hunker/smoke/pray. My experience with Snapshot snipers has been mixed, but I think you're much better at creating flanking...
by hamds28
Wed Aug 09, 2017 9:03 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: This is.... TERRA!!
Replies: 6
Views: 9474

Re: This is.... TERRA!!

HQ was a disaster. Didn't have Predator Armor, so I brought two Snipers, intending to take high ground and cheese the hell out of Squadsight. Two Staff Sergeant rangers for overwatch, a sapper grenadier to blow up easy cover, a really high hack specialist with combat protocol, trojan, and airdrop to...
by hamds28
Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:38 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: New balance changes
Replies: 9
Views: 18242

Re: New balance changes

That's quite a big buff to ammo. Making it available so early lets ballistics and lasers stay relevant a bit longer. Centre Mass Rangers with Needle Rounds are going to tear through ADVENT like crazy. Buff aside, one good thing is that the ammo types are now better matched to the kind of enemies tha...
by hamds28
Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:50 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: This is.... TERRA!!
Replies: 6
Views: 9474

Re: This is.... TERRA!!

I could ask strategic questions, but you're in storytelling mode so do come back to tell how the HQ went. Oh, this campaign went badly from the start, unforced errors. I didn't find enough scientists, gambled on skipping Lasers anyway, and left too many stunlancers alive on GOps. Playing after hitt...