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by Sectopuppy
Sun Jan 01, 2023 7:27 pm
Forum: XCOM: Long War General Discussion
Topic: Smoke effect Lingering?
Replies: 0
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Smoke effect Lingering?

I have this issue where using combat drugs from an airborne medic onto airborne targets produces a lingering defense bonus indefinitely after the smoke dissipates. According to the info panel they don't have the smoke buff only the defense granted from it. The effects cancels only when I move the tr...
by Sectopuppy
Sat Mar 30, 2019 1:28 am
Forum: XCOM: Long War General Discussion
Topic: Heat ammo not really doing anything ?
Replies: 6
Views: 22301

Re: Heat ammo not really doing anything ?

It sounds like your saying 5-6 (situational) DR is impressive and that it's a good trade-off for losing 6 mobility 1 item slot and a lot of offensive capability. You need to get them into point-blank range to be able to get those high DR numbers. My Goliath regularly gets hit for 5 damage from a sec...
by Sectopuppy
Wed Mar 27, 2019 11:35 pm
Forum: XCOM: Long War General Discussion
Topic: Heat ammo not really doing anything ?
Replies: 6
Views: 22301

Re: Heat ammo not really doing anything ?

Thanks for the reply. Interesting that Heat is only scary when the enemy has it thanks to their seemingly never ending base damage upgrades. I no longer take Heat on anything as for me it seems to have been nerfed into non-contention. Shredder ammo on assaults with H&R is proving to be a much be...
by Sectopuppy
Wed Mar 20, 2019 3:20 pm
Forum: XCOM: Long War General Discussion
Topic: Heat ammo not really doing anything ?
Replies: 6
Views: 22301

Heat ammo not really doing anything ?

I was really excited to finally get Heat on my Goliath, but now I'm crying tears of regret as my Heat Goliath consistently does less damage to robots than my Pathfinder's. Heat seems almost futile when targets often have 12DR or more. Best case scenario in that situation is like +2 damage, which my ...