Viper on Gatecrasher!

[aceone]

Last campaign i had a viper in the 1st mission after gatecrasher, and i said: Oh well, that sucks, but fine, let`s carry on...

But in this campaign, I am having a viper on Gatecrasher!

Is that even possible ?

I am not complaining, its just...surprising.

Regards

[Franzy]

What difficulty are you playing on? On legend there is always either viper or sectoid in Gatecrasher, so yes, it's normal. After all you start at higher strength level (2-3 instead of 1 on lower difficulties).

[aceone]

What difficulty are you playing on? On legend there is always either viper or sectoid in Gatecrasher, so yes, it's normal. After all you start at higher strength level (2-3 instead of 1 on lower difficulties).

Hi Franzy, and thanks for the explenation.

Yes i am playing on legend. It was just odd, since i restarted something like 10 times already, and never got a viper yet...

I thought at least gatecrasher was something like, scripted, to have fixed enemies. Looks like i was wrong

Regards

[Clibanarius]

Yeah, I think the exact combination is: Legend difficulty; your starting region's starting ADVENT Strength has to be 3. Since the latter is rare, I imagine that's why I've only seen a Gatecrasher Viper 2 times so far.

[aceone]

Yeah, I think the exact combination is: Legend difficulty; your starting region's starting ADVENT Strength has to be 3. Since the latter is rare, I imagine that's why I've only seen a Gatecrasher Viper 2 times so far.

If that is correct, then It looks like for some reason the strenght went down from 3 to 2 shortly after start.

Because now I am 3 weeks into campaign and its still strenght 2.

[Clibanarius]

Likely the starting vigilance of another region was 3 (that also can vary between 1 and 3 at the start for each region) and one of the legions fucked off, which makes sense.

[gimrah]

Aw man, getting a viper on Gatecrasher would suck. Partly because it's a nastier enemy than a sectoid. But also because then you might not get a sectoid corpse for ages, which will delay psi.

[aceone]

Aw man, getting a viper on Gatecrasher would suck. Partly because it's a nastier enemy than a sectoid. But also because then you might not get a sectoid corpse for ages, which will delay psi.

exactly that!

Thats why i thought gatecrasher was at least partially scripted - types of enemies

From January, when i installed Long war 2 i had like 100+ restarts , and never a viper on gatecrasher.

Maybe its a feature of 1.3

[Saph7]

This is the famous and mysterious Gatecrasher Snek, spoken of in stories. Only Legend players have seen it, and even then it's an elusive creature, rarely encountered in the wild.

[WanWhiteWolf]

If you get Viper on GC then you have a Viper corpse on day 1. You could rush the autopsy and get Proving Grounds up.

The only issue is that starting on STR 3 can be quite painful.

[aceone]

If you get Viper on GC then you have a Viper corpse on day 1. You could rush the autopsy and get Proving Grounds up.

The only issue is that starting on STR 3 can be quite painful.

Well, you still need 2 scientists for research, instead 1 for the sectoid.

I would much more like the sectoid corpse, than the viper one.

I hope i`ll ge an ambush troop mission sooner rather than later, to even up...

regards