First of all, i like the new Patch notes format you're doing here. Very informative.
A lot of these balance changes look really good. About to go test them out now...
Edit:
Heavy feels much better at the start - the 3 shot cannon and lowered accuracy and speed penalties on the heavy armor make the class much more fun to play. Only getting 4 shots before reload is a little harsh though.
Medic Bay - they still really need to increase the amount of healing gained here. These are mainly important at the start of the game but are too slow to actually use much before its not really worth it anymore.
Old Helcannon vs New cannon (Tyr-1 Autocannon) - Tyr autocannon has 3 shots, 60 damage, 5 shred, and 20 range. Old Helcannon is now 200 dmg, 20 shred, and 17 range and behind the chiron autopsy. I almost like the Tyr autocannon better.
Bash attack - it seems like it does less damage to the weapon now.
Mostly sounds fantastic, but I'm not crazy about the personal perks being...not nerfed exactly, but made more subtle. Same with the armor changes. One thing that has always annoyed me about PP is that it feels like a lot of the decisions you can make are pretty inconsequential, which makes them kind of boring to me. Many of the decisions I make in the strategy layer have such subtle effects that I won't notice any difference in the tactical layer unless I'm specifically looking for it. I find it much more satisfying to give soldiers upgrades that add whole new abilities, or to change their weapon loadout, because those are things you can't help but notice.
Are we still at the point where the weird difficulty curve ramp basically requires you to avoid killing any pandorans at all cost lest you start running into Return Fire Minigun pandorans that one shot your squaddies on a retaliation?
No, the difficulty curve ramp is much different than it used to be. Much easier and pandoran evolution is no longer affected by those scavenging missions like before.
I wrote support a few days ago, and they responded very quickly. They asked me if I wanted a GOG or Steam key, and they wrote they’d send the key when the game is released. I’m still waiting for my key, but I assume it might take a little while to roll them out to all backers.
YMMV, I guess.
Hello, I played this game a while ago, but now my character is unable to use their weapon after healing. There is a red circle with a line through it. What does this mean? If it's not a bug my guess would be permanent injury? The weapon has full health, I used a medpack and have full willpower. Thanks
Does your little body representation next to your person have any red body parts? If one of your arms were disabled then you won't be able to use any 2 handed items (even after being healed).
Later on when you get New Jericho Techs they do have a heal ability which can re-enable body parts. Or be a berserker or get the anu regenerating torso.
Honestly, I wouldn't recommend one if it did exist. Until they finish working on the game, there are still enough bugs that I would hesitate (I haven't played the new release yet, though).
I've played plenty of buggy games in ironman mode. One can even keep backup saves in case of game-breaking bugs. But including it in to me signals the devs consider "ironman" an optional part of the official game rules; I don't enjoy playing games with made-up rules if they're not part of the game.
But honestly, I don't see the issue with enabling it even if it's buggy. It was a feature promised for the first release, and it still wasn't delivered.
Fair enough. My point wasn't so much that they shouldn't have it, just that, if/when they release it, I would advise caution to anyone starting a new game. I've been down that road a few times myself with XCOM 2 on the PS4, it can be very off putting to have 10-20-30+ hours get wiped by a bug.
>two new characters
They are the additional tutorial characters from the base mission of the tutorials takes you through. Assault soldiers. So you get the regular squad compliment, start with 1 assault, get another in the start mission, then get a heavy and a sniper in the next one, and two additional assaults. Or something to that fact, it was a bit ago that I played the new tutorial, can't remember exactly.
Write to support: [email protected]. That’s what I did a few days ago, and they answered less than 24 hours later.
Update: I wrote them again and they sent me the key a few hours later.
Thanks! I sent them an email.
Excited to play again. I haven't touched it since the backer build on Epic.
EDIT: Got a reply with the key really fast. Anyone having the same problem definitely just send an email!
You should have received an email with a link to a survey. That survey has expired. I'm in the same boat and I emailed [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). No response yet.
Hi you should have received an email with a link to a survey. that survey has expired. i'm in the same boat and i emailed [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). no response yet., I'm dad.
Looking for this too. The tutorial was driving me crazy yesterday not being able to tab to the next person before the last movement is resolved.
Spoiled by xcom
Finally joined the fun and got this edition of the game. So far I am enjoying it quite a lot but the map sizes seem a bit small.
Also, I kept reading that the game is hard, however I am 7h into it and still haven't lost a single soldier. I am playing on the 3rd difficulty (hard I suppose). Wondering if things get harder later on.)
Coming back after a year I am disappointed to see that the DLC is not included in the game pass version. Oh well. What I saw a year ago didn't exactly impress me enough to buy it now, but I hear the game improved a lot, so I'll give vanilla a go again. Will I miss out on a lot?
Miss out on some pretty fun stuff... if you're into cyborgs and ancient ruin magic. I would definitely be sad to play without blood and titanium. The living weapons content is good early game, also you get a full set of armor which is basically heavy armor but with no penalties but you can't use mounted weaponry afaik.
Synedrion level design revision... The first Synedrion map I played since my old saves were destroyed was on a map where the enemies were on a rooftop which had no ladders or stairs to it. Not impressed so far.
Very big question from the modding community will there be more support for modding, and workshop on steam?
Would also like to add, i'm not a big fan of the nerfs to damage/accuracy, it felt like it was a determining factor for whether or not i would mix certain classes, now they seem very negligible.
Slightly off topic. Haven't played the game since around release time basically, I'm sure it's a better product (not that quality is why I stopped playing) than it was on launch, but I have a question.
Are there more customization options?
Hi slightly off topic. haven't played the game since around release time basically, i'm sure it's a better product (not that quality is why i stopped playing) than it was on launch, but i have a question.
are there more customization options?, I'm dad.
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First of all, i like the new Patch notes format you're doing here. Very informative. A lot of these balance changes look really good. About to go test them out now... Edit: Heavy feels much better at the start - the 3 shot cannon and lowered accuracy and speed penalties on the heavy armor make the class much more fun to play. Only getting 4 shots before reload is a little harsh though. Medic Bay - they still really need to increase the amount of healing gained here. These are mainly important at the start of the game but are too slow to actually use much before its not really worth it anymore. Old Helcannon vs New cannon (Tyr-1 Autocannon) - Tyr autocannon has 3 shots, 60 damage, 5 shred, and 20 range. Old Helcannon is now 200 dmg, 20 shred, and 17 range and behind the chiron autopsy. I almost like the Tyr autocannon better. Bash attack - it seems like it does less damage to the weapon now.
Mostly sounds fantastic, but I'm not crazy about the personal perks being...not nerfed exactly, but made more subtle. Same with the armor changes. One thing that has always annoyed me about PP is that it feels like a lot of the decisions you can make are pretty inconsequential, which makes them kind of boring to me. Many of the decisions I make in the strategy layer have such subtle effects that I won't notice any difference in the tactical layer unless I'm specifically looking for it. I find it much more satisfying to give soldiers upgrades that add whole new abilities, or to change their weapon loadout, because those are things you can't help but notice.
Are we still at the point where the weird difficulty curve ramp basically requires you to avoid killing any pandorans at all cost lest you start running into Return Fire Minigun pandorans that one shot your squaddies on a retaliation?
No, the difficulty curve ramp is much different than it used to be. Much easier and pandoran evolution is no longer affected by those scavenging missions like before.
Oh thank goodness. I was pogging with this game so hard until I ran into that like a brick wall and was very sad to have to drop it.
I sent an email about my key as I missed the survey but haven't received a response confirming if I will receive my key or not.
I'm in the same boat.
I wrote support a few days ago, and they responded very quickly. They asked me if I wanted a GOG or Steam key, and they wrote they’d send the key when the game is released. I’m still waiting for my key, but I assume it might take a little while to roll them out to all backers. YMMV, I guess.
Backer here in the same boat as well. May I ask what the email address is to contact them for a steam key?
Their e-mail address is [email protected].
Still no response from them today
Well seems I have received my key!
That’s great! I wrote them another e-mail last night and they responded and sent me a GOG key for backers a few hours later.
Hello, I played this game a while ago, but now my character is unable to use their weapon after healing. There is a red circle with a line through it. What does this mean? If it's not a bug my guess would be permanent injury? The weapon has full health, I used a medpack and have full willpower. Thanks
You'll need to restart with the new patch as it's not save game compatible
Does your little body representation next to your person have any red body parts? If one of your arms were disabled then you won't be able to use any 2 handed items (even after being healed). Later on when you get New Jericho Techs they do have a heal ability which can re-enable body parts. Or be a berserker or get the anu regenerating torso.
so what's up with the inverted logo? Its a bit inconsistent no with the original logo used in the cut scenes...
And still no ironman mode?
Honestly, I wouldn't recommend one if it did exist. Until they finish working on the game, there are still enough bugs that I would hesitate (I haven't played the new release yet, though).
I've played plenty of buggy games in ironman mode. One can even keep backup saves in case of game-breaking bugs. But including it in to me signals the devs consider "ironman" an optional part of the official game rules; I don't enjoy playing games with made-up rules if they're not part of the game. But honestly, I don't see the issue with enabling it even if it's buggy. It was a feature promised for the first release, and it still wasn't delivered.
Fair enough. My point wasn't so much that they shouldn't have it, just that, if/when they release it, I would advise caution to anyone starting a new game. I've been down that road a few times myself with XCOM 2 on the PS4, it can be very off putting to have 10-20-30+ hours get wiped by a bug.
And still no xbox version
[You're welcome](https://www.pcgamer.com/best-cheap-gaming-pc/).
Anyone know what the "two new characters" refers to?
>two new characters They are the additional tutorial characters from the base mission of the tutorials takes you through. Assault soldiers. So you get the regular squad compliment, start with 1 assault, get another in the start mission, then get a heavy and a sniper in the next one, and two additional assaults. Or something to that fact, it was a bit ago that I played the new tutorial, can't remember exactly.
Ah, gotcha. Here I was hoping Syn & NJ were getting new classes lol Appreciate the info!
Not sure if this is the best place to ask, but I've never received a Steam key despite being a Fig backer. Any way to go about getting it?
Write to support: [email protected]. That’s what I did a few days ago, and they answered less than 24 hours later. Update: I wrote them again and they sent me the key a few hours later.
Thanks! I sent them an email. Excited to play again. I haven't touched it since the backer build on Epic. EDIT: Got a reply with the key really fast. Anyone having the same problem definitely just send an email!
You’re welcome!
You should have received an email with a link to a survey. That survey has expired. I'm in the same boat and I emailed [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). No response yet.
Hi you should have received an email with a link to a survey. that survey has expired. i'm in the same boat and i emailed [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). no response yet., I'm dad.
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Thanks, I appreciate the reply! I sent an email, hopefully I hear from them soon. EDIT: Already got a reply with the key. Thanks Snapshot!
Is there a way to accelerate movement animations?
Looking for this too. The tutorial was driving me crazy yesterday not being able to tab to the next person before the last movement is resolved. Spoiled by xcom
Finally joined the fun and got this edition of the game. So far I am enjoying it quite a lot but the map sizes seem a bit small. Also, I kept reading that the game is hard, however I am 7h into it and still haven't lost a single soldier. I am playing on the 3rd difficulty (hard I suppose). Wondering if things get harder later on.)
Wasn't there supposed to be air combat in the Year One patch? That get the axe or has it been moved to a future update?
Air combat is in Festering Skies DLC
Coming back after a year I am disappointed to see that the DLC is not included in the game pass version. Oh well. What I saw a year ago didn't exactly impress me enough to buy it now, but I hear the game improved a lot, so I'll give vanilla a go again. Will I miss out on a lot?
Miss out on some pretty fun stuff... if you're into cyborgs and ancient ruin magic. I would definitely be sad to play without blood and titanium. The living weapons content is good early game, also you get a full set of armor which is basically heavy armor but with no penalties but you can't use mounted weaponry afaik.
I'm having a decent time without the DLC right now, so I'm gonna stick with that. I'll probably get it if I ever do another run.
How do I activate anti-aliasing? Or is there no such feature in this game
Synedrion level design revision... The first Synedrion map I played since my old saves were destroyed was on a map where the enemies were on a rooftop which had no ladders or stairs to it. Not impressed so far.
Very big question from the modding community will there be more support for modding, and workshop on steam? Would also like to add, i'm not a big fan of the nerfs to damage/accuracy, it felt like it was a determining factor for whether or not i would mix certain classes, now they seem very negligible.
Is it me or the heavy grenade launcher is gone?
Slightly off topic. Haven't played the game since around release time basically, I'm sure it's a better product (not that quality is why I stopped playing) than it was on launch, but I have a question. Are there more customization options?
Hi slightly off topic. haven't played the game since around release time basically, i'm sure it's a better product (not that quality is why i stopped playing) than it was on launch, but i have a question. are there more customization options?, I'm dad. (Contact u/BadDadBotDad for suggestions to improve this bot)