Nah. The multiplayer is really bare bones, unless that was a lame attempt at humor.
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Nah. The multiplayer is really bare bones, unless that was a lame attempt at humor.
I haven't tried it yet.
One thing that odd. The language for in the zone says it only counts for kills with the sniper rifle which limits you to four shots, but kills with a pistol have been triggering that as well, which gives you the ability to kill virtually unlimited enemies if you have plasma/powered up pistols on a sniper. Pistols never run out of ammo.
Sounds good in theory. But "In The Zone" only works on flanked enemies, right? So you'd have to flank like a half a dozen guys at once for it to really pay off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
It also works on enemies out of cover. Combining a sniper with in the zone with assaults with flush or members with rockets/ grenades can really help you
mow through a large group quickly.
OK upon further study it only let me use it with the pistol 1 time. Gay but whatever. New text popped up saying "In the zone can only be used with pistols 1 time!"
Soooooo, I deleted my endgame save last night.
It was totally by accident. I was all set to take on the giant alien ship, Classic difficulty, non-Ironman, 5 ghost suits, 4 psionics users...all gone. I blame the cumbersome way in which the PC version organizes save games. I thought I was deleting a bunch of old game saves, but deleted my most recent save by accident.
Suprisingly, I'm okay with it. I have a save from about 5 hours earlier, about three months earlier in game time. Instead of using it, I just started over, this time on Classic Ironman. Now that I have a pretty good understanding of the tactics, I'm having a lot of fun with it. On Classic, it's best to stay out of line of sight entirely whenever you can.
Especially with the goddamn Thin Men and all the aim bonuses they get. I lost my sniper on a VIP extraction mission because I decided to take a chance and dash her to full cover, hoping that the thin man would miss. At the beginning of the game, if you have a choice between leaving a guy in full cover or moving him out of sight, you should move him out of sight every single time. Serves me right.
Same thing almost happened to me, but I have auto-saves on and that saved my ass. Though I'm stuck in the drudgery to get a guy leveled to the point he can use the Gallop chamber. They throw so many bad guys at you in the late missions it's just not fun anymore.
Bum rush them to victory. I'm very aggressive, unlike Sleeve.
Storytime!
Last night I was in month 3 on my Classic Ironman playthrough. I completely and hilariously botched a VIP extraction mission. It's the one where you have to pull a general out of a bombed-out highway. Well, I led the VIP out of the crater, into cover. About a dash and a half away from the evac zone.
I killed all but one thin man standing in the way. I move my heavy into cover behind a car, next to the thin man, and take a shot. Support's turn has already ended, also in cover, behind the same car. Thin man overwatch activates, misses, but hits the car, lighting it on fire. I shoot at the thin man, and miss. I know I'm fucked: the car will explode at the beginning of my next turn. Both guys have about 10 HP, so I figure they might survive the blast.
Wrong.
My turn hits. The car explodes, killing both vets. The rookie standing next to the VIP panics, shoots and kills the VIP. *facepalm*
Post mission, I've got five countries in the red zone. Only two vets left, and a boatload of rookies. At this point, I'm contemplating a restart.
But just for the fuck of it, I sent the two vets with four rookies to take the alien base. Three laser rifles and four carapace armor sets between them. An hour later, twenty-two dead alien corpses, and one dead mind-controlled sniper later, I pull it off. Even stunned the Sectoid Commander.
ENSURE RETURN OF ORGANISM FOR ANALYSIS. CREW EXPENDABLE.
I fucking love this game.
NASTY
I remember the first time I played that mission. I correctly had my guys spread all over the map when the drop-ins happened. None of them got to shoot.