/xcg/ FAQ

>/xcg/ FAQ

NOTE: There's a newer version of this FAQ available on BitBucket pages:
http://level8heavyfloater.bitbucket.org/faq.html




>WHERE CAN I GET LONG WAR? WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT?
Read the NexusMods page (http://www.nexusmods.com/xcom/mods/88/)
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>I'M A DIRTY PIRATE, CAN I PLAY LONG WAR?
There's a crack on cs.rin.ru. Google is your friend.
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>SHOULD I GET THE DLC TO XCOM:EU?
There is literally 0 reason to play EU over EW.
As for the Slingshot and Elite Soldier DLC's, they're just little bonus extras. Look them up on the ufopaedia if you're interested in what you get from them.
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>I JUST LOST A LOW PANIC COUNTRY AT THE START OF THE GAME!
The Aliens will automatically take a country at the start of the game to build their first Base. This can happen again if they are rich, but any lost country can be retaken if you assault the alien base in it.
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>A LARGE UFO JUST LANDED IN THE FIRST MONTH!
Ignore it, You wont be ready for some time to take on these big missions. These missions are how aliens will generate their resources.
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>I'M FEELING BALLSY AND WANT TO RAID THE AFORMENTIONED LANDED LARGE

* You're going to be facing Thin Men, Lids, a 6 Outsider pod and maybe Floaters.

* Bring AP/Flashbangs/Smoke, if you have Engineers with Sapper, bring HEs as well.

* Bring medkits, they give you partial immunity to Thin Men acid (no damage from actions).

* Don't take any chances. If it's not dead, debuff it or smoke your team.
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>IS THERE A PENALTY TO IGNORING CRASHED UFOS?
No, There's no penalty for ignoring crashed ufos. The only thing you're missing out on is free XP and corpses and a tiny bit of alloys/elerium.
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>WHATS THE AMOUNT OF RANKED SOLDIERS I SHOULD HAVE BY THE END OF MARCH?
You want at least a full A-team of LCPL/CPL's and half of your barracks should be specs to train up later.
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>THE ALIENS HAVE X MELD, SHOULD I BE WORRIED?
Meld indicates how much resources aliens currently have at their disposal and the lowest/highest they can get is 3/15 (5-30 in 15a)
3-6 (5-12) // You're fine, just focus on completing missions
6-10 (12-20) // If they're at this point, you should start focusing on your air game more and shooting down more ufos.
10-15 (20-30) // shit son
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>RESOURCES AND RESEARCH?
There are three strategic variables in LW:

* Research: This dictates the types of aliens you'll encounter, as well as their upgrades (perks, health, aim, etc); it also dictates the types of UFO they send, as well as UFO upgrades (aim, weapons, health, etc). They aliens gain research in the following ways:

-> 1 point per day
-> After a UFO completes a research mission
-> 1 point per XCOM soldier left behind (alive, dead or dying)
-> 2 * Amount of defected countries

* Resources: This dictates the amount of missions you'll get, their type and the amount of aliens in them. The aliens gain resources in the following ways:

-> Successful resource gathering missions
-> In the late game, they get free resources

The aliens LOSE resources the following way:
-> Damage dealt on UFOs
-> UFOs shot down
-> Landed UFOs assaulted
-> Terror Mission created
-> Infiltration mission created

* XCOM Threat level: This is dictates the types of mission you'll get. It's increased by shooting down UFOs and assaulting Alien Bases. This is how the threat level works:

LOW THREAT LEVEL, LOW RESOURCES:

-> Generate harvest missions

HIGH THREAT LEVEL, LOW RESOURCES:

-> Pay resources to generate harvest missions where you don't have satellite coverage

LOW THREAT LEVEL, HIGH RESOURCES:

-> Generate infiltration missions
-> Generate a metric fuckton of Terror Missions

HIGH THREAT LEVEL, HIGH RESOURCES:

-> Generate XCOM HQ Assaults
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>HELP, SITE RECON JUST SHOWED UP!
Back in b14 and earlier, Every in site recon is a chryssalid or a zombie. But as of b15 more enemies show up so you may need to change tactics a bit
"WELL OKAY WHAT SHOULD I BRING?"

		* B14 Site recon
	-> Dont bother with cover
	-> Bring Tac vests instead of Tac armor (The extra health means jack shit to lids as they'll 1-hit you anyway)
	-> Bring a large amount of flashbangs and AP grenades
	-> Just give everyone a shotgun and utilize box strats
	"But i seriously don't know what to do"
	-> Just watch Beaglerush's LnI episode #14 - Into the hive

		* B15 Site recon
	->Starting in b15, more than just lids and zombies will show up, such as seekers and thin men.
	->Keep utilizing them box strats and wait for everyone of those lid pods to run into your overwatch before moving on
	->You still want to bring mainly Tac vests/shotguns, but now a sniper/scout with a marksman rifle and an infantry with a regular rifle will help this time around.
	->utilize cover a bit more

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>WHO'S BEAGLERUSH AND WHY DOES EVERYONE WORSHIP HIM
We dont worship, but simply beagle is a huge xcom player that we happen to enjoy, He also streams a lot and talks in the general with us
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>I DON'T LIKE ~X~ PART OF B15
Download Notepad++ and simply edit DefaultGameCore.ini to your own liking, Everyone plays the way they enjoy
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>WHAT ARE THESE STARTING BONUSES FOR EACH COUNTRY? WHY ARE SOME SO MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN OTHERS
Introduced in b15, each country gets extra starting bonuses for beginning with that country. These bonuses are not at all ment to be balanced against eachother, but are simply something to help customize your game a bit more. Once you get to the point where you launch satellites you can get mini versions of these bonuses.
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>WELL WHATS THE BEST STARTING?
It's up to you, if you have trouble with air game then select the bonuses that help you with air, if you have trouble with base management then select Cheyenne Mountain or something similar.
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>WHEN SHOULD I START BRANCHING OUT?
Secure your own continent first with interceptors and satellites, then your top priority is NA as you'll save A LOT of credits
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>WHEN SHOULD I START THE BASE ASSAULTS
You can start base assaults early if you know what you're doing, But once you get MEC's and gauss/pulse weapons it's safe to say you're ready, But be warned that after a base assault the aliens will be pissed and shell out the money for a XCOM HQ defense
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>WHATS BETTER, GENE MODS OR MECS?
both are equal, but mecs are just more worth it short and long term
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>WHEN SHOULD I START GETTING PSI TROOPS?
You want to start PSI pretty early since they'll need A LOT OF TRAINING before lategame/Temple assault ship
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>IM IN A FATIGUE SPIRAL AND I CANT GET OUT
As said on the nexus page, you dont need to win every mission, it's okay to skip ufos/abductions if you dont have the troops ready,But do not skip Bomb/DLC council missions or terror missions, skipping terror missions will automatically make that nation leave the XCOM project and Council missions do not repeat (Until late game)
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>I SEE PEOPLE EDITING THEIR INGAME TEXT TO SOMETHING ELSE, HOW THE HELL DO I DO THAT TOO?
Head over to Xcom-Enemy-Unknown/XEW/XCOMGAME/Locatization/INT and then rightclick XComGame.int and edit with Notepad++
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>WHY DOESNT COMMANDERS CHOICE WORK? (fixed in 15a)
Promote the soldiers while your in  the barracks, not the mission report screen