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Moving up in the world : ) First saw you at 97 - now it's 74. Ah, I remember when I was 78. Good old days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sotto Voce
What kind of squad are you using? I completely turned my tactic around and am now using all human balanced squad. So far so good. I'll post a video of them going about their business soon.
I started with ghost cannon commando, then switched over to balanced humans as well. Much more versatile and best bang for points.Quote:
Originally Posted by BestFriends4Ever
My three Sectoid Commander squad love those "balanced" human squads.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sotto Voce
I just MC'd three of my opponents 5 person squad. Dashed the MC'd humans right next to the non-MC'd humans then used my MC'd heavy who fired a rocket at her feet.
So one cyberdisc or a human psychic in psy-armour can take out your entire squad? : )Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooper
I think the balanced human squad has a fighting chance against anything. Everything else so far, in my experience, seems rather niche. I'm not trying to trash talk here, sorry if it sounds that way. I'm just very interested in different combinations as I've been looking for an ideal one since the game came out.
We can test out your squad against mine, if you like. I'm Fire Water Gasoline on Steam (because of my YouTube name).
Further to our conversation, just defeated someone with 3 commanders and a sectoid without losing a unit. Cooper, is your name haigam2000 by any chance? : )
Nope. It's Cooper as it is here.Quote:
Originally Posted by BestFriends4Ever
3 Commanders is both incredibly vulnerable and incredibly powerful at the same time. Entirely all-or-nothing, but it works against most of the squads I've played against (everytime I've tried something else, I've wished I had commanders. Though I'm loving a 3 Chryssalid squad. Lose more often, but that moment when they all run admist the opponent and start pulling them apart causes much glee)
I've only lost one of the 7 games I've played with that squad. Entirely because someone had a maxed-out assault with a mind shield and two sectoids. MC'ing the Sectoids just wasn't enough firepower too take on the assault.
A cyberdisc is not a problem if it's backed up with MC-able units. The great thing about MC is you can use it and then the next turn just run the commander away. And you can move the MC'd unit out of cover to get the best flanking positions, because you don't care if they're exposed
All I need is a Muton or Floater backing up the cyberdisc to do enough damage that it can easily be finished off by my commanders.
Do Cryssalids "turn" enemies in multiplayer?
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Originally Posted by DWZippy
Only humans.
Yes, humans.Quote:
Originally Posted by DWZippy
I won a game tonight with just Chrysalids. Lost the three I started with, but had two zombies. One zombie took the sniper out. Then the next turn out popped another Chryssalid. Took out a Sectoid, the next turn the other zombie turned and I pulled apart their last squad member.
Exceptionally effective units IF you can get them close enough. A half-alert player will be able to avoid them though, so as fun as it can be, a Chryssalid focused squad is easy to counter.
I have yet to face this troop composition, but I'm sure that in the right hands it's extremely dangerous for a low ranked human squad. I actually like that there's no unbeatable setup right now. Some are more risky than others, some require more thinking, but each one has a counter, which is good in my book. Now, if I only could save several squad presets and quickly pick one on the match start screen...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooper
I've seen Cyberdisc/Berserker/Sectoid and Cyberdisc/Drone/Sectoid Commander squads.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cooper
I haven't seen a berserker on the field. I am still so young and innocent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sotto Voce
You're doing so well! I saw you were 38. You should conduct some RPS workshops on how to kick ass in XCOM mp : )Quote:
Originally Posted by Sotto Voce
I'm still learning, and making many mistakes in the process. Quite a few people are using ghost superhuman builds, which my balanced squad eats for breakfast. Met double sectoid commander setup a couple of times, but the players in charge kept mindcontrollers far apart, allowing me to gang up on one at a time. Twice my opponents have disconnected during the first round, giving me a victory somehow, so I'm about ten positions higher than I deserve :)Quote:
Originally Posted by BestFriends4Ever
Back in the top 100, at 87 (88?). Too bad we have no great tournament organizers among us. Also wish the game was a bit less buggy.
Bellow is my latest stupid defeat that probably got me kicked out of the top 100 in the first place.
http://youtu.be/CKnFHZLFscQ
Congradulations. Well, not an awful lot of people here are playing multiplayer anyway, judging by the number of responses in this thread. Hopefully, the next patch will deal with some of the issues at least.Quote:
Originally Posted by BestFriends4Ever
I would like to play this multiplayer but I'm not turned on by the only mode of play. Some almost moba-like team battles would be cool, or aliens vs xcom even. Hell, I think 2 human teams vs AI aliens would be a lot of fun.
Nowhere near the top 100, more like the bottom 100. Played 6 games today and won only 1 by the skin of my teeth.
I guess this group will only take off if we self-organize? Would a steam group help? I m not sure how the custom matches work.
It doesn't help that if you go to XCOM news on Steam, it reports the RPS headline that says "Solid Copy: XCOM Patched To Fix SHIVS", when of course it hasn't been patched yet. Sigh.
Jesus, you guys.
Okay, if you're interested in playing a serious organised league, add yourself to the list by posting below. Copy the names of those below you so when I check back in later the bottom post should have a convenient list of all the people who want to join the initial league.
I've got no time for competitive matches, but I'll organise the entire thing if someone promises to take it off my hands when I've spent the time organising it all.
Let's do this!
The list of the participants of The RPS XCOM:EU Tournament:
Fire Water Gasoline