r/XCOM2

I played this game years ago and enjoyed it and was decent, starting to play again and I am horrible. I like to let things occur and not reload old saves but the avatar project is 1 bar from finishing and I dont have any ranked over Sargent no supplies no Intel. I am planning on starting a new game now that I have refamiliarized myself. But could probably use a few pointers. I am playing on commander and wont change that.

This is specifically in regards to Faceless corpses. I am missing one for a Mimic Beacon.

But i do not seem to be getting any. I just completed a Retaliation mission and i am pretty sure i did not kill the Faceless with explosives, but i still did not get the corpse.

I seem to remember from somewhere that Berserkers are supposed to be female Mutons?

If so, that gives the term "muscle mommies" a whole new meaning.

On console it is a disaster, it constantly erases the game. I got it on Steam hoping I could try it there. What do people think?

Hola a todos chicos soy un estudiando de diseño y desarrollo de videojuegos soy muy fan de este juego y quería deciros que pronto emprenderé un proyecto para hacer un juego indie basado en las mecánicas de xcom 2 , solo me pasaba a preguntar qué cosas son las que más os gustan o más os enganchan de este juego ?

Hola buenas tardes. He estado teniendo problemas con mi juego después de descargarlo otra vez después de no haberlo jugado por un año. Tengo el juego completo (juego base y sus dlcs) pero no puedo abrir el juego en la misma laptop en donde lo compre y jugué por primera vez. El juego base solo se pone en una pantalla blanca infinita y el War of the chosen se pone en una pantalla negra y se cierra después de unos 10 segundos. Alguien que pueda ayudarme a solucionar el problema?

Especificaciones de mi Laptop:

Procesador: 13th Gen Intel(R) core(TM) i7-13700HX (24 CPUs), ~2.1GHz.

Sistema operativo: Windows 11 Home 64 bits.

Modelo: Victus by HP Gaming Laptop 16-r0xxx.

Memoria ram: 32 GB.

Versión de DirectX: DirectX 12.

Tarjeta gráfica: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU.

Versión del Driver: 596.49

Antecedentes que pueden servir:

La laptop ha sufrido 3 formateos por causa de un virus y una actualización de Windows corrupta que no me dejaba conectarme a internet.

In the Julian fight it is possible to take control of all the mecs on the map for one turn with haywire protocol. However it can also fail, and the chance is at 56%.

In my fights I've always been lucky and never had it fail, until now on my legendary beta strike run. It didn't fail just once, but actually twice, and I lost the fight.

Wondering if it's possible to win the fight, especially on beta strike, if the hack fails? I had magnetic weapons but that's about it, since I was going to get sparks asap. However it feels it's just luck unless you wait for more upgrades like plated armor.

After I discovered the mods for this game that adds the armor and voices from HD2 I cant play without them and I was wondering what other people play with whether that be normal dudes, Halo guys, Helldivers, well endowed anime women, etc.

Can't wait to play, and after I may try phoenix point! Games got everything im looking for!

I was trying to rescue the resistance pinned down in a diner. Advent came in on all sides, and the chosen hunter was there. I had 8 deaths, 2 captured, 5 wounded. It was my a-team, and not only did I lose my best men but I lost my best equipment. Even greensweater was like "Abandon the mission, get your men out of there!"

Sigh. I had the future of humanity in my hands, and I fumbled it. That's xcom, baby.

A question for the players who’ve been playing for a while now, what is the agreed upon way that players should typically start their next runs after their first play through?

Early settings, should you include QOL mods, is it cheating to start with a faction unit? Etc.

That the snipers are absolutely batshit OP in late game is undeniable.

But XCOM 2 is a game that is the hardest in the early to mid stages of the playthrough. So yeah, snipers can take down a Gatekeeper in one turn later on, but by then, you have a lot of troops that are OP is one way or another.

In early game however, i have come to despise snipers. Unless the shot in at least 85%, dont even bother taking it, it almost a guaranteed miss. Same goes for overwatch with snipers. The only thing they are really good for in early game is triggering overwatch traps. And even then they miss half the time.

I have had wounded troops because the sniper just fucking could not hit shit no matter what. At this point, i would have just been better off with another ranger or support. The Combat Protocol is at least a guaranteed 2 damage to finish off that one Trooper that is going to shoot one of your guys on the next turn because the blind bumbfuck sniper missed him.

Just when i thought i might finally get to finish a Legendary Ironman playthrough, here comes the Assassin and what do you know, she has the all-seeing trait. So the traditional tactics of using a Reaper to reveal her no longer work.

First encounter with her cost me my Ranger. Second my Grenadier.

Any advice on how to deal with her without somebody getting murdered every time?