Dicky Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 Hit them Baby one more time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ki-tat Chung Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 well, in UFO so far, i han't named a single person to date! and about lifting heavy weapons, almost all my soldiors, including rookies, can hold a heavy plasma with out losing TU's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted October 1, 2002 Report Share Posted October 1, 2002 Ah Ms. Speares, she who thinks that wearing clothes is something that happens to other people, covered head to toe in a power suit. A definite improvement if it were for real. I can imagine right know young people and impressionable little children running about in bulky but floppy suits of pseudo-armour to their favourite Brittany tune... no. Bad thought, bad thought, bad thought. Â I think once a long time ago I named some of my soldiers [bait] with the brackets, for some fairly obvious reasons. But that was also around the time I'd decided naming them all 'Soldier' was a bright idea. seeing as I wanted to avoid getting too attached to any particular soldier. Â Then I came up with a brilliant method of awarding my own medals to them. Only works in the dos edition of the game, sadly. It works by typing ctrl+backspace, which then creates a copyright symbol, i.e. the medallion. Then putting down a few less-than symbols to denote the level of the medal. Or was it greater-than symbols before the medallion? Either way it was neat. Â Tier one medals got personal armour. Tier two medals got power suits. Tier three got flying suits. Â Pity it doesn't work in the collectors edition, since the direct-x keyboard handler captures invalid key strokes properly. Â - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazbol Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 Has noone noticed that the soldiers actually have names? That's good enough for me and I try to take good care of them. Cazbol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyfishGreen Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 And you can configure XCOMUTIL/RUNXCOM to add three different types of tags. 1 is Snpr=Sniper, Sct=Scout2 is b=brave, h=heavy weapon/strength, 3 is numeric stats (confirmed kills, anyway).  PS. Ki-tat, heavy plasmas don't actually weigh very much, I think the strategy guide says they weigh little more than the standard rifle. Heavy damage, yes, but light through the miracle of alien technology. Even Britney can swing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 Heh, Heavy plasmas are light. Its things like rocket launchers that need a lot of strength. Soldiers with 30+ strength usually do all right if all they're carrying is the gun and one or two clips of ammo. Â Of course, if you want a truly weak soldier to lug an incredibly heavy weapon about, it's probably a good idea to have that soldier drop the weapon at the end of the turn (2 TUs) and pick it up at the start of the next (8 TUs). You'd probably spend less TUs doing that than you would if you ended the turn with the weapon in your hands. Â You do lose the ability to use reaction fire, but one-shot weapons like the rocket launchers really shouldn't be fired via reaction fire. It's too dangerous. Â - NKF /wx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Photon Posted October 4, 2002 Report Share Posted October 4, 2002 And you can configure XCOMUTIL/RUNXCOM to add three different types of tags.Yep, I also use X-COMUTIL to add speciality tags, like grenader for example. I used to name soldiers with friends names, but I'm refraining to do that because I usually ended by reloading when some of them was killed... still, the only soldier I name is the Commander (when I get him/her) and it's my nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solfius Posted October 5, 2002 Report Share Posted October 5, 2002 I name a few soldiers after friends, when they die I just name a new rookie after them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 5, 2002 Report Share Posted October 5, 2002 It's like they never even die that way. They just are critically injured and have to rerlearn from scratch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBoot Posted October 5, 2002 Report Share Posted October 5, 2002 Hiya everyone. This is my first post here. Some of you are talking like you have a lot of guys and expend them like kleenex. I get a squad of 14 guys, just enough to pack out a skyranger. I expand this to an additional 14 on the other side of the world after about 4 years. Then, when I'm developing psi stuff, I'll get an additional 10 per team, so that I can still have a full squad while training. I don't really get into psi too heavily, and generally sack the worst guys after some basic training. I keep enough extras to pack out avengers when I get them. When I go for Mars, I bring together the cream of the crop, pack them on board an avenger, and away we go. Back on topic:I rename soldiers based on thier shooting skill. <50 they get names like "Billy Bob Joe", "Cleatus One-toe", & "Bobby Jo Sue", >65 they get names of characters I like from TV, film, comics, whatever. In between I leave them with thier normal names. One time I had a chick with an accuracy of 40 and, inspite of lots of close range blasting, it only got up to about 45. On the other hand she had about 100 TUs!! So I gave her a electro-stun baton and renamed her Lanina Huxley. (anyone else seen Demolition Man?) Note that, if I'm playing on a higher difficulty, I will fire and replace any rookie who dares posses a shooting accuracy below 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 5, 2002 Report Share Posted October 5, 2002 The reason everyone here has so many men and they die quite often is because most of us are superhuman players and NOONE here reloads a game if they lose men. It's just not allowed. :hmmm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcidBoot Posted October 5, 2002 Report Share Posted October 5, 2002 Ah! No re-loading!! It becomes clear to me now! I guess you guys really hate blaster launchers then!!! I play without loading sometimes, but not, I admit, on superhuman. Gosh! I mean a couple of times I've lost my best guy, just because he stepped out of the plane!!! Step, BLAM, dead! I may give it a go... sounds tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NKF Posted October 5, 2002 Report Share Posted October 5, 2002 Oh, just some things some of us do to make the game a little more interesting every once in a while. Â - - -Â Just an exercise that I'd like to recommend for anyone interested in getting used to playing with ironman rules: Â First save just before entering a mission. Preferably a challenging mission such as a terror site or a battleship. Alien bases are good too. Â Now play that mission over and over without saving or reloading while in the battlescape. This is the fun bit. Â Repeat until you are able to win the mission in one go with minimal casualties. You won't get good results all the time, still, it's worth trying. Â The reason why you should save before the mission and not during is so that the map is renewed every time you reload, so you are forced to change your tactics depending on the varying terrain. It's fairer for both sides. Â To tell the truth, winning a mission in one sitting is not that easy to perform in a Superhuman campaign, but it is definitely a rewarding experience when do manage to win a few. Â - NKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 5, 2002 Report Share Posted October 5, 2002 Indeed. What makes a superhuman campaign really hard though. Is finishing a terror mission with ten rookies and a tank. Or more aptly one rookie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted October 6, 2002 Report Share Posted October 6, 2002 The reason everyone here has so many men and they die quite often is because most of us are superhuman players and NOONE here reloads a game if they lose men. It's just not allowed. :hmmm:Losing a soldier named Tammy, however, is another matter entirely, though. I still think that is just incredibly sweet. :inlove: Â Anyway, I haven't really named my soldiers after people I know for that very reason, but I might try it. I have to say that I will probably reload if one of you dies....sorry, TJ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneLapin Posted October 6, 2002 Report Share Posted October 6, 2002 I just named one of my soldiers Tammy in your honor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 6, 2002 Report Share Posted October 6, 2002 Hey wow you're right... If a Tammy soldier died then everyone would reload... If I name all of my soldiers Tammy then I'd be invincible!! :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InsaneLapin Posted October 6, 2002 Report Share Posted October 6, 2002 yeah, .. but I don't reload and I'm invincible anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted October 7, 2002 Report Share Posted October 7, 2002 You guys are just too cute! :inlove: I'm not currently involved in an X-COM game, but next time I play, I'll name my soldiers after all of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos the Jackal Posted October 7, 2002 Report Share Posted October 7, 2002 Yes, and just to add to that, while I did reload when Tammy got shot, when Warlord went beserk and fired a rocket at his own feet, I simply named a new rookie after him. Its all about priorities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted October 7, 2002 Report Share Posted October 7, 2002 LOL! I'll have to be sure and tell him if he doesn't see that himself. He'll probably agree with you, knowing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 7, 2002 Report Share Posted October 7, 2002 Hey does that mean Warlord killed Tammy? :o  Lynch him!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted October 7, 2002 Report Share Posted October 7, 2002 As if Warlord would ever do any such thing. Besides, it was heavy plasma that got me and a rocket that got him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos the Jackal Posted October 8, 2002 Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 Yes, his own rocket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Veteran Posted October 8, 2002 Report Share Posted October 8, 2002 Hehe, stupid Warlord! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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