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OK, the ethereals and sectoid commanders and leaders keep mind zapping the psi-weak men I keep in reserve to operate the heavy artillery (blasters). I know that the aliens remember the positions your men are if they get a beforehand peek and can use that to mind zap soldiers who stay in one place. If I move my transport men one tile or so, do the aliens still mind zap him, provided none have gone for another look?
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Having weak Psi troops carrying blasters is a good way to have everyone killed. If soldiers have low Psi, just dump them and bring in more men and weed out those that are unsuitable.

 

On missions where I am going up against Ethereals or Sectoids with soldiers in tow that have low or unknown PSI Strength, I arm them either with only a Motion Scanner or a Small Launcher (Stun) and a Motion Scanner. Small launchers generally have little affect on Power Suit and Flying Suit equipped soldiers.

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  • 3 weeks later...

You guys are assuming that he does have the Psi Lab right? If not, how to identify the weak ones on your team?

 

Easy: On yr regular missions against ethereals and sectoids, see who get mind ontroled or bezerk more often. Those are the weak ones. Dump them when you can or transfer them to other bases to let them to protect the bases in case of alien base raid against you. I use to keep using them in other missions against aliens with no psi capabilities. Some of them became good officers. But in the very end of the game, there is a risk of having a colonel or a captain with no psi capabilities, but whith skills the overpass the one with psi stenght. (this happens when you use the a lot more than the soldiers in missions against high psi strengh aliens), and a bunch of Sargents and Liutennants with consitions to run to Cydonia.

 

In the ohter hand if you have psi lab, I stay with squaddie01. When I won Cydonia, the lowest soldier had 75 Psi strengh.

 

Shooting the low psi strengh decreased moral in yr team!! Freezing them is also another alternative, but just in critical situations. Use the early stages of the gam eto id the low ones so gradually your team becomes strong enpugh to face those d a m m ethereal / sectiod commanders

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I always notice that its the rookie with the heavy weapon who gets it. In my opinion, just walk back to the sectoid/etheral and shoot it repidedly. Or throw a grenade in that direction(primed for 1 and sent with wishes for bad luck). :sly:
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Hyper wave decoder!

 

When I see a ship with ethereals, I don't even bother sending in people, just HWPs

 

Blow the ethereals brains out but the sectopod can be a little tricky

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XCOMUTIL would, though, be cheating. The only way to guess at psi-weakness, before psi-lab, is to deliberately invite psi-attack on your soldiers, and see who gets picked for psionic control. Then shoot them :(

 

NKF suggests using power suits and gunpowder pistols for this. Power suits are invulnerable to small arms fire from rebellious rookies.

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You can even go so far as using the standard rifles if you want. They're only +4 points more damaging than pistols, after all. That +4 to damage will not even be felt by your power armour.

 

If you're feeling brave, you can even go up to autocannons and HE shells (being the weaker of the two cannons). You won't even feel any of the backsplash damage from the AC-HE shells when wearing power/flying suits, though direct hits can sometimes mean a few days in bed.

 

- NKF

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Gunpower guns? X-com with flintlocks :( . Actually there not 100% protected from "muskets" can still hurt your troops but one turn of rifle fire won't take down a power suit trooper. The downside is your troops have a hard time killing the aliens. (Ethereals can take tons of rifle damage and keep on mind controlling). Just give everyone laser rifles and make then drop it each turn. (ET doesn't beleave in picking up weapons)

 

-Psy Guy- :(

(Dropped laser rifle before posting)

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Actually... That line is from a mid 80's looney tunes, rare episode. It's about an Owl family that has musically talented offspring, and they try to do it classical style. The main character is the defiant little owl who loves to sing jazz, and that's his chorus line. Eventually, the cartoon ends with the parent owls loving him for singing so well and they all live happily ever after.

 

But the point is the origin of that is from Looney Tunes, not South park. I mean, South Park has been invaded by aliens sure, but not Sectoids who've watched too many episodes of looney tunes.

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actually BreakMage....if u were a fan of South Park....u would know the episode when Cartman gets abducted by aliens and is forced by the alien anal probe to sing that stupid whacky song.....i did see that owl one a long time ago though

 

ps...the aliens on South Park look almost exactly like sectoids....mabey just a bit taller though...

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I told you the origin of the song. I did NOT state that South Park didn't use it. I AM a fan of South Park, and I DO know what episode you are referring to. I know what you meant. But I was simply giving it's origin.

 

Also, Sectoids don't watch Looney Tunes is what I said. The Sectoid is the most popular image of an alien that people claim to have seen, that's what it is based off of.

 

..... Not that I would know the extensive behavioral patterns... and that Sectiods like Jerry Springer instead of Looney Tunes... And they prefer Britney Spears to *N'Sync... No... I don't know that... Or that they really want some clothing, which is the whole reason that they are trying to come back to Earth... Because it's just too dang COLD out in space... I mean Umm...

 

No, I don't know any of that. :dontgetit:

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sorry...i kinda misunderstood some of the stuff u said then...u never know though.....mabey the sectoids actually pic up some of earths radio waves and have grown to like the looney tunes channel....so they come and abduct rabbits and road runners and do some extensive research on them to see if one actually says "doc" and the other would actually say " BEEP BEEP"......mabey they really are'nt interested in us humans...
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