Dog Soldier

Preda if you look closely to the following screenshot, you'll see where my targeting cursor is. That is the key! http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/8158/thisisthekey2ks.jpg

have you found the deathpillar in that mission? I did a simular one, and the damn thing was hidden inside a small room in the building.

I've just looked at my old saves, and the oldest dates may 17(ingame). there I didn't do the wargot subcampaign 'cause my ship was still under construction. However I did already encounterd SG on earth. It was at a mission which was suppossed to be a standard wargot elimination mission. After the mission I could research"New Enemy Race" at my laputa lab( aprox. 4days). When the research was finished, my medical lab come up with the possibility to research the encounterd starghosts. I don't know that this helps'cause I don't know exactly what you've already DID research. Hopefully we can sort things out for you 'cause trust me, your in for a hell of a ride.

So thats it, I've beaten the bugs once again. You would think that the buggers knew better than to attack earth over and over again, and get there alien asses kicked every time. Playing Aftershock sometimes did remind me of the time when my fierce aquanouts re-conquered our beloved oceans. I know that there still isn't a game that can match the original X-com adventures, but I find AS the closest thing that I've played. It is way better than AM! Despite the bugs, I'm able to play the entire game so I can only hope that in the next couple of weeks they are going to release a couple of patches that will lift the game up to an even higher level. And hopefully someday there will be a software firm that finally notice the fact that there are a huge number of fans eagerly awaits the outcome of a new X-COM game! As for now I think i'm going to read some forum topics about how to get TFTD working under XP and take a dive in the unknow depths of the ocean. Signing of on UFO: Aftershock Com.Dave AKA Dog Soldier

The last ones : 1. Die little freak! : http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/5248/octopus9ce.jpg 2. Time's up assholes! : http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/5936/sup6xr.jpg 3. must go faster : http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/779/gogogo0on.jpg 4. yipie-ka-yee motherf****rs : http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/5043/joehoe8cd.jpg

here are some more 1. time to move on: http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/9793/advancing4tx.jpg 2. area secured : http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8619/objectsecured4ar.jpg 3. time for a tactical retreat (run boy, RUN) : http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/879/oepsretreat5ew.jpg 4. just ambush them : http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5154/moveon5ph.jpg 5. A gps would come in handy : http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/548/maplvl21bi.jpg 6. nice furniture : http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5817/nightynight9cx.jpg 7. Three is defenitly a crowd : http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1495/3isacrowd4ir.jpg 8. found it : http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/7627/objectivelvl29tm.jpg It took me a while to figure that one (8) out, but eventually I did 9. present status : http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/4576/startlvl35xv.jpg

It's the spaceship in wich you arrive on the lunar surface.

....and so the Aliens face the final curtain!(At least I hope?!) In this topic a will try to put a lot off screenies of the final battle. So if you don't want to se them already 'cause you want to figure everything out on your own please leave at once! .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . The first set is taken just upon arrival 1. the map : http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2452/lunarsurface2se.jpg 2. my ride : http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/2582/spaceship9qn.jpg 3. And so it begins... : http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/9762/andsoitbegins3av.jpg So here I go!

I you can attack some of their provinces prior to the arrival of the mothership, you'll probably have a lot of better equipment too fight with! but it won't be easy, assaulting the cult without assault rifles. it is however worth a try 'cause they drop a lot off goodies!

have you done a pillar of death mission?

Preda I looked some things up At your Med lab there should be 6 starghost related items SG cloud observation SG Defender autopst SG Hoover Autopsy SG Spider Autopsy SG Star Autopsy Pillar of death At your laputa lab you should have Reticulan spacecraft(right after the rescue mission) SG Ship SG Lore

@preda : There should be stuff to research at your Med lab and your laputa lap

I posted a picture of one in this topic http://www.strategycore.co.uk/forums/index...indpost&p=56990

They look like this: http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/4548/pillarofdeath8xu.jpg

3-2-1.... Lift off! Nice, the things you can do with a plasma rifle on burst mode http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/7025/321liftoff5et.jpg

Human warp rifles also work well against clouds. AP bullets and/or 7.62 Explosive against all others. And know when to retreat!

I used RPG's. From yhe upper level, shoot 3-4 rockets down in the hole. When the red indicator dissapeares, mission accomplished! I suppose any sort of rocket (LAW, Alien, Reticulan, Wargot,...) will do the trick, but I don't know for sure. I only used RPG'S.

For all you guys who like too use heavy machineguns, Combine technician training (3/3) with sniper training (1 out of 3 is already enough), so that you later in the game can attach laser scopes on the MachineGuns. It's a very lethal combination. It is actually not a bad idea to have all your team members have basic sniper training. With the laser scope attached too a XM-8 rifle, a level3 (!) soldier will get a 100% hit chance at a decent distance away! This combined with stalker (3/3) for the critical hits and you've got yourself a lean mean killingmachine!!!

skip the secret services! Invest the space for yet another lab/fact/college. I control entire america(north and south) Africa, Europe (with siberia as border province with the cult). They own the entire south east Asia. I also have a foothold in australie with another one under exploration. I never ever have build one of the security buildings at one of my bases. And If you are attacked by the cult or by others, deal with them!

They do so much more than sitting idle. 1.They let you build advanced buildings later in the game. Some of them require a high amount of knowledge at the base before you can construct them. 2. Resource income : Standard income British Isles: 32 LT - 29 Alien + 1 College : 41 LT - 37 Alien + 2 College : 54 LT - 49 Alien So you see that investing some of that precious base space into knowledge buildings really pays off.

I've just field tested my first man made warprifle and I love it already! A bit to slow for close combat, but look at those damage points on that brainman! Over 9000!!!! http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/1493/warprifle6er.jpg

I must admit that the SG attacking the WG was quit a suprise. I still think the SG are a formidable opponent but after doing an autopsy on them I changed my tactics a bit . Caution is still the order but let the buggers come!! I'm reaching a major breakthrough in Hyper-energy weapons (2-3h to go) and I'm putting a lot of hope in the coming of the new warprifles. I did try to take a screenshot of the mothership exploding, but apparently it didn't work, maybe 'cause it was an in-game movie?

I just finished the Wargot sub-campaign and destroyed the mothership. To be honest I'm a little bit dissapointed. I've expexted it too be a little bit more challenging. Without spoiling it to much for all you guys who aren't at that point yet I would like to know what you guys think of it?(maybe put spoiler alert on it?) Any special tactics/weaponry used? Ran into any difficulties? Big or smal spaceship and so one....

I'm already halfway through it now and ther hasn't been any opportunity to go back. But I expected something like this could happen so I toke enough ammo with me( at least I hope!!!???)

Payback is about too begin! http://img451.imageshack.us/img451/8995/alienvessel0ou.jpg