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We want to ensure maximum chaos should something go wrong (thelemmy.club)
submitted 7 hours ago by [M] to c/tenforward@lemmy.world
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[–] [S] 18 points 7 hours ago (5 children)

It reminds me of when I send my A-team on a mission in XCOM: it's devastating if they die, but they're also the ones most likely to succeed.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

    Newer XCOM or og? OG xcom I'd always have at least 1/4 of my party be new recruits because the act of exiting the landing ship was nearly guarantees to kill a few people. Half the time my A team was just "whoever made it through last battle" and my b and c teams were all new recruits and a single officer for the morale boost who stayed in the ship in case I had to cut my losses and take off

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 hours ago (2 children)

    The newer ones. Most of my time is in XCOM 2: WOTC. It becomes really tempting to put all your eggs in one basket by leveling an A-team.

    Everything like this that I hear about the originals just reinforces that I need to go play them. It sounds brutal.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    Yesss, go play the original :3 It is a time honored tradition watching a new player lose an entire squad at the foot of the landing ship. If you do play, grab openxcom it's a fantastic engine replacement and even supports mods.

    The new games are more like playing an action movie. The old one is more like balancing a war where soldiers are meat with a dollar value. One of my favorite missions was doing a desperate tech smash and grab to get my research back on track. Over a dozen soldiers dead, more were left behind, many I had hired just for this so they basically showed up and shipped out to die. It was a massacre and a success

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  • [–] 6 points 5 hours ago

    XCOM A-Team in theory: They're the best, they can solve any problem.

    XCOM A-Team in practice: It's March and we just spotted a Snakeman on this terror mission so our soldiers will spend their remaining time units running back to the Skyranger while screaming like little girls.

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