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Yep, Sectopod gives exactly the same xp as Advent trooper - 1xp

"Well that "one" almost killed you, and where's the fun in keeping score by myself?"

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If the squad is under my command, that is equal to one drink. Maybe two if I save-scum.

yeah its the commanders's fault for overwatching everyone instead of,,,, using the supports shot as a regular shot or using the supports drone as protection for the ranger. I suppose he could have dashed the support into overwatch with the perk at captain? and I suppose the ranger could have been protected by untouchable.

@@bloodred255 The support was dashed - there's the notification for the 'Ever Viligant'. No one else had line of sight on the sectopod where it was. The overwatches were justified, since if it hadn't been for the repeater they might need the firepower. Biggest problem is that the ranger was likely dashed to that cover in the first place - should have moved everyone else up to keep up with him and not dashed into unknown. However, I suspect the ranger (and possibly the rest of the squad) was in stealth before the dash...

Well that's one ironic statement Lifetime support of drinks

and then the advent trooper killed here with a 10% hit chance

The alien leaders are all so bullshit I always send 2+ snipers with execute (the rifles don't even have any other attachments - I think execute is garbage on sniper rifles so I have separate rifles just for this purpose) and send either a phantom ranger or a reaper to safely spot them so the snipers can just plink them to death with ease.

@@thomasprice7893 If you have a Reaper, why not just go for Banish + advanced/superior repeater + extended mag? With a superior repeater and 7 rounds the chance for an execution is ~79%, with advanced repeater it's still ~52%.

@@B20C0 Because banish is 100% reveal chance, therefore ~79% execute chance represents a 21% chance the thing survives and fucks the Reaper in the ass I don't think you appreciate the depth of hatred and disrespect I want to convey to these things - I want to put them down like dogs with ZERO (0) chance to fight back

@@B20C0 Add in Inside Knowledge (Weapon mods effects are increases), AP Rounds, and a Superior scope (From the research that unlocks the third slot), you have a mini nuke to deal with a tough enemy, whether or not Execution gets activated.

Repeaters didn't exist in 2015

@@ChickenRieder the aliens didn't account for one thing when they invaded: stupid rng bullshit

@@incompetencelogistics8924 its only fair, we lost EU/EW because of stupid rng bullshit. the repeater is how xcom turns those tables against the advent!

There also wasn't repeaters in the first invasion. Also not the same xenos, these are actually better. Do you forget original sectopods or something?

IIRC the aliens didn't pull their punches in the XCOM 2 lore like they did in EU/EW, they just kicked XCOM's butt before it had a chance to reverse engineer alien tech and get the good weapons.

Cause and effect

I used to before but my current campaign i dont savescum anymore, killed all the chosen already and only lost 2 soldiers.

Takes a few games to get good at it. After a while you don't even bother putting your guys in cover half the time. Enemies never get a turn.

Whenever I play a game I would look at all kind of guides, tips and tricks. Knowledge is power.

Try Ironman on an easier difficulty. You'll get the hang of it. Than you can move up to a harder difficulty setting if you want.

Sectos don't have drivers :P

@@VisceralV shhh, let the child have their fun

​@@VisceralVOld model from The Bureau game had them. Modern ones I assume have Sectoid organic pieces in them somewhere.

@@TheNapster153no, the name is because humans incorrectly assumed them to be piloted by Sectoids. None of the aliens are called by their real names, and that includes mechs. It’s 100% AI, in both games. The bureau is not really accurate in a lot of ways, it’s “broad strokes.” Canon, not every detail canon.

I actually started playing again, and received the Meat Over Metal Trophy yesterday.

+sean murray what's that

@@skullthunder3181 The achievement for killing a sectopod the same turn that you encounter it... I got it the first time I ever encountered a sectopod... which was amazing and very lucky with 2 Crit shots

Beyond Gaming yah i know that now i got the trophy thanks to a repeater kill several months ago. unfortunately, i ended up having to save scum that mission because my squad was getting killed

Beyond Gaming ....yyyyyyah, ok thats hard to believe

Wrong game but matches perfectly lol

Prodigious size does not dissuade the sharpened blade.

repeater is the only way to make alien rulers worth it. I hate those things

Thats Xcom for you Huray!

they're your medics and sectopod poppers, who in gods name would call them useless?

Their main draw is anti-mech, forced damage, or team wide protection. If you get lucky they can take clip size overwatch shots. The issue is... compared to everything else this isn't as good. Grenadiers and Psi do forced damage, Sharpshooter are anti-mech naturally, and team wide protection is done by killing everything. Specialists are best for overwatch or Sectopods on the fragile objective. With Factions this also means you're replacing one of your base squad... Specialist is the best to replace. Ranger - Rapid Fire and scouting. Grenadier - Deny cover + damage. Sharpshooter - Anti-mech, weak enemies, and priority targets. Psi - AoE initiation, certain kills, no loot destruction. Spark - 3 actions in 1 turn incase of emergencies. Faction character

@@Buglin_Burger7878 I seriously disagree, especially early game. Having a field medic is an absolute *requirement* for every mission unless you want to lose half your soldiers by the midgame.

I created my own long war on Enemy Within. I just never researched the gate to assault the enemy ship.

@Sreerag Nair Or the advanced one in the middle.

Ever Vigilant

But the other enemies types are also way harder and more variants, so that kinda balance it out, especially if u are playing War Of The Chosen

You have a lot more ways to take them out quickly.

Depends on the repeater. Superior repeaters on someone who can shoot s lot will proc very often, meanwhile a normal repeater on a ranger may be less useful

Repeaters ought to be stuck on weapons that are going to be shot a lot. Reaper with expanded mag + banish, ranger with double tap and maybe also a hair trigger mod; death from above on anything BUT a sharpshooter, serial with, again, expanded mag or (I think) advanced autoloader, and probably skirmishers, if you are running those. Think about ways to maximize RNG dice-teamwork, any kind of bonus action that isn't parry or free movement, etc. Repeater is a very meta-game type weapon mod. It's not about maximizing damage on a specific shot; it's about maximizing damage long-term due to making informed decisions about how to stack the odds in your favor. But yes. 5% repeater is generally quite bad. 10% is a massive improvement, from 1/20 to 1/10.

​@@bornforburning777 The issue is if you play maximizing hit chance this often means destroying cover and not getting benefit from repeaters or they are better replaced with hair trigger.

OneTwoMark, no mods, just ranked up players. I don't remember if it was a soldier perk.

The standard repeater have 5% chance to instant kill. That's probably what happened.

Yes, it's the "gun mod" called the Repeater. How people misunderstood your comment to think you were talking about game mods is beyond me.

what?

@@DariousTheDark Pray tell, what equipment was assigned to that marvellous marksman, my good sir?

I have one of those videos as well

That's not possible unless it's a bug.