DUST Search - OH God they killed her!

True Adamance wrote:

Jakar Umbra wrote:

Following the successful capture of a Sectoid by Denak Kalamari where he bravely flanked a group of Mutons to obtain the Sectoid XCOM shot down another UFO. With the new directive to obtain an outsider the mission was clear. Unfortunately, due to Satja's capable abilities with her pistol, the Outsider was quickly put down the instant it revealed itself rather than wounded which would have led to its capture. XCOM command can find no fault with Satja despite her panic and firing upon a friendly in the same mission. After a quickly administered psychological evaluation, during which it was revealed that Satja has horrible nightmares but deemed fit for duty, Satja was dispatch with a squad to quell a terror attack in Mexico. Current results are pending.

XANDER KAG wrote:

That's kind of weird.... I play similar to that in dust, I am an assault who keeps a little back from the frontline picking off targets with my SCR....

I'm psychic. /serious face Smile

Nah...

I think I'll post my roster and see who else I was lucky enough to get their role in XCOM randomly correct, and we'll see if I got their combat style correct too.

I'm kind of glad my "avatar" character isn't psionic....it would ruin his character....instead he is a 20+ HP
Assault.

I am however glad my other psionic is also an Assault trooper, that way he is constantly guarded by Locke, and able to Psyk the hell outta Muton at close range.

I also am saddened a realised I could have made my core team more psionic by buying the Iron Will perk in officers training back at the start of the game.


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Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 395	Posted - 2013.11.22 12:43:00 - [1] - Quote I'm tempted to do this now. Wish I had the Enemy Within Expansion too but I should get that soon. I am saddened by the fact that in Denak's session I was an Assault, since I mainly play as a Logistics in Dust and actually like being a real logi. I do have a low tier assault suit however. Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 395	Posted - 2013.11.22 12:57:00 - [2] - Quote Denak Kalamari wrote: True Adamance wrote: Satja mourns her husbands death, this I know. Yeah, I know. What I also know that I have an assault's curse: Sgt. Arston "Aero" Yassavi, assault. Seven kills, KIA on sixth mission Cpl. Jakar Umbra, assault. Three kills, KIA on fourth mission Sq. Christian Spencer, assault. Four kills, KIA on third mission Sq. Foley Jones, assault. Two kills, KIA on second mission Sq. Doniken Vokera, assault. Two kills, KIA on second mission Sq. Yutaka Shimizu, assault. One kill, KIA on second mission Sq. Hans Larsen, assault. Zero kills, KIA on first mission Cpt. Kgosi "Caper" Bengu, assault. Zero kills, KIA on first mission's first attack's first bullet. I hope the best for my final assault. :\| My first ever playthrough of this game I had like 4 assaults for the entire playthrough. Never have I tried so desperately to keep people alive. I thought there was some mechanic to turn rookies into assaults that I was missing. I had a bunch of snipers I never used since I had two really good ones and I was constantly rotating out my Heavies. My assaults on the other hand were probably getting tired from fighting so much. Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 396	Posted - 2013.11.22 13:38:00 - [3] - Quote True Adamance wrote: Jakar Umbra wrote: I'm tempted to do this now. Wish I had the Enemy Within Expansion too but I should get that soon. I am saddened by the fact that in Denak's session I was an Assault, since I mainly play as a Logistics in Dust and actually like being a real logi. I do have a low tier assault suit however. Yeah its funny how characters have developed in my game. I'm drowning in snipers and heavies but lacking anything else. And I am sorry Jakar....you have just had some really bad luck in these play throughs. When I get better at XCOM I'm sure you will live longer. I need to get the expansion. Though I could play without it. If it's the PS3 version you're playing and you're ever up for some multiplayer I'm up for it. Same invitation extends to Denak. I'm probably going to lose; I need to start playing again. Survival rate in XCOM is lower than a Scout's in Dust and somebody always has to die for the protection of Earth in that game. I'll never forget when I almost lost an entire team to a bug that caused the entire crew of a battleship to spawn at the start of a mission. Thank goodness for Double Tap and a Plasma Sniper rifle. Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 397	Posted - 2013.11.22 16:11:00 - [4] - Quote And so another campaign begins. I forgot how merciless this game can be on Classic difficulty. My two survivors of the first mission are Ion Crush and Twiggy B, a Heavy and Sniper respectively, two of my corpmates. My other soldiers are all people from IGS including myself who will all start from scratch as rookies. I'm also playing on Ironman difficulty, so let's hope we all survive. Small chance. I'm so rusty. Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 397	Posted - 2013.11.22 22:54:00 - [5] - Quote DeadlyAztec11 wrote: Aliens Thank you for signing up. Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 397	Posted - 2013.11.23 12:08:00 - [6] - Quote Maximia Beflas wrote: Duh- what is this? This is pretty much the sign up board as well as the logs of our adventures as XCOM commanders. It can be a little depressing really. Especially since I'm playing on Classic and the game likes to kick your teeth in on Classic since the jump from normal to classic as absolutely ridiculous. It's interesting how after the same mission I lost Demel I gained Sergeant Maximia Beflas (Support). RIP Demel you took some of the bastards out before you died. Galm would be pleased to know that Niina is turning in to one badass sniper. I have to swap her out with Satja so that Satja can get some field experience as a Sniper before things escalate too much. Kador and Galm are both Heavies. Denak is currently my only Assault so I'm desperately fighting to keep him alive. I'm a Support so yay. Foley is Support and Doniken is Support. Yun Hee Ryeon has yet to specialise due to being heavily wounded in her first mission. Currently the only relevant deaths have been Demel and Heathen Bastard who both died on their first missions. The only other death was an unnamed rookie who died in the game's very first mission. (I don't play the tutorial.) Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 397	Posted - 2013.11.25 03:19:00 - [7] - Quote Following the success of the first terror mission during which Lt. Niina Eskola, Sergeant Jakar umbra, Sgt. Kador Ouryon and Sgt Maximia Beflas kept their cool and emerged unscathed even in the face of a dangerous and terrifying new enemy to be revealed as a Chryssalid, troop morale has increased (just playing it up) and a rash of success across the board for XCOM begins to occur. Denak was unfortunately wounded prior to that mission and was unable to bring his wrath to the battlefield. Fear not Heathen you gave everything the bird, including the bastard that killed you. With XCOM's next directive to capture a live alien, and preparations for the construction of the facilities to house captives being made, hopefully this rash of successes can continue. Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 397	Posted - 2013.11.25 03:45:00 - [8] - Quote True Adamance wrote: Cryssalids are effin' scary to encounter first fight..... I had a rookie stationed where they entered the map and in seeing him killed and come back to life.....I was borderline considering scrubbing the mission and pull right back out of Asia.... I'm glad I'm alive in your play through. What am I? I recommend, and I'm sure you know this, stabilizing 3 continents....and when they start to panic, hit the alien base for a full -2 modifier world wide to panic. It stabilized, for me, Europe where I am stationed, North America, Asia, and Africa. So all I have lost is South America. And now I have time to begin second phase research on Titan Armour, Plasma weapons, SHIV, and upgraded fighters. Yeah I beat the game already so I know that one, it's the most useful mission in the entire game in that regard. You sir are a Heavy and you were my go to heavy for a while so keeping you alive was vital as is keeping that initial team of guys who are levelling up. Satja is a bad ass Sniper but of a different type to what I usually do since she's more of a mobile Sniper as opposed to Niina being a squad sight Sniper. I nicknamed Satja 'Kameira' by the way. Galm Fae is now Galm 'Warrior Nine' Fae as he has reached the rank of Sergeant. I'm not quite sure what to nickname Niina so for now she is Niina 'Zero' Eskola with the current highest kill count at 16 followed by Kador's 14 and Denak's 11. Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 397	Posted - 2013.11.25 14:08:00 - [9] - Quote My survival rate is surprisingly high on this Classic Playthrough. No one has died in a while. Not that I'm complaining. Xander is still alive for me. Any preferences on a nickname Xander? Perhaps Triple X? Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 397	Posted - 2013.11.25 15:28:00 - [10] - Quote XANDER KAG wrote: Jakar Umbra wrote: My survival rate is surprisingly high on this Classic Playthrough. No one has died in a while. Not that I'm complaining. Xander is still alive for me. Any preferences on a nickname Xander? Perhaps Triple X? Sure why not? What role is he by the way? He is currently one of my only two assaults; the other being Denak. You're more of a ranged assault while Denak goes beast mode with Lightning Reflexes to dodge enemy fire to blast them in the face with his shotgun - soon to be Scatter Laser. Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.

Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 397	Posted - 2013.11.25 16:47:00 - [11] - Quote Following the successful capture of a Sectoid by Denak Kalamari where he bravely flanked a group of Mutons to obtain the Sectoid XCOM shot down another UFO. With the new directive to obtain an outsider the mission was clear. Unfortunately, due to Satja's capable abilities with her pistol, the Outsider was quickly put down the instant it revealed itself rather than wounded which would have led to its capture. XCOM command can find no fault with Satja despite her panic and firing upon a friendly in the same mission. After a quickly administered psychological evaluation, during which it was revealed that Satja has horrible nightmares but deemed fit for duty, Satja was dispatch with a squad to quell a terror attack in Mexico. Current results are pending. XANDER KAG wrote: That's kind of weird.... I play similar to that in dust, I am an assault who keeps a little back from the frontline picking off targets with my SCR.... I'm psychic. /serious face Nah... I think I'll post my roster and see who else I was lucky enough to get their role in XCOM randomly correct, and we'll see if I got their combat style correct too. Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 397	Posted - 2013.11.25 18:05:00 - [12] - Quote As it stands my roster looks like this: Major Kador 'Adamance' Ouryon - Heavy Kills:31 Major Denak 'Squid' Kalamari - Assault Kills:29 Captain Jakar 'Second Hex' Umbra - Support Kills:13 Captain Niina 'Longbow' Eskola - Sniper Kills:17 Captain Satja 'Kameira' Askarin - Sniper Kills:16 Lt. Galm 'Warrior Nine' Fae - Heavy Kills:10 Lt. Maximia 'Short Fuse' Beflas - Support Kills:3 Lt. Xander 'Triple X' Kag - Assault Kills: 5 Corporal Yun Hee Ryeon - Heavy Kills:2 Squaddie Doniken Vokera - Support Kills:3 That's everyone who has kills. I've been trying to rotate as much as possible but I'm afraid to carry the less experienced guys on newer mission. I kind of forgot the that I had built the Officer Training School as well and just did so now I can have a couple of rookies tag along while maintaining squad power. Kador loves grenades and rockets by the way, hence the kill count. Denak runs head first into danger relying on his lightning reflexes to get him up close and personal for the kill. I've been using Satja a bit more lately hence why Niina's kill count has not increased. Now for our next report: The Terror Mission in Mexico had to be aborted as Chryssalid after Chryssalid continued to pour out of the building, creating more as zombies followed through. With the threat of death literally looming over members of the squad and everyone needing to reload their weapons, the commander in charge called for a tactical withdrawal. ~~The commander is quoted as saying, "**** it! Abort! Mexico's on their own!"~~ Mexico along with a few two other countries swiftly pulled funding from the XCOM project at month's end. Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 397	Posted - 2013.11.25 18:57:00 - [13] - Quote True Adamance wrote: Jakar Umbra wrote: Following the successful capture of a Sectoid by Denak Kalamari where he bravely flanked a group of Mutons to obtain the Sectoid XCOM shot down another UFO. With the new directive to obtain an outsider the mission was clear. Unfortunately, due to Satja's capable abilities with her pistol, the Outsider was quickly put down the instant it revealed itself rather than wounded which would have led to its capture. XCOM command can find no fault with Satja despite her panic and firing upon a friendly in the same mission. After a quickly administered psychological evaluation, during which it was revealed that Satja has horrible nightmares but deemed fit for duty, Satja was dispatch with a squad to quell a terror attack in Mexico. Current results are pending. XANDER KAG wrote: That's kind of weird.... I play similar to that in dust, I am an assault who keeps a little back from the frontline picking off targets with my SCR.... I'm psychic. /serious face Nah... I think I'll post my roster and see who else I was lucky enough to get their role in XCOM randomly correct, and we'll see if I got their combat style correct too. I'm kind of glad my "avatar" character isn't psionic....it would ruin his character....instead he is a 20+ HP Assault. I am however glad my other psionic is also an Assault trooper, that way he is constantly guarded by Locke, and able to Psyk the hell outta Muton at close range. I also am saddened a realised I could have made my core team more psionic by buying the Iron Will perk in officers training back at the start of the game. I didn't mean in-game; it was more of a joke about how I got his playstyle in his character on XCOM. Out of curiosity? Do you actually like grenades? (I don't necessarily mean spam them) but if you see an opportunity to take out or otherwise wound multiple people do you use it? Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/20/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 419	Posted - 2013.11.28 12:49:00 - [14] - Quote Wish I had recording equipment now. Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/25/2013.
Jakar Umbra Militaires-Sans-Frontieres 424	Posted - 2013.11.29 14:30:00 - [15] - Quote steadyhand amarr wrote: ((reinstalls xcom)) "Welcome back, Commander," said in Council Ambassador's voice. Author of Umbra's Short Stories. Last story posted 11/25/2013.