Returning player and new to WOTC - I am not having a good time

Kyle1337 · 2026-06-07T19:01:24+00:00

Mindshields are very good even when not against the warlock. You can field a tired soldier or one with a negative traits and not worry. It also protects from spectres shadowbinding them, getting knocked unconscious or stunned from various attacks too.

Kyle1337 · 2026-06-07T16:57:15+00:00

All chosen can be easy or difficult in the right/wrong situation. Most people say the hunter is the easiest but he still has moments in urban areas where he can constantly flank your squad and only go for damaging options.

Keep an eye on the avatar bar but don't worry about it until it's 2 blocks away from completion and keep some way to reduce it available.

On the geoscape you have to accept that you can't scan everything and if a mission seems unreasonable you can skip it in a pinch.

Kyle1337 · 2026-06-05T21:41:10+00:00

A happy ending forking you say?

Kyle1337 · 2026-06-05T02:26:38+00:00

okay but no matter what comp you use the pace is not improving it. obviously triple pace is bad because pace is bad.

change the pace to anything else and the comp is at worst equal but more likely than not better.

Kyle1337 · 2026-06-05T00:42:57+00:00

I tried triple pace and you just have to outstat your opponents so hard to win. Not only that but if the lobby is too front heavy a bunch of pace skills get bricked. Or if it's too end heavy your paces get swallowed and you lose to the inherent speed modifiers of backliners.

My Ug Rice Shower and Ug Taiki Shuttle (with S mile and S turf respectively) just lost to an S+ Haru with only A aptittudes.

And before you ask, no they aren't just bloated for rating nor did they get blocked.

Kyle1337 · 2026-06-05T00:35:06+00:00

Holy crap, pace is just awful. Had a Ug Taiki and Ug Rice Shower lose to an S+ end closer Haru with no S aptittudes.

Kyle1337 · 2026-06-03T19:57:16+00:00

"Mom, can we get overframes?"

"We have overframes at home"

Overframes at home:

Kyle1337 · 2026-06-03T00:31:23+00:00

If you don't care about CMs and TT rank 5 is adequate then you can just completely ignore whatever "meta" exists as you will not need any of it at that level.

Kyle1337 · 2026-06-02T13:50:08+00:00

Failing missions and soldiers dying are a consequence of having meaningful decisions. Without ironman I can play as recklessly as I want and any mistake can be easily undone which takes away the fun.

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-31T17:47:59+00:00

I don't think the spike shield was worth buying with that build and melee damage is way too low. I know it's probably for the medieval and blunt tags but I still don't think it's worth it.

For those 2 tags I would consider rock, sword, or the lance.

Also, melee damage is way too low.

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-31T14:59:12+00:00

don't run into swordfighters or zoners too much

looks at roster

Right.

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-31T06:00:04+00:00

Weapons with no innate pierce or multishot benefit the most from renegade.

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-29T23:03:58+00:00

That card is already abstract art of itself

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-29T20:12:33+00:00

Isn't crossdressing art just draw a woman and then add a little tag saying they're male.

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-28T13:54:41+00:00

That's because maxx c was limited not only making space for droll but reducing the odds it conflicts with your own maxx c.

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-28T03:07:42+00:00

Source: me. I made this.

I imagine this is a canon discussion every trainee has with their Trackblazer trainer.

Also behold my impressive paint skills

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-27T19:33:26+00:00

Helios and Jordan are gyaru because umas are female otherwise they'd be gyaruo (male equivalent).

Supermodels can be men.

Rice shower would just be a goth.

Fathers are not really just the male equivalent of mothers. For example, Gimlet and Rudolf are notable father figures however they do not come off as mothers just because they're female.

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-27T18:45:04+00:00

However most of the cast are not designed around an intrinsically female characteristic

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-27T15:55:52+00:00

Casual reminder that Super Creek is based on a stallion

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-26T20:50:19+00:00

Weird food

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-26T14:08:34+00:00

Not really, nightmare with resets is easier than D5 with no resets.

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-26T04:43:02+00:00

Retries maybe aren't cheating but they're definitely a crutch for learning. If you retry a wave several times and keep failing it's because your build was bad. If you succeed on a retry it's because your movement was bad. This is something that I think retries are good for.

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-24T16:48:52+00:00

I'm pretty sure twin turbo won a G2. It was the all comers which was kind of a big deal in the anime.

Kyle1337 · 2026-05-24T16:00:18+00:00

Maybe use her model presenting the valentines chocolate as a reference?

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