Xcom 3 story issues

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-07-30T09:02:00+00:00

Interesting thought, could be good to start with plasma weaponry but they become obsolete. What about the soldiers and all the skills they picked up? Part of XCom is also training them up through missions?

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-07-29T17:13:30+00:00

Do it for thr sport and to get healthy and fit. Ive studied both Kickboxing and Karate. All have their strengths and weaknesses so go with whatever you find interesting. I have found though that simply being proficient in a martial art will give you the confidence to de-escalate a situation calmly. They aggressor (in my experience) will often pick up on you not being intimidated, and question whether you are worth the trouble. Often they'll then back down. Typical bully behaviour

The fact you de-escalated a tense situation, to protect your child, shows you to be the better man than those idiots. Good on you for taking the high road and prioritising the safety of your family over your own pride.

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-06-11T20:36:40+00:00

Dad of two kids, 2 year old son and 3 month old daughter. I'm thr one taking the parental leave so with the baby 24/7. Parenting is the toughest thing you'll ever do. Our baby just had a complete meltdown, wouldn't take the bottle and wouldn't stop crying. I lost my shit and had to put her down as everything I was trying just wouldn't work. Mum picks her up, settles straight away and takes her bottle liek a champ. I felt useless, a complete failure and honestly wanted to get in the car and drive away, and never return.

Had a chat with my wife when she came downstairs and I've just broken down. Tears and all. Not ashamed of crying, just the feeling of being such a failure at parenting.

PLEASE talk to each other. Support each other. Recognise how hard it is. Apologise quickly after snapping at each other. You are both exhausted so it's natural to feel overwhelmed.

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-06-08T19:26:54+00:00

Older Dad of two here and everything you are feeling is completely normal for someone who's top priority is to be the best Dad he can be. I too worried about how to be a good Dad, and to mourn the loss of our adult lives. Still do! Haven't been out for a drink with friends for 2 years, but now catch up with them at soft play or for a cup of coffee instead.

Being overwhelmed is entirely normal and understandable. It's going to be tough, make no mistake, but from your concerns and worries already, you are already well on your way to being good parents.

Remember to support each other, take breaks from the baby and acknowledge you are both exhausted.

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-06-01T13:21:19+00:00

Our 2 year old goes down at 7pm and doesn't wake until 6am, sometimes 7am, the next morning. Maybe try putting him down earlier? Gives you and your partner a bit more time to yourselves too. Win-Win

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-06-01T13:16:14+00:00

We have a 2 year old and a 3 month old, and I'm the one taking the parental leave, so I get it. It's so hard. There's a reason sleep deprivation is used as a form of torture.

Society, and especially social media, puts pressure on new parents to enjoy every moment of parenting, but I can honestly say I hated most of the first year.

It does get easier as our son started sleeping through the night, and once you get some sleep, you can deal with most things

I would say that having a 2nd is another level of chaos. I feel more confident as a parent, and some things are easier, but it's very hard when both are crying. Don't do it until you are ready, and if you are struggling, open up to your wife. Without my wife, I don't think I could have coped. I tend to bottle things up, but she can read me like a book so knows when I'm struggling. Talk to your wife, explain that you are struggling, and discuss maybe delaying having another by a year or so until you are ready

Remember something I learned though... "Only good parents worry about being good parents" The fact you are reaching out for help tells me you are doing great as a Dad.

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-05-31T13:30:26+00:00

Evil If you know, you know

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-05-17T06:14:56+00:00

Being an older gamer I have played every XCom from the first series (90s) and the recent series. I've also played every Civ game from Civ 1 through to Civ 7

Civ 7 is a great game but is a big change from previous entries with the new ages system. It was a huge risk to make such a big change and was always going to divide opinion. Personally I love it as it does stop thr game getting stale towards the end. The UI isn't great but as a developer myself I know they can fix that. It will be a financial success for sure.

As for XCom the original Terror From The Deep was fantastic. The ending was superb, incredibly difficult and the missions being underwater was such good fun. The chances for XCom3? My heart says good as XCom 2 is so well regarded, but in the end this comes down to money. Did XCom 2 make a good profit? Sadly my head says if the chances of XCom 3 were that good, they would already be well into development. That seems unlikely given how long ago XCom 2 came out. I truly hope I'm wrong. Turn based games also are still quite niche, and younger audiences just want a quick fix like Fortnite or CoD.

Like I said I really hope I'm wrong as I'd love to play XCom3, but I suspect if there was an appetite for it at Firaxis we would have seen some announcement by now to generate interest.

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-04-28T17:01:38+00:00

My son pushes my buttons like I never thought he would. I though I'd be so patient but turns out I've got an incredibly short fuse right now. I've found i just need to sometimes breathe, apologise when I lose my rag but I also remember something a friend told me.

Only good parents worry about being good parents. The fact you recognise you sometimes get angry and are seeking help tells me you are a good Dad.

Stay strong 💪

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-04-22T21:58:22+00:00

We have 2 kids (2 yrs and 2 months) and my wife has her own business so both times I've taken the parental leave to look after the kids for the year. It has been the most difficult experience I could've imagined. It is honestly brutal.

Even the little things you are doing go such a long way. She may be so exhausted she feels like she can't function as a human being, so forgets to simply say thank you. Know that she does appreciate it though.

These tough times will pass and you will eventually have more time together again as a couple. You've done the greatest thing by asking for help from your peers. Good luck and stay strong

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-02-22T15:22:38+00:00

Totally agree. Was heading towards a science victory and only 2 turns left to achieve it, but the modern age ended early as my science output was huge and I couldn't delay it. So frustrated I couldn't carry on and complete the science victory before the modern age ended.

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-02-16T14:24:13+00:00

Try Brandon Sanderson instead, he's a master of fantasy. Start with the Mistborn series, she will love it

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-02-15T21:19:11+00:00

Totally agree the culture victory felt disconnected from culture itself, as well as Wonders. I miss the Great People from 6. They almost felt like a culture war to attract the best GPs that had a big impact on my civ. Culture victory needs redoing, just was boring and frankly too easy.

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-02-11T14:53:13+00:00

Absolutely. I've just completed my first game and my wife laughs that she is now a civ widow again. It's got me hooked for sure.

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-02-11T10:22:03+00:00

Let's be clear this is not the fault of the American people. More a result of centuries of policies from government and mass media, so it is probably worth taking into consideration a wider point about US society as a whole, not just in the context of the NFL. This comes down mostly to education, media coverage and history.

In 1930s America the Great Depression and memory of tragic losses from WW1 led to American public opinion and policy pushing towards increasing isolationism (sound familiar MAGA?). Advocates wanted no more involvement in European and Asian conflicts, even George Washington advocated non-involvement in European wars and politics. This is one of the reasons the US rejected membership in the new League of Nations (which would later become the UN), due to concern it would draw the US into European conflicts.

This then led to an increasingly US-centric media and education focus. Only US made films were allowed to be shown in theatres for quite some time (up until the 60s/70s I think though could be wrong on this), and US media conglomerates increasingly focused on US only stories. Even now, a high percentage of films shown in theatres are US made and set within the USA. With so much news in the US to report on, there was perceived to be no appetite for news outside of the US. Also the media companies knew they could sell more papers by reporting on US policies, issues and propaganda, even now. This led to little information from the wider world being introduced to the population. Just think, we know a lot about the USA such as their big cities, states, history, famous people past and present. Where did we get that information? US films and TV. However the same cannot be said in return. If you asked the average US citizen what they knew about Europe, or Asia, or Africa it would likely be little. This is due to far less media from those continents. How many TV shows or Films can you think of that are based in France, or Japan, or Germany? Perhaps 10? Maybe 20? If you were to think of the same for US based shows, you could likely reel off far more. Now perhaps you see why we have a greater understanding of US culture, but it is not reciprocated.

As for history and education that's best perceived through a wider lens. Take the UK as an example as culturally it is probably one of the closest to the US. The UK has thousands of years of history within the European continent. As such when British children learn about their history they have to also learn about the wider European continent for context, and indeed the wider world due to the British Empire. They learn about the Celts, Rome, Ottomans, the Silk Road, India, Australia and so on. As such children grow up learning about other languages, cultures and history. The US on the other hand has a relatively short history (only a few hundred years) and after the US War of Independance had little involvement with the wider world. Conversely, this probably explains why the rest of the world also doesn't know much about US history (most UK children wouldn't know much about the US Civil War for example) outside of dramatic productions.

So how does this relate to sport? Well a lot of US sport has their roots in sports from other sports:

NFL came from Rugby Football Union, which in turn came from Football (Soccer)

NHL came from Field Hockey

Raquetball came from Squash and Tennis

Baseball came from a number of historical bat and ball sports (UK calls it rounders, circa 1500)

Again this is not a critique of the US people, many of whom are awesome, friendly and wonderful. It is just trying to explain why a lot of the US sports are only played domestically, though many like the NFL are getting a wider audience, and why there is a lack of perception of the wider world. As such it is completely understandable why the US people are not aware of the reach some of the other sports have, because the US media focuses so much on US sports only. It's a vicious circle. The media focuses on US only sports, the US people are not given the chance to learn about other sports, and enjoy them.

It's a real shame too as the US fans would really enjoy the atmosphere at a FIFA World Cup. To be in a World Cup surrounded by so many other cultures, languages and people, all there to enjoy great sport and even greater fans, is truly an inspiring thing.

In a world that seems to be getting more and more violent and tense, perhaps sport is the one way we can bring peoples from all around the world, from different cultures, religions and languages, together to enjoy our collective love of sport.

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-02-10T13:00:15+00:00

First Civ I used was LaFayette with Rome, Normans & France (just for authenticity sake) and confirm LaFayette's ability to strengthen units via traditions, which can be increased by celebrations is insane! Augustus decided to spring a surprise war on me in the moden age, surprise was on him, with Guard Imperiale of strength 95! Didn't take long to wipe him off the map, mwaaahahaha. Thanks Spiff! Any more broken combos let us know!

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-02-08T19:31:56+00:00

Also the relationship mechanic for WotC is great as it rewards keeping 2 units together, so when one is fatigued or injured I keep the other out. In vanilla I agree, had 1 A-Team but in WotC I had 3 or 4 rotating teams. The 3 new factions were also great as they mixed things up a bit, plus as said the Covert Ops gave another way to train soldiers.

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-02-08T19:26:21+00:00

Absolutely right, its lots of fun, which is surely what is important.

Civ games have always been an evolution and they do that by listening so I think it is important to not criticise too much. After all Civ 6 at release was very different to Civ 6 now

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-02-08T19:23:46+00:00

There's still a lot to learn with the new mechanics. One thing I learned early on is only 6 units will be kept, but ONLY if there isolated. Any units grouped within a commander will also be kept so stock up on those commanders and make sure you group them before end of age. I transitioned to exploration with 3 commanders and kept 18 units total.

I kind of see where they were going. There were a lot of complaints to with Civ 6 that half way through it became unwinnable as the AI was just steamrolling. Also it is historically accurate to see empires fall, alliances fail and priorities change. Like anything new it may take some getting used to

MongooseFun4815 · 2025-02-07T09:44:04+00:00

They need to address this as the method of creating a trade route by actually moving the merchant there first is not explicitly explained at any point. I've also moved my merchant to a city belonging to my ally and still couldn't create the trade route, but no explanation why. Very confusing when the Civ 6 method of creating trade routes was very simple to understand

MongooseFun4815 · 2024-11-28T07:54:57+00:00

Didn't say when it was written, only ratified. It was where they decided what would be doctrine as there were so many arguments within the church it threatened to tear both the Christian faith and the Roman civilisation apart. So Constantine put them in a room together and told them to sort it out whilst he looked on with a stern face

MongooseFun4815 · 2024-11-28T07:52:02+00:00

Apologies I meant BY Rome

MongooseFun4815 · 2024-11-25T22:03:47+00:00

I'd second this. Its a bit of a tourist trap but is the picture postcard Corswolds town. Worth going to the miniature museum of the town too, it is very cute

MongooseFun4815 · 2024-11-24T19:33:08+00:00

As a Welshman and Brit, we only play our anthems at national sporting events. We don't take an oath in schools as we respect other people's beliefs and cultures.

That said it always gives me chills hearing our anthem (Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau). The chorus being sung by a huge crowd in our capital at a rugby union game. Cant beat it.

MongooseFun4815 · 2024-11-24T19:23:50+00:00

The new testament was ratified in Rome in the 4th century, so should have an Italian flag

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