The Most Absurd Xcom 2 Mission Failure I've Ever Had 

"Did you hit all your overwatch shots?" "Yes." "What did it cost?" "The objective."

This is the quintessential XCOM experience. We don't want to see people win, we just want to see how many hilarious ways there are to lose.

I don't know if you'll Dee this, but make a #short version, it will blow up. But don't do it with this specific video because I like to come watch it without being a short.

my sniper always hit even when they were stationed in some far away place. somehow xcom favour more on average hit chance then higher or lower hit chance. I always hit when it is around 40-60%.

LOL

@@janusceasar7851 Well, as the saying goes "You always miss 100% of the shots you don't take"... so by the sheer fact, of taking a lot more average to low hit chance attacks then most people would, you are more likely to hit the enemy a lot more often then someone who does not take those shots ever. I my self am one of those who would much rather taker a 25% shot on the off chance that it lands... rather then not take it and be 100% guaranteed that it will not land, and as a result is guaranteed to prolong the fight. My rational and thinking as to why I do that is that: The faster I can reduce the amount of enemies on the field, the shorter I can make the over all battle, and the fewer amount of shots/attacks are going to come my soldiers way as the battle progresses. :) Edit: Was getting annoyed by the fact that I had forget to add the % sign at the start with the quote... XD

@@Calistarius79 "Rational thinking". Meanwhile I'm like *"FUUUCKING DIEEEEEEE"* while killing targets at (what should be) guaranteed fails/no crits. Seriously, I'm currently replaying EW in my phone (I love that game more than 2, despite the mechanical improvements 2 has over 1. Call it nostalgia; plus, it's portable), and it's insane how going full Rambo (on classic Ironman) yielded more results and saved more of my soldiers than going the defensive route.

True, i expected a couple will miss but holy hell, these 5 stars squad right here

FOR ALLAH

He sacrificed his life for ADVENT

Yes, suicide bombing is a 5000 IQ strat.

He completed his mission.

"I'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move"

The one time they shouldn't have

It's like pokemon with Crits, but worse.

I legit was expecting none of them to hit

The most surprising part

Yeah, that was really off character.

Love Picard

“That is not weakness. That is life”

"That is not weakness. That is XCOM."

I feel attacked 😥

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Yes

Facts

Unfair

Ironically, it wasn't even because any of their soldiers missed their shots

I've seen the 'that's XCOM baby' around and I'm not a fan. Enabling of those developers to make half assed coded games that aren't truly what they claim to be. Like AI knowing wheee you are at all times. Somehow that 94% shot still misses or when your over watch is going to hit in this case it's used against you, this shot isn't a natural 'oh shit' it's every single mission bs happens all the time. Because it's coded that way. It's being called a chess game but your not told that your opponent cheats. Like a kid making up bs 'no no my invisible cloaking shield protects me specifically from that' type bs. Calling these guys geniuses and ignoring the glaring issues of the games core design with catchphrases like 'that's XCOM baby😂' is like getting cheated- actually paying someone to play a game with you they cheat you and you laugh it off. Fundamentally I disagree. This game has greatness underneath flawed concepts

My heart sank when I saw that proc. DON'T SET YOUR BLADESTORMERS CLOSE TO ENEMY DROP ZONES, COMMANDERS!!! You do NOT want the enemy to deploy the suicide bomber tactics.

@@gigabytemon If it's a Templar with Fortress, and not adjacent to a mission objective, then yes it can be a good idea.

@@novaseer This is why you put the Bladestormer ON the flare.

Guys templar with bladestorm is so OP.......oh

i though because he was born but that is a valid point as well

@@janusceasar7851 *sasageyo louder*

That's why saving and reloading is useful

The only way to win is not to play.

As Captain Picard once said, "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is XCOM, baby."

XCOM 2 WOTC: "Oh, working well is it? Confident in your skills are ya? Hmm...ya know? Let's have some fun, shall we? Fun for me, agonizing for you, reinforcing my reputation as a true crap shoot of feeling success--everybody's happy!"

Funny how concealment gives you some feeling of security when you first start the game… but you later realise that it's only useful for Reapers and for a single ambush per mission. When I switched to WOTC after playing the default game a bit I literally thought Reapers would be useless, but after diving in their skilltree a bit, I know how much wrong I was. Ranger concealment is kinda lame, maybe I was using it wrong idk (but it's not worth building a whole ranger around it… maybe in WOTC if you have some points left).

@@allopic3764 concealment for Rangers is only good when you don’t have any other scout available and only for phantom rangers. Otherwise bladestorm is just better.

Me: Starts ambush with a Grenadier, successfully shred armor of Mk. II M.E.C, Andremedon, and Stun Lancer. Immediately kill lancer with sniper on overwatch. Medic with guardian triggers, successfully land two shots on Andremedon and miss the third. Everyone else misses. Decent start not a big deal. Andremedon: Starts its turn and immediately targets my Psi Op who is on the complete opposite end of the battlefield with multiple soldiers between them and secure behind full cover. The damn thing hits its mark dealing 9 damage and instantly killing the Psi Op. What. The. Fuck.

*detonate horribly

Literally every single one of his reaction shots hit. I have yet to this day have that happen for me lol

Same, it's much more common for all of my reaction shots to miss...

Beagle’s teleporting Sectopod strikes again!

Happened to me too with a gatekeeper, had a protect the device mission it spawned on top of containers and i could just watch at the end of my first turn how the gatekeeper demolished the stack of containers and destroying the device in practically 1 hit

Once had a sectopod teamkill a turret its first turn that way.

Oh geez.. so brutal :O

Sectopods are bulls in a china shop level of comical

NP -- this definitely won't be the last Xcom 2 video I put up.

@The Swarm IKR? I miss on 90s and hit on fing 30s and 60s

The Swarm in the gameplay where playing safe is absolutely important, that's a pretty terrible trade out :|

_thunk, thunk, thunk, crash, pause... thunk, thunk, thunk_

They should honestly be limited to the Lost maps, Mox even says himself that no one is meant to know of their existence but they walk around city centers with fully operational flamethrowers like their newly trained recruits!

@@bluntlyhonest6803 I think the reason why they start to appear in city centres is because of the rising presence of xcom.

@@mccoolschool3605 But they aren't even equipped to fight Xcom, they don't even have a pistol! only flamethrowers and Grenades.

@@bluntlyhonest6803 who said flamethrowers aren’t weapons?

@@mccoolschool3605 A flamethrower is in no way the weapon of a "Peacekeeper".

You could _hear_ the fear...in his _eyes,_ when Bladestorm activated. What.

Those are some jiggly eyes, 'my friend.

@@omegaentertainment01 you ever see the gif of the :eyes: emoji shaking frantically. That. But audible.

It was that moment he knew, he fucked up

lmfao

I thought a stray overwatch shot was gonna set the truck on fire. Not the purifier doing what they do best.

@@xenohans9364 same.

@@xenohans9364 same lol

I died a little inside, then saw the orange boots and /frownsmile

Ah yes, Russian Badger viewer.

Can I ask, why do maniacs like you even do iron man saves in the first place? Like to me it just sounds like extra pain lol

@@sirdeadeye6174 existence is pain.

@@sirdeadeye6174 haha nah, there is just something more thrilling about it. You know that feeling after you've been traveling at high speeds for hours and then hit a school zone or town with a 20km speed limit... that's how normal feels after playing iron man.

Xcom RNG is so evil, that even your PS4 missed a 99% chance to start up normally

@@sirdeadeye6174 There is no explanation. One day, you just feel the need to crank the difficulty to maximum, enable ironman and then proceed to hate yourself, until you actually did it. Must be a brain malfunction.

lmao

good thing would be to destroy them at first sight

They're more likely to detonate when the damage they took is much higher than their health. So killing them for around full HP worth damage is actually safer than killing a 1HP purifier.

Sniper's killzone is your friend, my guy. Hits them both when they first deploy and get to cover and also when they pop out of cover during their proper turn. Or maybe i'm getting confused with pods. The point is, upgrading the sniper rifle's mag is a worthwhile investment.

@@bonogiamboni4830 100%

not to mention the fact that it's so easy to find purifiers in areas where they shouldn't be so frequent, why would there be soldiers with flamethrowers in areas with considerable population presence?

Since advent was still trying to maintain its hero image

I wouldn't guess a sniper would do well in close range, then again I had my shotgun guy miss at point blank at 95%.

Get the mod "Remote Start Purifiers." Makes Reapers hilarious.

I've had a sectopod do the very same thing! SO ANNOYING!

@@gildedvulture7965 Ikr, it’s the worst. Crappy aim RNG I can deal with, but at that point I just loaded the previous save ngl.

The relief when the last shot didn't kill it... Then the drop when the bladestorm symbol popped up!

Oh what a day! What a lovely day! Sorry, couldn't resist :p

Don't you say that fucking shit 🤣🤣🤣

You still had a 2% chance to miss.

I've never played X-Com 2. But I hate how 70% chance actually means, 'very likely to miss' in X-Com 1.

@@aziris7257 xcom-2 is more fair than xcom-1. for example in xcom-2 the aliens are waiting for you until you find them. in xcom-1 the aliens moves at the beginning. in my opinion 70% is still too unlikely to hit the alien. I prefer 85% :).

@@aziris7257 Don't think of it like "70% chance to hit". Think of it more like "30% chance to miss." THAT is where many make their mistake in this game. 30% is a HIGH risk.

unless they miss xcom fashion and hit the truck causing it to explode

But the tragedies are more memorable than our successes. I still think about valiant defeats from long ago. Fighting retreats where there is no option but to leave the wounded to bleed out and squad wipes are so much more dramatic.

Like you did EVERYTHING right

Lmao another falls to the madness. I can't even play official ironman because my game keeps crashing and corrupting my saves.

i had something similar but instead it was a codex intentionally shooting a barrel killing most civilians inside the house. It was horrible.