rolled 8 = 8

>>7743011
>No armor
>No hope.

>>7743027
Faith is the only armor you need, Private.

Is the Duke Nukem, solo Xcom run?

Do want.

Psionics is the only weapon you need, Duke.

BET ON DUKE

DUAL PISTOLS

I see one.

Damn you're ugly.

How should I do this?

>>7743128
>>less than half TU

Sorry, Duke. You're fucked.

>>7743128

Shoot it in the face then teabag the body.

>>7743011

>heavy cannon

>rifle

>pistol

>three grenades

>FINAL DESTINATION

>>7743161
>teabag

Child, we tear off heads and shit down necks around here.

>>7743176

We need at least one relatively pure for samples.

The rest, though, can be shat into.

>>7743128

ditch the fucking cannon. And the rifle. Hide behind the skyrangers landing gear, and arm every grenade you have, 0 turn delay. Always keep a grenade in your other hand.

low-level chars can't hit SHIT, but they can toss nades reasonably accurately.

XCOM makes me rage so fucking hard.

I'm on my 6th run through, am finally doing alright, this is the farthest i've gotten.

I've taken down small ships, landed and shot down. I've got two bases to decent. I've got a third ready to go. it's march 5th.

March 1st i see a ship land, not paying attention i go after it AT NIGHT with rookies and squaddies.

Turns out it's a large ship- with sectiods abusing mind control.

I walked out of there with a win and ONE injured rook. holy shit.

Now all they are sending is large and very large ships. I can't keep up.

Also, combat is fucking slow, especially getting off the landing ship. It's damn annoying.

Shit, I missed.

>HIDDEN MOVEMENT

Oh-! There he is.

Gotta love reflexive actions.

>>7743202
>Also, combat is fucking slow, especially getting off the landing ship

It gets less slow when some asshole fires a blast bomb into the packed horde of rookies.

Or a grenade.

Or a blaster bomb the causes a grenade to cook off.

>>7743202

>Now all they are sending is large and very large ships. I can't keep up.

This means you need 100 scientists researching advanced craft technologies. Propulsion, alien hulls, etc. This will get you the firestorm fighter which does not afraid of big ships.

Also, plasma beams.

>>7743202

XCOM has 'reactive' difficulty.

You do well, it makes shit harder.

You do worse, more sectoids and floaters in ships that aren't battleships.

(Solution is to recruit ten rookies and have them slaughtered wholesale or to land at a terror mission and just leave)

>>7743222
ALWAYS BET ON THE DOOK!

>>7743222

>reaction shot

>rookie

screenshot of Duke's stats NOW

>>7743241

>solution is to sack the fuck up and bring tanks and blaster bombs

That also works, but good luck with getting into the alien vessel and clearing it.

>>7743241

ahh, yea i'm playing on begginer and everything was going smooth then suddenly FUCK YOUR SHIT

>>7743251
The Sarge never gave me no blaster bombs, he just said here's an over-sized cattle prod GO GET US SOME LIVE ONES BOY!

>>7743284

somehow seeing you outside of /sp/ is just really wierd

>>7743268

Blaster bombs. Again. They punch holes in alien ship hulls, allowing you to breach from a few different directions. Also, you can then fire a few inside the ship and down the hallways to clear the niggers out.

Also, once you learn the layout of the ship, know that the commanders are always in the same spot- the command center. Attacking sectoid battleships/supply ships means you have to fight through the whole ship before you can stop the psi attacks, but if you pop a blaster bomb into the roof and then another down through the hole into the command center....

Ayup.

NIGHTMARE MODE.

ANTARCTICA BASE.

NO LASERS. NO TANKS. JUST ROOKIES.


FINAL DESTINATION.

>>7743299
Dude this is where I got started on 4chan.

>>7743299

>outside of /sp/ is wierd

>kobold in his fucking tripname

wut

Suck it down!

>>7743323

Fuck what tech tree level are blaster bombs at? I still have to do plasma research, but I've got the Firestorm at least so I can man the fuck up when something bigger than a recon vessel comes.

>>7743328

you've told but /sp/ was my first board outside of /b/ and seeing you rage there and then be a neckbeard here is kinda wierd, lol

>>7743327
brb trying this combined with duke nuke mode

Uh...fuck.

>>7743358
>neckbeard

Nigga please. I'm one of the least neck-beardy people here.

>>7743358

Bring three magazines for every rifle.

You can blow up grenades with other grenades.

>>7743278
You got ethereals, chyssalids or base raids?
Because if it's hard WITHOUT those, you'll get totally raped once they start with this crap.

>>7743375

>post on /tg/

>not a neckbeard

you're a neckbeard in spirit

>>7743390

Chryssalids are beaten by proxies and soldiers holding frags.

Remember, keep your other hand empty to increase your accuracy with your weapon (rookies aren't always abysmal (they hit on like 20% or 30% with auto or snap) when you remember that fact).

Hmm...didn't hear a scream.

>>7743422
I think I'm more of a half-breed.

>>7743437

If soldiers start getting zombied, though, either run away or have everyone prime and hold frags. (PRIME ThEM TO ZERO).

Hilarity ensues as Chryssalids are killed by their zombies.

>>7743348
You have to first get one with some ammo.
If you notice a purple bolt that zig-zags into your ship and FUCKING WRECKS YOUR SHIT UP LIKE MOTHERFUCK, it's the blaster bomb.
Its explosion is about 3/4 of the large scout's size (it's the X-shaped 1-level ship). It has enough power to kill anything you can get. Only mutons and sectopods on supernatural difficulty can survive blaster bolt exploding nearby.

>>7743348

They're base-level but you'll have to capture some first.

http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Research_Trees

Also:

http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Research_Popular_Sequences_and_Tips

Researching in a reasonable sequence is a big part of not dying horribly. Augmenting your income with selling off alien junk and a manufacturing base is helpful, too.

>>7743458
I once had guy in power armor take a blaster bomb to the chest, shielding the entire squad from the blast and then surviving to tell the tale.

There he is!

While we have an x-com thread here, I would like to propose my rookie pistol theory.

We all know that rookies are so fucking helpless that they can't hit something that's like four paces in fucking front of them, so even in close-quarters fights in UFOs they routinely fucking fail. This leads me to the conclusion that one should run them right up to the alien and have them cut loose point-blank.

Second- rookies have very few TUs, so closing to point-blank and still being able to fire is a problem. However, since pistols have very low TU requirements to fire, and since the point-blank thing solves the problem of their piss poor accuracy, they're perfect for close-quarters fights.

Third, rookies are much better with grenades then they are with guns of any sort, and pistols means they can hold a nade in one hand with no accuracy penalties.

Another one bites the dust.

>>7743507

PLASMA PISTOLS.

>>7743517
Those take more TU's than the laser rifle to fire.

>>7743517

CORRECT, SIR.

>>7743452
>>7743437
Zombified guy with primed frag is actually a bad idea.
The frag will kill the zombie, but won't scratch the chryssalid inside. It may kill the infecting chryssalid, but it's not guaranteed, especially with a plain frag.
If you leave your guy as a zombie and prevent your people from reaction shooting him (while reaction shooting the chryssalid), you can avoid having an additional chryssalid with full hp and full TUs.
If you kill the zombie on your turn, you can kill the chryssalid inside before it takes its turn.

ROOKIES EVERYWHERE
LASER PISTOLS AND GRENADES ONLY
FINAL DESTINATION

>>7743526

Indeed they do, but by the time you have researched plasma pistols and ammo (i.e. after you've researched the more useful weapons first,) you probably have people with plenty of TU's kicking around.... or just your original surviving rookies that have high TU's but worthless stats, so they're good point-man breaching meat-shields.

Laser pistols have both dirt-cheap TU's and excellent firepower if you're still relying on fuckface rookies.

>>7743562

The idea is that the frag damages the Zombies armor, which damages the armor of the Chryssalid inside.

His 4 armor says hello to a reaction shot from Joe the rookie.

>>7743562

The definitive answer to chryssalids is flying suits. If you have a nighttime snakeman terror mission, just level everything. EVERYTHING. This leaves the enemy with no civvies to turn and no place to hide.

I had the weirdest batch of recruits a few days back. Every single one had a psi strength either 7 or under, or 85+.

Now, where are they hiding?

>>7743620
(forgot my namefaggotry)

Alien bastards at 3 o'clock!

where are your high explosives friends?

I see a distinct lack of high explosives

One round of movement, compl-

Damn it.

Shiiit.

Son of a bitch shot and ran!

>>7743645

THIS

THIS

THIS

Especially in xcomutil, which boosts HE damage to 200 so it can breach UFO walls. That was a needed mod; stock game only has the damage at 110 and ordinary frag nades do 90. Given the weight and limited range of HE it's kind of silly.

HE:

1. breaches UFOs, and are available on day 1
2. levels troublesome buildings in terror misssions
3. fucking shuts down cyberdisks on terror missions
4. is horrendously effective at blowing up everything
5. boom
6. BOOM BOOM
7. DDDDAKAKKAKAKAKAAKAKAKKAA

Honestly, On a night terror mission with those fuckers, I just set up a firebase that has plenty of open ground around it and guys with plenty of TU for reaction shots and fry whatever comes running at me.

Sure, you end up killing more aliens that way, but you also give your guys a higher chance at promotion and far less chance of getting fucked by the fuckers.

Time to ditch this piece of junk.

>>7743717

ABOUT FUCKING TIME

you need the TU's my brother

>>7743714

I enjoy that tactic as well.

I got no time to bleed!

>>7743746
Granted, I also use a Missile Launcher Tank, which can often drop a chryssalid in one shot.

Still, I depend on him last. All the rookies get to fire first.

>>7743797

Who doesn't? The normal tank blows and was made by pedophiles.

>>7743825
Even the normal tank isn't that bad, since it doesn't panic.

Laser tank is the best choice early on, with missile not far behind.

Suck on this.

>>7743876

In my version of the game my cannon tank panicked.

>>7743876

>doesn't panic

But it still can't hit the broad side of a fucking barn. The Rocket tank has mondo splash damage, so even with only 8 shots it usually scores more kills for me then the normal tank.

The normal tank is only good for scouting and absorbing fire. The rocket tank can do that as well as dish it out.

>>7743924

BOOM BITCH

>>7743925
There is one way they can panic, I forget what it is, but they won't panic nearly as easily as a rookie will.

Damn, I'm good.

(Alright /tg/, I'm scared, I think the spirit of Duke really is possessing this rookie. Sure it took two auto fire rounds to take this thing down, and one of his bullets hit the goddamn Skyranger, but he is actually not dead yet.)

>>7744003

In my version, they panic due to friendly fire incidents (Not just their own, when we blew up not-dead zombies).

>>7744009
>>7744009

You didn't hack his stats uberhigh?

>>7743507
> implying that point blank fire solves the Rookie Accuracy Problem
laughingelfman.jpg

Son of a bitch! He wasn't as dead as I thought.

>>7744102

THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS

Also, put rookies on 'defend the skyranger duty'.

Let Colonels with one 'door' rookie or squaddie go out and do the real work.

Shit! Something just popped out and tried to roast me.

>>7744138
THE DUKE IS GONNA DIIIIIIEEEE THIS CAN NOT BE ALLOWED

Who wants some?

>>7744009
Actually the first X-COM game isn't so hard once you get the hang of it. I completed it on superhuman using laser rifles and didn't even savescum.
Terror From the Deep, however...

>>7744252

The AI is a cheating bitch.

>>7744252

TFTD is the fucking devil

Hail to the king, baby.

>>7744252
Unless you used the unofficial patch all difficulty levels will reset to easy after the first battle.

Fookin AI

Stayin' alive, stayin' alive,

Hello.

Goodbye!

Looks like cleanup on aisle four.

>>7744452
always bet on duke.

Damn. I'm not looking good at all. Better finish the rest of these fuckers and call for evac.

Check this mans stats!

He must be a God!

I bet the party's in here.

>ker_ZAP! Reflexive fire hits the wall from around the corner.

Woah! Definitely in here.

>ker-ZAP! Plasma bolt hits the tile Duke is standing on.

It's down to you and me you bug-eyed freak.

>>7744529
ONLY 2 TURNS LEFT, DUKE!

LIIIIIIIVE!

>>7744545
GO THE DISTANCE DUKE

GO THE DISTANCE

Always bet on Duke.

Yeah, peace of cake!

>>7744596
Duke, you are the mans.

>>7744596

Time to crawl my bleeding ass back to the skyranger.

Wait, what was that.

>>7744596

Show us this man's stats.

Kindly requesting that X-Com comic with the rookie.

>>7744666
nice try... SATAN

>>7744666

This one? The one that Duke is currently disproving?

so how many times did you need to reload the game

>>7744692

Yes! Thank you very much.

>>7744699
I suspec he savescummed like mad for this sequence.
I'm okay with this.
In fact, this thread probably needs an archivan.

They're like roaches, they just never run out do they.

>>7744102

>implying it doesn't

>implying the real issue is not getting reaction-shot as you charge into melee

Oh, may as well put a stun prod in their other hand while you're at it.

>>7744763
> rookie within 3 squares of enemy.
3 options
> aimed shot - not an option. You used all your movement.
> snap shot - lol, you missed. Shot the floor.
> autoshot - shot the floor, a UFO 90 degrees to the left of the actual battle, and your own commander, who dies. Everybody panics.
That's what Rookie shooting looks like.

(I'll be honest, I savescummed only five times so far. Twice when Duke kept getting reaction-shot in the head while walking down the ramp, once when he got shot from outside his line of sight after ending the first turn, once when he blew his own legs off by missing with the heavy cannon and hitting the stump, then once when that fucker with the small launcher popped out of the reactor room and knocked him on his ass.)

>One round of auto-fire
>One stun bomb blast

Well this got us nowhere.

>>7744908

I figured as much.

>This thread

A dead alien and an empty clip. I sure as hell hope that's the last of them.

But just in case.

>>7744983

Have you used XCOMUTIL or something to show his psi strength? I'll LOL if you spend half the game building him up only to find he has a psi strength of 0.

My name is Duke Nukem - and I'm coming to get the rest of you alien bastards!

I hate you, now I have to play some X-com...

I'm already playing Duke Shepard in Mass Effect taking out the alien trash.

Fucking awesome

Nothing in here.

Damn it! I can't make it...losing too much blood.

Vision's...growing faint. I can't pull through. I did good, right? I was better than a rookie...

Everything's going dark and cold...

No more guns...
Or cigars...
Or asskicking...

Or chicks. Tell the chicks...that I...

No. Fuck that shit.

How do you work this pile of junk?

>>7745478
>>7745478
>>7745478
ALWAYS BET ON THA DOOK

Hey guys is this Duke Nukem Forever?

>>7745578
Yeah dude. They changed the format to 3pIso

>>7745578

im going to say yes, because nothing will ever be released to prove me wrong

>>7745622

I wish you were joking.

What happens when THE DUKE is mind controlled?

(Alright, desperate to get this guy to live, I tried looking for software that would allow me to remove Duke's fatal wounds that works with Vista 64. No luck so far, but I did find something that revealed to me his Psi Strength is 96. I haven't gotten to that phase of the game in years, is that good?)

>>7745841

It's rated from 0 to 100.

Guess whether it's good or not.

I guess that explains a lot.

FOOKIN DOOK
WHAR YO GO?
I CAN NOT ARCHIVE THIS WITHOUT A CONCLOOSION

Duke fiddled with the controls on the confusing alien interface. Somehow, he developed an instinctive sense for them and soon was able to open communications. "HQ? This is Duke, don't write me off as an MIA yet. I'm getting this piece of shit in the air, blasting the site from orbit and flying home."

And so he did.

Booorn to be wiiiild

Ahhh, smell those traffic fumes. And no damn aliens! Time for some R & R!

FIN.
Should I do another?

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/7743011/
God yes

>>7746260
PROMOTIONS

We're going to need another victim while Duke recovers.

>>7746721
Find the one with the highest Bravery and a decent Psi Strength

>>7746733
There is one with 60 bravery but 13 psi strength, another with 44 psi and 50 bravery.

>>7746801
Second one is a better choice, IMO.

As long as his other stats don't suck...

Highest reactions, lowest health.

Y'ALL NIGGA IZ SMALLTIEM

>>7746889
Rename him Lo Wang

He is the Shadow Warrior!!!!

>>7746889
low health doesn't mean shit, damage is pretty much instant death or completely unharmed anyway

ADD SOME NAMEFAG FROM /tg/

>>7746931
>>7746931
You want wash Wang? Or you want watch Wang wash wang?

>>7746944
> Health doesn't mean anything

...

did you even look at the screencaps?

>>7746965
Ha ha ha, only rabbits.

NAME EVERY FUCKING AGENT JOHN C RAMBO FAGGGOT

Send Jim Profit out on a suicide mission.

NAME THE AGENT "JC DENTON".

TERROR MISSIONS

NIGHT TIEM

FINAL DESTINATION

Right.
1. JC Denton
2. Jim Profit (Might toss Spanish Flea in there somewhere)
3. Namefag of choice, might even send several along.

Take your picks.

>>7747049
FUCK YES JC!

>>7747049
Name it after S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Then you can put him at the front of the Skyranger and his buddies can tell him to "GET OUT OF HERE, STALKER"

bump for killin xenooosssss

One vote for JC, one vote for Namefag.

Jim Profit was a namefag, until he got krumped by Moot.

Or Doomguy, to use another famous shooter protagonist.

This is the best thread.

>>7747132

Too overpowered.

>>7747132
cernel jonson? or jon?

NAME HIM SHEPARD!!!

>>7747159
its joson you dipshit

name him BATMAN

>>7747157

Yeah, iirc someone did the math and doomguy could run like 85 miles an hour in doom ii.

seconding Rambo

>>7747121
I savoured every moment of that day.

>>7747178
But batman doesn't use guns.

>>7747077
I lol'd at this

>>7747223
JUST PRETEND ALL THE ALIEMS ARE DARKSEID

>>7747214
oh yeah

how about uh

Action Man

OP why don't you take a lot of Rookies and name them all?

Agent G and Isaac Washington.

Lolrdy if you need a cowardly partner.

JC Denton will be fine.

bump for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

OP need a new thread

After UNATCO, Denton needed to ensure that no other world-wide defence force would fall in the hands of corruption, especially with the threat of an invasion looming overhead. He joined the force under cover. Today was going to be his first mission in the field, the first UFO that has been shot down in North American airspace, and hopefully the second to be recovered.

Fucking moot, fucking /tg/. It's not like any other asshole doesn't troll here, why the fuck am I the first to be banned to pieces. As soon as I'm done with this, I'm out of here. I've played this game before, I know which gun's the best: Auto cannon with HE rounds, fuck yes. They kick me off the craft first. Fuckers. Hey, that looks like a farm house.

>>7747672
FUCK YEAH!

"FUCK YEAH!"

Well there's nothing "FUCK YEAH!" About this shit. Sure, JC Denton was the next one to be sent in, but WHAT THE FUCK.

>>7747762
I AM SO DEAD.

>>7747672
>>7747712
>>7747762
THIS IS THE BEST TEAM EVER

bumpan

>>7747762
Is Stalker a titfag?

wat he's a girl? still awesome though

Go on! Go ON!

Not that the advance agents have left the craft, I make my move. First, we must set up the perimeter. My informants tell me that the enemy has excellent natural night vision. We can't allow them to use this to their advantage. I begin to illuminated potential lurking spots and cover. Nothing in sight so far. I take a second glow lamp from my belt and approach.

c'mon OP!

There's one.I choose to use excessive force. Hopefully that'll send them running.

It has probably spotted me. I can't take 30 seconds to aim to ensure a precise shot like I usually do.

Son of a- It saw me! I can see its eyes, and a green-

>>7748095
That was so quick.

>>7748095
Damn. Who's gonna take the hero position now?

Doom Guy and The Duke need to go on team missions together.

FFFFFUCK! The trenchcoatfag is dead! Oh god it smells like burning meat and I can hear a sizzle of fuck!

>>7748125
JIM PROFIT!

It killed him! It shot him right in the head! And then they're going to kill me!

Fuck that shit! EAT IT EAT IT

>wide
>wide
>short

Fuck! My cannon round hit the dirt oh god this thing has massive recoil. Fuck this, I'm running for it, it's not worth it, fuck /tg/ I'll troll elsewhere.

>ZAP-SIZZLE

Oh lawdy

>>7748196
D:

>>7748196
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TEAM IN THE MOVIE THAT DIE FIRST!

>>7748223
And you're in it.

I'd say good luck, but I think it's a little too clear to say anything but you're totally fucked.

>>7748249
Yes I am so dead.

OHGOD they'rebothdeadthey'rebothdead whatdoIdo I'm fucked!

Grenades! /tg/ said rookies aren't bad with grenades!

Ok, how do I prime this. I'll prime it and throw it.

>>7748298
inb4 he blows himself up

>ZAP

EEEE-

I'm not dead- RUN-

>>7748298
I'm gonna blow myself up.

Can someone point me in the direction to where i can get what is needed to play this game?

Okay...okay.

Okay, it's out there. I gotta kill it. It knows where I am.

I just have to throw this and hide. Keep yourself steady girl.

Holy shit. Tyche's playing ball with this one.

I took a look and there's nothing there. Nothing tried to shoot at me. Okay, okay, I can do this.

>>7748329
Dosbox.

There's also a utility program.

>>7748364
edge slowly around corner
???
ZZAP

Fuck...if it's just at the edge of the shadows...at least this will make smoke, I have to ditch this thing. Denton had a laser pistol, if I get it, I can shoot my way into the house. They take little TU to use and still do good damage...right?

>>7748364
I CAN'T RETREAT?!

Okay...Okay...I have the pistol. Now I just need to-

>ZAP

EEEE-

Stalker is the bestest character EVER.

Is hisher bravery low?

>>7748404
NO RETREAT EXCEPT IN A TIN BUCKET

>>7748414
I'm dead.

Ok, I'm in and out of sight. I should be safe here. Okay, okay...I'll just stay here and calm my nerves...then decide what to do.

>HIDDEN MOVEMENT


OHGODOHGOD SOMETHING JUST WALKED BY IT DIDN'T SEE ME IT WENT FOR THE DOOR THEN SOMETHING ELSE CAME OUT AND I SHOT IT ANDAND...I THINK I KILLED IT

>>7748450
First thing is probably not run out the other door, if one.

>>7748474
I'M GONNA DIE. I'M GONNA DIE.

OH GOD IT'S LOOKING RIGHT AT ME WHAT DO I DO

>>7748446
Wrongo, Stalkerfag. You've been screaming like a girl this whole time, but you're not actually ded. You're the only one still alive.

>>7748474
FUCK IT RUN

>>7748500
And the only thing he remembered from basic training was the song that damn macho sergeant kept singing besides I wanna be an Airborne Ranger...

>>7748500
Oh that's nice.
>>7748497
I'MSODEADI'MSODEADI'MSODEADI'MSODEADI'MSODEAD

>>7748503
OHGOD OHGOD OHGOD

You guys make sure to archive this again before it 404s.
The link to the suptg archive is already in the thread.

>>7748537
WHERE IS YOUR RIFLE SOLDIER!?

>>7748537
I NEED TO START SINGING THE NATION ANTHEM FOR MORALE.

>>7748573
Let morning shine on the silver and gold of this land,
Three thousand leagues packed with natural wealth.
My beautiful fatherland.
The glory of a wise people
Brought up in a culture brilliant
With a history five millennia long.
Let us devote our bodies and minds
To supporting this Korea forever.

This is awesome.

BUMP BUMP BUMP I WANT TO SEE THE DEATH OF STALKER

>>7748632
SING WITH ME

Ach'imŭn pinnara i kangsan
Ŭn'gŭme chawŏndo kadŭkhan
Samch'ŏlli arŭmdaun nae choguk
Panmannyŏn oraen ryŏksaë
Ch'allanhan munhwaro charanan
Sŭlgiron inminŭi i yŏnggwang
Momgwa mam ta pach'yŏ i Chosŏn
Kiri pattŭse

>>7748095
What a rotten way to die.

Yes...I can't back down! My country depends on it, as radiation-ridden and filthy as it is at the moment.

OH GOD OH GOD OH MAN OH GOD OH MAN

New thread, methinks. This one's autosagin'.

>>7748689
>>7748738
FOR THE MOTHERLA- OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD!

>>7748744
Second. This epic ballad must continue, preferrably with Tyrone Shepard or Dante.

OH MAN OH GOD OH FUCK

>>7748761

Still wanting Doomguy.

You're right. New thread is needed.

CONTINUED SHORTLY.

>>7748769
I'M DEAD? YES?

>>>>7748896