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Xcom Enemy within: anyone up for an SG?

#21
July 14th, 2014, 16:18 (This post was last modified: July 15th, 2014, 01:45 by VM.)
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After I tried to play ufo 2, like, 20 times with no luck getting all nav comps, I reloaded a game juat before the end of march, and lo and behold, the first mission is a landed ufo. Its on the 9th too, so it may just be good enough.

Edit: I forgot to build the powersource. Ehhh....
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#22
July 15th, 2014, 04:13
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Ok, I got the ufo mission on the 4th now. I estimate there is a 1 in 10 chance to get the ufo or the landed ufo before the 9th. Ofc. I may be just lucky, so it might be lower.
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July 15th, 2014, 05:21
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From now on its smooth sailing.

The one thing that irks me is that before the last abduction in april I am 1 engineer short to make the 4th workshop. With that extra engineer, I could go for cash/scientists/recruit on the abduction. I guess it is possible to get that extra engineer at the end of march, if you get asia/africa, as they will give you 1 engineer on the first sat. I got africa and south america, so only 1 engineer. If I would turn on slingshot, this would be no problem, as the council mission would be the Friends in low places, which always give 1 engineer. If only that mission was in march...

Anyway, I am going to have enough engineers/cash in may for sure, as I will have 10 satelites. I will be able to build officer training scool/alien containment, and go for whatever abduction reward I fancy. Then at the end of may I should have full coverage.
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#24
July 15th, 2014, 16:19
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OK I reached the point where it is only a matter of time. I have started 6 sats, and the nexus.

So it is very unlikely to succeed, but it CAN be done.
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July 16th, 2014, 16:50
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Hah, I got newfoulland in may. I am still missing the OTS, so 4 people against a whole bunch of chrysalids. Laser rifles save the day.
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#26
July 17th, 2014, 17:29
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Finally did it. Full coverage in may. I left out 2 countries for now, but I do have the sats.
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#27
July 18th, 2014, 19:32
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I may not be part of the intended audience, but without pictures I'm not sure what's going on in your game, and with save scumming it's hard to care frown
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#28
July 20th, 2014, 13:53
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Well, yes. The entertainment value of this experiment is rather low, which is why I did not bothered with pictures. I just wanted to see whether I should try to pull this off in a real game, and came to the conclusion, that while it is possible, I did indeed made a few miscalculations, so it is not feasible to try. End of experiment, there won't be any more updates for this.
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July 21st, 2014, 01:09
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Is there actually a need to get all the sats up that quickly? Can you save all the countries with a slower deployment?
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July 21st, 2014, 04:09
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I guess so. The first month you will need the 4 sats, but the second is more forgiving. For one, if you get abduction on a continent you didnt have any before, then that continent wont panic (it will go to 4). Then you have the terror mission, which has a high chance of beeing in a panicked country. You could get away with 2 sats, but 3 should be enough at any rate. YOu could then go nexus in may. this setup will leave you with 14 sats, which should be enough to set up an abduction farming setup.

I think its even possible to get 4 uplinks and still not lose a single country, if you get lucky with a panic reduction council mission or somesuch. Id need to research that.
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