XCOM 2 Runthrough - A kinda sorta AAR

[BanzaiCat]

BC, I imagine you'll want to be a Shinobi yes?

I had to read up on it, but it sounds good to me if it fits into what you need in your squad.

[Windigo]

BC, I imagine you'll want to be a Shinobi yes?

I had to read up on it, but it sounds good to me if it fits into what you need in your squad.

Whelp, I have no idea. If this LW mod does to XCOM2 what the original LW mod did to XCOM:EW, I am going in Blind-ish. 
Congrats you'll be a Shinobi!

[JasonPratt]

Viet Cong vs Aliens

[Windigo]

OK got one kinda sorta... been painting the kitchen.... going to get each person's ok and tweeking for their avatars. First one up... Banzai Cats. Note that name change will be coming.
Yeah that's an SMG with a suppressor.

[JasonPratt]

Are you going to try the LW2 Suppressor mod, too?

[Windigo]

Absolutely go with the suppressor(s)

[BanzaiCat]

Looks awesome to me, Windy! Great work.

[Windigo]

For the US soldiers going to try blue and white arm out and red weapons. You know, the good ol red white and blue??

[JasonPratt]

On my vanilla XC1 and 2 games, I tricked my veterans out in Tennessee Volunteer orange and white camos.  O0

[Windigo]

OK, I now have the skookum on LW2 and how it handles characters and customization.
Two ways to go about this.
1/. Before the game ever starts, create a bunch of custom characters in the character pool (very first menu). When you do that you can start off customizing most things, BUT no selection of soldier class.
2/. Just after the initial scenario, when the soldiers go from rookie to squaddie and are assigned classes I can customize the characters a little (can't change nickname until LCorporal).

So how do you guys want this? Random assigned classes with a more fully customized toon (and an accurate Nickname), or less customized at the beggining (random generated nick name) but appropriate soldier class?

[undercovergeek]

Why don't you play the first mission behind closed doors - then when that ones complete you can name and customise the wee fellas

[Windigo]

Oh I have done that UCG. Some of you are SGTs already. I am now ready for a play through. Just wanted to know how you wanted to handle play flow.

[JasonPratt]

Nicknames can be fixed later. Assign to appropriate soldier class.

[Barthheart]

Nicknames can be fixed later. Assign to appropriate soldier class.

+1

[Windigo]

I think that's how everyone will go Bart and Jason.

FYI Jason, in my trial run you have already been reprogrammed in the AWC. Your snapshot ability was bugged and you couldn't hit the broadside of a muton in no cover from 25 yards away.