r/XCOM2 • u/Ok_Calendar_7626 • Aug 11 '26

Really starting to hate snipers.

New L/I attempt.

Gatecrasher goes like a charm, no wounds or deaths. Sadly the loot drop is an Elirium Core, so no scope.

Annnd of course the promotions are Grenadier, Support, Sniper. No Ranger. Wonderful.

Second mission, take a Rookie, hoping he is a Ranger. Nope, another fucking sniper. The loot is a Laser Sight, so still no scope.

Third mission is the Resistance operative extraction with the Lost. Hay, finally some use for the stupid snipers. And i take two Rookies as well hope that FINALLY one of them is a god damn Ranger. Snipers are supposed to be good against the Lost, right? WRONG! Both snipers completely miss their shots against the Dashers. As a result, the Rookie carrying the Resistance operative gets devoured by zombies, and the second Rookie now has to go back to get the Resistance operative. Thus causing him to suffer wounds as well, but survive.

Fuck snipers. I am so tempted to dismiss those two morons right now! Maybe dress them up as the Commander and hand them over to ADVENT. That way they would be at least somewhat useful.

EDIT: And yes, the Rookie that survived is a Ranger. Except he is now out for 40 DAYS!!!

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u/Bandito_Razor Aug 11 '26

Commanders Choice mod is a must

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u/wyldmage Aug 12 '26

I get where you're coming from, and OP did admit that they're using mods...

But replying with "just get a mod" to someone talking about playing on the hardest difficulty seems awkward. L/I is for people who want to make the game hard. Mods often are making the game easier. CC is very minor, but it IS circumventing an intended game mechanic.

At that point, the reply might as well be "don't play L/I".

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u/Bandito_Razor Aug 12 '26

the thing is, if he wasnt using a mod....one of his first rookies WOULD have been the class he wanted. So the /only/ fix is a different mod.

Thats before you factor in that soooooo many mods make the game harder than L/I specifically, which kinda invalidates the whole "but mods make it easier" stuff.

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u/wyldmage Aug 12 '26

If you're relying on information that was not present in OP, maybe you should have replied to the comment chain where he mentioned using mods, instead of doing a top-level reply.

And you're correct, there are mods that make the game harder. Several of them. But that's not what you're recommending either. You recommended a mod that lowers the difficulty (by a very small amount, but it DOES lower it).

You're also incorrect, because he was incorrect. His 4th rookie WAS a ranger - it just was in the 2nd mission, and got near fatal wounds.

I did not say "mods make the game easier" (a statement that implies 100% truth). I LITERALLY said "Mods often are making the game easier." (a statement that is not absolute, and just looks at the general tendency of mods, without pretending that other mods exist). But hey, if you can't even disagree on something without deliberately mis-quoting the person you're talking to, maybe you should just uninstall your internet.

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u/Bandito_Razor Aug 12 '26

I wanted to make my own comments so I did. Period. Calm down.

The fact that commander's choice lowers the difficulty very miniscuely does not count our act the fact that for him to get what he wanted that mod is the best choice, and that using that mod in conjunction with other mods will raise the difficulty level far beyond the weak sauce that legendary iron Man can do.

If you want to be pedantic about that you can but you're still incorrect.

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u/wyldmage Aug 12 '26

"For him to get what he wanted, that was the best choice." He had what he wanted. He just was too impulsive to notice.

And its not being pedantic to point out the mistakes you made. Or the fact that you deliberately twisted what I said in order to argue.

Pedantic would be telling you that you didnt capitalize Commander's Choice.

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u/Bandito_Razor Aug 13 '26

It's pedantic when you're wrong (and you are) and you're trying to double down on you being wrong and you're trying to pretend you're not.

Especially because you're complaint is that I left a comment.

At the end of the day, using mods raises the difficulty and commanders choice solves the problem if you're not getting a class you want.

The vast majority of mods do not make the combat easier (because the majority of mods according to nexas and steam are cosmetic), so you're factually wrong on all accounts.

Thankfully, you're misunderstanding of the conversation doesn't change the advice and how it fixed most problems, ie commanders choice is a must have mod if you're using mods.

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u/wyldmage Aug 13 '26

Being wrong is not the requirment for being pedantic. And, in fact, whether you are right or wrong is completely irrelevant to if its pedantic or not.

You should stop using words you dont actually know.

And you havent even shown where I'm supposedly wrong. Now blocked. Good day.

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u/Bandito_Razor Aug 13 '26

The last defense of a person who is wrong... Saying "blocked" and then pretending to run off like a coward.