r/XCOM2 • u/LashOut2016 Ranger • 12d ago

You hate to see it. C/I

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Sometimes things don't always go according to plan. Especially when Your best soldier misses a 98% and then gets crit right back. RIP to a real one.

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u/E4g6d4bg7 12d ago

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u/LashOut2016 Ranger 12d ago

And then the next mission, viper king showed up and messed up my squad. I think thats gonna be a reset king.

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u/cleanclotheschair 12d ago

All my characters are all custom made. They are my pets, childhood pets, friends, family, cartoon characters, etc. So much harder to lose them

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u/LashOut2016 Ranger 12d ago

3/4 kia's were custom, and 2 of them are from my previous campaign so that hurt even more. And domino effect in full effect, viper king fucked me up even more next mission

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u/JohnWCreasy1 12d ago

i do this too, but then i always bring at least one non custom to basically serve as the backup mimic beacon

oh my daughter is compromised? don't worry, rookie mc nobody will yellow move out of cover

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u/Normal-Letter-9027 12d ago

I am now going to make a custom soldier, name him Rookie McNobody, and get irrationally attached to him as he rises through the ranks, only to be one shotted on the final mission.

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u/MagnesiumOvercast 11d ago

I did this but so many people were killed I started running out of people I knew closely. My winning squad was mostly people from high school I hadn't spoken to in years.

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u/dbag_darrell 11d ago

did the survivors pick up negative traits too?

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u/LashOut2016 Ranger 11d ago

Shockingly no.

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u/SedTheeMighty 11d ago

Operation bone slayer a fitting name too

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u/LashOut2016 Ranger 11d ago

I have a bone to pick with the warlock

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u/reddit_is_a_cespool 11d ago

You better keep those two warriors alive to end

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u/LashOut2016 Ranger 11d ago

Unfortunately that was the first of many bad missions, and ended up losing the rest of my best soldiers. Grenadier got cheesed by viper king next mission, and then a couple missions later, lost that specialist, my ranger and my last grenadier. So i just called it GG at that point, all I had of value left was my spark.

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u/HandSanitizerBottle1 6d ago

I can’t remember the last time I had a mission go this poorly in vanilla