The Exquisite Corps: XCOM: Enemy Within - Part 08

best new series! love this and keep it going...also FIRST COMMENT!

Acting!

"....but sometimes, even the best soldiers get swamped by floaty assholes, in a laundromat, that we really should have seen coming."

A minute in, this is already terrific.

@vinny Don't forget to actually build 'em MECs. You've got plenty of meld sitting about, and those things are incredible. In order to do so, select the "augment soldiers" option under the engineering tab.

@vinny I had to stop the video to say how excellent the editing work in this week's video is at using XCOM assest to address the "Ryckerting".Now to return my regularly scheduled program .

Wait til you get a new sniper but once you do, Dave Ryckert needs to be first in line for soldier augmentation in the Cybernetics Lab (they cut his arms and legs off in there).

HEAT rounds are going to be crucial for taking on heavy hitting robotic enemies later in the game, so the next heavy that can get that upgrade should.

Also, needs more Scoops.

Also, what about Robert Mueller instead if Greg?

Cool time for Vinnys playthrough :D Happy Vinny does help Alex out though think some things may get missed if he didn't. Great series as usual folks on the East!

This series has got me playing XCom for the first time ever. Twenty hours played in four days. My wife isn't a fan but I am hooked. Cheers duders!

Time to unfuck this mess once again!

We want mechs! We want mechs!

Waiting for them to recruit Les Moonves.

Can't wait to see Dan undo all the progress that has been made!

You guys will really want those HEAT rounds instead of the lousy double overwatch shot when you actually encounter robotic enemies in the future. 50% extra damage is nothing to sneeze at. Otherwise, nicely done. I'd suggest to put that good armor on someone fighting on the frontline, not the sniper, and just keep Abomination in the back, I think you've been under-utilizing his squadsights anyway. Next week I really hope Dan works towards improving their aircraft, you can't just let those big UFOs go.

#WeWillBeWatching

Jeff Bakalar needs some representation in the Exquisite Corps guys, that'd be 'FANTASTIC'

ps love this series

Good work, I am now fully invested in the trainwreck to come.

Man Alex putting armor on his sniper already killing me ahhh

EDIT: And how he's used at first. I hope they figure out Snipers at some point. Get them to high ground and stop moving them as a front line unit.

EDIT AGAIN: @vinny you can see the soldier's abilities when you are in the mission, you don't need to write it down. They appear in the bottom left and I BELIEVE you can click the left stick to look at a soldier's abilities when you hover over them (this is how it works in 2, which I'm playing, and I believe it's the same here).

I know there's a lot to remember with this game but capturing aliens also captures their plasma weapons for later. The more aliens you can capture now means building less of the expensive plasma weapons later.

It made me groan out loud when they did that. Aside from that and not capturing a muton when the arc thrower guy was maybe 5 spaces away this mission went pretty well so not too much to complain about.

Vinny directly talking Alex out of the right move at least three times had me rolling. Keep up the good work commanders

@almostswedish said:

Agreed, unfortunately. (Though I won't be subjecting myself actually to *seeing* that. Hope Dan's better on his next turn, though.)

Yeah they're playing pretty well at this point honestly. Everyone in the crew has turned it around. They are using the sniper totally wrong though. Get to high ground!

The song in the opening is rad. I'd love to know what it is.

Who is Greg Mueller?

"So you got Thin Men on the right, Thin Men on the left"

? Stuck in the middle with you ?

They should look up the conditions for capturing an alien, because there were some prime opportunities in there. Also, look through what all of the abilities do before choosing which one to use.

Great episode. Glad to see the team with some momentum.

Eh, I wouldn't say they're playing all that well. Alex is competent, but he's not really using his soldiers more advanced abilities. Zhang's Holo-Targeting and Abomination's Squadsight were largely wasted this time for example. Abby and Dan weren't terrible in their last episodes, but they do make reckless, stupid moves too often, splitting up their squad and triggering new enemy groups without backup ready, and I'd say it's only pure luck that made them come out of their previous missions with only one casualty.

But it has gotten better. Vinny really should brush upon the abilities each person has like he admitted, but in the process, check out how those abilities even work, especially the holotargeting and squadsight. Snapshot really would have been a better call given their play style. Their use of overwatch sometime is hilarious, like when there are two aliens in sight with high cover. Would really like to see them pull an "accidental" overwatch trap to see how usefull it really can be, rather than sending their first turn soldier running as far forward to scout without anyone covering them.

Dirt Bike needs a medal for being a cat who is willing to be a team player

I absolutely love starting off my Mondays with this series. Stellar work GBE!

I'm not sure who's idea the intro briefing sections were, but kudos. It keeps things well recapped and adds some quick personal commander commentary to keep me caught up. Thank you guys for the series covering one of my favorite PC games of all time, and keep up the good work. (Hoping to see some Xcom 2 w/ the expansion at some point ;-) The creations can be much more in-depth and crazy...plus there are some cool character models that you can get off steam workshop...just saying )

@artisanbreads: The sniper thing comes back to Alex bending the knee to everything Vinny says. I feel like if Alex had picked the move and shoot sniper perk over squad sight he would be playing that soldier better. Personally I play with without squad sight and love it. Just wish Alex wasn't such an easy push over when it makes to making decisions. Makes me like Dan's playthroughs more often honestly.

@vinny Freeze spending on squad stuff, build and upgrade planes! You guys also need a new plane over Europe now that you have a satelite in there.

Less UFO takedowns = less ressources to build cool stuff later. Also the Outsider alien (current objective) is mostly found in downed UFOs.

Throw the grenade!

Also they need to learn that the little red alien icon means they have a shot.

Also, this is becoming one of my favorite series. ^_^

Alex "Flawless Record (Still)" Navarro

Can't wait for Dan to play again. He's the salt of this series so far, I want to see what he does next time!

Battle scanners and HEAT ammo are so good :(

That is some Darren Korb sounding music at that intro.

I dig it.

It's hilarious that Dan's going to have the hardest mission in that DLC next video. Farewell vets, welcome rookies!

Nice.