Can I beat XCOM 2 WOTC as The Chosen? (Ep. 16)
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- Episode 16. My attempt at an XCOM 2 WOTC challenge run, using only The Chosen in combat.
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[WotC] Revival Protocol Fixes
[WOTC] New Promotion Screen by Default
Evac All - WotC
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Defense Matrix Sabotage Fix
[WOTC] Cost-Based Ability Colors
[WotC] Instant Loot
[WOTC] SPARK Repair Fix
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[WOTC] Commander Avatar Restoration
Stop Wasting My Time - WotC
Reward Decks Refresher
[WotC] Mod Config Menu
Missing Packages Fix + Resource
[WotC] Gotcha Again
[WotC] Numeric Health Display
[WOTC] Detailed Soldier Lists
[WOTC] Less Overwatch Lock Ups!
[WOTC] Extended Personnel Info
Insider Knowledge Fix
(WOTC) Starting Soldiers
[WOTC] Alien Hunters Community Highlander v1.24.0
[WOTC] Faster Reload Animations
(WOTC) Zip Mode Combat Protocol Camera Fix
[WOTC] No Enemy Intro
Immersive Strategy Layer
Hush Little Chosen
Narrative Control
Missing Packages Fix - Parcels and Maps Edition
The most unrealistic thing about this campaign: the 3 chosen working together without killing each other. Together they're so dangerous and a huge threat to the elders but their pride prevents them from realistically uniting against the elders.
False. The elders have complete domince and control over all the chosen. Let me explain. The first cut seen with all 3 chosen show how one of them were just demolished by an elder. With there being many elders, the chosen can not over throw them.
@@dtdumb that's because they get their power from the elders. What has been given can be taken away and all that. The chosen would have to find a way to retain their power or gain it from some other source than the elders.
@@ConnorLinley That's why the chosen are weaker than the elders. Also they cannot harvest PSI energy from any other source. This means that the elders are much more powerful than the chosen.
@@dtdumb If they had complete dominance they wouldn't be fighting each other in canon scenes. It is only partial and the chosen have free will. Complete dominance only works without free will.
You might own a dog and have dominance over them, but they still have a self. Hence not complete dominance.
Maybe: The Commander is psionically gifted at bringing out the best in troops and how they work together. This ability even works on the Chosen, helping them lay aside their disagreements and fight at their best.
The Elders counted Commander as their chosen so using it in the final battle should be allowed.
We have
Assassin
Warlock
Hunter
And the Commander, we see here How powerful they would be with the commander making the choices
“Sure you gave us power, Soldiers, and a purpose.” “However The Drifter has money”
*Patrick voice* "I have three dollars"
I mean, based upon how this mod works, some challenges for the future:
* Hunters Only
* Warlocks Only
* Assassins Only
Assassin:
Can you beat XCOM 2 with only Edgelords?
Hunter:
Can you beat XCOM 2 with only Edgelor- no, I'm sorry, Marvel Movie protagonists?
Warlock:
Can you beat XCOM 2 with THE GLORY OF THE ELDERS?
Ah, the awkward moment when someone makes a clone of you for $1, you miss a shot against them, and they respond with two shots that send you to oblivion. 16:42
“Have to admit, didn’t see this one coming. So, this is what it’s like to be afraid. Not… my.. style.”
Hunter best chosen fr fr
The way he ragdolls, he just sits against the wall like "Damn... Didn't see that coming"
It is my little fan theory that the original plan from the elders was for the ultimate fighting machine to be the chosen being directed by the commander, who was sort of the 'fourth chosen' as tactical control.
Basically what you were doing in this campaign was the ultimate war machine planned by the elders.
It makes sense, they do swear even to their last breath that they're trying to help humanity.
I think it would be cool if xcom 3 had the reveal that there was an even more dangerous alien threat, and all of humanity and the remaining advent forces have to work together. Like Chimera Squad.
Turning the Chosen against the Elders and using them more effectively. The Elders don't get much more owned than that.
And it's so lore friendly as well
That Berserker Queen comeback was actually hilarious. Well done on the rematch!
20:40 Chosen: "Stay back, humans. We will protect you.
Humans:... maybe the aliens need protecting.
You should do, “can you beat xcom WoTC as the aliens” which basically if possible you can only play as the aliens like advent troops, mutons, etc and to spice it up a bit you should add the mocx mod which is basically evil xcom trying to stop you. Makes for an interesting video
There is a mod which adds playable aliens as an option for original Xcom 2 I'm not sure if it's been updated to work with Xcom2 + War of the Chosen though. Most of the aliens are playable because they're designed to be used in multiplayer (that I don't think I've ever seen anyone play).
The mod which adds aliens as playable does work on WotC, just to get them he’d have to complete council missions which reward alien units, or capture them from missions, unless he mods in his starting units to be aliens as well. Would be a fun playthrough, the Vipers are really cool units with having a frost breath attack.
@@luketfer it has compatability with allies unknown and you can get a mod that adds another faction just for getting more aliens and stuff
@@luketfer I actually have in a video of what seemed two friends.
I honestly am surprised not more people played it. It somewhat reminds me of custom Total War battles
You can also see TB playing EU against AJ I believe.
That would be too easy though. All you have to do is throw grenades. The aliens have vastly more troops than Xcom, and even a single casualty is a huge setback for Xcom.
Love to see that you're doing some modded content as well now Drifter! The chosen being able to be 'reborn' right after they die fits so well lorewise, they just have some heavy trauma from dying so they have to relearn all their skills haha
Well, after the Only Psionics run, I think you're allowed to stomp ADVENT a time or two. Not everything has to be hard.
Edit: Also, 53:17-53:32. This game has officially given Drifter PTSD from all the 90+% misses.
I know that in the “Beating XCOM2 WoTc with one of everything” Paul green finally got his promotion but also I wish the rookie was Paul green for old time sake
I find it funny that the skyranger is completely empty when there are only chosen
They're too fat to fit in the lander!
After so many runs of pure pain and madness, finally Drifter has a run where he doesn't have to suffer to have fun. Keep the videos rolling, Drifter!
Also, thanks for that edit at 24:31. Now I have water spewed all over my laptop and I crumpled to the floor laughing at that sudden reference. Well played.
For crippling shot:
It seems like the Berserker moving is an oversight. But it doesn't seem to be something like what you said.
It's merely because the Berserker's attack is close quarters and like XCOM's swords. You can trigger the move remotely which will move your unit and strike. (Visible when playing Multiplayer or mind controlling a berserker.)
My guess is that while crippling shot does disable movement. It doesn't disable movement used from attacks. Which is a massive oversight. But theoretically, should your units be hit by a crippling shot you could still use a ranger's sword/Templar gloves.
it probably happened, because the movement was disabled for 1 action, not one turn, like how stun works maybe
I think it's not quite that. I believe Crippling Shot gives a movement penalty (in fact it's an ability featured in another mod if I remember correctly), however, hitting a Berserker gives them a movement bonus. The two added up and it could move a little bit, but not a lot, hence why it went to the closest target.
Cannon fodder the 3rd: "do I look like a pack mule?"
Drifter: "don't be silly you look just like a mimic beacon."
watching the chosen clown on the chosen was peak. i love the idea of being able to recruit the chosen after defeating them.
19:15 It's funny that you talk about solo runs, because I started a Doomslayer only run a few days ago, and I must say, despite hte fights being a cakewalk since the Doomslayer is able to easily dispose of pretty much anything you throw at him, and also because, he pulled off something incredible on a base assault mission.
basically, a berserker made his way in the zone I had to defend, and he was left with 10 hp. The Doomslayer only had 1 action left out of 4 and the maximum damage that he could deal with his weapons was 8. Atthis point, I thought that my run was pretty muh over, and then i noticed that he had an 8% chance to crit with his shotgun. But even if he did rolled a crit, he would then have to roll max damage, or at least somewhere close to max damage, and you know how painful Xcom is with damage roll.
But even those kind of odds can't stop the Doomslayer, because him being the absolute chad he is, he pulled this off, and saved my entire run. I can hardly describe how i felt when it happened, but i guess it was to be expected with the Doomslayer.
When you're so powerful that you dont even care to move for blazing pinions.
A suggestion for a run: "Squad Rotations."
Basically, all your soldiers are assigned a squad, up to 6 per squad, even before upgrade. Your "starter" crew+2 are Alpha, some of your reserve become Beta, the next six Charlie, etc. I suggest giving them all the Nickname of the squad they're in plus a number for ease of reference. And you aren't allowed to field them unless all other squads have had their turn. What this does mean is that it frees up, say, Alpha to go on covert ops while it's Beta and charlie's turn, but Alpha must have a team ready before it's their turn or else potentially go without a unit. The (Optional) exceptions are twofold, if you'd like: Hero Units or SPARKs, to fill your roster if you're down a member. It also means that you have to weigh the benefit of having more units because they have to start filling out Delta and Epsilon and so on which fills up the queue, BUT on the flip side it gives those squads more time to fill up their ranks with Covert Ops before it's their turn.
A clarification before then: Alpha will always have to go first because of the opening mission, but after that you can choose who goes when. You just need to make sure you don't deploy that squad until all other squads have been deployed. Optionally, you can have your pick during Story Critical missions to make them easier and only have this rotation for the random stuff. Alternative optional: The best of the best of each squad for the final mission, whoever they may be.
I always thought it be super cool if the Commander could capture the Hunter instead of killing him. He is "falling" for his humanity, being a cocky bastard and all. With the Elders gone, he could likely reclaim even more of it, perhaps even his memories. The Warlock and Assassin are too much in love with their Chosen personas, but the Hunter ...
The only thing I can imagine is the absolute brutality and monitor throwing it must be to try to kill the chosen with only a team of rookies
The thing is I believe the reason why the game considered them robotic units is due to the developers wanting save time with coding them, likely they copied a portion of the script for robotic units and just made adjustments from there so they are partially robotic units but also humanoid or organic units I guess, let's just call this kinda script augmented units for now but once they are in a way augmented with some kinda powers
my guess is their creation process is basically a spark recruitment and maybe only robotic units can do that, or it could be that it saves them having to make certain animations and prevent animation bugs, i know from other mods if miss certain animations on a organic unit it can break cutscenes and triggers like the fuel truck exploding in the reaper/skirmisher mission or grabbing the blacksite vial
Huh... I guess we could call them... Chosen units :)
It's so nice to see super soldiers that actually have an overwhelming advantage in everything but numbers. This is me coming off of Chaos Gate where the space marines have to fight strategically even against mere humans.
Advent: lul,we got chosen as backup
Drifter: UNO reverse card
Very nice.
I love how the Hunter managed to bond with either of his siblings.
23:20 When you miss a xcom 2 %100 Shot
The Xcom :
Well technically chosen once were X-com soliders.
With in "Progeny" mission in X-com enemy within After saving Annette you can have mission to save 3 others like her.
In game they all are set with names and classes and are NOT randomly generated, also they are all 100% psi.
Matthew "Alecto" Hawkins: American Sniper, Lieutenant rank, HP 7, Will 70, Aim 84. (aka Chosen Hunter)
Said "Megaera" Tariq: Egyptian Support, Lieutenant rank, HP 7, Will 72, Aim 79. (aka Chosen Warlock)
Fatima "Tisiphone" Tariq: Egyptian Assault, Lieutenant rank, HP 7, Will 71, Aim 76. (aka Chosen Assasin)
Also there was planned 4th chosen (by going with that logic it was supose to be Annette herself changed) with Robotic faction (it's not explained alot but they were probably ex MEC soliders)
I've heard this theory a bit, but I believe the devs confirmed the furies aren't the Chosen.
@@TheDriftersBroadcast I think its part of cutting 4th chosen. You can see in chosen room when they talk to main Elder there is 4 ways to get to the center of the room.
Not to mention both Elder and Warlock mention Chosen were humans before. With Warlock line especally "i can not belive i used to be creatures like you".
To give more detail about it they wanted to have 4 factions in the game as i mention, but the robo one was too smilliar to grenerder class and it was buggy to make it work so they just cut it out. Also Warlock was supose to be weak to that mecha human class when 4th one was supose to be weak to Templars. And deadline happen so they just rushed it out that's why it wierd only Warlock is weak to, i would say his own element, when Assasin and Hunter doesn't.
So they may or may not scrapped it i would need to find original post.
So they can just be random humans with good psi powers who knows.
Watching this video really makes you appreciate the fact that the Chosen never work together against you in the main game. Imagine trying to survive when 2 or even all 3 of them could show up to stop you on every mission.
29:00 I think it's movement was disabled but it used the melee attack to move to hit it's target.
Always a good video when it starts with the Drifter’s broadcast and that amazing music
I always thought it would have been really cool to be playing as ADVENT, against the remnants of XCOM.
Get EXVENT and play against MOCX and you can sort of replicate the feeling.
What did I learn from this video: xcom is pretty easy when you're the enemy
To paraphrase: First rule of hunting: become your enemy, then hunt yourself down.
Correction. Lost World is an incredibly dangerous dark event in the mobile version of the game. The app chugs and can even crash if you get more than 40 enemies on a mission. I had to reload a lost map 5 times to get through it on an Ironman.
Ah yes, the Hunter, Warlock, Assassin
and then there's their pet human
I was waiting for something about us controlling the chosen, this is really cool!
That is a really cool mod! I'll definitely try it later. Maybe after your rookies only run, though. Imagine how many stories cannon fodder will tell about his alternate reality!
Thanks for the content Drifter, looking forward to the next one : )!
The cannon fodder thing reminded me of when I played xcom ufo defense, and when I watched someone else play, they had "Paper Cup" The longest lived Paper cup was Paper cup the 4th, but the 8th was the last one before the campaign ended, only because of injury times preventing continued deaths though..
now we just need a full advent pov campaign
Warlock: I've been meaning to ask, are you still mad at me for killing you?
God I love these challenge runs.
Expected this one to be heavily one-sided, still it was interesting to see the chosen themselves being played. Loved the parts where the Chosen (killed themselves)
"suicide is badass"
-chosen
Realistically, I think the only Chosen that would ever actually help XCOM after being truly defeated by them would be Assassin. Warlock is too devout in his belief that the Elders are gods to turn on them. Hunter is too independent and psychotic to ever ally with... well anyone.
The Assassin, however, states multiple times throughout the game through dialogue that they value honor in combat more than anything and even in their dying breath compliments XCOM and states that they hope we can manage to reclaim Earth. I'd think that it would be possible to turn her against the Elders by appealing to their honor. Being bested by a superior opponent and then spared.
26:10: I once saw a slap-fight between a muton and a lost that went on for 3 turns (lost attacks and misses, muton retaliates and misses, muton attacks and misses). Could have gone on even longer if I hadn't intervened.
can't wait trying this mod with lwotc
I DREAMED ABOUT THIS MOD FOR YEARS !!!!
Don't let xcom die! You are a wicked creator
The reason your Mind Controlled Andromedon was immune to the Hunter's Stun Grenade is because the grenade applies the Dazed status effect, which can only affect Xcom units.
Fun fact, enemy units CAN be knocked unconscious. It's extremely rare, since there are only a few abilities that can cause this and it requires a Mind Controlled unit.
And it can also soft lock the game because if the mission objective is to slay everything, XCOM cannot attack unconcious units with exception of explosives. There are mods that lets XCOM smack KO units to instantly kill them.
Really cool run. You made me install xcom again
53:18 I love how X-com absolutely fucks with our reasoning. 99% might as well be 0% at crucial moments.
And then there are those shots that say 100% but were really 99.7% and your mind explodes.
Randomly was recommended this video after watching kraise's most recent attempt. Thanks for actually giving decent commentary. Still waiting for modders to add the ability to add more than just a pool of 3 chosen in the game so there would be more diverse games
Food for thought regarding the mind controlled codex and skulljacking. You can still make a really potent solution with that. Mind control it and then you gain control, clear the map and then evac the warlock. The mind control will break and you can skulljack the codex.
You'd have to wipe everyone out before the turn timer for the objective ran out. Would be difficult, but possible.
"Return fire is a horrible ability"
You're allowed to be wrong....
It sucks. :P
"99% hmmm nope nope nope" xD Made my day love your videos
great mod, great voice, one of the best hours in my life
This was awesome, I'd love to see a playthrough with alien units on our side modded in
Thought you had stopped making content but nope youtube just keeps unsubbing me from channels ty for the entertainment!!!
Another great video, this was really fun!
Oooooooohhh! Now that sounds interesting! I haven't done much with mods yet, so this could be espacially tasty!
Another great run. Can’t wait for the primary only and secondary only runs next
Hell to the yes, notifications are king :D
Drifter, my associates and I have come to you with a challenge.
Beat XCOM 2 War of the Chosen with Only Pistols. This includes the following
-Templars but they can only shoot
-Sharpshooters but they cannot use their snipers
-The Akimbo Class Mod being focused on Pistols
-Shadowkeeper is allowed
Win Conditions
-All Chosen Killed
-All Alien Rulers Killed
-Complete the game
Difficulty is up to you.
Makes you wonder how they ever lost to Xcom with such powerful soldiers
Hope someone at Advent got fired for that
babe wake up, new drifter's broadcast
If you're not ready for the Chosen to spawn on missions then they're powerful against you and the assassin is especially strong when you take stupid scanners instead of DOT grenades. Warlock is dangerous when you forget to take a mental shield. The fool-hunter generally seems broken.
The worst missions with an assassin are collecting supply crates and defending a hideout where mobs of berserkers crush the population while the assassin stands and waits for you to approach her because her logic is broken due to revealing her location in the crowd of resistance and you are not yet within her visibility. This is a game for snipers and exploits, but you are taught in advance not to like snipers and therefore you go on a mission without them and especially suffer on Ironman when you do not watch for the appearance of the chosen ones on missions. That's exactly what I do, I don't like counting cards and that's why I don't play poker.))
21:36 - almost choked on chips from laughter, third wheel, lol.
I love the voiced lines
As-sassy-in is excellent don’t you dare get booed off stage for that one
All of the chosen have a hidden ability called roastmaster
28:34 Take that back. Blast Padding is a really good ability (not as good as shredder but still great) because that single armor point increases a Grenadiers survivability.
Nah, it sucks. :P
Insane! Gonna blaze and watch this one. Had an interest in this mod myself, never tried though.
49:40
He did a flip
Oooh I was excited for this.
My best guess is that the Warlock's healing ability only works on humanoids, and that the Chosen are classified as non-humanoid aliens?
Maybe the implication is that pre-sarcophagus destruction these are robotic versions of the chosen?
0/10 cannon fodder isn’t wearing a red shirt
(jokes aside, I’ve been enjoying the series a lot!)
"The hunter ran back inside when he got a glimpse of us, he should be because of our rapid fire ability"
Or having a existencial crisis why there are duplicates of his siblings and himself
Play as rulers?
Use Assassin. She IS guaranteed to hit with her katana and it’s a one hit kill. I send a bladestorm ranger with the assassin’s katana forward and kill every chrysalid on the map.
Another great video.
It was very fun.
Loved this challenge. Streams were awesome.
Grabbing the vial is a bug with any custom race/class.
Has to be pure blood stock game humans. (and I think there's a mod that fixes it for some custom classes)
The furry and Warhammer Eldar mods work, but maybe that's because their stuff is just a customization option put on top of the normal skeleton. I wonder what's in the code that causes such a thing
It does work with SPARKS, too. At least on my game.
this works well with advent armor/weapons mods now all i need is a mod that turn advent into xcom
In WOTC the final mission is technically two missions stitched together without replenishing charges or cooldowns, so mission based changing abilities change. Something to look out for on modded runs, since some classes have those types of abilities.
weirdly the black screen with the blacksite vial also triggers if you use a bonus soldier from the reaper cards, even if hes just a regular soldier.
29:09 probably, since the Berserker is a beast and cannot take cover (see faceless and chryssalids too), just like robotic units, he also can't have his movement disabled(?)
It'd be thematically cool if you also were allowed to use skirmishers, but I understand that partly defeat the point of the challenge
Amazing work like always, and you should def do playable alien rulers
The black screen you got when picking up the vial, also happens if you use one of the Resistance operatives that can join at the start of a mission.
Now I need to redownload and play this.
A new video ! Let's go! *Reads title* wait what
Not sure if there's a mod for it, but X-Com 2 w/ only Aliens could be a new twist.
New rules screen is pretty cool.
This was very interesting. Another great run
Back to recommend the "gear is personal" challenge
the ufo defense mission gave us T H E M E N U T H I N G but in choosen form!!
I wish that you could do a "XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Within, but I can only use alien units" type of challenge run.
by the way, im pretty sure its because melee attacks move the person using the attack, so the beserker was only attacking, not moving
Has anyone made a mod where youbplay as advent to take out xcom?
Also, still waiting on commander's avatar only run.
Dude this is so cool
This feels like a D2 Fireteam there's even a Hunter and a Warlock
shame the Assassin isn't a Titan however