No more days left ?!

[exx1st3nz]

To be able to start the last mission i get the message "A day must pass before a new mission can be started" When I start the new day I get the message that I could not prevent the Kerberus protocol and the planet was bombed. Unfortunately I only have game saves that are all from day 96....

What should I do now? Start the game from the beginning? That would be a bad joke ...

[Jadawin]

There is a nexus mod that sets timer to 999, i heard it works on existing saves too.

[Ikit Claw]

Originally posted by exx1st3nz:

To be able to start the last mission i get the message "A day must pass before a new mission can be started" When I start the new day I get the message that I could not prevent the Kerberus protocol and the planet was bombed. Unfortunately I only have game saves that are all from day 96....

What should I do now? Start the game from the beginning? That would be a bad joke ...

Yeah death clocks are the worst.

[exx1st3nz]

what kind of game design is this mechanic ?! wtf ...

[Mnemic]

Originally posted by exx1st3nz:

what kind of game design is this mechanic ?! wtf ...

It's a common mechanic used in many games, XCOM had many versions of this. Did you not pay attention to how many days are left? Also 96 days?

[pRaX]

Originally posted by exx1st3nz:

what kind of game design is this mechanic ?! wtf ...

Wait, so you're telling me it took you this long, 20+ of these days and this thread, even though the game tells you about it, to realize what this countdown is for?

My man.

[exx1st3nz]

Originally posted by pRaX:

Originally posted by exx1st3nz:

what kind of game design is this mechanic ?! wtf ...

Wait, so you're telling me it took you this long, 20+ of these days and this thread, even though the game tells you about it, to realize what this countdown is for?

My man.

No, I've never played XCOM and other such games with this mechanic - I assumed there was a way around it gameplay-wise - otherwise sensible in-game saves that allow you to load an old save game would be user-friendly and would make sense. Now i have to install a Mod for this .. well now i know - thanks for the info about the Mod <3

[pRaX]

Yikes. Ehm yeah, good luck and have fun. I hope the mod works out for you.

[Mnemic]

It's true, the save system could be better. Games like XCOM did it well, both in terms of auto/manual and ironman saves. It's a bit unreliable here and I think they should rework the way ironman deals with squad wipes but that's offtopic.

[MaxPrimal]

Its means you lost. Yes. I know it is hard for so many people who need participation trophies and life affirmation. But, you failed.

[CONTROLE FISCAL]

Originally posted by Optimus Primal:

Its means you lost. Yes. I know it is hard for so many people who need participation trophies and life affirmation. But, you failed.

Yes.

[Superchargedk20]

Originally posted by Mnemic:

It's true, the save system could be better. Games like XCOM did it well, both in terms of auto/manual and ironman saves. It's a bit unreliable here and I think they should rework the way ironman deals with squad wipes but that's offtopic.

There's a mod on nexus that let's u save anytime.

[Junko]

day 96^^ i tought you only have round about 30 days maybe hm

[Ex3]

Originally posted by Jadawinx:

There is a nexus mod that sets timer to 999, i heard it works on existing saves too.

Get the feeling that mod *might* get broken by the devs in order to keep the design purpose of the game. After finishing the game 1 or 2 days ago, I think there's going to be a lot of fixes to the loopholes (not necessarily bugs) that are, in my view, game breaking. Like for example, limiting the amount of motion trackers per map. That would really suck for me.

[Grobiii]

the mod isnt working for existing savegames!

and the game itself aint telling you how many missions left to run till you can "avoid" the bombing...so it rly sucks. There are sooo many missions, and even missions which are bugged or force you to escape and come again...after your troop has healed.

That timer rly sucks, that way!!!!

[Paladestar]

Originally posted by Grobiii:

the mod isnt working for existing savegames!

and the game itself aint telling you how many missions left to run till you can "avoid" the bombing...so it rly sucks. There are sooo many missions, and even missions which are bugged or force you to escape and come again...after your troop has healed.

That timer rly sucks, that way!!!!

The doom clock starts after you have completed mission 5.

On the easiest setting it starts on 30 days, on the hardest setting it starts on 20 days.

For mission 6 you're forced to deploy twice to complete the mission, so that's 2 days gone.

Mission 7 can be done in a single deployment, so that's another day gone.

Mission 8 can be done in a single deployment and mission 9 starts automatically after mission 8, so it takes place on the same day, so you only lose 1 day to do both missions.

Mission 10 can be done in a single deployment, so that's another day gone.

When you start mission 11, as long as you do it in a single deployment, you have beaten the doom clock. This is because mission 12, the final mission, automatically starts after mission 11, so it takes place on the same day.

So basically, once the doom clock starts you can complete the game from that point using only five deployments at minimum. Which means you only need to heal and rest your squad 6 times once the doom clock starts, after missions:

5
6 (part 1)
6 (part 2)
7
9
10

The second part of mission 6 is so short compared to the first that your squad will have only a minimum of injuries, or none at all, and will only be tired at worst, not exhausted. So it's more like five proper recovery periods between the missions before you complete the game.

When you look at it like that the doom clock of 20-30 days is actually pretty generous.