18 Days on Doom Timer

[Speedwack]

I'm about to wrap up the final objective for mission 6, but I'm on day 18. Is this enough time to finish the game? This mission sorta crippled me though

[Narrowmind]

Um, I'm going to say now. Anything is possible. I think Nightmare only gives 20 days, but if you haven't stalled and done your grinding before finishing the 5th mission, and I'm guessing not, because the 6th you described as crippling - you're going to have your hands full. You're going to probably have to press hard to make it. You'll lose at least two days because of the story minimum.

[RayThor]

Yes. No stress.

[Speedwack]

Originally posted by Narrowmind:

Um, I'm going to say now. Anything is possible. I think Nightmare only gives 20 days, but if you haven't stalled and done your grinding before finishing the 5th mission, and I'm guessing not, because the 6th you described as crippling - you're going to have your hands full. You're going to probably have to press hard to make it. You'll lose at least two days because of the story minimum.

Funny enough, I didn’t know the Dooms day thing happened after mission 5.

[deepeyes]

I used grinding materials and leveling my squad before mission 5. Unlock plasma rifle ASAP.

[IAmSquidget]

There's only 5 missions (that consume days) after Pioneer Station. 18 days is plenty, I've completed that doom clock portion of the game in something like, 9 days, on Nightmare.

So if you are asking "is it possible?" Then yes, with good play and a decent squad setup.

So try it, see if you make it. Learn by doing, right?

[Silver]

I though you could turn off the doom clock?
why dont you just turn it off before you start your playthru?

[Speedwack]

Originally posted by Silver:

I though you could turn off the doom clock?
why dont you just turn it off before you start your playthru?

I feel like the urgency or accountability of the clock makes it sorta fun

[FighterJet27]

thats plenty of time

[Narrowmind]

Definitely better with the clock, although the feeling of winning isn't anywhere near as good as Xcom 2. The game just ends regardless of how much time is left on the clock when you finish.

[Crypto Gamer]

You are good.

Assuming nightmare 20 days.
1 day for mandatory rest from mission 5 before you can deploy for M6.
1 day for forced APC evac
,1 day for(bugged) sabotage rest..........Not sure if you kill all 3 NPCs it bybass sabotage or not...

And 1 day for completing mission 6 with APC squad so 16 days left for 4 other missions.(7,8,10,11).

So you are good mission 6 and 11 are also longer.

If you played on medium you likely need to speed up a little but M7 and 8 are slightly shorter and can be done in 1 and likely in 2 deployments.

Always have 50 materials and 5 alien materials in stock with you to avoid"skip a day ,very bad outcome random events.

[Speedwack]

Finished the game today. Really enjoyed my time with it, but it didn’t give me the achievement for completing it on medium!

[Narrowmind]

Excellent to hear. How many days did you have left?

[Speedwack]

Originally posted by Narrowmind:

Excellent to hear. How many days did you have left?

I had 7-8 days I believe

[Crypto Gamer]

Assuming 7 days left means you have completed medium in 18 days.

So that would have been enough for nightmare 20 days.

Also there is a low chance of getting+2 days as a random event.(I never got it).
Not sure if it can trigger more than once.

If your connection were offline or steam was on maintaince or you used any custom difficulty settings you likely do not get difficulty achievement.

You can likely load last save from M12 and redo it for triggering achivement.

[Speedwack]

Originally posted by Crypto Gamer:

Assuming 7 days left means you have completed medium in 18 days.

So that would have been enough for nightmare 20 days.

Also there is a low chance of getting+2 days as a random event.(I never got it).
Not sure if it can trigger more than once.

If your connection were offline or steam was on maintaince or you used any custom difficulty settings you likely do not get difficulty achievement.

You can likely load last save from M12 and redo it for triggering achivement.

I played on the medium preset. Got the mission 12 achievement, but after that nothing came up