Discovering the states of Long War 1.0

[blprice61]

It is simple really.

There are only two.

1) So far, so good.

2) Oh ♥♥♥♥! WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?

Loving this game :)

[Sabaithal]

- Smoke grenades
- SMOKE. GRENADES. USE THEM. They will save your ass when the RNG decides to be an ass.

[blprice61]

The one caveat for me with, well not just LW even though it made it worse by making it more 'challenging', is the XCom series air war mini-game. I hate the very idea of a non-turn based 'mini-game' in an otherwise excellent multilayered turn based game.

In the vanilla versions it is easy enough that it is, for me, a minor defect, but with LW it becomes a major flaw. I've decided to use the 'friendly skies' second-wave option in future playthroughs together with using the strategies suggested by guides and spreadsheets - just not bothering to play that part of the game beyond selecting a stance and letting it run.

I'm too old and crippled up to try and do twitch gaming.

So far I haven't edited the ini to reduce repair times but that remains an option for me if absolutely necessary. The air game is just this chunk of utter crap in an otherwise excellent series of games.

Not looking for advice on how to play it better, but helpful advice on how to minimize it's impact on the rest of the game would be welcome.

It's like... there's a fly in my soup.

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by blprice61:

The one caveat for me with, well not just LW even though it made it worse by making it more 'challenging', is the XCom series air war mini-game. I hate the very idea of a non-turn based 'mini-game' in an otherwise excellent multilayered turn based game.

In the vanilla versions it is easy enough that it is, for me, a minor defect, but with LW it becomes a major flaw. I've decided to use the 'friendly skies' second-wave option in future playthroughs together with using the strategies suggested by guides and spreadsheets - just not bothering to play that part of the game beyond selecting a stance and letting it run.

I'm too old and crippled up to try and do twitch gaming.

So far I haven't edited the ini to reduce repair times but that remains an option for me if absolutely necessary. The air game is just this chunk of utter crap in an otherwise excellent series of games.

Not looking for advice on how to play it better, but helpful advice on how to minimize it's impact on the rest of the game would be welcome.

It's like... there's a fly in my soup.

Try squadron unleashed. Seriously, its so much better in so many ways compared to the vanilla (and by extension default LW) air game.

[szmind]

Try squadron unleashed. Seriously, its so much better in so many ways compared to the vanilla (and by extension default LW) air game.

Yeah, I support this as a self-promotion :D And here's the link in order not to mistake older v1 with latest v2.
Squadron Unleashed 2[www.nexusmods.com]

[Chocolate Pie Kitten]

Thumb up i use squadron unleashed 2 and love it

[CINARRA]

Originally posted by szmind:

Yeah, I support this as a self-promotion :D And here's the link in order not to mistake older v1 with latest v2.
Squadron Unleashed 2[www.nexusmods.com]

Wow, this looks amazing! Kudos szmind