Anette Durand, bad ass

[Hans]

So I have to say I've really enjoyed EW. Even though late game was more of a curb stomp than EU it was fun darting around with a meld squad or MECs.

But Anette Durand was a monster in my game. Glad they made a decision to add another character that is guaranteed to be psionic.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=199094048

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=199617211

To top off her abduction journey and volunteering, she murderized the Greater Ethereal with neural feedback after it failed.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=199616547

And then this because I thought it was funny.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=199599161

[nightworg]

I like annette. She is so funny to listen to. In my latest game she vas a sniper, and I have had her as a support and a heavy also.

[achus93]

Originally posted by nightworg:

I like annette. She is so funny to listen to. In my latest game she vas a sniper, and I have had her as a support and a heavy also.

really?
i find her constant complaining annoying...

[Kismette]

"When can I get to shoot some aliens?"
*misses*
"I'm still learning!"

=P

edit: I wish the different nationality voices were more like hers and "Chilong's"... varying from heavy to light accent using both their native language along with english. Because it's just weird when in a terror mission, someone from Spain will speak in Spanish to a French citizen telling them to go to the ship or vice versa... or however else it may be. >.>

[nightworg]

Originally posted by achus93:

Originally posted by nightworg:

I like annette. She is so funny to listen to. In my latest game she vas a sniper, and I have had her as a support and a heavy also.

really?
i find her constant complaining annoying...

YA i like her accent, and she is not complaining. She is just very excited and eager to get revenge, for what they had done to her and her teammates. Nothing wrong with that. :)

Don't worry, your friends will join you soon! I hope you suffer!
When do I get to kill some aliens?
Shooting an alien: This is for my friends.
Mindcontroling :Remember me!?

[Midge]

Annette's in-game dialogue is really funny. I haven't used her much, but I take her along to missions when my top rankers are in the labs or in the infirmary, and she's generally quite competent.

I'll also never forget the time when she had to take a 20% shot with two lives (including her own) on the line, and she landed it.

[Hannibal Barca]

Originally posted by Kismette:

"When can I get to shoot some aliens?"
*misses*
"I'm still learning!"

=P

edit: I wish the different nationality voices were more like hers and "Chilong's"... varying from heavy to light accent using both their native language along with english. Because it's just weird when in a terror mission, someone from Spain will speak in Spanish to a French citizen telling them to go to the ship or vice versa... or however else it may be. >.>

youd be surprised how many french people speak spanish and viceversa they are nieghbors

[Kismette]

Originally posted by +Crux Terminatus+:

Originally posted by Kismette:

"When can I get to shoot some aliens?"
*misses*
"I'm still learning!"

=P

edit: I wish the different nationality voices were more like hers and "Chilong's"... varying from heavy to light accent using both their native language along with english. Because it's just weird when in a terror mission, someone from Spain will speak in Spanish to a French citizen telling them to go to the ship or vice versa... or however else it may be. >.>

youd be surprised how many french people speak spanish and viceversa they are nieghbors

That they are but I think you knew what I meant =P

Mexico is our neighbor too but if one talks to me in Spanish I wouldn't exactly understand them, though I might know a word or two... but still.

[Hans]

I wish the soldiers said more than just "Time to motor" or "Roger Dodger!" so having Anette breathe a little life into the game was nice.

Her psychotic life laughter when she's mind controlling or fraying XRays is pretty awesome to boot.

[NeerPS]

Originally posted by Arngrim:

I wish the soldiers said more than just "Time to motor" or "Roger Dodger!" so having Anette breathe a little life into the game was nice.

Her psychotic life laughter when she's mind controlling or fraying XRays is pretty awesome to boot.

Yes, that laughter! Love to hear it.

[grumpstar]

I find the random spawn of her class to be a very abraissive experience, its like i WANT to work her into the rotation, but in 4 playthroughs now where I have made it to her (without ragequitting) she always seems to spawn in the class that is exactly the one slot I dont need to fill in the roster. And the time she was (as a sniper when I really only had one decent one without ♥♥♥♥ stats) she got plugged in the face by a heavy float early into her first mission, being my only KIA in ironman run. Second playthrough. I am still looking forward to this toon and experiencing her dialogue, but burnt out on this game for now. Classic ironman attempts and ragequitting have stripped the marrow from my bones faster than Heisenburg turned meth junky. Need to recharge.

[Garatgh Deloi]

Originally posted by Arngrim:

Glad they made a decision to add another character that is guaranteed to be psionic.

"Another"?

If your talking about Zhang then hes NOT guaranteed to be a psionic, he does however have a higher will then normal and is therefor more likely to be psionic then normal soldiers.

[grumpstar]

Originally posted by Garatgh Deloi:

Originally posted by Arngrim:

Glad they made a decision to add another character that is guaranteed to be psionic.

"Another"?

If your talking about Zhang then hes NOT guaranteed to be a psionic, he does however have a higher will then normal and is therefor more likely to be psionic then normal soldiers.

O.O screenshot of Zhang failing test...or it didnt happen :)

[Hans]

Burn out is pretty common place in XCOM, at least for me. Even if I'm having a successful play through the fact it's on ironman means I take my missions slow and steady... one wrong mistake depending on severity could get your squad killed. Sometimes it's stressful to keep playing back to back to back.

The problem with Progeny is that you get her so late she's a bit underpowered. I think I was rocking and rolling with high ranking officers and multiple colonels when she cropped up as a sergeant. On the flip side you get Zhang generally in month two and a free lieutenant when you might not even have a sergeant yet depending on how many injuries/deaths you've gone through.

[Garatgh Deloi]

Originally posted by datiwas:

O.O screenshot of Zhang failing test...or it didnt happen :)

*3 seconds googling later*

Here ya go (its not from my game, i just googled "Zhang psi testing").

http://i.stack.imgur.com/WDykA.jpg

[Hans]

Originally posted by Garatgh Deloi:

"Another"?

If your talking about Zhang then hes NOT guaranteed to be a psionic, he does however have a higher will then normal and is therefor more likely to be psionic then normal soldiers.

Well it's just selection bias on my part then as Zhang either died horribly right after I got him or turned into a psionic man later. I've even opted out of Slingshot several times so my sampling pool of experience to draw from is limited.