Question re Vipers (WOTC)

[Cowboy]

Hey guys,

I've played numerous XCOM 2 campaigns, and I'm really enjoying WOTC. When the DLC first released, I started a playthrough, got a little...lost ( pardon the pun) and decided to start afresh.

Tonight, after around 23 missions of my new cmapaign, I noticed I had no enhanced medkits, just the basic ones. Upon further thought, it dawned on me that I hadn't encountered any vipers yet, which seems strange; they're usually poisoning my soldiers after maybe 6 missions or so. Without the viper corpses I can't research battlefield medicine.

Do you guys think this is odd too? Perhaps a small bug in this playthrough? Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Grant.

[necro55]

Sounds like it.
I think they showed up more like 8th mission for me, but there have been plenty. Sounds like a glitch.

[arekasama]

If not some kind of glitch, you are really unlucky. Eventual shadow chamber would help you hunt them down.

[Cowboy]

Damn! They showed up during the first campaign I started, so i know the DLC is ok.

[Flexington]

No I wouldn't say it's odd, it took a while for me as well. The pace of WoTC seems to be a little more spaced as since there's more activity going on vs the vanilla game.

As you said in vanilla they appeared after 6 or so missions, but this expansion has us being attacked by the chosen, interacting with the other factions and as a result slows down the pace of research and enemy appearances (thankfully).

You have more soldiers and a longer campaign, looks like they took a couple notes from the Long War mods.

[Cowboy]

Wait. The shadow chamber? Really?

[Cowboy]

I really appreciate your input, guys. Thank you. I'm at the point in my campaign where the Berserkers, Andromodons, and even Valen's OP Archon showed up.

[arekasama]

Originally posted by Zacky:

Wait. The shadow chamber? Really?

It provides you with the enemy list of each mission so you can choose the one with vipers. If/When they appear.

Good luck, Commander.

[Flexington]

Originally posted by Zacky:

I really appreciate your input, guys. Thank you. I'm at the point in my campaign where the Berserkers, Andromodons, and even Valen's OP Archon showed up.

Oh if you're that far then yeah...something's strange. Maybe you just happen to select missions they were on somehow?

Do you have the rulers DLC enabled? If so I'm surprised you didn't at least see one during an alien base mission.

[Mhblis]

No I ran into this as well. Sectoids and engineers as well.

It's a little annoying but they do show up later in the campaign so you will eventually get enough.

[Cowboy]

Cheers, guys.