Legacy Gold

[CrazyGoatMan]

Wow. JUst played through "Blast From The Past". And it was a Blast. :) Got myself Silver with 215K points... just shy of the 220K. Honestlly though I got pretty darn lucky and if I played again I doubt I would do as well. With how perfectlly everything would have to break for things to go better I doubt I will ever try and get Gold. How many folks out there have? How many times through did it take with the whole "Ironman" thing? Is there anything which makes getting Gold in it worthwhile?

[.O.]

i've got gold on all, except for the second set of missions that took two tries, all the rest were done first try.

From what I know Gold medal is just for bragging rights/sense of achievement. You unlock all the unlocks by just completing it.

[Future]

want gold? play on nightmare, theres way more enemies, which means more points, the only campaign i had problems really is the "It Came from the Sea".

and yea, gold is for steam achievements really.

[Kitame]

Originally posted by Future:

the only campaign i had problems really is the "It Came from the Sea".

Was the mission really that hard? I actually thought that was the easiest mission to get gold on (I did that one first try, rest took me forever to get gold lol)

[Future]

Originally posted by Stryker:

Originally posted by Future:

the only campaign i had problems really is the "It Came from the Sea".

Was the mission really that hard? I actually thought that was the easiest mission to get gold on (I did that one first try, rest took me forever to get gold lol)

that 3rd mission with a timer was a problem for me...and the endless chryssalids dont help :)

[CrazyGoatMan]

Good to know about increased difficultly eqqating to more enemeies. I had foolishlly presumed it just boosted the ones you ran into or nerfed your own people.

[CrazyGoatMan]

Also... Is there any way to look at the details of the equipment your troopers are carrying during the Legacy missions? Like an "Inventory Screen"? I have not tried to do this during a normal mission since you can do so when Selecting Soldiers.

[Supa]

Originally posted by RussParkerITAM:

Also... Is there any way to look at the details of the equipment your troopers are carrying during the Legacy missions? Like an "Inventory Screen"?

You can hover the gun icon in bottom right corner but you cannot see stuff likes evasion I think.

[TheSuit]

Originally posted by Future:

Originally posted by Stryker:

Was the mission really that hard? I actually thought that was the easiest mission to get gold on (I did that one first try, rest took me forever to get gold lol)

that 3rd mission with a timer was a problem for me...and the endless chryssalids dont help :)

I am guessing it was based on the XCOM 1 map - where you have to fight infinite chryssalids on that boat?

[Supa]

Originally posted by The | Suit:

Originally posted by Future:

that 3rd mission with a timer was a problem for me...and the endless chryssalids dont help :)

I am guessing it was based on the XCOM 1 map - where you have to fight infinite chryssalids on that boat?

Its the one with the DJ's beacon or whatever. The map gives you a ridiculous highground and the beacon dies in like 1 hit.

[Sovereigndrake]

Originally posted by Future:

Originally posted by Stryker:

Was the mission really that hard? I actually thought that was the easiest mission to get gold on (I did that one first try, rest took me forever to get gold lol)

that 3rd mission with a timer was a problem for me...and the endless chryssalids dont help :)

I personally had trouble with Rescuing the DJ. When i activated the mutons, they'd just go n shoot him through the window.

[Liro Raériyo]

i went and tried to do the first one on the lower difficulty, i BARELY golded it, though... i felt like something was really strange, so i went and started the first map and did the same set of first turn actions over and over... and can conclude without a shadow of a doubt that, atleast for each individual user, the seed is exactly the same, but if the seed is the same for me, that means its very much likely that every instance of legacy missions are run on the same seed...

since thats the case the true optimal way to hi-score is most certainly NOT just a string of 100% common sense actions...

i think that also means that since its the exact same for everyone... Xcom 2 might have actual speedrun potential now...

[.O.]

Originally posted by RussParkerITAM:

Also... Is there any way to look at the details of the equipment your troopers are carrying during the Legacy missions? Like an "Inventory Screen"? I have not tried to do this during a normal mission since you can do so when Selecting Soldiers.

if you save and exit to main menu. Then go back to the legacy stuff screen, you can click on your soldiers and look at their gear etc.

[Mr. Nice]

You can also check between legacy op missions. You can click for more detail on the screen which shows new abilities and equipment.

[Future]

Originally posted by Sovereigndrake:

Originally posted by Future:

that 3rd mission with a timer was a problem for me...and the endless chryssalids dont help :)

I personally had trouble with Rescuing the DJ. When i activated the mutons, they'd just go n shoot him through the window.

dont mess around with mutons boi, those guys are dangerous as Duck.

[CrazyGoatMan]

I tried clicking on them during the between mission screen and it had no effect. I will try again.