Alien Hunters - How to Disable?

[danielmj.walmsley]

Anyone know how to disable the Alien Hunters? Even if you don't select it it says that the new mobs will appear and it's driving me crazy - two games since reinstallation and I've met some stupid Ruler mob that has more health than my entire squad and moves once for each move my team makes individually...before I had made contact with my FIRST area.

Needless to say, I wiped ....entire squad down before I'd even taken 1/3rd of it's health.

[creynolds5464]

Just don't take the very first mission for it. Wait until you have end game armor and weapons researched. Then it's fun fightimg them. Just use a ranger to scout ahead so you know where they are.

[hghwolf]

Originally posted by creynolds5464:

Wait until you have end game armor and weapons researched. Then it's fun fightimg them.

When you blatantly overpower them ?

The best time to fight the rulers is with magnetics and plated. They`re still threatening but not overpowering. Although you can easily kill the Viper King even with base gear so long as you use the hunter weapons, and even without them he`s not THAT dangerous.

[gimmethegepgun]

If you don't include the mission then they'll show up.
If you include the mission but never do it then they won't show up.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by hghwolf, potato freezer:

Originally posted by creynolds5464:

Wait until you have end game armor and weapons researched. Then it's fun fightimg them.

When you blatantly overpower them ?

The best time to fight the rulers is with magnetics and plated. They`re still threatening but not overpowering. Although you can easily kill the Viper King even with base gear so long as you use the hunter weapons, and even without them he`s not THAT dangerous.

Which doesn't really answer the original question; does it?

What was asked is "how to disable"

Originally posted by danielmj.walmsley:

Anyone know how to disable the Alien Hunters? Even if you don't select it it says that the new mobs will appear and it's driving me crazy - two games since reinstallation and I've met some stupid Ruler mob that has more health than my entire squad and moves once for each move my team makes individually...before I had made contact with my FIRST area.

Needless to say, I wiped ....entire squad down before I'd even taken 1/3rd of it's health.

Two choices:

1. Leave the DLC installed. When starting a new game leave the box checked for the storyline mission. In game. Ignore it. The alien rulers will never show up if you never do the trigger mission. There's no penalty for not doing it

2. Outside of the game, look in your library under Xcom 2 and uncheck the DLC to uninstall it.

I would recomend not bothering to uninstall it. This way you still have access to the customizations added. Simply don't do the trigger mission until you feel like it (if ever).

[hghwolf]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Which doesn't really answer the original question; does it?

What was asked is "how to disable"

Which had already been answered. Thus it was time to move the thread into passive agressive humblebragging, as is customary with any game harder than "center camera, click mouse, press cover button".

Seriously dude, lighten up. Your molars must be like glass.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by hghwolf, potato freezer:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Which doesn't really answer the original question; does it?

What was asked is "how to disable"

Which had already been answered. Thus it was time to move the thread into passive agressive humblebragging, as is customary with any game harder than "center camera, click mouse, press cover button".

Seriously dude, lighten up. Your molars must be like glass.

You want to move on? Sure. Play the game on commander or Legendary, you'll want to leave the alien rulers until plasma or skip them, or hate yourself when they eat your A team on legend ironman because you didn't.

[danielmj.walmsley]

Thanks guys, all the information is useful :)

[hghwolf]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

You want to move on? Sure. Play the game on commander or Legendary, you'll want to leave the alien rulers until plasma or skip them, or hate yourself when they eat your A team on legend ironman because you didn't.

Alright. My Commander campaign is stalled because I`d rather play SPAZ 2 right now, but I`ll get on getting that utterly meaningless achievement at some point.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by hghwolf, potato freezer:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

You want to move on? Sure. Play the game on commander or Legendary, you'll want to leave the alien rulers until plasma or skip them, or hate yourself when they eat your A team on legend ironman because you didn't.

Alright. My Commander campaign is stalled because I`d rather play SPAZ 2 right now, but I`ll get on getting that utterly meaningless achievement at some point.

You were the one who wanted to pull the topic into humblebragging territory. Don't blame me

[hghwolf]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

You were the one who wanted to pull the topic into humblebragging territory. Don't blame me :ethereal:

For what ? I`ve already done the alien rulers on that one. With magnetics. They`re not that dangerous once you know how to del with them.

[DaveDash]

Originally posted by hghwolf, potato freezer:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

You were the one who wanted to pull the topic into humblebragging territory. Don't blame me :ethereal:

For what ? I`ve already done the alien rulers on that one. With magnetics. They`re not that dangerous once you know how to del with them.

It still depends a lot on luck/mission type even if you know how to deal with them.

I've ran into rulers on VIP missions in packs with other ADVENT where I have not had the time or luxury to scout around.

Meeting them under unlucky circumstances is basically a campaign ender until late game.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by hghwolf, potato freezer:

Originally posted by Kunovega:

You were the one who wanted to pull the topic into humblebragging territory. Don't blame me

For what ? I`ve already done the alien rulers on that one. With magnetics. They`re not that dangerous once you know how to del with them.

Are you stoned, or just stupid? You don't seem able to stay on one topic without just random bragging about something else entirely.

[hghwolf]

Originally posted by Kunovega:

Are you stoned, or just stupid? You don't seem able to stay on one topic without just random bragging about something else entirely.

Curve your swerve man. Let go of that hate. You called me out.

Originally posted by DaveDash:

It still depends a lot on luck/mission type even if you know how to deal with them.

I've ran into rulers on VIP missions in packs with other ADVENT where I have not had the time or luxury to scout around.

Meeting them under unlucky circumstances is basically a campaign ender until late game.

Depends. Sure, you can get pretty unlucky, but unless you get completely blindsided by the Archon King and you position correctly damage can be kept minimal. Stasis is the obvious go-to, of course, letting you set up or deal with any other active enemies. Even just the freezebomb at least gives you enough time to flashbang other "problems", and of course the axe toss, freezehook and rage strike are free actions with possibly delaying effect. DoTs are amazing, for once, and put a limit on how many actions the damn thing is gonna take at all. Rulers are also quite prone to triggering Bladestorm which also gives a stun chance with the Arc Blade.

Another important thing with rulers is to know when to end your turn. Sometimes it`s better to leave soldiers with actions undone if they`re not going to help as much as getting action back on another soldier with fewer ruler reactions inbetween.

[gerzald]

Do not like boss fights. So did not buy DLC. Wanted more grunts. More bug CC monsters. Like the clown outfits, the missjudged this market. They need to let the moders do modeling.

[Powellinho.72]

Guys, isit better to just try and weaken them bosses at first , then try to kill it the next time u see it?

I get the feeling doin it in one go without the best equipment would be bad news, plus losing the nice dlc weapons when a character dies.