What's the deal with PCS?

[BlackDragon]

That is, Personal Combat Simulation, rather than a bunch of PC's. I noticed all my soldiers have a slot for it. Fair enough, I thought, I'll probably unlock the tech to make them soon. But... I haven't. I'm in the mid-game at least, having used most of the construction-slots on the Avenger. I've got Psionics, mid-tier weapons and armor, and... no PCS. I would've expected to be able to create them in the hospital or Guerilla School, or maybe the skunkworks... or whatever they call them.

It's apparently not something enemies drop, like gun-attachments, either - at least, I haven't gotten one in a drop yet, after a ton of battles and carefully picking up everything that drops.

Well, to be specific, I DO have ONE. I bought it from the Black Market. Is that all there is to it? It's something you buy on the Black Market when you can afford it? That seems... weird, somehow. There's no mention of it anywhere in the game, either. No pop-ups, no tutorials, no entries in the archives...

[TamaBlama]

They're just little extras to buff your soldiers with. Like, my upfront armor stacking grenadier might want a health PCS, while the one that hangs back and uses chain shot might want one that gives aim.

I think enemies drop them very rarely. But yeah, your best chance to get decent ones is through the Black Market. As far as I know there isn't really anything else to them.

[Andrius227]

I think i mostly get them as mission rewards. Cant make them and i dont think enemies drop them either. But i could be wrong.

Can also buy them from black markets and the HQ that i know for sure.

[SFCShadow]

I've gotten about 4-5 PCS's so far out of about 16 battles or so. Admittedly they've only started dropping perhaps in the last 8 or so battles. I've gotten 2 +2 movement ones and 2 +8 aim bonus and a health boost (can't remember how much I think it's +3).

[Cytek]

Originally posted by Shadow:

I've gotten about 4-5 PCS's so far out of about 16 battles or so. Admittedly they've only started dropping perhaps in the last 8 or so battles. I've gotten 2 +2 movement ones and 2 +8 aim bonus and a health boost (can't remember how much I think it's +3).

Guys this may seem like a stupid question.... but how the hell do you equip or install a PCS on your soldier. I can't figure it out. I ahve plenty of them all my slots are green and empty but I can't figure out how to equip them. Thanks in advance.

[Mister Veeg]

it's tied to the Guerilla Tactics School, apparently.

it's a lot of little bonuses like +1 move or +2 hp or +30 will or whatever.

[Andrius227]

Originally posted by Cytek:

Originally posted by Shadow:

I've gotten about 4-5 PCS's so far out of about 16 battles or so. Admittedly they've only started dropping perhaps in the last 8 or so battles. I've gotten 2 +2 movement ones and 2 +8 aim bonus and a health boost (can't remember how much I think it's +3).

Guys this may seem like a stupid question.... but how the hell do you equip or install a PCS on your soldier. I can't figure it out. I ahve plenty of them all my slots are green and empty but I can't figure out how to equip them. Thanks in advance.

I'm sure its in the loadout screen. In the same place where you mod weapons.

[Egro]

Black market sell bunch of them time to time, some time you can buy it from your HQ thing land.

[Cccactus]

You get them at random, same as all other loot. I had a +10 aim one, was really OP :p

[Guydodge]

Originally posted by BlackDragon:

That is, Personal Combat Simulation, rather than a bunch of PC's. I noticed all my soldiers have a slot for it. Fair enough, I thought, I'll probably unlock the tech to make them soon. But... I haven't. I'm in the mid-game at least, having used most of the construction-slots on the Avenger. I've got Psionics, mid-tier weapons and armor, and... no PCS. I would've expected to be able to create them in the hospital or Guerilla School, or maybe the skunkworks... or whatever they call them.

It's apparently not something enemies drop, like gun-attachments, either - at least, I haven't gotten one in a drop yet, after a ton of battles and carefully picking up everything that drops.

Well, to be specific, I DO have ONE. I bought it from the Black Market. Is that all there is to it? It's something you buy on the Black Market when you can afford it? That seems... weird, somehow. There's no mention of it anywhere in the game, either. No pop-ups, no tutorials, no entries in the archives...

mid games is 23 hours sure hope not

[Cytek]

Originally posted by Space King Veeg:

it's tied to the Guerilla Tactics School, apparently.

it's a lot of little bonuses like +1 move or +2 hp or +30 will or whatever.

Thanks I just figured it out :) just haven't built that facility yet :) thanks

[Risawulf]

I went through the entire game and only found about 10 PCS...
They seem to be quite a rare drop from Aliens. :/

[Andrius227]

Originally posted by Wright:

I went through the entire game and only found about 10 PCS...
They seem to be quite a rare drop from Aliens. :/

You are not supposed to only get them from aliens, thats the point. You gotta buy them from black markets and HQ too.

[BlackDragon]

I'm mostly just bemused by how little is SAID of them in the game. Everything else is explained in detail - gear, weapon-mods, and what-have-you. But the PCS just kinda... exist. Without any kind of background or explanation. I guess they're... chips of some kind? And maybe they go in the soldier's heads? I'm just guessing because that seems to be a general theme - absolutely nothing is explained about it in-game.

Anyone else getting a kind of 'unfinished feature' vibe, hmm? :P

[UK_John]

Have some, but won't let me equip. If I have to spend 75 supplies to get the extra loot before I can do it, i'll be upset!

[KRON]

Originally posted by UK_John:

Have some, but won't let me equip. If I have to spend 75 supplies to get the extra loot before I can do it, i'll be upset!

First, this is 3 year old thread, second, you need Guerilla Tactics School to be able to equip them