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Offline Eegxeta

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So I was setting up my second base and I got it to the point where I could actually house soldiers, equipment and aircraft, so I started a transfer of my second team soldiers and their equipment. Meanwhile a terror mission popped up so I sent the first team. When the Firebird got over Asia(where my second base was) a UFO popped up and started flying towards it. So I switched homebases and launched my interceptors from my second base. They didn't make it on time... A rescue mission popped up, unfortunately I had no dropships or money to buy one. So I started selling stuff to get the money and I bought the dropship only to realize that switching homebases stopped the soldiers from team two from transferring, but not their equipment. So I had my dropship and all my equipment in one base, my soldiers in another and no money. One 24 transfer later and it was too late. I of course forgot to save so I couldn't try again. Curse you autosave why did you abandon me!
« Last Edit: October 15, 2013, 03:36:10 pm by Eegxeta »

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Re: Base Transfer gone wrong... A situation where all you can do is laugh...
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2013, 03:40:35 pm »
Is it just me or are these forums too serious. Doesn't anyone go and post amusing stories of blunders in their defense of Earth? Or have any other fun discussions?

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Re: Base Transfer gone wrong... A situation where all you can do is laugh...
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2013, 05:57:10 pm »
since 2.5 I think people are too busy screaming in frustration and lamenting the poor demise of that mid-range soldier who has been along for the ride in 20 missions but done jack and finally gets killed by bouncing a plasma grenade off the head of the guy in power armour standing in front of him...either that or they just have repetitive strain injury from hitting the retry button

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Re: Base Transfer gone wrong... A situation where all you can do is laugh...
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2013, 04:16:56 pm »
I *like* 2.5... although during study jams my flatmates seem not to be too happy when I suddenly burst out laughing having wiped out my entire team with a mis-click. I'll convert them though. :D

The best parts are when you think you're taking a calculated risk with the grenade launcher - like taking out a certain ortnok sniper through a small window - when something totally unaccounted for happens instead - like a sudden burst of reaction fire from an unseen enemy breaking the glass you were hoping to bounce 'nades off and suddenly all the civilians are plasma-cooked...

heh.

Oh wait, I'm supposed to be trying to win or something, aren't I...

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Re: Base Transfer gone wrong... A situation where all you can do is laugh...
« Reply #4 on: October 21, 2013, 05:19:49 pm »
On the one game I played, where the third UFO I saw was a harvester, I sent my second team to go deal with it and it happen to be in a desert in the middle of the Amazon (You be surprised by how often that happens). So I wound up with a rookie team in a long range fight with no cover. I kept trying to get everyone in the rescue zone I ended up getting six of eight in because the last two guys were doing the best. I ended up with everyone but three guys critically injured and in the turn I finally got the guys in the drop ship an alien with a plasma rifle managed to get at that angle where he could see everyone and promptly went full auto on number 8 who was, of course, standing in the back so exactly this sort of this wouldn't happen.  In the end I managed to win the battle with no loses by getting lucky and most of the aliens spawned inside the UFO so I was able to get my soldier with the grenade launcher close enough to shoot at them. I swear the grenade launcher has to be one of, if not the, best weapons in the game.