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Offline Mungojerrie

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How about an epic last battle?
« on: April 19, 2014, 01:16:06 am »
Just finished 2.5 on normal. It felt pretty good and totally bug-free, except for alt-tabbing after a couple of minutes of AFK, which is annoying.

But the ending felt very anticlimactic. Victory by completing a research project and then clicking two times? Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.

Why not launch not the payload from the orbital cannon, but a capsule with elite PHALANX operatives? Say Carrier UFO has great anti-missile defense, but a nimble 12-person dropship could say drive itself right into the bridge. Would make it feel more like original X-COM or the following remake last battle, which would be nice. All it would require is a bit of writing and one map design.

What say you, gentlemen?

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Re: How about an epic last battle?
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2014, 09:30:42 am »
... All it would require is a bit of writing and one map design.

What say you, gentlemen?

Just do it.

Offline Duke

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Re: How about an epic last battle?
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2014, 11:24:48 am »
As you can see in our wiki, this is already planned.
We just need the people to actually do it. How about you ?
C'mon, it is just a bit of writing and one map design...

Btw we already have code to *chain* maps together. That is, one mission with two or more maps.
« Last Edit: April 19, 2014, 11:28:19 am by Duke »

Offline Mungojerrie

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Re: How about an epic last battle?
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2014, 12:45:48 pm »
I'd do it, but my map design experience is nil :(