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[dunkellic]

Originally posted by another_guest@Apr 3 2005, 09:30 AM
Yes, I think you're right that it needs to be a commander taken from an alien base. In most cases they will be found at the top floor of the room with the big grav lift; there's a corridor all around that room, accessible only by a 5-or-so tiles wide door. I hope you can gather from this description what I mean...

As for ethereals, those are indeed the orange caped ones. They're dangerous (understatement) because of their psi abilities. Be glad that you haven't met them often yet.

but once they´re dead they are much much friendlier....


sad thing that a MCed ethereal can´t MC others by your command...(perhaps if i equipt him with a psi-amp )

[Spookyfish]

Yeah, why won't someone try that for fun? Have two soldiers with good psychic abilities carry a spare psi-amp, MC an etheral, then throw the new etheral slave the spare psi-amp.

[another_guest]

Can you make mind controlled aliens pick up things? I've read once that you need to cycle through your soldiers until you're on the MC'ed alien to do so. But I haven't tried it yet.

[Lizard]

Yea,. You cant do it directly. But I think that cycling throught soldiers to get alien is bug and it could be already in Ufoefense

[dunkellic]

Originally posted by Lizard@Apr 3 2005, 12:27 PM
Yea,. You cant do it directly. But I think that cycling throught soldiers to get alien is bug and it could be already in Ufoefense

it works with the goldversion
but i wouldn´t consider it as a bug (as far as you dont use it with chrysalids).
why shouldn´t you be able to equip MCed aliens, that doens´t make much sense

[another_guest]

Originally posted by dunkellic@Apr 3 2005, 02:21 PM
why shouldn´t you be able to equip MCed aliens, that doens´t make much sense

Of course, but then again you can't use their inherent abilities (hand-to-hand attack,...) either.

[Juan Rayo]

Thanks, I WOULD like to battle the Ethereals so I can see how my soldiers do against them, specially considering I could end up meeting a whole bunch of them in Mars. I think it's a good idea to wait then, for the snakes or floaters to build their own pretty little base and then come in and exterminate them, heh.

And I have never used stun bombs, always rods, oh, well. Thanks for the info guys.

And now, MORE questions!

1. Allien food? any good or can I go ahead and sell it? I have already researched it...

2. Allien enterteinment/ Likewise.

3. Examination room. Got 3 or 4 of those, already researched them as well.

Can I sell all this stuff? No need for it at all?

As usual, all info greatly appreciated.

[TwoHedWlf]

All of them, research it, sell it.

Be nice if you could breed and use your own aliens if you had all the proper equipment...Hmmm...X-com 2!

[axident]

Originally posted by Juan Rayo@Apr 3 2005, 03:58 PM
Thanks, I WOULD like to battle the Ethereals so I can see how my soldiers do against them, specially considering I could end up meeting a whole bunch of them in Mars. I think it's a good idea to wait then, for the snakes or floaters to build their own pretty little base and then come in and exterminate them, heh.

And I have never used stun bombs, always rods, oh, well. Thanks for the info guys.

And now, MORE questions!

1. Allien food? any good or can I go ahead and sell it? I have already researched it...

2. Allien enterteinment/ Likewise.

3. Examination room. Got 3 or 4 of those, already researched them as well.

Can I sell all this stuff? No need for it at all?

As usual, all info greatly appreciated.

If your soldiers have never been psi-tested, they won't stand a chance at a Sectoid or Ethereal base. I recommend letting Floaters make a base and camping the green rooms. The Snakeman bases are easy, too, if you have enough soldiers to gun down Chryssalids as they come. Usually you can kill 90% of the troops by camping and then walk over to the Command room to stun the commander. But sometimes the commander leaves the command room and comes to you, so try not to kill stuff once there are only a few aliens left.. as long as it keeps saying "Floater Commander Panics" you're doing fine.

You can have an alien pick up stuff and drop stuff by Mind Controlling an alien, then going to one of your soldiers and clicking inventory. Once in inventory screen, click the "next soldier" arrow until you arrive at the alien's inventory screen.

Alien food, entertainment, surgery, examination room all give flavor to the game but have no gameplay effect. Save one of each to research when you have nothing better to research, and sell the rest.

[Spookyfish]

Originally posted by TwoHedWlf@Apr 3 2005, 04:15 PM
Be nice if you could breed and use your own aliens if you had all the proper equipment...Hmmm...X-com 2!

Hah LOL! Would be an interesting approach to the game indeed... Or a reversion of the roles... An option to play as X-COM or the Aliens! Sure, the Aliens would be radicatly different from humans, no need for money, funding, or whatever, so someone creative ought to plan that...

Man, being a writer is terrible. You get all these crazy ideas all of a sudden .