tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656428975201272042.post7923915799698300033..comments2024-03-28T10:31:45.644-07:00Comments on Vigaroe: XCOM 2 Alien Analysis: Archon KingVigaroehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02405424233776571308noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656428975201272042.post-70831500993327462652022-10-30T18:59:36.720-07:002022-10-30T18:59:36.720-07:00Seconding this. I actually never realized Quake wa...Seconding this. I actually never realized Quake was an AoE attack because my default squad positioning is so spread out, so the "quake most of the squad" bit was wholly alien to me. Devastate, by contrast, always blew up at least a couple soldiers and could go really bad if Archon King had friends to follow up. I really don't prioritize Psionics in WotC, though. thesemicolonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17557640153715119433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656428975201272042.post-19220520477995602292021-09-14T22:34:00.244-07:002021-09-14T22:34:00.244-07:00I actually aborted my original base-game Legendary...I actually aborted my original base-game Legendary run over the Archon King hospitalizing my entire team, a feat the Berserker Queen never managed in that run; in general, I think the absolute worst-case scenarios he can produce are overall more horrific than the Berserker Queen's, but in the vast majority of my runs he never approaches such a wort-case.<br /><br />So basically I feel he's less bad on average, which won't necessarily be true in any particular run.Ghoul Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165232279081041131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656428975201272042.post-79861424833213365542021-09-14T20:29:40.532-07:002021-09-14T20:29:40.532-07:00Interesting, I had always thought of the Archon as...Interesting, I had always thought of the Archon as the most dangerous due to devastate and the grab giving a defense bonus. Personally I've always had more trouble with the Archon King than the Berserker Queen but that may just be my playstyle. Also ditto about the "intelligence" remarks by Vahlen; I always thought she was exclusively referring to the Archon King and HE was the one who actually broke containment and made everything fall apart. If nothing else, the confusion definitely shows the rushed state of the DLC. Thanks for covering.Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02342601875455335827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656428975201272042.post-86482186347545930002021-07-01T21:21:06.227-07:002021-07-01T21:21:06.227-07:00Yeah, part of why I started this series is I'd...Yeah, part of why I started this series is I'd go looking stuff up because I was curious what a given thing actually meant and if there were any rules to keep in mind, and find that the information either didn't exist or was ridiculously barebones if it was content new to WoTC... not that base XCOM 2 was all that well-documented, either, but most of the obvious things to be curious about were at least *mentioned* on wikis and whatnot.<br /><br />But while news articles and whatnot love using screenshots of the Assassin... yeah, virtually no info.Ghoul Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165232279081041131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656428975201272042.post-19467595048497143812021-07-01T19:29:39.936-07:002021-07-01T19:29:39.936-07:00That makes sense. Highly looking forward to the Ch...That makes sense. Highly looking forward to the Chosen posts, btw. You'd think with them being so central to WOTC and all the myriad ways they can show up in your run with various perks and debuffs, etc. there'd be some place on the Internet where all of this is documented, but (just with everything else about this game) nope.Carlos M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00724030488394241024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656428975201272042.post-49798406774819833112021-07-01T17:24:21.289-07:002021-07-01T17:24:21.289-07:00My personal guess is that a more polished version ...My personal guess is that a more polished version of Alien Hunters would've just had a more appropriate animation approach: maybe instead of carrying the target into the air and stopping there, he'd have grabbed them down at ground level, and letting the attack through would result in him blasting off and slamming down in one action, sidestepping the 'interrupting means a bone-crunching fall' issue entirely.Ghoul Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15165232279081041131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656428975201272042.post-59853108931378722592021-06-29T16:40:32.748-07:002021-06-29T16:40:32.748-07:00Icarus Drop causing fall damage would make it pret...Icarus Drop causing fall damage would make it pretty unbalanced; four stories' drop would be eight points of damage! That would mean countering it would be much worse overall than just letting it through.<br /><br />Again more evidence of Alien Hunters' rushed state. I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't consider giving the attack fall damage at all, but I wouldn't be surprised either if they actually did implement it and found out about the severe unbalance during playtesting.Carlos M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00724030488394241024noreply@blogger.com