[May Development Update!]

Struggling... to contain... excitement.

[Firaxis Games' XCOM: Enemy Unknown announced!]

I don't like what I've seen of it so far. Its way too watered down. There are much better solutions to ammo, bases, mission selection, base attacks and few troops seeing combat in ground combat. That and they got rid of TU because that would required too much thinking. And I don't want to play Sim base either. And don't get me started on WOW special abilities and the regressive streamlined stat system and the stupid Will stat. You get hurt, the only penalty should be waiting ages to return to health, but no, now you have the nerves of a child. WTF.

Now I activate my end rant special ability. I have to wait 3 turns for it to cool down.

[Soldier stats and stuff]

I'd like to have some corporals who aren't weaklings. And Tasmania is an island.

[Kickstarter Goes Live!]

Angry Joe

You serious?

[Any chance of [a race of black, humanoid crab like aliens] in the game?]

Reapers = brainsucking alien grasshoppers?

[Influencing Civilians]

I'll influence them, with my STUN BATON!

[Mission Types and Secondary Objectives]

I would rather have alternate victory conditions (like capturing the UFO instead of killing all aliens for example) instead of new mission types. Protecting VIPs and guarding stuff gets boring quick.

[Stretch Goal Poll Options]

Am I the only one who has a problem with indoor missions? Aren't alien bases the same thing?

[Proposed Stretch Goals:]

Thanks. I was getting worried that we were gonna get hand crafted maps.

[Proposed Stretch Goals:]

Do you need a level designer? I thought maps semi randomly generated?

[Stretch Goal Poll Options]

One thing I think has been forgotten is the poor old motion scanner.

[Visible battle map]

Not knowing the terrain adds to tension.

[Stretch Goal Poll Options]

I know I've said this a lot lately but I want a forest and or jungle tile set. Also the military base defence and the memorial thing sound cool.

[Kickstarter: Chris in a box @5000$?]

I will put money in only if it get filmed and put on youtube. I can't be stuffed flying around the world.

"His name is Chris England and he has no clue where he is. Will he make it back to London in time to finish Xenonauts? Don't miss the season finale of Stuck in a box!"

I lol'ed.

Where will he be unboxed next? halfway fown the niagara falls (narraitive question only not a serious suggestion) or ontop of the Liberty statue?

Maybe he wil be unboxed in his own home with a bunch of strangers around? Or in a strangers house with noone around?

Will he be popping up inside an igloo? Inside a cafe? On the dancefloor in a gayclub? On a bus? In the middle of a farmland field? In a Zoo? Noone knows!

SO MANY POSSIBILITIES!!1

[Hidden Movement Screen Time]

I know there is an optimal speed, but I think right now its a bit slow. But I think that's because there are so many civilians on every map and I'm used to UFO maps having no civilians.

[Hidden Movement Screen Time]

Hidden movement will probably move a ton faster in the finished game, so I don't think we'll need a skip or speed up button.

[there is a thech tree?]

To get laser weapons and fancy new amour:

Alien alloys, plasma pistol and rifle, alenium, power core. Then research alien alloy fabrication and plasma weapons. Then you'll be able to research laser weapons.

[Kickstarter Goes Live!]

It's 50,745 , *approximately 1 hour later* . Still 50,745...WHAT!? An hour has passed and no change!? I knew it, people are losing interest since we reached the goal! Chris was too humble NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*pant**pant**pant*

Yeah he shoulda threaten to shoot a puppy if people didn't give him moar monies.

[Top Ten wants]

All I want is a forest or jungle map. I don't care if it doesn't look very natural.

[suppression poll]

I choose the one that stops the enemy getting off reaction fire.

[UI Suggestion: Soldier Icons]

This is also a problem in the Dropship screen, Icons would help to put the guys you want at the front where you want them without having to refer back to the Soldier screen to see who has what.

Yeah it's annoying trying to remember who had what without switching back and forth between screens. It just needs to show the primary weapon the soldiers is holding.

["Berserk" and "Panic" situations??]

That's only if he hasn't spent all his APs mowing down friendlies!

["Berserk" and "Panic" situations??]

That sounds kinda cool, but it would be a massive pain in the butt in some situations.

[gameplay purpose of fighters]

Flashman beat me too it.

[Kickstarter Goes Live!]

Can we have a forest or jungle map now?