Gorlom Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 ships? Were you going to make new friends by giving them a viking burial with your new flamethrower?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heldelance Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Such a mighty weapon fills me with a burning jealousy! Ah, to be able to torch the invaders... Surely they cannot bear the heat! As for this thread, the topic seems to have veered like a glacier, slowly but surely and bloody cold! I hope to re-ignite the topic of the burning civilians. Surely the subject matter is somewhat insensitive and sure to offend some thus raising the heat. As a multi-cultural community, it would be in our best interests to reduce such friction and avoid a conflagration from consuming the community. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 ships? Were you going to make new friends by giving them a viking burial with your new flamethrower?? well sort of.. "Burial" generally implies* that they are deceased when going on the boat Also, I was toying with offing the old friends. There's always something that sparks interest when it's a new friend compared to the dying embers of an old friendship. But either way, new friends or old, friends or not friends, there's always room on a burning Viking ship for you Gorlom *unless you're a big Gothic Horror fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Bring on the heat! Being of viking decent I'm not one to shy away from traditions if they are cool enough! Riding a flaming ship shaped as a dragon onto your shore and pillaging and burning your village sounds like a hoot Thothkins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 A warm welcome to the thread for res1aytk and Vivisector 9999! Sometimes, threads and indeed forums can settle into a rut. All of the topics have been discussed and everyone has had their views aired. Fortunately, Xenonauts always has new builds to talk about, and self immolating civvies willing to sacrifice themselves so the light of this thread can live on. Better yet, the game brings in new posters, willing to stoke the embers of the forums and provide a fresh look at everything. That then jolts life back into things, and sparks off new discussions and ideas. Can't be bad, can it? [Ha ha] Thanks, thothkins! I just don't have any important input for this game. I apologize for the late reply. I hadn't come across your post in this thread until now. I'm looking forward to the release of this game, nevertheless. Do you believe I haven't played X-COMs: UFO Defense and Terror from the Deep? The only X-COMs I've played are Apocalypse and Interceptor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korval Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) ?? Maybe my pilot light has gone out, but I don't see the reference there... Oh, duh! "Apocalypse"..."Hell on Earth." Engineers, eh? Masters of maximizing utility with a minimum of resources. Edited August 15, 2012 by Korval Epiphany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 ah Apocalypse where the aliens rained fire, brimstone and brainsuckers across the city from their dimension gates. I hugely enjoyed it. Although it didn't do anywhere near what the original design had hoped, it was still great fun. Pertinent to this forum is that the designers obviously had lots of ideas to improve on their original and in a lot of ways they did just that - advanced facilities, human & alien foes, the fantastic relationships between organisations (something that would really improve any X-Com themed game), modes of transportation etc. Lots there to be used as a starting point, rather than the original I often think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I reckon if Chris had known how much attention Xenonauts was going to get he might have thought about more apoc type features instead of keeping it basic. A one man indie dev is probably smarter to go for a smaller project as its foray into the limelight. It is only once the flare of publicity has highlighted their achievements that the bigger projects become more attainable. Not always the case of course, some people are lucky enough to hit on something that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I'm sure Chris had said that the focus was very much on the Battlescape. Considering the scope of that and the restraints of the project in general, not to mention the issues along the way, then that's been the way to go. I think that more people are likely to pick up an X-Com successor for the Battlescape than the Geoscape. In a parallel universe there's a Chris sitting there wondering why people are funding his felt tip drawing Xenonauts. Why has my project been shot down in flames! Oh, if only I hadn't spent so much time reading strategy mags about the cold war! That said, if the Geoscape is going to get a facelift anyway, then there's a tiny glimmer of hope that it could represent a cold war world by country, and that's the first step towards Apocalyptic relationships. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Pancakes Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 Now you've got me wishing for a "NUKE THE CRAP OUT OF EACH OTHER" button that the Xenonauts can press every time the player wants to start a new mission. While rendering the Earth a flaming, radioactive hellhole so that the Aliens have wasted men and material for a giant, barren, radioactive rock... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) Few people would use that button surely? I reckon as a button of last resort it could be kind of fun though... Regarding the radioactive rock part, maybe that was exactly what they wanted. Earth may have been invaded because of abundant radioactive material, it's like chocolate to Ceasans. Edited August 16, 2012 by Gauddlike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Pancakes Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I don't know...maybe chocolate to the Ceasans is like cyanide to us... COAT EVERYTHING IN CHOCOLATE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorlom Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 I don't know...maybe chocolate to the Ceasans is like cyanide to us...COAT EVERYTHING IN CHOCOLATE!!! mmm chocolate... HEY we are a bit off topic here mister fryingpan-cake! We are talking about buddhist civilians not the result of the easterbunny going mad scientist on the aliens! Turn the thermostat back up please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 combining the two... what's the melting point of a chocolate Lindt Easter Bunny? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarRat Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 This whole issue with civilians being too dumb to stay away from fire (never mind aliens or XCom operatives) really burns me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzles Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 combining the two... what's the melting point of a chocolate Lindt Easter Bunny?[ATTACH=CONFIG]1378[/ATTACH] Somewhere between "Hmm, that's warm" and "Ouch, toasty". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted August 16, 2012 Share Posted August 16, 2012 (edited) Somewhere between "Hmm, that's warm" and "Ouch, toasty". "Back off, man. I'm a scientist." Glad you could provide some solid science there, Buzzles, before the debate into Chocolate Easter Bunnies reached fever pitch. Edited August 18, 2012 by thothkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzles Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 I aim to bring the searing truth of Science! to the world, so glad I could help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar Pancakes Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Let the Flame of Knowledge consume the minds of those who are ignorant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Fortunately for some of us they invented marshmallows. I really don't like chocolate much, even though I have a sweet tooth. Really like wagonwheels though which sort of combine chocolate and marshmallow. Everyone should try them if they are available in your country, tell them Gauddlike sent you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 (edited) Everyone should try them if they are available in your country, tell them Gauddlike sent you. I tried telling the wagonwheels that Gauddlike sent me, but then security escorted me from the store. Is that what's supposed to happen? My blood will be boiling if they've kicked me out for something that's perfectly normal. Edited August 18, 2012 by thothkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 From my own personal experience they should have welcomed you with open wrappers. Looks like you may have come across a splinter faction that has been sheltered from my influence. All of the local wagonwheels have been introduced to me by now. Many of them have aligned themselves with me. Extremely few of them remain that are holding out. Still I suppose there is always going to be some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 From my own personal experience they should have welcomed you with open wrappers.Looks like you may have come across a splinter faction that has been sheltered from my influence. All of the local wagonwheels have been introduced to me by now. Many of them have aligned themselves with me. Extremely few of them remain that are holding out. Still I suppose there is always going to be some. Great. Just what I need. Fanatic wagonwheels strapping explosives to themselves in the biscuit aisle. "Anti terrorist unit to aisle 6. That's anti-terrorist unit to aisle 6 please." Shopper1: Have you seen Kate recently? Shopper 2: Still being held hostage by the Chocolate Digestive Liberation Front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gauddlike Posted August 18, 2012 Share Posted August 18, 2012 Because of the current international climate I would like to point out that I in no way endorse terrorism. Unless they respond to the password Gauddlike their actions are not my responsibility. Recently several bad batches may have gone rogue but they are subject to a factory recall. None of the legitimate wagonwheel batches would engage in illegal acts against any civilian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thothkins Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 For the love of your biscuity deity Let me go now! All I wanted was a wagonwheel Milk chocolate covered terrorism was not the plan End this futility now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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