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* Taking advantage of the game's aiming mechanics can lead to some oddly funny moments. Like if a soldier has been heavily wounded (which reduces their accuracy) and has an equally wounded enemy up close. You might have a 23% shot of hitting him with that plasma rifle, but that arc thrower has a 98% chance of success.
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* Taking advantage of the game's aiming mechanics can lead to some oddly funny moments. Like if a soldier has been heavily wounded (which reduces their accuracy) and has an equally wounded enemy up close. You might have a 23% shot of hitting him with that plasma rifle, but that arc thrower has a 98% chance of success. Ride the lightning, baby!
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** "Operation Bloody Night." This troper's first [[TotalPartyKill Code Black]].
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** "Operation Bloody Night." This troper's first [[TotalPartyKill Code Black]]. Not exactly funny, but certainly apropos.
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** Sometimes you have to do this because Muton Berserkers [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything often won't move on their own when they see several soldiers go into Overwatch]].
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** Sometimes you have to do this because Muton Berserkers [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything often won't move on their own when they see several soldiers go into Overwatch]].Overwatch]].
* Taking advantage of the game's aiming mechanics can lead to some oddly funny moments. Like if a soldier has been heavily wounded (which reduces their accuracy) and has an equally wounded enemy up close. You might have a 23% shot of hitting him with that plasma rifle, but that arc thrower has a 98% chance of success.
* Taking advantage of the game's aiming mechanics can lead to some oddly funny moments. Like if a soldier has been heavily wounded (which reduces their accuracy) and has an equally wounded enemy up close. You might have a 23% shot of hitting him with that plasma rifle, but that arc thrower has a 98% chance of success.
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** "Operation Bloody Night." This troper's first [[TotalPartyKill Code Black]].
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** "Operation Black Father". Bonus points? [[CrossesTheLineTwice It took place in Africa]].
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** "Operation Brutal Stranger" First time fighting a battleship, ironicaly the next mission was the first to introduce mutons, they were late.
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** "Operation Creepy Fog". They too know how missions against aliens in fog play out.
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** This troper once was handed a female sniper with the last name [[VideoGame/StarCraft Kerrigan.]] Her handle once she reached Sergeant? ''Blades''. Once she turned out to have psi-abilities, I wasn't sure if this was just bizarre coincidence or a legitimate ShoutOut, but she definitely became the Volunteer.
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** This troper once was handed a female sniper with the last name [[VideoGame/StarCraft [[Franchise/StarCraft Kerrigan.]] Her handle once she reached Sergeant? ''Blades''. Once she turned out to have psi-abilities, I wasn't sure if this was just bizarre coincidence or a legitimate ShoutOut, but she definitely became the Volunteer.
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** This troper once was handed a female sniper with the last name [[VideoGame/StarCraft Kerrigan.]] Her handle once she reached Sergeant? ''Blades''. Once she turned out to have psi-abilities, I wasn't sure if this was just bizarre coincidence or a legitimate ShoutOut.
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** This troper once was handed a female sniper with the last name [[VideoGame/StarCraft Kerrigan.]] Her handle once she reached Sergeant? ''Blades''. Once she turned out to have psi-abilities, I wasn't sure if this was just bizarre coincidence or a legitimate ShoutOut.ShoutOut, but she definitely became the Volunteer.
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** The only thing better than your whole team destroying an alien is a single soldier utterly ''decimating'' an alien. During a Council mission, this troper positioned his shotgun-toting Assault on a building that a Thin Man will always jump onto. When the Thin Man dropped, he activated Close Combat Specialist, and [[BulletTime time slowed]] as he managed to get one foot on the roof before getting blown apart by a Scatter Laser. The next three minutes were spent laughing on the floor.
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* Berzerkers are tricky to deal with, because when they are hit they automatically a move to reposition themselves. The best way to deal with them is to move up all soldiers to close range and set them into overwatch, and have the last soldier finally fire, triggering its movement and then the fire from every soldier in the squad at once. Just like dominoes, but with more lasers and blood.
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* Berzerkers are tricky to deal with, because when they are hit they automatically a move to reposition themselves. The best way to deal with them is to move up all soldiers to close range and set them into overwatch, and have the last soldier finally fire, triggering its movement and then the fire from every soldier in the squad at once. Just like dominoes, but with more lasers and blood.blood.
** Sometimes you have to do this because Muton Berserkers [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything often won't move on their own when they see several soldiers go into Overwatch]].
** Sometimes you have to do this because Muton Berserkers [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything often won't move on their own when they see several soldiers go into Overwatch]].
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** "Operation Bad Future". I can only imagine the faces of the four Squaddies I brought when they heard that.
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* In one of my very first combat missions one of my guys was standing just outside between a door and a window. I opened the door and told the guy to get inside. Of course, he crashed through the window. It was hard to stop laughing.
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* In one of my very first combat missions one of my guys was standing just outside between a door and a window. I opened the door and told the guy to get inside. Of course, he crashed through the window. It was hard to stop laughing.laughing.
* There are many ways a Soldier's aim can be reduced to paltry levels in the field. It always seems something out of a military farce film when the Rookie runs up to a weakened Muton, fires at point blank range yet only managing to destroy the wall right behind it, and then being cut down by the bewildered alien.
* Berzerkers are tricky to deal with, because when they are hit they automatically a move to reposition themselves. The best way to deal with them is to move up all soldiers to close range and set them into overwatch, and have the last soldier finally fire, triggering its movement and then the fire from every soldier in the squad at once. Just like dominoes, but with more lasers and blood.
* There are many ways a Soldier's aim can be reduced to paltry levels in the field. It always seems something out of a military farce film when the Rookie runs up to a weakened Muton, fires at point blank range yet only managing to destroy the wall right behind it, and then being cut down by the bewildered alien.
* Berzerkers are tricky to deal with, because when they are hit they automatically a move to reposition themselves. The best way to deal with them is to move up all soldiers to close range and set them into overwatch, and have the last soldier finally fire, triggering its movement and then the fire from every soldier in the squad at once. Just like dominoes, but with more lasers and blood.
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-->Voices in your head!
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-->Voices in your head!head!
* In one of my very first combat missions one of my guys was standing just outside between a door and a window. I opened the door and told the guy to get inside. Of course, he crashed through the window. It was hard to stop laughing.
* In one of my very first combat missions one of my guys was standing just outside between a door and a window. I opened the door and told the guy to get inside. Of course, he crashed through the window. It was hard to stop laughing.
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** One time, a Muton Elite threw a grenade to a nearby soldier, only to blow ''himself'' up. I finished it off with [[NeverLiveItDown another grenade]].
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-->For players who find joy in suffering.suffering.
* Hearing this line when a Psy-user mindfrays an alien:
-->Voices in your head!
* Hearing this line when a Psy-user mindfrays an alien:
-->Voices in your head!
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** On a slightly different note, this troper once got a sniper with the surname Walker. Open reaching Sergeant, the game promptly gave him the nickname...[[ShapedLikeItself Walker]].
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* One of the successful Arc Thrower capture quotes is [[BackToTheFuture 1.21 gigawatts, baby!]]
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* One of the successful Arc Thrower capture quotes is [[BackToTheFuture [[Film/BackToTheFuture 1.21 gigawatts, baby!]]
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** On that note: "Operation Dying Hero"
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** "Operation Vengeful Vengeance."
** "Operation Hot Ring." Bonus points for being the alien base.
** "Operation Black Hero" the first person who died int he mission was black. The sole survivor? Also Black. (In case your wondering everyone else in the party was white/asian)
** "Operation Hot Ring." Bonus points for being the alien base.
** "Operation Black Hero" the first person who died int he mission was black. The sole survivor? Also Black. (In case your wondering everyone else in the party was white/asian)
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** "Operation [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Vengeful Vengeance."
Vengeance]]"
** "Operation HotRing." Ring". Bonus points for being the alien base.
** "Operation BlackHero" the Hero". [[BlackGuyDiesFirst The first person who died int he in the mission was black]]. The SoleSurvivor? Also black. The sole survivor? Also Black. (In case your wondering everyone Everyone else in the party was white/asian)white/Asian.
** "Operation Hot
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** "Operation Empty Skull." Gee, thanks for the compliment game.
** "Operation Brutal Mother." The first I ever failed to complete.
* The reactions your troopers have to getting mindcontrolled can fit in here. "He's in my head, he's in my...[[BlatantLies everything is fine. Nothing to worry about]]."
** "Operation Brutal Mother." The first I ever failed to complete.
* The reactions your troopers have to getting mindcontrolled can fit in here. "He's in my head, he's in my...[[BlatantLies everything is fine. Nothing to worry about]]."
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** "Operation Empty Skull." Skull". Gee, thanks for the compliment game.
** "Operation BrutalMother." Mother". The first I ever failed to complete.
* The reactions your troopers have to gettingmindcontrolled Mind Controlled can fit in here. "He's here.
-->He's in my head, he's in my...[[BlatantLies everything is fine. Nothing to worry about]]."
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* The reactions your troopers have to getting
-->He's in my head, he's in my...[[BlatantLies everything is fine. Nothing to worry about]].
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* Having a rookie wound a muton then fail the will check against it's intimidate, causing them to panic and go berserk killing the muton. Thus finishing the mission with a perfect score.
* Killing a Floater through over-watch when they are just starting to move. For those of you that haven't seen this, floaters turn on their thrusters to max when taking off, then turn them down to land where they want, you shoot them when they are just starting to move, those guys ragdoll at the same speed till they hit the invisible barrier wall of the map.
** Extra hilarious when the Floater is launched straight up... they never come back down!
* Killing a Floater through over-watch when they are just starting to move. For those of you that haven't seen this, floaters turn on their thrusters to max when taking off, then turn them down to land where they want, you shoot them when they are just starting to move, those guys ragdoll at the same speed till they hit the invisible barrier wall of the map.
** Extra hilarious when the Floater is launched straight up... they never come back down!
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* Having Any time a rookie wound Muton successfully intimidates a muton then fail the will check against it's intimidate, causing them XCOM soldier, only to panic promptly get shot and go berserk killing the muton. Thus finishing the mission with a perfect score.
killed by that very same panicked soldier.
* Killing a Floater throughover-watch Overwatch when they are just starting to move. For those of you that haven't seen this, floaters turn on their Since they move around by using the thrusters to max when taking off, then turn them down to land where they want, you shoot them when they are just starting to move, those guys ragdoll at built into their body, the same speed till they hit corpse will hurtle across the map until it hits the invisible barrier wall of at the map.
**map edge. Extra hilarious when the Floater is launched straight if they were going up... they never come back down!
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*** Blasting floaters out of the sky with rockets really never gets old, especially with two or more of them in the air bunched together.
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*** Blasting floaters Floaters out of the sky with rockets really never gets old, especially with two or more of them in the air several bunched together.
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** This troper once stunned a Muton at the Alien Base. The Muton slipped down some rails into a bottomless pit. I didnn't have a chance to stun another one, yet in the distance I saw the Muton falling and falling and falling. The second stun was of course the Sectoid Commander since he is alone and at worse causes just some damage. Still how the hell my troops got a hold of the stunned Muton was a major Headscratcher.
* Muton Berserkers sometimes wig out and run back and forth - if the squad is prepared this can lead to a hilarious HumiliationConga as the Berserker trips Overwatch after successive-Overwatch. Bonus points if some of that Overwatch is from [[MoreDakka Sentinel-classed Supports]].
* Muton Berserkers sometimes wig out and run back and forth - if the squad is prepared this can lead to a hilarious HumiliationConga as the Berserker trips Overwatch after successive-Overwatch. Bonus points if some of that Overwatch is from [[MoreDakka Sentinel-classed Supports]].
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** This troper once stunned a Muton at the Alien Base. The Muton slipped down some rails into a bottomless pit. I didnn't didn't have a chance to stun another one, yet in the distance I saw the Muton keep falling and falling and falling. The second stun was of course the Sectoid Commander since he is alone and at worse causes just some damage. Still how the hell my troops got a hold of the stunned Muton was a major Headscratcher.
Somehow, XCOM managed to retrieve it still alive.
* Muton Berserkers sometimes wig out and run back and forth - if the squad is prepared this can lead to a hilarious HumiliationConga as the Berserker trips Overwatch shot aftersuccessive-Overwatch.Overwatch shot. Bonus points if some of that Overwatch is from [[MoreDakka Sentinel-classed Supports]].
* Muton Berserkers sometimes wig out and run back and forth - if the squad is prepared this can lead to a hilarious HumiliationConga as the Berserker trips Overwatch shot after
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* During a terror mission after managing to kill a whole pack of chryssalids except for one who was standing right next to a civilian. Having it charge the squad, jumping over a counter to do so, and promptly get shot dead by the assault class Colonel who had Close Combat Specialist
* One of the successful Arc Thrower capture quotes is [[BackToTheFuture 1.21 jiggawatts, baby!]]
* One of the successful Arc Thrower capture quotes is [[BackToTheFuture 1.21 jiggawatts, baby!]]
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* During a terror mission Terror mission, after managing to kill a whole pack of chryssalids Chryssalids except for one who was standing right next to a civilian. Having it charge It charged the squad, jumping over a counter to do so, and is [[AntiClimax promptly get shot dead dead]] by the assault class Colonel who had Assault with Close Combat Specialist
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* One of the successful Arc Thrower capture quotes is [[BackToTheFuture 1.21jiggawatts, gigawatts, baby!]]
* One of the successful Arc Thrower capture quotes is [[BackToTheFuture 1.21
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* Thin Men are annoying, right? Especially in Council missions, in which they decide to drop out of the sky at random in a perfect spot to kill your hostage... Except they always seem to land in the same spots. If you know they're coming, you can just overwatch all your soldiers and when the [[SlenderManMythos Slender-wannabe]] drops down, acting all high and mighty [[ZergRush all your soldiers fire at him at once]]. [[NightmareRetardant So much for scary infiltrating aliens.]]
** I don't know if I am the onlyone but during one of my escort missions, A thin man dropped...just in ranged of my overwatched sniper, it did not even get a turn.
** Something similar happened as well. Hearing the sounds of a Cyberdisk and seeing one earlier, I got ready to face it. I was playing careful as well, taking every spot of cover in the main entrence area to the Abductor class ship. On the alien's next turn the cyberdisk popped out from one of the doors and tripped no less then FIVE overwatch shots. It didn't get a chance to reflect on what a stupid move it had made. The drone accompanying the cyberdisk then tripped a SIXTH overwatch shot and was destroyed.
** I don't know if I am the onlyone but during one of my escort missions, A thin man dropped...just in ranged of my overwatched sniper, it did not even get a turn.
** Something similar happened as well. Hearing the sounds of a Cyberdisk and seeing one earlier, I got ready to face it. I was playing careful as well, taking every spot of cover in the main entrence area to the Abductor class ship. On the alien's next turn the cyberdisk popped out from one of the doors and tripped no less then FIVE overwatch shots. It didn't get a chance to reflect on what a stupid move it had made. The drone accompanying the cyberdisk then tripped a SIXTH overwatch shot and was destroyed.
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* This troper's first encounter with mutons they put half my team in an infirmary. The second appearance however, a squad of three ran in a tight formation taking cover in a parking lot, it took a single rocket to kill them all. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
* The naming system can produce som funny moments: A rookie with the last name of Claus saved his team's asses thanks to his medkits. the kicker though, is that upon promotion, it turned out his nickname was 'Santa': 'Santa' Claus is now a colonel bringing 10hp restoring medkits to all the good soldiers each mission.
**Almost as amusing is this troper getting a german squadette named "Cargo" Schwartz.
* The naming system can produce som funny moments: A rookie with the last name of Claus saved his team's asses thanks to his medkits. the kicker though, is that upon promotion, it turned out his nickname was 'Santa': 'Santa' Claus is now a colonel bringing 10hp restoring medkits to all the good soldiers each mission.
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* Anytime an enemy appears and walks right into a overwatch crossfire is always good for a laugh. Especially when it happens to a Sectopod, Cyberdisk, or Etheral. They get a little intro then get shredded by an unholy amount of fire power. More Dakka is always the proper solution to your problems.
* Alloy SHIVs can provide cover - for your soldiers but ALSO for the aliens. Mutons are the prime offender, often running up to hide behind the machine of war they're supposed to be shooting at instead. Doubly hilarious if you react by just driving the SHIV away, leaving the alien out in the open and probably feeling like a massive idiot.
* Any time that you kill a Muton with an Alloy Cannon and the corpse goes flying head over heels through the air. Never fails to get a laugh out of this troper.
* Although it's something you'll be dreading, Dr. Vahlen's reaction when you first see a Chrysalid victim get up and start shambling around is darkly funny.
-->'''Dr. Vahlen:''' As unprofessional as it may sound, he appears to have become...a zombie.
* Alloy SHIVs can provide cover - for your soldiers but ALSO for the aliens. Mutons are the prime offender, often running up to hide behind the machine of war they're supposed to be shooting at instead. Doubly hilarious if you react by just driving the SHIV away, leaving the alien out in the open and probably feeling like a massive idiot.
* Any time that you kill a Muton with an Alloy Cannon and the corpse goes flying head over heels through the air. Never fails to get a laugh out of this troper.
* Although it's something you'll be dreading, Dr. Vahlen's reaction when you first see a Chrysalid victim get up and start shambling around is darkly funny.
-->'''Dr. Vahlen:''' As unprofessional as it may sound, he appears to have become...a zombie.
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* Anytime an enemy appears and walks right into a overwatch Overwatch crossfire is always good for a laugh. Especially laugh, especially when it happens to a Sectopod, Cyberdisk, or Etheral. tough/annoying enemy. They get a little intro then get shredded by an unholy amount of fire power. More Dakka firepower. MoreDakka is always the proper solution to your problems.
* Thin Men are annoying, especially in Council missions, in which they decide to drop out of the sky at random in a perfect spot to kill your hostage. However, if you know they're coming, you can just order all your soldiers to go on Overwatch and when the [[SlenderManMythos Slender-wannabe]] drops down, acting all high and mighty, [[NoKillLikeOverkill all your soldiers shoot him at once]]. [[NightmareRetardant So much for scary infiltrating aliens.]]
* AlloySHIVs [=SHIVs=] can provide cover - for your soldiers but ALSO for the aliens. Mutons are the prime offender, They often running run up to hide behind the war machine of war they're supposed ''supposed'' to be shooting at instead. Doubly hilarious if you react by just driving the SHIV away, leaving the alien out in the open and probably feeling like a massive idiot.
* Any time that you kill a Muton with an Alloy Cannon and the corpse goes flying head over heels through theair. Never fails to get a laugh out of this troper.
air.
* Although it's something you'll be dreading, Dr. Vahlen's reaction when you first see aChrysalid Chryssalid victim get up and start shambling around is darkly funny.
-->'''Dr. Vahlen:''' As unprofessional as it may sound, he appears to have become...azombie.zombie.
* The description of [[HarderThanHard Impossible]]:
-->For players who find joy in suffering.
* Thin Men are annoying, especially in Council missions, in which they decide to drop out of the sky at random in a perfect spot to kill your hostage. However, if you know they're coming, you can just order all your soldiers to go on Overwatch and when the [[SlenderManMythos Slender-wannabe]] drops down, acting all high and mighty, [[NoKillLikeOverkill all your soldiers shoot him at once]]. [[NightmareRetardant So much for scary infiltrating aliens.]]
* Alloy
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* Although it's something you'll be dreading, Dr. Vahlen's reaction when you first see a
-->'''Dr. Vahlen:''' As unprofessional as it may sound, he appears to have become...a
* The description of [[HarderThanHard Impossible]]:
-->For players who find joy in suffering.
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** I don't know if I am the onlyone but during one of my escort missions, A thin man dropped...just in ranged of my overwatched sniper, it did not even get a turn
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** I don't know if I am the onlyone but during one of my escort missions, A thin man dropped...just in ranged of my overwatched sniper, it did not even get a turnturn.
** Something similar happened as well. Hearing the sounds of a Cyberdisk and seeing one earlier, I got ready to face it. I was playing careful as well, taking every spot of cover in the main entrence area to the Abductor class ship. On the alien's next turn the cyberdisk popped out from one of the doors and tripped no less then FIVE overwatch shots. It didn't get a chance to reflect on what a stupid move it had made. The drone accompanying the cyberdisk then tripped a SIXTH overwatch shot and was destroyed.
** Something similar happened as well. Hearing the sounds of a Cyberdisk and seeing one earlier, I got ready to face it. I was playing careful as well, taking every spot of cover in the main entrence area to the Abductor class ship. On the alien's next turn the cyberdisk popped out from one of the doors and tripped no less then FIVE overwatch shots. It didn't get a chance to reflect on what a stupid move it had made. The drone accompanying the cyberdisk then tripped a SIXTH overwatch shot and was destroyed.
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* Any time that you kill a Muton with an Alloy Cannon and the corpse goes flying head over heels through the air. Never fails to get a laugh out of this troper.
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* Any time that you kill a Muton with an Alloy Cannon and the corpse goes flying head over heels through the air. Never fails to get a laugh out of this troper.troper.
* Although it's something you'll be dreading, Dr. Vahlen's reaction when you first see a Chrysalid victim get up and start shambling around is darkly funny.
-->'''Dr. Vahlen:''' As unprofessional as it may sound, he appears to have become...a zombie.
* Although it's something you'll be dreading, Dr. Vahlen's reaction when you first see a Chrysalid victim get up and start shambling around is darkly funny.
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** I don't know if I am the onlyone but during one of my escort missions, A thin man dropped...just in ranged of my overwatched sniper, it did not even get a turn
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* Alloy SHIVs can provide cover - for your soldiers but ALSO for the aliens. Mutons are the prime offender, often running up to hide behind the machine of war they're supposed to be shooting at instead. Doubly hilarious if you react by just driving the SHIV away, leaving the alien out in the open and probably feeling like a massive idiot.
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* Alloy SHIVs can provide cover - for your soldiers but ALSO for the aliens. Mutons are the prime offender, often running up to hide behind the machine of war they're supposed to be shooting at instead. Doubly hilarious if you react by just driving the SHIV away, leaving the alien out in the open and probably feeling like a massive idiot.idiot.
* Any time that you kill a Muton with an Alloy Cannon and the corpse goes flying head over heels through the air. Never fails to get a laugh out of this troper.
* Any time that you kill a Muton with an Alloy Cannon and the corpse goes flying head over heels through the air. Never fails to get a laugh out of this troper.
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*** Blasting floaters out of the sky with rockets really never gets old, especially with two or more of them in the air bunched together.
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** Abduction Mission on top of a skyscraper. Floaters bunched up. Heavy takes a potshot with a Rocket. Two Floater corpses ragdoll off the top of the building and fall off the bottom of the world - endless hilarity!
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** "Operation Brutal Mother." The first I ever failed to complete.
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* Anytime an enemy appears and walks right into a overwatch crossfire is always good for a laugh. Especially when it happens to a Sectopod, Cyberdisk, or Etheral. They get a little intro then get shredded by an unholy amount of fire power. More Dakka is always the proper solution to your problems.
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* Anytime an enemy appears and walks right into a overwatch crossfire is always good for a laugh. Especially when it happens to a Sectopod, Cyberdisk, or Etheral. They get a little intro then get shredded by an unholy amount of fire power. More Dakka is always the proper solution to your problems.problems.
* Alloy SHIVs can provide cover - for your soldiers but ALSO for the aliens. Mutons are the prime offender, often running up to hide behind the machine of war they're supposed to be shooting at instead. Doubly hilarious if you react by just driving the SHIV away, leaving the alien out in the open and probably feeling like a massive idiot.
* Alloy SHIVs can provide cover - for your soldiers but ALSO for the aliens. Mutons are the prime offender, often running up to hide behind the machine of war they're supposed to be shooting at instead. Doubly hilarious if you react by just driving the SHIV away, leaving the alien out in the open and probably feeling like a massive idiot.
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** "Operation Empty Skull." Gee, thanks for the compliment game.
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* This troper lol'd when he found himself in direct oversight of Operation Hot Paramour.
** Someone on Spacebattles got [[http://imgur.com/y6mF2 "Operation Swift Tears"]]. That's not foreboding in the slightest!
** On that note: "Operation Dying Hero"
** "Operation Lazy God" sure is encouraging.
** "Operation Silent Night"... in the middle of the day.
** "Operation Vengeful Vengeance."
** "Operation Hot Ring." Bonus points for being the alien base.
** "Operation Black Hero" the first person who died int he mission was black. The sole survivor? Also Black. (In case your wondering everyone else in the party was white/asian)
** "Operation [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Fallen Fall]]"
** "Operation Crystal Stallion" - Apparently, Central must have liked [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Season 3]]
** "Operation Rotting Empire" - In the UK and in Australia on another play-through.
** This troper got "Broken Hymn"... on her first mission. What does this remind you of?
** "Operation Bloody Future", the first Terror Mission in my [[FourIsDeath 4th playthrough]] (in China, no less). Also, one of my Heavies on that mission is nicknamed "Collateral". Very encouraging.
** "Operation FinalJustice." Think you can take me, xeno? Go ahead on. It's yer move.
* The reactions your troopers have to getting mindcontrolled can fit in here. "He's in my head, he's in my...[[BlatantLies everything is fine. Nothing to worry about]]."
** YMMV: to some, that [[DissonantSerenity calm voice]] after the panicked one is [[CreepyMonotone creepy as hell.]]
* Having a rookie wound a muton then fail the will check against it's intimidate, causing them to panic and go berserk killing the muton. Thus finishing the mission with a perfect score.
* Killing a Floater through over-watch when they are just starting to move. For those of you that haven't seen this, floaters turn on their thrusters to max when taking off, then turn them down to land where they want, you shoot them when they are just starting to move, those guys ragdoll at the same speed till they hit the invisible barrier wall of the map.
** Extra hilarious when the Floater is launched straight up... they never come back down!
** The same thing can happen with Cyberdisks and other flying enemies in certain maps with 'bottomless pits' (such as the Alien Base or a Battleship). The corpse or wreckage will fall off the map, camera in tow... and then the camera has to hurriedly pan back to the action when the corpse/wreck is deleted.
** This troper once stunned a Muton at the Alien Base. The Muton slipped down some rails into a bottomless pit. I didnn't have a chance to stun another one, yet in the distance I saw the Muton falling and falling and falling. The second stun was of course the Sectoid Commander since he is alone and at worse causes just some damage. Still how the hell my troops got a hold of the stunned Muton was a major Headscratcher.
* Muton Berserkers sometimes wig out and run back and forth - if the squad is prepared this can lead to a hilarious HumiliationConga as the Berserker trips Overwatch after successive-Overwatch. Bonus points if some of that Overwatch is from [[MoreDakka Sentinel-classed Supports]].
** Some players have taken to just luring the Berserker from one soldier to another, going round and round, until it dies.
** Sometimes, it just takes one. With a reasonably powerful enough weapon, an Assault can Rapid Fire a Berserker and hit twice, have it charge at him or her, only to trigger the Close Combat Specialist ability from that same Assault, ending with one dead Berserker.
* During a terror mission after managing to kill a whole pack of chryssalids except for one who was standing right next to a civilian. Having it charge the squad, jumping over a counter to do so, and promptly get shot dead by the assault class Colonel who had Close Combat Specialist
* One of the successful Arc Thrower capture quotes is [[BackToTheFuture 1.21 jiggawatts, baby!]]
* Buildings can remain standing even if only a single wall tile remains. Try staying straight faced while that building in the middle of the graveyard is somehow standing with a single row of burnt bricks holding the entire building up as plasma fire is exchanged between the XCOM squad and a bunch of Thin Men.
* It's ''exceptionally'' unlikely to happen, but non-explosive friendly fire does seem to exist in the game. Imagine - an Assault in low/half cover is outflanked by a Muton two tiles to his south-east, with a Berzerker standing directly next to him, to his north-west, directly opposite the other Muton. The Berzerker has two hit points remaining from earlier attacks from the squad. The outflanking Muton raises its plasma rifle to attack - and you can't miss at that range, right? ''Wrong''. [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy It misses]]. The first shot goes wide, the second two shots smack straight into the Berzerker's face and kill it. ''Friendly Fire Isn't.''
* Thin Men are annoying, right? Especially in Council missions, in which they decide to drop out of the sky at random in a perfect spot to kill your hostage... Except they always seem to land in the same spots. If you know they're coming, you can just overwatch all your soldiers and when the [[SlenderManMythos Slender-wannabe]] drops down, acting all high and mighty [[ZergRush all your soldiers fire at him at once]]. [[NightmareRetardant So much for scary infiltrating aliens.]]
* My first psi-trooper is... my 60 year Japanese home-stay father, the team's resident BadassGrandpa. That alone makes me burst out laughing. Then it hits me: I had declared his game avatar was also a HotBlooded BoisterousBruiser, who takes the crazy risks [[PapaWolf so the rest of the team won't have to]], so he took all the offensive Assault specialties. My most valuable trooper is now also [[GlassCannon my most vulnerable one]].
* This troper's first encounter with mutons they put half my team in an infirmary. The second appearance however, a squad of three ran in a tight formation taking cover in a parking lot, it took a single rocket to kill them all. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
* The naming system can produce som funny moments: A rookie with the last name of Claus saved his team's asses thanks to his medkits. the kicker though, is that upon promotion, it turned out his nickname was 'Santa': 'Santa' Claus is now a colonel bringing 10hp restoring medkits to all the good soldiers each mission.
**Almost as amusing is this troper getting a german squadette named "Cargo" Schwartz.
** FridgeBrilliance. [[TruthInTelevision A lot of actual military nicknames and callsigns end up working that way.]] Just ask pilots like Captain Douglas S. "Bubbles" Champagne and Captain Chip "Spider" Webb.
* Anytime an enemy appears and walks right into a overwatch crossfire is always good for a laugh. Especially when it happens to a Sectopod, Cyberdisk, or Etheral. They get a little intro then get shredded by an unholy amount of fire power. More Dakka is always the proper solution to your problems.
** Someone on Spacebattles got [[http://imgur.com/y6mF2 "Operation Swift Tears"]]. That's not foreboding in the slightest!
** On that note: "Operation Dying Hero"
** "Operation Lazy God" sure is encouraging.
** "Operation Silent Night"... in the middle of the day.
** "Operation Vengeful Vengeance."
** "Operation Hot Ring." Bonus points for being the alien base.
** "Operation Black Hero" the first person who died int he mission was black. The sole survivor? Also Black. (In case your wondering everyone else in the party was white/asian)
** "Operation [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Fallen Fall]]"
** "Operation Crystal Stallion" - Apparently, Central must have liked [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Season 3]]
** "Operation Rotting Empire" - In the UK and in Australia on another play-through.
** This troper got "Broken Hymn"... on her first mission. What does this remind you of?
** "Operation Bloody Future", the first Terror Mission in my [[FourIsDeath 4th playthrough]] (in China, no less). Also, one of my Heavies on that mission is nicknamed "Collateral". Very encouraging.
** "Operation FinalJustice." Think you can take me, xeno? Go ahead on. It's yer move.
* The reactions your troopers have to getting mindcontrolled can fit in here. "He's in my head, he's in my...[[BlatantLies everything is fine. Nothing to worry about]]."
** YMMV: to some, that [[DissonantSerenity calm voice]] after the panicked one is [[CreepyMonotone creepy as hell.]]
* Having a rookie wound a muton then fail the will check against it's intimidate, causing them to panic and go berserk killing the muton. Thus finishing the mission with a perfect score.
* Killing a Floater through over-watch when they are just starting to move. For those of you that haven't seen this, floaters turn on their thrusters to max when taking off, then turn them down to land where they want, you shoot them when they are just starting to move, those guys ragdoll at the same speed till they hit the invisible barrier wall of the map.
** Extra hilarious when the Floater is launched straight up... they never come back down!
** The same thing can happen with Cyberdisks and other flying enemies in certain maps with 'bottomless pits' (such as the Alien Base or a Battleship). The corpse or wreckage will fall off the map, camera in tow... and then the camera has to hurriedly pan back to the action when the corpse/wreck is deleted.
** This troper once stunned a Muton at the Alien Base. The Muton slipped down some rails into a bottomless pit. I didnn't have a chance to stun another one, yet in the distance I saw the Muton falling and falling and falling. The second stun was of course the Sectoid Commander since he is alone and at worse causes just some damage. Still how the hell my troops got a hold of the stunned Muton was a major Headscratcher.
* Muton Berserkers sometimes wig out and run back and forth - if the squad is prepared this can lead to a hilarious HumiliationConga as the Berserker trips Overwatch after successive-Overwatch. Bonus points if some of that Overwatch is from [[MoreDakka Sentinel-classed Supports]].
** Some players have taken to just luring the Berserker from one soldier to another, going round and round, until it dies.
** Sometimes, it just takes one. With a reasonably powerful enough weapon, an Assault can Rapid Fire a Berserker and hit twice, have it charge at him or her, only to trigger the Close Combat Specialist ability from that same Assault, ending with one dead Berserker.
* During a terror mission after managing to kill a whole pack of chryssalids except for one who was standing right next to a civilian. Having it charge the squad, jumping over a counter to do so, and promptly get shot dead by the assault class Colonel who had Close Combat Specialist
* One of the successful Arc Thrower capture quotes is [[BackToTheFuture 1.21 jiggawatts, baby!]]
* Buildings can remain standing even if only a single wall tile remains. Try staying straight faced while that building in the middle of the graveyard is somehow standing with a single row of burnt bricks holding the entire building up as plasma fire is exchanged between the XCOM squad and a bunch of Thin Men.
* It's ''exceptionally'' unlikely to happen, but non-explosive friendly fire does seem to exist in the game. Imagine - an Assault in low/half cover is outflanked by a Muton two tiles to his south-east, with a Berzerker standing directly next to him, to his north-west, directly opposite the other Muton. The Berzerker has two hit points remaining from earlier attacks from the squad. The outflanking Muton raises its plasma rifle to attack - and you can't miss at that range, right? ''Wrong''. [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy It misses]]. The first shot goes wide, the second two shots smack straight into the Berzerker's face and kill it. ''Friendly Fire Isn't.''
* Thin Men are annoying, right? Especially in Council missions, in which they decide to drop out of the sky at random in a perfect spot to kill your hostage... Except they always seem to land in the same spots. If you know they're coming, you can just overwatch all your soldiers and when the [[SlenderManMythos Slender-wannabe]] drops down, acting all high and mighty [[ZergRush all your soldiers fire at him at once]]. [[NightmareRetardant So much for scary infiltrating aliens.]]
* My first psi-trooper is... my 60 year Japanese home-stay father, the team's resident BadassGrandpa. That alone makes me burst out laughing. Then it hits me: I had declared his game avatar was also a HotBlooded BoisterousBruiser, who takes the crazy risks [[PapaWolf so the rest of the team won't have to]], so he took all the offensive Assault specialties. My most valuable trooper is now also [[GlassCannon my most vulnerable one]].
* This troper's first encounter with mutons they put half my team in an infirmary. The second appearance however, a squad of three ran in a tight formation taking cover in a parking lot, it took a single rocket to kill them all. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
* The naming system can produce som funny moments: A rookie with the last name of Claus saved his team's asses thanks to his medkits. the kicker though, is that upon promotion, it turned out his nickname was 'Santa': 'Santa' Claus is now a colonel bringing 10hp restoring medkits to all the good soldiers each mission.
**Almost as amusing is this troper getting a german squadette named "Cargo" Schwartz.
** FridgeBrilliance. [[TruthInTelevision A lot of actual military nicknames and callsigns end up working that way.]] Just ask pilots like Captain Douglas S. "Bubbles" Champagne and Captain Chip "Spider" Webb.
* Anytime an enemy appears and walks right into a overwatch crossfire is always good for a laugh. Especially when it happens to a Sectopod, Cyberdisk, or Etheral. They get a little intro then get shredded by an unholy amount of fire power. More Dakka is always the proper solution to your problems.
