Making the Game Harder (Apocalypse) - Revision history

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	Hoo boy. Elerium fuels the best conventional craft weapons in the game. Mid tier UFOs will be tricky targets and the final large types will be nigh impossible to take down. Ammo will be tight so you will need a strong combination of both air and ground forces to succeed. Fortunately you do not actually need to destroy all the UFO types to unlock effective Hybrid craft.		Hoo boy. Elerium fuels the best conventional craft weapons in the game. Mid tier UFOs will be tricky targets and the final large types will be nigh impossible to take down. Ammo will be tight so you will need a strong combination of both air and ground forces to succeed. Fortunately you do not actually need to destroy all the UFO types to unlock effective Hybrid craft.

	There are three Elerium based items for your agents to use, the [[Megapol_Plasma_Gun\|Megapol Plasma Gun]], the [[Power_Sword\|Power Sword]], and the [[~~Marsec_Armor~~\|Marsec Armor]] chest unit. All three options are respectably useful but are fairly rare as is so there's no problem managing without it.		There are three Elerium based items for your agents to use, the [[Megapol_Plasma_Gun\|Megapol Plasma Gun]], the [[Power_Sword\|Power Sword]], and the [[Agents_Armor_(Apocalypse)\|Marsec Armor]] chest unit. All three options are respectably useful but are fairly rare as is so there's no problem managing without it.

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	Stun Grenades are good. Like REALLY good. They can KO brainsuckers as they hatch, get you early game shields, or prevent Multiworms from breaching their offspring. Give yourself a challenge and don't use them.		Stun Grenades are good. Like REALLY good. They can KO brainsuckers as they hatch, get you early game shields, or prevent Multiworms from breaching their offspring. Give yourself a challenge and don't use them.

	===No [[~~X-COM_Disruptor_Armor~~\|Disruptor Armor]]===		===No [[Agents_Armor_(Apocalypse)\|Disruptor Armor]]===
	First you restrict your weapon selection and now this! Megapol armor is pretty good but expect a return of the mortality rates you are familiar with in UFO/TFTD.		First you restrict your weapon selection and now this! Megapol armor is pretty good but expect a return of the mortality rates you are familiar with in UFO/TFTD.

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	'''Superhuman? ...too easy.'''		'''Superhuman? ...too easy!'''

	For ~~user guides~~, see bottom of page		For USER GUIDES, see bottom of page

	=Beyond Superhuman=		=Beyond Superhuman=
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	==See Also==		==See Also==
	[[Utilities_(Apocalypse)\|Useful ~~Untilies~~ for ~~changing your hame of to fix bugs~~]]		* [[Equipment_Analysis_(Apocalypse)\|Equipment Analysis]]
			* [[Utilities_(Apocalypse)\|Useful Utilities (for General Editing and Fixing Bugs)]]

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 . Stun Raids are naughty. Only naughty people do stun raids. ... that's why, we should make the aliens do stun raids. ... Turns out, when you destroy the Control Chamber, the aliens will send every ship they have remaining on a bombing run of the city. ... Well then, what if you invaded the alien dimension and wiped out everything they have except that you spare all of their Escort Ships? ... you know, those purple things that ONLY have stasis bombs? And can't actually do any damage? Hahaha...
 Edit: Evidently, this DOESN'T work. I left 6 escorts only alive, and blew the control chamber, and the aliens just went into permanent AFK mode. Escorts are probably coded to ONLY be escorts and can't go on bombing missions.

EsTeR: de-cat not an apoc game page rather just 'user guides'

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	5. Stun Raids are naughty. Only naughty people do stun raids. ... that's why, we should make the aliens do stun raids. ... Turns out, when you destroy the Control Chamber, the aliens will send every ship they have remaining on a bombing run of the city. ... Well then, what if you invaded the alien dimension and wiped out everything they have except that you spare all of their Escort Ships? ... you know, those purple things that ONLY have stasis bombs? And can't actually do any damage? Hahaha...		5. Stun Raids are naughty. Only naughty people do stun raids. ... that's why, we should make the aliens do stun raids. ... Turns out, when you destroy the Control Chamber, the aliens will send every ship they have remaining on a bombing run of the city. ... Well then, what if you invaded the alien dimension and wiped out everything they have except that you spare all of their Escort Ships? ... you know, those purple things that ONLY have stasis bombs? And can't actually do any damage? Hahaha...
	Edit: Evidently, this DOESN'T work. I left 6 escorts only alive, and blew the control chamber, and the aliens just went into permanent AFK mode. Escorts are probably coded to ONLY be escorts and can't go on bombing missions.		Edit: Evidently, this DOESN'T work. I left 6 escorts only alive, and blew the control chamber, and the aliens just went into permanent AFK mode. Escorts are probably coded to ONLY be escorts and can't go on bombing missions.

	~~[[Category: Apocalypse]]~~

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	~~Write here your suggestions about how to make Apocalypse harder to play~~.		'''Superhuman? ...too easy.'''

			=Beyond Superhuman=

	==No Money Exploits==		==No Money Exploits==
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	=== Making the game SILLIER (and giving yourself a harder time in doing so) ===		== Making the game SILLIER (and giving yourself a harder time in doing so) ==

	The below are some silly little challenges I gave myself, I enjoyed them and hope you might enjoy them too:		The below are some silly little challenges I gave myself, I enjoyed them and hope you might enjoy them too:

Jasonred79: /* Making the game SILLIER (and giving yourself a harder time in doing so) */

2022-03-16T16:05:02Z

Making the game SILLIER (and giving yourself a harder time in doing so)

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	2. Make the COS hate the aliens. You would have to keep trying to bait the aliens into shooting up the COS temples. And I'm not sure whether this shift in attitude will actually stick or the game is coded to have COS forgive the aliens.		2. Make the COS hate the aliens. You would have to keep trying to bait the aliens into shooting up the COS temples. And I'm not sure whether this shift in attitude will actually stick or the game is coded to have COS forgive the aliens.
	(edit: I just tried this, and even though the aliens demolished 3 COS temples, COS still loves the aliens a lot)		(edit: I just tried this, and even though the aliens demolished 3 COS temples, COS still loves the aliens a lot)
			(Edit2: Used Apoc'd and made the aliens love everyone EXCEPT Xcom (cause I heard that might bug the game out) and the also HATE Cult Of Sirius. So, the next bombing mission, they bombed the living heck out of a COS temple. ... checked the relations with apoc'd, and COS is still +100 for the aliens. So, as it turns out, the COS will love the aliens NO MATTER WHAT)

	3. Advance human technology beyond the aliens' . The alien's tech level is based on your total tactical score. The humans' tech levels are based on what week it is. If you purposely tank your tactical mission scores, you can keep the alien's using nothing but brainsuckers while even the most low tech human organization has advanced to personal shields and devastator cannons.		3. Advance human technology beyond the aliens' . The alien's tech level is based on your total tactical score. The humans' tech levels are based on what week it is. If you purposely tank your tactical mission scores, you can keep the alien's using nothing but brainsuckers while even the most low tech human organization has advanced to personal shields and devastator cannons.

Jasonred79: /* Making the game SILLIER (and giving yourself a harder time in doing so) */

2022-03-09T07:37:54Z

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	1. Make X-COM active in Public Relations! ... Make everyone love you, and hate the aliens and the Cult Of Sirius. Making them love you can be settled with just money, but making everyone hate the COS and aliens is a BIT more work...		1. Make X-COM active in Public Relations! ... Make everyone love you, and hate the aliens and the Cult Of Sirius. Making them love you can be settled with just money, but making everyone hate the COS and aliens is a BIT more work...
			EDIT: Turns out this is actually a VERY effective way of playing the game. I made EVERYONE hate the COS by baiting their temple defence forces to chase down my hoverbike, then parked in front of organization buildings and got them to blow up the building. The other organizations all ended up extremely hating the COS. Furthermore, all the organizations now love each other because whenever someone attacks or raids COS, everyone else likes them more. Government won't be thrilled at all that damage to the city though...

	2. Make the COS hate the aliens. You would have to keep trying to bait the aliens into shooting up the COS temples. And I'm not sure whether this shift in attitude will actually stick or the game is coded to have COS forgive the aliens. (edit: I just tried this, and even though the aliens demolished 3 COS temples, COS still loves the aliens a lot)
			2. Make the COS hate the aliens. You would have to keep trying to bait the aliens into shooting up the COS temples. And I'm not sure whether this shift in attitude will actually stick or the game is coded to have COS forgive the aliens.
			(edit: I just tried this, and even though the aliens demolished 3 COS temples, COS still loves the aliens a lot)

	3. Advance human technology beyond the aliens' . The alien's tech level is based on your total tactical score. The humans' tech levels are based on what week it is. If you purposely tank your tactical mission scores, you can keep the alien's using nothing but brainsuckers while even the most low tech human organization has advanced to personal shields and devastator cannons.		3. Advance human technology beyond the aliens' . The alien's tech level is based on your total tactical score. The humans' tech levels are based on what week it is. If you purposely tank your tactical mission scores, you can keep the alien's using nothing but brainsuckers while even the most low tech human organization has advanced to personal shields and devastator cannons.

	4. Kill a megaspawn with just machine gun bullets. This probably isn't too hard once you have personal teleporters, in turn based mode, but it's SADISTIC. ... and it's going to use A LOT of bullets... like really really a lot of bullets. (ok I just tested it, it's only around 90 bullets)		4. Kill a megaspawn with just machine gun bullets. This probably isn't too hard once you have personal teleporters, in turn based mode, but it's SADISTIC. ... and it's going to use A LOT of bullets... like really really a lot of bullets.
			(edit: I just tested it, it's only around 90 bullets, on Superhuman)

	5. Stun Raids are naughty. Only naughty people do stun raids. ... that's why, we should make the aliens do stun raids. ... Turns out, when you destroy the Control Chamber, the aliens will send every ship they have remaining on a bombing run of the city. ... Well then, what if you invaded the alien dimension and wiped out everything they have except that you spare all of their Escort Ships? ... you know, those purple things that ONLY have stasis bombs? And can't actually do any damage? Hahaha...		5. Stun Raids are naughty. Only naughty people do stun raids. ... that's why, we should make the aliens do stun raids. ... Turns out, when you destroy the Control Chamber, the aliens will send every ship they have remaining on a bombing run of the city. ... Well then, what if you invaded the alien dimension and wiped out everything they have except that you spare all of their Escort Ships? ... you know, those purple things that ONLY have stasis bombs? And can't actually do any damage? Hahaha...

Jasonred79 at 07:32, 9 March 2022

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	5. Stun Raids are naughty. Only naughty people do stun raids. ... that's why, we should make the aliens do stun raids. ... Turns out, when you destroy the Control Chamber, the aliens will send every ship they have remaining on a bombing run of the city. ... Well then, what if you invaded the alien dimension and wiped out everything they have except that you spare all of their Escort Ships? ... you know, those purple things that ONLY have stasis bombs? And can't actually do any damage? Hahaha...		5. Stun Raids are naughty. Only naughty people do stun raids. ... that's why, we should make the aliens do stun raids. ... Turns out, when you destroy the Control Chamber, the aliens will send every ship they have remaining on a bombing run of the city. ... Well then, what if you invaded the alien dimension and wiped out everything they have except that you spare all of their Escort Ships? ... you know, those purple things that ONLY have stasis bombs? And can't actually do any damage? Hahaha...
			Edit: Evidently, this DOESN'T work. I left 6 escorts only alive, and blew the control chamber, and the aliens just went into permanent AFK mode. Escorts are probably coded to ONLY be escorts and can't go on bombing missions.

	[[Category: Apocalypse]]		[[Category: Apocalypse]]

Jasonred79: /* Making the game SILLIER (and giving yourself a harder time in doing so) */

2022-03-07T18:52:57Z

Making the game SILLIER (and giving yourself a harder time in doing so)

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	1. Make X-COM active in Public Relations! ... Make everyone love you, and hate the aliens and the Cult Of Sirius. Making them love you can be settled with just money, but making everyone hate the COS and aliens is a BIT more work...		1. Make X-COM active in Public Relations! ... Make everyone love you, and hate the aliens and the Cult Of Sirius. Making them love you can be settled with just money, but making everyone hate the COS and aliens is a BIT more work...

	2. Make the COS hate the aliens. You would have to keep trying to bait the aliens into shooting up the COS temples. And I'm not sure whether this shift in attitude will actually stick or the game is coded to have COS forgive the aliens.		2. Make the COS hate the aliens. You would have to keep trying to bait the aliens into shooting up the COS temples. And I'm not sure whether this shift in attitude will actually stick or the game is coded to have COS forgive the aliens. (edit: I just tried this, and even though the aliens demolished 3 COS temples, COS still loves the aliens a lot)

	3. Advance human technology beyond the aliens' . The alien's tech level is based on your total tactical score. The humans' tech levels are based on what week it is. If you purposely tank your tactical mission scores, you can keep the alien's using nothing but brainsuckers while even the most low tech human organization has advanced to personal shields and devastator cannons.		3. Advance human technology beyond the aliens' . The alien's tech level is based on your total tactical score. The humans' tech levels are based on what week it is. If you purposely tank your tactical mission scores, you can keep the alien's using nothing but brainsuckers while even the most low tech human organization has advanced to personal shields and devastator cannons.