Newbie FAQ (Piratez) - Revision history

Nadaperson: Replaced placeholder explanation of how "Bounty Hunting D: Punish the farmer" mission with a precise explanation

2019-07-11T16:07:11Z

Replaced placeholder explanation of how "Bounty Hunting D: Punish the farmer" mission with a precise explanation

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	*** '''Bounty Hunting D: Humanists''': a fun and easy Nazi hunt in urban terrain. It's like it's 1945 again!		*** '''Bounty Hunting D: Humanists''': a fun and easy Nazi hunt in urban terrain. It's like it's 1945 again!
	*** '''Bounty Hunting D: Priest''': very similar to the Temple Raid, also easy win.		*** '''Bounty Hunting D: Priest''': very similar to the Temple Raid, also easy win.
	*** '''Bounty Hunting D: Punish the farmer''': ~~I haven't really figured what's the deal with this~~ mission. ~~You are supposed to wreck~~ a red barn in 5 turns ~~without killing anyone~~. ~~I tried~~ to ~~set the barn on fire~~ or ~~explode~~ it~~. No success~~.		*** '''Bounty Hunting D: Punish the farmer''': This is a straightforward mission, but you need to come prepared. There is a red barn on the map; your goal is to destroy as many tiles of it as possible within 5 turns. The more you destroy, the more Goblin Zaxx tokens you get. Fire is too slow; bring explosives. Equipping all your Hands with 5 Black Powder bombs (or better, with Assault Cannons and 5 Explosive or Pyro cannonballs) should be sufficient to wreck most or all of it.
	*** '''Bounty Hunting C: Assassination''': the main target packs some heavy firepower, so you can be unpleasantly surprised.		*** '''Bounty Hunting C: Assassination''': the main target packs some heavy firepower, so you can be unpleasantly surprised.
	*** '''Bounty Hunting C: Bandits''': you are limited to "stealthy" stuff, which means no heavy weapons and armor and no big-crew ships. Still pretty winnable.		*** '''Bounty Hunting C: Bandits''': you are limited to "stealthy" stuff, which means no heavy weapons and armor and no big-crew ships. Still pretty winnable.

Greep at 02:46, 15 April 2019

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	* Q. I am completely stuck and going bankrupt! How do I go progress at all?!		* Q. I am completely stuck and going bankrupt! How do I go progress at all?!
	* A. Pressing q on the geoscape will bring up the tech tree viewer. Some critical early game techs stay in the fight and avoid going bankrupt are "Recruitment", "Chateau De La Morte", "flintlocks and bombs" and "Workshop"		* A. Pressing q on the geoscape will bring up the tech tree viewer. Some critical early game techs stay in the fight and avoid going bankrupt are "Recruitment", "Culture", "Chateau De La Morte", "flintlocks and bombs" and "Workshop"

	* Q. How do I get my first interceptor?		* Q. How do I get my first interceptor?

Greep: Given the game is pretty much unwinnable unspoilered, added a bit of humor. Also added tech tree hint

2019-04-15T02:42:00Z

Given the game is pretty much unwinnable unspoilered, added a bit of humor. Also added tech tree hint

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	This is a FAQ for new players of the X-Piratez mod, written for the version 0.99. Note that according to most players, X-Piratez is supposed to be played blind, and this FAQ contains spoilers. So read this only if you wish to receive spoilers or have a brain-fart and are stuck.		This is a FAQ for new players of the X-Piratez mod, written for the version 0.99. Note that according to <s> pretty much nobody </s> "most players", X-Piratez is supposed to be played blind, and this FAQ contains spoilers. So read this only if you wish to receive spoilers or have a brain-fart and are stuck.

			* Q. I am completely stuck and going bankrupt! How do I go progress at all?!
			* A. Pressing q on the geoscape will bring up the tech tree viewer. Some critical early game techs stay in the fight and avoid going bankrupt are "Recruitment", "Chateau De La Morte", "flintlocks and bombs" and "Workshop"

	* Q. How do I get my first interceptor?		* Q. How do I get my first interceptor?

Ave369 at 20:13, 30 November 2017

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	* Q. It's early game and I have difficulties with fending off pogroms.		* Q. It's early game and I have difficulties with fending off pogroms.
	* A. You don't have to fend off pogroms until you are accepted into the Mutant Alliance. Until that, you can ignore pogroms with impunity. Being a member is not the same as doing missions for them; you can still ignore pogroms until you get The Mutant Alliance tech, with the asterisks: this is the formal invitation to join.		* A. You don't have to fend off pogroms until you are accepted into the Mutant Alliance. Until that, you can ignore pogroms with impunity. Being a member is not the same as doing missions for them; you can still ignore pogroms until you get The Mutant Alliance tech, with the asterisks: this is the formal invitation to join.

			* Q. What do Workers do?
			* A. They do the same thing as slaves: they increase the holding capacity of your vaults. Workers are paid personnel, so you should use them if you oppose slavery.

	* Q. Could you provide the description of various mission types?		* Q. Could you provide the description of various mission types?
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	*** '''Bounty Hunting C: Archeological Dig''': the map is an underground maze with narrow nooks and crannies, which provides most of the difficulty. Kill everyone, collect the coins and redeem them for Goblin Zaxx tokens.		*** '''Bounty Hunting C: Archeological Dig''': the map is an underground maze with narrow nooks and crannies, which provides most of the difficulty. Kill everyone, collect the coins and redeem them for Goblin Zaxx tokens.
	*** '''Aircar Race''': this one is a freebie if you have a fast ship such as the Airspeeder. Simply head towards the target with 1 crew and bam, the winner is you. You don't have to fight anyone.		*** '''Aircar Race''': this one is a freebie if you have a fast ship such as the Airspeeder. Simply head towards the target with 1 crew and bam, the winner is you. You don't have to fight anyone.
			*** '''Organ Grinder''': this is a hard mission! You venture into a polluted lair of ghouls who harvest the organs of kidnapped girls. This is an urban landscape full of explodable pipes and plagued with unending smoke emission (which constantly does stun damage) and acid rain (which slowly eats away the HP and armor of your gals). Smoke Ops gear is a must, so are chemical resistant cloak accessories. The ghouls themselves are pretty bullet resistant, even three point blank Confederate Eagle bullets rarely stop them. The prize is some recruitable castaway gals and half a dozen human victims who can be freed or recruited as workers.

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Ave369 at 08:11, 29 November 2017

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	*** '''Ratmen Rodeo''': a very annoying mission with very annoying enemies. It's always fought in rural terrain with a lot of wooden fences making the map a maze. The enemies are ratlings and guard dogs. The latter are the annoying part until you get good armor.		*** '''Ratmen Rodeo''': a very annoying mission with very annoying enemies. It's always fought in rural terrain with a lot of wooden fences making the map a maze. The enemies are ratlings and guard dogs. The latter are the annoying part until you get good armor.
	*** '''Help the Lokk-Narrs''': a simularly rural mission that plays like a Terror Site. You have friendly goblins that have to be rescued and hostile invaders (Ninja Ubers or ratlings) that have to be eliminated. This mission is more pleasant than the Ratmen Rodeo because it brings points of infamy for every saved Lokk-Narr, which affects your end of the month score.		*** '''Help the Lokk-Narrs''': a simularly rural mission that plays like a Terror Site. You have friendly goblins that have to be rescued and hostile invaders (Ninja Ubers or ratlings) that have to be eliminated. This mission is more pleasant than the Ratmen Rodeo because it brings points of infamy for every saved Lokk-Narr, which affects your end of the month score.
			*** '''Shambler Hunt''': an arctic terrain mission against a few hand-to-hand-attacking Wampa expies. You can also meet a rival hunting party as enemies.
			*** '''Bounty Hunting D: Traitors''': hunt down some hostile mutants in urban terrain. This is an easy mission, but it sometimes degenerates into "Hunting the last alien" if an enemy spawns on a bridge overhead.
			*** '''Bounty Hunting D: Humanists''': a fun and easy Nazi hunt in urban terrain. It's like it's 1945 again!
			*** '''Bounty Hunting D: Priest''': very similar to the Temple Raid, also easy win.
			*** '''Bounty Hunting D: Punish the farmer''': I haven't really figured what's the deal with this mission. You are supposed to wreck a red barn in 5 turns without killing anyone. I tried to set the barn on fire or explode it. No success.
			*** '''Bounty Hunting C: Assassination''': the main target packs some heavy firepower, so you can be unpleasantly surprised.
			*** '''Bounty Hunting C: Bandits''': you are limited to "stealthy" stuff, which means no heavy weapons and armor and no big-crew ships. Still pretty winnable.
			*** '''Bounty Hunting C: Archeological Dig''': the map is an underground maze with narrow nooks and crannies, which provides most of the difficulty. Kill everyone, collect the coins and redeem them for Goblin Zaxx tokens.
			*** '''Aircar Race''': this one is a freebie if you have a fast ship such as the Airspeeder. Simply head towards the target with 1 crew and bam, the winner is you. You don't have to fight anyone.

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Ave369 at 07:56, 29 November 2017

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 * Q. It's early game and I have difficulties with fending off pogroms.
 * A. You don't have to fend off pogroms until you are accepted into the Mutant Alliance. Until that, you can ignore pogroms with impunity. Being a member is not the same as doing missions for them; you can still ignore pogroms until you get *The Mutant Alliance* tech, with the asterisks: this is the formal invitation to join.
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Ave369 at 07:19, 29 November 2017

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	* Q. I've captured some high ranking dude but cannot interrogate him. How do I do that?		* Q. I've captured some high ranking dude but cannot interrogate him. How do I do that?
	* A. You need the technology of Persuasion to interrogate the higher-ups. It is unlocked through researching Mutant Porn.		* A. You need the technology of Persuasion to interrogate the higher-ups. It is unlocked through researching Mutant Porn and Slavery.

	* Q. The fluff says the Ubers have superior night vision, but I can't see a thing at night! I'm tired of tossing molotovs everywhere!		* Q. The fluff says the Ubers have superior night vision, but I can't see a thing at night! I'm tired of tossing molotovs everywhere!

Ave369 at 23:39, 28 November 2017

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	* Q. How do I get a bigger troop transport? The air bus sucks!		* Q. How do I get a bigger troop transport? The air bus sucks!
	* A. You can get a vanilla X-COM Skyranger from the Mutant Alliance. Research the tech Bounty Hunting and do the missions the Alliance offers you. Buy any of the prizes from them, and you'll receive the ability to unlock Favor from the Alliance, which gives you Skyranger. You can also get the Pigeon, which does not require bounty hunting missions but has flat prerequisites, namely Workshop and Communications; the Pigeon is primarily an AWACS craft but doubles as a semi-decent troop transport for 9 gals.		* A. You can get a vanilla X-COM Skyranger from the Mutant Alliance. Research the tech Bounty Hunting and do the missions the Alliance offers you. Buy any of the prizes from them, and you'll receive the ability to unlock Favor from the Alliance, which gives you Skyranger. You can also get the Pigeon, which does not require bounty hunting missions but has flat prerequisites, namely Workshop and Communications; the Pigeon is primarily an AWACS craft but doubles as a semi-decent troop transport for 9 gals. You can also use Expedition, which means your gals taking the heel-toe express to their destination; this is unadvised because the expedition moves very slowly and your base is left undefended while the gals are in the field.

	* Q. How do I use the accessory items, such as the gas mask or shawl?		* Q. How do I use the accessory items, such as the gas mask or shawl?

Ave369 at 23:32, 28 November 2017

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	* Q. It's early game and I have difficulties with fending off pogroms.		* Q. It's early game and I have difficulties with fending off pogroms.
	* A. You don't have to fend off pogroms until you are accepted into the Mutant Alliance. Until that, you can ignore pogroms with impunity.		* A. You don't have to fend off pogroms until you are accepted into the Mutant Alliance. Until that, you can ignore pogroms with impunity. Being a member is not the same as doing missions for them; you can still ignore pogroms until you get The Mutant Alliance tech, with the asterisks: this is the formal invitation to join.

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Ave369 at 23:20, 28 November 2017

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	* Q. How do I get a bigger troop transport? The air bus sucks!		* Q. How do I get a bigger troop transport? The air bus sucks!
	* A. You can get a vanilla X-COM Skyranger from the Mutant Alliance. Research the tech Bounty Hunting and do the missions the Alliance offers you. Buy any of the prizes from them, and you'll receive the ability to unlock Favor from the Alliance, which gives you Skyranger.		* A. You can get a vanilla X-COM Skyranger from the Mutant Alliance. Research the tech Bounty Hunting and do the missions the Alliance offers you. Buy any of the prizes from them, and you'll receive the ability to unlock Favor from the Alliance, which gives you Skyranger. You can also get the Pigeon, which does not require bounty hunting missions but has flat prerequisites, namely Workshop and Communications; the Pigeon is primarily an AWACS craft but doubles as a semi-decent troop transport for 9 gals.

	* Q. How do I use the accessory items, such as the gas mask or shawl?		* Q. How do I use the accessory items, such as the gas mask or shawl?