Just got my first major glitch. I actually think I'm on the final ship (final assault) and I just cleared the room with two sectiods and I get my guys in the one hall exiting and its all black. I finally pan and zoom enough to get it to show the door but can't open it. Most of the time all it shows is black and no door/frame. I got pissed and closed it, guess I'll try again later.
I could take the reverse tack and claim that you both are 'Drinking the Kool-aid' far to readily in just assuming that the machine is always right and that the human is in error.
At the end of the day, it's still a fun game. And although I don't believe that selective memory colors my judgement to the degree you are both claiming, I am willing to accept the possibility. or at least suspend my disbelief while enjoying myself.
So if you really want to see the numbers, start recording your data. Every time you take a shot, write down the % chance to hit and if you hit or not. Humans are extremely biased, and very fallible. If you haven't done so before, read up on the Monty Hall Problem. I think it's a great example how people's emotions and expectations cloud logical thinking. Your expectations based upon the given %chance to hit every time you take a shot greatly bias your evaluation of the randomness. Daverino makes a very good point, and you shouldn't dismiss it out of hand. Instead, accept the idea he could be right, and objectively evaluate the situation.
90% is still a 1 in 10 chance to miss. Seeing as how you probably take this kind of shot every time you see it which would mean even in 1 mission you could take it 10 times. Missing it that 1 time while it may seem absurd, is right in line with the numbers. However, when your assault that has been with you the whole game dies, you as a result remember the failure way more than the other 9 successes when the game did what it was "supposed" to do.
I'd suggest reading comprehension, but doubt it would help the situation.
EDIT: Not meaning to come across harsh, but I already stated that what I am seeing is not isolated instances. And I already admitted that it "Might" be my perception. And that, despite all of it I am enjoying the game. So you aren't adding anything to the conversation except insult (i.e. it's YOU, not the computer). Just saying if you are trying to help, read and comprehend what has already been said and don't just foist your own biases.
[edit]He's been pretty elaborate about explaining how to do away with your perception, which you already admitted "Might" be biased. So you're the one with the reading comprehension problem here.
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I think you missed my point entirely.
The way the game is structured, you often get to experience being unlucky but rarely get to experience being lucky. The game tells you beforehand what the odds of success are before you make a decision and that's the biasing factor. Since you always choose to avoid decisions with low odds of success (for example, using a rocket, or suppression or, overwatch instead of taking a 10% shot) you rarely experience being lucky. So your personal experience is not going to be a correct representation of the normal distribution of events possible.
You're absolutely right in thinking that you're being more unlucky than lucky. But the reason isn't because the game is cheating. The reason is that you experience more opportunities to be unlucky than to be lucky.
I encountered another game breaking bug. I am in the Temple ship. I have encountered several doors that do not register as doors. So I can't proceed through the ship. Anyone else encounter this? Or have an idea how to fix?
I've only played the originals myself but if I ever needed to make a "door" then rockets, grenades and high explosives always made for a quick remodel.
Since trying it non-hardcore I really steamrolled, in fact it got maybe too easy. Once you learn from some subtle mistakes the recipe is fairly foolproof - keep your squad tight, but spaced slightly. Always use both moves, over watch. 90% of the time I made a mistake was rushing someone too far or trying to "Scout".
Yeah, once you get into the habit of "move, overwatch, move, overwatch" it gets pretty easy.
I will say I prefer to spread out my guys on those council/extraction missions - when you get the main objective and a half dozen or so Thin Men drop out of the sky and go into overwatch mode. They're one-shottable, so having your squaddies already in position and in overwatch themselves means 3-4 of the 6 die immediately, and you're probably already in position to pop the remainder without moving (so their overwatch status is irrelevant.)
I had 4 of my squad in overwatch and cover, most got KOed and one was killed by that robot tank alien(first time I've seen it at the supply ship) its heavy armoured and long range attacks hit hard,don't know how I'm going to get close enough to get most of my squad firing on it and hoping to take it out,even direct rocket hit from range did not do much damage to hit.
The Mechs can be tough to take down. Definitely want to stay out of range as much as you can. What I usually end up doing is setting up my Sniper. Then hitting the Mech with a shredder missile. Then having someone move into sight range and 'Spot' for my Sniper. Let the Sniper take the 'Head Shot'. Then have the spotter fade back with his second move. It takes a few rounds to set up and knock them down, but it is just about doable.
The two Mechs in the Temple ship are really tough to handle. They seem to hit harder and multiple times (three rocket strikes at once). And the fact that there are two of them makes it even harder. Best I found you could do was spread WAY out and take deep cover. Plan your attack and hit HARD
The sectopods in the temple ship can generally be one-shotted or very heavily damaged using your volunteer's psi storm (the new ability you get).
That poor bastard...