Man up, fans of X-COM! [Xenonauts]

[Pepisolo]

The Predator actually does provide you terminator-style protections and a boatload of firepower, but as with everything, RNG can be a pony and they can hit you somewhere the armor is weak AND roll a huge damage number. I've had that happen a few times myself. Most of the time though the Predators just soak enormous amounts of damage. Even from the plasma cannons.

That is actually good to hear. Maybe it was just a lucky shot on my guy.

[keith.lamothe]

Yea, Predator is beastly.

Then again, so is Veteran. 

Sounds kinda like Diff 9, but without warheads.

[Pepisolo]

Sounds kinda like Diff 9, but without warheads.

I still haven't gotten into AIwar (for shame). Only time I tried I got stuck at the tutorial, heh. No way I could handle diff 9! Xenonauts veteran seems just about right for me on Ironman mode (which sharpens me up a bit). I'm a big fan of Ironman/Permadeath/Hardcore. It really changes the way I play and makes things much more engaging and exciting.  Seeing as I'm going off on a tangent (thanks, off-topic), I recommend Path of Exile as a great Hardcore game. Free-to-play, really fun ARPG. Only flaw is occasional bad desync. Me and a friend ripped on the final of boss of the game, it was glorious.

[keith.lamothe]

I still haven't gotten into AIwar (for shame). Only time I tried I got stuck at the tutorial, heh. No way I could handle diff 9!

If you can even compete with Xenonauts on Veteran Ironman, you can handle AI War just fine

Xenonauts is brutal.

[Pepisolo]

If you can even compete with Xenonauts on Veteran Ironman, you can handle AI War just fine

Xenonauts is brutal.

Hmmmm... that actually gives me some confidence! Gonna try and get into AI War sooner rather than later, I think. It seems a bit intimidating, but I'll see how I get on. Just got to somehow manage to throw away all my good work and inevitably crash and burn in Xenonauts first!