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Brainsucker Launchers


Elros

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It's always struck me as rather disappointing that you can't use brainsucker launchers yourself, as you don't get to keep the ammo. Surely a good potential tactic could have been to equip an android on a commando run with one? You could cause all sorts of chaos.

 

Was anybody else disappointed by this?

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While it's true that you can't control it, if you could us it in a raid against humans who are hostile to the aliens, it could at least start your enemies fighting each other, surely?
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While it's true that you can't control it, if you could us it in a raid against humans who are hostile to the aliens, it could at least start your enemies fighting each other, surely?

 

I think that would APPEAR to be the case, but on second thought, I suspect the AI will make brainsuckers always seek out and attack XCOM agents. I think the other problem is that a brainsucked human would become an alien, and might immediately start attacking XCOM agents, rather than fellow org-mates, as the aliens are likely most hostile to XCOM.

 

(You know, someone should e-mail those Gallop brothers and ask them to visit our forum and answer some questions. Good idea? :-) )

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  • 5 years later...
Not exaxtly on-topic but in one of my early missions an agent got brainsucked because I was not careful enough. The point is that it was near the end of that mission and I was winning so instead of attacking, it decided to flee and that scumbag left the battlefield with thousands of $ of equipment and armor on him, since it took place near an exit point. It was not a delightful feeling on the first week where without stunraiding and other tricks you have so little money. I was not quick enough to kill it. Only gametime days later occured to me that I could have searched the neighboring buildings for alien activity. Do you think I could have found him? :-) I mean I've found escaped aliens in the past in neighboring buildings and I don't think it was because the infiltration spread since that time one single Anthropod fled the battle and I have found only him in the next building.
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