XCOM: Enemy Unknown

[TinCow]

I am building stuff that does not appear to have any use: alloy cannon, blaster launcher.

Two of the best weapons in the game!

[HopAlongBunny]

Two of the best weapons in the game!

Yes! Yes they are!!! Now that I know who equips them I don't know how I lived without them

That final mission was a bit of a shocker, but now I can see a clear use for the Mind-shield I had been ignoring.

[Arjos]

Life with the carapace armour feels good lol
I assaulted the alien base with the normal one, succeeded, but boy that was tough, never played so defensively XD

[easytarget]

LOL, on my last mission in current campaign I stunned a muton beserker and an outsider, but forgot I still had 3 days till the containment was built.

And my new best approach to getting soldiers dead: having one them get PSI'd and shoot up the rest of the team while I mess about trying to stun an Ethereal.

[Greyblades]

My best death: I got so used to having titan armoured squaddies I forgot my starting rookies' armour is useless, I started a new game, made my team stand out in the open and-
*PSSHH*



...It's kinda embarassing to have 3 of my best men mere 2 hours after taking out the final boss killed by sectoids and thin men.

[HopAlongBunny]

A more complete tech-tree:



Much thanks to xdude whoever he/she/it happens to be :)

[Monk]

A more complete tech-tree:



Much thanks to xdude whoever he/she/it happens to be :)

Looking at the full tech tree i'm wondering how effective a full rush to light plasma would be that skipped lasers entirely. I spent a LOT of time slogging through laser tech in my current game, but if I focused on containment right out of the gate and gave half the squad arc throwers, stocking up on Light Plasma Rifles wouldn't be that hard. It would just require clever tactics and a bit of RNG luck. Hm. This demands some experimenting on my next play through!