XCOM Roleplay - An Open Discussion on How It Should Work

[Darkraven]

Not to mention, some things might happen that could force pilots to work on the ground, if you know what I mean :)

[Derpestein]

UFO is too big.

Raven/Firestorm crashes.

Pilot must use his/her wits and guns(most likely just a sidearm) to survive the aliens landing to finish the job, waiting for the sky ranger to come to pick them up, or go inside the city they crashed near to take a plane to what country the X-Com base is in.

[RPCWhite]

Okay but if you think about it. Most people are gonna wanna play as squad members not pilots (In my opinion). You would not have a lot of interaction with the other rpers except for being at base. And if you were to get shot down you'd have a pistol, and wouldn't go into combat with the aliens. You are trained to use the pistol sure but not like the soldiers are. You are given a basic survival course in case you are shot down and you get a pistol, a few MRE's and some medical supplies. You would most likely hide and signl Command you were shot down, and a squad would be deployed to save you and mop up the aliens tha were tracking you.

[Darkraven]

Unfortunately, that's very true. While I won't stop anyone from playing a character like that, it will likely result in alot of lonely posts what with the lack of opportunities for interactions and interactive dead ends.

[RPCWhite]

Now Sky Ranger pilots would probably be more interesting, and you may even be able to go on the mission rather then sit on the ship. Depends on GM's preference.

[Lennon79]

I've always wondered about the conspicuous lack of air support in XCOM. Sky Ranger gunship anybody?

[Derpestein]

Lennon79 said
I've always wondered about the conspicuous lack of air support in XCOM. Sky Ranger gunship anybody?

RPCWhite said
Now Sky Ranger pilots would probably be more interesting, and you may even be able to go on the mission rather then sit on the ship. Depends on GM's preference.

I.

CALL.

DIBS!

Fuck it, I AM BEING THE PILOT OF A SKYRANGER.

Besides, seeing as Skyrangers deploy at the Mission Area, if the squad needs backup, provided I'm not providing air support, could I perhaps help out in the ground mission?

Or, I could just help out anyway rather than sit in the ship like a lonely, lazy ass.

[RPCWhite]

In theory we should be able to fit the sky ranger for CAS. Cause the fighters won't help much in a city. So yeh there you go we could put dual miniguns on it or you could have your co pilot man a 20mm cannon under the nose of the ship. We really do need something like a helicopter to rpovide us with CAS

[Marik]

Hm. Isn’t the whole point of the pilot staying in the ship due to that he’s probably the only one who knows how to fly the thing, and if he got killed then the squad wouldn’t be able to make it back to base?

[Derpestein]

Marik said
Hm. Isn’t the whole point of the pilot staying in the ship due to that he’s probably the only one who knows how to fly the thing, and if he got killed then the squad wouldn’t be able to make it back to base?

But the Skyranger is out in the open during the missions, door open always and it isn't like it's camo'd.

They're already in that much danger...

[Derpestein]

Marik said
Hm. Isn’t the whole point of the pilot staying in the ship due to that he’s probably the only one who knows how to fly the thing, and if he got killed then the squad wouldn’t be able to make it back to base?

But the Skyranger is out in the open during the missions, door open always and it isn't like it's camo'd.

They're already in that much danger...

[RPCWhite]

Well you would normally have a pilot and co-pilot. One would most likely stay with the ship. But what i am thinking is that the sky ranger takes off after the squad gets off and then takes up an overwatch position to give CAS to those who need it. Could also have a sniper team inside them to provide sniper cover.

[Derpestein]

RPCWhite said
Well you would normally have a pilot and co-pilot. One would most likely stay with the ship. But what i am thinking is that the sky ranger takes off after the squad gets off and then takes up an overwatch position to give CAS to those who need it. Could also have a sniper team inside them to provide sniper cover.

Which one would go out into the field? Interested in that position.

[RPCWhite]

Normally neither, And i see the other guys point. You should go with the guns on the skyranger. that would be good for you. you would still have interactions with the team while being safe from the enemy ground troops. Unless they have launchers. But don't go saying yu get shot down everytime they have launchers, it would ruin the experience of that.

[Derpestein]

RPCWhite said
Normally neither, And i see the other guys point. You should go with the guns on the skyranger. that would be good for you. you would still have interactions with the team while being safe from the enemy ground troops. Unless they have launchers. But don't go saying yu get shot down everytime they have launchers, it would ruin the experience of that.

Alright, alright, fine...

I'll provide air support + miniguns. :P

[RPCWhite]

Lol dw bro once we start fighting their mechs you will be very handy...

[Darkraven]

Hmm... This might be a problem...

For one thing, there won't be Skyrangers yet right at the beginning. For another, Skyrangers won't be armed as they need to free up as much weight and space as possible to deliver their most devastating payload yet: The troops.

But I like the idea of giving the Skyrangers weapons, but it will only come some time after XCOM receives its Skyrangers. And even then, Skyrangers can become eclipsed by more advanced transports, if you know what I mean :)

[Sovi3t]

Where the OOC for this, and is it only going to be troop roles or are they other roles also involved?

[Marik]

Heh, we’re only putting the base in Africa to get the 30% funding increase.

But really, when talking new XCOM, where do you guys put the base? I like Africa because extra cash is always cool, but do you guys have different strategies behind different continents?

[null123]

South America is pretty good, allows you focus on different researchs