Scouting the Alien Dimension

[THE_KILLER]

Amazingly enough I think NKF was wrong about a Apocalypse fact. For the first scouting of the alien dimension you don't need to retrieve your ship to start research.

 

I sent my little probe to the alien dimension and before I could retrieve it a big green mushroom (aka alien bomber) blew it up. However after that I was still able to research the alien dimension as per normal.

 

On a side note has anyone else noticed that the number of Psiclones at the COS differs depending of whether the mission is before or after midnight. Prior to midnight you can get 4+, after midnight I have a hard time getting more than 1.

 

Yeah! After finding this site I've just achieved a life goal. I know something about X-Com Apoc that NKF doesn't . Though I still can imagine clearing an alien building with 1 man...

[NKF]

I don't think I've ever said it needs to be recovered. Just that you need to visit the alien dimension and get out of there right away. How you leave is up to you. Naturally you'd want to recover your ship for future use or for selling (in the case of the probe). Research data should be available the moment control returns to Mega Primus.

 

But don't worry, there's plenty of stuff I still don't know about in the X-Com games. I find I'm learning new things all the time even though I think I've got it all down pat.

 

Psiclone generation in maps is generally random regardless of the time of day. I think it might also depend on the map and how many item spawn points you end up with. I've seen players report being able to gather up to 8 psiclones in a slum map.

 

- NKF

[zaimoni]

On a side note has anyone else noticed that the number of Psiclones at the COS differs depending of whether the mission is before or after midnight. Prior to midnight you can get 4+, after midnight I have a hard time getting more than 1.

As I generally use CoS for Sunday Inventory Management, I can't really comment on this (I'm always in the late afternoon).

 

The maximum number of Psiclones I have gotten from a CoS mission is 8. This needed both a favorable floor plan and a willingness to not use explosives for easy kills. [i'm not clear on what makes the chessboard so good, but then again my raids don't last long enough to actually explore underground.]