

Our group has a house rule for the four of us that if 3 out of 4 of us are online and ready to play, we'll continue the campaign. If you're playing with three or more people, it may be hard to line up everyone's schedules to play the once or twice a week needed to keep the game, and campaign momentum going. A session of XCOM takes some time, a whole campaign a lot more time spaced over a couple dozen sessions. Don't burn out everyone else because you're used to Legendary Ironman and everyone else is getting slaughtered every mission. Having multiple people making decisions WILL add difficulty to any campaign, and if you're introducing new players to XCOM, doubly so. Overall Campaign and General TipsWhatever difficulty you're used to playing on, I suggest dropping it by one. Have the host start a new campaign and have fun!

#Xcom 2 pc exclusive mods#
Just, uh, don't poke around his mods too much, yeah? With Parsec, the program itself is all you need to join and play the host's version of XCOM.
#Xcom 2 pc exclusive mod#
The host is streaming their game to you, so you do not need the game in your steam library, unlike the older Co-op mod that said not only did you both need the game, you needed mod parity with the host to make sure everything worked. The important note here is that: for you, the person joining the host, YOU DO NOT NEED A COPY OF XCOM.

So while your friends may be able to hear the music, combat, and skittering of a chryssalid about to come around the corner and ruin your day, they won't hear your rookie's passive aggressive moaning, Tygan lament about Advent Burgers, or critical dialogue during cutscenes. This is fantastic, but parsec will also sometimes filter ANY spoken audio- unit lines, people speaking during cutscenes, etc. Mainly, parsec aggressively filters discord voice audio so your friends don't hear their own voices looped back at them as you broadcast your computer. *The Virtual Audio cable, while not NECESSARY to run Parsec, gets around a huge annoyance myself, and a few others, have found when hosting Parsec.

#Xcom 2 pc exclusive install#
Download and install the Virtual Audio Cable fix here *.Super easy once you've done it a few times, but the first time seems daunting. First time setup, and testing to make sure everyone can join, WILL take some time. Remember, you're going to be streaming to maybe up to other five people- you can't do that on a potato computer and a dial-up modem. The best internet connection/computer out of your group of friends.
