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Great to here that you guys are working on it and that makes sense now since I suppose it is more than "just a mod". In regards to the Avatar Squads is that a confirmation saying you guys have haha? If you have, that is great :D I wasn't sure as I hadn't gotten that far, is that a confirm...

Some soldiers can indeed have better selections than others, though that somewhat depends on what the soldier is doing. A perk to boost grenade damage isn't terribly useful on most Shinobi builds, for example. And others are very useful (I'm a big fan of the perks that give you a free flashbang / sm...

Fights were longer in Long War 1, though. So using up a turn for just a +20 to hit was more worth it. In Long War 2, if you're not looking at timers, then you're looking at overwhelming numbers. In either case, I find myself only using Stocks when moving a Sniper and I don't have anything good to Ho...

Yah, you generally know the kind of mission you're going into ahead of time, and you need to prepare accordingly. In particular, Snipers are pretty crap on any mission with a pre-determined EVAC point. On those missions, you generally have only a few turns to actually fight, but mostly have to const...

In fact with 1.1, this mechanic was removed from Rookie as well, replaced with an extra 5 aim for all soldiers, so what you see is what you get. The other difficulties shouldn't have any. Awesome. Not playing on Rookie, but if I were I'd prefer a straight up +5 aim, because then I'd still be making...

I suspect you're doing something wrong then. I'm on Veteran, and I seem to be in a much better place, although I'm not nearly as far into the game as you, timewise. I've been watching Xwynns playthrough on Youtube, and that has kept me relatively well informed (although, even he admits a rush for Li...

So, I know that on all non-Legendary difficulties in Vanilla, the game would give you secret bonuses to hit the more you missed. According to the wiki, that IS present in Long War on Rookie. I'm playing on Veteran, and it still feels like I'm hitting more than I'm supposed to. Perhaps it's just the ...

1) The version of Long War you are playing. Version 1.1 2) The platform you are playing on. Windows 7, 64-bit 3) What other XCOM2 mods you are playing with. Gotcha, Perfect Information, Free Reloads Anytime, Blackmarket Usage, Additional Icons 4) The circumstances of the bug or precise steps to prod...

XCOM 2 is a very good game on it's own. Long War 2 likely has more staying power, but there's nothing at all wrong with XCOM 2. You'll have a lot of fun playing through it. While you might have to unlearn some things from Vanilla when playing Long War, you'll pick up on plenty of perfectly good tact...

So, how long does it take on average to reach the 8 and 12 FL mentioned for unlocking DLC content? Judging by XWynns comment on the subject, I was able to take on the SPARK mission without difficulty with just lasers and AP Rounds way sooner than what I believe to be FL 8. I also think that I'd do j...

For other people looking here, when I played the mission (Veteran), it seemed unchanged except for 2 points. 1. There was an additional Advent Trooper near the beginning. I'm not really sure what he was doing there, as he doesn't fit the narrative, nor did he meaningfully change how the fight played...

I guess that answers my question of whether you guys would be working over the weekend! I guess I shouldn't be too surprised. You may be more of an official company now, but this did all start as a labor of love. Anyway, thank you for your time. I look forward to taking out my freshly obtained, and ...

I posted an explanation of this perk design here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Xcom/comments/5pg0ov/lw2_balance_question_why_does_a_stun_rocket_leave/?st=iygclv4f&sh=cbab1873 Copy of what I posted on Reddit in response to this; I dunno, I'm not super convinced here. While it does seem useful in som...

As I understand it, Aim has nothing to do with maximum scatter range. Instead, how it works is that your scatter range is 2, 4 or 6 (depending on whether you moved and if you have the appropriate perk). Then, for each tile of maximum scatter range, your Aim stat is rolled. If you 'miss', then the Ro...

I believe the idea is that the Flamethrower wasn't really being used as intended. Apart from a concealment ambush (which isn't easy to pull off and can only be done once per mission anyway), most of the time (I think, anyway) players were using the flamethrower just as a 0% miss chance kill against ...

Even if they haven't manage to fix all that they want seems to me from the patch notes that they fixed a huge number of problems, i suggest releasing the patch has it is, name it a beta if you want. After all its not like it is going to be the last patch and everything must be addressed in this pat...

I assume Pavonis will not be working on this over the weekend? I was taking a break from the game to wait for the patch, as I was guessing it was going to be finished before too long. However, if there's no work on the weekend, that's an extra two days to add onto an already nebulous time frame (Not...

>Flamethrower Improvements >Everything under Balance is a nerf So you're saying flamethrowers are OP if you can actually hit your targets with them? It's not clear in the notes, but judging from Xwynns Let's Play (which is running on a pre-release version of 1.1), the Flamethrower has drastically i...

Great, give the robots greater variety of ability, so that they can replace humanity entirely. Throw off one overlord for another!

I gotta say I agree with all the positive reviews, you guys did a really good job so far and I can't go back to vanilla. I agree to a certain extent. Though I wouldn't say no to a properly balanced dynamic war version. Ironically, the Long part is my least favorite part of Long War :D. Of course, m...

The biggest problem people have with SPARKs is that they're kinda sold as tanks, when they're really nothing of the sort. They're hardier than your soldiers, but that's to make up for their inability to take cover. You still want to minimize the hits they take, and make use of the "Doesn't need...

DefaultClassData.ini NumInForcedDeck = 0 NumInDeck = 0 This edit removes the specific soldier class from initial promotion screens, note that you can still receive this class as a reward or for hire in the Black Market. Wait, so you can't auto-promote into certain classes? Why is that a suggested i...

The problem with the flamethrower is getting in range. Could you add a "Run and Gun" sorta flamethrower talent far down the tree? Maybe turn Quick Burn into that? That'd drastically improve flamethrower. That'd be a pretty cool addition, although I think the new targeting capabilities of ...

When the update is applied will the changes to Sparks (level up growths mainly) take affect or will I have to start a new game/ build a new spark for it get the changes? These are ini. changes, so things like HP values on X unit etc will be instant and retroactive. Glad to hear, I was pretty sure t...

The Sawed Off is arguably the best 'non-defining' secondary out there (Grenade Launchers, Gauntlets, and Swords being 'defining'). It's basically a single-use Super Shotgun. It trades regular usage for tons of raw power. And since it's situational, the limited use isn't really that much of a problem...