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Either way, neither perk is stellar or game changing. I could easily do without either and wouldn't lose a campaign because of it. The only reason I take specialists at all is for the super cheesy long range hacks and rewards from hacks/towers. I guess this is just a matter of different playstyles....

Assaults: hit and run. CE does everything hit and run does +90% of the time only it does it 100x better. It just is really really REALLY lack luster. Grenadier: Salvo...or it does almost the same thing as the LCpl support perk only worse. Plus your grenades are way less reliable in cover destruction...

Hmmm strongest most versatile class perk in the game vs worst perk in the game. I am going to go with conceal even if you bump those values up to 20 aim, 20 dodge, 20 will, that wouldn't make coup de grace even remotely close to the power that conceal has. Just rename coup de grace to seppuku and ha...

I can summarize the problem with your suggestion:

You are looking for a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.

Not really a fan of that tree. I also think you are viewing it from a slightly skewed perspective. Flanking and mobility styles of play are fun but they are not everyone's cup of tea, and rangers full an important role in the fire fight slog style of play. The already are assaults, shinobis, and a r...

Delete the first squad then never look back. You end up mixing and matching with wounds and different missions allowing different soldiers. Squads naturally shake out as a result so it is easy to still keep officers and soldiers so you still get that benefit, but without the annoyances. Haven adviso...

As much as i'd like to have the old battle scanners back with their large vision, long range and squadsight effect for several turns, i must also admit that the current ones aren't as bad as you make it look. They are not available from the start of the campaign but they come early if you want them...

And they're really really good, which was your point, no? Isn't the whole point of this post that having Battlescanners is as good as a Shinobi? Nope, not at all actually. The whole point of this post is that they should be as ACCESSIBLE as shinobis to provide an alternative through the entire game...

Amusingly,I loved loading then on my shinobi, particularly because they can grant you vision of areas you want to go to but are very likely to get you revealed, like corners as rooftops. They tend to have immense mobility anyways and there is really nothing else to put on then anyway Yeah that is u...

I've only little experience, but what's wrong with Battlescanners as they are? The biggest issue is they might as well not exist in the game currently due to how hard they are gated and the nerfs the have seen with x2. To get them in LW2 you need a proving ground (May or June the earliest you are b...

I see a lot of posts complaining about the lack of mid-sized missions. Complaining about the movement of conceal in the shinobi tree. People fall on one side of the fence or the other, but ultimately these two issues are related, or rather Shinobis are the problem. Conceal is so strong because it al...

If you're referring to the video where Xwynns RnG'd to attack some Archons, he actually made a mistake there. Shooting is still turn ending, RnG does nothing to change that. RnG is useful for hacking and punching VIPs because those actions aren't turn ending. I like it, this is a way better fix tha...

Did I get this right? beginning of turn objective in reach of 1 blue move. popp r&g, popp command first action, go next to objective (move) 2nd action, knock out vip/hack (non-move) pick up vip is a free action, correct? 3rd action run away with double move? I think this is not how run&gun ...

I see a lot of topics fly around regarding stealth, but none involving how strong assaults are on stealth missions. Specialists are nice for stealth missions since you have a higher chance of getting the hack, but for a stealth mission you can't lose ditch the specialist and take an assault as your ...

Fight it with 5-6 is fine, but it depends on the mission. If I have a squad, have the infiltration time, and don't really anticipate any big mission I would need that squad for, I'll send them out because those soldiers need experience. If it is a liberation mission, then I'll stealth it. 15 is star...

I think just giving the technical a mine slot would fix a lot of their issues and certainly open possibilities in game play. And it would be pretty easy to role the mines into existing perks so they have different advantages going more rocket oriented or flame thrower oriented. Rework of shaped char...

That reaction shot lost 30% of Aim would be made back (and more?) by the high likelihood of shooting at a target out of cover and flanked to boot versus the usual Sharpshooter target in high cover. I think the big competition to picking Long Watch comes from Phantom, which is very situational even ...

Assault GSgt: Close Combat Specialist Have to disagree pretty strongly here. Bring em on and untouchable are very strong perks. Don't need ccs when the targets are dead. Untouchable is just straight up strong. Ccs just isn't as good in LW2 compared to LW1. Cryssies are way less common, you don't ha...

i. Solution to this problem: GTS combat tactics purchases that greatly reduce infiltration time for low ranking soldiers. Love this idea! Thirded. This would help immensely from an enjoyment and game play stand point. It would also increase those "mid level missions" that are missing late...

First Rangers: In LW2 I consider rangers to be weak, not because the class is bad, but because other classes are really good. Rangers don't really stand out at anything, other classes often bring the rangers capabilities plus other options, as a result I feel they are weak. HOWEVER Rangers I feel a...

I keep seeing all these complicated suggestions regarding fixing 0% supply raids and troop columns, but I feel like the good old tried and true quality over quantity seems to be overlooked. So increasing infiltration lowers the Advent troop quality more so than the quantity. Just treat them like the...

I feel like a lot of these complaints about stealth are from people that never reached mid game (which is 2 months if you are quick, but roughly 3 months in). When you start getting close to liberating your first region you are going to have troop column and supply raids. You are going to have retal...

johnnylump wrote:Thank you for the thoughtful and detailed post. This kind of feedback really helps.

Thank you for the hundreds of hours of enjoyment you and the rest of the LW/Pavonis have provided me (and will continue to provide in the future)!

Joinrbs, had the same comments after his L/I campaign, rangers just don't have the damage, it took getting run and gun from the AWC for a ranger to really start being worth noting. My favorite perk to get for the Ranger from AWC is implacable. Shoot, move, shoot. But run and gun -> both barrels is ...

Wait, you feel Gunners do more damage than Rangers? If my shinobi isn't playing the front lines then my rangers are doing ALL of the damage and work. They have a much higher to hit and just... Yeah, those passives you say are boring makes them outright the perfect workhorse. They're one of the few ...