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The loot containers in vanilla are not empty. That's just a visual glitch. The loot shows up at the end of the mission.

Right, has map size been altered in any way?

Are there themed missions? Something like a base assault that only has robots as enemies or an invasion only by chryssalids?

It's great to see that the XP system has been overhauled. That way, people who choose to run small, stealthy squads don't get punished. What does the "Vega" stand for in this screenshot: https://cdn.2kgames.com/xcom.com/XCom2+2017-01-11+18-26-12-32.jpg ? Is that the name of the squad doing...

Do the aliens have their own tech-tree now? Or at least some sort of progression that can be influenced by the player? (For instance they get research when they have facilities constructed and the player needs to destroy them) Have you changed anything about the black market? Are facility assaults m...

This is amazing. So I take it soldiers can now no longer be recruited limitlessly? That would fit the rebel theme so much better. How does the "gather intelligence" part work? Do you get clues about Advent activities similar to the exalt base search in EW? Or is it just a mission that pops...

I'm pretty sure that wouldn't work just like that, because the new enemies wouldn't have the better AI profile assigned to them. You'll have to wait for compatibility updates or work through the ini files yourself.

It's safe to say that all custom made models from the alien pack will be included. They wouldn't want to waste their art assets. There might be the occasional new addition, but I think we've seen most of it. Since they have said that the campaign will be 100+ missions long, they must have figured ou...

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It doesn't fit the style of vanilla 100%, but obviously, the capabilities are there in the modding community. Maybe something like this gets added unofficially to LW2 after it releases.

One question regarding classes: Are there Guerilla Warfare Schools perks for the classes like in vanilla or is that cut like with the standalone perk pack?

The unique weapons sound amazing and I'm very glad to see that they can be switched out for a pistol.

You mentioned psis: Did you make any adjustments to the psionics system? Or are you not allowed to talk about this here?

Do all weapon tiers follow standard XCOM 2 procedure? That is to say research in labs using generic materials => build in engineering using generic materials Or is there a special research / build requirement for certain weapons like the plasma weapons in EW LW that needed a captured alien weapon? I...

Well yes, but the thing is you need to do it with armor, too. And if you forget a weapon in vanilla, you're only missing out on a few minor upgrades, in LW2, you'd basically have a useless soldier if he keeps the ballistic weapon. I guess we'll have to get used to it or hope someone makes a mod to h...

Sorry for all these questions: Do the coil guns have new custom sounds?

And I guess you can't answer any questions about armor tiers?

Sweet. Are weapons individual items again or are they squad wide upgrades like in vanilla X2?

That feels right, very much like LW for EW.

Do the weapon tiers have different characteristics other than just better damage? Like different armor pierce values/ aim bonuses/ crit bonuses/ mag sizes and so on?