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I know many players can identify which enemies are on the map and possibly where from the sounds made during enemy turn. I can't. Are there any aides, like mods, manuals, sound samples for which sound is which alien, anything that can help me learn (or circumvent via mod) this? This has quite a big ...

Keep in mind when deciding whether or not to OW with characters that an alien that gets shot doesn't get a yellow alert action. So you can use OWers as safety precaution against pods walking in on you.

Not a game changer, but something to keep in mind IMO.

Interference is ok. But pretty weak. Use it if for some weird reason you don't take LR on most assaults. Field surgeon is probably the better choice if not taking CF. I don't think that is worth it. Lots of possibilities to cancel one individual overwatch, like high-aim shooting, grenades etc. Putt...

I've tried this but it doesn't work well. A sharp is too slow and has too high detection radius without an SMG to be good as a scout, unless he gets ghostwalker and/or covert in AWC and you give him a speed PCS. Damn, forgot about that build having a higher detection radius. Good point. Will use on...

According to the Chart on the wiki, I don't Need mag for coil. I'll still Research elerium and see if I can Research coil right away after that. Guys, if it doesn't work out, then I have learned something. If it does work out, we all have learned something. Phaseless rushes for coil and that's that...

Sure. But I didn't mean not to take a shinobi. I meant not taking shinobi as a spotter. Use holo as spotter, take shinobi anyway. That way I can get my sweet bladenobi DPS all the time and don't have to uncloak my spotter for it. I'd need to make room for it of course, but I think a holo might have ...

@Noober:

Wouldn't a concealed holo officer make more sense with that? He can command just as fine, but also holo, which doesn't break concealment either. On top of it, he can help the team indirectly via Lead By Example, due to his way higher aim stat.

It won't come into play often, but keep in mind that sometimes AWC perks can change the optimal build for a soldier. A technical can, for example, get a lot of mileage from grenadier-related perks like Full Kit, since some of his skills work for rockets _and_ grenades.

I don't think it makes sense to have a squad specialized for some kinds of missions, but then switch to a different squad if the mission is particularly hard or under-infiltrated. So I usually use no special "hard mission" squad. I'd advise to just take the team you usually take, but make ...

Disclaimer: haven't read the whole thing. What's an 8-man squad doing with only 1 sniper? In fact, why are your 8-mans so balanced in class distribution? To me, an 8-man means having the spare room to go 3 sniper, 2 specialist and still have space for sole-visible tank and 2 off-tanks/scouts (to co...

With fatigue I'd feel more reactive - when I need soldiers, I'd look on who is available at the time instead of planning ahead (can't really plan on how muchbI'm going to use each soldier). Infiltration, on the other hand, forces me to plan ahead, and provides me with the numbers I need to do so. Ap...

Is perfect information precise for LW2? When I started using it back in 1.2, general consensus seemed to be that it wasn't.

This might be of interest to the topic:
http://pavonisinteractive.com/phpBB3/vi ... 20&t=26029

JulianSkies wrote:Rank is based on number of skills.

Thanks.

I want to give psionics a try in my current Commander playthrough. Currently, I'm trying to decide which skills to learn when. I know that learning time is increased if you pick skills above the psionics rank. Which means it would be advantageous to pick the wanted skills in ascending order. On the ...

There's a mod, too, that displays the faceless in each haven. I consider this okay as it saves me a lot of bookkeeping, while offering only a modest advantage.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/ ... w+faceless

Well, basically everything that's got to do with rulers, for me. I houseruled that savescumming is ok to deal with ruler bullshit. Made the rule when archon ruler appeared to my A-team, used its mass AOE marker, then triggered it when I tried to move the first guy away. All my guys were neatly lined...

Suppose I do the following: a) build a new squad and put an existing Trial By Fire officer in, who is the lead officer. b) after a few successful missions, I train one of the other squad members for officer (who isn't lead officer). c) a another couple of successful missions, I pull the Trial By Fir...

According to Ufopaedia, there's a comparison with the psionic's rank, see here: http://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Psi_Operative_(LW2) This corresponds to the comment in XComGameData.ini: ; additional days per ability level above current psi level PsiTrainingRankScalar[0]=6.0f ;Easy Which is my main...

Faceless - hinder your rebel's jobs. - take up a slot for an otherwise contributing rebel. - make retaliations more likely (IIRC). . What do you mean by "hinder your rebels jobs" exactly? Rebels doing Tasks (Intel, recruit, etc) are less effective. I believe by 20% per faceless, but not s...

Faceless
- hinder your rebel's jobs.
- take up a slot for an otherwise contributing rebel.
- make retaliations more likely (IIRC).

A rendezvous mission, on the other hand, gives corpses and weapon mods.

So for me: always root out faceless first.

Alright, tried out PSI soldiers a bit and was astonished by the mileage you get from a fresh-out-of-the-tube soldier. I was slapping a couple freshies on my teams in September, and in contrast to every other squaddie, they started pulling their weight instantly, just with their basic abilities. So I...

Regarding non-arc assaults: lightning reflexes clears overwatches for the whole group, in contrast to the shinobis shadowstep which only protects the soldier. This is a very important use case in missions where you need to move and don't have the resources to flashbang everything. And it only costs ...

Regarding the OP's question: strength 5 sounds like a fine time to liberate (strong enough to lose full 4 legions, weak enough not to be too difficult e. g. with smaller teams). But depending on how high vigilance actually is, it can make sense to keep it for the vigilance and as a honey trap for le...

- MSGTS and their equivalents will now donate a third (ini-configurable) of their mission XP to the rest of the squad This snuck in without me noticing it. Time to turbo-train more units with the 8-man GOp squad. Does anyone know how this donation works? - Is 1/3 given to every other member of the ...