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When putting Technicals on Haven Advisor, considering Rendezvous missions, do you tend to equip them with SMG's for the mobility and stealth, or do you go with Rifles or Shotguns for the greater mid or short-range damage? I would not place a technical as a haven advisor. Rendezvous missions grant c...

wiki says that there are two aim penalties 1) If soldier has only one action remaining -30. 2) Per Tile > 9: 3 edit: Additionally it appears that the scatter is not iterative but rather independent. "max scatter =4" means that you roll on your aim 4 times and scatter the number of tiles yo...

A pistol Tech seems like an interesting build. But that seems like it'd be very dependent on your Tech getting good pistol skills early in his career. Kind of yes.... but also kind of no. Pistols as a weapon are -.5 E(damage) compared to SMG's but are cheaper to build and never run out of ammo. Sin...

Anybody knows how does it work the rocket aim on technicians? I notice thas says 4 tiles but does it depend on range?, depends on the soldier's aim, if we did a blue movement? Do the add ons help? Supposedly it depends on the soldiers aim. When you shoot a rocket a random direction is chosen. Then ...

And btw killzone is a little bit better than I thought since you can create some nice conceal ambushes with it. However, it does require both actions to activate so you better set up really nicely. Killzone sharpshooter is a pod deleter(for up to 6 targets with elite extended mag). Really quite inc...

I'm not sure how to make the most of the Technical class. So the biggests thing about the technical class are: 1) You're very non-weapon/item dependent: This means that you are very strong early, and that you're able to utilize some builds that others aren't 2) You're very movement dependent: You n...

Been thinking things over some more. I'm wondering about two power choices in my Ranger build, the ones at LCpl and GSgt. Ranger Walk Fire / Covering Fire - Locked On - Cool Under Pressure - Grazing Fire - Ever Vigilant - Rapid Fire / Rapid Reaction - Rupture I think Covering Fire may not be worth ...

Just note that you cannot use fortify the same turn or the ever vigilant will not trigger.

Snapshot sniper? I'm not sure if I understand the comparison. What is a snapshot sniper doing so well anyways early game? Role of a Ranger is a consistent damage dealer that doesn't rely on cooldowns and kills 2 ayys a turn, almost every turn, all mission. They do that pretty well. A sniper literal...

There is really only one ranger build worth considering. And, importantly, rangers don't go in your main squad until maybe, maybe, super late. Take a sniper instead. They're much stronger at all points. Lowkey sarcasm post? ;) No. 100% serious. A snapshot sharpshooter is better than a ranger at all...

Not a bad idea, but possibly complex from a code/inventory standpoint. Make two Gauntlets. Rocket Gauntlet and Flamer Gauntlet. Proving Grounds upgrade provides one of each when built. This. As it was said earlier, a Rocket Gauntlet with two rockets and no flamethrower fuel, and a Flamer Gauntlet w...

Both of those are viable(though locked on less so) if you're using a rifle.

But you should be using a shotgun. At which point you're either at basically 100% to-hit anyway because the target is in your face, or they're too far away to hit and it doesn't matter.

Can anyone explain this: what is the -10% "To Hit" Crit penalty in OP's screenshot? Its a math cludge. In XCOM 2 a single roll determines whether or not you hit, crit, graze, or miss. The way this was calculated meant that dodge and crit calculations were based on a percentage of all shot...

Any suggestions for how to use a snap shot sniper effectively? Cos I'm currently horrified. Generally they work like any other unit. With the exception that, because they can still shoot from beyond visual range they can more easily take what might otherwise be considered weak cover positions. Addi...

There is really only one ranger build worth considering. And, importantly, rangers don't go in your main squad until maybe, maybe, super late. Take a sniper instead. They're much stronger at all points. If putting a rookie into the tank to become a ranger. Focus on mobility, defense, and hit points ...

trihero wrote:I thought burning does stop melee units from meleeing, with the exception being units that can ONLY melee. Thus faceless can still melee while burned but stun lancers can't.

I have seen burning units attack in melee but never seen one hit. Or if they have I don't recall.

"retrieve an item" missions have items in the chests. You don't have to actually pick up the items if you hack the chest from range though.

Yes and no. It depends on the squad you bring. If your squad can take it leave it at 100%. For instance if you have tons of crowd control like a sniper with serial and technicians with good rocket perks you want lots of baddies because you get to keep all the corpses for amazing cash later. You wil...

Um, no, I would not. Not until they are high rank. Late game I'll take AP, sure, but at lower levels I want them landing hits. 5 aim will turn 1/20 non-100% shots from misses to hits, on average. 2 Armor pen guarantees one shot kills on many armored units. (and the units that your sharpshooters are...

Um, no, I would not. Not until they are high rank. Late game I'll take AP, sure, but at lower levels I want them landing hits. 5 aim will turn 1/20 non-100% shots from misses to hits, on average. 2 Armor pen guarantees one shot kills on many armored units. (and the units that your sharpshooters are...

5 aim is not five aim. Its -1 Grenade. Or -1 Flashbang. Or -1 mobility. Or -1 some other ammo ability In the end you will want to use ammo on 1) Sharpshooters 2) Gunners 3) Assaults sometimes 4) Rangers Sometimes And well, 5 aim isn't wroth it on gunners early. And you would rather have AP on your s...

Good -> Dragon, Tracer, AP Rounds - Tracer and AP rounds aren't PG projects! You get them from hybrid materials/basic trooper autopsy. Also tracer rounds aren't good. 5 aim for a slot is bad. You could put smoke or a grenade there. Or AP rounds or literally nothing and gain the mobility. Edit: Veno...

I've heard they are nerfing sat fire a lot, so hold onto those build ideas :O Even if they nerf it a lot there isn't much of a reason to take traverse or rapid. You're either OW spec'd or already have Chain Shot(3), Hail of Bullets(5), and cyclic fire(4), and iron Curtain(3) which means that you re...

As i see it there are basically two builds and they go in the same squad. 1) OW specialist: Grazing, Lockdown, Iron Curtain, Mayhem/Formidable, Danger Zone/Cool Under Pressure, Saturation Fire, Combat Fitness Reasoning: Maximize OW potential. Mayhem/Formidable are both good, you care more about hitt...

That devalues stiletto greatly in my eyes since advent is usually like half of the biological things you see. Welp those faceless corpses are going to feed my elerium addiction for sure then, and back to AP rounds all day every day. So are venom rounds the only ones that have a possibility for more...