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Let me figure that out. I'm not against it, but I don't have a ton of bandwidth to maintain that sort of thing, so it depends on how much it requires of me. At a minimum we'll get a lively forum structure going once LW2 is released.

One of our testers is assessing a list of nearly 500 mods and their compatibility with Long War 2. We intend to make that public, with the caveat that not all of them have undergone in-depth testing so there may be errors. We've also worked up a big doc for modders on how we did what we did so they ...

For the most part, we avoided duplicating effort by other modders unless it directly supported our new features, so stuff like Flank Preview and Numeric Health Display will need to be added separately (they do work with LW2, though).

Talking of classes and armors, I have an armor based question. So far we will have 5 tiers of weapons, but what about armor? Will there be additional armor tiers similar to LW1? Made up out of combining existing models and decals? We didn't have the budget for the art to create new armor sets, I'm ...

You will get used to "Technical" and in time, grow to love it.

Thanks for thinking of us. LW2 will be free. It was commissioned by 2K Games so it wouldn't be appropriate for us to accept money for it.

The alien hunter weapons are still in the mod and have had some stat adjustments.

Ah, that's good to hear ... I had checked some Feral page and it didn't mention that update. I'm more confident it should work then.

For Long War EU/EW, the magnificent WGhost and several others did a port. I think it wasn't TOO much work. The main thing for Long War 2 is whether Mac/Linux has received the Patch 7 update ... (the Nov. 8 patch that also provided controller support). Long War 2 is built to work with that patch and ...

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May or may not get an LMG image up.

Excited about the new secondaries! Is SMG still the only Long War primary making a return, or will we see any of the others? Didn't do Battle Rifles or Carbines. With all the weapon mods and ammo types there's not as much design for that sort of thing, plus art is a lot of work. One question regard...

I should emphasize I said people shouldn't use *our* other mods in the above post, because we've incorporated (and altered) their functionality in Long War 2; trying to load AlienPack and Long War 2 is a bad idea and the game will tell you not to. Beyond that, we've done our best to make LW2 moddabl...

Pistols have range penalties; we actually put them on the SMG table (which is not as long range as an assault rifle but better than a shotgun). We didn't add ammo / reloads to them this go-round. We didn't really add sideways secondaries like you are proposing. Psis got a look. They are still gettin...

Read the what now?

THIS IS WHY YOU LOSE.

This stuff we can't talk about yet.

But I'm going to say it here, and say it many times: Read the in-game archives. (Remember our read the readme chant with the original Long War? That kind of stuff is in-game now. But people gotta go read 'em to learn about the new mechanics.)

Per Amineri: Scattering is a thing for rockets, as in previous Long War for XCOM : Enemy Within, as is explosive damage falloff, both for grenades and rockets. I've reworked the mechanics for how rocket scatter works in Long War 2 to better suit the more tile-oriented mechanics in XCOM 2. There is n...

Yes, people should not use our other mods with LW2. (You'll be warned in game if you do)

Pistols are now utility items that anyone can carry. Shinobi keeps the sword. Specialist keeps the Gremlin. Grenadier keeps the Grenade Launcher. Technical gets the Gauntlet, which for them is classed as a secondary instead of a heavy (they can put what amount to Gauntlet +ammo items in a heavy slot...

Long War 2 will be one big mod. Our prior mods were essentially our modular releases, although they've been integrated, updated and balanced for Long War 2.

The seven perk pack classes are in Long War 2, but they have all been completely overhauled for our new mechanics and balance. Each has a unique secondary, including several new ones we've made for the mod. The Technical is the eighth class. With Psis and Sparks (for DLC owners), that makes 10 class...

The Heavy armors are still in the game. For the other classes they give access to the gun-type heavy weapons. For the Technical they give extra uses of the Rocket Launcher or the Flamethrower.

https://xcom.com/news/xcom-2-long-war-2 ... lass-on-pc

A lot of folks make this mistake, but we as a studio actually work for 2K, which owns Firaxis. We are in frequent contact with the folks at Firaxis, who have been a great help in getting LW2 together. To answer your question, I can say 2K has allowed us total creative control. We told them what we w...

Were you able to add tiers of weapons to the Spark and to other DLC that just use the same models? That wouldn't bother me one bit. It's nice to have custom graphics but the gameplay is what matters. That's technically possible, yes, but it's funny, now that we've gone pro I feel like we should avo...

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I want to acknowledge your question but I don't have an answer for you right now, sorry.