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I just missed 3 80% (+8% to grace, 12% dodge) shots in a row. Sorry, not in the same category, but I just had to vent somewhere, somehow ADVENT pulled a 0.1728% success on me.

You don't really need to slow down Avatar with vigilance. I've completed multiple Legend campaigns when I've been at 0% pretty much all the time, you just gotta identify the Facility Lead missions (and contact the regions) and be quick with the Skulljack.

Works alright until you have to leave something uncontrolled because you ran out of actions or you have to leave someone in the open because MECs don't give a damn about being near cover. Fun times tho.

My incentive for the early liberation is mostly so I can get the cash for the buildings I'm gonna need. Power Relay + Resistance Comms is $225, then the Laboratory is another $125. Around the same time I'd also want the Proving Grounds which is cheap at $50 but usually I also want the Workshop next ...

Oh I know where they spawn, I just had to fight Viper King on April 18th with 6 soldiers using ballistics on a Light-Moderate Troop Column. It wasn't nice having him circle around the rainbow pod. Thanks, I think I'll move Viper King to at least Force Level 6, I'd like to at least have Magnetic Weap...

I know, it's a mod that's not a part of the LW2 base and I don't use it because it makes the game easier. Like Commander's Choice.

If I enable Alien Hunters: The Nest then I lose at least 1 early PoI, which can be stupid important. If you grab the weapons (only the Axe is good and the upgrades are stupid expensive), then you lose 2 PoI. If I disable The Nest you get your PoIs, but then the Viper King can show as early as April,...

"If you are planning to maintain vigilance wait until 1st Vigilance drop" "Wait for Vigilance to drop and start finishing missions on same day" "Repeat until you have Vigilance 5 no scientist after that Vigilance 6 will give you jailbreak After Vigilance 7 go to next region ...

- With a good Advisor: don't put under-leveled trash soldiers if you have a small haven. Personally I like Gunners with decent aim. - With some patience: recon the place, check where the faceless are, identify the pattern of the roaming pod. - With a good plan: ambush the roaming pod as far away of ...

Of course not, it's redacted like a washing machine instruction manual (put this here, when light goes yellow flip that) and it assumes you play with the mod that reveals vigilance, which I do not.

Probably not. At least not when you're doing very important research (say you have no resources for a weapon tech), and even less if you know there's a Retaliation off of cooldown waiting to happen. Scientist advisers are mostly used to fish important missions with good timers, like Lib3, or say whe...

They earn their early ranks on the Ex.Light missions where you can deploy 6+ soldiers. Taking another good soldier is usually overkill on those. And retaliations. When they hit Cpl (DGG), equipped with a Laser Lance and Tracer Rounds, they become pretty good soldiers at the slow missions (Destroy Re...

The 56aim rookies that turn into Sharpshooters I spec them as what I call Aim DFA Sharpshooters: you stack DGG with LW, and instead of using Laser Sight you use a Scope. They will suck until LW and won't do the damage a Crit DFA Sharpshooter will do, but they will pull their weight after that, if yo...

Wait, you're talking about doing one after the other? I guess that might fly on lower difficulties but I'd rather not fight Scouts, MECs and multi-Snake pods with ballistics. Sure in paper it says it pays off, but you're really wasting the windows of opportunity that having superior weapon tech vs f...

Assuming you don't use Commander's Choice: - Because you can't pick the stats of your Gatecrasher's Shinobi. - Because you will want to deploy a large part of the rookies in your barracks at the start of the campaign and for the most part you don't have control over who gets what class. I normally p...

In my experience they do benefit from Trial by Fire. At least I haven't seen any SPARK under SGT not level while under a Trial by Fire officer.

Sounds like an interesting build, taking tankiness and utility from combatives along the way. But do you not find it takes a long time to get going vs bladenobi? I use them as pseudo-Bladenobis until they get good guns and HI, possibly still use them to fleche until H&R. They're just more diffi...

Negative defense Shinobis with average mobility and above average aim is what I use. And I take LW, Combatives, Hard Target and Low Profile so that they're more survivable, along with HI, H&R and RF. For pure scout Shinobis I use the low aim, negative defense/dodge Shinobis. You can also make th...

I'd say taking another big delay on weapon tech for an advantage that will pay off so late might not be worth it, specially when you're on a race between Coil and T3.

I'm ok with 7hp rookies. I can turn them into grenadiers and never bother with ablative. Worst case scenario is that they turn into Rangers but I can work with them in any other class, including Sharpshooter (they just suck for about 3 promotions until I can get both DGG and LW). I think they aren't...

My beacon (August):


My team (MECanized infantry):


Turn 1, 9 kills. Turn 2 infinite RNF on the rear is annoying to say the least.

You'll get retals for sure. But if you're ready for them it's easy experience (and loot on intel, recruit and terror retal), specially the Supply retals. Those and Haven Defense are easy to complete with a flawless if you have good overwatch soldiers around. Terror retals can be an issue with high s...

A region that's not liberated but high on vigilance will hold a lot of legions that would otherwise end up in the surrounding regions. Makes it easier to keep more regions at low strenght. You're missing the %bonuses but you're still gathering supplies and with easier missions it's easier to get mor...

I've done away with liberating more than 1 region. What I do is I focus down a region, the region gets so much vigilance that ADVENT starts moving legions and sending UFOs. Hopefully I can stop some of those for profit, but it's alright if you can't, since you can also do the Troop Columns. You'll a...

I remember being in a scenario like that where I liberated and raised vigilance so much that I had +100 legions on the map by the end of the 1st year and I couldn't pull off good intel reward missions because every region was strenght 6 and over. I think I just abandoned that campaign; was losing to...