The 10 Commandments of Long War 2

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caseywills
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The 10 Commandments of Long War 2

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Thou shalt not Activate Unintentionally.
Thou shalt not Leave Dangerous Enemies Uncontrolled.
Thou shalt not bring Insufficient Troops.
Thou shalt not Leave Vulnerable Soldiers Exposed.
Thou shalt not Plan Hastily, nor Act Recklessly.
Thou shalt not Expose hidden tiles with thy last soldier, nor thy second to last soldier, nor any other, if thy squad is not prepared.
Thou shalt not String out thy Squad.
Thou shalt not Forget thy Evac Flare, nor thy reload, nor thy airdrop, nor thy battle scanner.
Thou shalt not Clumsily stumble into civilians.
Thou shalt not Activate Unintentionally.
Doctor Sticks
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Re: The 10 Commandments of Long War 2

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Amen.

Could also add "Thou shall always assume the worst", and "Thou shall not baby-rage when RNG doesn't always go your way".
rakoon79
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Thou shall not ask for ETA of the next patch
Dwarfling
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Re: The 10 Commandments of Long War 2

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Thou shalt not deploy Assaults without Shinobis to scout ahead.
Thou shalt never leave Snakes uncontrolled.
Zyxpsilon
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Re: The 10 Commandments of Long War 2

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Thou shall not neglect too many (good) missions offered by the Geoscape.

PS; There's much more to LW2 than Tactical concerns only.
The|suit
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Re: The 10 Commandments of Long War 2

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Don't forget - Thou Shall not fight Delta on a multi story building.

Cause damn that guy nearly wiped out half my squad with that mistake.
marmac
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Re: The 10 Commandments of Long War 2

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Thou shalt not covet Bradford's wife.
rakoon79
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Re: The 10 Commandments of Long War 2

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marmac wrote:Thou shalt not covet Bradford's wife.
What now?!
Sir_Dr_D
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Re: The 10 Commandments of Long War 2

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What about:

Though shall not use for cover a burning car.
Clibanarius
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Re: The 10 Commandments of Long War 2

Post by Clibanarius »

Sir_Dr_D wrote:What about:

Though shall not use for cover a burning car.
Burning? Cars in general are death traps. Been that way since vanilla. Don't go near them if at all possible.
Razor
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Re: The 10 Commandments of Long War 2

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Thou shalt not select "snap shot" for your sharpshooter.

Thou shalt not leave your soldier without cover just so he can grab that loot before it expires.

Thou shalt not use fleche on a muton.
Sir_Dr_D
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Re: The 10 Commandments of Long War 2

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Though shall ensure your shotgun has ammo before you run and gun up to an alien.

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Though shall not use time travel techniques to go back to a previous turn unless you are prepared to be heavily shamed.
boy_cad
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