Avenger Layout/Power Consumption

[Nicklopez2005@gmail.com]

I had a question that I was hoping that could be answered on here. I was looking to plan ahead on building out the avenger with facilities. Do the power coils still make all facilities free from power consumption? Also, which facilities consume the most power? I was searching the ufopeadia site and the forums and I couldn't find much information on this. I did find a little information that says the Shadow Chamber uses 8 power, so would it be recommended to build that on a power coil? I did see several posts about building a laboratory on power coils, are they better to place on power coils over resistance and power relays? Anyhow, thanks in advice for those able to help me on this.

[Poobah]

The laboratory has a ton of upgrades for extra scientist work stations and consumes a lot of power as a result. I definitely recommend putting it over a power node.

[Jacke]

Yes, a facility built in a power coil room consumes no power. A coil adds 7 power output if there's a Power Relay built on it. Don't know what happens with the Workshop, which in LW2 produces 1 power (as opposed to consuming 1 power in stock XCOM 2).

Dug through the LW2 v1.1 INI files for the values for its values for the facilities. The biggest power consumers in LW2 are the upgraded Shadow Chamber and the fully upgraded Laboratory. Next is the upgraded Resistance Comms, but at 7 power it would serve equally well to put a Power Relay on a 3rd power coil if there is one.

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Avenger Facilities for Long War 2

Facility        Cost/Upgrades   Time    Power     Staff     Upkeep      Notes

GTS             $150/35/35      14d     -3        -         $10/15/20   2 Rk Trg Stations; upgrades are Officer Trg Stations
AWC             $150/100        14d     -3/5      S 1       $10/15
Laboratory      $125/50/50/50   14d     -3/5/7/9  S 1/2/3/4 $10/15/20/25
Workshop        $80/35          14d     1         E 1/2     $10/15
Power Relay     $100/50/80      12d     4/6/10    E 1/2/2   $10/15/20   each E Power +5, 2nd upgrade also cost 2xAA 20xEC 1xECore

Resistance Comm $125/125        14d     -4/7      E 0/1/2   $10/15      Contacts +3/5/11
Proving Ground  $150            14d     -3        E 1       $10
Defense Matrix  $45/35          14d     -1/2      E 1       $10         2/4 Turrets
Psi Lab         $150/75         14d     -3/5      S 1       $10/15      build also cost 1xECore
Shadow Chamber  $200/200        45d     -8/14     -         $50/55      build also cost 10xAA 20xEC 3xECore

And here's how I plan to build the Avenger. Order of the rooms for GTS, AWC, and then LAB firm, others to be tested.

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Avenger Facility Layout for Long War 2

Set location of clear room and power coils with mod Commander's OCD
+       Initial clear room
*       Power coils

        AWC     PR      +GTS
        RC      WS      PG
        *LAB    DM      PR
        *SC     PSI     PR

If an 3rd Power Coil shows up, best to put either RC or a PR on it to gain 7 Power

The mod Commander's OCD is great for positioning the empty space and the power coils. However, after installing it, start one game and then throw it away. Exit XCOM 2 and then find the profile config file XComCommandersOCD.ini and make sure it's set up the way you want it. Details of how are in the mod description.

[leudaimon]

Great info Jacke! I took the liberty of adding your table to the Ufopaedia LW2 facilities page.

[Nicklopez2005@gmail.com]

This is very handy. I appreciate the quick responses and providing the chart sheet. Thank you!