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You need to use the Recuit job to get new rebels. Don't rely on mission rewards, those are just bonuses. Rebels only gather supplies when they are on that job. If you change them to Supply the day before the drop you will get one day worth of supplies. Probably 10 or so. The number next to the haven...

I've always felt that Soul Steal should bypass wound timers. If you're literally healing yourself by sucking the life out of people, why do you need a hospital afterwards? Psis might be interesting as is if they just healed themselves and never missed a battle. I never bothered with the hassle of ps...

From what I recall the AI sometimes knows exactly where you are. It's not supposed to, but sometimes the vanilla "no stealth for you!" logic kicks in for some reason.

Yes. A lot.

Swords are fantastic on missions where the enemy drops squads every other turn, you just run back and forth building up Fleche damage and chopping heads. You really want to focus on all the sword perks, plus Shadow Strike and Conceal if you are going to do this. It's kinda like having Run and Gun ev...

As someone who has always despised Covering Fire, I also agree that it sucks to see it in the AWC because there's no damn way to turn it off once you have it. Even for Rangers it should be a mode, not a replacement, as it is of only situational use, and potentially harmful. There are plenty of good ...

Tac vests are very good as one of the few sources of Armor for troops. Also keep in mind the costs are only for the prototypes. Afterwards Shen makes the rest instantly and cheaper. The E.X.O. suit is worth it for the extra blammo. Gas Grenades have a large radius, ignore armor, and debuff living en...

The Concussion Rocket is also a huge smoke bomb for some reason. It also levels buildings. It's interesting for creating a no man's land for a SPARK to hang out in.

Fun Faceless hunting fact: The faceless infiltrator does not have a full sight range like other units. Even if you have broken concealment you can stand on the edge of vision without activating them. This allows you to hit them with your best shot while they are still in human form and essentially i...

I don't think the Dark VIP checkbox has worked in a long time. *sadface* There's a mod which fixes it. The name escapes me, but it's out there. It also allows you to define Engineers and Scientists instead of just VIPs. As far as character pool classes, it's not broken as it has never respected pre...

The Ambush ADVENT Troop Column mission is the only way to reduce ADVENT strength actively. The Supply Convoy Ambush allows you to destroy incoming ADVENT strength before it reaches the region. Each time you successfully complete a mission you add to a hidden value called Vigilance. Monument Demoliti...

AWC will not in fact award a perk that is already in their skill tree. This is not true unless 'commanders choice' is confusing the mechanics. I have people who have AWC abilities from their normal skill tree which means I was able to pick a different skill from the regular tree which was really ni...

Well I have been extremely fortunate, and am now very scared.

Is there a way to stop the reinforcements? Even on Rookie they are impossible to defend against... I had a mission to rescue 2 VIP's, and on the turn after I got to them a pod with 3-4 advent and a sectoid warp in right on top of them and shoot both. Also the random pods dropping in right behind yo...

I'm not on the dev team, so you don't have to worry about my opinion influencing design. :) I was a tester for LW1. What I'm saying is, and I saw this a lot in LW1, is that people tend to approach Long War as "FiraxiCOM with extra stuff". They try to use the same tactics, try to abuse the ...

I'll take auto-hits over anything. "Just couldn't hit it" is the number one cause of death in the XCOM universe. :) Wait. ... Iron Curtain is an AOE guaranteed hit? Either that or I've been extremely lucky as it's never missed. The same goes for the shotgun cone attack. Niether of them sa...

But if they weren't endless, you could win without evac. You are not supposed to be able to win without evac. You're enemy combatants, why would they not drop the hammer on you just because you killed two squads of troops? They have an endless clone army, they have literally no reason not to use ove...

Reinforcements show up when you break concealment. ADVENT calls them in to deal with you. This happens no matter what the mission parameters are. Extremely Light is the forces stationed on site. If they spot you, they will call for help. Unlike vanilla, that help will actually be sufficient to hurt ...

It looks like it slows it until they field more troops, then it goes right back to normal speed. So basically they made another batch of ADVENT troopers rather than AVATAR prototypes that week.

foreverdead wrote:...or manufacturies in liberated regions allowing you to mass produce certain items and weapon tiers (higher tiers require more manufactories)

Check RealityMachina's workshop, this exists right now.

Kubikiri is weird because you have to crit a wounded enemy and have the crit not kill them for it to do anything.

Really not a fan of random activation Rube Goldberg machines.

Turn on Red Fog (Aliens Only) and check out RealityMachina's An Easier War series of mods on the workshop.

Beginner is training mode though, it give you a lot of advantages.

BTW: It is amazing how the resistance functions when 20% of its crew are alien spies. It's more 20% of its officers are alien spies. This is why the cell structure exists. The very thing that makes it difficult for you to accumulate rebel groups makes it very hard for the faceless to take down more...

Yeah, I agree that upgrading full kit isn't necessary. Plenty of troopers are only carrying a gun because the game won't let them go in sans primary. Just hang on to the supply and spend as you need it. I just had an ADVENT invasion pop and I built a bunch of armor and weapons becauee it's going to ...

Rendezvous are always low key, regardless of ADVENT strength. They represent ADVENT infiltrating you , so they can only send small pods. A strong soldier is always a good idea because you never know when all the rebels will decide to show up with SMGs and min-roll into 4-5 faceless. (Unlike say my l...