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If you're short personnel you can run the research to reduce the requirements for all projects by one.

Need a 2 scientist tech, but you only have one? Do some basic research.

Relays take 0 flame damage, however the fire will destroy nearby scenery such as walls, floors, cover, ext... and this will destroy the relay as well for some reason. If you want a safer way to do the relay, you can use a shinobi with fire grenades, the restealth would help a lot. They count as sce...

I figure it's coming, but I second this.

Over infiltration reduces enemy numbers, reduces the evac timer, and eventually reduces enemy detection radius. All of that makes the mission much easier to complete within the allotted time. Remember that LW2 does not expect nor encourage you to clear the map. The bonus XP is minimal, and there is ...

Gunners are good against Stun Lancers, oddly enough. Combatatives gives them the Muton parry-repost ability, and the knife can swing twice. Theoretically it works on chryssalids, but I don't feel like testing it. :) You can also just give Gunners a pistol and train some skills. Fan Fire should be a ...

I do not have any rush techs in my campaign. Everything in the black market is supply based. Pretty sure that's a glitch.

#1 reason has nothing to do with faceless, it has to do with retaliation missions, the soldier will show up to help on that when those occur (and you have no advance warning except hunches based on advent strength level). You might think you're clever with your engineer on 13 rebel liberated region...

Arizael wrote:Doesn't global Advent strength increase as well ? So in theory by waiting you risk that Advent will get more troops everywhere ?

You don't wait, you act elsewhere.

Once you locate the network tower or regional complex you can make noise in other regions and come back for them later.

As far as I understand it, when the rebels are doing things, it gets ADVENT's attention. They transfer more legions into the region to counter the activity. If you lay low, they will eventually transfer those legions away to places they are better needed. You can expedite this by causing a ruckus el...

I dunno what i did wrong in the jailbreak mission... I had three vips to rescue and I pulled the mission off (barely) only to find out when I am shown the loot i acquired that the soldier that was supposed to be part of the rescue (it was three vip and one soldier) was "lost" i did a sear...

Intel makes it easier to make the RNG rolls to detect ongoing ADVENT operations. One rebel isn't a lot, but the Avenger scanning at a haven counts as 4 rebels, so that may make it seem like its more effective than it is. You want the majority of the haven on Intel if you're looking for good, early m...

I don't believe so. The stat bonuses in LW1 were to make weak perks more attractive. Since they can freely remake and invent perks in X2, there's no need for such tweaking.

For what its worth, every time you root out a Faceless, there's a chance the new guy you recruit to fill the slot in the haven will be a Faceless. It's hard to be certain that there aren't any.

That bug actually dates all the way back to Alloy SHIVs in EU. I don't think there's any fix, because it's not technically wrong. The unit is in cover, so it has cover.

I guess you could say that SPARKs have a hard time bringing those big guns to bear on targets that close.

My biggest 20/20 hindsight lesson was from the mission to take out a faceless. Remember that haven troops are packing smoke bombs NOT flashbangs. They carry either. Just look at the icon before you throw. :) 3. I have no idea how liberation works and still don't. Same, and it appears to be a pretty...

If I could go into every mission with a Shinobi, two Grenadiers, two Technicals, and an Assault, I'd be happy.

That's 15 frag grenades, 2 rockets, 4 four doses of napalm, a pair of flashbangs, a sword and a load of buckshot.

Go ahead ADVENT, show me an 8-man pod.

Personally I find that explosives are still fantastic and Grenadiers still rule. You can't recover bodies on most missions anyway, and loot grabs are often risky in large firefights anyway. Four frags on a Grenadier, Shinobis are better at using Flashbangs. You can check the AWC for the Flashbanger ...

I just thought of something. Would it be possible to lower the Advent Strength by putting my rebels in hiding and moving the Avenger to another region and doing missions there? I guess it's something I can try, but there might be other factors that cloud the issue. I'm just thinking how miserable i...

In LW1 it had a maximum range of 2 squares, that it even fires farther is a buff of a sorts.

Both Barrels inflicts devastating damage, not much can survive it.

For what it's worth, it exists because Cpl Hicks had one. It's intended for close encounters.

You don't have to remove anyone from the squad ever. If you need fewer troops on the mission, just remove them from the deployment screen. You can also add soldiers from any other, or no squad at all, to the mission at the same time.

Squads are handy ways to group soldiers, you can use them or not.

The consequences depend on what sort or mission it was. It it was just intel gathering, then really nothing happens. If it was a jail break, skipping it means not rescuing those people. If you ignore an ADVENT troop transfer, then the strength of ADVENT forces in the region will go up. Ignoring a da...

I believe that is indeed the lowest you can get enemy force strength, but you may still be able to buy faster evacs and smaller detection radii.

What do I do with -10 defense rookies?

Rejoice, because they spent their character creation points on offense.

-10 defense means nothing if nothing lives to fire at you.

IMO Assaults compliment Shinobi. They finish the fight, never start it. Let them skirmish mid-range with Slug Shot, then Run and Gun for the shotgun kill on the last guy. Rangers want someone else to be doing cover destruction. They just want to sit in their foxhole and shoot all day long. Their dam...

Havens priortize recruiting rebels over rookies. You may occasionally get a rookie, but don't count on it until the haven is up to the cap of 13 rebels. Once it's fully established they should start recruiting for you.