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Yeah, i read an article about that in Reddit, and immediately modified that file, but upon starting a game, i didn't saw the diference (I upgraded the Soldier HP part from 4 to 10, and the aim from XX to 100, and got no difference Wait, nevermind. I did realize that i had to modify the .ini that wa...

Should soldiers in Bleed Out be captured instead of killed at mission end? I don't know that ADVENT would be the type to stabilize a terrorist and haul them off to lock-up but, it certainly would create more stories of springing loose your comrades. I believe there is a mod called "Merciful Ad...

EDIT: sorry, double post

Why are people saying that Rapid Targeting only helps you once every 4-5 rounds? It helps every round because it makes holo a non-turn-ending action, even while the "free" holo action is on cooldown.

So you can ALWAYS holo/holo, or holo/command, or holo/smoke grenade, or holo/steady.

I find holo-targeting snipers are pretty useful. I usually have one otherwise useless soldier (think 58 aim, 14 mob) that I designate as a holo-targeting officer. Don't forget that rapid targeting also makes the normal holo-target action non-turn-ending. So a soldier with rapid targeting can holo-ta...

My understanding is that Dodge and Crit are *treated* as two separate rolls, but in actuality are not. The XCom 2 system only allows for one attack roll, so the conditional probabilities are just crunched together and included on the single roll. Example: 80% hit, 50% crit, 20% dodge. No graze band ...

Yeah I had a similar question. What is it you want to accomplish at a certain infiltration percentage? You usually either want to run the mission at as high infiltration as possible, or you need the soldiers back for a different mission. Most reasons that you'd have for wanting to infiltrate before ...

Right, in 1.1 the code was written to exclude "sharpshooter" or "ranger" from certain perks, but there was a bug that was somehow removing those perks from ALL soldiers instead of just those classes. In 1.2, the code uses perks that are unique to classes to restrict certain perks...

I see this as well, usually on intel mini-retals.

From the 1.3 thread, it looks like this behavior will be fixed in 1.3.

Hair trigger is actually a decent shotgun attachment if you take Close Combat Specialist. I find that a decent number of those shots end up being misses.

For those who don't read the bug report forum, hopefully this thread will prevent a soldier death or two before 1.3 releases. First a quick primer on Haywire Protocol. Ever noticed that Haywire targeting seems inconsistent? Even in vanilla, sometimes you can haywire a bot all the way across the map....

Take a look at the skill tree for that soldier in the armory. I think they swapped some skills around on the PsiOp tree, and that causes issues with existing games, since the perks tend to be linked to the position on the skill tree and not the perk itself. So I would guess that stasis got swapped w...

The avatar project is active from the beginning, but the doom counter is hidden until you liberate your first region. You can still lose the game when the aliens complete the Avatar Project if you wait too long to liberate a region.

Regarding Commander's Choice... I read a while back in one of the AWC threads that using Commander's Choice can mess with the AWC trees. That is to say: The AWC tree for a soldier is rolled for the soldier before the soldier's class is changed with CC. So then CC changes the class and you can have ...

Right, it's only subtractive when crit chance = 100%.

Regarding Commander's Choice... I read a while back in one of the AWC threads that using Commander's Choice can mess with the AWC trees. That is to say: The AWC tree for a soldier is rolled for the soldier before the soldier's class is changed with CC. So then CC changes the class and you can have A...

I made this mistake as well (well before 1.2 was out), and I can tell you exactly what causes it. You probably dove into the .ini to turn on the option that un-hides the entire AWC tree for each soldier, right? And then you looked at the setting right below it which says something like "allow p...

It's a feature, and a vanilla one at that.

Even in vanilla, getting a guy mind-controlled causes will checks for panic in his mates.

Remember that Scope aim bonuses don't apply to overwatch shots, but laser sights do apply extra crit to OW shots taken with Cool Under Pressure. So on reaction shot-heavy builds (rapid rxn rangers, suppression gunners, CCS assaults) you're always better off with a hair trigger and a laser sight. Cur...

It's an easy fix. Navigate to programfiles/steam/steamapps/workshop/content/268500/844674609/XcomLW_overhaul Open the file with Notepad++ Go down to line 470 Change "buildable=false" to "buildable=true" It should jump out at you immediately, as it's the only "false" in ...

On a similar note, do most environmental objects (ie. cover) have hidden HP that is depleted when the grenade goes off? That is to say, can a grenadier spam grenades at a cover object to eventually destroy it? My experience says "no", but I'm wondering what is the actual mechanic for decid...

My impression has been that the counterattack is coded to use the dodge stat to determine whether it procs. Something like "if dodged, then instead of grazing, take no damage and counterattack". Because of this, combined with the new dodge mechanics in LW2, it interacts with the to-hit pre...

Your explanation is kind of opaque, but if I understand correctly, you're saying that an assault who activates Run'n'Gun, blue moves, and then fires has his turn (correctly) ended, but then is not removed from the auto-cycle function (ie. tabbing through soldiers who still have actions)? And then th...

As far as I can tell, it's from the counterattack ability and applies to melee attacks only. If you targeted him with a gun ability, he wouldn't have any dodge.

I'm curious about this. I started playing 1.0 and turned off the DLC story missions. I encountered the Viper King relatively early on, and it took me 3 missions to take him out: a troop column, a supply raid, and a radio tower. Since 1.1 was released, I haven't had a whiff of the Berserker Queen. Wh...