1) I don't know whether they will show up for reinforcements period, but I can say that unless they made new animations they probably don't show up in transports. (Without them they try to use the ADVENT animations, which looks like this.)Mickey -renraw- wrote:The additions you guys have added to the strategy layer sound awesome, it's difficult to not sound like a giddy fan boy
a few quick questions though
1. Can enemy reinforcement drops be anything other then just Advent troops? as in can troop transports now drop aliens? (they can't in vanilla) I found Advent troops to be boring as mud and tediously over used compared to the colourful varied bunch of aliens that only appear as part of pods and not drop down reinforcements
4. Have you guys done anything with (or, god willing, removed entirely) the "Line of Play" mechanic? In case I'm getting the term wrong I'll explain myself. The mechanic where the enemy tracks your position relative to the missions objective and constantly shadows your squad as the move around the map even though your whole squad is concealed and the enemy isn't meant to know where you are. I found it obnoxious :/
5. How much support will you guys give after the mods release and bugs have been fixed? I have no idea the terms of 2K commissioning you guys to do LW2, but what i mean is, Long War 1 was a massive effort of to-ing and fro-ing of features being implemented to create a balanced environment. If Long War 2 looks like it needs a major feature added to fill a balance hole, will 2k continue to commission you guys to do it, or can fans offer donations as continued support?
4) Technically the mechanic you're looking for is 'upthrottling' - Line Of Play is how enemy pods are placed on the map relative to a straight line between your spawn and the objective, which is also something I personally find bothersome.
5) JL has stated they intend to support the mod and respond to balance feedback more than they did with their stand-alone mods, and from this thread we know that they intend at least content-adding update (with new psionics changes).