If I could attempt to distill my struggles into concrete questions it would be:
- Is there something wrong with my scanning strategy that is producing more unplayable missions than there should be? (generally I try to have at least a day or twos scanning before current region missions are completed, then keep scanning until the next ones pop, then move to another region)
- Should I be able to win short timer gops consistently like at less than 100% or against very light or even light enemies, or whatever compromises like that to save intel? Again, I can some of the time when I attempt them, but seems completely random whether I breeze through or just get totally boned trying it)
- When the first liberation missions pop they always seem to be right on the line in terms of available time, which I'm sure is by design, and I struggle doing them consistently at only 100% with only 4 guys, so I often skip until I get better infiltration time but then I find skipping even once it can be way too late by the time I get up to the Network tower mission. Should I be able to complete those the first time they pop no matter how bad the timers?
- The thing I hate the absolute most about this game is getting a supply raid or troop column with like a 22 hour timer and knowing it's going to ruin the current ops I have infiltrating so not only do I not get the supply raid, but also strength goes up and I have to pull out of my current infiltrations, or else have to spend a bunch of intel. So I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do when that happens (which seems to happen extremely often, like 50% would have to be less than 100% infiltration, 50% of those are 2 days or less more or less) So am I supposed to play a <1 day supply raid at moderate-heavy with a few squaddies and lance corporals?? Be ok with intercepting maybe only 1 out of 4 or so reinforcement missions? Or again am I not scanning enough at the right times or something?
- Lastly, overall on average how much should I be spending on boosting missions? Like ideally only once or even none before getting the 3rd region, or as often as is needed to keep running missions? I think getting a sense of what my target should be for how much intel good players find themselves spending on infiltration would probably help me greatly on its own because I could figure out what needs to change then from there.