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Hi guys.
I just played a veteran game which is the second to lowest difficulty. And I lost to the Avatar project. I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong. I was wondering if i could get some general pointers or tips.
I find that i am low on supplies early game. So this time around I am going to focus heavily on the liberation chain in the 1st month. And focus research on weapon technology.

Over all I do very well in the combat since I play a ton of xcom. It seems to be the macro game that i lose.

Any help would be appreciated.

We can point you to past threads and other sources of generic pointers. But it'd be better if you explained how exactly you approach the strategy layer.

March:
Buy SCI from market.
Look for lib chain mission.

April:
Buy SCI from market.
Look for Lib chain mission.
Laser research.

May:
Magnetic research.
Ablative vest research.
Look for Lib chain mission

June/July:
Exo research.
Liberate first region.
Get vulture GTS
Build laboratory.
Optional - PSI

August:
Coil weapons
Skulking

September+
At this point you have the gear finish the game. All research now is focused on fighting avatar project -
- research intel datapads and expand toward blacksite
- research facility leads
- Chamber / whatnoot
- Liberate more regions to equip more squads / reduce avatar timer

The blacksite is 4 regions away. By september you should be half way (2/4). For the last 2 regions, you either use the extra intel or buy a tower.

In my last Commander Ironman campaign, I researched 14 or so datapads after I finished coils. This allows you to expand / be selective on what missions you take end game.

WanWhiteWolf wrote:March:
Buy SCI from market.
Look for lib chain mission.

April:
Buy SCI from market.
Look for Lib chain mission.
Laser research.

May:
Magnetic research.
Ablative vest research.
Look for Lib chain mission

June/July:
Exo research.
Liberate first region.
Get vulture GTS
Build laboratory.
Optional - PSI

August:
Coil weapons
Skulking

September+
At this point you have the gear finish the game. All research now is focused on fighting avatar project -
- research intel datapads and expand toward blacksite
- research facility leads
- Chamber / whatnoot
- Liberate more regions to equip more squads / reduce avatar timer

The blacksite is 4 regions away. By september you should be half way (2/4). For the last 2 regions, you either use the extra intel or buy a tower.

In my last Commander Ironman campaign, I researched 14 or so datapads after I finished coils. This allows you to expand / be selective on what missions you take end game.

This is exactly what I needed to read ty!! I'll approach the game with this start in mind ty!!!

Just in case this isn't solved already: make contacting regions and getting soldiers a priority, and keep your squads busy. I usually hit 4 contacted regions and about 4 of each soldier in May (Commander difficulty, but reduced GTS training time). And I rarely have more than 5 soldiers sitting at home at the same time.

Let me plug my AAR thread. I go into gruesome detail about manipulating the strategy layer.