Just some data for posterity (to maybe help someone up):
Patch: 1.4
Difficulty: Legendary (Ironman)
Research Path: R.Comm > M.Weapons > B. Research > Biotech > H. Materials / Soldier Atp. > Laser > Adv. Laser > Officer Atp. > Combat Armor (finished on May 20th)
Purchase Order: Scientist > Scientist > GTS > AWC > Proving Grounds
Future Projects: Incendiaries finishing on May 23rd, Battle Armor finishing on June 1st. Excavating Power Coil (6d) for Lab.
Personnel: 3 Scientist, 3 Engineers
Overview: I'm kinda fuzzy on the 3rd Scientist, I'm not sure if it was a rescue or a purchase. I got 3 engineers from rescues (and a specialist). Fuzzy on the order between H.Materials and the autopsies too, I don't have the best memory. Anyways I did the scan order inspired by joinrbs, got tons of viable missions, promoted all my rookies thru them. Vigilance spiked hard tho. So I got my home and 2nd region sitting at strenght 4, but the 3rd is at 1, so it's all good. (contacted at strenght 4
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). And since I already went thru Intel Raid and a Full Retal I can try to find some Columns. Only got Lib 1 done on home and queued on the 2nd region, the timers were just bad.
No KIA yet, but got really close, thanks to yellow alert. Had to eat some severe wound times without AWC. Key to my success so far: Grenadiers, Technicals and lots and lots of frags. That's about to change tho, with Adv. Lasers, Incendiaries and EXOs. After I finish Battle Armor I'll head straight to Mag, I don't think I'm gonna do Psi since I only got 1 sectoid corpse and I'm gonna need to build Comms.