#Xcom 2 long war 2 tips manuals#

Through the early stages of the game I had 1 Ranger, 1 Specialist, 1 Sharpshooter and 2-3 Grenadiers. Hunters instinct + items + high mobility + shotguns means youвЂ™ve got a вЂin case of emergency kill 1 alien instantlyвЂ™ button. Of course get as many Psi Operatives as you can field (as long as they have one of the key talents). Better to avoid the damage in the first place. Combat Protocol: Guaranteed damage! Scanning Protocol: More information on the tactical map! The medic tree is good but if your guys get hit theyвЂ™re wounded for so long that theyвЂ™re no good to you. Thinking about Rule 1, grenades give both guaranteed damage AND strip cover away giving you as close to sure shots as youвЂ™re going to get. A concealed ranger stops that happening (at the cost of an active soldier).

Even with the troops you start with (combat effectiveness rating : blancmange) you can normally take on a pod of aliens with little risk but if you trigger two groups youвЂ™re pretty much dead (Mimic Beacons not withstanding). So bearing the above in mind, I found the following got me through the game. Ideally you want to be planning for the best outcome but have a mitigation for the worst (вЂњI focussed on my sharpshooters and now all my snipers are in the hospital as apparently sandwich vans are stuffed with TNT.вЂќ) Concrete Tips There are multiple paths to avoiding catastrophe but you need to commit to one and get cracking in time to make it.ДЄ bit of flexibility can help though if you find a cache of weapons with a great experimental ammo type in it or get a great hack bonus (like 50% reduction in research) then your plans might change. With a couple of exceptions (like building a new item in Engineering) you need to be planning waaaay ahead for the next big spike in difficulty. Rule 2: On the strategic layer, youвЂ™re fighting the next battle, not the current one.Д®verything takes ages to research, develop and build in XCOM this applies especially on Legendary where the pace is slowed down further than normal. So focus on things that give you guaranteed results (or as close as XCOM gets). You never want to be relying on a random chance to save your bacon as that 10% chance to fail occurs 90% of the time*.

#Xcom 2 long war 2 tips manuals#

I remember reading in one of the old AD&D manuals about how generally the players are stronger than the monsters and so anything that increases randomness makes the game harder for the players.

The Two Basic Principles Rule 1: RNG is not your friend IвЂ™ve written a similar guide for Long War 2, here.ДЄlso hereвЂ™s a guide for War of the Chosen (the latest XCOM2 expansion). IвЂ™ve collated some tips to help you retain some sanity when you start Operation Gatecrasher for the tenth time. ItвЂ™s a lot of fun you always feel youвЂ™re close to death (at least at the beginning of the game) and the tension really gives you that вЂњagainst all oddsвЂќ vibe.

After many restarts and dismal failures I did it Legendary Ironman XCOM 2 complete!