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by rloutlaw
Mon Feb 13, 2017 6:27 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Rebel jobs in liberated regions
Replies: 21
Views: 23492

Re: Rebel jobs in liberated regions

It might be worth going Intel if you have neighboring regions that have 8 strength to try to fish out the invasion supply raid that precursors invasion, but from the numbers it is not an easy thing to detect.
by rloutlaw
Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:15 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: ADVENT region strength feels too sticky
Replies: 8
Views: 12903

Re: ADVENT region strength feels too sticky

On a won liberation, 5 legions are destroyed and the others are moved. Thanks for clarifying-I didn't have the mod installed on my Mac so I couldn't look it up myself. :) That's a good balance and I like it. You can't really, and I think it's by design that you can't win the game by minimizing adve...
by rloutlaw
Tue Feb 07, 2017 6:57 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: ADVENT region strength feels too sticky
Replies: 8
Views: 12903

Re: ADVENT region strength feels too sticky

I am pretty sure legions that were in liberated territories are dispersed in the surrounding regions, which actually helps ADVENT if you are operating in adjacent regions. Due to the way radio towers and contacts work, this is always the case. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong since it's not tr...
by rloutlaw
Tue Feb 07, 2017 6:05 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: ADVENT region strength feels too sticky
Replies: 8
Views: 12903

ADVENT region strength feels too sticky

tl;dr: How to get worldwide ADVENT strength depleted (don't care from which territory) so that they have to pull out of high strength regions to cover vigilance around the world? As time progresses, total ADVENT legion numbers on the map will continually increase due to UFO-driven reinforcement and ...
by rloutlaw
Tue Jan 17, 2017 7:31 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Long War 2 feature announce: Strategy layer changes
Replies: 176
Views: 206223

Re: Long War 2 feature announce: Strategy layer changes

You mention that there's some degree of control that XCOM can gain over map regions and that fighting for control of an area is a thing. Is there any concept to the player (via bonuses or penalties to strategic layer mechanics) or to the AI (smarter to build facilities far away from regions where th...