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Ok that's right but still 1% base chance seems unlikely compare to my experience in both 1.2 and 1.4 compaigns. For me it looks like 80% chance. It always looks like 80% success :lol: the same is true for ADVENT hitting you in full cover. OTOH, your shots always seem to have only 20% chance to hit ...

Shadow Strike on DFA-Phantom-AMF sharpshooter + tactical suppressor mode.
I had one in my recent campaign - it's just insane.
OHKO everything but a MK2-3 Ruler. And if you give him hunter DLC pistol - this moster can do it several times/mission.

It's a very small daily chance (1% base + 1% per faceless) and you only start to roll after 21 days. Whaaat?! My last invasion started almost immedaitely once nearlest region hit str 8. I know it for sure as once it hit str 8 I've diverted all rebels from supply into intel and they (12 with some pr...

Hi my dearest community, Now I want to ask how to get facility leads reliably. I know they are a rare hard to detect GOP that is easier to find in regions that have a facility. My question is how to maximize your chances to get it in practice. In particular, how to recognize that a GOP is a researc...

I've had only 1 in my entire campaign despite having several adjacent regions with str ≥ 8 for a loooonnnng time so it sure isn't automatic. It's a very small daily chance (1% base + 1% per faceless) and you only start to roll after 21 days. Whaaat?! My last invasion started almost immedaitely once...

If liberate it now with str 8 neibor - you are calling the invasion upon yourself. Sure you don't want this. :D Just fish for good mission, most notably - UFO precursor, Strategic DE and S&G. All of them are good to do but the first two - are just godly $-) S&G has no RNF before a fixed 12-t...

Strategic DEs need a Str >= 3 region and have a global limit of 1. What happens if that region is liberated before the mission expires (or even gets detected)? Does that counter the Strategic DE and the aliens have to start again on a new region? If so, is that after waiting the cooldown? It's gone...

I only bother mastering Drones and they always give me haven MECS. Are you definitely using the second option when hacking them as the first will only control it for the mission and not add it to the haven? That's not how the skill is supposed to work. The benefit of choosing 'Master Enemy' on a un...

I don't understand how you could have less 55% chance after BS and RS rounds. Well, as i said i didn't use Redscreen as i abandoned them after a couple missions with nothing really useful to hack. I was using Bluescreen rounds which also (from the tooltip that appears when you shoot something) lowe...

Just to clarify - never use Master enemy FO option on the Sectopod! It dramatically reduces the hack chance and don't give any profit on the first FO options as that beast cannot be transfered to Haven. The easiest way is to use first option of FO and get it till the end of the battle which in this ...

Yes. The sectopod corpse was nice. 1st gremlin MKIII. However I would think that an UFO should offer much more resouces. That thing should be made from alloy and ton of elerium as power source. Cuurent in mid Nov, with almost all non golden path research done and waiting for shadow chamber to be co...

[*]Full Override on Sectopods is really difficult. My best hacker with T3 Gremlin, upgraded Skulljack, superior hack PCS and double enemy protocol never had more than ~55% chance of success, and that was after Bluescreen to reduce it's hack defense - she never succeeded either. Sectopod has 180 bas...

The thread in my sig is documenting that. There's room to argue it may not work at Legend. There's room to argue the AWC init tweaks and graze band changes affect balance too much. But the basic point remains: it's feasible to do V.Heavy GOps and come out with minimal wounds after you come out of t...

I don't understand how could I do so many mission with 2 squiads as with 4?

Why do you consider Snipers crucial for GOps in the late game? Hell, you can practically stop doing GOP missions late game and just prioritize GP or Liberation/Facility missions. Snipers are great, don't get me wrong, but they are in no way crucial for late game GOP missions. Also, if you so much a...

1. From my experience the boss pod on GOP almost always comes with 2-3 ayys that means only 20% from agression. And that's the main treat from those bosses for me as you have much more soldiers and thus - options in a prolonged missions. 2. Holotarget means 2 sniper on 1 GOP which is not an optimal...

Aggression caps out at 30% though, not 15%. The times you most want Kubikori is when you have a large pod that has a high threat Secto/Gatekeeper in play. Also, if you make a spotter Sniper (officer, at that, letting you have both the officer and spotter as a single person) you can easily set up an...

From my experience 100% to crit is avaliable only on plasma sniper rifle or on regular one with some good AWC (like shadowstrike or deadshot). I don't think sacrificing Elite Scope for Laser Sight is a good idea and thus never use it. The reason is that Kubikiri is mostly a one shot/mission ability ...

Please don't nerf Kubikiri ! It's a GSGT skill with a solid cooldown, requires a specific biuld: sacrificing deadeye for not so impressive agression and at least 2 targets in sight, talon round laser instead of scope an officer with "get some" ready nearby And all of that will give you onl...

Elite Exp. Mag - is the best and always done as it's the one that usefull for everyone.
Other then that - perhaps Elite Scopes for shooty clases if have enough time and spare resources.

So am I the only one that uses grenadiers extensively (L/I)? I bring one on every mission, and he's carrying 3 sting grenades and 2 incendiaries. Definitely you are not the only one - this is my go to as well. But I use technic instead of 1 damage and/or a hacker if it's a hack mission. Grenadier i...

He says the extra range on the grenade launcher doesn't matter. Really? I think it's the opposite: it's super useful. Extra range means you can flash/fire for quite close to visual range staying in high cover withoun moving. Consider your grenarier is somehow behind in high cover as you trade his a...

JoiNrbs is of couse a very skilled player, but it shouldn't prevent you from thinking your own style. On legend in 1.4 (until fire grenade nerf) the grenadier is THE BEST CC you can found. THE BEST. Period. And most of the time (other then fighting one pod of 2-3 at a time by all of your 6 mans team...

[/quote] Technicals are indeed great at cover destruction. The issue is: 1) Late game half your soldiers have high enough aim to shoot through cover 2) Many enemies don't even use cover. 3) Shredstorm Cannons are pretty good at destroying cover, not as good as rockets, but good enough, and can be pu...

$250 at the GTS for "6,7-man squad infiltration time reduced". Does that mean a 7-man has no infiltration penalty like a 5-man? Does the 5-man squad remain the same after buying that? Is an officer (of a certain rank) required to make that discount kick in? If I skip that one and go strai...