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by SpinDoctor
Mon Apr 09, 2018 10:48 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is This Campaign Normal?
Replies: 28
Views: 32792

Re: Is This Campaign Normal?

"Min/Maxing" I've seen this term a lot. What does it mean? I think the term comes from D&D, where you'd build really lopsided characters who were good at their designated role and made sure all their weaknesses didn't matter. "Powergaming" is another way to say it. Making th...
by SpinDoctor
Mon Apr 09, 2018 10:41 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Implacable Rangers
Replies: 22
Views: 44646

Re: Implacable Rangers

Would you mind explaining this in a bit more detail? Sure: see my post in https://www.pavonisinteractive.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=26974 Rangers are my favorite class, but I generally only build "Right side" Rangers. Building them early, with high aim, Perception PCS and good ha...
by SpinDoctor
Mon Apr 09, 2018 9:00 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is This Campaign Normal?
Replies: 28
Views: 32792

Re: Is This Campaign Normal?

Mmm, end of year is sort of when you're expected to end it, unless you're hard min/max'ing. I can agree with you on chameleon suits, but 100 aim Lead by Example, Firing Discipline officers are another story. I rarely care for Command if I have a competent officer around. "Min/Maxing" I've...
by SpinDoctor
Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:22 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is This Campaign Normal?
Replies: 28
Views: 32792

Re: Is This Campaign Normal?

From what I understand, in LW2 V1.0, you could run 0% infiltration missions with no problem. You can still do this. It kinda became the hallmark of my Commander playstyle. Invasions are meant to swarm you - the general consensus is "if you can cheese it because relay spawned on a roof (rainmak...
by SpinDoctor
Mon Apr 09, 2018 5:12 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: TIL Blacksite has an absolute RNF timer
Replies: 8
Views: 12791

Re: TIL Blacksite has an absolute RNF timer

So I thought the RNFs start dropping when you grab the vial - and they do. But it turns out they ALSO drop after a certain amount of time after losing concealment, just like a GOp. I was crushing the mission, having taken my sweet sweet time. Nothing on the map gave me an issue. And then just befor...
by SpinDoctor
Mon Apr 09, 2018 3:49 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is This Campaign Normal?
Replies: 28
Views: 32792

Re: Is This Campaign Normal?

Strength is kind of irrelevant for the big missions. Each point is like 2 extra enemies. When there are 35+ as standard on an HQ or golden path mission, what's another 2? OK thanks, I didn't realize that. I assumed strength would scale up the difficulty by a big factor. Had my first Liberation Inva...
by SpinDoctor
Fri Apr 06, 2018 3:41 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is This Campaign Normal?
Replies: 28
Views: 32792

Re: Is This Campaign Normal?

Well, my big strategic plan didn't play out quite the way I expected. I did run one of the Reduce Strength missions and it went fine. But vigilance immediately went up in the Forge Site Region, as Sonny predicted and then within a day or 2, the strength went from 3 to 4. I was hoping it would go dow...
by SpinDoctor
Thu Apr 05, 2018 8:00 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Am I going in right direction?
Replies: 20
Views: 24123

Re: Am I going in right direction?

I've found out that 2 liberations is plenty. Three, if the timing is right and you have nothing better to do. After having done two, and setting them to supply you should be focusing on the storyline missions, not more liberations. Like Sonny said, you will be surrounded. And crushed. I'm doing my f...
by SpinDoctor
Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:47 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is This Campaign Normal?
Replies: 28
Views: 32792

Re: Is This Campaign Normal?

Now you know how to reduce strength on map. Keep in mind that every supply raid will add more Vigilance in neighboring regions. Then this regions will request more strength. This can lead to increase in Global Vigilance. Severe adds Super UFO = +4 Strength on map . If you need more - everything. Sp...
by SpinDoctor
Thu Apr 05, 2018 4:18 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is This Campaign Normal?
Replies: 28
Views: 32792

Re: Is This Campaign Normal?

So I had an interesting strategic turn of events in my campaign. Warning: Long story ahead… If you’ve been following along, I’d pretty much decided my campaign was nearly over. I have one GP mission left which is the Forge Mission and then there’s the research etc., which leads to the end. Because o...
by SpinDoctor
Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:53 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is This Campaign Normal?
Replies: 28
Views: 32792

Re: Is This Campaign Normal?

it looks like the force levels at Legendary (which is what he's playing I think) scale almost exactly with the Veteran levels ...As for Strength, seek not to reduce it inline with UFO reinforcements - at Commander and Legendary that becomes an RNG exercise. Instead, trap it: make a ridiculously hot...
by SpinDoctor
Tue Apr 03, 2018 8:03 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is This Campaign Normal?
Replies: 28
Views: 32792

Re: Is This Campaign Normal?

Did you even try to reduce Strength on map ? Supply Raid, Troop Transfer, UFO, Super UFO ? You need to scan more after 2nd or 3rd Mission. I hit Severe in first month (can't avoid this on any difficulty) and start to look for them in low Strength regions. Dark Events seems to spawn in non contacted...
by SpinDoctor
Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:54 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is This Campaign Normal?
Replies: 28
Views: 32792

Re: Is This Campaign Normal?

One thing: force level rises over time regardless of what you're doing - you're not going to catch the Force UFO as it tries to land as far away from you as possible each time. The "story" of LW2 is that as Advent gets serious (force and strength), the rebellion has to find a way to crit ...
by SpinDoctor
Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:00 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is This Campaign Normal?
Replies: 28
Views: 32792

Re: Is This Campaign Normal?

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, at this point, I've pretty much decided that I'm going to focus on the GP missions and finish out the campaign. I think I was used to just going max tech like the other versions, but LW doesn't seem to let you get that far. I have an all MSGT team that can take pretty muc...
by SpinDoctor
Mon Apr 02, 2018 2:46 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is This Campaign Normal?
Replies: 28
Views: 32792

Is This Campaign Normal?

This is my first LW2 campaign, Veteran Difficulty. I’ve played a lot of XCOM so I’m familiar with the tactics. I had to do a lot of digging to figure out how this mod works though. So, it’s December of the first year, Liberated 2 regions and was going for a third, but as I was infiltrating the HQ, A...