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Translations are not delaying the patch, that's something easy that's just happening in parallel.

They're still doing final playtesting and balancing since much has changed. It's not ready yet.

My general snide take is that this is Long War , not Long Walk In The Park I understand that having some unbeatable missions (whether it's these trap/snares, or ones that are detected and pop up with little time to infiltrate) can be frustrating for new players, but that's why this is a mod for enth...

1.1 and 1.2 were mostly bugfixes. 1.3 is a big rebalancing leap, that's why it's taking so long.

A future 1.4 is more likely to be small-ish bugfix and polish changes, compared to this big 1.3 overhaul.

1.3 incentivizing mobility refers to the fact that mobility is more important tactically, not that gunners became better at it. Gunners are more stationary with more reloading, meaning that when they need to move they'll be shooting less and/or using their special abilities less. That's the point. A...

I think people should stop insisting that a particular unresistable or near-100% chance to stun certain high-level enemies is necessary.

It was way too much of a crutch. Certain enemies are dangerous and that is intentional. Find other ways to deal with them, that's your challenge.

Sure, they're privately playing. They've said it's a lot of fun, just not quite ready for public/streaming consumption yet. But soon.

1.3 incentivizes more mobility. "Stand and shoot" cooldown spam remains good, but not as mindlessly effective as it once was. You'll probably want at least 1-2 gunners who early campaign you take Combatives and Formidable on for 3-5 man guerrilla missions Gunners in xwynns' video for a ref...

I'd assume it's on a sliding scale, so 0% infiltration can be a tactical nightmare but, say, 75% infiltration won't be all *that* bad.

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Yup, and high dodge with the lowest defense (relative to the rest of your soldiers) is good on tanky characters, so they draw fire and soak it up as grazes

You'll have other concerns, but at least you won't ever have to deal with the map increasing to 80, 90, 100 aliens ;) For most missions, I think I remember hearing that reinforcements are based on a set timer regardless of activation. So, in 1.3 if you intend to fight everything it seems like you're...

70 living enemies is not a typo, it's a cap on the number of enemies on the map to avoid crazy outlier scenarios. Practically you might never encounter this cap. Avenger Defense was disgustingly easy in 1.2, especially on Legend, so that's a welcome change. Underinfiltration much less desirable (ene...

I would also note that whatever sage and incisive criticism may or may not be floating around unshared in someone's head, 1.3 is close enough on the horizon and has made enough big changes (see updated changelog) that it seems mostly moot now. Let's save the popcorn-worthy expert commentary for once...

Man, I might agree hermescostell has an incorrigibly ridiculous sense of himself and his opinion of the mod and of others' motivations, but at least his posts make some LW2-related points amidst all the bloviating. (and kudos to hairlessOrphan for offering a perfect summary of what those rambling cr...

The new Batch 2 of translations is not very long, so... hm. Probably either feature complete or quite close to it now

Probably within the next month.

I, too, have my own opinions about hermescostell's character and wisdom (hint: they're both comically flawed, and he or she would fit in splendidly in a forum full of conspiracy theorist types) But it doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter. This is a drama-free singleplayer game. To the extent he ...

^This is quite pleasantly correct.

"Zero credibility" ? It's someone's rant about how they feel about the state of the mod and how they don't understand or agree with people who feel differently.

Take it for what it's worth, not everything has to be an objectively-argued critique.

Agreed with that edit.. my general view: Vanilla XCOM 2 was good enough to play through once. Heavily modded (ABA and such), it was good enough to play through a second time. LW2 1.x so far has been good enough to play through...about once in my view, plus watching some streamers if that's your thin...

Currently when you skip a mission, it's obvious that you miss out on the rewards and event counters of that mission.

There are no obvious indicators that you're also missing out on slowing Avatar progress.

Wanting to make this more clear to new players is not "over-complicating" things.

It's fine against MEC micro missiles .. but I much prefer the extra crit and graze->normal hit of Get Some, it just gets a lot more use especially on Specialist officers. I suppose the niche use of Incoming is more compelling on a class that has something better to do than Get Some at the start of l...

You're both wrong and right to some extent. There's no reason for it to get into details like vigilance of course, that's more of an underlying mechanic number that's deliberately not explained so as to make the mod more immersive (one of LW2 developers' goals) But the phrasing could be improved. It...

For those wondering about the rationale for Phantom, just think about snipers in real life - you see them in camouflage all the time. They go to a location with a good vantage point and eventually shoot at something, aiming for a kill before anyone ever knows they're there. Just because they have th...

Heh, Mal's video perfectly illustrates how misleading LW2's rocket interface is. That's one side of the coin of why people new to LW2 quickly come to hate technicals and are convinced they're weak... (the other side is they don't know how to use the flamer effectively and don't immediately realize t...

ndessell wrote:I would rather they give holo sharpshooters reason to value that long rifle, instead of being a officer/holo bot.

*peers into crystal ball*

Next balance change: holo targeting breaks concealment.