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by cerebrawl
Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:01 am
Forum: Long War 201
Topic: Long War 2 Console Commands
Replies: 35
Views: 221883

Re: Long War 2 Console Commands

I think it's for the haven rabble rebels, not soldiers. A targetable rank up command would be nice. I have another command request: a targetable AWC reroll. This has a number of applications for fixing soldiers after changes to AWC tables changes and/or class perk changes, as well as things like Co...
by cerebrawl
Thu Feb 16, 2017 8:58 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: What rooms do you put on power coils?
Replies: 8
Views: 24682

Re: What rooms do you put on power coils?

The 2 day POIs for avenger power gives you +3, I recently restarted(again), but before that my avenger had over 70 power. UFO missions give +1 too. It's not very difficult to end up with so much bonus power that you don't need ANY power relays. If you do most missions you'll eventually not need any ...
by cerebrawl
Wed Feb 15, 2017 4:13 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Snap Shot?
Replies: 33
Views: 38330

Re: Snap Shot?

With a few pistol perks they can become quite strong. Fan fire -> lightning hands -> snap shot, that is a lot of damage in one turn. They synergize well with a sapper grenadier and an officer giving them command. This applies to everyone , except with any primary fire at the end of the chain. In fa...
by cerebrawl
Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:22 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Thoughts on revealing the AWC soldier perks?
Replies: 31
Views: 39979

Re: Thoughts on revealing the AWC soldier perks?

I'm still learning the details. With Shadowstrike, would be best to open with an AoE, Saturation Fire or Iron Curtain, especially if also have Bring 'Em On, which buffs crit damage. But before that, if there's a tough target in the AoE beaten zone, best to hit it first with Rupture from a Gunner or...
by cerebrawl
Mon Feb 13, 2017 11:12 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Thoughts on revealing the AWC soldier perks?
Replies: 31
Views: 39979

Re: Thoughts on revealing the AWC soldier perks?

And imagine that first pod having a single real tough target, like a Sectopod or worse. Set up others on overwatch to take out the trash and use Shadowstrike on the Big Bad, preferably Rupture from a Ranger or Gunner or someone with it as an AWC perk. Nice if they had Shredder too. Rupture is an au...
by cerebrawl
Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:00 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Reworking the Technical
Replies: 19
Views: 24399

Re: Reworking the Technical

Personally, what really makes me dislike using their abilities is loot destruction. Blasty grenadiers can get needle grenades, but technicals are stuck destroying loot with both rocket and flamerthrower, so I use them exceedingly sparingly. I'm looking forward to late game enemies with tons of stayi...
by cerebrawl
Mon Feb 13, 2017 2:49 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Bug Reports
Topic: Needle rounds + rebel weapons
Replies: 6
Views: 8096

Re: Needle rounds + rebel weapons

gimrah wrote:The needle one stands though. It didn't increase damage against non-robotic Advent.
Yeah I think it's a known bug, seen it reported before. I haven't done the research personally, seems a waste. :p
by cerebrawl
Mon Feb 13, 2017 12:29 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Bug Reports
Topic: Needle rounds + rebel weapons
Replies: 6
Views: 8096

Re: Needle rounds + rebel weapons

Rebel weapons: I have a full suite of laser weapons (3 lances, 2 cannon, 2-3 scatter guns, 3 rifles, 3 sten guns). Since having those weapons, I have done a supply convoy defence, a rendezvous, and a hold-off-the-reinforcements haven defence with no rebel ever getting a laser weapons. Pretty sure r...
by cerebrawl
Sun Feb 12, 2017 3:54 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Thoughts on revealing the AWC soldier perks?
Replies: 31
Views: 39979

Re: Thoughts on revealing the AWC soldier perks?

It's a fairly easy edit, but I really think this should be in the options menu, to each their own, people have different preferences on how they want to play, let them play their way.
by cerebrawl
Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:28 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Gunners Builds
Replies: 39
Views: 55084

Re: Gunners Builds

I build mine around what AWC perks they get...

I just had one kill about 20 aliens on turn 1 with Reaper, that was neat. (Gunner with Fleche, Blademaster and Reaper. Also Rapid Reaction).

I literally pulled every pod on the map turn 1 on a swarming troop transport.
by cerebrawl
Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:47 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Psi Ops still suck?
Replies: 208
Views: 5063769

Re: Psi Ops still suck?

Personally what I did was edit the psi training times back to vanilla, they're long enough already considering they have to go on field missions to rank up in between as well. Pavonis went seriously overboard with the whole "make everything take longer" aspect for the PsiOps.
by cerebrawl
Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:36 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Psi Ops still suck?
Replies: 208
Views: 5063769

Re: Psi Ops still suck?

One neat thing I've taken note of, is that aside from the powers, their blank slate when it comes to regular perks means they don't have much of the power perks locked out by ability restrictions, so they can get very neat AWC combinations, so it's not entirely unusual to get some powerhouse combo.
by cerebrawl
Thu Feb 09, 2017 10:34 am
Forum: Long War 201
Topic: LW2 Perk Trees and Descriptions
Replies: 4
Views: 22052

Re: LW2 Perk Trees and Descriptions

Chain shot penalty is only -5 aim. Combat awareness gives you a point of armor, not half a point(how would that even work? Coinflip?) Bring Em On only gives you +1 damage per 2 enemies you see, not each enemy you see. Lots of missing information or errors there, and I only bothered to go through the...
by cerebrawl
Thu Feb 09, 2017 10:08 am
Forum: Long War 201
Topic: Long War 2 Console Commands
Replies: 35
Views: 221883

Re: Long War 2 Console Commands

does the LWLevelUpRebel Soldier Name work on any soldier? I've had a few times where my soldiers have been promoted to a vanilla class because I have the "UseMyClass" Mod installed and didn't properly reset all the classes in my CharPool to the new LW classes. I didn't catch the error unt...
by cerebrawl
Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:45 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Sword attack strength
Replies: 28
Views: 34604

Re: Sword attack strength

Remember that 1) Swords only use one action to attack. So against an adjacent target you can attack twice 2) Fleche grants bonus damage based on the distance between you and the target, which can easily make up the difference in base damage. Swords were definitely weak in Vanilla; where they did no...
by cerebrawl
Wed Feb 08, 2017 4:13 pm
Forum: Resolved Bug Reports
Topic: Serial + Traverse Fire + Implacable = bad AP refund calculations
Replies: 4
Views: 8542

Re: Serial + Traverse Fire + Implacable = bad AP refund calculations

Actually, I noticed that I was getting this problem with Light Em Up and Serial today, looks like it's a problem with how Serial is coded, some check to end the soldier's turn if it fails to proc or something. So, my bad for previous statement that I hadn't noticed any problems with those two togeth...
by cerebrawl
Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:55 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Bug Reports
Topic: Mindcontrol hacking bug
Replies: 0
Views: 2490

Mindcontrol hacking bug

This could easily be a vanilla XCom 2 bug.

I hacked one of those checkpoint towers and got a mind control on an enemy soldier for 5 turns.

The next turn I hacked a turret and gained control of that, when that succeeded, it gave me control of an additional enemy soldier, free of charge!
by cerebrawl
Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:48 am
Forum: Modding Long War 2
Topic: Squad limits for Tower & HQ missions..
Replies: 10
Views: 13893

Re: Squad limits for Tower & HQ missions..

Hmm... I thought the limit on regional HQ missions(liberation finalé) was 8.

Haven't had issues with the tower mission yet, but I suppose worse is to come as time passes and the really tanky enemies start to show.
by cerebrawl
Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:30 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Ambushes and Supply Raids kicking my a**
Replies: 62
Views: 75638

Re: Ambushes and Supply Raids kicking my a**

from full health which makes initiating with rockets/grenades highly effective on these incredibly dense 0% infil ambushes an raids. You have to be careful on 0% missions; I'm not sure if they are possible on legendary. If you open with such explosives you pull two other 8 man pods into you from th...
by cerebrawl
Tue Feb 07, 2017 11:14 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Ambushes and Supply Raids kicking my a**
Replies: 62
Views: 75638

Re: Ambushes and Supply Raids kicking my a**

I will grant that they're heavily dependent on the high-ground bonus, though, which brings up one question: is a map with literally no high ground at all actually possible? I'm pretty sure I've never come across one, but I'm quite willing to admit that that doesn't prove they don't exist. It does s...
by cerebrawl
Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:49 pm
Forum: Resolved Bug Reports
Topic: Serial + Traverse Fire + Implacable = bad AP refund calculations
Replies: 4
Views: 8542

Re: Serial + Traverse Fire + Implacable = bad AP refund calculations

Yeah, probably a problem with Serial + Traverse Fire, as I haven't had problems with either Serial + Light Em Up or Serial + Implacable (though I don't think I ever had all three on the same soldier, haven't had any of my Rangers with AWC implacable hit master sergeant yet, only class that can have ...
by cerebrawl
Tue Feb 07, 2017 3:24 am
Forum: Resolved Bug Reports
Topic: Specialist "Full Override" bug
Replies: 5
Views: 8827

Re: Specialist "Full Override" bug

It may just be an information bug/oversight.

IE: next time the haven in that region gets a combat mission, the Mec should be there. There's just no way to tell other than actually starting one of those missions.
by cerebrawl
Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:59 am
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Using snipers effectively.
Replies: 37
Views: 51474

Re: Using snipers effectively.

Long watch is awesome... when you get sentinel, rapid reactions or killzone from the AWC. Killzone sharpshooters are beautiful in action, they can take out 5-6 man pods on their own. I've got a 10 man squad with two killzone sharpshooters I take on 0% infiltration missions. I frequently take out 20+...
by cerebrawl
Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:36 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Too many faceless
Replies: 15
Views: 21022

Re: Too many faceless

You will eventually start meeting chrysalids that burrow underground and attack without warning. Use overwatch for the month and beware of cities. And chrysalids have lightning reflexes, so overwatch creeping doesn't even help that much. Best bet is having gunners/shinobis with combatives and/or bl...
by cerebrawl
Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:10 pm
Forum: Modding Long War 2
Topic: Revealing all AWC perks
Replies: 2
Views: 5905

Re: Revealing all AWC perks

Yes, in XComLW_AWCPack.ini
Right at the top.

Code: Select all

[LW_AWCPack_Integrated.UIArmory_AWCExpandedPromotion_LW]
; debug settings
ALWAYSSHOW=true			;display all future abilities instead of displaying "locked"