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by Dwarfling
Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:14 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Low Aim Rookies
Replies: 37
Views: 51127

Re: Low Aim Rookies

Low Aim and low Mobility usually means high HP and positive Dodge and Defense. I make some of these into a Kenshi Shinobis (if I feel like it) and consider them expendable goods but most end up as Saboteur (Scout) Shinobis if I can't get more of those sweet 16-17 mobility rookies. With the SMG, and ...
by Dwarfling
Wed Feb 22, 2017 1:58 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: [QoL Suggestion] Not-Faceless-Marker
Replies: 13
Views: 18742

Re: [QoL Suggestion] Not-Faceless-Marker

Confirmed: A Haven Soldier from Data Tap turned to be a faceless after a Rendevouz.
by Dwarfling
Tue Feb 21, 2017 8:04 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: [QoL Suggestion] Not-Faceless-Marker
Replies: 13
Views: 18742

Re: [QoL Suggestion] Not-Faceless-Marker

Wait, can a Faceless be a haven soldier that helps you kill another Faceless?

Don't think so.
by Dwarfling
Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:58 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: [QoL Suggestion] Not-Faceless-Marker
Replies: 13
Views: 18742

[QoL Suggestion] Not-Faceless-Marker

Ok so we know that if you get a Rendevous, Relay or Supply defence mission, the rebels that join your Soldier Advisor are definitively not Faceless. And the rebels that don't turn into faceless when you bump into them in a Haven defense or Retaliation mission are not Faceless ( I HOPE ). Would it be...
by Dwarfling
Tue Feb 21, 2017 2:39 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Best single class team
Replies: 18
Views: 28167

Re: Best single class team

Gunners must be ridiculous. Kill all the important targets with 100% shots, double and triple shot the big targets in the open, supress the crap out of the rest. Probably wouldn't hurts to have a Support Grenadier to Sting the ability users you can't finish between HoB cooldowns.
by Dwarfling
Sat Feb 18, 2017 9:21 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Bug Reports
Topic: Got Hunter Weapons POI Twice
Replies: 4
Views: 7026

Got Hunter Weapons POI Twice

So in my current campaign I happened to discover the "unique" Hunter Weapons POI twice: once close to the beginning of the campaign, now again close to June. Now I got 2 Frost Grenades, 2 Axes, 2 etc. Intended? UPDATE: 3rd time. I mean, great, I have 3 frost grenades, but I hardly think th...
by Dwarfling
Tue Feb 14, 2017 11:56 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Network Tower…advent strength decoy?
Replies: 3
Views: 7826

Re: Network Tower…advent strength decoy?

I think completing the Network Tower gives a spike in Vigilance and thus it brings an increase in ADVENT strenght.
by Dwarfling
Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:33 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Gunners Builds
Replies: 39
Views: 55079

Re: Gunners Builds

I don't think I'd ever take a Gunner without Hail of Bullets, no matter how much aim you get. There will always be stuff that needs to be killed ASAP, and it usually sits behind full cover and has +defense or +dodge. I get shred from other sources. Also Chain Shot is great for the big stuff in the o...
by Dwarfling
Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:22 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Blacksite
Replies: 20
Views: 22865

Re: Blacksite

This is what I did on Commander: Composition: - Shinobi officer: this guy's role is to use Command on your runner while remaining concealed. - Runner: this guy will grab the vial and run back outside on the same turn. Probably best to be a Shinobi. - Grenadier: preferably a support grenadier. Will u...
by Dwarfling
Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:42 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Whats your plans?
Replies: 9
Views: 13894

Re: Whats your plans?

Early game: 1. Switch everyone in your starting Haven to intel. 2. Scan home region ignoring Black Market while researching Resistance Comms and building the GTS. 2.5 Try to do missions using rookies with average stats while leaving edge cases (high aim, high mobility) for GTS. 3. Once Comms comes o...
by Dwarfling
Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:36 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: grenadier dense smoke perk
Replies: 3
Views: 6900

Re: grenadier dense smoke perk

If your Support Grenadier has low aim take it. I usually take Chain Shot tho, because my Support Grenadiers usually have high aim and Chain Shot is a great ability to have around.
by Dwarfling
Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:31 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Holy smokes, that first tower mission?!!!
Replies: 32
Views: 40431

Re: Holy smokes, that first tower mission?!!!

Erm, you bring a no-shinobi-shooty squad (gunners, grenadiers, rangers, specialists), and with a lot of patience (namely turn skipping and backtracking) you sneak all your guys into the console room. Bring a Specialist in case there's a turret on top of the room. Then you open on a pod close to the ...
by Dwarfling
Tue Feb 14, 2017 7:22 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Laboratories are they worth it?
Replies: 3
Views: 7321

Re: Laboratories are they worth it?

I usually get one with the cash inflow after I liberate my first region. You basically get some cheap scientists, that's always good.
by Dwarfling
Mon Feb 13, 2017 3:58 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: C/I, red fog (all) on, lost again HQ Assault tips ?
Replies: 7
Views: 11114

Re: C/I, red fog (all) on, lost again HQ Assault tips ?

Well, I think you failed because of your composition. First up, you're trying to do the mission basically with -2 people because the Shinobi is mostly stealthed for the whole mission, and if revealed is mediocre, the Assault is mostly ineffective because you don't want to drag more pods, same if the...
by Dwarfling
Mon Feb 13, 2017 1:02 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: What do the Engineering and Research projects do?
Replies: 6
Views: 13097

Re: What do the Engineering and Research projects do?

I'll be honest with you though, if the rescue mission for the first scientist fails then I would restart the campaign.
by Dwarfling
Fri Feb 10, 2017 9:59 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Is the Trench Gun Perk Useful?
Replies: 16
Views: 23754

Re: Is the Trench Gun Perk Useful?

Besides opening with it the sort of flanks you can use it on usually happens when fighting inside buildings like the ADVENT ones where they grab the sides of a door. As always, you risk revealing another pod.
by Dwarfling
Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:10 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Opinion on Rocketeers
Replies: 70
Views: 79639

Re: Opinion on Rocketeers

If the Concussion Rocket was changed to be just a rocket-propelled flashbang I'd be fine with it. :mrgreen:
by Dwarfling
Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:37 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Network Towers - What are you doing Right? What am I doing wrong?
Replies: 12
Views: 19189

Re: Network Towers - What are you doing Right? What am I doing wrong?

Commander difficulty. I sneak a long range squad into the comm room, sniper, gunner, ranger, etc. All you need is patience, as in, if you see you won't be able to pass thru, backtrack and try the other route. Sometimes there's a turret on top of the comm room so bring a good hacker to disable it. If...
by Dwarfling
Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:51 am
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Supply/Haven Defense
Replies: 0
Views: 3008

Supply/Haven Defense

I just want to give props to Pavonis for these missions. Specially the Supply Defense. I'm milking these on a region with ADVENT strenght 5 (and almost everyone on Supply) because not only you get a bunch of bodies, getting to play defense for a change is incredibly fun.
by Dwarfling
Mon Feb 06, 2017 6:51 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: 1.2 and reverting Combat Stims to require Berserker Corpse
Replies: 13
Views: 19850

Re: 1.2 and reverting Combat Stims to require Berserker Corpse

Then tone the Stims down, or make them permanent, but getting so few uses in a whole campaign, what'd be the point of going thru the trouble of researching the stuff?
by Dwarfling
Thu Feb 02, 2017 5:08 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Flamethrower boost
Replies: 16
Views: 22559

Re: Flamethrower boost

That's why my flamer techs are exclusively high mobility soldiers, equipped with SMGs and max 2 items. I'm cool with getting a range increase, but just saying, you can work around it.
by Dwarfling
Tue Jan 31, 2017 6:45 pm
Forum: Long War 2: Strategy
Topic: Using snipers effectively.
Replies: 37
Views: 51461

Re: Using snipers effectively.

I kinda stopped consistently using Snipers as killing machines, mostly because cover is so hard to remove in LW2. Chances are that whenever I get a Sharpshooter in LW2 it's gonna have so-so aim, so I turn them into holo-targeting officers. My high aim rookies that do go thru GTS training mostly end ...
by Dwarfling
Sat Jan 28, 2017 11:05 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Does LW2 affect Shen's Last Gift?
Replies: 10
Views: 16648

Re: Does LW2 affect Shen's Last Gift?

There are some changes ... the Mechanized Warfare research project has a prereq in LW2 if you skip the narrative content for SLG. What does this mean, "skip the narrative content"? So...listening to them talk means I don't have to research the prereq? Im confused, sorry. :?: Means you don...
by Dwarfling
Sat Jan 28, 2017 10:33 pm
Forum: Long War 2
Topic: Should I play the Vamilla game first before long war 2 ?
Replies: 10
Views: 17856

Re: Should I play the Vamilla game first before long war 2 ?

I'd say they're 2 different but related game modes. Vanilla XCOM 2 plays more akin to vanilla XCOM 1 where you have your "elite" squad that blows their way thru the aliens. Kind of like an action flick. LW2 plays on a bigger scale, as in managing a large rebel operation. Go for Vanilla fir...