Dark Events (LW2)

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Dark Events in Long War 2 come in two forms: '''tactical research upgrades''' and '''strategic operations'''. The former represent ADVENT building up the strength of its forces over time, and are permanent once applied; the latter represents the Aliens conducting operations of its own to cripple XCOM at the strategic layer, and last for a designated time frame.

Much like vanilla Dark Events, certain designated missions can be conducted to interrupt and prevent the Dark Event from occurring - but unlike vanilla, you will not be given the opportunity to do so if you do not have contact with the region the Dark Event spawns in. Since the only way to identify them is to increase your resistance network as wide as possible, it is inevitable that some Dark Events will trigger outside of your coverage regardless of how diligent of a commander you are.

==Tactical Research Upgrades==

Over time, the [[Advent (LW2) | ADVENT]] and [[Alien_Life_Forms_(LW2) | Alien]] ground forces will gain increases in combat effectiveness, as denoted by additional perks and equipment. Each upgrade applies to a limited set of enemy types, and only a certain random percentage of enemies will actually have the upgrade.

These Dark Events are ''permanent'' once triggered; this system serves as the Long War 2 equivalent of Long War 1's [[Alien Research (Long War) | Alien Research]], where aliens gain boosts to stats and bonus perks over time. In this case, however, the bonuses are random and tied to interruptable Dark Events, so you have a chance of encountering powerful upgrades early on or of stopping upgrades from occurring.

{|class="wikitable" width="60%"
! colspan="4" | Tactical Dark Events 
|- align="center"
! width="65%" | '''Dark Event''' !! width="10%" | Units Affected !! width="10%" | Chance
|-
|{{Aggression (LW2)}} Aggression
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[ADVENT Stun Lancer (LW2) | ADVENT Stun Lancers]] (Mk3) [[Archon (LW2) | Archons]] [[Mutons (LW2) | Mutons]]
| align="center" | 20%
|-
|{{Center Mass (LW2)}} Center Mass
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | All [[Advent (LW2) | ADVENT Forces]] and [[Alien_Life_Forms_(LW2) | Aliens]]
| align="center" | 16%
|-
|{{Close Combat Specialist (LW2)}} Close Combat Specialist
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Archon (LW2) | Archons]]
| align="center" | 100%
|-
|{{Combat Awareness (LW2)}} Combat Awareness
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[ADVENT Sentry (LW2) | ADVENT Sentries]]
| align="center" | 100%
|-
|{{Cutthroat (LW2)}} Cutthroat
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[ADVENT Stun Lancer (LW2) | ADVENT Stun Lancers]] [[Faceless (LW2) | Faceless]]
| align="center" | 100%
|-
|{{Damage Control (LW2)}} Damage Control
|style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[ADVENT MEC (LW2)| ADVENT MECs]] [[ADVENT Turret (LW2) | ADVENT Turrets]] Cyberus [[Gatekeeper (LW2) | Gatekeepers]] [[Sectopod (LW2) | Sectopods]]
| align="center" | 20%
|-
|{{Deadshot (LW2)}} Deadshot
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[ADVENT Psi Witch (LW2)| ADVENT Psi Witches]] (Mk3) [[Viper (LW2) | Vipers]], [[Naja (LW2) | Najas]], & [[Sidewinder (LW2) | Sidewinders]]
| align="center" | 50%
|-
|{{Hard Target (LW2)}} Hard Target
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Archon (LW2) | Archons]] Cyberus [[Viper (LW2) | Vipers]], [[Naja (LW2) | Najas]], & [[Sidewinder (LW2) | Sidewinders]]
| align="center" | 33%
|-
| {{Infighter (LW2)}} Infighter
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[ADVENT Stun Lancer (LW2) | ADVENT Stun Lancers]] [[ADVENT Psi Witch (LW2) | ADVENT Psi Witches]] (Mk3)
| align="center" | 100%
|-
|{{Iron Skin (LW2)}} Iron Skin
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | All Robotic Enemies
| align="center" | 100%
|-
| {{Formidable (LW2)}} Formidable
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[ADVENT Captain (LW2) | ADVENT Captains ]] [[ADVENT Grenadier (LW2) | ADVENT Grenadiers]] [[ADVENT Psi Witch (LW2)| ADVENT Psi Witches]] (Mk3) [[ADVENT Rocketeer (LW2) | ADVENT Rocketeers]] (Mk2, Mk3) [[ADVENT Shieldbearer (LW2) | ADVENT Shieldbearers]] (Mk2, Mk3) [[Muton (LW2) | Mutons]] (Mk2, Mk3)
| align="center" | 15%
|-
| {{Grazing Fire (LW2)}} Grazing Fire
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[ADVENT Captain (LW2) | ADVENT Captains]] (Mk3) [[ADVENT Gunner (LW2) | ADVENT Gunners]] [[ADVENT Psi Witch (LW2)| ADVENT Psi Witches]] (Mk3) [[ADVENT Sentry (LW2) | ADVENT Sentries]] (Mk3) [[ADVENT Trooper (LW2) | ADVENT Troopers]] (Mk3) [[Mutons (LW2) | Mutons]] (Mk3)
| align="center" | 33%
|-
| {{Lethal (LW2)}} Lethal
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | All [[Alien_Life_Forms_(LW2) | Aliens]]
| align="center" | 8%
|-
| {{Lightning Reflexes (LW2)}} Lightning Reflexes
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[ADVENT Psi Witch (LW2)| ADVENT Psi Witches]] (Mk3) [[ADVENT Stun Lancer (LW2) | ADVENT Stun Lancers]]
| align="center" | 20%
|-
| {{Resilience (LW2)}} Resilience
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Cyberus
| align="center" | 100%
|-
| {{Sapper (LW2)}} Sapper
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[ADVENT Captain (LW2) | ADVENT Captains]] (Mk3) [[Mutons (LW2) | Mutons]]
| align="center" | 25%
|-
| {{Shadowstep (LW2)}} Shadowstep
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | Cyberus
| align="center" | 100%
|-
| {{Shredder (LW2)}} Shredder
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[ADVENT Gunner (LW2) | ADVENT Gunners]] [[ADVENT Psi Witch (LW2)| ADVENT Psi Witches]] (Mk3) [[Muton (LW2) | Mutons]] (Mk3)
| align="center" | 15%
|-
| {{Tactical Sense (LW2)}} Tactical Sense
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[ADVENT Captain (LW2) | ADVENT Captains]] [[ADVENT Psi Witch (LW2)| ADVENT Psi Witches]] (Mk3)
| align="center" | 50%
|-

| {{Will to Survive (LW2)}} Will to Survive
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Sectoid (LW2) | Sectoids]] [[Viper (LW2) | Vipers]], [[Naja (LW2) | Najas]] & [[Sidewinder (LW2) | Sidewinders]]
| align="center" | 15%
|-
| Viper Rounds
| style="white-space: nowrap;" |
| align="center" | 25%
|-
| {{Greater Faceless (LW2)}} reater Faceless
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Faceless (LW2) | Faceless]]
| align="center" | 75%
|}

==Strategic Operations==

ADVENT will attempt to place severe limitations on XCOM operations at the strategic level, in much the same way that many Dark Events functioned in vanilla. Fortunately, while they are crippling, they are of limited duration.

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