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Sitreps (LWOTC)

2023-07-31T21:26:42Z

Tay: Project Miranda 4 mob penalty -> 2 mob penalty

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Sitreps are additional modifiers that affects the mission with a 30% chance to apply one. These can be beneficial, neutral, or negative towards XCOM.

Strategic Dark Events have also changed and now instead of applying to all missions they all have a 40% chance to apply as a sitrep to any missions that spawn during its duration. Dark Event sitreps are in addition to any base sitreps that are part of the mission. Only one dark event sitrep can apply to a given mission.

Depending on the sitreps applied during the mission, they are given a "difficulty" rating and will reward 2 AP upon a successful mission for each "difficult" sitrep.

==Dark Event Sitreps==
* High Alert: XCOM starts missions revealed (soldiers with phantom are unaffected)
* Infiltrators (Faceless): There are hidden faceless hiding as civilians in the mission
* Infiltrators (Chryssalids): There are lone roaming chryssalids in the mission.
* Lost World: Lost may now appear during the mission
* Rapid Response: Advent Reinforcements come slightly faster
* Return Fire: Officers and Priests may take a reaction fire back against enemies that target them once per turn.
* Sealed Armor: Advent units become immune to any environmental effects.
* Vigilance: Enemies have a larger detection radius.
* Undying Loyalty: Advent units has a chance when killed to revive as a psi zombie.

==Basic Sitreps==
* Project Miranda: All biological units suffer a 2 mobility and 20 aim penalty for the mission. (This applies to both XCOM and Advent)
* Advent Loot: There are 1-2 crates that can be opened to grant a small amount of supplies each.
* Resistance Contacts: There are civilians part of the resistance that can be approached and reward a small amount of supplies each.
* The Lost: Indicates lost presence during the mission. (Do not appear in full salvage missions)
* There's something in the air: Grants all units the ability to apply combat rush upon scoring a critical hit, granting a bonus to nearby allies (+10 aim and crit, +1 mobility that lasts for 2 turns)
* Location Scout: All soldiers gain [[Perk_List_(LWOTC)#Tracking|Tracking]], being able to detect enemies within 14 tiles regardless of line of sight.
* Savage: Replaces a random amount of pods to include melee enemies: Stun lancers, faceless, berserkers, chryssalids.
* Psionic Storm: Replaces a random amount of pods to include psionic enemies: Advent Priests, Sectoids, Codices, gatekeepers (gatekeepers are not meant to be able to spawn in general missions like most missions are and is due to the vanilla behavior of this sitrep)
* Large/Very Large Map: Indication that the mission contains a large/very large map and will increase the mission timer and reduce the reinforcement timer accordingly. These are separate from the regular sitreps and can apply in addition to any of the other basic sitreps.

Officers (LWOTC)

2022-02-03T21:46:04Z

Tay: At the beginning and in Officer Candidates (Ranger) free action ability "Fall back" is mentioned which does not exist anymore

[[Long_War_of_the_Chosen|Back To Main Page]]{{Toc_(LWOTC)|37}}Officers are regular soldiers who have received additional training and responsibilities as leaders in the field for XCOM operations. Best used as formal leaders for specific recurring squads, Officers grant important tactical and strategic bonuses for those soldiers, some of which improve the more missions those squad members go on. Bear in mind that only one Officer at a time can serve as a mission leader (the highest ranking Officer, highest combat rank if tied, or highest Will if both ranks are tied); other officers on that mission do not have access to their special abilities.

Even the lowest ranking officer gets access to the powerful "Command" ability, which allows them to grant any ally an additional action at the cost of their own action, as well as the "Intervention" ability, which exchanges your Intel resource for an extension of the mission timer. Well-employed, Officers improves the reliability and survivability of your squad even in the face of unknown, unexpected, or inconvenient factors. There is some selflessness inherent to the Officer's duty, and use of many of their abilities will cost you opportunities to employ their combat skills at the same time, so make sure the squad you assign them to shores up the officer's blind spots that emerge from use of their special abilities.

A few important notes:

* Many officer abilities refer to the "Command Range" of an officer; this is an area of effect centered on the officer, inside which these abilities apply, and outside which they do not. The higher ranking the Officer, the larger this area. You can check this ability by pressing the green button on the upper right corner of the command screen, which toggles the display of this area.
* Officers are better than non-officers at rooting out Faceless spies when assigned to Haven Advisor duty. The higher the rank, the stronger this effect. This combined with the Lead By Example perk (see below) makes them excellent for kickstarting recruitment new havens, as their officer abilities help make up for your lower numbers on faceless hunts and defense missions.
* Get Some, Oscar Mike, Command, and Incoming do not effect "civilians" (i.e. VIPs, unarmed rebels)

== Training and Abilities ==

Officers can be trained via the Guerrilla Tactics School, and are unavailable for the duration of the training period (4-12 days depending on level) unless the training is cancelled. Once initially trained, all Officers are automatically granted the first line of perks. Officers can train more abilities as they rank up. An officer's rank increases as their normal level does. Each new ability must be trained by spending time in the Guerrilla Tactics School.

Mouse-over <span style="position: relative; bottom: 2px;">[[File:XCOM2_infoIcon_custom_1.png|18px|Mouse over this icon for more information on each ability.]]</span> for more information.

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| style="width:1%; border-width: 0 2px 2px 0; border-color:#83c0ce;"| '''Rank'''
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|-
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|- vertical-align="middle"
! style="border-width: 0 2px 0 0; border-color:#83c0ce; background-color: #17181a;" | [[File:LWOfficers RankLieutenant.png|32px|Second Lieutenant]]<br>Second Lieutenant
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| style="border-color: #83c0ce;" colspan="5" | {{Focus Fire (LW2) | b_name = 1 | b_descr = 1 | b_info = 1 | b_table = 1}}
|- vertical-align="middle"
! style="border-width: 0 2px 0 0; border-color:#83c0ce; background-color: #17181a;" | [[File:LWOfficers RankFirstLieutenant.png|32px|First Lieutenant]]<br>First Lieutenant
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| style="border-color: #83c0ce;" colspan="5" | {{Get Some (LW2) | b_name = 1 | b_descr = 1 | b_info = 1 | b_table = 1}}
|- vertical-align="middle"
! style="border-width: 0 2px 0 0; border-color:#83c0ce; background-color: #17181a;" | [[File:LWOfficers RankCaptain.png|32px|Captain]]<br>Captain
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| style="border-color: #83c0ce;" colspan="5" | {{Jammer (LW2) | b_name = 1 | b_descr = 1 | b_info = 1 | b_table = 1}}
|- vertical-align="middle"
! style="border-width: 0 2px 0 0; border-color:#83c0ce; background-color: #17181a;" | [[File:LWOfficers RankMajor.png|32px|Major]]<br>Major
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| style="border-color: #83c0ce;" colspan="5" | {{Collector (LW2) | b_name = 1 | b_descr = 1 | b_info = 1 | b_table = 1}}
|- vertical-align="middle"
! style="border-width: 0 2px 0 0; border-color:#83c0ce; background-color: #17181a;" | [[File:LWOfficers RankLieutenantColonel.png|32px|Lieutenant Colonel]]<br>Lieutenant Colonel
| style="border-color: #83c0ce;" colspan="5" | {{Fire Discipline (LW2) | b_name = 1 | b_descr = 1 | b_info = 1 | b_table = 1}}
| style="border-color: #83c0ce;" colspan="5" | {{Defilade (LW2) | b_name = 1 | b_descr = 1 | b_info = 1 | b_table = 1}}
|- vertical-align="middle"
! style="border-width: 0 2px 0 0; border-color:#83c0ce; background-color: #17181a;" | [[File:LWOfficers RankColonel.png|32px|Colonel]]<br>Colonel
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| style="border-color: #83c0ce;" colspan="5" | {{Infiltrator (LW2) | b_name = 1 | b_descr = 1 | b_info = 1 | b_table = 1}}
|- vertical-align="middle"
! style="border-width: 0 2px 0 0; border-color:#83c0ce; background-color: #17181a;" | [[File:LWOfficers RankFieldCommander.png|32px|Field Commander]]<br>Field Commander
| style="border-color: #83c0ce;" colspan="5" | {{Combined Arms (LW2) | b_name = 1 | b_descr = 1 | b_info = 1 | b_table = 1}}
| style="border-color: #83c0ce;" colspan="5" | {{Scavenger (LW2) | b_name = 1 | b_descr = 1 | b_info = 1 | b_table = 1}}
|}

== Candidates for Officer Training ==

Any soldier class (including Psi Operative) can receive officer training once they are no longer a Rookie. Here are some notes on class suitability for the role:

'''Specialist''': Excellent. Further cementing their identity as toolboxes for any mission, Officer training gives specialists even more options to confront a particular problem, especially tools that don't drain precious charges. Given how little the Specialist's primary weapon is employed, little opportunity cost is paid in use of Officer abilities, so go crazy on those action-costing abilities, such as Get Some, Jammer, and particularly Focus Fire.

'''Shinobi''': Excellent. Officer abilities do not break concealment when used, allowing a concealment based Shinobi to contribute without breaking their stealth. An Officer Shinobi is also the vital half of the Shinobi-Specialist one-two punch that can effortlessly tackle most hacking and prison-break missions, using their Command to get the Specialist or mission package out of harms way after completing to the objective.

'''Technical''': Good. Technicals have access to the largest number of concurrent defensive perks in the game, so even if you're rushing them forward to flamethrower the enemy, the combination of Formidable, Burnout, Fortify, and Tactical Sense will make your Officer an unappealing target. Also, since the Technical's trademark weapons are already charge based, doubling them as your officer increases their utility and gives them things to do when heavy weapons are unsuitable for the task at hand.

'''Grenadier''': Good. As another class that leans on charge-based core abilities and with some access to defensive perks, Grenadiers benefit nicely from having officer perks, as you don't always want to solve a problem with a precious grenade, especially on longer missions. Cooldown based abilities, such as Focus Fire, are ideal picks here. Rapid Deployment is particularly useful, allowing this officer to throw a defensive grenade in the same turn as issuing an order if a surprised group of enemies requires an immediate reaction.

'''Ranger''': Medium. Rangers have access to a variety of defensive perks that can make your officer hard to kill in a fight, and their tendency to already serve in the mid and back lines means that they're usually well-positioned to catch everyone in their command range and line of sight. Rangers can almost always use their actions gainfully shooting or reloading though, so you will usually want to favor passive or free action abilities in this officer's training; "Incoming" is a good choice.

'''Gunner''': Medium. Often times you'd rather have the gunner shooting than barking orders, especially if they're applying shred to tough targets, but they are likely to be in the mid or back lines, well positioned to catch everyone in their command range. Like the Ranger, passive and free action abilities are ideal if you want to keep your damage output up.

'''Assault''': Poor. The Assault role is a hazardous job, especially reliant on actions and mobility, and managing the hazards your officers have to deal with is important to keeping them alive.

'''Sharpshooter''': Poor, except for specific builds. Sharpshooters are either too isolated or too busy shooting to serve as an effective squad leader, and don't get access to that many defensive perks. However, there is a sharpshooter archetype that synergizes extremely well with officer abilities: take everything from the center of the tree. Once the sharpshooter hits Sergeant rank this setup kicks into high gear, providing your tactical teams with a concealed scout that can contribute meaningfully to every battle. In one turn this officer can observe the next pod of enemies, light up two key foes with a holotargeter (thanks to rapid targeting), give a critical soldier an extra action, and provide passive benefits through defilade and lead by example, all without breaking concealment. Avoid the urge to also train in pistol abilities unless you can justify the extended time off the field.

'''Psi Operative''': Situational. As Psi Operatives will already spend a lot of time "in the tank" training Psionic abilities, further sidelining them for officer training can be a prohibitive opportunity cost. However, its important to note that Psi Operatives ascend their ranks much faster than regular soldier classes, so if you get psionics early, you can quickly get a colonel or field commander trained for some GTS upgrades and strategic benefits. The Officer haven bonus also stacks with the Psi operative haven bonus for detecting faceless, so you can quickly sanitize the globe of faceless spies with these soldiers. On the battlefield, Psi Operatives already have a lot of cooldown-based abilities competing for attention, particularly the ever-valuable Stasis and Mind Merge abilities, so its viable but not excellent.

== Scaling bonuses ==

Soldiers receive bonuses to the following stats based on the amount of missions they have gone on while being led by the current officer:
* Dodge: +0.5 per mission, capped at 10 (20 missions)
* Willpower: +1 per mission, capping at 40 (40 missions)
* Infiltration: 0.0075f per mission, capped at 0.25f (34 missions)

==See Also==

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[[Category:Long War of the Chosen]]
[[Category:Soldiers (LWOTC)| ]]

Missions (LWOTC)

2022-01-25T18:38:41Z

Tay: /* Liberation Missions */ Reflected the fact that all lib missions are clearly marked now in the text

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== Overview ==

=== Enemy Activity Level ===

Enemy Activity Level refers to the quantity of enemies deployed on a map. Activity Level is calculated as (Enemy Units - 4)/3, and described as "light", "heavy", etc; these categories correspond to the table below. When preparing to infiltrate, '''base''' Enemy Activity is an estimation of the strength of the enemy forces you will encounter at 100% infiltration; the '''actual''' Enemy Activity Level depends on your infiltration rate (for more information, see the [[Infiltration (LW2)|Infiltration]] page). In general, at 0% infiltration, Enemy Activity Level will be several steps higher than the baseline; at 200% infiltration, it will be a few steps lower, to a minimum of "Extremely Light".

{|class="wikitable"
!Activity Level !! Number of Enemy Units !! Activity Level !! Number of Enemy Units
|-
|Extremely Light
|7-9
|Swarming+
|37-39
|-
|Very Light
|10-12
|Swarming++
|40-42
|-
|Light
|13-15
|Swarming+++
|43-45
|-
|Light-Moderate
|16-18
|Swarming++++
|46-48
|-
|Moderate
|19-21
|Swarming+++++
|49-51
|-
|Moderate-Heavy
|22-24
|Swarming++++++
|52-54
|-
|Heavy
|25-27
|Swarming+++++++
|55-57
|-
|Very Heavy
|28-30
|Swarming++++++++
|58-60
|-
|Extremely Heavy
|31-33
|Ludicrous
|61+
|-
|Swarming
|34-36
|}

==Mission Table==

This table compiles the information contained in LW2's configuration files regarding missions.

<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" style="text-align: center
! Mission !! Mission Type !! Mission Timer !! Max Soldiers !! Infiltration !! Evacuation !! Loot
|-
| Hack Workstation||Guerrila Ops||8 (Objective)||8||Yes||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Recover Item||Guerrila Ops||8 (Objective)||8||Yes||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Protect Device||Guerrila Ops||NA||8||Alerted||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Extract||Council||12 (Evac)||8||Yes (No Concealment)||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Rescue||Council||18-24 (Evac)||8||Yes||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Destroy Relay||Guerrila Ops||12 (Objective)||8||Yes||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Smash N Grab||Guerrila Ops||12 (Reinforcements)||8||Yes (No Concealment)||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Neutralize Target||Council||12 (Evac)||8||Yes||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Sabotage Advent Monument||Defend||NA||8||Yes||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Sabotage Alien Facility||Sabotage||NA||10||100%||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Troop Maneuvers||Liberation||NA||8||Yes||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Supply Line Raid||Supply Line Raid||NA||8||Yes||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Secure UFO||Supply Line Raid||16 (Reinforcements)||8||Yes||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Terror||Retaliation||NA||8 + Haven Advisor||Alerted||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Invasion||Defend||NA||10 + Haven Advisor||Alerted||Fixed Exit||Yes
|-
| Defend||Defend||NA||8 + Haven Advisor||Alerted||Countdown Exit||No
|-
| Jailbreak||Liberation||12 (Evac)||8||Yes||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Rendezvous||Liberation||NA||Haven Advisor + up to 5 rebels||No||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Intel Raid||Liberation||NA||8 + Haven Advisor + up to 5 rebels||Alerted||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Supply Convoy ||Liberation||NA||8 + Haven Advisor||Alerted||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Recruit Raid||Liberation||NA||8 + Haven Advisor||Alerted||Countdown Exit||No
|-
| Assault Network Tower||Liberation||Hidden||5||100%||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Assault Alien Base||Liberation||NA||10||100%||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Avenger Defense||Defend||NA||12||Alerted||Not Available||No
|-
| Advent Facility BLACKSITE||Golden Path||(Hidden)||8||100%||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Advent Facility FORGE||Golden Path||NA||10||100%||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Advent Facility PSIGATE||Golden Path||NA||10||100%||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Central Network Broadcast||Golden Path||NA||8||No||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Assault Alien Fortress||Golden Path||NA||12||No||Not Available||No
|}
</div>

'''Notes'''
* Mission Timer
**This value is increased by + 4 in Rookie difficulty and by +2 in Veteran
**Objective timers only affect the primary objective. Failing to complete the objective before the timer expires will result in failing the mission but you can still evac your soldiers.
**Evac timers put an absolute limit on mission duration. Any soldier still on the map when the timer reaches 0 is lost (captured). When the timer reaches 1, the last turn start (there is no "0 turns left" turn).
**Reinforcement timers are delays before increasingly strong reinforcements start dropping. You can still complete a mission after such a timer reaches zero but it will become harder with each wave. This timer starts only after you break concealment.
**Several non timed missions (such as the Blacksite and Network Tower) include a hidden reinforcement timer.
* Infiltration
** Yes - the squad can infiltrate the site to reduce enemy strength
** 100% - infiltration needs to reach at least this value before mission can be launched
** No - squad goes directly into combat, skipping infiltration
** Alerted - mission starts immediately, no squad concealment, enemies start on yellow alert
* Evacuation
** Evac Flare - squad can call the Skyranger to be able to evacuate the mission
** Fixed Exit - squad has to reach exit area
** Countdown Exit - squad has to wait until exit area becomes active
* Loot - if yes, alien corpses and material will be recovered if the battle is won; if no, only actual 'item' loot (such as datapads) is recovered

== Generating Missions ==

Missions spawn automatically as the days pass, and expire after a given window of time. The mission is not visible at this time; the local haven must collect enough intel to reveal the mission. Assigning more resistance members to the "intel" job can make missions considerably easier by discovering missions earlier and allowing more time to infiltrate. A mission's expiration timer starts when it is created, not when it is discovered; most infiltration missions have a base duration of 18 days, which is randomized by a few days each time a mission is created.

Havens each generate "intel points" from having personnel assigned to intel gathering. These points are applied to undiscovered missions in the region at certain update intervals, currently 4 times a day (every 6 hours). Each mission keeps a pool of collected intel points. The difficulty of discovering a certain type of mission is controlled by two numbers: "required intel" and "discovery chance". A mission cannot be detected until you generate intel equal to the "required intel" value. Once the minimum is reached there is a random chance (1/4 of discovery chance) to discover the mission at every update. The probability is based on the mission's "percent chance" stat, multiplied by the number of intel points collected past the required minimum.

In the table below, a basic level-0 resistance member is defined as one "intel point" per day. A level-1 resistance member is worth 1.5 points, a level-2 is worth 2, and the Avenger scanning is worth 4. A scientist assigned as haven liaison adds an extra 20% bonus to the entire haven. Each faceless reduces overall intel point generation by 3/5/6/7% depending on difficulty (regardless of what job the faceless is doing).

{|class="wikitable"
|'''Category'''
!Research!!Data!!VIP!!Prisoners!!Liberation 1
|-
|'''Mission Types'''
|Hacking
|Hacking, Destroy
|Rescue/Extract
|Jailbreak
|Hacking
|-
|'''Required intel''' (points)
|24||1||12||8||22
|-
|'''Discovery Chance''' (per point)
|0.85%||1.75%||0.9%||1.4%||2%
|}

'''Example:''' A haven with six level-0 resistance members and one level-1 assigned to intel, plus a scientist liaison, generates 9 "points" per day. The first mission in the liberation chain spawns. The haven can't detect this mission until it generates 22 points, which takes just under 2.5 days.

One day after that, the haven has an 4.5% chance to detect the mission: it has 9 intel points in the pool (subtracting out the 22 needed for the required intel) times 2 per point, resulting in 18 discovery chance which means you'll have 4.5% chance to detect the mission every 6 hours. One day later, the haven has 18 points and has a 36 discovery chance (9% to detect every 6 hours).

== Types of Missions ==

The type of mission affects a variety of factors: what the primary objective is, what type of rewards will be received, how long the squad has to complete the objective, how strong of a force the enemy will tend to field relative to other missions in the region, whether the squad starts concealed or not, and even where the squad can extract from.

Perhaps the most important factor is whether or not a squad needs to infiltrate or not, and how long the squad has to do it. For more information on infiltration mechanics, see the [[Infiltration (LW2) | Infiltration]] page for details.

=== Guerrilla Operations ===

These missions will generate regularly regardless of ADVENT activity in a region. XCOM will infiltrate some city and complete some useful objective, typically acquiring personnel and/or intel in the process.

* Jailbreak – XCOM must infiltrate an ADVENT jail and rescue 2-4 prisoners. Success will add them to the region's Haven. At least one must be saved for the mission to be a success (any others are optional/extra). ''Concealed Start''.
** Prisoners can be new soldiers if the region already has a large number of rebels.

* Rescue VIP - Two variants;
** XCOM must lead a VIP (a soldier, scientist, or engineer) to the extraction point. ''No concealment''.
** XCOM must secure a vehicle containing the VIP, free them, then lead them to the extraction point. ''Concealed Start''

* Hack a Workstation - XCOM must hack a particular workstation. Awards intel upon completion. ''Concealed Start''.



=== Retaliation Missions ===

Retaliation missions trigger with increasing frequency and severity as XCOM takes action in a particular region and draws attention towards it. Retaliation missions have no infiltration timer. The Haven Advisor of a region, if a soldier, will typically be present at these missions, alongside various resistance personnel outfitted with the basic weapons and equipment that rookie XCOM personnel deploy with.

* Rendezvous: When XCOM rescues or recruits resistance members, there is a chance that they may be Faceless; when Faceless disguised as members of the Resistance is detected as they go to meet with their ADVENT handlers, Resistance personnel from the local haven will deploy to the scene and hunt them down. You will not be able to arm or equip a squad to this mission. XCOM must detect Faceless by stationing a soldier as the Haven advisor. ''Concealed Start''.

* Supply Raid: XCOM must deploy a squad to defend a supply convoy and its Resistance personnel from ADVENT attacks. ''No concealment''.

* Intel Raid: ADVENT attacks a Resistance listening post and XCOM must deploy a squad to defend its equipment and Resistance personnel. ''No concealment''.

* Recruitment Raid: ADVENT forces attack Resistance recruiters within a region. XCOM must deploy a squad and extract those Resistance members. ''No concealment''.

* Full Retaliation: XCOM must defend the Haven and it's Resistance members against an onslaught of ADVENT forces until the Skyranger can get into position for extraction. This mission usually comes in two parts.
** '''Retaliation 1''': This will be a destroy the relay mission but the briefing will state that Advent is searching for the haven and that you need to prevent a '''DATA LEAK'''. Completing this mission keeps the haven safe. (If you don't detect this mission, you go straight to a full retaliation.)
** '''Full retaliation (Retaliation 2)''': XCom must defend the Haven. This mission comes in two different flavours:
:# Many ADVENT in the AO trying to kill members of your resistance haven. You must rush to kill them to save resistance members. This mission will not yield corpses.
:# ADVENT drops unlimited reinforcements and you must rally all resistance members and soldiers to the EVAC zone to save them. This mission will also not yield corpses.

* Region Invasion: ADVENT attempts to retake a liberated region by assaulting a city center. XCOM must destroy a psionic relay that summons continuous reinforcements, then eliminate any remaining forces. ''No concealment''.

=== Liberation Missions ===

As part of its attempts to liberate a region from ADVENT control, XCOM will conduct a set sequence of five operations. The early missions are difficult to detect and the later missions receive an substantial bonus to activity level, over and above the strength value of the region. The liberation missions 1 to 3 are clearly marked with the word "Liberation" (which was not the case in LW2).

* '''Liberation 1:''' Hacking Guerrilla Op.
* '''Liberation 2:''' Rescue Defector. XCOM must rescue a VIP from a city location and move to the extraction point. ''Not Concealed''.
* '''Liberation 3:''' There are at least 2 possible mission types. Either mission type you get will have "Liberation" as part of the objective. Now do take note, Lib3 will also have an Advent strength bonus (above the regional base) meaning the baseline activity will be a decent amount higher as well as the tech you'll be facing. So go in nice and prepared for this one.
**Dark VIP mission (which seems to be more common) - There is also a high probability that the civilians on the map are Faceless
**Destroy the Relay mission.
* '''Liberation 4''' - Regional Network Tower Liberation: XCOM must deploy to and liberate an advent network tower. This will not expire once unlocked, and is quite difficult. A small squad (up to five soldiers) must hack a console at the far end of the map. Doing so disables the reinforcement timer and stuns all remaining enemies. The mission ends only when there are no remaining enemies, and reinforcements will come rapidly once the alarm is raised. ''Concealed Start''.
* '''Liberation 5''' - ADVENT Facility Assault: XCOM must deploy to and overtake a well-defended ADVENT facility. This will not expire once unlocked, and is quite difficult. ''Concealed Start''.

Note that failing or skipping a liberation mission does not reset the path. You'll just have to detect it again (unless it's the tower or base, which are persistent once you unlock them).

== Collecting Enemy Corpses ==
Long War 2 uses the correct term for military equipment and supplies: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materiel materiel].

Most missions in Long War 2 require you to evacuate and you do not keep the bodies of fallen Advent or Aliens. As corpses are much more valuable in Long War 2 players should make special consideration for missions which do allow them to keep the corpses of fallen foes.

The following mission types allow collection of enemy materiel:
* Ambush troop column: These missions are the only way to actively reduce ADVENT strength in a region.
* Supply convoy ambush: Alloys you to destroy ADVENT troops about to reinforce a region, this prevents ADVENT strength from increasing.
* Invasion
* Rendezvous
* Regional HQ assault

It should be noted that while Smash N Grab missions list Enemy Material as their reward, they no longer allow the collection of corpses from the battlefield. Unlike the five missions listed above, material recovered from Smash N Grabs is not dependent on the state of the battlefield, only on the number of Advent Resource Caches successfully retrieved. The Resource Caches can provide alloys, elerium, elerium cores, or supplies, but not corpses.

===Strategy===
As Vahlen has taught us, explosives destroy all recoverable materiel when delivering the killing blow as both a possible loot drop and the corpse will be destroyed. Flamethrowers also destroy corpses if the initial hit kills the target, though burning damage will leave a collectible corpse and drop timed loot if carried. Consider using the Needle Grenades perk for grenadiers if you are in need of explosives use.

It may be beneficial to sabotage your infiltration percentage to increase the enemy presence if you feel you will be victorious. You are allowed to start any infiltration mission early from the geoscape. Note that enemy readiness will also be boosted if you begin prematurely, increasing their detection range, evac delay, and reinforcements strength.

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Missions (LWOTC)

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== Overview ==

=== Enemy Activity Level ===

Enemy Activity Level refers to the quantity of enemies deployed on a map. Activity Level is calculated as (Enemy Units - 4)/3, and described as "light", "heavy", etc; these categories correspond to the table below. When preparing to infiltrate, '''base''' Enemy Activity is an estimation of the strength of the enemy forces you will encounter at 100% infiltration; the '''actual''' Enemy Activity Level depends on your infiltration rate (for more information, see the [[Infiltration (LW2)|Infiltration]] page). In general, at 0% infiltration, Enemy Activity Level will be several steps higher than the baseline; at 200% infiltration, it will be a few steps lower, to a minimum of "Extremely Light".

{|class="wikitable"
!Activity Level !! Number of Enemy Units !! Activity Level !! Number of Enemy Units
|-
|Extremely Light
|7-9
|Swarming+
|37-39
|-
|Very Light
|10-12
|Swarming++
|40-42
|-
|Light
|13-15
|Swarming+++
|43-45
|-
|Light-Moderate
|16-18
|Swarming++++
|46-48
|-
|Moderate
|19-21
|Swarming+++++
|49-51
|-
|Moderate-Heavy
|22-24
|Swarming++++++
|52-54
|-
|Heavy
|25-27
|Swarming+++++++
|55-57
|-
|Very Heavy
|28-30
|Swarming++++++++
|58-60
|-
|Extremely Heavy
|31-33
|Ludicrous
|61+
|-
|Swarming
|34-36
|}

==Mission Table==

This table compiles the information contained in LW2's configuration files regarding missions.

<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" style="text-align: center
! Mission !! Mission Type !! Mission Timer !! Max Soldiers !! Infiltration !! Evacuation !! Loot
|-
| Hack Workstation||Guerrila Ops||8 (Objective)||8||Yes||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Recover Item||Guerrila Ops||8 (Objective)||8||Yes||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Protect Device||Guerrila Ops||NA||8||Alerted||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Extract||Council||12 (Evac)||8||Yes (No Concealment)||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Rescue||Council||18-24 (Evac)||8||Yes||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Destroy Relay||Guerrila Ops||12 (Objective)||8||Yes||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Smash N Grab||Guerrila Ops||12 (Reinforcements)||8||Yes (No Concealment)||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Neutralize Target||Council||12 (Evac)||8||Yes||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Sabotage Advent Monument||Defend||NA||8||Yes||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Sabotage Alien Facility||Sabotage||NA||10||100%||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Troop Maneuvers||Liberation||NA||8||Yes||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Supply Line Raid||Supply Line Raid||NA||8||Yes||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Secure UFO||Supply Line Raid||16 (Reinforcements)||8||Yes||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Terror||Retaliation||NA||8 + Haven Advisor||Alerted||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Invasion||Defend||NA||10 + Haven Advisor||Alerted||Fixed Exit||Yes
|-
| Defend||Defend||NA||8 + Haven Advisor||Alerted||Countdown Exit||No
|-
| Jailbreak||Liberation||12 (Evac)||8||Yes||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Rendezvous||Liberation||NA||Haven Advisor + up to 5 rebels||No||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Intel Raid||Liberation||NA||8 + Haven Advisor + up to 5 rebels||Alerted||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Supply Convoy ||Liberation||NA||8 + Haven Advisor||Alerted||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Recruit Raid||Liberation||NA||8 + Haven Advisor||Alerted||Countdown Exit||No
|-
| Assault Network Tower||Liberation||Hidden||5||100%||Evac Flare||No
|-
| Assault Alien Base||Liberation||NA||10||100%||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Avenger Defense||Defend||NA||12||Alerted||Not Available||No
|-
| Advent Facility BLACKSITE||Golden Path||(Hidden)||8||100%||Fixed Exit||No
|-
| Advent Facility FORGE||Golden Path||NA||10||100%||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Advent Facility PSIGATE||Golden Path||NA||10||100%||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Central Network Broadcast||Golden Path||NA||8||No||Evac Flare||Yes
|-
| Assault Alien Fortress||Golden Path||NA||12||No||Not Available||No
|}
</div>

'''Notes'''
* Mission Timer
**This value is increased by + 4 in Rookie difficulty and by +2 in Veteran
**Objective timers only affect the primary objective. Failing to complete the objective before the timer expires will result in failing the mission but you can still evac your soldiers.
**Evac timers put an absolute limit on mission duration. Any soldier still on the map when the timer reaches 0 is lost (captured). When the timer reaches 1, the last turn start (there is no "0 turns left" turn).
**Reinforcement timers are delays before increasingly strong reinforcements start dropping. You can still complete a mission after such a timer reaches zero but it will become harder with each wave. This timer starts only after you break concealment.
**Several non timed missions (such as the Blacksite and Network Tower) include a hidden reinforcement timer.
* Infiltration
** Yes - the squad can infiltrate the site to reduce enemy strength
** 100% - infiltration needs to reach at least this value before mission can be launched
** No - squad goes directly into combat, skipping infiltration
** Alerted - mission starts immediately, no squad concealment, enemies start on yellow alert
* Evacuation
** Evac Flare - squad can call the Skyranger to be able to evacuate the mission
** Fixed Exit - squad has to reach exit area
** Countdown Exit - squad has to wait until exit area becomes active
* Loot - if yes, alien corpses and material will be recovered if the battle is won; if no, only actual 'item' loot (such as datapads) is recovered

== Generating Missions ==

Missions spawn automatically as the days pass, and expire after a given window of time. The mission is not visible at this time; the local haven must collect enough intel to reveal the mission. Assigning more resistance members to the "intel" job can make missions considerably easier by discovering missions earlier and allowing more time to infiltrate. A mission's expiration timer starts when it is created, not when it is discovered; most infiltration missions have a base duration of 18 days, which is randomized by a few days each time a mission is created.

Havens each generate "intel points" from having personnel assigned to intel gathering. These points are applied to undiscovered missions in the region at certain update intervals, currently 4 times a day (every 6 hours). Each mission keeps a pool of collected intel points. The difficulty of discovering a certain type of mission is controlled by two numbers: "required intel" and "discovery chance". A mission cannot be detected until you generate intel equal to the "required intel" value. Once the minimum is reached there is a random chance (1/4 of discovery chance) to discover the mission at every update. The probability is based on the mission's "percent chance" stat, multiplied by the number of intel points collected past the required minimum.

In the table below, a basic level-0 resistance member is defined as one "intel point" per day. A level-1 resistance member is worth 1.5 points, a level-2 is worth 2, and the Avenger scanning is worth 4. A scientist assigned as haven liaison adds an extra 20% bonus to the entire haven. Each faceless reduces overall intel point generation by 3/5/6/7% depending on difficulty (regardless of what job the faceless is doing).

{|class="wikitable"
|'''Category'''
!Research!!Data!!VIP!!Prisoners!!Liberation 1
|-
|'''Mission Types'''
|Hacking
|Hacking, Destroy
|Rescue/Extract
|Jailbreak
|Hacking
|-
|'''Required intel''' (points)
|24||1||12||8||22
|-
|'''Discovery Chance''' (per point)
|0.85%||1.75%||0.9%||1.4%||2%
|}

'''Example:''' A haven with six level-0 resistance members and one level-1 assigned to intel, plus a scientist liaison, generates 9 "points" per day. The first mission in the liberation chain spawns. The haven can't detect this mission until it generates 22 points, which takes just under 2.5 days.

One day after that, the haven has an 4.5% chance to detect the mission: it has 9 intel points in the pool (subtracting out the 22 needed for the required intel) times 2 per point, resulting in 18 discovery chance which means you'll have 4.5% chance to detect the mission every 6 hours. One day later, the haven has 18 points and has a 36 discovery chance (9% to detect every 6 hours).

== Types of Missions ==

The type of mission affects a variety of factors: what the primary objective is, what type of rewards will be received, how long the squad has to complete the objective, how strong of a force the enemy will tend to field relative to other missions in the region, whether the squad starts concealed or not, and even where the squad can extract from.

Perhaps the most important factor is whether or not a squad needs to infiltrate or not, and how long the squad has to do it. For more information on infiltration mechanics, see the [[Infiltration (LW2) | Infiltration]] page for details.

=== Guerrilla Operations ===

These missions will generate regularly regardless of ADVENT activity in a region. XCOM will infiltrate some city and complete some useful objective, typically acquiring personnel and/or intel in the process.

* Jailbreak – XCOM must infiltrate an ADVENT jail and rescue 2-4 prisoners. Success will add them to the region's Haven. At least one must be saved for the mission to be a success (any others are optional/extra). ''Concealed Start''.
** Prisoners can be new soldiers if the region already has a large number of rebels.

* Rescue VIP - Two variants;
** XCOM must lead a VIP (a soldier, scientist, or engineer) to the extraction point. ''No concealment''.
** XCOM must secure a vehicle containing the VIP, free them, then lead them to the extraction point. ''Concealed Start''

* Hack a Workstation - XCOM must hack a particular workstation. Awards intel upon completion. ''Concealed Start''.



=== Retaliation Missions ===

Retaliation missions trigger with increasing frequency and severity as XCOM takes action in a particular region and draws attention towards it. Retaliation missions have no infiltration timer. The Haven Advisor of a region, if a soldier, will typically be present at these missions, alongside various resistance personnel outfitted with the basic weapons and equipment that rookie XCOM personnel deploy with.

* Rendezvous: When XCOM rescues or recruits resistance members, there is a chance that they may be Faceless; when Faceless disguised as members of the Resistance is detected as they go to meet with their ADVENT handlers, Resistance personnel from the local haven will deploy to the scene and hunt them down. You will not be able to arm or equip a squad to this mission. XCOM must detect Faceless by stationing a soldier as the Haven advisor. ''Concealed Start''.

* Supply Raid: XCOM must deploy a squad to defend a supply convoy and its Resistance personnel from ADVENT attacks. ''No concealment''.

* Intel Raid: ADVENT attacks a Resistance listening post and XCOM must deploy a squad to defend its equipment and Resistance personnel. ''No concealment''.

* Recruitment Raid: ADVENT forces attack Resistance recruiters within a region. XCOM must deploy a squad and extract those Resistance members. ''No concealment''.

* Full Retaliation: XCOM must defend the Haven and it's Resistance members against an onslaught of ADVENT forces until the Skyranger can get into position for extraction. This mission usually comes in two parts.
** '''Retaliation 1''': This will be a destroy the relay mission but the briefing will state that Advent is searching for the haven and that you need to prevent a '''DATA LEAK'''. Completing this mission keeps the haven safe. (If you don't detect this mission, you go straight to a full retaliation.)
** '''Full retaliation (Retaliation 2)''': XCom must defend the Haven. This mission comes in two different flavours:
:# Many ADVENT in the AO trying to kill members of your resistance haven. You must rush to kill them to save resistance members. This mission will not yield corpses.
:# ADVENT drops unlimited reinforcements and you must rally all resistance members and soldiers to the EVAC zone to save them. This mission will also not yield corpses.

* Region Invasion: ADVENT attempts to retake a liberated region by assaulting a city center. XCOM must destroy a psionic relay that summons continuous reinforcements, then eliminate any remaining forces. ''No concealment''.

=== Liberation Missions ===

As part of its attempts to liberate a region from ADVENT control, XCOM will conduct a set sequence of five operations. The early missions are difficult to detect and the later missions receive an substantial bonus to activity level, over and above the strength value of the region.

* '''Liberation 1:''' Hacking Guerrilla Op. The mission objectives won't actually have the word "liberation" in the title. But you can tell Liberation 1 from the rewards. It will just be a certain amount of Intel (with no listed Intel package). ''Concealed Start''.
* '''Liberation 2:''' Rescue Defector. XCOM must rescue a VIP from a city location and move to the extraction point. ''Not Concealed''.
* '''Liberation 3:''' There are at least 2 possible mission types. Either mission type you get will have "Liberation" as part of the objective. Now do take note, Lib3 will also have an Advent strength bonus (above the regional base) meaning the baseline activity will be a decent amount higher as well as the tech you'll be facing. So go in nice and prepared for this one.
**Dark VIP mission (which seems to be more common) - There is also a high probability that the civilians on the map are Faceless
**Destroy the Relay mission.
* '''Liberation 4''' - Regional Network Tower Liberation: XCOM must deploy to and liberate an advent network tower. This will not expire once unlocked, and is quite difficult. A small squad (up to five soldiers) must hack a console at the far end of the map. Doing so disables the reinforcement timer and stuns all remaining enemies. The mission ends only when there are no remaining enemies, and reinforcements will come rapidly once the alarm is raised. ''Concealed Start''.
* '''Liberation 5''' - ADVENT Facility Assault: XCOM must deploy to and overtake a well-defended ADVENT facility. This will not expire once unlocked, and is quite difficult. ''Concealed Start''.

Note that failing or skipping a liberation mission does not reset the path. You'll just have to detect it again (unless it's the tower or base, which are persistent once you unlock them).

== Collecting Enemy Corpses ==
Long War 2 uses the correct term for military equipment and supplies: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materiel materiel].

Most missions in Long War 2 require you to evacuate and you do not keep the bodies of fallen Advent or Aliens. As corpses are much more valuable in Long War 2 players should make special consideration for missions which do allow them to keep the corpses of fallen foes.

The following mission types allow collection of enemy materiel:
* Ambush troop column: These missions are the only way to actively reduce ADVENT strength in a region.
* Supply convoy ambush: Alloys you to destroy ADVENT troops about to reinforce a region, this prevents ADVENT strength from increasing.
* Invasion
* Rendezvous
* Regional HQ assault

It should be noted that while Smash N Grab missions list Enemy Material as their reward, they no longer allow the collection of corpses from the battlefield. Unlike the five missions listed above, material recovered from Smash N Grabs is not dependent on the state of the battlefield, only on the number of Advent Resource Caches successfully retrieved. The Resource Caches can provide alloys, elerium, elerium cores, or supplies, but not corpses.

===Strategy===
As Vahlen has taught us, explosives destroy all recoverable materiel when delivering the killing blow as both a possible loot drop and the corpse will be destroyed. Flamethrowers also destroy corpses if the initial hit kills the target, though burning damage will leave a collectible corpse and drop timed loot if carried. Consider using the Needle Grenades perk for grenadiers if you are in need of explosives use.

It may be beneficial to sabotage your infiltration percentage to increase the enemy presence if you feel you will be victorious. You are allowed to start any infiltration mission early from the geoscape. Note that enemy readiness will also be boosted if you begin prematurely, increasing their detection range, evac delay, and reinforcements strength.

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Missions (LWOTC)

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ADVENT's Agenda (LWOTC)

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While ADVENT's primary goal of completing the AVATAR Project is the same in LWOTC as the vanilla game, a number of changes have been introduced on how ADVENT (a.k.a. Strategic AI) will achieve its agenda, and how it will react to XCOM's attempts to stop the project. The major difference now is that ADVENT will conduct specific operations, or Activities, on any of the 16 world regions that will result in missions for XCOM. Each Activity has specific requirements and different results, depending on if ADVENT completes the activity or if the Resistance is able to detect and win the missions generated.

== AVATAR Project ==

The AVATAR project's progress is unknown to the player initially but has been increased from 12 to 20 'pips' required before ADVENT can win the game. To uncover the 'Doom Meter', a player must complete a series of missions to [[Missions (LW2)#Liberation Missions|liberate]] a region for the first time.

In order to generate the necessary research to complete the AVATAR project, ADVENT will build facilities throughout the world that will generate additional pips. XCOM can stop this process by either detecting the initial construction missions and winning them, or by assaulting the facility after it is build. However, the detection of an existing alien facility now requires either receiving a Facility Lead as a mission reward, or by the Resistance personnel on the havens generating enough intel.

ADVENT's progress on completing the AVATAR project can be delayed or accelerated by the Global Vigilance/Global Strength (GV/GS) values:
* After 3 Facilities are built, ADVENT will only build additional ones if the GV level isn't too superior to the Global Strength value (not safe to build new installations)
* If the GV is superior to the GS it will also delay by 10 hours the completion of a new 'pip' to the AVATAR progress bar for each 1 point of the difference between the GV/GS values

== ADVENT's Strategy ==

When determining the Activities that it will conduct on any of the 16 world regions to advance its goals, ADVENT's has 3 main variables determining its actions: Force (unit quality), Strength (unit quantity), and Vigilance (alarm caused by Resistance activities). These are further explained below. Each variable can also be expressed as global, reflecting the general situation, or as regional, representing the local values for each of the 16 regions.

===Force Level===

Force represents how powerful the units that ADVENT can deploy during missions. At very low levels, only the most basic unit types (ADVENT troopers, officers, sectoids, vipers, etc.) will be seen, but as force level increases, more powerful (MECs, mutons, archons, etc.) enemies will start to appear. This value has a defined range of 1-20 and it will periodically increase by +1 when ADVENT completes the Activity called 'Scheduled Offworld Reinforcements'. This build-up of more powerful and dangerous units by ADVENT is almost impossible to stop or even delay.

The Scheduled Off World Reinforcements activity appears 21/18/14 days after the start of a campaign, depending on difficulty level. This activity has a cool down period of 16 days, which means that the maximum Force level 20 is reached between 325-316 days after game starts.

====Force Mechanics====
The Force level is always the same for all regions.
* The Force level determines when additional soldiers appear on the Black Market, with the 2nd soldier available when Force level 7 is reached and the 3rd soldier unlocked at level 15, making those appearances as reliable indicators for when those two Force levels are reached, if XCOM hasn't faced those new improved ADVENT units on the field yet.
* The cost of Black Market personnel is also increased by 7.5% for each Force level raise of 1.

====Missions and Force Level====
* A low Force level gives a bonus to the detection of missions at the start of a campaign on Rookie and Veteran difficulties, although this advantage doesn't last long as the Force level gradually increases.
* The Force level for each mission can also be modified by certain ADVENT Activities:
** Scheduled Offworld Reinforcements +1
** Snare +1
** Foothold always generates missions with 18 force level, regardless of the Global Force level
** Rendezvous -2

=== Strength Level===
''Also known as Alert or Alertness''

Strength refers to the number of troops available for ADVENT to use in missions, or to move to between regions by using the Reinforce Activity. ADVENT will also regularly increase its Strength numbers by bringing regularly emergency offworld reinforcements. The Regional Strength (RS) values are on Geoscape on each region's name, as 'ADVENT Strength', and the Global Strength (GS) level is the sum of all RSs and it is displayed as 'ADVENT's Legions' on the Resistance Management tab on the Commander's Quarters on the Avenger.

The RS determines the baseline difficulty regarding the number of ADVENT units encountered on missions in each region: the base level of Strength, plus modifiers such as [[Infiltration_(LW2)|Infiltration]] or specific mission ones, determines the total pod composition and number of enemies the mission will start with, which is partially indicated by the [[Missions_(LW2)#Enemy_Activity_Level|mission activity level]].

While XCOM might be able to contain or even reduce ADVENT's numbers by detecting and winning specific missions, it is impossible to win by trying to reduce Global Strength to a zero - ADVENT can always summon more troops than the Resistance can destroy them, and the AVATAR project will eventually be completed.

====Strength Mechanics====

* All regions start with a Regional Strength of at least 1, except on Legendary where RS is level 2.
* Global Strength starting level is 15/20/30/40 for each difficulty level.
* There are 3 activities that ADVENT uses to create new legions and move them, although all can only appear from April onwards:
** The Reinforce Activity, made by land which results in a Supply Raid if detected by XCOM, will transfer 1 point of Strength level between regions if the activity is completed successfully. ADVENT will not reinforce a region through this method if its Strength level is already 15 or superior.
** The Emergency Offworld Reinforcements Activity is made by a UFO and will raise the Strength level by +1 in the region they take place and also +1 on an adjacent region. Despite its name, this activity happens regularly and has a cool-down period of 14/12/10/8 days depending on the difficulty level.
* The Super Emergency Offworld Reinforcements has a cool-off period of 21 days for all difficulty levels and it will give +2 Strength on the region and +1 Strength on 2 adjacent regions. This activity is triggered when the Global Vigilance exceeds the Global Strength value by 20 points.

====Missions and Strength Level====
* If XCOM detects and prevents the Troop Maneuvers Activity/Mission, will reduce the region's Strength level by +1.
* Liberating a region will destroy up to 4 points of the RS value, but any remaining troops will be distributed by the other regions still under ADVENT's control.
* The Emergency Offworld Reinforcements Activity has a cool-down period of 14/12/10/8 days depending on the difficulty level. It will raise the Strength level by +1 in the region they take place and also +1 on an adjacent region.
* The Super Emergency Offworld Reinforcements has a cool-off period of 21 days for all difficulty levels and it will give +2 Strength on the region and +1 Strength on 2 adjacent regions.
* The Strength level for each mission can also be modified by certain ADVENT Activities:
** Liberation: Rescue a Defector and Liberation: Hinder ADVENT Operations missions have a +3 modifier
** Reinforcements (Supply Raid missions) +3
** Scheduled Offworld Reinforcements (UFO mission) +1
** Emergency Offworld Reinforcements (UFO mission) +1
** Super Emergency Offworld Reinforcements (UFO mission) +2
** Snare +1
** Foothold always generates missions with 12 Strength level, regardless of the Global Strength level
** Rendezvous -2
* Certain ADVENT Activities will also require specific Strength levels (min and/or max) to be activated

=== Vigilance Level===

Vigilance represents ADVENT's concern about XCOM/Resistance activities. This indicator is the most affected by the results of missions, since XCOM's successes will raise regional (and global) Vigilance, which will then trigger additional ADVENT Activities to deal with the Resistance, such as Counterinsurgency which result in Defend/Terror missions. High Vigilance levels will also stop missions from appearing like Jailbreak or free VIPs, as ADVENT increases its security measures on the alarmed region.

====Vigilance Mechanics====

Vigilance is represented by the Global Vigilance (GV) level, consisting of the sum of all Regional Vigilance (RV) levels. This is then converted to Net Global Vigilance by subtracting the Global Strength (GS) level. That is: NetGV = GV - GS. Conceptually, the net global vigilance is a measure of whether the aliens have over-extended by focusing too much on the resistance: high values mean ADVENT is dealing with more problems than they have troops, while low values means ADVENT has plenty of troops to deal with the rebel threat.

Net Global Vigilance is indicated on the Resistance Management tab as 'Global Resistance Threat'. This provides a general range of the net global vigilance, and thus the raw global vigilance (by simple math). These labels correspond to the NetGV level, with each step representing +10 additional Net Global Vigilance:
* Low (NetGV value below -10)
* Guarded (NetGV between -10 and 0)
* Elevated (0 to 10)
** At Elevated and above, i.e. when Net Global Vigilance is above 0, the AVATAR project progresses more slowly. Each point of Net Global Vigilance increases the time to generate a new AVATAR point by 10 hours.
* High (10 to 20)
* Severe (20 to 30)
** At Severe and above, the aliens gain access to a "Super Reinforcements" activity which creates twice as many Strength points.
** The normal reinforcement activity continues to operate, and both types can even target the same region simultaneously.
* Extreme (above 30)

The initial value of the GV is determined randomly at start and it can vary between 16-39 points, and the starting values for each regional RV can vary between 1-4.

'''Additional Information'''
* Regional Vigilance decays automatically by 1 point every 5-9 days (depending on active rebels, minimum 5, +12 hours per active rebel above 5), so if a region is empty of any XCOM activity it will eventually return to a less alarmed status. This decay timer is reset every time XCOM successfully completes a mission in the region. Failed missions have no effect.

====Missions and Vigilance Level====

* XCOM successful missions in a region increase RV by +1, failures have no effect
* If the mission was created by ADVENT's Propaganda Activity, such as a Destroy Monument or Neutralize Target missions, completing it will increase the RV value by +3
* Some missions, like Supply Raids, Troop Maneuvers or Retaliations, will also reduce RV by 1 if completed successfully, cancelling out the automatic RV increase
** XCOM failure on the Retaliation missions will also reduce RV by either 2 or 4 points, depending on the mission
** Success in Troop Maneuvers will decrease RV on the region, but there's a 50% chance of increasing RV by +1 on an adjacent region
* If a region's Vigilance value exceeds the its Strength value, then ADVENT will try to bring additional troops into the region, either through the Reinforce or the Emergency Offworld Reinforcements activities.
* Certain ADVENT Activities will also require specific Vigilance levels (min and/or max) to be activated
* Liberating a region removes all vigilance from the region, increases vigilance by 3 in each adjacent region, and increases it by 1 in every other region.

==ADVENT Activities==

The missions in Long War 2 are defined through ADVENT activities, which are performed by the aliens on each regional to achieve their goals, which will then result in tactical missions, if the alien activity is detected by the Resistance.

Each Activity can have several settings or requirements for it to be activated:
* Priority - weight for mission to be chosen
* Rebel Income - amount of detection collected by rebels with Intel jobs for the mission to be detected
* Detection - daily pct of the mission being detected, once the Rebel Income requirement is achieved
* Force & Strength Modifiers - the effect the activity will have on the ADVENT Regional Force and Strength levels during any mission(s) it generates
* Min/Max Vigilance - the range of Regional Vigilance values required for ADVENT to activate the Activity in a region
* Min/Max Strength - the range of Regional Strength values, as the previous setting
* Mission Tree - the number and sequence of missions generated by the Activity. In some cases (Liberation) it is required to complete the initial missions to unlock the rest of of the missions on the tree, while in other Activities like Invasion, detecting and completing the first mission will prevent the other missions on the tree from taking place.
* Mission Families - the type of missions that can generated (chosen randomly) for each step of the Mission Tree
* Duration - the amount of hours that the mission can be detected, once it is active. After it is detected the remaining time is the time available to infiltrate the mission (if infiltration is possible).
* Evac Modifier - the number of turns added to Skyranger evacuation during missions spawned by this Activity
* Infiltration Modifier - the number of hours added/removed from infiltration requirements for any missions generated by this Activity
* Regional Cooldown - the number of days before this Activity can appear again in a region. Cooldown timer starts when Activity is spawned.

===Activity Tables===



'''Liberation activities''' allow XCOM to free a region from the aliens' control. Every alien-controlled region has a liberation activity present at all times: if the mission expires without being detected (or is attempted and failed) then it will immediately respawn.

<div style="text-align: center;">
{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align: center;"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''AI Activity'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Priority'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Rebel Income'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Discovery'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Strength Modifier'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mission Tree'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mission Families'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Duration (hours)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Infiltration Modifier (hours)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Notes'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Internal Name'''
|-
|Liberation (part 1)||3||110||40||||0||Recover, Hack||216+24|||||| Protect Region Early
|-
|Liberation (part 2)||4||135||35||1||0||Extract, Rescue||192+48||||||Protect Region Mid
|-
| rowspan="3" | Liberation (part 3)|| rowspan="3" | 5|| rowspan="3" | 160|| rowspan="3" | 30|| rowspan="3" | 2 || 0
|Neutralize, Destroy Object|| 192+24||||||rowspan="3"|ProtectRegion
|-
| 1||Assault Network Tower||Infinite||24|| Requires 100% Infiltration
|-
| 2||Assault Alien Base||Infinite|||| Requires 100% Infiltration
|}
</div>

'''Rebel activities (guerilla ops)''' are common missions that help build the resistance. They tend to be easier to detect than other types of activity. Nothing happens when these missions expire so there is no penalty for ignoring them.

Each region can have up to two of these activities at once. Each activity can be present in up to two regions in the world at any given time.

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align: center;"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''AI Activity'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Priority'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Rebel Income'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Discovery'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Force Level Modifier'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Strength Modifier'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Min/Max Vigilance'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Min/Max Strength'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mission Tree'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mission Families'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Duration (hours)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Infiltration Modifier (hours)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Regional Cooldown (days)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Notes'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Internal Name'''
|-
| Protect Data||55||5||35||||||0-12||||0||Hack, Recover, Destroy Object, Rescue, Extract||216+96||||14-19||||
|-
| High Value Prisoner||55||60||18||||||0-6||0-12||0||Extract, Rescue||216+96||||18-24.5||||
|-
| Political Prisoners||55||40||28||||||0-7||0-12||0||Jailbreak||216+96||||14-19||||
|-
| Propaganda||55||20||32||||||0-8||0-6||0||Sabotage CC, Neutralize||216+72||-12||28-45
|style="text-align: left;"|Creates 3 extra Vigilance points.||
|-
| Find Facility Lead||50||120||17||||||0-10||0-10||0||Hack, Recover, Rescue, Extract||216+72||||14-19||||Protect Research
|-
| Logistics||55||90||60||||||||0-12||0||Smash N Grab||216+96||||14-19||||
|-
| Troop Maneuvers||55||20||15*||||||3-15||4-15||0||Troop Maneuvers||216+72||-24||21-28
|style="text-align: left;" |*Extra 0.25% chance per Strength point in region.||
|-
| Snare||26||0||85||1||-1||6+||8+||0||Hack||216+72||||21-32
|style="text-align: left;" |Requires at least one Faceless in region.||
|}

'''Alien progression activities''' advance the aliens' goals or increase their power. These activities tend to be very difficult for XCOM to detect. Completing these missions (if detected) should be a high priority, as this is the only way to slow the aliens' progression.

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align: center;"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''AI Activity'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Priority'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Rebel Income'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Discovery'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Force Level Modifier'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Strength Modifier'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Min/Max Vigilance'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Min/Max Strength'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mission Tree'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mission Families'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Duration (hours)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Evac Modifier'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Infiltration Modifier (hours)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Notes'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Internal Name'''
|-
| Troop Transfer||40||75||3.5||||1||||||0||Supply Line Raid||144+144||||
|style="text-align: left;"|Moves an Strength point between regions.||Reinforce
|-
| rowspan="2" | Add Force Level|| rowspan="2" | 25|| rowspan="2" | 100|| rowspan="2" | 5|| rowspan="2" | 1|| rowspan="2" | 1|| rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | ||0||Recover, Hack||72+96||||
|style="text-align: left;" rowspan="2"|One in the world, 16 day cooldown. Always in the safest alien region (uncontacted, if possible). ||rowspan="2"|ScheduledOffworldReinforcements
|-
| 1||Secure UFO||144+24||||||
|-
| rowspan="2" | Add Troop Strength|| rowspan="2" | 38|| rowspan="2" | 100|| rowspan="2" | 30|| rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | 1|| rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | ||0||Recover, Hack||120+96||||
|style="text-align: left;" rowspan="2" |Creates one Strength point in its region and one in a random adjacent region. ||rowspan="2"| EmergencyOffworldReinforcements
|-
| 1||Secure UFO||144+96||||
|-
| rowspan="2" | Super Add Troop Strength|| rowspan="2" | 37|| rowspan="2" | 80|| rowspan="2" | 34|| rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | 2|| rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | ||0||Recover, Hack||120+96||||
|style="text-align: left;" rowspan="2" |Creates two Strength points in its region and one in each of two adjacent regions. Requires 20+ excess global vigilance. Can target a region that is already receiving a regular Add Troop Strength mission. ||rowspan="2"|SuperEmergencyOffworldReinforcements
|-
| 1||Secure UFO||144+96||||
|-
| Tactical Dark Event Research ||45||95||7||||||3+||0-8||0||Recover, Hack, Destroy Object, Neutralize, Rescue||Varies||||
|style="text-align: left;"|Two in the world. Cannot be in the same region as research facility or other tactical dark event activity.||COINResearch
|-
| Strategic Dark Event Research ||50||65||11||||||3+||3+||0||Recover, Hack, Destroy Object||Varies||||
|style="text-align: left;"|One in the world. Cannot be in the same region as research facility or other strategic dark event activity. ||COINOps
|-
| Build Research Facility||10||850||13||||||0-5||||0||Supply Line Raid||1080+72||||
|style="text-align: left;"|Requires Strength >= Vigilance.||
|-
| Regional Avatar Research||15||colspan="2"|Unlocked by Facility Lead||||||||||||Sabotage||Infinite||3||36
|style="text-align: left;"|Makes Doom||
|}

'''Alien retaliation activities''' directly harm the resistance if not stopped or prevented.

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align: center;"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''AI Activity'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Priority'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Rebel Income'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Discovery'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Force Level Modifier'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Strength Modifier'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Min/Max Vigilance'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Min/Max Strength'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mission Tree'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mission Families'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Duration (hours)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Infiltration Modifier (hours)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Regional Cooldown (days)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Notes'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Internal Name'''
|-
|rowspan="2"| Invasion || rowspan="2" | 15|| 50|| 70 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | ||0||Supply Line Raid||96+96||||36-45
|style="text-align: left;" |Can only occur 21+ days after liberation.|| rowspan="2" |
|-
|colspan="2"|Automatic||1||Invasion||24+0||||||style="text-align: left;"|Success on the first mission skips this one.
|-
|rowspan="2" | Super Invasion|| rowspan="2" | 3|| 0|| 70|| rowspan="2" | always 18 || rowspan="2" | always 12|| rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | ||0||Secure UFO||96+24||-60||||style="text-align: left;"|Requires all regions liberated. 10-16 day global cooldown.||rowspan="2"|Foothold
|-
|colspan="2"|Automatic|| 1||Invasion||24+5||||||style="text-align: left;"|Success on the first mission skips this one.
|-
| rowspan="2" |Haven Defense||rowspan="2" | 30|| 60|| 31 || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" |4+|| rowspan="2" |4+||0||Destroy Object||144+48||||
|style="text-align: left;"|Requires 5+ working rebels.||rowspan="2"| Counterinsurgency
|-
|colspan="2"|Automatic||1||Terror, Defend||24+5||||||style="text-align: left;"|Success on the first mission skips this one
|-
| Intel Raid||41||colspan="2" | Automatic ||||||2+||3+||0||Intel Raid||24+5||||21-28
|style="text-align: left;"|Requires 3+ rebels working on Intel. Faceless count double.||
|-
| Supply Convoy||42||colspan="2" | Automatic||||||1+||4+||0||Supply Convoy||24+5||||21-28
|style="text-align: left;"|Requires 3+ rebels working on Supply. Faceless count double.||
|-
| Recruit Raid||43||colspan="2" | Automatic ||||||2+||4+||0||Recruit Raid||24+5||||25-28
|style="text-align: left;"|Requires 6+ rebels working on Recruit. Faceless count double.||
|}

'''Rendezvous''' is a special activity. Normal rebels don't contribute intel towards the detection of the Rendezvous missions, only soldier advisors do. It's coded as a 2 part mission where you detect the first part (it has the longest duration of any mission) but then the mission immediately moves to the second part which is automatically detected. The final mission is that second part which explain why you never detect Rendezvous with long durations.

{| class="wikitable" width="100%" style="text-align: center;"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''AI Activity'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Rebel Income'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Discovery'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Force Level Modifier'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Strength Modifier'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mission Tree'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Mission Families'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Duration (hours)'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Evac Modifier'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Notes'''
|-
|rowspan="2" | Rendezvous || rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | 2 || rowspan="2" | -2 || rowspan="2" | -2 || 0
| Placeholder || 504+168 || ||style="text-align: left;"|No actual mission, immediately advances to second stage.
|-
| 1 || Rendezvous|| 24+5|| 2||style="text-align: left;"|Automatically detected. Force Level is first halved before applying modifier.
|}

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