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2026-04-23T16:04:34Z

LW Rebalance v2.02

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			== LW Rebalance v2.02.10 - Firebase ==

			Strategic:
			- Architects of the Future reduces lab and workshop costs by 75% (from 100% reduction) - takes it from 4 to 1 instead of 4 to 0, slightly less late game appeal

			Tactical:
			- Firing a rocket after moving triples scatter (from double)

			Perks:
			- Uber perk now also buffs psi lance to deal full standard psionic damage (from half)
			- New Perk Firebase: While in partial cover adjacent to a SHIV: Gain +30% throw range, +1 damage to all weapons and equipment, and an automatic Steady Weapon if idle at the end of the turn.
			- Mechanic now heals if the engineer is steadying or on overwatch as well - Accommodates for Firebase, slight buff

			Equipment:
			- AR Targeter is only equippable on SMGs, ARs, BRs, and Carbines and Holo Sync only applies to non-reaction fire - restriction to focus on rifle on-turn fire (trying not to nerf it but instead just restrict it's power)
			- Drum Mags grants +4 ammo (from +3)
			- Plasma grenade damage to 12 (from 14) and Advanced Launcher damage to 14 (from 15) - Slight tone back in late game grenade strength

			XCOM:
			- Engineer perk Ranger replaced with Firebase - More fitting and less dead

			Aliens:
			- Sectoid Command Lords lose Bring 'Em On - It often felt more frustrating with graze and the LoS gimmicks on xcom's side weren't fun to manipulate
			- Ethreals lose Enthrall - Didn't work well on them, too dichotomous/strong

			Bug Fixes:
			- Fixed a bug where aliens would sometimes fire at XCOM with 0% chance
			- Sectoids and seekers no longer gain an inadvertant +20 aim
			- Ghost should now properly grant +30 crit
			- Typos

	== LW Rebalance v2.02.09 - Painful SHIVs ==		== LW Rebalance v2.02.09 - Painful SHIVs ==

Ucross: /* LW Rebalance v2.02 */

2026-04-14T19:28:52Z

LW Rebalance v2.02

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			== LW Rebalance v2.02.09 - Painful SHIVs ==

			Strategic:
			- Pain difficulty now starts with 1 SHIV
			- Pain difficulty increases the fatigue/injury times of soldiers by 120% (from 140%) - Similar to Impossible

			Tactical:
			- Pain difficulty now starts with 6 units on the first mission (including a SHIV)

			Perks:
			- Panzer Slayer replaced with Ranger Elite: Sidearms deal 1/5th of [Base Aim - 50] extra damage - A more universal upgrade for units, especially doable now that long range sidearms aren't a thing

			Equipment:
			- Alloy Carbide Plating grants 3 armor HP (from 4)
			- Basic/Alloy SHIV armor HP to 8/12 (from 10/14) - Slight tone back in strength/tankiness of early/mid-game SHIVs

			Bug Fixes:
			- Fixed a bug where spawning zombies would sometimes lead to a CTD
			- On The Ready now properly grants combat readiness after shots

	== LW Rebalance v2.02.08 - Softer Hardened ==		== LW Rebalance v2.02.08 - Softer Hardened ==

Ucross at 12:55, 12 April 2026

2026-04-12T12:55:14Z

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			== LW Rebalance v2.02.08 - Softer Hardened ==

			Strategic:
			- Having a satellite shot down increases panic by 8 and 12 in continent and country (from 12/16) - Pushes more of the difficulty into the tac game, makes the strat game slightly more forgiving
			- Roscosmos also grants Stealth Satellites - Buffed

			Tactical:
			- Blitzkrieg increases time by 7% per month (from 5% per month) - a compromise between the last 2 values to give players a little more time in the more complex late game
			- Pressing Esc with Blitzkrieg enabled costs 20s (from 30s)
			- Recently spawned Zombies start with 0 AP and are unprepared - QoL

			Perks:
			- Spec Ops gain double the consumable boost (+6 instead of +3) on explosive grenades - Opens up grenadier spec ops as more reasonable options
			- Master Mechanic grants 20 DR to Eng/SHIV (from 30) - The buff was probably unneeded
			- Saturation Fire grants +25% base damage to shots within 4 tiles and no longer triggers hardened to grant additional DR and no longer grants additional 'hits' - Simplifiation and damage Control already serves this purpose on legit tanky units and shotguns feel good when they counter melee units so the extra DR doesn't feel fun
			- Holo Rounds no longer has double dip - Nerf to drones and the effect of double dip, simplification, helps tanks survive being holo'd easier
			- Ether Slayer (Spec Ops perk) replaced with Heavy Ordnance: explosive grenades gain +x% base damage where x is base aim - 50 - Additional perk for grenadier spec ops
			- Psi Lance does half of standard psi damage (from 100%) - Significant nerf of consistent damage output from ethereals

			Equipment:
			- Battle Rifle crit to 10 (from 0)
			- Shotguns mobility offset to 0 (from -0.6) - Buff to be more competitive vs smgs, helps close range units work with heavier armor
			- AR Targeter no longer grants +25% crit damage but its holo sync doubles the holo'd effect (so it's an additional +10 aim/pen instead of +25 crit) and triple if the user has the holo rounds perk (from +50 crit) - Makes it easier to land shots and penetrate, plus a simplification of complex layering, less overall damage stacking

			Aliens:
			- Drone base aim to 70 (from 65) and penetration to 10 (from 0) - Accommodation for losing holo double dip
			- Berserkers gain 4 HP per AL upgrade (from 3) - Buffed, helps accommodate stronger shotguns

			Bug Fixes:
			- Typos
			- Pyro correctly deals -3 damage (from -4)
			- Fixed a crash to desktop that could occur with exalt missions and spec ops

	== LW Rebalance v2.02.07 - Baby Lids ==		== LW Rebalance v2.02.07 - Baby Lids ==

Ucross: /* LW Rebalance v2.02 */

2026-04-01T20:41:05Z

LW Rebalance v2.02

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			== LW Rebalance v2.02.07 - Baby Lids ==

			Strategic:
			- Exalt missions are a little easier on brutal and lower difficulties

			Perks:
			- Ranger grants +3 damage to sidearms (from +2) and +20 aim, but throw range reduced to 10% (from 20%) - Should be not too OP and encourage close-range sidearm use, makes the perk less about throw range
			- Pyro lowers flamethrower damage by 3 (from 4) - Accommodation for flamethrower change
			- Dash and Bash grants +50% KSM base damage (from 30%)
			- Onslaught no longer grants +3 armor HP
			- One For All grants 20% DR (from 15%)
			- Iron Skin grants +10% DR (from +5)
			- Magnum grants +50% base damage (from +60%) - Slight nerf, balance vs other sniper types and accommodation for passthrough being stronger than it's original meme status
			- Guardian grants +1 ammo (from +2)
			- Brawler now only works if idle and on the first instance of damage each turn - Makes it a lot easier to deal with on enemies

			Equipment:
			- Flamethrower damage to 7 and range to 9 (from 8 and 10 respectively)
			- Incinerator grants +2 damage (from +4) but weighs 0 (from 0.6)
			- Motion Tracker charges to 2 (from 3) and weight to 0.6 (from weightless) - Was used a little too frequently

			Aliens:
			- Chyrssalid base damage to 4 (from 5)
			- Chryssalid base defense to 0 (from 20) - Brings non-aoe 100% hit weapons back into play as a reasonable way to counter lids and makes them less of an outlier in threat level

			Bug Fixes:
			- Ordering new interceptors should show the correct predicted cost (including extra storage fees)
			- Fixed a bug where squad XO sometimes wouldn't work
			- Exalt leaders should now have proper acroynms for their names
			- Strangle now correctly sets injury status
			- Fixed some inaccurate DR/Crit Resist values on SHIVs
			- Burst should correctly color purple with double tap active
			- Kinetic Blast does the proper amount of damage now
			- Improved some of the berserk code so that it might bug out a little less

	== LW Rebalance v2.02.06 - Big White ==		== LW Rebalance v2.02.06 - Big White ==

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2026-03-16T02:43:12Z

LW Rebalance v2.02.06 - Big White

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	- Waffenmeister grants +25 pen to all shots (from +15)		- Waffenmeister grants +25 pen to all shots (from +15)
	- We have ways reduces interrogation/autopsy time by 70% (from 50%)		- We have ways reduces interrogation/autopsy time by 70% (from 50%)
	~~- Special Air Service grants 8 aim (from 10)~~
	- Red Army Repairs upgrades engineers auto-heals on adjacent SHIVs to 35% (from 45%)		- Red Army Repairs upgrades engineers auto-heals on adjacent SHIVs to 35% (from 45%)
	- Advanced Conversion grants +1.3 base mobility, +5 base HP, +10 base aim, +20 base will, and +5 base DR (from +2.0 base mobility, +10 base HP, +10 base aim, +30 base will, and +5 base DR)		- Advanced Conversion grants +1.3 base mobility, +5 base HP, +10 base aim, +20 base will, and +5 base DR (from +2.0 base mobility, +10 base HP, +10 base aim, +30 base will, and +5 base DR)

Ucross: /* LW Rebalance v2.02 */

2026-03-16T02:39:42Z

LW Rebalance v2.02

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			== LW Rebalance v2.02.06 - Big White ==

			Strategic:
			- Forever War makes Alien Level cap out at AL14 - Makes the mode somewhat reasonable
			- Mind and Machine makes psionic training 50% faster (instead of Aegis Initiative) - Feels more appropriate
			- Wealth of Nations grants 20% increased funding (from 17%)

			Country Start Balance:
			- Soviet Zeal grants 50% more mission xp (from 35%)
			- Their Finest Hour grants 3 interceptors (from 2)
			- Waffenmeister grants +25 pen to all shots (from +15)
			- We have ways reduces interrogation/autopsy time by 70% (from 50%)
			- Special Air Service grants 8 aim (from 10)
			- Red Army Repairs upgrades engineers auto-heals on adjacent SHIVs to 35% (from 45%)
			- Advanced Conversion grants +1.3 base mobility, +5 base HP, +10 base aim, +20 base will, and +5 base DR (from +2.0 base mobility, +10 base HP, +10 base aim, +30 base will, and +5 base DR)
			- Demolition Doctrine grants +1 damage and +20 pen (from +2 damage and +20 pen)
			- Jai Vidwan increases research speed by 30% (from 20%)
			- Legionnaire Precision grants 20 aim/crit (from 30)

			Tactical:
			- Combat Ready now extends the bleedout timer on any downed units by 1 turn - QoL
			- Mind Merging sectoids will now have an arrow identifying their position - QoL

			Perks:
			- Telekinetic Field grants 20 defense (from 15)
			- Breacher deals +35% damage and +35 pen (from +50% damage) - Makes it more effective at dealing with hardened enemies
			- Psi Inspiration cooldown reduced to 2 (from 4) and grants +10 aim (from +5) but no longer grants defense, graze, or psionic damage resistance - Focus offensively and simplification
			- Kinetic Blast deals 5 + will/30 damage with no pen (from 2 + will/20 damage with 100 pen) and no longer buffs explosives - Buffed and makes it more obvious it's not psionic and makes it purely active, also stops pigeon holing explosive psionics into only kinetic blast
			- Inner Fire grants 2 mobility, 2 HP regen and 20% throw range - Reversion of previous buff, it was likely too stacked

			Equipment:
			- Psi Boost and Adv Psi Boost now also boosts kinetic blast and Rift by 1 and 2, respectively
			- Bulletstorm is back to 25% (from 35%) - Tones back strength of gunners (both XCOM and Exalt)
			- Alien Grenade deals 9 damage (from 8) and Plasma Grenades deal 14 damage (from 12)
			- Grenade Launcher deals 10 damage (from 8) and Advanced Launcher deals 15 (from 12)
			- Gravity Mines deal 20 damage (from 16)
			- Flamethrower weight to 1.3 (from 0.6) - It's pretty strong and while fun was pushing the OP limit a little

			Aliens:
			- Chryssalids have 0 base DR (from 10) and gain 2 HP per AL upgrade (from 3)
			- Heavy Floaters and Muton Elites have 20 base will (from 10) - helps resist psi panic
			- Floater base will to 10 (from 5)
			- Thinman base will to 20 (from 10)
			- Muton Berserker base will to 30 (from 10)

			Bug Fixes:
			- Jump start (second wave option) now correctly starts at the appropriate research rate
			- Exalt Elite Vanguard no longer have dense smoke
			- Kinetic Blast now accurately determines flanking of the target or not
			- Hit and Run triggers now allows for all officer abilities to be used
			- Fixed Squad XO sometimes being inconsistent with application
			- Prevented a crash to desktop when using really large barracks with super soldier option on longer missions
			- Exalt missions now properly and reliably set the reserve time on mission start for blitzkrieg
			- Legionnaire Precision properly grants crit

	== LW Rebalance v2.02.05 - Fervor ==		== LW Rebalance v2.02.05 - Fervor ==

Ucross: /* LW Rebalance v2.02.05 - Fervor */

2026-03-07T18:23:33Z

LW Rebalance v2.02.05 - Fervor

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	- Agile no longer has an exception for pistols and shotguns - Simplification and makes lids harder to deal with upclose		- Agile no longer has an exception for pistols and shotguns - Simplification and makes lids harder to deal with upclose
	- Ordnance Barrage no longer grants additional item charges		- Ordnance Barrage no longer grants additional item charges
	- Acid Tech has a 6 HP cap (from 8)		- Acid Tech has a 5 HP cap (from 8)
	- Mind Merge grants 50% graze (from 30%) - Reverted		- Mind Merge grants 50% graze (from 30%) - Reverted
	- Distortion grants 100 crit resist (from 90) - It is not just an SC/ethereal buff, but also a nice round number, everyone likes round numbers (do not pretend you do not)		- Distortion grants 100 crit resist (from 90) - It is not just an SC/ethereal buff, but also a nice round number, everyone likes round numbers (do not pretend you do not)

Ucross: /* LW Rebalance v2.02 */

2026-03-07T18:14:36Z

LW Rebalance v2.02

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	= LW Rebalance v2.02 =		= LW Rebalance v2.02 =

			== LW Rebalance v2.02.05 - Fervor ==

			Strategic:
			- Shaped armor grants +20 pen to the KSM (from +25)
			- Reduced the percent of Very Large UFOs on Research/Harvest missions by ~70% (replaced with large) - Makes the late game missions less of a slog

			Tactical:
			- Added a wonderful new feature where aliens that do not have squadsight that can see XCOM but XCOM can't see them will attempt to move before shooting at XCOM - Could eliminate all those times an 'invisible' alien shoots at XCOM and XCOM can't retaliate
			- Blitz time per month passed increases by 5% (from 10%) - The extra time per turn was enough and the 10% was too long
			- Spec Ops gain +3 items charges (from +2) but no longer gain an additional with each rank - It was a little too much at +7 which was quite reasonable to reach for multiple units, even at +3 you can get very high amounts
			- Psi Boost and Adv Psi Boost and Kinetic Blast now boost the damage of all explosives (from just grenades) - Rocketeer buff

			Perks:
			- Acidic now only applies during the alien turn - Means pursuit and skitter doesn't trigger it, makes Chyrssalids a little easier to deal with
			- New perk replacing mind merge on psi tree: Fervor - Grants the user +5 will per enemy in sight - Mind Merge had such a huge frustration with not being able to work on psionically active units that could not be fixed
			- Guardian grants +2 ammo (from +1) - Slight buff and opens up easier use of the battle rifle
			- Dense Smoke grants +20 defense and no crit immunity (from +30 defense and crit immunity) - Probably long-over due tone back on it's strength to really shut down enemy turns, especially with the engineer being much stronger due to SHIV tanking
			- Holo Rounds grants +10 aim/pen (from +15 and +10) and double on previously holo'd targets, and the double does not apply to SHIVs - Significant tone back so it's not so mandatory on all trees
			- Shock and Awe increases shred applications by 50% - Buff to mid-late game shred-capability of rocketeers
			- Agile no longer has an exception for pistols and shotguns - Simplification and makes lids harder to deal with upclose
			- Ordnance Barrage no longer grants additional item charges
			- Acid Tech has a 6 HP cap (from 8)
			- Mind Merge grants 50% graze (from 30%) - Reverted
			- Distortion grants 100 crit resist (from 90) - It is not just an SC/ethereal buff, but also a nice round number, everyone likes round numbers (do not pretend you do not)
			- Psi Inspiration also grants +5 aim - Slight offensive buff

			Equipment:
			- Shotguns no longer have a -20 aim malus - Significant buff to their use overall
			- Thumper grants +20 pen (from +25)
			- Acid Grenade range to 8 (from 10) - requires a little more offensive positioning to use well
			- AR Targeter weighs 0.6 (from weightless)
			- Psi Grenade radius to 3 (from 2.0) - Significant buff to area

			Aliens:
			- Chyrssalid defense to 20 (from 30) - Overall with agile change makes them slighter easier to hit at range, and harder up close, takes the focus off shotgun/pistols
			- Drone aim to 65 (from 60)
			- Sectopod aim to 100 (from 90) - Makes it a little more likely to land shots on high defense units
			- Cyberdisc base damage to 10 (from 8)
			- Cyberdiscs gain +1 damage per AL upgrade (from 0.5)
			- Sectoid Commanders gain 2 HP and 10 will per AL upgrade (from 1 and 7) - Increase in later game difficulty
			- Ethereal/Uber base will to 120/140 (from 100/120)
			- Chyrssalid Hive Queen/Empress gains 40/50 will (from 0/10) - Makes them more resistant to being shutdown by psionics, especially panic
			- Heavy Floater leaders gain 30/60/90 will (from 0/30/60) - Same as above
			- Mechtoid mobility to 7.3 (from 8) but aim to 80 (from 70) - Helps keep them impactful while preventing as much run up and flank activity which felt unfair and random

			Bug Fixes:
			- Bulletstorm now properly triggers
			- Blitzkrieg timer now works properly on scuttle rushes
			- Blitzkrieg timer no longer interferes with Exalt mission objectives
			- Save and Reloads on Blitz no longer reset the reserve timer randomly
			- Exalt missions now properly start with turn time on Blitz
			- Tried to prevent a possible bug that would unequip the leather jacket on Spec Ops
			- Updated the Linux Bash 2 install file
			- Fixed a crash when attempting to revive a soldier
			- Uxmal properly caps out at 30% reduction
			- MI6 light armor defense bonus works properly during reaction fire
			- Typos

	== LW Rebalance v2.02.04 - Saab Gripen ==		== LW Rebalance v2.02.04 - Saab Gripen ==

Ucross: /* LW Rebalance v2.02 */

2026-02-26T16:21:30Z

LW Rebalance v2.02

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			== LW Rebalance v2.02.04 - Saab Gripen ==

			Strategic:
			- Cleaned up the finance screen a little
			- Intereceptor/Firestorm cost to 300/500 (from 500/700) - Significant decrease in difficulty of expansion and overall another credit influx into XCOM
			- Satellite cost to 250 (from 350) - same as above
			- Starting credits decreased by 400 on all starts - Accommodates cheaper aircraft/satellite costs

			Tactical:
			- Blitz grants 10% extra time per month passed (from 5%) - Simply late game just ramps up the required thought more than just 5% per month
			- Blitz grants +8s per turn regardless of active aliens - Makes it easier to deal with smaller number of aliens within the time limit
			- Blitz now has an active clock on the objectives list - QoL

			Perks:
			- Ready For Anything grants +10 aim on reaction fire if the unit has not moved - Buffed for stationary turret type fire

			Equipment:
			- Bulletstorm no longer works with reaction shots - Tone back on strength of OW Gunner
			- Bulletstorm has a 35% chance to hit each target (from 25%) - Buffed

			Aliens:
			- Exalt Vanguards/Exalt Elite Vanguards regain Grit but lose 2/4 base HP - The native code wills it so they shall have it
			- Muton Elites lose 0.6 mobility - Makes them a little less mobile thematically
			- Sectopod base damage to 18 (from 16) - Slight buff

			Bug Fixes:
			- Corrosion popup only occurs on visible units
			- Spec Ops now promote correctly after rank 4 on VLW and ELW
			- Brawler no longer works against some melee attacks
			- Units now permastuck in the medbay with no more wound time will be unstuck
			- Typos

	== LW Rebalance v2.02.03 - Dangerous Bugs ==		== LW Rebalance v2.02.03 - Dangerous Bugs ==

Ucross: /* LW Rebalance v2.02 */

2026-02-25T02:06:35Z

LW Rebalance v2.02

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			== LW Rebalance v2.02.03 - Dangerous Bugs ==

			Perks:
			- Danger Zone grants 60% of standard shot damage vs flier (from 80% and a normal value of 40%) - Probably a little too strong previously

			Bug Fixes:
			- Typos
			- Adding and removing soldiers on a mission no longer sometimes clears their fatigue
			- Blitz timer no longer auto ends the turn when the player is out of reserve time
			- Danger Zone now buffs suppressive fire to do more damage vs fliers (instead of non-fliers)
			- Attempted to improve the slower scrolling through items lists on soldier loadouts so that it works more often

	== LW Rebalance v2.02.02 - Dangerous Blitz ==		== LW Rebalance v2.02.02 - Dangerous Blitz ==