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Ucross: /* List of Second Wave Options */

2026-03-16T02:40:09Z

List of Second Wave Options

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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Forever War		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Forever War
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Gollop cannot be built and the game cannot be won. Alien Level acceleration does not occur. Soldiers, their salaries, and SHIVs are half price.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Gollop cannot be built and the game cannot be won. Alien Level acceleration does not occur and Alien Level stops at AL14. Soldiers, their salaries, and SHIVs are half price.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| This option will make the game actually impossible.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| This option will make the game actually impossible.
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Ucross: /* List of Second Wave Options */

2026-03-07T18:15:24Z

List of Second Wave Options

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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies + 2) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies + 2) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 10% per month passed. Pressing Escape or loading a save game costs 30s of time.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 5% per month passed. Pressing Escape or loading a save game costs 30s of time.
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Ucross: /* List of Second Wave Options */

2026-02-26T16:25:07Z

List of Second Wave Options

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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies + 2) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 5% per month passed. Pressing Escape or loading a save game costs 30s of time.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 10% per month passed. Pressing Escape or loading a save game costs 30s of time.
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Ucross: /* List of Second Wave Options */

2026-02-23T14:29:06Z

List of Second Wave Options

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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 5% per month passed.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 5% per month passed. Pressing Escape or loading a save game costs 30s of time.
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Lorthos at 21:31, 29 November 2025

2025-11-29T21:31:52Z

Ucross: /* List of Second Wave Options */

2025-11-23T03:12:47Z

List of Second Wave Options

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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 5s per active unit (enemies and allies) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 5% per month passed.
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Ucross at 03:01, 23 November 2025

2025-11-23T03:01:01Z

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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| ~~Wear and Tear~~		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Forever War
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| ~~Items carried by soldiers will sometimes wear out after missions~~ and ~~require repair~~, ~~even if the soldier isn't injured~~.\|\|		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Gollop cannot be built and the game cannot be won. Alien Level acceleration does not occur. Soldiers, their salaries, and SHIVs are half price.
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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Super Soldiers		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Super Soldiers
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Soldiers can be genetically modified, psionically trained, and officers all at once.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Soldiers can be genetically modified, psionically trained, special operatives, and officers all at once.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Except Neural Damping is incompatible with psionic training.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Except Neural Damping is incompatible with psionic training.
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Lorthos at 12:23, 28 September 2025

2025-09-28T12:23:19Z

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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| ~~Training Roulette~~		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Keep Calm and Carry On
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| ~~Each soldier's training tree will be partially randomly generated. Does not affect MECs~~.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| All world-wide panic is reduced by half.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| ~~Some perks for some classes stay fixed~~.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| This option will make the game significantly easier.
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Ucross: /* List of Second Wave Options */

2025-09-26T12:58:32Z

List of Second Wave Options

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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| ~~Save Scum~~		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Sneaky CR
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| ~~Loading~~ a ~~save game will reset the random number seed, so taking an identical action may yield different results~~.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Adds Sneak Mode (aliens hide on reveal and when out of sight) and gives aliens Combat Readiness when they start a turn without view of XCOM to difficulties below Impossible.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| ~~In LWR~~, ~~some abilities always yield different results~~.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Gives the options for those features to Easy, Classic, and Brutal.
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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| ~~Hidden Trees~~		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Fresh Reward Soldiers
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| ~~You cannot see perk options for ranks a given soldier has not~~ attained.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Reward soldiers attained throughout the campaign will be replaced with random recruits of an appropriate rank.
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Lorthos at 00:06, 9 August 2025

2025-08-09T00:06:26Z

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	\| style="text-align: center;" \| 13		\| style="text-align: center;" \| 13
	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Forever War		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Forever War
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Gollop cannot be built and the game cannot be won. Alien Level acceleration does not occur. Soldiers, their salaries, and SHIVs are half price.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Gollop cannot be built and the game cannot be won. Alien Level acceleration does not occur and Alien Level stops at AL14. Soldiers, their salaries, and SHIVs are half price.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| This option will make the game actually impossible.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| This option will make the game actually impossible.
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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies + 2) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies + 2) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 10% per month passed. Pressing Escape or loading a save game costs 30s of time.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 5% per month passed. Pressing Escape or loading a save game costs 30s of time.
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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies + 2) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 5% per month passed. Pressing Escape or loading a save game costs 30s of time.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 10% per month passed. Pressing Escape or loading a save game costs 30s of time.
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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 5% per month passed.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 5% per month passed. Pressing Escape or loading a save game costs 30s of time.
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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| New Economy		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| New Economy
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The funding offered by individual council members is randomized.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The funding offered by individual council members is randomized.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| [[Second Wave (EU2012)#New_Economy\|~~Same as in~~ vanilla EU]].		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Same as in [[Second Wave (EU2012)#New_Economy\|vanilla EU]].
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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Sneaky CR		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Sneaky CR
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Adds Sneak Mode (aliens hide on reveal and when out of sight) and gives aliens Combat Readiness when they start a turn without view of XCOM to difficulties below Impossible.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Adds [[Other_Abilities_(LWR)#Hidden Movement\|Sneak Mode]] (aliens hide on reveal and when out of sight) and gives aliens Combat Readiness when they start a turn without view of XCOM to difficulties below Impossible.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Gives the options for those features to Easy, Classic, and Brutal.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Gives the options for those features to Easy, Classic, and Brutal.
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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Absolutely Critical		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Absolutely Critical
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Flanking shots receive +100 bonus (instead of +50) to critical hit chances.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Flanking shots receive +100 bonus (instead of +50) to critical hit chances.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| ~~Unchanged from Vanilla EW~~.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Same as in [[Second Wave (EU2012)#Absolutely Critical\|vanilla EU]].
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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Forever War		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Forever War
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Gollop cannot be built and the game cannot be won. Alien Level acceleration does not occur. Soldiers, their salaries, and SHIVs are half price.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| Gollop cannot be built and the game cannot be won. Alien Level acceleration does not occur. Soldiers, their salaries, and SHIVs are half price.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \|		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| This option will make the game actually impossible.
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	\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg		\| style="text-align: center; padding: 10px 15px;" \| Blitzkrieg
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 5s per active unit (enemies and allies) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| You will have 4s per active unit (enemies and allies) to complete each turn with a reserve time of 4 minutes and every enemy activated increases the active/reserve timer by +4s/+16s (these values are dgc.ini adjustable). Changing game speed is disabled.
	\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 5% per month passed.		\| style="padding: 10px 15px;" \| The timer is paused during voice-overs, cinematics, or when the active unit is performing an action. All time is increased by 5% per month passed.
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