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Riw: /* Exalt Missions */

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Exalt Missions

Riw at 17:20, 18 July 2020

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	This covers anecdotal or general concepts and tips that might not fit into any other place, usually just player specific styles or advice that might help you during the tactical combat.		This covers anecdotal or general concepts and tips that might not fit into any other place, usually just player specific styles or advice that might help you during the tactical combat.

Riw at 18:17, 14 July 2020

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			<div style="padding: 20px 15px 0 0;">{{Header (Long War)}}</div>
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	This covers anecdotal or general concepts and tips that might not fit into any other place, usually just player specific styles or advice that might help you during the tactical combat.		This covers anecdotal or general concepts and tips that might not fit into any other place, usually just player specific styles or advice that might help you during the tactical combat.

Riw: improve structure

2017-07-10T17:32:15Z

improve structure

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3q4tgewggadsgas at 22:53, 17 March 2017

2017-03-17T22:53:51Z

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	'''Alien AI tendency to shoot'''<br>		'''Alien AI tendency to shoot'''<br>
	if the ~~accuracy~~ to a soldier is ~~very~~ high, chance ~~of shot~~ to ~~him~~ is very very high.(~~the~~ flanked, SHIV, MEC)<br>		if the alien's chance to hit a soldier is high, the chance to shoot them is very very high.(flanked soldiers, SHIV, MEC)<br>
	if a soldier's current HP is low~~, so he can~~ be killed by one shot, chance of ~~shot to him is~~ increased.<br>		if a soldier's current HP is low enough to be killed in one shot, chance of shooting them increased.<br>
	if a soldier is using suppression burst, chance ~~of shot~~ to ~~him~~ is increased ~~a lot~~.<br>		if a soldier is using suppression burst, the chance to shoot them is increased significantly.<br>
	if the ~~accuracy~~ to a soldier is higher than others, chance ~~of shot~~ to ~~him~~ is increased.(you can use Reinforced Armor for tanking purpose because Reinforced armor lower defense)		if the alien's chance to hit a soldier is higher than others, the chance to shoot them is increased.(you can use Reinforced Armor for tanking purpose because Reinforced armor lower defense)

	==Perk Mechanics==		==Perk Mechanics==

Riw at 12:28, 23 May 2016

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			==General Advice & Tips for the Tactical Layer==

	=General Advice & Tips for the Tactical Layer=

	This covers anecdotal or general concepts and tips that might not fit into any other place, usually just player specific styles or advice that might help you during the tactical combat.		This covers anecdotal or general concepts and tips that might not fit into any other place, usually just player specific styles or advice that might help you during the tactical combat.

Hazardass at 04:27, 26 February 2016

2016-02-26T04:27:58Z

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	'''Meld.'''<br>		'''Meld.'''<br>
	It is not worth potentially losing valuable soldiers to recover meld. If it's in a good place to grab, then by all means. If not don't waste a soldiers well-being on it. Also, the better you are doing, the less Meld you receive, so don't worry about missing it. Meld becomes increasingly necessary in the late game. In addition to meld canisters, meld is gained at an automatic rate of 0.4 alien corpse brought home from a mission (rounded down). Mechtoid and floater/H.floater corpses also provide higher fractional meld amounts. <br>		It is not worth potentially losing valuable soldiers to recover meld. If it's in a good place to grab, then by all means. If not don't waste a soldiers well-being on it. Also, the better you are doing, the less Meld you receive, so don't worry about missing it. Meld becomes increasingly necessary in the late game. In addition to meld canisters, meld is gained at an automatic rate of 0.4 alien corpse brought home from a mission (rounded down). Mechtoid and floater/H.floater corpses also provide higher fractional meld amounts. <br>
	Rushing the meld canisters can be risky, one strategy is to get in sight of the meld canister and then wait and see what kind of sound it's making. Meld canisters only expire the turn after they are chirping at a frequency faster than 1/sec (once per second). More precisely, it will chirp at a rate of about 6 times every 5 seconds, or 1.25/sec. Listening to the canisters can thus help you gauge how aggressively you need to act. Put the camera to 'terrain gliding' with F9, and look around when starting a mission: you may catch the movement of the canister's 'turret' if you look for a bit (<u>Note</u>: this is only possible with 'Recon' option enabled in Second Wave). On ''top'' of UFOs is a common place (and are easy to spot in this method), so if you do not have a way to access them, consider them a write-off and take your time, unless you think you can rush to complete the mission before it goes off.		Rushing the meld canisters can be risky, one strategy is to get in sight of the meld canister and then wait and see what kind of sound it's making. Meld canisters only expire the turn after they are chirping at a frequency faster than 1/sec (once per second). More precisely, it will chirp at a rate of about 6 times every 5 seconds, or 1.2/sec. Listening to the canisters can thus help you gauge how aggressively you need to act. Put the camera to 'terrain gliding' with F9, and look around when starting a mission: you may catch the movement of the canister's 'turret' if you look for a bit (<u>Note</u>: this is only possible with 'Recon' option enabled in Second Wave). On ''top'' of UFOs is a common place (and are easy to spot in this method), so if you do not have a way to access them, consider them a write-off and take your time, unless you think you can rush to complete the mission before it goes off.

	'''Corrosive Attraction'''<br>		'''Corrosive Attraction'''<br>

Hazardass: updated rate of meld oscillation when it's about to expire

2016-02-26T04:26:57Z

updated rate of meld oscillation when it's about to expire

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	'''Meld.'''<br>		'''Meld.'''<br>
	It is not worth potentially losing valuable soldiers to recover meld. If it's in a good place to grab, then by all means. If not don't waste a soldiers well-being on it. Also, the better you are doing, the less Meld you receive, so don't worry about missing it. Meld becomes increasingly necessary in the late game. In addition to meld canisters, meld is gained at an automatic rate of 0.4 alien corpse brought home from a mission (rounded down). Mechtoid and floater/H.floater corpses also provide higher fractional meld amounts. <br>		It is not worth potentially losing valuable soldiers to recover meld. If it's in a good place to grab, then by all means. If not don't waste a soldiers well-being on it. Also, the better you are doing, the less Meld you receive, so don't worry about missing it. Meld becomes increasingly necessary in the late game. In addition to meld canisters, meld is gained at an automatic rate of 0.4 alien corpse brought home from a mission (rounded down). Mechtoid and floater/H.floater corpses also provide higher fractional meld amounts. <br>
	Rushing the meld canisters can be risky, one strategy is to get in sight of the meld canister and then wait and see what kind of sound it's making. Meld canisters only expire the turn after they are chirping at a frequency ~~of approximately~~ 1/sec (once per second). Listening to the canisters can thus help you gauge how aggressively you need to act. Put the camera to 'terrain gliding' with F9, and look around when starting a mission: you may catch the movement of the canister's 'turret' if you look for a bit (<u>Note</u>: this is only possible with 'Recon' option enabled in Second Wave). On ''top'' of UFOs is a common place (and are easy to spot in this method), so if you do not have a way to access them, consider them a write-off and take your time, unless you think you can rush to complete the mission before it goes off.		Rushing the meld canisters can be risky, one strategy is to get in sight of the meld canister and then wait and see what kind of sound it's making. Meld canisters only expire the turn after they are chirping at a frequency faster than 1/sec (once per second). More precisely, it will chirp at a rate of about 6 times every 5 seconds, or 1.25/sec. Listening to the canisters can thus help you gauge how aggressively you need to act. Put the camera to 'terrain gliding' with F9, and look around when starting a mission: you may catch the movement of the canister's 'turret' if you look for a bit (<u>Note</u>: this is only possible with 'Recon' option enabled in Second Wave). On ''top'' of UFOs is a common place (and are easy to spot in this method), so if you do not have a way to access them, consider them a write-off and take your time, unless you think you can rush to complete the mission before it goes off.

	'''Corrosive Attraction'''<br>		'''Corrosive Attraction'''<br>

Hazardass: /* General Advice & Tips for the Tactical Layer */ updated Meld info to reflect changes in Beta 15e

2016-02-07T18:01:26Z

General Advice & Tips for the Tactical Layer: updated Meld info to reflect changes in Beta 15e

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	'''Meld.'''<br>		'''Meld.'''<br>
	It is not worth potentially losing valuable soldiers to recover meld. If it's in a good place to grab, then by all means. If not don't waste a soldiers well-being on it. Also, the better you are doing, the less Meld you receive, so don't worry about missing it. Meld becomes increasingly necessary in the late game. In addition to meld canisters, meld is gained at an automatic rate of 0.4 alien corpse brought home from a mission (rounded down). Mechtoid and floater/H.floater corpses also provide higher fractional meld amounts. <br>		It is not worth potentially losing valuable soldiers to recover meld. If it's in a good place to grab, then by all means. If not don't waste a soldiers well-being on it. Also, the better you are doing, the less Meld you receive, so don't worry about missing it. Meld becomes increasingly necessary in the late game. In addition to meld canisters, meld is gained at an automatic rate of 0.4 alien corpse brought home from a mission (rounded down). Mechtoid and floater/H.floater corpses also provide higher fractional meld amounts. <br>
	Rushing the meld canisters can be risky, one strategy is to get in sight of the meld canister and then wait and see what kind of sound it's making. Meld canisters only expire the turn after they are chirping at a frequency of approximately 1/sec (once per second). Listening to the canisters can thus help you gauge how aggressively you need to act. Put the camera to 'terrain gliding' with F9, and look around when starting a mission: you may catch the movement of the canister's 'turret' if you look for a bit. On ''top'' of UFOs is a common place (and are easy to spot in this method), so if you do not have a way to access them, consider them a write-off and take your time, unless you think you can rush to complete the mission before it goes off.		Rushing the meld canisters can be risky, one strategy is to get in sight of the meld canister and then wait and see what kind of sound it's making. Meld canisters only expire the turn after they are chirping at a frequency of approximately 1/sec (once per second). Listening to the canisters can thus help you gauge how aggressively you need to act. Put the camera to 'terrain gliding' with F9, and look around when starting a mission: you may catch the movement of the canister's 'turret' if you look for a bit (<u>Note</u>: this is only possible with 'Recon' option enabled in Second Wave). On ''top'' of UFOs is a common place (and are easy to spot in this method), so if you do not have a way to access them, consider them a write-off and take your time, unless you think you can rush to complete the mission before it goes off.

	'''Corrosive Attraction'''<br>		'''Corrosive Attraction'''<br>

Xuncu: /* Missions */

2016-01-07T05:53:18Z

Missions

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	'''Site Recon'''<br>		'''Site Recon'''<br>
	There's a ton more chryssalids in the Long War iteration of this mission: naturally, bring many explosives, and bring soldiers that can either hit hard or hit twice. Expect the bugs to try to overrun you right from the get-go, so manage your ammo carefully, so there's always at least half your squad ready to fire or go into overwatch. As cover doesn't matter anyways, place your soldiers in lines so the first chryssalid (often the pod leader, with Rapid Reaction) doesn't activate all the overwatches, but as each one is slowed by the reaction shot "bullet time," the rest of the pack members get attacked in sequence. Beware, however, of never taking cover, as there is ~~a single~~ pod of ~~thin men~~ on the map. Don't place soldiers near the guardrail of the upper elevation, as many of the packs will come from the docks proper, and it'll do you no good if any are hiding in the shadow of the ledge: having the forward soldier (whom the chryssalids will most often swarm around) away from the edge will make them all swarm at least on the same level, and in a convenient grouping for grenades, rockets, flamethrowers, and bullets/lasers/plasma. Don't forget to blow up those large fish, lest they hatch more bugs on your way back. If you've managed to get the Alien Grenades (Muton Autopsy) Research/Foundry projects done, Alien and the upgraded AP grenades are supremely helpful. If you got some to spare when you reach the boat: take out a few of it's walls on the starboard side, so your Squadsight Snipers can perch a ways away and hit the emerging chryssalids and cover the rest of Strike 1's retreat.		There's a ton more chryssalids in the Long War iteration of this mission: naturally, bring many explosives, and bring soldiers that can either hit hard or hit twice. Expect the bugs to try to overrun you right from the get-go, so manage your ammo carefully, so there's always at least half your squad ready to fire or go into overwatch. As cover doesn't matter anyways, place your soldiers in lines so the first chryssalid (often the pod leader, with Rapid Reaction) doesn't activate all the overwatches, but as each one is slowed by the reaction shot "bullet time," the rest of the pack members get attacked in sequence. Beware, however, of never taking cover, as there is often at least one other pod of a different alien type on the map. Don't place soldiers near the guardrail of the upper elevation, as many of the packs will come from the docks proper, and it'll do you no good if any are hiding in the shadow of the ledge: having the forward soldier (whom the chryssalids will most often swarm around) away from the edge will make them all swarm at least on the same level, and in a convenient grouping for grenades, rockets, flamethrowers, and bullets/lasers/plasma. Don't forget to blow up those large fish, lest they hatch more bugs on your way back. If you've managed to get the Alien Grenades (Muton Autopsy) Research/Foundry projects done, Alien and the upgraded AP grenades are supremely helpful. If you got some to spare when you reach the boat: take out a few of it's walls on the starboard side, so your Squadsight Snipers can perch a ways away and hit the emerging chryssalids and cover the rest of Strike 1's retreat.

	'''Abductor Blitzkrieg Counter-Drive'''<br>		'''Abductor Blitzkrieg Counter-Drive'''<br>

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	===Exalt Missions===		===Exalt Missions===
	1. Consider using Engineers as Operatives for extra grenade spamming. As the Operative cannot carry a main weapon, it is one of the few classes not hindered by this mechanic, as their main damage source (grenades) can still be equipped. Assaults may also be useful for dashing hacks (use ''Run & Gun'').~~<br>~~		#Consider using Engineers as Operatives for extra grenade spamming. As the Operative cannot carry a main weapon, it is one of the few classes not hindered by this mechanic, as their main damage source (grenades) can still be equipped. Assaults may also be useful for dashing hacks (use ''Run & Gun'').
	2. Exalt is a much greater threat with more gene mods and vastly more agents: if you feel you'll need your heavy hitters, pick your lineup and let them stay home when you send your Operative out, so they'll be fresh when it's time for the extraction~~.<br>~~		#Exalt is a much greater threat with more gene mods and vastly more agents: if you feel you'll need your heavy hitters, pick your lineup and let them stay home when you send your Operative out, so they'll be fresh when it's time for the extraction
	3. You can hack relays to disable Exalt weapons until they reload. Try and keep your Operative in range to hack one in case you get overrun. Note however that this may backfire, as Exalt may end up using rockets and grenades in their turn.~~<br>~~		#You can hack relays to disable Exalt weapons until they reload. Try and keep your Operative in range to hack one in case you get overrun. Note however that this may backfire, as Exalt may end up using rockets and grenades in their turn.
	4) It is usually easier to guard the Transmitter rather than the Encoder. If Exalt spawn near the Encoder and rush it from the beginning, don't risk your troops to rush it too. Just converge at the Transmitter for a last stand.~~<br>~~		#It is usually easier to guard the Transmitter rather than the Encoder. If Exalt spawn near the Encoder and rush it from the beginning, don't risk your troops to rush it too. Just converge at the Transmitter for a last stand.
	5. Blow up all cover at the Encoder or Transmitter. Exalt agents are dumb enough to rush into that area and stay in the open. Those devices can usually survive ''one'' explosion, but save beforehand, just in case. TK Strike is perfectly safe. But in either case, keep in mind if the device is next to an explosive vehicle to avoid catching in in your initial blast.~~<br>~~		#Blow up all cover at the Encoder or Transmitter. Exalt agents are dumb enough to rush into that area and stay in the open. Those devices can usually survive ''one'' explosion, but save beforehand, just in case. TK Strike is perfectly safe. But in either case, keep in mind if the device is next to an explosive vehicle to avoid catching in in your initial blast.
	6. If you can hold EXALT off from both the Encoder and Transmitter, there's an extra Credit bonus.~~<br>~~		#If you can hold EXALT off from both the Encoder and Transmitter, there's an extra Credit bonus.
	7. As there is always a larger number of EXALT agents, it's easy to get a few buckets of Meld from the corpses: enough to make it worthwhile to farm these missions while you can still beat it.~~<br>~~		#As there is always a larger number of EXALT agents, it's easy to get a few buckets of Meld from the corpses: enough to make it worthwhile to farm these missions while you can still beat it.
	8. On Exalt missions where you need to hack 2 relays, Exalt reinforcements spawn when the Operative is in position to do so (a.k.a when they move right next to it), and ''not'' when they ''actually'' ~~hacks~~ it. You may find it easier by not hacking the relay on that turn and wait for the reinforcements to spawn. As they will usually enter overwatch, you can proceed to hack the relay on the next turn, effectively disabling their overwatch fire, as well as their weapons until reload. They are much easier to deal with this way.~~<br>~~		#On Exalt missions where you need to hack 2 relays, Exalt reinforcements spawn when the Operative is in position to do so (a.k.a when they move right next to it), and ''not'' when they ''actually'' hack it. You may find it easier by not hacking the relay on that turn and wait for the reinforcements to spawn. As they will usually enter overwatch, you can proceed to hack the relay on the next turn, effectively disabling their overwatch fire, as well as their weapons until reload. They are much easier to deal with this way.
	9. On these, it is not necessary to eliminate all Exalt agents - a tall order anyways, given you're only allowed 4 soldiers: feel free to just 'smash & grab,' if the map allows it. Consider sending soldiers with high move, dashing from relay to relay, and haul your ass out of there.~~<br>~~		#On these, it is not necessary to eliminate all Exalt agents - a tall order anyways, given you're only allowed 4 soldiers: feel free to just 'smash & grab,' if the map allows it. Consider sending soldiers with high move, dashing from relay to relay, and haul your ass out of there.
	~~10.~~ There are fewer EXALT squads seeded onto the map when you begin the mission, so the bigger danger is the airdropped agents, who will often appear in inconvenient places.~~<br>~~		# There are fewer EXALT squads seeded onto the map when you begin the mission, so the bigger danger is the airdropped agents, who will often appear in inconvenient places.
	~~11.~~ There will also be EXALT airdrops on your way back to the Skyranger, so plan ahead with soldier positions for that. There'll often be 2 or 3 (dropped every other turn) within 1 move's distance of the extraction zone; these you can camp for a little extra XP, or stun for their laser weapons if they're Elites.~~<br>~~		#There will also be EXALT airdrops on your way back to the Skyranger, so plan ahead with soldier positions for that. There'll often be 2 or 3 (dropped every other turn) within 1 move's distance of the extraction zone; these you can camp for a little extra XP, or stun for their laser weapons if they're Elites.
	~~12.~~ If you don't mind a bit of [[Survival_Guide_(EU2012)#The_RNG.2C_Save_Scumming.2C_and_You\|Save Scumming]], save before the notice for extraction comes up from the Hologlobe. Then let the notice appear, and see which of the two Extraction types it is.		#If you don't mind a bit of [[Survival_Guide_(EU2012)#The_RNG.2C_Save_Scumming.2C_and_You\|Save Scumming]], save before the notice for extraction comes up from the Hologlobe. Then let the notice appear, and see which of the two Extraction types it is.

	===Site Recon===		===Site Recon===