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NKF: Undo revision 28438 by Meghan (Talk)

2010-07-22T07:17:46Z

Undo revision 28438 by Meghan (Talk)

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	==Breaching UFOs==		==Breaching UFOs==
	Most of a UFO ground assault is like any other mission. Use smoke grenades to disembark; illuminate the exterior in night missions with flares or fires; and use fire team tactics for [[Sweeping the Battlescape]]. The moment of entry into the UFO can be a unique challenge, however, as the first soldier inside a UFO strongroom is often a guaranteed casualty. Several measures can be taken to reduce the agony of this crucial (and sometimes climactic) phase of the battle.		Most of a UFO ground assault is like any other mission. Use smoke grenades to disembark; illuminate the exterior in night missions with flares or fires; and use fire team tactics for [[Sweeping the Battlescape]]. The moment of entry into the UFO can be a unique challenge, however, as the first soldier inside a UFO strongroom is often a guaranteed casualty. Several measures can be taken to reduce the agony of this crucial (and sometimes climactic) phase of the battle.

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	'''1. Rookies ("puppets") first.''' It never hurts to deliberately take a few rookies or underachievers to absorb enemy reaction shots and/or psionic attacks. (You end up with a lot more Sergeants as these guys are rotated in and out of the Skyranger.) One of these should be sent first through UFO doors.		'''1. Rookies ("puppets") first.''' It never hurts to deliberately take a few rookies or underachievers to absorb enemy reaction shots and/or psionic attacks. (You end up with a lot more Sergeants as these guys are rotated in and out of the Skyranger.) One of these should be sent first through UFO doors.

Meghan at 07:00, 22 July 2010

2010-07-22T07:00:38Z

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	==Breaching UFOs==		==Breaching UFOs==
	Most of a UFO ground assault is like any other mission. Use smoke grenades to disembark; illuminate the exterior in night missions with flares or fires; and use fire team tactics for [[Sweeping the Battlescape]]. The moment of entry into the UFO can be a unique challenge, however, as the first soldier inside a UFO strongroom is often a guaranteed casualty. Several measures can be taken to reduce the agony of this crucial (and sometimes climactic) phase of the battle.		Most of a UFO ground assault is like any other mission. Use smoke grenades to disembark; illuminate the exterior in night missions with flares or fires; and use fire team tactics for [[Sweeping the Battlescape]]. The moment of entry into the UFO can be a unique challenge, however, as the first soldier inside a UFO strongroom is often a guaranteed casualty. Several measures can be taken to reduce the agony of this crucial (and sometimes climactic) phase of the battle.

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	'''1. Rookies ("puppets") first.''' It never hurts to deliberately take a few rookies or underachievers to absorb enemy reaction shots and/or psionic attacks. (You end up with a lot more Sergeants as these guys are rotated in and out of the Skyranger.) One of these should be sent first through UFO doors.		'''1. Rookies ("puppets") first.''' It never hurts to deliberately take a few rookies or underachievers to absorb enemy reaction shots and/or psionic attacks. (You end up with a lot more Sergeants as these guys are rotated in and out of the Skyranger.) One of these should be sent first through UFO doors.

Jasonred: /* Medium Scout */

2009-04-08T00:14:55Z

Medium Scout

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	A new improved and practically foolproof method just developed ([[User:Jasonred\|Jasonred]] 11:00, 5 April 2009 (EDT)) is to use Incendieries. This method leads to the probable death of ONE rookie in coveralls, or NO deaths if you have Personal Armor or Better. First, arm several troops with IN rockets, and AC-IN. Now, have your point guy walk through the door. Immediately stop moving him! Now... have all your other troops SHOOT HIM IN THE BACK with your Incendieries! The aliens will not have line of sight of your troops, since your decoy is blocking, so the whole interior will become a sea of flames, and the aliens will all be roasted without being able to shoot back. (So will the rookie in coveralls, but we all have to make sacrifices)		A new improved and practically foolproof method just developed ([[User:Jasonred\|Jasonred]] 11:00, 5 April 2009 (EDT)) is to use Incendieries. This method leads to the probable death of ONE rookie in coveralls, or NO deaths if you have Personal Armor or Better. First, arm several troops with IN rockets, and AC-IN. Now, have your point guy walk through the door. Immediately stop moving him! Now... have all your other troops SHOOT HIM IN THE BACK with your Incendieries! The aliens will not have line of sight of your troops, since your decoy is blocking, so the whole interior will become a sea of flames, and the aliens will all be roasted without being able to shoot back. (So will the rookie in coveralls, but we all have to make sacrifices)

			If you are willing to take advantage of bugs, then one way to do this without Personal Armor is to fire an Incendiery Rocket at the North, West or diagonal wall of the craft, then fire an Auto Cannon with IN ammo anywhere else.

	If you ~~are willing to take advantage~~ of ~~bugs~~, ~~then one way to do this without Personal Armor is~~ to fire ~~an Incendiery Rocket at~~ the ~~North~~, ~~West or diagonal wall of~~ the ~~craft~~, ~~then~~ fire ~~an Auto Cannon~~ with ~~IN ammo anywhere else~~.		Yet another bug exploit, but possibly forgivable since it is a sort-of-detrimental-and-yet-useful exploit is to use the Funky Fire Bug... with SMOKE. But smoke stun doesn't work on non Xcom units you say? ... that is the entire point!
			Have someone toss a smoke grenade on the floor in front of the UFO. Make rookie walk into smoke. Now, fire a lot of AC-HE shots somewhere else to KO that rookie! ... wait until he wakes up and have him breach the UFO. Now shoot him in the back with a IN Rocket. You'll probably set everything inside on fire, and also KO your rookie, giving him around 5 points of damage but putting out the fire. Now continue firing lots and lots of IN rounds into the UFO interior, cooking the aliens but leaving items untouched! (and unconscious units = items in gameplay mechanics)
			Of course, once you have small launcher, you could just have a rookie breach it and fire a stun bomb into his ass... simplifies matters a lot. But your main problems with breaching medium scouts will be at the very START of the game, so the most useful strategies are those that can be performed right from Month 1.

	===Large Scout===		===Large Scout===

Jasonred: /* Medium Scout */

2009-04-05T15:02:17Z

Medium Scout

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	This UFO is hard to storm in the early part of the game. Later on, Stun Bombs are ~~the best~~ way of clearing the ship without destroying the precious Elerium. Or Psi... but then again, Psi beats EVERYTHING.		This UFO used to be hard to storm in the early part of the game, but improvements in Xcom knowledge has given rise to effective starting tactics. Later on, Stun Bombs are a good way of clearing the ship without destroying the precious Elerium. Or Psi... but then again, Psi beats EVERYTHING.

	An Ambush strategy can work well. Early game, losing a Power Source, Navigation, and Elerium is NOT an option. ($660,000 worth of loot! And blowing up Elerium is WORSE than selling it.) And you have no blaster bombs. So ambush becomes one real option.		An Ambush strategy can work well. Early game, losing a Power Source, Navigation, and Elerium is NOT an option. ($660,000 worth of loot! And blowing up Elerium is WORSE than selling it.) And you have no blaster bombs. So ambush becomes one real option.

Jasonred: New improved method!!! This works really really well, and it is NOT CHEATING.

2009-04-05T15:00:29Z

New improved method!!! This works really really well, and it is NOT CHEATING.

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	This UFO is hard to storm in the early part of the game. Later on, Stun Bombs are the best way of clearing the ship without destroying the precious Elerium. Or Psi... but then again, Psi beats EVERYTHING.		This UFO is hard to storm in the early part of the game. Later on, Stun Bombs are the best way of clearing the ship without destroying the precious Elerium. Or Psi... but then again, Psi beats EVERYTHING.

	An Ambush strategy can work well. Early game, losing a Power Source, Navigation, and Elerium is NOT an option. ($660,000 worth of loot! And blowing up Elerium is WORSE than selling it.) And you have no blaster bombs. So ambush becomes ~~your only~~ real option.		An Ambush strategy can work well. Early game, losing a Power Source, Navigation, and Elerium is NOT an option. ($660,000 worth of loot! And blowing up Elerium is WORSE than selling it.) And you have no blaster bombs. So ambush becomes one real option.

	As for the remaining stragglers who refuse to come out... the Stun Rod is surprisingly good! Because it does not draw immediate reaction fire when used on aliens which cannot see you. See [[reaction fire triggers]]. Or a weapon with AutoFire. It's melee range is overcome by the fact that you are already at nearly point blank range after stepping through the door...		As for the remaining stragglers who refuse to come out... the Stun Rod is surprisingly good! Because it does not draw immediate reaction fire when used on aliens which cannot see you. See [[reaction fire triggers]]. Or a weapon with AutoFire. It's melee range is overcome by the fact that you are already at nearly point blank range after stepping through the door...

	~~The other possible option early on is Incendieries, since these do not destroy items. Have an expendable~~ rookie ~~toting either a Rocket Launcher with a rocket-IN in it,~~ or ~~AC-IN. Use several other expendable rookies to back him up. They'll probably~~ die in ~~the attempt~~, but think of it this way... you could sell $200,000 worth of Elerium and buy 5 new rookies. 50 Elerium is actually worth much more than it's sell price though, I would say 1 elerium pod is worth more than 15 Rookie lives. (it's not worth failing the mission for though)		A rookie or two will usually die in any assault, but think of it this way... you could sell $200,000 worth of Elerium and buy 5 new rookies. 50 Elerium is actually worth much more than it's sell price though, I would say 1 elerium pod is worth more than 15 Rookie lives. (it's not worth failing the mission for though)

	If you are willing to take advantage of bugs, then ~~the easiest~~ way to do this is to fire an Incendiery Rocket at the North, West or diagonal wall of the craft, then fire an Auto Cannon with IN ammo anywhere else.		A new improved and practically foolproof method just developed ([[User:Jasonred\|Jasonred]] 11:00, 5 April 2009 (EDT)) is to use Incendieries. This method leads to the probable death of ONE rookie in coveralls, or NO deaths if you have Personal Armor or Better. First, arm several troops with IN rockets, and AC-IN. Now, have your point guy walk through the door. Immediately stop moving him! Now... have all your other troops SHOOT HIM IN THE BACK with your Incendieries! The aliens will not have line of sight of your troops, since your decoy is blocking, so the whole interior will become a sea of flames, and the aliens will all be roasted without being able to shoot back. (So will the rookie in coveralls, but we all have to make sacrifices)


			If you are willing to take advantage of bugs, then one way to do this without Personal Armor is to fire an Incendiery Rocket at the North, West or diagonal wall of the craft, then fire an Auto Cannon with IN ammo anywhere else.

	===Large Scout===		===Large Scout===

Jasonred: /* Medium Scout */

2009-04-04T00:52:17Z

Medium Scout

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	This UFO is hard to storm. ~~If you can afford to lose Elerium, have a grenade~~, ~~or even better, a High Explosive carrying rookie enter first, or smash it open with a blaster bomb, then grenade~~ the ~~inside. Nuking a new hole in one~~ of the ~~exterior walls is a great way to clear~~ the ~~inside with conventional weapons and save that~~ precious Elerium.		This UFO is hard to storm in the early part of the game. Later on, Stun Bombs are the best way of clearing the ship without destroying the precious Elerium. Or Psi... but then again, Psi beats EVERYTHING.

	An Ambush strategy can work well. Early game, losing a Power Source, Navigation, and Elerium is NOT an option. ($660,000 worth of loot! And blowing up Elerium is WORSE than selling it.) And you have no blaster bombs. So ambush becomes your only real option.		An Ambush strategy can work well. Early game, losing a Power Source, Navigation, and Elerium is NOT an option. ($660,000 worth of loot! And blowing up Elerium is WORSE than selling it.) And you have no blaster bombs. So ambush becomes your only real option.

	As for the remaining stragglers who refuse to come out... the Stun Rod is surprisingly good! Because it does not draw immediate reaction fire when used on aliens which cannot see you. See [[reaction fire triggers]]. Or a weapon with AutoFire. It's melee range is overcome by the fact that you are already at nearly point blank range after stepping through the door...		As for the remaining stragglers who refuse to come out... the Stun Rod is surprisingly good! Because it does not draw immediate reaction fire when used on aliens which cannot see you. See [[reaction fire triggers]]. Or a weapon with AutoFire. It's melee range is overcome by the fact that you are already at nearly point blank range after stepping through the door...

			The other possible option early on is Incendieries, since these do not destroy items. Have an expendable rookie toting either a Rocket Launcher with a rocket-IN in it, or AC-IN. Use several other expendable rookies to back him up. They'll probably die in the attempt, but think of it this way... you could sell $200,000 worth of Elerium and buy 5 new rookies. 50 Elerium is actually worth much more than it's sell price though, I would say 1 elerium pod is worth more than 15 Rookie lives. (it's not worth failing the mission for though)

			If you are willing to take advantage of bugs, then the easiest way to do this is to fire an Incendiery Rocket at the North, West or diagonal wall of the craft, then fire an Auto Cannon with IN ammo anywhere else.

	===Large Scout===		===Large Scout===

JellyfishGreen: /* Medium Scout */ tidy

2009-04-03T14:57:52Z

Medium Scout: tidy

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	This UFO is hard to storm. If you can afford to lose Elerium, have a grenade, or even better, a High Explosive carrying rookie enter first, or smash it open with a blaster bomb, then grenade the inside. Nuking a new hole in one of the exterior walls is a great way clear the inside with conventional weapons and save that precious Elerium.		This UFO is hard to storm. If you can afford to lose Elerium, have a grenade, or even better, a High Explosive carrying rookie enter first, or smash it open with a blaster bomb, then grenade the inside. Nuking a new hole in one of the exterior walls is a great way to clear the inside with conventional weapons and save that precious Elerium.

	An Ambush strategy can work well. Early game, losing a Power Source, Navigation, and Elerium is NOT an option ($660,000 worth of loot! ~~IF you are willing to sell Elerium.~~ And ~~remember...~~ blowing it up is WORSE than selling it) And you have no blaster bombs. So ambush becomes your only real option.		An Ambush strategy can work well. Early game, losing a Power Source, Navigation, and Elerium is NOT an option. ($660,000 worth of loot! And blowing up Elerium is WORSE than selling it.) And you have no blaster bombs. So ambush becomes your only real option.

	As for the remaining stragglers who refuse to come out... the Stun Rod is surprisingly good! Because it does not draw immediate reaction fire when used on aliens which cannot see you. See [[reaction fire triggers]]. Or a weapon with AutoFire. It's melee range is overcome by the fact that you are already at nearly point blank range after stepping through the door...		As for the remaining stragglers who refuse to come out... the Stun Rod is surprisingly good! Because it does not draw immediate reaction fire when used on aliens which cannot see you. See [[reaction fire triggers]]. Or a weapon with AutoFire. It's melee range is overcome by the fact that you are already at nearly point blank range after stepping through the door...

Jasonred: /* Breaching UFOs */

2009-03-21T13:20:23Z

Breaching UFOs

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	'''Alternate Strategy: Ambush (The old Stand-by).''' Depending on your soldiers' [[Reactions]] and [[Time Units]], you may be able to form a firing line outside of dangerous rooms to wait for the aliens to emerge. On Superhuman difficulty, simply waiting outside a door may not prevent the emerging aliens from getting the first shot. You may need to force them to move out further, depleting TUs and ending up with less [[Reaction fire formula\|Initiative]] when they sight your soldiers. This can be accomplished by waiting around a nearby corner or by deploying a Smoke Grenade in front of the door with several squares' distance between the door and your firing line. Most of the aliens will pile out by Turn 20 or 21, but often a command crew will remain inside larger UFOs, and you still might employ the above tactics to finish the mission.		'''Alternate Strategy: Ambush (The old Stand-by).''' Depending on your soldiers' [[Reactions]] and [[Time Units]], you may be able to form a firing line outside of dangerous rooms to wait for the aliens to emerge. On Superhuman difficulty, simply waiting outside a door may not prevent the emerging aliens from getting the first shot. You may need to force them to move out further, depleting TUs and ending up with less [[Reaction fire formula\|Initiative]] when they sight your soldiers. This can be accomplished by waiting around a nearby corner or by deploying a Smoke Grenade in front of the door with several squares' distance between the door and your firing line. Most of the aliens will pile out by Turn 20 or 21, but often a command crew will remain inside larger UFOs, and you still might employ the above tactics to finish the mission.
			Alternatively, set up a decoy... use either tanks or rookies to draw fire, while your more valuable troopers shoot any emerging aliens.


	Also, beware of Blaster Bombs when setting up an ambush. If there is a clear path to a blaster-wielding Commander or Engineer (on battleships and base missions) it will blast the ambush team almost invariably. This is not a problem on all other UFOs (those not carrying blaster troopers). [[Terror Units]] also pose a threat to ambush teams due to their typically high armor and TUs. For these reasons, ambushes on missions associated with Terror Ships and Battleships should be carefully planned.		Also, beware of Blaster Bombs when setting up an ambush. If there is a clear path to a blaster-wielding Commander or Engineer (on battleships and base missions) it will blast the ambush team almost invariably. This is not a problem on all other UFOs (those not carrying blaster troopers). [[Terror Units]] also pose a threat to ambush teams due to their typically high armor and TUs. For these reasons, ambushes on missions associated with Terror Ships and Battleships should be carefully planned.

Arrow Quivershaft: /* Medium Scout */ Grammar.

2009-03-02T01:32:38Z

Medium Scout: Grammar.

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	An Ambush strategy can work well. Early game, losing a Power Source, Navigation, and Elerium is NOT an option ($660,000 worth of loot! IF you are willing to sell Elerium. And remember... blowing it up is WORSE than selling it) And you have no blaster bombs. So ambush becomes your only real option.		An Ambush strategy can work well. Early game, losing a Power Source, Navigation, and Elerium is NOT an option ($660,000 worth of loot! IF you are willing to sell Elerium. And remember... blowing it up is WORSE than selling it) And you have no blaster bombs. So ambush becomes your only real option.

	As for the remaining stragglers who refuse to come out... the Stun Rod is surprisingly good! Because does not draw immediate reaction fire when used on aliens which cannot see you. See [[reaction fire triggers]]. Or a weapon with AutoFire. It's melee range is overcome by the fact that you are already at nearly point blank range after stepping through the door...		As for the remaining stragglers who refuse to come out... the Stun Rod is surprisingly good! Because it does not draw immediate reaction fire when used on aliens which cannot see you. See [[reaction fire triggers]]. Or a weapon with AutoFire. It's melee range is overcome by the fact that you are already at nearly point blank range after stepping through the door...

	===Large Scout===		===Large Scout===