Second Wave (LWR)

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#	Name	Text	Notes
0	Damage Roulette	Weapons have much wider range of damage.	Same damage algorithm as in Long War EU.
1	New Economy	The funding offered by individual council members is randomized.	Same as in vanilla EU.
2	Strict Screening	All soldier starting stats (including unique soldiers) are fixed at the averages of soldiers' typical ranges with +5 will.	Overrides Balanced Soldiers (#31). By default soldiers will have randomized starting stats. Selecting this option will revert to fixed starting stats for all soldiers.
3	Hidden Potential	Promotion aim and will gains are randomized between 50-150%.	HP is spread out over multiple levels with a chance to gain 1 HP each level. Mobility is unaffected.
4	Training Roulette	Each soldier's training tree will be partially randomly generated.	Does not affect MEC Troopers. Does not affect the initial preset soldiers unless Fresh Recruits (#33) is activated.
5	Save Scum	Loading a saved game will reset the random number seed.	Unchanged from Vanilla EW.
6	Green Fog	Soldiers and MECs have a 10% chance to lose 1 HP per turn (can not go below 1 HP) after 20 turns	This option replaces Red Fog, as that feature is now enabled by default. Red Fog can be disabled with Just a Flesh Wound (#34).
7	Absolutely Critical	Flanking shots receive +100 bonus (instead of +50) to critical hit chances.	Unchanged from Vanilla EW.
8	Liberation	You must free all countries from alien control.	Same as Long War.
9	Dynamic War	Reduces campaign length by 50%.	Works the same as Dynamic War in Long War. The campaign length can be adjusted in DefaultGameCore.ini.
10	Results Driven	A country will offer less funding as its panic increases.	Same as Long War.
11	Elite XCOM	All XCOM units gain +25% hit chance in all cases	Same as Cinematic Mode in Long War, but now provides +25 aim by default.
12	Air Domination	XCOM aircraft gain +100% fire rate.	Replaces Diminishing Returns. This option allows greater control over air game difficulty.
13	Wear and Tear	Items carried by soldiers will sometimes wear out after missions, even if the soldier isn't injured.
14	Itchy Trigger Tentacle	Upon being revealed, some aliens may attempt to shoot at soldiers instead of moving or going into Overwatch on all missions (instead of just base assaults).	Same as Long War.
15	War Weariness	Overall funding levels drop over time.	Same as Long War.
16	Bronzeman Mode	Allows restart of missions via Pause menu in Ironman mode.	Same as Long War.
17	Total Loss	Sometimes lose gear from soldiers who are killed or left behind (Normally, gear can only be lost on failed missions).	Same as Long War.
18	Commander's Choice	You may select the class of each soldier upon promotion to specialist.	Use the cycle-soldier icons at the bottom of the class selection screen in the barracks view to rotate through the classes. For Controllers press L1/R1 or LB/RB or whatever you use to cycle soldiers.
19	Aiming Angles	Units receive an aim bonus the closer they are to flanking an enemy.	Same as Long War.
20	Mind Hates Matter	Genetically modified soldiers cannot undergo psi testing, and vice versa.	Same as Long War.
21	Hidden Trees	You cannot see perk options for ranks a given soldier has not attained.
22	Durability	Items never need to be repaired.
23	United Humanity	Exalt is inactive. Exalt troopers may still show up on some alien missions.
24	The Friendly Skies	Your interceptors gain +25% hit chance during air combat.
25	We Are Legion	Use 2 additional soldiers on Exalt covert op extraction and Exalt data recovery missions
26	Miracle Workers	Repairing items costs no resources, only time.
27	Quick and Dirty	Decreases the number of aliens on most missions by 40%	This value can be changed in DefaultGameCore.ini.
28	Hidden Chances	Enemy to-hit values will be hidden.	Replaces Perfect Information, as that feature is now enabled by default.
29	Recon	You will see meld cans and bomb nodes in the fog.
30	Sturdier UFOs	UFOs (except fighters/destroyers) will always be shot down.
31	Balanced Soldiers	New recruit stats are balanced instead of fully randomized. Does not affect unique soldiers.	Similar to Long War where no recruit is clearly superior to another. Weighting of stats: Mobility = 8, HP = 4, Aim = 2, Will = 1.
32	Wolverine Blood	Injury times are reduced by 50%.
33	Fresh Recruits	Replaces the 15 intial preset soldiers with random recruits. Similar to Long War.
34	Just a Flesh Wound	Turns off Red Fog.	With Red Fog, damage to units degrades their aim and will by 1-35, melee damage by 1-70%, throw range by 1-35%, flat DR by 1-50%, mobility by 1-6, and increases scatter by 1-100%.
35	Consistent Fatigue	Soldiers and MECs no longer receive fatigue based on the number of turns a battle takes, but base fatigue per mission is increased to compensate.	Same as how fatigue worked in Long War.