Dark Events (LW2)

Dark Events in Long War 2 are tied to two particular activities COINResearch and COINOps. The COINResearch activity handles tactical Dark Events, while COINOps handles strategy Dark Events. Long War 2 redefines many Dark Events to be of permanent duration, so once achieved they persist for the rest of the campaign. These are typically in the form of an “upgrade” to one or more ADVENT/alien units. Other Dark Events are of limited duration. Because of this, is it possible for more than 3 Dark Events to be active at once (indeed, 10+ not uncommon).

Different Dark Events affect specific classes at the following rates.

Tactical Dark Events
Dark Event	Units Affected	Percent Affected
Viper Rounds		25%
	Mutons M3 Advanced Captains	25%
	Sectoids Vipers Najas Sidewinders	15%
	All	16%
	All Aliens	8%
	Stun Lancers M3 Psi Witches	100%
	Captains Grenadiers M2 and M3 Shieldberers Mutons Rocketeers M3 Psi Witches	15%
	Gunners M3 Mutons Psi Witches	15%
	Najas Sidewinders Vipers M3 Psi Witches	50%
	Stun Lancers M3 Psi Witches	20%
	Archons	100%
	Gunners M3 Captains Sentries Troopers Mutons Psi Witches	33%
	Stun Lancers Faceless	100%
	Sentries	100%
	Robots	100%
	Captains M3 Psi Witches	50%
	Mutons Archons M3 Stun Lancers	20%
	Cyberus	100%
Template:Shadowstep (LW2	Cyberus	100%
	Cyberus Turrets Gatekeepers Sectopods MECs	20%
	Cyberus Sidewinders Vipers Archons	33%
Template:Greater Faceless (LW2)	Faceless	75%