Difficulty (LWR): Difference between revisions

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Difficulty Curve

Long War Rebalance is designed for players of all skill levels, offering a greater range of difficulties and even more Second Wave options to customize your experience.

In general, Normal difficulty is easier and Impossible is harder. Veteran Long War players who are new to this mod should seriously consider dropping their difficulty a level or two as the mod can take some experience to get used to.

The difficulty curve is also adjusted so that the game starts off easier and gets significantly harder as the game progresses.

Expectations

Captures and interrogations are required research: getting them early is important to avoid slowing down research.

Destroyers are difficult to shoot down and attempting to in the early-mid game is not advised.

Large UFOs and swarming abductions are quite challenging -- treat them with respect and do not rule out retreating.

Expect to have satellites shot down, expect to not be able to stop a lot of UFOs, and expect to lose around 1 country per month to panic (give or take).

Regarding the First Mission

The first mission is challenging. It is intended to act as a litmus test to guide you in selecting a difficulty. If you fail the first mission you may consider dropping the difficulty a notch. Injuries and even deaths on the first mission are not unreasonable as it is intended to mimic the difficulty you would experience in some of the tougher battles in the mid-late game.

Difficulty Levels

In Long War Rebalance, difficulty levels scale the amount of resources gained from missions, as well as monthly funding, starting cash, starting HQ power, and initial country panic levels. Unlike Long War, UFO HP and alien stat bonuses from leader levels and research are scaled down on lower difficulties. Difficulty level also affects the effectiveness of the Outsiders' new Growth ability, as well as the chance for aliens to use Overwatch when dropping into missions or after using Launch.


Strategic Changes
Difficulty	XCOM Funding	Starting Cash	HQ Power	Initial Panic	UFO Alloy Yield	UFO Elerium Yield	Fragment Yields	Meld Yields	UFO HP	Injury and Fatigue
Normal	100%	100%	50	200	100%	100%	100%	100%	50%	70%
Classic	80%	80%	40	400	80%	80%	83%	83%	60%	80%
Brutal	60%	60%	35	600	60%	60%	77%	67%	80%	90%
Impossible	50%	50%	30	800	50%	50%	67%	50%	100%	100%


Alien Changes
Difficulty	Base Damage	HP	Aim	Will	Level Gains	Attribute Gains	Outsider Growth Rate	Drop-in/Launch Overwatch Chance
Normal	-1	50%	-20	+0	62.5%	50%	25%	0%
Classic	+0	75%	-10	+0	75%	67%	50%	0%
Brutal	+0	90%	+0	+10	87.5%	83%	75%	50%
Impossible	+1	100%	+10	+20	100%	100%	100%	100%

Note: Outsider growth is disabled when using Second Wave option: (#26) Defective Outsiders


First Mission Alien Count
Difficulty	Sectoids	Outsiders
Normal	10	-
Classic	12	-
Brutal	13	1
Impossible	14	2

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