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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Free Second Wave DLC

[Jan 08, 2013, 10:19 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Steam News announces the release of patch 3 for XCOM: Enemy Unknown, updating the new installment in the turn-based strategy series with some bug fixes as well as new free DLC called Second Wave. Here's word:

The XCOM: Enemy Unknown Second Wave content offers a series of advanced gameplay options that unlock a new level of depth, challenge and replayability. The Second Wave content includes:

Damage Roulette: Weapons have a wider range of damage.

New Economy: Randomized council member funding.

Not Created Equally: Rookies will have random starting stats.

Hidden Potential: As a soldier is promoted, stats increase randomly.

Red Fog: Combat wounds will degrade the soldier’s mission stats.

Absolutely Critical: A flanking shot guarantees a critical hit.

The Greater Good: Psionics can only be learned from interrogating a psionic alien.

Marathon: The game takes considerably longer to complete.

Results Driven: A country offers less funding as its panic level increases.

High Stakes: Random rewards for stopping alien abductions.

Diminishing Returns: Increased cost of satellite construction.

More Than Human: The psionic gift is extremely rare.

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Re: XCOM: Enemy Unknown Free Second Wave DLC

Jan 8, 2013, 23:55

jdreyer

1badmf wrote on Jan 8, 2013, 18:48:
normal was cake if you played smart. you don't spread you guys out - they need to stick together to provide supporting fire. it takes longer to finish missions, but you're almost guaranteed to win. on my normal/ironman playthough i lost 2 guys i think, and those were to bonkers lucky long distance shots behind cover.

I agree, the game does a good job of rewarding real-world squad tactics like overlapping fields of fire, 10 foot spacing (to avoid a grenade taking out your entire squad), combined arms (you should always have heavy, assault, and sniper with squadsight to handle different situations), etc. The only time I break up my squad is on terror missions, and it's extremely risky.




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Comment [quote="jdreyer"Jan 8, 2013, 23:55][quote="1badmf"Jan 8, 2013, 18:48]normal was cake if you played smart. you don't spread you guys out - they need to stick together to provide supporting fire. it takes longer to finish missions, but you're almost guaranteed to win. on my normal/ironman playthough i lost 2 guys i think, and those were to bonkers lucky long distance shots behind cover. [/quote] I agree, the game does a good job of rewarding real-world squad tactics like overlapping fields of fire, 10 foot spacing (to avoid a grenade taking out your entire squad), combined arms (you should always have heavy, assault, and sniper with squadsight to handle different situations), etc. The only time I break up my squad is on terror missions, and it's extremely risky. [/quote]

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