Rockets scatter based on a soldierвЂ™s aim, distance to target, perks, and whether or not the soldier has moved yet. So a grenade that does 6-8 damage at the center will do 1-8 at the edge of the area of effect. Minimum explosives damage falls off from the center of an explosion. Using this ability costs intel.ДЄbsent certain grenadier perks, grenades rarely destroy all but the most fragile of cover or induce vehicles to immediately explode. Mission timers may be extended by officers using the вЂњInterventionвЂќ ability. When receiving a potentially fatal wound, soldiers are more likely to bleed out in general rather than die immediately. Throwing the evac flare reveals the squad. Certain factors like Squad Size and infiltration status affect the number of turns.

It now takes the Skyranger multiple turns to arrive after you throw the evac flare. Throwing any grenade has a one-turn cooldown before you can throw something else. If the unit was previously aware that a battle is underway, this may include firing at XCOM if they are unharmed after their scamper move. They will order their turns to put units with certain ability types ahead of others.Д®nemies who activate on their own turn will have a chance to take a вЂreflexвЂ™ action. They also have a broader set of options if they become aware a battle is underway, typically from hearing weapon fire/explosions or seeing dead allies.Д®nemy AI will generally be more careful about cover and moving. This may include going to protect the objective or attempting to flank XCOM. Larger all-alien pods will almost always have more than two species.Д®nemy pods will now employ certain tactics before they engage XCOM. They will start out somewhat stronger than in vanilla and end up far stronger.Д®nemy pods may have up to 8 enemies. Reinforcements on many missions will appear at more regulated intervals, based on regional ADVENT strength. On Veteran+, enemy reinforcement flares do not appear to XCOM Pistols and SMGs are between shotguns and assault rifles in terms of accuracy at range LMGs are less accurate at point-blank range Shotguns are less accurate at medium and long ranges These don't really fit in a promotional blog post, but following the FXS stream, I thought I'd bullet point some of the tactical changes we've made in Long War 2:

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