Art Of War

AIR WAR & OTHER PRIMERS IN VIDEO SECTION - Playtesters or anyone would benefit from watching it.

Major versions (1. X) will include notable gameplay adjustments. Minor versions (1. XY) will include only bug fixes. This mod is a work-in-progress. It needs your feedback and time to become the best it can be.

- XCOM: Enemy Unknown

- XCOM: Enemy Within expansion

- Long War 1. 0

Suggested Mods:

UPKUtils by wghost81 - Required for mods below...

Enhanced Tactical Info (for Long War) by eclipse666 aka SpazmoJones

Line-of-Sight Indicators by tracktwo

Better Blueshirts by Dethraker

Virtual Reality Training (for Long War) by SpazmoJones

DR Chipping (for Long War) by JCLewis

Graphics Mod - X-COM Enemy Unknown UPDATED 1-2b by philstatUK

Graphics boost with latest SweetFX 151 EU-EW by CeeJay_dk

TexMod AutoLoad - Required for Military Retexture mod

Military Retexture Pack by kolt16

Documentation:

---Development and changelog---

Art of War Planning Doc - list of specialties, descriptions, and theory crafting worksheet

Game Setup:

The following Second Wave options are intended to be used with all game types:

• []Dynamic War

  []Aiming Angles

  []Itchy Trigger Tentacles

  []Red Fog

  []Green Fog

  []Target Enrichment

  []Commander's Choice

  The following Second Wave options are not balanced/compatible with this mod:

  • []Training Roulette

    []We Are Legion (squad size already increased)

    Things that are very, very different:

    []New Panic!

    TLDR; Pick a continent or two and launch at least one satellite on that continent ASAP. Once you've staked your claim expect the rest of the world to fall away quickly. Missions and satellites help combat panic, so do those where you care about high panic and skip missions and satellites where it won't make a difference.

    Panic gain is greatly reduced to allow players a pick and choose approach to missions, though almost any amount of panic is potentially dangerous without a satellite on the continent or country. Countries will check once a month to leave XCOM once they are at 1. 5-2 bars (30-40 panic) or 4. 5 bars (90) in the Tactics game type. The chance is equal to 1% per point of panic... so 30% chance to leave with 30 panic. Satellites over a country will reduce this chance a lot (90%), per panic point. So a 30 panic country with a satellite is a 3% chance to leave instead of 30%. Countries on a continent that have at least 1 satellite, but don't have a satellite themselves, will see a significantly reduced chance to leave too (70%). So a 30 panic country with no satellite, on a continent with a satellite, will have a 9% chance to leave instead of 30%. Satellites and other successful XCOM actions (UFO downed, UFO Assaulted, Abduction Thwarted) tend to reduce panic slightly in the areas they occur in.

    [*]Light/Heavy/Super-Heavy Crit Paradigm

    TLDR; In AoW you'll be hit more, you'll be crit more, but generally each of these is less dangerous... except for enemies that have crit perks (especially Slayer). Use F1 and autopsies to help inform your tactics and keep Slayer (especially Aggression + Slayer