Originally posted by: lupi
Whoever said the first alien type isn't around for long is correct. I'm only about 4-5 months into my game and already dealing mostly with floaters and just got my first snakes.
I'm assuming that the stun grenades are the result of some research item? Still only have stun stucks so far.
Hoping that lack of psi ability till later in the game won't hurt, but as it is I'm losing so many troopers not sure how much bloodier it could get. I'm going in with 2 tanks and 6 troopers and normally have 2 deaths and one wounded each trip. What really sucks is I had all my guys fully decked out with laser weaspons and half in armor and still taking numerous casualties. I can tell a difference when playing with high ranking troops as they act like rambo on the field, but the bastards go down so easy everytime I get some at sarge and above it's morgue time for them.
Personel armor blows. Power armor and flying suit however when you get the upgrade are 10x better.
Heavy plasma is a MUST. You should have gotten some from even your first mission, always research it the second you can as it makes killing aliens soooooooooo much easier. Blaster bombs come from the aliens. Untill you meet an alien with it and bring it back to base to research you won't have them.
Hire a lot of soldiers, evaluate them, then sack the ones that suck. Don't keep low accuracy, low will (if they see somebody die, they go into a panic and shoot all your guys), low movement points. Endurance isn't as big of a deal because you shouldn't be moving all your turn units in a turn. Alsmot always leave time for at least a snap shot.
Another tip, if you can, try to land during the day. On crashes you can hover over them until it is daytime then land. On landed ships and terror missions though you don't really have the option. As such buy electro-flares. They will save your ass. I usually give one to each guy on a mission and equip the first 4 or so guys in the ship with one in hand to throw soon as they walk out. Seeing the enemy in a deep dark jungle really helps.
Have you built new bases yet? Really you should build a second base almost as soon as the game starts in order to start building it up so that it is ready by the time you need it. I build new bases in such a way that there is only one way in and out of each room. This makes sweeping your base during alien retaliation a lot easier. Doing this however makes building a new base take many months before you can land a ship there.
Another tip, never put all your soldiers into your ship to go on a mission. If the aliens attack while you are out on the mission....bye bye base. You have to keep supplies and soldiers in base to defend it. As long as you have one soldier in base you can use your tanks, so keeping a few of them in base really helps too.
Wow, it's been two years since I've played, I don't know how I remember all this. Only played about 30 minutes into my new game.
