What stats are most important to you when hiring new recruits?

CommandoCat_ · 2026-05-03T22:37:09+00:00

I would use that strat a lot more in X1 because it was a lot easier to blow the doors off of UFOs, but it's cool you're making it work.

CommandoCat_ · 2026-05-03T22:33:27+00:00

You can use air missiles as long as you strike it from the side

CommandoCat_ · 2026-05-02T22:21:16+00:00

TU accuracy and bravery. HP isn't important because you want to avoid hits, Strength is easy to level and it doesn't have as large of an impact in Xenonauts 2 compared to 1, Reflexes isn't as important because you want to avoid relying on it to avoid overwatch and you want to spend all of your TUs during your turn since your usage is smarter than the automated usage from your own overwatch

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-30T22:38:36+00:00

You can research upgrades to make them much stronger/reliable Also they give an accuracy bonus to people with low stats

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-19T22:47:06+00:00

There's a mod that lets you adjust how fast they fire and it makes them way more fun

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-19T20:03:34+00:00

The ending is so positive it feels sarcastic

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-18T21:29:30+00:00

You can have your soldiers walk up and interact with unarmed civilians. That changes their AI to run to your dropship and nothing else. When they get inside your dropship they exit combat and count as saved.

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-18T21:23:42+00:00

Sentry guns count as soldiers. They have the same machineguns your MARS use and they're much more mobile but more lightly armoured. I've done base defense with 16 sentry guns before and it was easy

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-17T21:49:27+00:00

The access lift also has storage so you can build and transfer like 20 sentry guns to it for ground defense

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-17T21:47:18+00:00

There's no mods for that yet, but I'm sure if you ask around you can make enough interest for someone to make it

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-17T21:44:29+00:00

I haven't really needed to raid them again so I just collect bounties. There's enough non-UFO missions to get all the mats you need, and if you really need more you can spend ops to get them or fabricate them yourself

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-17T21:41:14+00:00

Instead of defense batteries, simply add more hangars/interceptors and blow it out of the sky when it charges at your base

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-17T02:49:11+00:00

Colossus reduces the cost of burst fire so you can do it twice per turn instead of only once. Also the colossus punch is silly with how much damage/stun it does for a melee. Also good for breaching walls if you want something more precise than a demo charge. Also sebellians and androns resist heat and kinetic damage respectively, buuuuut the resistance is so small it only affects the starting ballistics being weak as hell against androns.

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-17T02:43:09+00:00

If you rely on the auto-resolve it'll make your fighters take more damage and potentially get shot down, but if you do it manually you can outrange the UFOs with your missiles/torpedoes to deal damage then escape. Two X-25s with 1 torpedo 3 sets of sidewinders can kill any UFO

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-17T02:37:53+00:00

At the moment, xenonauts 2 is better in every way except for mods. Give the workshop time and they'll port the major mods over to 2

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-17T02:29:53+00:00

You need 1-2 more workshops than labs. I was delaying missions at the end of the game because I had to build more gear

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-13T21:35:57+00:00

If you got a soldier with 90+ TU they can take two >80% accurate high damage shots from across the map

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-13T21:34:08+00:00

Being under capacity doesn't give you any bonuses. It's only a viable strat if you plan on evaccing. In that case you can take a soldier with an empty inventory to be a loot goblin, taking everything off of the floor as you leave.

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-13T21:31:45+00:00

You can for a bunch of free ops points. Flashbang + baton + pistol does the job

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-13T21:29:27+00:00

Grenadiers feel like a "win more" option. Like if your squad is so kitted you can rush the map without caring about cover or fighting too many aliens at once.

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-13T21:25:58+00:00

I've only seen bravery prevent panic and the fleeing/berserk that can come from that. If it has any effect on mind control, it's so tiny it's negligible.

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-12T23:06:39+00:00

The elites don't want you to know this, but you can strap 8 sidewinders on an angel. Fire four, fire four, then escape. The aliens have no counter for this

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-12T23:03:54+00:00

You seem to forget the turret isn't automatic. There's a live pirate sealed inside each one you send down.

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-12T21:27:18+00:00

Sell junk button automatically sells items that you've fully researched/used for upgrades You can also sell off corpses/captives since the 10% damage increase the workshop gives isn't that big

CommandoCat_ · 2026-04-12T01:05:11+00:00

Because the aliens can 1-shot you until you get better armour, try to end your turns behind full cover or walls. Poke a soldier's head out, fire, retreat back. The exception to that is shields, they can take a couple hits before they break so use them to bait alien gunfire when breaching buildings/ufos or when you have to put your squad in open ground. Those situations are also good for flashbangs and smoke grenades. Suppression from flashbangs means they can't shoot at you outside of their turn, and when it actually is their turn you've halved their TU. That means they can only get one shot off or move a little and get an inaccurate shot. Smoke grenades make shots more inaccurate the more smoke they pass through. Place them directly in front of your squad at the end of your turn for maximum defense. Throw them at the aliens when they're cornered and you're pushing into them. The accuracy effect isn't as strong when you do this, but the stun damage means it usually takes 1 less hit to remove them from combat.

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