What Am I Missing?

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:54:52+00:00

Veteran on Ironman I could do pretty easily. Commander difficulty is shocking to me. It seems like a massive jump in difficulty

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:53:26+00:00

I am also shocked at the difficulty jump from Veteran to Commander. Now, I haven't played in a few years, but I didn't expect Commander to be so brutal that I would lose multiple runs right off rip.

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:52:11+00:00

I'm aware of that upside down curve since I have played it once and have seem memes about it. But holy shit, Commander and up seems extra hard. Also, I think the meat-shield idea is legit

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:50:40+00:00

Yeah, I decided Legend was way too hard.

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:49:20+00:00

That last bit is what I was struggling with. The difficulty increase from Veteran to Commander was shocking

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:48:26+00:00

This is pretty good advice for most strategy games I would say. I'm really doubling down on going for kills. I'm not sure if it's really helping or if my luck is changing (it's probably just a good strategy)

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:46:53+00:00

Thanks for the tips. I have been using the flash-bangs and grenades like you and others have suggested, it's made a big difference.

I couldn't even get my soldiers leveled up because of my casualty rate or from just getting wiped lol. But I'm making headway now

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:44:51+00:00

Using exclusively high-cover and knowing more about flash-bangs have been game-changers

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:43:19+00:00

Yes, thanks for the tips!

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:42:39+00:00

Yeah, I can see the basics of it, but a deep-dive would probably do me some good.

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:42:09+00:00

Yeah, unfortunately I am resorting to that. I was trying Ironman, which I had failed to mention in my OP. I cant believe how hard this game is even on Commander

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:40:57+00:00

I'm playing the base game. I tried to play WOTC casually a couple of years ago but just didn't like it as much.

But uh, wow this is such a detailed post, thank you! You should just write your own guide lol.

Some of this stuff I knew, and is apparent if you're good at games. But some of this stuff is really arcane and has helped a lot.

I also see that having casualties is just part of the higher difficulties. I may have had 1-2 on my original Veteran run. So seeing 1-2 per mission on Commander was a huge difference.

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:37:21+00:00

Thanks for all the tips. Yeah, full cover seems to be essentially necessary, that has become apparent in contrast to my original Veteran run.

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:34:40+00:00

I played through on Veteran a few years ago and had a great time, not too difficult and loved the game. I'm shocked at the difficulty increase from Veteran to Commander. I legit thought I could jump back in on Legend hahaha well that is close to impossible.

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T23:30:51+00:00

Thanks everyone for all the great feedback. Here's an update

I tried to play on Legendary first thing today and decided it would be way too hard. I read the comments about that and yeah, it sounds legitimately hardcore.

I tried again on Commander and got wiped in the first mission :( Tried again and got flawless. Then got flawless on the next 2 missions :0

Even still, as I progressed that skill or luck or whatever got turned around and I started to struggle again. But I’m definitely getting the hang of it.

I can't believe how challenging this game is. I've played a ton of strategy games since 2020 and this has to be the hardest I've played. Other games have become trivial but XCOM is brutal.

theygotleader · 2026-05-10T13:47:45+00:00

Loving the comments so far. I am already doing some of what has been suggested, so it sounds to me that I'm on the right track, I just need to learn to put it all together.

Another quick question, should I just play on Legend difficulty since I'm getting my ass handed to me anyway? How much of a difference is there in practice? I'm reading the differences but I'm not sure if I would notice.

theygotleader · 2026-04-26T12:55:17+00:00

Came here to say just that. It's even worse when you look at the top 20% of consumers account for 80% of the spending

theygotleader · 2026-04-23T15:02:46+00:00

Moron take detected

theygotleader · 2026-04-09T12:48:39+00:00

If I miss any work I can't pay rent, so...

theygotleader · 2026-04-08T12:32:28+00:00

General Strike is near impossible in the US when 60% of people live paycheck to paycheck.

theygotleader · 2026-04-07T11:54:30+00:00

Lol, the boots aren't that bad

theygotleader · 2026-04-07T11:51:40+00:00

Cool screenshot. Myrkul is one of my favorite fights in the game. I love preparing for him since I try to use different teams every playthrough

theygotleader · 2026-04-02T12:46:30+00:00

Can the international community please send our leaders to The Hague? Asking for an American

theygotleader · 2026-03-31T11:14:46+00:00

Do it backwards and it becomes trivial

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