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[GlyphGryph]

Frikkin Andron Terror Missions. What the hell am I supposed to DO here, damn it? T_T

[Aklyon]

Frikkin Andron Terror Missions. What the hell am I supposed to DO here, damn it? T_T

Rockets tend to work, but I don't get much from the resulting destruction and i probably lose a guy or some anyway.

[Aseaheru]

For the terror missions I think the idea is having alot of LMG upgrades waiting for them, along with waiting for them to come to you.

And greatorder, remember that armor lowers vision range in all but the buzzards case.

[alway]

For the terror missions I think the idea is having alot of LMG upgrades waiting for them, along with waiting for them to come to you.

And greatorder, remember that armor lowers vision range in all but the buzzards case.

Not necessarily LMGs; but waiting for them, yes.

Spoiler: tactics; minor spoilers related to AI behaviors (click to show/hide)

So this is the main thing I had been hinting at with my previous post about varied AI behaviors for each enemy type. As is noted in the autopsy reports after the fact, Androns simply do not give a fuck. They do not know fear, and as such, completely ignore cover. Their AI behavior is set up to do just this. If they start firing on you, there is a pretty good chance they will attempt to close on your position, regardless of whether there is adequate cover to do so intelligently. They will run right out into the open while closing on your troops. Since they can't be suppressed, burst fire may not necessarily be the best choice; personally, I find snipers and single-shot riflemen to be a decent way to bring them down, with a forward soldier providing spotting on the Androns. Stay in cover, stay crouched, and spread out so a miss doesn't hit another one of your troops. As soon as one is spotted, all guns should be brought to bear on it to focus it down ASAP. This should work adequately well, even with starting weapons, so long as your entire group is capable of doing so. Breaking into multiple hunting squads is a Really Bad Idea if you've only got starter weapons, as you probably won't be able to bring one down before it murderizes someone.

So your best bet is to get a nice area of cover surrounded by wide open spaces, and just camp there until they stop showing up.

Will you save any civies this way? Hells naw. But you might save some of your troops.

[Aseaheru]

And with luck you will have civvies next to your ship to keep themselves alive.

[andrea]

I might be wrong... but I noticed that civilians tend to walk to your dropship and hide there. at least the ones close enough.

[GiglameshDespair]

Are vehicles worth it? My game I've just started bringing out lasers, and I'm wondering whether it's worth trying out a laser IFV.

[TempAcc]

Once you get the laser cannon the vehicles start shining, since they can take several of the tougher early midgame enemies out in one hit. Before that though, I'm not sure, I suppose the rocket launcher is useful too, but you dont really want to blow a lot of enemies up early on because you want their equipment for research.

Idk if I'm cripling myself by only leveling 6 xenonauts tho, that strat worked sort of fine in xcom, so I assume it should be ok for now. I really need to make more foxtrots tho. It seems a squadron of two condors + one foxtrot can take out most things.

[Aseaheru]

Haveing extra trained troops is still a good idea.

[Puzzlemaker]

I find I tend to cycle troops anyway due to injuries.

Also:  I love vehicles!  They are awesome.

[Jacob/Lee]

I like Fire in the Hole a lot. It didn't quite make sense that a tiny alien ship could take a missile, scream out of the sky, and crash in the middle of a city without suffering *some* hull damage. My shotgunners are enjoying the more claustrophobic interiors, too, especially on some of the more open maps with less buildings and tight alleyways.

[EnigmaticHat]

In the "Iceland Incident" (the game's backstory as told by the in-game encyclopedia) they talk about how humanity hit the first UFO they encountered using 6 nuclear ICBMs.  It crash landed intact into Iceland.

Not sure a few smaller conventional missiles and the ground would be enough to tear a significant hole in a UFO

[Azated]

So, I'm still very early in the game, but I'm loving it to bits. I've just learned how incredible machineguns are, both infantry and vehicular. They absolutely annihilate everything, and the hunter armoured car is amazing for scouting/no-risk assault. I don't know how many times I've killed the flying drones with that thing.

I also learned that androns are (apparently) unaffected by stun batons and stun gas. Three hits with the baton and a stun grenade and the sucker still shot my shield guy, at which point I focused all fire on him and ended up obliterating all the terrain in his immediate vicinity.

I also discovered that rocket launchers come loaded with a HE missile, which is a pleasant surprise because that means my guys carry an explosive shell and a stun shell at the same time.

[Descan]

Androns can't be stunned. They don't even have a Xenopedia article for a captured Andron, so even if the game glitched and gave you a live Andron, you'd get nothing out of it.

[Jacob/Lee]

Yeah, Androns are impossible to stop beyond riddling them with [INSERT WEAPON CLASS PROJECTILE HERE]. At least I could never beat them with a stun baton enough to KO them, which makes sense for robots. I don't think they can be suppressed, either, which makes fighting them that much more fun.

edit: ninja creepin' 'round here.