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[RAM]

Ugh, I have been dreading this choice, still not sure... The faster recovery would be, well, it feel selfish. Great if we are under pressure, but there are lots of fleshies available at the moment so... But it would offset my(and later others') horrible fatigue extensions and let me keep gaining experience at the same rate as everyone else... Or I could relegate myself to getting less action, but improve the performance of missions that I am actually on...

I guess I will default to the unpronounceable latin thingy but I would love some advice if anyone has it before locking the thing in...

[Sheb]

Go for shorter recovery time. First of all, it's going to affect all officers, not just you. Also, sooner or later we'll start feeling the pain of back-to-back missions, and that one day less will be much better than a few points of will.

[Toaster]

I think it's lee-gee-ooh pat-ree-aah nos-traah (like nostril)


That's not a vote, though.  I have no feeling either way.

[Mephansteras]

Officer perks always effect the squad that goes on the mission, so the reduced fatigue time helps the entire squad get back into action faster. It's my default choice. The bonus will is nice, and helpful for psionics and training rookies up, but is generally my second choice and the one I usually stick on my training officer.

[MaximumZero]

Hooah! Pew pew pew BOOOOOM!

tl;dr: I approve of the mission.

[GiglameshDespair]

At best, you'll get 8 will. Compared to -1 day of fatigue, 8 will is pretty much worthless.

[Jim Groovester]

Legio Patria Nostra is more a late game perk since if you have a bunch of psi soldiers (which is the only reason why you would want to take it) they'll have so much extra fatigue just from having the psi powers that the one day reduction from Stay Frosty probably won't make enough of a difference.

Greene fires a rocket, but only manages to destroy a bunch of cover

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Ha ha ha long war rockets ha ha ha youre so good at your job ha ha ha

I'm glad I have blaster launchers and don't have to deal with crap like this anymore.

[UXLZ]

Go go rock-it launchers!

What, are rockets super inaccurate in Long War?

[MaximumZero]

It appears so, but I give zero fucks and just want to blow up everything anyway.

[Powder Miner]

We think alike.

[GiglameshDespair]

Rockets in ordinary nuCom have a flat 10% chance to go widely astray and a 90% chance to hit directly on target. Long war rockets have scatter - reduced by steadying aim, aim increasing items, etc. If a rocket has a scatter of 1.7, for example, it'll go 1.7 tiles off - in some direction - from where you aimed. I prefer the Long War system, but inexperienced rocketeers or those that have moved tend to be rather... wild... with where their missiles go.

[Mephansteras]

Yeah. Greene is pretty accurate if he has a chance to steady his aim, and with Fire in the Hole he's much more accurate than other rocketeers as long as he hasn't moved that turn. But...it's still pretty bad unless he's taken a turn to steady.

[RAM]

Huh... The wiki says that Notstra is +2 per. Oh well, sign me up for Frostra, it seems like the people's choice. Also it feels more movie-style "we are the heroes going on all the missions" and less power-gaming "any member of my squad can beat a giant brain-monster at a staring contest" which sort of gives it coolness points...

But still, between all of them http://ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Officers_(Long_War) that would be, like, up to +23 will, although that wiki has already proven itself to lie... but will leadery will-sharing powers, even a dunce like Kaos could fry brains... Ehh, no, the quicker cycle time really would be cool, and will give me super-promotion-powers to outrank the poor slobs who don't team up with me...

So Stay Frosty... Ugh, I am never going to be happy with this, but lock it in...

[Tiruin]

I've to poke that we significantly need a field medic in every mission, primarily due to their 'Field Surgeon' perk. Which I'll leave as a note to figure out. :3 (and because I have no idea if we have an experienced medic in the meantime...)

Go for shorter recovery time. First of all, it's going to affect all officers, not just you. Also, sooner or later we'll start feeling the pain of back-to-back missions, and that one day less will be much better than a few points of will.

Do note, that if your officer is higher up in the ranks, the more hours they have of fatigue :/
It's a somewhat silly-ish mechanic I've seen in the...raws(?), presumably for balance of power and such.

...I edited the raws because of some mechanics disliked (CHRYSALLIDS AND LIGHTNING REFLEXES GAHRH)

[GiglameshDespair]

...I edited the raws because of some mechanics disliked (CHRYSALLIDS AND LIGHTNING REFLEXES GAHRH)

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