BTW, to someone that mentioned disappointment in the lack of UFOpaedia/game manual, they're in the Escape menu along with Save/Load Game, etc.
That was probably me, and what they have is a waste of space. As USEC_OFFICER said, it's just an in-game manual. Want to know about, oh, Aircraft Armaments, for example? Sure, check that manual - it just tells you that you can go to the hanger, select an aircraft, and choose what weapon system to equip on it. Yep! Your scientists can research things with enough detail for your engineers to build them... but if you want to know the stats of an item, you have to build it, go to the soldier/craft equip page, and click on the tab to actually see the stats. Ridonkulous! Especially when you compare the original game's in-game UFOpedia that would update with every bit of research, building or piece of gear as you unlocked them, with full stats and fluff text.
Actually, if you go to the build screen, at the bottom left corner is a button with an arrow on it, which gives the stats of whatever you're building.
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I only learned this after playing for several hours. An actual UFOpaedia would have been nice.
Well, that's something at least. :p I'll have to look at it, as soon as I finish this mission. Finally got my satellite nexus built, and had one spare satellite pre-built. It looks like simply the promise of a satellite drops a country's panic rating by 2-3, even though it takes 4 days to launch the thing.
I wonder if I'm messing up on the world terror levels... I've been holding off on the base assault mission for about 3 weeks now, and wonder if taking it on will reduce the worldwide panic level. Oh well, I'll find out soon enough!