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[majikero]

WHY IS THE ETHEREAL WANDERING AROUND!

Stay in the control room like proper alien overlord.

[Mageziya]

In the old games they did that. To be honest, a psionic monster floating randomly around the battle field is far more terrifying than one cooped up in a room that you are prepared for.

[USEC_OFFICER]

Though, to be fair, they only wandered around on UFOs crewed only by Ethereals. On the other UFOs they didn't exist.

[Lightningfalcon]

Do the Crysalid zombies spawn new Crysalids anymore?  I haven't reached classical yet, but on normal they aren't nearly as close to being as terrifieing as they were on easy in the original. 

[Remalle]

If you don't kill them in a few turns they hatch new chryssalids, yes.

[Lightningfalcon]

Still much better then the original ones I guess.  Still wish they gave you the option of carrying grenades with set timers.

[Sharp]

The timed grenade thing was something I didn't really see the point of in original XCOM, it's hard to predict where enemies are going to be in the next turn let alone 3 turns ahead. That being said I did like that you threw it but you don't know if it's actually going to kill the aliens until it's the aliens turn.

[GlyphGryph]

On normal and easy Chrysalids don't really happen "off-screen"

On classic or impossible, you can quickly get a situation with them multiplying rather rapidly.

[umiman]

On normal and easy Chrysalids don't really happen "off-screen"

On classic or impossible, you can quickly get a situation with them multiplying rather rapidly.

With mods they actively attack civilians off screen too, so you actually get a ridiculous horde of Chrysalids.

[Anvilfolk]

Looks like Second Wave is officially coming out soon/now/a while ago: RPS article. For free

[Tarran]

But to unlock all the options you're going to have to finish the game on Impossible...

[GlyphGryph]

On normal and easy Chrysalids don't really happen "off-screen"

On classic or impossible, you can quickly get a situation with them multiplying rather rapidly.

With mods they actively attack civilians off screen too, so you actually get a ridiculous horde of Chrysalids.

They do this on Impossible and (to a lesser extent) Classic already.

Looks like Second Wave is officially coming out soon/now/a while ago: RPS article. For free

It had better be goddamn free, since it was not only supposed to but DID ship with the core game, albeit disabled.

Good to know they'll be available to the general audience, though. Especially "Not Created Equal" which adds quite a bit of fun to the game.

[timferius]

On normal and easy Chrysalids don't really happen "off-screen"

On classic or impossible, you can quickly get a situation with them multiplying rather rapidly.

With mods they actively attack civilians off screen too, so you actually get a ridiculous horde of Chrysalids.

They do this on Impossible and (to a lesser extent) Classic already.

Looks like Second Wave is officially coming out soon/now/a while ago: RPS article. For free

It had better be goddamn free, since it was not only supposed to but DID ship with the core game, albeit disabled.

Good to know they'll be available to the general audience, though. Especially "Not Created Equal" which adds quite a bit of fun to the game.

If you read the RPS interview, Jake sounds pleased that modders got to it first, because it gave them a firm list of what was and wasn't working yet, and some ideas for tweaks.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Just started a game on Classic Ironman, with the following Second Wave options active:

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    Damage Roulette: Weapons have a wider range of damage.
   
    Not Created Equally: Rookies will have random starting stats.

    Hidden Potential: As a soldier is promoted, stats increase randomly.

    Red Fog: Combat wounds will degrade the soldier’s mission stats.

    Absolutely Critical: A flanking shot guarantees a critical hit.

    The Greater Good: Psionics can only be learned from interrogating a psionic alien.

I have neither the Classic nor Impossible options unlocked, so hopefully this will change that somewhat.

[Metalax]

I've just got to do an impossible run now to unlock the last four options.

The Greater Good: Psionics can only be learned from interrogating a psionic alien.

Is it bad that I didn't realize that this wasn't already the case in the base game?  I've never failed to capture the base commander, and his interrogation has always been the first project after the mission.

Any guesses on how long it will be for the first person to finish Impossible Ironman with all second wave enabled?