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Should I try to strengthen one area on the map to make travel times shorter or try to cover as much of the globe as possible?

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My understanding is that if you can do it without a country panicking and leaving the council, it's better to go ahead and fill a continent for the bonus. However, in my limited experience I end up spending my satellites to calm down a nation more often than not.

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Covering a complete region with satellites gives you the continent bonus, same as if you had picked the region for XCOM HQ.

Unlike the bonus from your base, though, you can lose this if you lose full coverage for your satellites.

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I have found so far that you need some coverage on each continent to spot ufo's, otherwise they can terrorize continents undetected. I was playing on classic but trying to keep everyone happy, and still doing all the research, etc was impossible.

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