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Do the deaths in the tutorial lock me out of "The Untouchables"?
After doing some more research, it appears that doing the tutorial voids this achievement, so it's mandatory to skip it if you want to try to get "The Untouchables."
From this thread ...
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What causes Purifier tanks to explode?
It's random. They have a 50% chance to explode on death (100% when killed with explosive damage)
You can edit this probability for yourself in
Documents\my games\XCOM2 War of the Chosen\XComGame\...
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Is it possible to indefinitely keep up with the Avatar timer?
In the base game without mods, I find that eventually you run out of facilities to take out, which is the only way to reduce the timer. Nothing prevents you from unlocking the final mission and ...
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If a soldier is behind both high and low cover, which one counts?
If the game has to choose between high and low cover, it will choose high. However, in your example the only choice is "low".
Please see this image describing how cover works in the game - the cover ...
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Does the commander in the modern XCOM series have a canonical gender?
No, the idea of the Commander is that you, the player, are the Commander. The gender of the Commander is your own (or whatever you want it to be). As you've noticed, the game carefully dances around ...
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When do we ever see the "commander" on xcom game?
You have this screenshot right on the wiki page you linked showing the Commander before the final mission.
You see the commander in a similar suit during the rescue mission Operation Gatecrasher. It'...
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Extracted enemy VIP - says I killed him
Apparently this is a bug that has been reported. Here's a thread discussing it.
Based on a post in that thread, it seems that this bug was introduced into the vanilla game alongside the patch that ...
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What does the "Resistance contacts" SITREP do in Xcom2 War of the Chosen?
I completed the mission.
There were three civilians with a circle around them. Approaching each one has rewarded me with ~33 Supplies, for a total of 100 for all three.
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Engaging The Chosen Assassin safely
There are three simple solutions available to you.
Battle Scanner - Unlocked as part of the Advent Trooper autopsy. Battle Scanners will reveal all concealed units, including disguised Faceless, ...
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Is it possible to indefinitely keep up with the Avatar timer?
The Avatar Project comes with two flavours of progress: facility progress and core progress. It all melds into the same bar, but the distinction is significant.
Facility progress is accrued ...
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Why is my character pool empty after installing War of the Chosen?
Due to the major changes added in War of the Chosen (WOTC) there was actually a second folder added for the game in the Documents\my games folder (path will be different on a non-windows machine). ...
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What happens if you attack a chosen stronghold before saving a captured soldier?
Despite what you might think, captive soldiers aren't actually held in the Chosen's personal stronghold -- they use Advent facilities for that. (Nor are you guaranteed to run into the chosen on rescue ...
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How to save soldiers mind controlled by the warlock in Xcom 2 war of the chosen?
If keeping the Reaper alive is your only priority, then simply EVAC the remaining soldiers as quickly as you can. This will fail the mission, costing you that Resistance contact… but Elena will live. ...
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Where did I get 3 deaths from?
The two things included in the soldiers killed metric are:
KIA members of your squad (not resistance soldiers added via the resistance order, nor the fighters on retaliation strikes).
Mind-controlled ...
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Is stealth the best way to approach a timed objective?
No. XCOM 2 isn't supposed to be played as a stealth game, and, in fact, there's at least some evidence that the aliens will move towards your squad while the squad is concealed, and not just follow a ...
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How can I do waypoint movements in xcom 2?
Dunno if this is still active, but the console equivalent is to hold "A" or "Square" and move the left stick
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How can I stop the "quick shot" feature in XCOM 2 Tactical Missions?
There is no such "feature".
Clicking the cross-hair icon always has the camera zoom-in close to your character and present you with a list of targets to switch between, along with some details on the ...
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What are the drawbacks of the Assassin's katana?
The Assassin's Katana only has 2 drawbacks:
Unique. If you lose it, it stays lost.
Not Upgradable. You can't improve it further (like you can other weapons)
Other than that, go have a blast with 5 ...
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Who is this 7th soldier I have?
If you have the bonus called Volunteer Army (either from continent bonus or resistance order), there will be a chance of a unclassed resistance soldier join you on missions.
There's another similar ...
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How do aliens get stronger?
Aliens grow stronger over time, and outside of a couple story specific aliens, aren't tied to mission or tech completion at all.
I believe the only story specific aliens are:
Essentially every ...
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Can the enemy destroy their own distress beacon in a downed UFO mission?
Since you were near the end of the game when this happened, it is possible a Sectopod or Gatekeeper accidentally destroyed their own beacon while moving around inside the UFO. This has apparently ...
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How do I unlock SPARK units without doing the Shen's Last Gift mission?
The SPARK units are DLC units from Shen's Last Gift DLC. They can only be unlocked after the Lost Towers mission. If you disable the mission in your campaign, they can be built after researching ...
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How can I do waypoint movements in XCOM 2 (console version)?
In an official Xcom 2 news posting regarding an update to PS4 and Xbox One versions, the first item listed under "GAMEPLAY" is
Waypoint functionality added.
I played the Xbox One version last ...
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What is the significance of the blinking white health bars?
This is the maximum damage of the attack, minus the armour of the enemy. I am pretty sure no other damage sources are taken into consideration (e.g. a tank that is guaranteed to explode).
This ...
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What is the "Shaped Charge" (LW2) supposed to be good for?
Yes, it's exactly for extreme environmental damage!
It destroys pretty much everything (except maybe some load bearing pylons) but it has a very short range so it's kind of a high risk - high reward ...
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How to disable Phantom?
There is no natural way to remove or suppress this ability.
As you have seen, this can indeed act as a detriment. A strategic way to work around this limitation is to use this character as the one ...
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Which Enemy abilities are prevented by Burn/Poison/Disorient?
There's some information in the XCOM-2 Wiki.
disoriented:
It will also cancel overwatch, suppression, mind control, and reanimated corpses if used on the creator of the zombie. [...]
Mutons cannot ...
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Is it possible to recruit more templar/skimishers/reapers?
I was finally able to get another Reaper through a covert action. As far as I've seen, that's the only way to get new faction-units.
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Is it possible to recruit more templar/skimishers/reapers?
You can get one extra faction soldier from the first resistance faction that you contact by using a covert action that requires high influence in that faction.
With the WotC tutorial on you always ...
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Do Lost kills give experience?
Yes, they are supposed to grant experience. The experience they grant is greatly reduced though.
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