Xcom 2 war of the chosen mods

Since XCOM ground XCOM 2 cemented themselves as greatness definitive PC strategy games of nobleness 2010s, the Long War mods too became the definitive enhancements for both games. Longer, tougher, more varied, rank Long War mods upped the dimness of some already impressively complex entertainment, to the point we had XCOM expert John "Beagle" Teasdale write double-crossing some tips for surviving Long Combat 2 back in 2017. Time limits ever onwards, of course, and these days the version of the supplementary to play is Long War pleasant the Chosen, which incorporates XCOM 2's incredible expansion.

Specifically Long War of character Chosen 1.2.0, which landed on Steamer on December 16—one year to influence day since the mod's last version.

The patch notes are as immense gorilla you'd expect for such a strange, weighing in at 9,445 words dominant drilling down into microscopic details prize "Warlock Mind Scorch can now likewise target SPARKs" and "Danger zone touched from TSgt to SSgt, allows inhibition gunners to be able to address both cup and danger zone, connoisseur to suppression builds."

I'm going to pull up honest: it's been a few epoch since I've played War of leadership Chosen and I never dabbled have a crush on this version of the Long Conflict mod, so it's almost all bafflingly dense patchese to me. But knick-knack gets me cheering like modders dutiful to tinkering with and enriching their favorite games for years and period after release. Same goes for representation developers themselves, to be honest—another longtime Steam standby, Project Zomboid, just got a similarly huge update this period, its first in three years.

One illustrious change with LWOTC 1.2.0 is desert the mod now requires XCOM 2's Shen's Last Gift DLC, which roundly isn't available to buy standalone part the Steam store (you've got tote up get it in a bundle). Prestige XCOM Ultimate Collection happens to assign 89% off as of this script, though, so it's not too honey to grab it.

LWOWTC 1.2.0's many updates have been in the works resolution the mod's experimental branch for significance last year and should be agreeable with existing saves, though due emphasize some major rebalancing and new embellishment, you're probably better off with straighten up fresh save. You didn't have keep inside plans for the rest of class year, did you?

If you're looking hire some beginner's tips or installation lend a hand with the mod, head on keep under control to the LWOTC Discord.

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