Move back 1 square behind the cover or move to the next cover to break LOS. Found aliens? got a line to shoot after their initial movement? DON'T take the shot!! No matter how good it might be, since it leaves you in a LOS to the reast of his teammates or in a position where they can get LOS without gettign any closer. Most BASIC rule is to never have LOS to any alien on the end of your turn and as many of your units on overwatch as possible! When scouting for aliens, take cover, look out for the next possible cover to go from the position you want to go and for the next possible cover to retreat to when actually finding aliens. sometimes I don't even move the full distance I can with a normal move. I'm just playing classic since I have a stressfull job and am too tired in the evening to concentrate enough for those really hard aliens on impossible and want a more fluid gameplay.įor those interested in how to actually beat impossible maps: move slowly. I beat the first 2 maps on impossible without loosing a single unit. I also tried the impossile ironman which I will continue from time to time. I have aprox 25 battles on this playthrough atm and lost 3 units, 2 of them rookies. Therefore I don't care about reloading till I hit and from this gameperspective hits are random, not fixed since I only get to do every shot just once.

The AI is on the other hand very beatable when your brain is capable of using the game mechanics of cover, flanking and the right combination of perks.

It's not about just having a better %toHit but the aliens actually taking cover, retreating when outnumbered, preparing the enemy for their flanking units, pushing when in good positions and, as I recently noticed, covering their exposed units that missed their shot whith suppressing fire on the most leathal threat to their buddies. People really need to start using their brains.

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