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Impressions / Notes from playing the campaign in 2.5-dev
After a lot of the campaign balancing changes, the wounds system and the weight system are roughly in place I started a new campaign. Want to keep track of the findings here. Playing on standart difficulty.
- Only two missions within the first six weeks. The 8th mission already a Harvester, Plasma Rifles and Plasma Blasters. The 9th again Harvester, Shevaar with Plasma Blasters. This gives the feel that the difficulty level is increasing faster than intended.
- Less UFOs mean less income from selling UFOs and loot. Robotic aliens give no loot at all. So some missions end up in a net loss for the player. Also, not beeing able to sell UFOs makes it harder to keep nation happyness in balance. This means the income is mostly from the nations funding at this stage.
- The Wounds System and the Weight System make up for even more micro management (switching soldiers more often after missions to sort the wounded ones out, check the strength improvement of soldiers to possibly increase the equipment load).
- When Fighter UFOs and later Harvesters appear there is a risk of inexperienced players loosing interceptors and being forced to reload the game because of insufficient funds.
- 16th mission - 2084/26/06 armoured Tamans appear, soldiers already wear Plasma Rifles and Pistols, but short on ammo because of limited production capacity
Bookmarks for the 2.5 campaign
- 2084 April 1st
- Missions 0
- Bases 2
- Costs 150.600
- Funding 475.899
- Funds 338.960
- UFO-Yards 1
- Soldiers 16
- Scientists 10
- Workers 0
- Pilots 2
- Research -
- Overall interest: 30
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 20
- ...2. Terror mission -- 0
- ...3. Base attack -- 0
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 0
- ...5. Supply base -- 0
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 0
- ...7. Interception -- 0
- ...8. Harvest -- 0
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2084 May 1st
- Missions 2
- Bases 2
- Costs 182.475
- Funding 451.027
- Funds 271.990
- UFO-Yards 1
- Soldiers 16
- Scientists 20
- Workers 0
- Pilots 3
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory
- Overall interest: 60
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 8
- ...2. Terror mission -- 0
- ...3. Base attack -- 0
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 0
- ...5. Supply base -- 0
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 0
- ...7. Interception -- 7
- ...8. Harvest -- 23
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2084 June 1st
- Missions 11
- Bases 2
- Costs 223.325
- Funding 516.240
- Funds 326.049
- UFO-Yards 1
- Soldiers 21
- Scientists 20
- Workers 20
- Pilots 5
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory, UFO Scout, Alien Materials, Alien Autopsy: Taman, Alien Breathing Apparartus, UFO Fighter, Kerrblade, Alien Autopsy: Hoovernet
- Overall interest: 91
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 93
- ...2. Terror mission -- 18
- ...3. Base attack -- 3
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 4
- ...5. Supply base -- 0
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 0
- ...7. Interception -- 44
- ...8. Harvest -- 67
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2084 July 1st
- Missions 18
- Bases 3
- Costs 265.100
- Funding 507.118
- Funds 294.736
- UFO-Yards 2
- Soldiers 23
- Scientists 20
- Workers 20
- Pilots 6
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory, UFO Scout, Alien Materials, Alien Autopsy: Taman, Alien Breathing Apparartus, UFO Fighter, Kerrblade, Alien Autopsy: Hoovernet, UFO Harvester, Particle Beam Weapon, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Blaster, Stun Rod
- Overall interest: 121
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 73
- ...2. Terror mission -- 10
- ...3. Base attack -- 18
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 38
- ...5. Supply base -- 0
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 0
- ...7. Interception -- 88
- ...8. Harvest -- 107
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2084 August 1st
- Missions 25
- Bases 3
- Costs 300.575
- Funding 510.308
- Funds 263.495
- UFO-Yards 2
- Soldiers 23
- Scientists 20
- Workers 30
- Pilots 7
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory, UFO Scout, Alien Materials, Alien Autopsy: Taman, Alien Breathing Apparartus, UFO Fighter, Kerrblade, Alien Autopsy: Hoovernet, UFO Harvester, Particle Beam Weapon, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Blaster, Stun Rod, Alien Body Armour, Nanocomposite Armour, DF-Cartridge, Laser rifle
- Overall interest: 152
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 190
- ...2. Terror mission -- 30
- ...3. Base attack -- 63
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 36
- ...5. Supply base -- 0
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 0
- ...7. Interception -- 116
- ...8. Harvest -- 42
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2084 Sep 1st
- Missions 39
- Bases 4
- Costs 352.800
- Funding 538.600
- Funds 214.725
- UFO-Yards 2
- Soldiers 30
- Scientists 20
- Workers 30
- Pilots 8
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory, UFO Scout, Alien Materials, Alien Autopsy: Taman, Alien Breathing Apparartus, UFO Fighter, Kerrblade, Alien Autopsy: Hoovernet, UFO Harvester, Particle Beam Weapon, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Blaster, Stun Rod, Alien Body Armour, Nanocomposite Armour, DF-Cartridge, Laser Rifle, Antimatter, Plasma Grenade, Plasma and the GL, Alien Autopsy: Sheevar, Alien Autopsy: Boodspider, Monomolecular Blades, Aerial Laser Cannon
- Overall interest: 183
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 306
- ...2. Terror mission -- 18
- ...3. Base attack -- 39
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 158
- ...5. Supply base -- 0
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 0
- ...7. Interception -- 195
- ...8. Harvest -- 26
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2084 Okt 1st
- Missions 49
- Bases 4
- Costs 401.600
- Funding 576.008
- Funds 241.188
- UFO-Yards 2
- Soldiers 39
- Scientists 20
- Workers 30
- Pilots 10
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory, UFO Scout, Alien Materials, Alien Autopsy: Taman, Alien Breathing Apparartus, UFO Fighter, Kerrblade, Alien Autopsy: Hoovernet, UFO Harvester, Particle Beam Weapon, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Blaster, Stun Rod, Alien Body Armour, Nanocomposite Armour, DF-Cartridge, Laser Rifle, Antimatter, Plasma Grenade, Plasma and the GL, Alien Autopsy: Sheevar, Alien Autopsy: Boodspider, Monomolecular Blades, Aerial Laser Cannon, Alien Propulsion, Alien Detection
- Overall interest: 213
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 354
- ...2. Terror mission -- 78
- ...3. Base attack -- 73
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 173
- ...5. Supply base -- 0
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 21
- ...7. Interception -- 196
- ...8. Harvest -- 47
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2084 Nov 1st
- Missions 56
- Bases 4
- Costs 437.175
- Funding 629.958
- Funds 297.282
- UFO-Yards 2
- Soldiers 42
- Scientists 30
- Workers 40
- Pilots 10
- XVI spread 0%
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory, UFO Scout, Alien Materials, Alien Autopsy: Taman, Alien Breathing Apparartus, UFO Fighter, Kerrblade, Alien Autopsy: Hoovernet, UFO Harvester, Particle Beam Weapon, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Blaster, Stun Rod, Alien Body Armour, Nanocomposite Armour, DF-Cartridge, Laser Rifle, Antimatter, Plasma Grenade, Plasma and the GL, Alien Autopsy: Sheevar, Alien Autopsy: Boodspider, Monomolecular Blades, Aerial Laser Cannon, Alien Propulsion, Alien Detection, Alien Launcher, AM-Missile, Laser Pistol, Heavy Laser
- Overall interest: 244
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 299
- ...2. Terror mission -- 0
- ...3. Base attack -- 55
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 217
- ...5. Supply base -- 0
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 42
- ...7. Interception -- 275
- ...8. Harvest -- 68
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2085 Jan 1st
- Missions 72
- Bases 5
- Costs 497.325
- Funding 708.422
- Funds 354.586
- UFO-Yards 2
- Soldiers 42
- Scientists 40
- Workers 40
- Pilots 10
- XVI spread 0%
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory, UFO Scout, Alien Materials, Alien Autopsy: Taman, Alien Breathing Apparartus, UFO Fighter, Kerrblade, Alien Autopsy: Hoovernet, UFO Harvester, Particle Beam Weapon, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Blaster, Stun Rod, Alien Body Armour, Nanocomposite Armour, DF-Cartridge, Laser Rifle, Antimatter, Plasma Grenade, Plasma and the GL, Alien Autopsy: Sheevar, Alien Autopsy: Boodspider, Monomolecular Blades, Aerial Laser Cannon, Alien Propulsion, Alien Detection, Alien Launcher, AM-Missile, Laser Pistol, Heavy Laser, Plasma Blade, UFO Supply, Encased Plasma Rounds, Live Alien, EM-Rifle, The Alien Mind, Odd Behaviour, Alien Communication, Needler Gun, Alien Autopsy: Combat Hovernet, Alien Autopsy: Combat Bloodspider, The Universal Serum, Alien Autopsy: Ortnok, Alien Origins
- Overall interest: 305
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 311
- ...2. Terror mission -- 132
- ...3. Base attack -- 75
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 233
- ...5. Supply base -- 353
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 229
- ...7. Interception -- 513
- ...8. Harvest -- 66
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2085 Feb 1st
- Missions 79
- Bases 5
- Costs 553.225
- Funding 741.227
- Funds 532.899
- UFO-Yards 2
- Soldiers 42
- Scientists 50
- Workers 50
- Pilots 10
- XVI spread 0%
- Alien Base discovered
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory, UFO Scout, Alien Materials, Alien Autopsy: Taman, Alien Breathing Apparartus, UFO Fighter, Kerrblade, Alien Autopsy: Hoovernet, UFO Harvester, Particle Beam Weapon, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Blaster, Stun Rod, Alien Body Armour, Nanocomposite Armour, DF-Cartridge, Laser Rifle, Antimatter, Plasma Grenade, Plasma and the GL, Alien Autopsy: Sheevar, Alien Autopsy: Boodspider, Monomolecular Blades, Aerial Laser Cannon, Alien Propulsion, Alien Detection, Alien Launcher, AM-Missile, Laser Pistol, Heavy Laser, Plasma Blade, UFO Supply, Encased Plasma Rounds, Live Alien, EM-Rifle, The Alien Mind, Odd Behaviour, Alien Communication, Needler Gun, Alien Autopsy: Combat Hovernet, Alien Autopsy: Combat Bloodspider, The Universal Serum, Alien Autopsy: Ortnok, Alien Origins, Dragon Interceptor, Alien Astrogation, UFO Corrupter, Particle Beam Pistol, Man-Portable Particle Beams, Coilgun
- Overall interest: 336
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 390
- ...2. Terror mission -- 241
- ...3. Base attack -- 172
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 272
- ...5. Supply base -- 462
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 193
- ...7. Interception -- 493
- ...8. Harvest -- 128
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2085 March 1st
- Missions 91
- Bases 6
- Costs 643.650
- Funding 760.804
- Funds 382.590
- UFO-Yards 2
- Soldiers 53
- Scientists 50
- Workers 50
- Pilots 10
- XVI spread 0%
- Alien Base discovered
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory, UFO Scout, Alien Materials, Alien Autopsy: Taman, Alien Breathing Apparartus, UFO Fighter, Kerrblade, Alien Autopsy: Hoovernet, UFO Harvester, Particle Beam Weapon, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Blaster, Stun Rod, Alien Body Armour, Nanocomposite Armour, DF-Cartridge, Laser Rifle, Antimatter, Plasma Grenade, Plasma and the GL, Alien Autopsy: Sheevar, Alien Autopsy: Boodspider, Monomolecular Blades, Aerial Laser Cannon, Alien Propulsion, Alien Detection, Alien Launcher, AM-Missile, Laser Pistol, Heavy Laser, Plasma Blade, UFO Supply, Encased Plasma Rounds, Live Alien, EM-Rifle, The Alien Mind, Odd Behaviour, Alien Communication, Needler Gun, Alien Autopsy: Combat Hovernet, Alien Autopsy: Combat Bloodspider, The Universal Serum, Alien Autopsy: Ortnok, Alien Origins, Dragon Interceptor, Alien Astrogation, UFO Corrupter, Particle Beam Pistol, Man-Portable Particle Beams, Coilgun, Herakles dropship, The Alien Strategy, Medium Alien Armour, Power Armour, The Enemy On Earth
- Overall interest: 364
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 416
- ...2. Terror mission -- 70
- ...3. Base attack -- 36
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 369
- ...5. Supply base -- 0
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 193
- ...7. Interception -- 702
- ...8. Harvest -- 128
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2085 April 1st
- Missions 107
- Bases 6
- Costs 723.425
- Funding 799.393
- Funds 923.626
- UFO-Yards 2
- Soldiers 55
- Scientists 50
- Workers 50
- Pilots 16
- XVI spread 0%
- Alien Base discovered
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory, UFO Scout, Alien Materials, Alien Autopsy: Taman, Alien Breathing Apparartus, UFO Fighter, Kerrblade, Alien Autopsy: Hoovernet, UFO Harvester, Particle Beam Weapon, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Blaster, Stun Rod, Alien Body Armour, Nanocomposite Armour, DF-Cartridge, Laser Rifle, Antimatter, Plasma Grenade, Plasma and the GL, Alien Autopsy: Sheevar, Alien Autopsy: Boodspider, Monomolecular Blades, Aerial Laser Cannon, Alien Propulsion, Alien Detection, Alien Launcher, AM-Missile, Laser Pistol, Heavy Laser, Plasma Blade, UFO Supply, Encased Plasma Rounds, Live Alien, EM-Rifle, The Alien Mind, Odd Behaviour, Alien Communication, Needler Gun, Alien Autopsy: Combat Hovernet, Alien Autopsy: Combat Bloodspider, The Universal Serum, Alien Autopsy: Ortnok, Alien Origins, Dragon Interceptor, Alien Astrogation, UFO Corrupter, Particle Beam Pistol, Man-Portable Particle Beams, Coilgun, Herakles dropship, The Alien Strategy, Medium Alien Armour, Power Armour, The Enemy On Earth, Particle Beam Rifle, Advanced Alien Propulsion, XVI Census, UFO Bomber
- Overall interest: 395
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 600
- ...2. Terror mission -- 87
- ...3. Base attack -- 200
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 326
- ...5. Supply base -- 0
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 304
- ...7. Interception -- 568
- ...8. Harvest -- 141
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2085 May 1st
- Missions 147
- Bases 6
- Costs 777.825
- Funding 878.665
- Funds 2.135.152
- UFO-Yards 4
- Soldiers 63
- Scientists 50
- Workers 50
- Pilots 16
- XVI spread 0%
- Alien Base discovered
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory, UFO Scout, Alien Materials, Alien Autopsy: Taman, Alien Breathing Apparartus, UFO Fighter, Kerrblade, Alien Autopsy: Hoovernet, UFO Harvester, Particle Beam Weapon, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Blaster, Stun Rod, Alien Body Armour, Nanocomposite Armour, DF-Cartridge, Laser Rifle, Antimatter, Plasma Grenade, Plasma and the GL, Alien Autopsy: Sheevar, Alien Autopsy: Boodspider, Monomolecular Blades, Aerial Laser Cannon, Alien Propulsion, Alien Detection, Alien Launcher, AM-Missile, Laser Pistol, Heavy Laser, Plasma Blade, UFO Supply, Encased Plasma Rounds, Live Alien, EM-Rifle, The Alien Mind, Odd Behaviour, Alien Communication, Needler Gun, Alien Autopsy: Combat Hovernet, Alien Autopsy: Combat Bloodspider, The Universal Serum, Alien Autopsy: Ortnok, Alien Origins, Dragon Interceptor, Alien Astrogation, UFO Corrupter, Particle Beam Pistol, Man-Portable Particle Beams, Coilgun, Herakles dropship, The Alien Strategy, Medium Alien Armour, Power Armour, The Enemy On Earth, Particle Beam Rifle, Advanced Alien Propulsion, XVI Census, UFO Bomber, Starchaser
- Overall interest: 425
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 615
- ...2. Terror mission -- 159
- ...3. Base attack -- 220
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 337
- ...5. Supply base -- 0
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 537
- ...7. Interception -- 394
- ...8. Harvest -- 415
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
- 2085 June 1st
- Missions 192
- Bases 7
- Costs 879.550
- Funding 942.291
- Funds 2.580.494
- UFO-Yards 5
- Soldiers 64
- Scientists 50
- Workers 50
- Pilots 18
- XVI spread 0%
- Alien Base discovered
- Research Continuous Wave Laser Operation, Plasma Pistol, UFO Theory, UFO Scout, Alien Materials, Alien Autopsy: Taman, Alien Breathing Apparartus, UFO Fighter, Kerrblade, Alien Autopsy: Hoovernet, UFO Harvester, Particle Beam Weapon, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Blaster, Stun Rod, Alien Body Armour, Nanocomposite Armour, DF-Cartridge, Laser Rifle, Antimatter, Plasma Grenade, Plasma and the GL, Alien Autopsy: Sheevar, Alien Autopsy: Boodspider, Monomolecular Blades, Aerial Laser Cannon, Alien Propulsion, Alien Detection, Alien Launcher, AM-Missile, Laser Pistol, Heavy Laser, Plasma Blade, UFO Supply, Encased Plasma Rounds, Live Alien, EM-Rifle, The Alien Mind, Odd Behaviour, Alien Communication, Needler Gun, Alien Autopsy: Combat Hovernet, Alien Autopsy: Combat Bloodspider, The Universal Serum, Alien Autopsy: Ortnok, Alien Origins, Dragon Interceptor, Alien Astrogation, UFO Corrupter, Particle Beam Pistol, Man-Portable Particle Beams, Coilgun, Herakles dropship, The Alien Strategy, Medium Alien Armour, Power Armour, The Enemy On Earth, Particle Beam Rifle, Advanced Alien Propulsion, XVI Census, UFO Bomber, Starchaser Interceptor, Orbital UFO Activity
- open research items Base Defence Laser Turret, Electromagnetic Rifle Antimatter Magazine, Electro Laser, Heavy Needler Gun, Anti Alien Gas, Particle Beam Cannon, UFO Gunboat, Alien Aircraft Plating, Hybrid Missile, Alien PSI Device
- Overall interest: 456
- Individual interest:
- ...0. None -- 0
- ...1. Recon mission -- 1046
- ...2. Terror mission -- 255
- ...3. Base attack -- 225
- ...4. Building Base or Subverting Government -- 489
- ...5. Supply base -- 270
- ...6. XVI propagation -- 486
- ...7. Interception -- 1034
- ...8. Harvest -- 297
- ...9. Alien base discovered -- 0
- ...10. UFO-Carrier -- 0
- ...11. Rescue mission -- 0
City Map Project
I'm sure you've probably already thought of this, but I wanted to mention that a UFO will almost never crash in an urban population area. This means that a large city map will almost exclusively occur with landed Terror missions (maybe XVI/Harvest, but I don't think they pick a city target). Avoiding the crashed UFOs will save you a LOT of work. You could at least postpone them to the end. Also, you might consider whether it's worth having even the landed UFOs. Making room for a Bomber, Gunboat or Corrupter all take up more than a 4x4 RMA grid, which can make difficulties for layout planning. It also means that, in the late game, a player will spend a lot of his time fighting inside the UFOs, which all have the same layout. Making Terror missions not have the UFO seems plausible (the UFO has landed off-map, since cities don't have clear landing spaces). It also would allow the player to enjoy the diversity of the map rather than spending his time clearing yet another large UFO. Again, both of these points are just things to consider. You probably already have, but I thought I'd mention them as they may make things a bit easier. --H-hour 16:36, 10 October 2012 (SAST)
- Thanks for your feedback. My thoughts were indeed like yours, although I was not sure about the UFOs for the certain mission types. Because we do not have a lot of maps for those UFOs yet, I wanted to start with a map for the Corrupter and Bomber UFO, with the intention to have one assembly were the UFO is shown and another, smaller one, without UFO. After this, we´ll see. --ShipIt 18:01, 10 October 2012 (SAST)
I saw a mall todo point - please keep in mind that H-hour has already started another building that should have become a mall or something like that - i'm almost sure it's in datasource