Your ships will be assigned to different continents in the hangar. Throughout the game you will be able to perform research to unlock better weapons and, eventually, a better ship via the Foundry. You'll start the game with one interceptor. To stop this, you need your own aircraft.
Satellites will remain for the entire game, but they can be destroyed by alien spacecraft. Getting satellite coverage over every country in a continent will give you that continent's bonus. To get a large amount of coverage, you'll need to construct satellite uplinks and nexus buildings in Engineering. You build them in the Foundry and can launch them from the situation room. It will continue to reduce panic as time progresses as well. When you send a satellite over a country, it will immediately reduce panic by two. In addition, failing or ignoring an abduction mission will cause the country to immediately withdraw from the XCOM project (it will not wait until the end of the month). Letting a UFO fly around a continent will cause one bar of panic.If a UFO lands and then leaves you will get two bars of panic.If a UFO shoots down a satellite you will get two bars of panic.On Classic, each country on the continent of a failed mission will get a point of panic instead of just the country the mission was located in. You'll need to choose which mission to go on (failing the other two) and you'll get a reward if you complete it.
These missions come up in a group of three - one on three different continents. So.how do countries gain panic? Panic is gained in a number of ways: There is one exception to this, discussed below. A country will stay in XCOM if you are able to lower it's panic before the end of the month.
Countries leave XCOM if they have 5 bars of Panic at the end of the month. If too many countries abandon the XCOM project, you lose the game. Managing panic in countries is one of the core mechanics of XCOM. On higher difficulties (Classic), you'll probably need at least one "throwaway" continent. Overall, you should prioritize the bonuses as follows: Africa > South America > Europe > North America > Asia. Better than Asia and North America, at least. Foundry projects aren't terribly expensive and many of the Officer Training School perks are not useful at all.ĭescription: Laboratories and workshops cost 50% less to build and maintain.Īnalysis: Moderately useful. This is the continent you should pick to start on if you can.ĭescription: Foundry and Officer Training School projects cost less.Īnalysis: Limited use. Having South America can save months of research time.ĭescription: All nations give you 30% more income.Īnalysis: This is the best one.
These research projects unlock many new projects. You'll only find it particularly useful (compared to others) late game.ĭescription: Interrogations and autopsies complete instantly.Īnalysis: Extremely useful. Your starting bonus is automatic and can be very important.ĭescription: Aircraft and aircraft weapons cost 50% less to build and maintain.Īnalysis: Not a very strong bonus at all. It's possible to get all the bonuses eventually (by getting a satellite over every country in the continent), but it's tough. If you have, and you don't mind abusing the save system, Classic will be fine.Īt the start of a game, once you complete your first mission, you'll be able to select what continent your XCOM base is on. When starting the game, I'd recommend selecting the lowest if you haven't played before. Every other achievement is possible (and usually easier) on a lower difficulty. It requires you to complete the game on Classic without buying a squad size upgrade. For achievement purposes, difficulty matters for one achievement.
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