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LW Rebalance v1.28.00

QoL:

- Psi ranks renamed to: Awakened -> Adept -> Empath -> Psion -> Master (and then volunteer is now called Enlightened) - More intuitive
- When Growth activates on outsiders it now has an animation when it occurs - Thanks to Lafiir's code
- Updated controller use of selling items on the grey market so that Left-Stick 10x, D-Pad 1x - Thansk to Lafiir for the code
- Added an audible grunt/roar to enrage - Thanks to Lafiir for the code
- Units that are scampering will have all their abilities hidden to make it more obvious - QoL

Air Game:

- Penetrator Weapons grants +15% penetration (from +10%) - Boost for significance

Strategic:

- At the beginning of each month, every council country gains 0/1/2/3 panic on normal/classic/brutal/impossible - Increases panic throughout the campaign
- Home Country Satellite coverage now grants 200 credits - Slight boost to overall income and encourages holding the home base, especially on higher difficulties
- Fission Generator power production to 6 (from 12), cost to 40 (from 120), build time to 5 (from 10), and maintenance to 10 (from 120) - Makes them more distinct and easier to maintain but means they also occupy more space to acquire the same amount of power
- XCOM base only starts with 1 steam vent
- Tweaked multiple starting bonuses
- Excavation time increased to 8 days (from 5)

Tactical:

- SHIVs no longer have any fatigue - They had so little it made little sense to give it to them
- Number of aliens on the XCOM Base Defense mission reduced by 33% - Makes the mission significantly less difficult
- Rocket scatter increased by 10-15% - Slight tone back on rocket predictability

Perks:

- Death from afar changed to a new perk called Impact: Grants +1 damage and all hits against enemy units clear their overwatch - Provides another counter to enemy overwatch. Note: on aliens it will replace death from afar on thinmen, exalt snipers, and elite exalt snipers.
- Depth Perception changed to a new gene mod called Predictive Tracking: Reaction shots deal +1 damage - Buffed for a way to boost classes that use reactive fire
- Sapper grants explosives +1 penetration - Buffed
- HEAT Warheads grants +3 penetration (from +4) - Slight tone back
- Jetboot Module grants +5 mobility (from +2.5) but has a 2 turn cooldown (from 1 turn) - Significant buff for competitiveness on the trees, makes it more like a quasi run and gun for MECs
- Killer Instinct upgrades critical hits to deal 200% damage (from just always a +25% crit damage increase) - Buff to non-laser non-pulse weapons
- Grit grants 2 HP (from 1) - Buffed
- Fortified grants +2 DR (from +1) - Makes it a more competitive perk on the trees, helps accommodate for OFA nerf on tanky MECs
- Executioner grants +2 damage against targets at or below half health (from +1 damage) - Buffed
- Platform Stability grants +10 aim (from +10 aim/crit) - Slight nerf and simplification
- Critical System Targeting and Vital Point Targeting damage boost to 40% (from 50%) - Reversion of a reversion. Both were still a little too high on the damage and thus too competitive of a pick, pushing out other options.
- Disabler has a 20% chance to jam a weapon (from 40%) - Nerf due to late game being a little too effective, especially on ITZ snipers and snapshot scouts who could disable entire pods sometimes - Disabling shot is still a significant strength of the perk
- Aggression grants +20% crit (from +25%) - Slight Nerf
- Squadsight no longer reduces crit at range - Simplification, consitency with deflection shield, accuracy cap prevents abuse
- Lock N' Load re-grants +1 ammo again and will also automatically reload the weapon during a dash - Encourages mobility instead of just stationary activity, allows easier repositioning when out of ammo, significant buff to the perk to stay competitive
- Double Tap grants +20 aim if the unit has 2 AP (from +15 aim) - Buffed
- Danger Zone increases the radius of all explosives by 20% (from 30% and from just non-hand grenade explosives) - Allows it to work for biologic grenadier builds, toned back for balance on the trees
- Dense smoke no longer grants an additional +25% AoE - Helps prevent full squad coverage from being as easy, as the perk is fairly strong on it's own
- Collateral Damage deals 200% weapon damage (from 150%) - Significant buff
- One For All grants 30% DR (from 40%) - Toned back so they aren't so immune to damage

Equipment:

- Carbines grant +15 aim (from +10) - Buffed for competitivess
- The Cognitive Enchancer now grants double xp to the soldier (from +20%) - Significant boost to xp gains for the item to make it more impactful
- The Neuroregulator now grants double psi xp to the soldier (from +50%) - Boost to psi xp gains for the item to make it more impactful
- Sniper Rifles only reduce the squadsight down to -2 aim per tile (previously it reduced it down to -1 aim per tile, Note: regular squadsight is -3 aim per tile) - Nerf to the effectiveness of long range sniping, relative boost to strike rifle snipers
- Assault Rifle crit to 10 (from 20) - Slight nerf to make the other options more competitive
- SAW to -10 aim (from 0) and LMG to -20 aim (from 0), but SAW ammo to 5 (from 4) and LMG ammo to 7 (from 5) - Nerf to both as their high damage, access to flush, and increased ammo was making the gunner a little too OP. This nerf also pushes them more into the "fire lots of bullets but less accurately" niche.
- Shotguns have -10 aim (from 0) - Makes them harder to hit with without their range bonus, opens up options for other weapons
- Grenade Launcher radius to 2 (from 3) - Tone down in strength and radius to the same as all other grenades -- was displacing bio-grenadiers too readily with such a large AoE and is quite effective due to use with OfA (note: MINE launcher still has 3 radius)
- Breaching ammo aim malus to -10 (from -20) - Buffed
- Core Armoring grants +4 HP (from +3) - Slight buff

XCOM:

- Assault tree loses Shadowstep + Snapshot + Bring 'Em On and picks up Grenadier + Fragmentation + Tandem Warheads - The Shadowstep + Snapshot was too effective at ignoring enemy reaction fire and was too similar to the RnG build (which was more unique). It's not that the SS+SS build was that bad, it's just that it limited diversity of builds having 2 builds so similar. Plus, grenades were underutilized as possible builds and this makes a unique close-range grenadier build. Fragmentation was used specifically because it isn't as powerful and makes alternatives competitive. Also the additional perks on the Assault are quite strong making it a competitive grenadier.
- Assault tree Aggression moved to MSGT, Killer Instinct moved to CPL, Sprinter moved to GSGT - Makes the choice at SGT more competitive
- Rocketeer Holo Rounds replaced with Grenadier - Makes a competitive choice vs RfA and Mayhem, allowing the Rocketeer to be a semi-grenadier (i.e. one without mayhem and only one of packmaster vs HEAT warheads vs Tandem)
- Rocketeer Bullseye replaced with Lock N' Load - The shooter rocketeer is short on ammo with RfA and DT so this perk seems stronger than bullseye
- All Infantry SGT and CPL perks swapped - Provides more strength earlier
- Infantry Aggression replaced with Sharpshooter and Sharpshooter replaced with Impact - Provides good synergy with a snapshot infantry
- Gunners gain +10 aim base stats (from +5 aim) - Helps offset the loss from the SAW/LMG aim nerf
- Engineer Tandem Warheads replaced with Danger Zone and Fragmentation with Tandem Warheads - Brings on the grenadier classes strength a little later
- Marauder Ready For Anything replaced with Bullseye - OW build was too strong on the Marauder
- Shogun base stats to +15A, +4HP, +0.6M (from +20A, +2HP, +0.6M) - Tone down on the shooting capability, provide a little more resilience
- Shogun Fragmentation replaced with Impact - Provides better synergy with the SS+SS build
- Shogun Penetrator replaced with Fortified - Boosts the tanking capability of the Shogun

Aliens:

- All Outsider Leaders gain critical system targeting - The previous change of all outsiders losing CST opened up more room for mechanical units, but it was a little too much. This re-adds a little bit of pressure.
- All Muton Elites start with penetrator - Boost to their offensive capability, boost to their overall strength

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where awareness was increasing cover defense by 15 - It was old native code causing mischief! MISCHIEF I TELL YOU!
- Fixed a bug where scopes and other small items were incorrectly modifying the base aim in the F1 display
- Fixed a bug where double tap, snapshot, and enrage could still activate after being commanded (command disables all multi-action perks)
- Revamped UFO research gains and aggression gains to fix the bug where gains would be inaccurate on variations of campaign lengths (campaign lengths now affect the chance of research and aggression gains instead of the actual gains)
- Abduction soldier reward ranks are capped at the lower of the # of months that have passed or your highest ranked soldier - Stops campaign starts with high rank soldiers from receiving high rank soldiers too early
- Fixed the year being cut off in the monthly report panel
- Fixed a bug where psi users with will below 0 would actually heal their targets with neural feedback and mind fray
- Fixed a bug where the total number of civilians could be calculated with 2 more due to the sightlines mod
- Fixed a bug where some objectives would appear on the wrong mission type
- Added a note on SHIV descriptions that SHIVs can not block exalt from hacking in their descriptions
- Fixed a bug where executioner and holo rounds were granting extra damage to explosives
- Removed the double Hardened description from MECs
- Fixed a bug where the total number of aliens was inaccurate on crashed UFO missions with the hyperwave relay active
- Fixed a bug where covert op missions would never grant the bonus experience for not losing any soldiers
- Fixed multiple misc typos
- Fixed a bug where XCOM units could one for all when scampering
- Fixed a bug where steady weapon would persist through certain actions (e.g. throwing a grenade)
- Fixed a bug where aggression would show up multiple times in the crit list (display bug only)
- Fixed a bug where the arc rifle was getting ammo from sources that should not affect electric weapons
- Fixed a bug where "Rail Pistols" would just be shown as "Pistol" in the F1 menu making it hard to understand it was a foundry project bonus
- Fixed a bug where double tap, while not able to fire twice with sidearms, would still grant it's aim bonus to side arms
- Tidied up a lot of code
- Removed a misleading line about putting the stun rifle in the pistol slot
- Fixed a bug where commanding a soldier with double tap would still allow platform stability to activate

LW Rebalance v1.27.21

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where flush's cooldown would sometimes appear as 2-turn instead of 1-turn
- Fixed a bug where outsider's health from growth would not always update correctly
- Maimed units can no longer go on overwatch or trigger deflection shield
- Out of Ammo popups on aliens no longer require an autopsy - Again, the information was available, but it was really frustrating to count and watch and record
- Any unit that is out of ammo with multiple overwatch shot capabilities will now drop their overwatch status (as opposed to remaining on overwatch with no ability to fire)
- Reaper rounds can now correctly be used by MECs and SHIVs
- Infantry now properly gain 20 aim with class promotions
- Fixed a bug where the Exalt base assault would cause a black screen to appear
- Fixed a bug where sharpshooter would sometimes show as a bonus in F1

LW Rebalance v1.27.20

Bug Fixes:

- You can no longer reload weapons when ITZ is active by clicking on the weapon with a mouse - Allowed reloading during an ITZ chain
- You can no longer swap weapons once ITZ is active - Allowed players to swap to the pistol, unloading all the pistol ammo, then swapping back to the main weapon, and unloading the main weapon
- Aliens that regenerate health will no longer have regeneration popups and "hover to"s if you can't see them on the map (so they don't reveal where they are)
- Collateral Damage no longer requires flak ammo for the ability to free-aim - It was supposed to be this way in a previous patch but I left the code off a test version and forgot for a long time
- There are now the proper number of outsiders on the first mission - Whoopsies
- Fragmentation now correctly affects MINEs - It was left off the 'explosives' list inadvertently

LW Rebalance v1.27.19

QoL:

- A new keyboard shortcut "L" for activating Steady Weapon - QoL

Tactical:

- The first mission has 1 more sectoid on brutal and 2 more on impossible - Accommodates for outsiders losing CST, keeps the difficulty of the first mission as a good indicator of some of the really difficult missions throughout a campaign

XCOM:

- Infantry Class gains +20 aim (from +15) and +0.6M base attributes, Shogun Class gains +0.6M base attributes - Buff to both classes for balance

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where PSI_GIFT_CHANCE wasn't correctly dictating the chance a reveal cinematic would play

LW Rebalance v1.27.18

QoL:

- When performing a salvage operation, your current resources are now displayed - Helps you make the decision, QoL

Aliens:

- Outsiders no longer have Critical System Targeting - makes SHIVs and MECs more effective tanks against them and thus, more effective tanks in general

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where outsiders were only growing if they were injured (instead of only growing when at full hp)
- Fixed a bug where the second wave option strict screening would not give average stats sometimes (e.g. too much will)
- Fixed a bug where panic decreases from raiding a UFO were not being accommodated for by campaign length

LW Rebalance v1.27.17

Strategic:

- Meld healing cost is now 10 meld + 1 meld for every day injured/fatigued - Makes it so it's not JUST useful for really long injury times and balances it out more on different campaign lengths

Perks:

- Growth only occurs when outsiders are at full hp and has a popup when they do grow - Makes it so once you start fighting and damaging them they don't keep growing

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed LW 1.0 Bug: The Turret Green Cannon on Sectopods now correctly deals -50% weapon damage - It has been dealing the same damage as the main chest cannon since LW 1.0 and I finally fixed it =D
- Fixed a bug where CCS would sometimes not trigger
- Fixed a bug where some medium crashed UFO missions didn't gain the appropriate increase in alien level
- Fixed a bug where many of the bug fixes from last version that Lafiir fixed didn't get properly added (but are now)
- Fixed a bug where sectopods would not get the benefit of critical system targeting
- Fixed a bug where alien attribute bonuses were being increased/decreased more than intended based on difficulty
- Fixed a bug where some end of turn and beginning of turn abilities were triggering twice

LW Rebalance v1.27.16

Strategy:

- Green Fog 2nd wave option replaced with Predictable Damage: Damage is not randomized - No one really used green fog and some players like less randomization

Tactical:

- Aliens will now display a short reveal cinematic when you spot them (defaultgamecore.ini configurable: PSI_GIFT_CHANCE=100 Percent chance, upon revealing a pod, that a reveal cinematic will play) - One of my favourite aspects of EW finally brought back! Tested a lot (100+ times) and fixed some obvious bugs (probably the reason they were disabled in LW). Should be working smooth now.
- New control on kill cinematics in the defaultgamecore.ini: PSI_TRAINING_HOURS=100 Percent chance, when triggering a kill cinematic, that it will actually play (note: kill cinematics will often not trigger, so even at 100% you will find much less than 50% of your kills leading to cinematics) - A little more control for players
- The F1 information on aliens (stats, leader name, perks) now always displays (from only displaying after the autopsy) - The information is available on-line and hiding it in game never really felt 'cool' as much as it felt 'annoying'

Perks:

- Flush has a 1 turn cooldown - Slight tone back, as it's really good

Aliens:

- Zombie mobility lowered to 7.5 (from 12.5) - It's ok if they aren't competitively dangerous, their fast movement was just not consistent with anything about them so I think the better solution is that they are easier, but feel right. I think they actually more appropriately SHOULD feel like one of the few enemies that are easy.

Lafiir Bug Fixes (all thanks to Lafiir's hard work):

- Fixed missing special effects of HEAT Warheads and Recoilless Rifle
- Fixed missing animation of alien perks when a mission was started (e.g. Adaptive Bone Marrow on Outsiders)
- Fixed missing animation of Repair Servos on SHIVS
- Fixed missing animation of Repair Servos and Stimmed Regeneration on soldiers

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a typo on Tactical Brilliance that suggested it was base will, it is not, it is current active will
- Fixed a typo on "Argentinian"

LW Rebalance v1.27.15

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where phoenix cannons were inadvertently doing 100x damage

LW Rebalance v1.27.14

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where equipment armor could be equipped as actual armor

LW Rebalance v1.27.13

QoL:

- Added a description to MEC secondaries that multiple secondary devices increase the ammo further - Clarification
- Included information on weapon jamming (and it's immunity) in the F1 panel - QoL
- When you get a new foundry project completed the unlocked equipment will now be displayed - QoL - thanks to Lafiir for this great code
- Psi Grenades now appear and are labelled as Psi Grenades (instead of concussion grenades that you had to remember were actually psi grenades) - Old LW code had them duplicated and didn't distinguish between them in the tactical game, they now have different titles

Strategy:

- New start bonus for Nigeria. Advanced Conversion: Converting soldiers to MECs costs no meld - Nice for those looking to attempt a MEC rush

Perks:

- Tenacious defense crit resistance again requires cover and no longer provides DR vs explosives (reverted to previous version) - This makes cover more important and explosives more important which takes priority over the benefit of providing explosive resilience and flanking resilience to XCOM (one of the 1.27 changes that didn't pan out)
- Tactical Brilliance now triggers at a will% chance but is capped at 60% (from will/2% chance with no cap) - Makes will more important and effective on officers, prevents doing things like will stacking on officers with abilities before using command to get 75%+ chances which felt gamey
- Deflection shield now lowers aim by 3 per tile away (from 5) and has no effect on crit - Significant nerf to make it not feel so punishing, allows closer range units to achieve higher crits
- Mayhem grants +20% weapon damage to rockets and +50% weapon damage to grenades (from +2 damage to both) - Nerf to mayhem on rockets, buff to mayhem on grenades. Should balance out choices on perk trees more reasonably. Encourages grenade use by the bullet wizard, mayhem sniper, and mayhem rocketeer.

Equipment:

- The Elerium Emitter now grants 2 DR (from 1.5) and has 3 charges (from 1) but only will be able to target 1 unit at a time for stealth - Buffed, prevents pixel hunting
- Renamed Heater to Laser Heater for consistency with the naming convention and to help clarify what weapon tier the heater belongs to - consistency and clarification
- New Item: Plasma Grenade: Damage:10, EnviroDamage:100, Pen:4, Range:10, Radius:2, Weight:0.6. Cannot be equipped with alien grenades as the plasma is quite unstable and will sometimes detonate in close proximity to regular alien grenades. Unlocks with Condensed Plasma. - Provides a late game option for grenade-based classes and a significant buff to their late game strength

XCOM:

- Holo Rounds replaces Mayhem on the Golaith - With it's new buff, was too strong for the grenade launcher focused Goliath

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where engineers would show "stun rifle" indicators on enemy soldiers - Thanks to Lafiir for the fix
- Fixed a bug where the Electropulse was costing too much elerium
- Fixed a bug where the engineer would be unable to use the arc rifle or battle rifle if you loaded a tactical game and switched weapons - Thanks, again, to Lafiir for the fix
- Fixed a bug where an executioner popup would sometime occur on the engineer's repair ability

LW Rebalance v1.27.12

Strategic:

- Second Wave: Funding of 'Results Driven' is 150% to 50% depending on panic (will be ~100% on start impossible)
- Second Wave: Funding of 'War Weariness' is 130% to 40% over 18 months - Thanks to Lafiir for the code for these changes

Tactical:

- The engineer's repair ability now has some voice and a reasonable graphic - Thanks to Lafiir for all the hard work on this one - QoL
- Soldiers are 30% more likely to panic when witnessing the death of a squadmate 3 ranks or higher then themselves - Makes sense it should be more significant
- Exalt will now only appear on non-exalt missions AFTER the exalt base raid - Helps with narrative and makes more sense
- If you have the hyperwave relay active and are on a crashed or landed UFO mission, the F1 panel will show you total aliens counts - QoL
- The SHIV no longer counts as Dead for enrage mechanics
- Enrage will now only trigger after multiple squadmates have died (from just a single death or more) - Restricts it to more dire situations
- Fallen Comrades debuff renamed to Shaken and now lowers will by 15 (from 5) - Was too insignificant at 5, and fallen comrades was not descriptive of the debuff itself

Perks:

- Overpower reduced to will test at unit_will/5 (from unit_will/4) - Makes overpower less likely to trigger when XCOM units can see ethreals
- Officer perk International Warriors grants +4 aim per continent bonus (from +2) - Large boost for balance
- Officer perk Stay Frosty decreases fatigue by 7% (from 10%) - Toned down
- Steadfast no longer grants immunity to overpower but instead lowers it's success rate by 20% - Makes the alien trophy a lot less mandatory in the late game and prevents completely ignoring overpower by stacking up steadfast
- Steadfast reduces the chance that any psionic attack will land by 20% - Makes the alien trophy and biotanks more effective in the early game as well and provides some resistance to psi spam
- Deflection shield will now activate 25/50/75/100% of the time when a unit with the perk ends its turn on a move or with actions to spare, depending upon difficulty - Makes it a lot less common on lower difficulties

Equipment:

- MINE launcher range increased to 10 (from 7.5) - same as that of the greande launcher, needed the boost after the detonation timer was increased
- Incinerator Module increases damage by 5 (from 3) for the flamethrower - Buffed for balance vs other options
- All MEC secondary weapons have had their credit, elerium, meld, and alloy costs cut in half - Makes them more readily available so that players feel more comfortable building multiple variants and experimenting with them

Aliens:

- Squadsight on aliens moved to higher levels: - Makes it much less common of an occurrence as it's frequency was making less of a unique situation and more of an annoyance
- - Sectoid Leader 9 gets Squadsight (from 6)
- - Sectoid Commander 5 gets Squadsight (from 1)
- - Floater Leader 9 gets Squadsight (from 6)
- - Heavy Floater Leader 9 gets Squadsight (from 5)
- - Muton Leader 9 gets Squadsight (from 6)
- - Muton Elite Leader 8 gets Squadsight (from 5)
- - Mechtoid Leader 9 gets Squadsight (from 5)
- - Seeker Leader 9 gets Squadsight (from 3)

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where enemies would 'disappear' on crashed UFOs after the first turn
- Updated the description on Psi Inspire to correctly describe that it also removes the Shaken debuff
- Fixed the misspelling of the word 'Camaraderie' for the Field Commander perk - TIL
- Fixed a bug where some low damage weapons that crit were not hitting as hard as they should - Thanks to Lafiir for pointing it out
- Fixed a bug where overpower would trigger on units that had already ended their turn
- Fixed multiple bugs where psionic and panic hit rates were being displayed incorrectly
- Fixed a bug where salvage opportunities would still arise when you abandoned a UFO site

LW Rebalance v1.27.11

Strategic:

- Alien level is now reduced by difficulty. Specifically, New Alien level = Old Alien Level * Difficulty[0.625/0.75/0.875/1.0] - This makes it so that later game, on the easier difficulties, the aliens are at a significantly lower level. Makes easier difficulties much easier into the later game. Note this change will work immediately on any ongoing campaign.
- Abductions/Terror Missions/Landed UFOs/Crashed UFOs now show more information on the difficulty of the mission (Alien Level, and whether there are additional and more/stronger aliens due to Alien Resources (+) or Alien Aggression (+)) - Helps make the player aware and affected by alien progress
- Fixed the old hyperwave extension code (original by amaciel81) so that it 1) has an accurate list of species and 2) correctly identifies the number of species - QoL

Tactical:

- Alien Level increases by 1/2/3 on medium/large/xlarge UFOs (from 2/4/6) - They were hard enough without the extra stress from even more alien levels
- Alien Leader Level increases by 1/2/3 on medium/large/xlarge UFOs (from 2/4/6) - Same reason as above
- Bonuses to aliens from alien level and alien leader level are now rounded (instead of truncated) - This is important, as many upgrades were a value of 1 which were all getting reduced to 0.
- Maim will now also deactive all reactive fire and has a description on the F1 panel on Maimed enemies - QoL, makes it easier to stun maimed outsiders and other units with reactive fire
- Covert Op Extraction missions will have reinforcements come in much more gradually - Makes it easier to make it through these missions, especially if you have to engage and kill some exalt
- Pressing F1 on an autopsied enemy will now display it's damage as well - QoL
- The F1 popup for Panicked units regaining control will now show "Panicked (Regaining Control)" instead - QoL, if you miss the popup you can still check on their status with F1

Perks:

- Squadsight penalty per tile away to -3 (from -4) - Makes the strike rifle and MEC weapons slight less penalized when taking squadsight shots
- Awareness also doubles the attibute bonus from ITZ (grants +20 aim/crit instead of +10 aim/crit on subsequent shots) - Buff to the perk on the Jaeger and ITZ snipers with a chameleon vest
- Fragmentation trigger rate to 20% (from 25%) - Slight nerf for balance on the rocketeer
- Ready For Anything grants +1 ammo - Slight boost to RfA based OW builds
- Flush grants +40 aim (from +20) - Provides a high aim option for gunners / drum mags, boost to flush
- Mayhem grants +50% weapon damage to flush and no longer grants +2 damage to SAW/LMGs - Instead of boosting overall damage, it focuses on making flush a stronger alternative, especially useful on a low aim gunner
- Lock N' Load no longer grants an additional ammo - Balance on the trees, simplification of the perk

Equipment:

- Drum Mags mobilty to -1.2 (from -0.6) - Nerf to accommodate flush boost
- Smartshell Pod aim to +10 (from +15) - Nerf to accommodate flush boost
- Leather Jacket mobility to -1.2 (from -2.5) - Helps the covert op hit relays on exalt missions

Bug Fixes:

- Vortex armor on the Volunteer can no longer be unequipped with 'restore loadout' and 'make items avialable' - Prevents accidentally altering volunteer armor
- Fixed a bug with loadout manager where MECs from different originally classes (e.g. a Marauder from an infantry vs a Marauder from an assault) would have different loadout profiles
- Fixed a bug where medikit boosting perks were providing inaccurate #'s of medikits sometimes
- Clarified that SHIV mobility is 6.8 + the chassis on the soldier loadout
- Fixed MEC descriptions to include the fact that they are hardened
- Fixed an incorrect description on adaptive bone marrow
- Fixed a bug where some weapon damage modification abilities were not truncating appropriately
- Fixed some minor issues on the tech tree image
- Command now correctly visually gives soldiers an extra AP
- Fixed a bug where Meld canisters were providing slightly inaccurate amounts of meld - Thanks to Lafiir for the fix! =D
- Fixed a bug where Sawed-off Shotgun was only gaining 2 damage from quenchguns (should have been and now is, 3)
- Fixed a bug where you could gain infinite meld if you were low in meld and rushed a project that you couldn't afford the rush cost for and then could return the cost to gain back additional meld - No idea how you guys even find these bugs, but it's fixed =P

LW Rebalance v1.27.10

QoL:

- The abilities Fatigued, Exhausted, Enraged, and Combat Readiness now all appear in the F1 information panel on affected soldiers - Nice QoL

Tactical:

- Changed "Expected" to "Average" on the tactical hit display to more clearly describe that the damage is the average you can expect and not a set amount - QoL

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed some incorrect formating on ability descriptions
- Battle Rifles correctly lose their 1 penetration
- Fixed a bug where alien base assaults were not awarding a fusion core upon completion
- Fixed the ITZ not triggering sometimes bug - Thanks to darkmiz and TooMoo for providing a save and information where the bug was replicable

LW Rebalance v1.27.09

QoL:

- Fixed an issue where "10.0" mobility overlapped the will icon in the barracks list

Strategy:

- Second wave option "Miracle Workers: Repairing items costs no resources, only time" replaced with "Defective Outsiders: Outsiders no longer gain stats from the 'Growth' perk" - Makes it easy for players who feel growth too punishing to disable it.

Equipment:

- Javelin rocket scatter reduction to 60% (from 70%) - Accommodates for the fixed damage periphery bug

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where explosives that were hitting units outside of their radius (due to positioning issues) were doing less than 50% damage at the edge of their periphery
- Arc Rifle now correctly has 125 tile reaction distance
- Fixed various incorrect tile descriptions for squadsight
- Fixed a bug where the arc rifle was inadvertently gaining 10 aim
- Fixed a bug where abduction panic decreases were not reducing panic correctly on NSLW, VLW, and VVLW

LW Rebalance v1.27.08

Bug Fix:

- Apparently 1.27.07 was a bad version (maybe a wrong file got uploaded), so .08 should fix that

LW Rebalance v1.27.07

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where accessing the grey market would cause a CTD
- Fixed a bug where the scout perk tree was not correct
- Fixed a bug where losing steady on a soldier who could not see any enemies would still end the turn unintentionally

LW Rebalance v1.27.06

QoL:

- Using the up/down keys to scroll past the top/bottom of the grey market list of items now sends you to the bottom/top of the list - Makes it easier to navigate with the keyboard/gamepad - Thanks to Lafiir for this awesome piece of code! 
- You can now sell in sets of 10 again by using the keyboard left and right keys, and for controllers: D-pad it sells 10-stacks, using the analogue left-stick it sells single items - Allows selling in sets of 10 while still allowing those who use a game controller to sell single items - Thanks to Lafiir, again, for all the amazing code
- In the tactical game, when using a controller, because the Target List is in the top-left, activating the Radar causes an UI glitch. This Patch simply moves the list further to the right (Image Explanation: https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/mods/151/images/746/746-1586623344-1271191379.png) - Thanks to, again and again, Lafiir for the awesome code =D

Strategic:

- Elerium batteries now increases the ammo of the arc rifle by 1 - Boost to mid-game arc rifle strength and thus anti-mechanical strength
- Foreign Legion France start grants 20 soldiers (from 14) - Slight buff

Tactical:

- Soldiers are immune to "fatigued" and "exhausted" if they are under the effects of a combat stim or psi inspiration - Makes sense, small buff, more for the purposes of feeling reasonable during gameplay

XCOM Starting Stats:

- Engineer will to 10 (from 20) - Significant tone back their psionic potential as they are a really strong class
- Rocketeer will to 15 (from 10) and HP to 2 (from 3) - Buff to psionic potential, nerf to HP as it wasn't needed as much and helps accommodate for the will buff (which is stronger)
- Gunner HP to 3 (from 2) - Buff to general tankiness, reduces wounds
- Assault loses 0.6 mobility - The assault was a little too strong overall, especially with the new shotguns
- Scout mobility to 1.2 (from 0.6) - Makes the scout significantly the most mobile class and gives them a nice buff
- Infantry HP to 3 (from 2) - Overall slight buff with more focus on tank and grenadier builds

XCOM Perk Tree:

- First Aid and Packmaster swapped on Scout - Buff to early support scout

Perks:

- Extra Conditioning to 20% fatigue (from 40%) but to 2 armor health (from 1) - Was a little too strong with the extra focus on fatigue, needed to be toned back a little bit
- Master Mechanic grants shots +2 penetration (from +1 penetration) against mechanicals - Helps make engineers stronger vs mechanic units in the mid-late game (especially the double tap engineer)
- Snapshot grants a 60% chance for shots to cost 0 AP when wielding the strike rifle (from 50%) - Buff to snapshot scout, keep it competitive with the hit and run scout and support scout
- Tenacious defense to 40% crit resistance (from 20%) - With pinpoint accuracy crits are a lot higher and xcom biotanks needed more resiliency
- Aggression grants 25 crit (from 20) - Slight buff
- Packmaster grants +1 ammo (from +2) - It just felt too extreme at +2, especially on the classes that were often picking it up
- Sharpshooter is 1 pen at all times (from 1 pen against targets in cover) but only grants 10 aim against targets in cover (from 15) - It didn't make sense when OW avoided DR from cover that sharpshooter provided more pen against targets that just were in cover...
- ITZ aim/crit boost to 10 (from 20) - Slight tone back

Equipment:

- MINEs explode at the end of XCOM's next turn, instead of at the end of the alien's next turn - Nerfed, as the cover destruction and inability of the aliens to react was too strong, especially with the higher damage and penetration still ignoring muton tenacious defense
- Battle Rifles no longer have +1 pen, but weight to -0.6 (from -1.2) - Nerfed to accommodate the AR nerf, also, their pen was a little out of alignment vs the sniper/strike rifles
- Both the stun rifle and arc rifle are now in their own class of weapons: "Electric" - This just prevents the confusion of things like if beam strengthening affects them or other weapon class boosts

Bug Fixes:

- Losing steady aim from not seeing anyone at the beginning of your turn no longer ends your turn
- Hopefully fixed a bug that would cause ITZ not to trigger at the beginning of the turn sometimes

LW Rebalance v1.27.05

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where EMP was doing 100x the damage intended - Left it in during testing purposes... Whoops! =P

LW Rebalance v1.27.04

QoL:

- When an XCOM unit has a scamper move not only will their abilities be greyed out, but their AP pips will now also turn white - Helps players identify when their units only are doing a scamper move. It signifies a white flag: "Dont' shoot, I'm just doing a scamper move" =P
- Removed the ability to use the keyboard to sell multiples of 10 on the grey market - Since it was the only way gamepads could sell it kinda really sucked for them

Starting and Country Bonuses:

- Wealth of Nations (Europe continent bonus) provides 25% cash (from 20%) - Buffed
- Architects of the Future (Africa Continent Bonus) provides 50% reduction on lab/workshop costs (from 60%) - Nerfed
- Deus Ex China Start provides 75% reduction in gene mod costs (from 65%) - Buffed
- Neopanzers Germany start reduces MEC, SHIV, and their primary weapon costs by 35% (from 25%) - Slight buff
- Nigeria "The old path" is removed - It was too weak and too similar to Legacy of Uxmal
- Wealthy Benefactor to 1400 bonus cash (from 1200) - Slight buff
- Xenological Remedies increases corpse sale cost by 7x (from 6x) - Buffed
- "Expertise" renamed to "Ready For War" and grants 60 alloys and elerium to start - Buffed
- Sandhurst grants 30% reduction in OTS requirements (from 20%) - Buffed
- Special Air Service grants 7 bonus aim (from 5) - Slight buff
- Ring of Fire now starts with all elevators already built - Buffed

Perks:

- Suppression now has a 1 turn cooldown - Prevents it from being used every turn to lock units down, forces more diversity of action
- Flush grants +20 aim again but no longer works with double tap - To make it more useful and bring it back from the edge of obscurity
- Mayhem grants +2 damage to SAWs/LMGs - Accommodates for suppression nerf on the bullet wizard

Equipment:

- Assault Rifle ammo to 3 (from 4) - Makes more room for carbines, SMGs, and battle rifles
- SAWs and LMGs now grant flush as well - Accommodates for suppression nerf on gunners, provides more diversity of actions

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where changes to UFO artifacts (power sources, comptuers, etc.) were being ignored by the tactical game preventing things like getting double UFO power sources from missions - Note that the double UFO power sources is random, so you will get 1-3 from a UFO where there is 1 intact power source (and damaging the power source during the tactical mission will obviously give you 1-3 damaged power sources)
- Fixed a bug where the campaign length wasn't being set properly when loading from a save (unless it was loaded twice after the game started) - Thanks to Lafiir for pointing this out 
- Fixed a bug where alien metallurgy was giving less alloys than intended on destroyed UFOs
- Fixed a bug where a float to integer conversion was preventing UFO bounties from awarding any credits
- Fixed some misleading descriptions
- Fixed a bug where the AP pip colors weren't correct when a unit was fatigued
- Fixed a bug where you could press "J" to activate combat readiness when the soldier was acting or moving

LW Rebalance v1.27.03

Strategic:

- Elerium cost for UFO analyses research decreased by 80% - They weren't supposed to be a hit on elerium stores
- Improved the code for grading at the end of the month to consider more things (like how youa re doing with captures, research, foundry, resources, equipment, soldiers, etc.) - QoL
- Alien Level, Resources, and Aggression made more obvious in the Situation room top right - QoL so you don't have to wait for the ticker to scroll, or if the ticker is busy (like with a crashed UFO) you can still get the info
- Combat Patrols now start with an effect of 2 (from 3), gain 2 effect for being a firestorm (from 3) and 3 effect for using a fusion lance (from 4), but gain an extra effect for each rank of the pilot - Takes pilot rank into consideration now
- Injuries toned back to a modifier of 60 days (from 90) - They were pretty punishing as is, especially because they included all fatigue, and didn't need the increase to accommodate for difficulty reductions
- Previous fatigue is no longer increased by 50% when you bring in a fatigued soldier to a mission - If you are bringing in fatigued soldiers, you're probably already not in the best of situations, no need to compound it
- 'Exhausted' will not occur unless the soldier has 10 or more days of fatigue (modified by campaign length) - It felt unfair when a soldier with 1 hour of fatigue triggered 'exhausted'
- Abduction rewards decreased significantly but now also increased by 10% per month - They were providing more than the ideal # of  extra scientists/engineers/soldiers early game and were not increasing enough into the late game

Tactical:

- First mission has 1 more sectoid on all difficulties - With the decreased sectoid will the first mission needed to be bumped up a little again
- Fixed an issue where the Seraph armor didn't graphically perform correctly - Thanks to Lafiir for this fix

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where public heroes was not increasing scientist and engineer rewards from abductions
- Fixed a bug where SHIVs were getting too much fatigue when the 2nd wave option "consistent fatigue" was enabled
- Fixed a bug where you could make a combat readiness popup occur on units that had already finished their turn
- Fixed a bug where the number of UFO power sources gained from each UFO were half as many as intended (Note: this did not affect elerium gains)
- Fixed some grammatically incorrect descriptions
- Fixed a bug where the end of month display of alien resources would sometimes be incorrect
- SHIVs will no longer trigger enrage - They weren't intended to
- Fixed a bug where with some pistols Maim was not working
- Fixed a bug where alien aggression was not increasing alien leader levels correctly when at or above 75%
- Fixed a bug where alien aggression was not being increased to 100% after an alien base assault
- Fixed a bug where extraction of a covert operative (and perhaps rescuing an NPC as well) would turn on Enrage as the game would think they had died

LW Rebalance v1.27.02

Tactical:

- Steady Weapon now converts into Combat Readiness if the unit is steadied and can't see any enemies at the beginning or end of a turn - Nice consolation if the steady happens to be wasted, also makes intuitive sense and gives a nice popup about combat readiness indicating the steady has been lost making this mechanic more obvious
- Experience pop ups like "+5xp" when you kill someone will not appear anymore - Removed to declutter the UI in the tactical game, the information was pretty inconsequential (most players know they get xp when they kill a unit)
- Fatigue increases are doubled [increased to 1 day + 0.5 days/turn (from 0.25 days/turn) and 10 days flat on consistent fatigue second wave (from 5 days flat)] but easier difficulties will decrease fatigue & injury (instead of harder difficulties increasing): 70/80/90/100% fatigue & injury on normal/classic/brutal/impossible (from 100/110/120/130%) - The new fatigue system makes it much easier to field units so fatigue has been increased by ~50% to compensate (especially with reduced abduction numbers)
- Base Injury time increased to 90 days (from 60 days) - accommodates for 30% reduction in injury & fatigue times per difficulty, overall a 15% or so increase in injury times

Bug Fixes:

- Szmind (the programming wizard) fixed a long time LW and LWR bug where if you were in multiple covers (e.g. low and high cover) you would only ever get the DR of the low cover -- now you get the DR of the cover that is protecting you from the shot (as you would expect) - many thanks to szmind for this great code fix! =D
- Fixed a bug where the number of abductions was not being reduced by 50% after the multi-abudctions were introduced
- Fixed a bug where any unit that ended a mission with their sidearm equipped permanently received rapid fire (Note: if this affected your campaign, you can use the console and type `giveperk -36 in the barracks to remove rapid fire)
- Fixed a bug where soldiers could sometimes get enough xp to level up but not be promotable
- Fixed a bug where early abduction reward soldiers would sometimes be multiple ranks higher than intended (someone got a TSGT in March) (!)
- Updated and clarified some misleading text
- Fixed an incorrect voice reminder to build a genetics lab when sometimes you couldn't

LW Rebalance v1.27.01

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug where some alien species would appear before their intended alien level (most notably finding seekers at alien level 1)
- Fixed a bug where multiples values from the dgc.ini were being read from the documents folder instead of the actual dgc.ini (creating things like foundry projects showing up when they shouldn't, mobility of equipment to be off, and lots of other really odd quirks) - Thanks so much to szmind as he masterminded a really quick and simple fix for this =D
- Fixed pistols not having increased ammo
- Misc description tweaks

LW Rebalance v1.27.00

Note:

- Version 1.27 is not compatible with previous versions and may cause serious issues with ongoing campaigns. It is recommended to continue on your old campaigns with versions of 1.26 and earlier. If you want to use 1.27 it is best to start a new campaign.
- All references to "Dynamic War" are being replaced with "Game Length" - Much more intuitive, especially for newer players and especially because Dynamic War is default in LWR now (e.g. Injury times are modified by Game Length)

New Second Wave Options:

- Not So Long War (#8): Overall game length halved - These effectively replace Dynamic War and the SW_Marathon value. Part of the problem with the old DW and SW_Marathon system was odd numbers.  For example, multiplying 2 UFO missions by a SW_Marathon value of 0.45 would = 0.9 which would get reduced to 0. There were many examples of this. The new system is designed so that all gameplay modes work well and are balanced.
- Very Long War (#9): Overall game length doubled. Enabling this and 'Not So Long War (#8)' triples the game length instead (Very Very Long War). - See above
- Predictable Potential (#3): Soldier promotion stat gains for each rank and class are set values instead of a range - The reverse of Hidden Potential which is now default

Strategic:

- All alien missions (UFO missions) are now generated each hour on the fly and are constantly affected by alien aggression, alien level, and alien resources (i.e. all LWR games are DW games) - This is changed from non-DW games in LW 1.0 where these stats would sometimes only matter and missions would only be generated right at the beginning of each month. This also made LW 1.0 DW games always quite different than non-DW games and very difficult to balance between them.
- Ranks required for OTS projects changed to 10/20/30/50/70/90/120 (from 10/20/40/60/90/120/150) - Accommodates for decreased end game mission density, bring Cpt and Mjr on earlier
- When a country gives you a donation to help your fight against aliens it no longer says "medikit" and "request" and instead clearly states it's a "donation"
- Alien Aggression (Threat) reworked: [ see the wiki: https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Alien_Aggression_(LWR) ]
- Scouts, Abductions, and Terror missions are reduced in amount by 10% per month (from 20% per month) - They were becoming too few in the late game
- Resources acquired from missions increases by 10% per month (from 20% per month) - Accommodates for increased late game missions
- Injury and Fatigue scales again with difficulty: 100/110/120/130% on normal/classic/brutal/impossible - Limits A-Team and smaller roster use on the higher difficulties
- Soldier deaths are more of a factor in the grade you get at the end of each month - More accurate
- Meld Injection now has a popup description claryfing what it does - More clarity on use

Air Game:

- UFOs increase in strength with each Alien Level (instead of each month) - Makes late game UFOs easier to deal with and also makes the current status of enemy UFO easy to figure out (as "each month" was never really accurate anyway, it was often way off -- at least in the late game)
- Combat Patrols now cost 550 (from 350) and also increase alien aggression (by 25%) and decrease alien resources (by 3-12%) - Nerfed as they were quite effective, especially with powerful aircraft, extended in effect to be more encompassing
- You can now see a list of all aircraft weapons you own when you go to change the loadout of an aircraft so that there is easy comparisons, even if you don't have any spare of that aircraft weapon - Makes it a lot easier to compare weapons when changing aircraft loadouts
- Added a button to dismiss aircraft: this will work anytime except for when the aircraft is being transfered or engaging. WARNING: There is NO popup dialogue warning - Gives players the ability to get rid of aircraft they don't want

Tactical:

- If an XCOM soldier/MEC has been killed, at the beginning of each turn, each squad member has a 3% * number of dead soldiers/MECs * aliens in sight to Enrage [Deal +50% weapon damage, all actions have a 50% chance to cost 0 AP, and prevent non-suppression reaction fire triggering until end of turn] - This is a nice mechanic as it makes it so when things are at their worst XCOM gets a nice strength boost. Also, it feels like sweet vindication.
- Pistols now all have the "Maim" ability: Fire 2 shots at -20 aim that deal 1 damage each. Any hits against a target with 1 HP will Maim the target instead of dealing damage, preventing the target from acting on it's next turn.
- Fatigue and Injury System reworked:  [ see the wiki: https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Soldiers_(LWR)#Fatigue and https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Soldiers_(LWR)#Injury ]
- Half of the hit chance over 100 now spills into bonus crit chances, called "Pinpoint Accuracy" - Makes sense that really accurate shots would have bonus crit chances, creates interesting situations with high aim low crit weapons (e.g. shotguns)
- Lowered enviromental damage from alien explosives and weapons by about 80% - This means that your cover is a LOT less likely to blow up when the aliens use explosives or when they fire their weapons; it still could happen, but much much more rarely. The main reason for this is to 1) encourage using cover and cover-based tactics, especially into the late game and 2) while it may seem cool and fun, having your cover blown by alien explosives rarely is.
- Crit chances are now capped by the max amount of aim, called "Accuracy Cap" - realistic that you don't have 100% chance to crit on a 1% chance to hit, creates interesting situations with high crit weapons (e.g. SMGs)
- Alien bases no longer have 'Itchy Trigger Tentacle' enabled automatically - This was originally enabled in LW to make them more difficult, but was a pretty unfair way to do so. As we're trying to make these missions less difficult it definitely makes sense to remove it.
- Changed the way damage randomization works. Instead of requiring a chart based on the ((2 * damage) + 1 + Rand)/4 formula, randomization range is simply +/- 1 for 1-9dmg, +/- 2 for 10-19dmg, +/- 3 for 20-29dmg, etc. Each integer has an equal chance to be selected. (e.g. a 1/3rd chance of - 1, 0, or +1 for 1-9 damage) - Makes it easy to calculate in game (+/- 1 for less than 10, +/- 2 for less than 20, etc.) and tightens the spread at higher damage levels making damage more predictable
- Critical hits will always be equal or greater to the highest damage roll of a normal hit - This applies to 1, 2, and 3 damage hits, which previously would crit (1.5 dmg modifier) for 1, 3, and 4 dmg. They now crit for 3, 4, and 5 damage to ensure even if you low roll on the crit it's always at least as much as the max roll on a normal hit
- Combat Readiness now also grants +5 defense (+10 defense with awareness) and also now has a pop-up that displays the effect as well - Buff to effectiveness and clarity of game mechanics
- Rocket Scatter increased by 10% - Accommodates for damage boost

Perks:

- Opportunist now makes reaction shots bypass damage resistance from cover (30% from partial cover, 50% from full cover) - Overwatch builds needed a boost, specifically against high DR units in cover (e.g. mutons, outsiders)
- Ranger grants +25 aim to sidearms (from +10) - Makes using a pistol much more reasonable on units with ranger
- Snapshot grants a 30/50% chance for regular/strike rifle shots to cost 0 AP (from 20/55) - Buffed to non-strike rifle shots, slight nerf to strike rifles
- Inspired Tenacity (officer perk) changed to +20% DR when protected by cover (from +15% DR at all times) - Encourage use of cover, making cover more effective
- Tenacious defense grants 50% DR against explosives and no longer requires the target to be in cover to get the -20% crit resistance - Makes XCOM biotanks and Mutons more resistant to explosives
- Close Combat Specialist loses it's +40 aim against units within 4 tiles - It was plenty strong without it
- Aggression grants +1 crit damage and +20 crit at all times and affects side arms as well as primary weapons (from +10-30 crit based on the number of enemies you can see and only primary weapons) - Makes it more consistent, slight buff

Equipment:

- All pistol ammo to 2 (from 1) - Boost to the strength of pistols
- Machine pistol crit to 40 (from 20) - Boost to the strength of machine pistols
- Crit on Shotguns lowered to 0 (from 30) - Makes maxing out with crit less common, increases the relative strength of crit boosting perks and items, accommodates for Pinpoint Accuracy bonus from aim overspill
- Crit on Sniper Rifles lowered to 30 (from 40) - Makes maxing out with crit less common, increases the relative strength of crit boosting perks and items, accommodates for Pinpoint Accuracy bonus from aim overspill
- Shotguns and SMGs no longer have proximity damage but shotguns do 150% base damage and SMGs gain Killer Instinct and have 10% more crit  - The proximity damage effects were bugging out too often. Slight boost to shotguns used at further than point blank, tweak on SMGs.
- Extrasensory Vest (Old Chameleon Suit) defense to 0 (from 5) - Prevents defense stacking from getting too high, accommodates for new combat readiness
- Blaster Launcher range to 15 tiles (from 18.7) - Nerfed, needed some pull back due to how powerful and accurate it is
- Targeting Module grants +2 damage on critical hits and 0 crit (from +1 damage on critical hits and 10 crit) - Stronger boost, but does not grant extra crit, makes crit-based builds more reasonable again
- Thumper grants the KSM +10 penetration (from +10 damage) - Makes it much more effective against threats with high DR and less OP against units with no DR
- Rockets deal 125% of weapon tier damage (from 100%) - Boost to their damage output as it was too low
- Javelin Rockets have 70% reduced scatter (from 80%) - Accommodates for the damage boost
- Chameleon Suit renamed to Extrasensory Vest - Makes more sense for what it now does

Aliens:

- Floater mobility reduced to 12 (from 14), Drone mobility reduced to 10 (from 12), Seeker mobility reduced to 12 (from 16) - Flying units are very difficult to deal with due to them being able to move anywhere without being exposed, this prevents them moving so close so fast making it easier to deal with them
- Seekers and Sectoids lose 10 aim - Accommodates for ranger buff
- Sectoids start with 15 less will, and gain 10 less will on each Alien Level Up - Gives them less will in the late game
- Floater, Thinmen, and Muton aim to 60 (from 65), drone aim to 60 (from 70) - Makes them slightly less likely to hit

Bug Fixes:

- Fixed a bug (again) where Exalt panicking would make the HUD disappear
- Fixed a description bug where the respirator implant was said to grant 10 defense (it only grants 5)
- Fixed a bug where engineers brought in later to a base defense mission would not have any repair charges
- Exalt panic sabotage is no longer modified by Game Length - Since the # of exalt missions are similar on NSL, L, VL, or VVL game lengths the amount of panic generated should not be modified
- Fixed a bug where if there was no research to research, you'd still get a ! on the research lab a request to visit it
- Fixed a bug where the minimum amount in each meld canister wasn't being affected by old DW games
- Fixed a bug where the chance for alien leader levels were being halved on old DW 0.5 games (this was making old DW 0.5 games a lot easier) - It was just a simple bug that wasn't removed
- Fixed a bug where the cash bounty for destroyed UFOs was not being modified by old DW games and the alloy bounty for destroyed UFOs was only being upgraded by 25% (instead of 50%) with alien metallurgy
- Fixed some incorrect descriptions
- Fixed a bug where you could send refueling aircraft on Combat Patrols
- Fixed some Salvage options that could be too low
- Fixed some descriptions that were too long to fit in the description windows
- Fixed a bug where alien resource display at the end of the month and on the ticker wasn't accurate and was overestimating alien resources
- Fixed a bug where extra large UFOs were receiving more aliens than intended
- Fixed a bug where salvage opportunities for UFOs were not popping up
- Fixed a bug where the AP pip colors were not updating after a shot if there was a cinematic that delayed a shot
- Fixed a bug where floater 'launch' was not correctly triggering OW
- Fixed lots of bugs relating to Alien Aggression from LW 1.0
- Fixed a bug where alterations of cover (e.g. a SHIV moving from a unit) would trigger Overpower on those units

LW Rebalance v1.26.13

Strategic:

DLC missions now have 8 soldiers allowed - Finally figured out how to distinguish just the DLC missions. This makes them a lot easier (which is OK as they are nice missions to pass).

Perks:

Overpower now will tests at user's will / 4 (from user's will / 2) - Really only affects ethereals and all it means is that high will units are more likely to resist or be immune

Bug Fixes:

Psi Lance deals 5 + will_difference/20 (from 5 + will_difference/10) - Similar change that rift had, that was supposed to be applied to psi lance too but wasn't being. Makes it less likely to do really high damage. Example: against a soldier with 30 will, a 160 will ethereal would have done 5 + 13 damage for 18 damage but now would do 5 + 6 damage for 11 damage.
Fixed a bug where exalt units were doing more damage than intended with alien research upgrades
Fixed a bug where salvage teams were being offered on missions other than crashed/landed UFOs
Fixed some incorrect ability descriptions

LW Rebalance v1.26.12

Strategic:

Aliens gain their +2 research per alien base at the end of each month (instead of the beginning of each month) * Makes it so the increase is captured in the end of month report (otherwise the reports were misleading)
Successful UFO research missions award less alien research (2/3/4/5 instead of 2/4/6/8) * Was leading to maxing out alien research too quickly in the later game as each month the gains are increased by 10% and the additional range for each month is just +3-15 research (33-45)
UFO Bombing (Air Raid) missions now will fail if the UFO is decreased below half health (and will cause proprotionally less panic above 50% health) * Now all UFO missions that are airborne (scouts, hunts, bombing) fail at 50% or less health and will decrease the chance of success proportionally to their health

Tactical:

Chance to test for panic on Exalt increased to 30% (from 20%) * Reasonable considering their numbers
Tactical Sense renamed to Tactical Mobility * Makes it seem more about your ability to move than your ability to think which makes it more believable on certain aliens and on armors

Perks:

Onslaught does not grant point blank shots a free action, only the KSM * It was too strong with both. Shots were added to the perk because I thought it was necessary to have the perk work at all times, but realistically you only need floater autopsy and MEC warfare systems so getting a KSM online early should not be a problem

Equipment:

Proximity Mine Launcher is back as "MINE Launcher" and now counts as a destructive grenade for the purposes of perks: Damage:12, EnviroDamage:240, Penetration:100, Range:7.5, Radius:3, Ammo:2, Weight:0.6. Can deploy a MINE (MInerature Nuclear Explosive) at range, that will detonate at the end of the enemy's turn, penetrating all damage resistance and dealing double environmental damage.
KSM damage to 20 (from 25) * I was incorrect about it needing a buff, at 20 damage (30 with thumper) it is quite competitive

Aliens:

Awareness and Penetrator removed of all Heavy Floaters and moved on to leader Heavy Floaters only * Makes most heavy floaters a little easier to hit and little easier to tank in general

LW Rebalance v1.26.11

Tactical:

The first mission has 1 less sectoid on all difficulties * accommodates for sectoid buff

Aliens:

Drone and Seeker base damage to 3 (from 2) * Both were too weak and too inconsequential when being used, makes March a little more challenging
Sectoid starting will to 50 (from 25) * Boost to early game enemies, makes March more challenging

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug where salvage options after UFOs were too pricey off the bat
Fixed a bug where stepping out at someone you had at "Point Blank" (i.e. avoiding their cover DR) would sometimes still grant cover DR b/c the stepout moved you away from the target and outside of "Point Blank" range
Fixed a bug where First Aid and Field Medic was reducing the injuries on SHIVs
Fixed a bug where units could press "J" while moving to activate combat readiness even though all of their moves had already been used

LW Rebalance v1.26.10

Strategic:

Your grade at the end of the month is now a measure of well your campaign is progressing * This change is awesome as it provides some much needed feedbacks for players. An average score is C, and that's where most campaigns will get at the end of their first month. If you can eventually achieve an A you are doing very well and you will likely pass the campaign if you keep it up. If you get an F, especially after many months, it will likely be very challenging to pass the campaign.
Injury/Fatigue modificaiton is no longer reduced on lower difficulties * Makes injury/fatigue less of a non-issue on the easier difficulties as it was allowing for too many alterations in mission density, creating worse gameplay
Alien bases offer significantly less resources and set the aliens back in research by 10 (from 15) * Makes them less farmable
Researching the technology 'Elerium' now requires access to a hyperwave beacon (which is gained from a successful assault of an alien base) * In other words you can't research elerium until you have successfully assaulted an alien base. Encourages earlier alien base assaults.
Minimum resources per month for aliens dropped to 9* month (from 12 * month) * Not needed anymore due to meld changes, and gives the aliens more diversity
Failed abductions now give +5 research to the aliens * Makes sense, gives aliens another source (albeit rare and fairly insignificant) of research
Alien Research no longer is equal to #_of_days + bonus research (where bonus research starts at -90 and slowly increases) but is instead just a set value that is always between 1.1 and 1.5 per day of the campaign (depending upon how successful the aliens are doing) * This is designed so that it will work with current campaigns. The end result is pretty similar to before except that the player will have more effect over alien tech levels starting at the beginning of the campaign. Note that tech levels are 1:0-49, 2:50-99, 3:100-149, 4:150-199, etc. up to level 15:700+
Abductions now hit 2-3 targets but occur less often and have more variable rewards * Makes them harder on your roster, makes the choice of doing which ones under constrained rosters more interesting
Abductions now remove 2 panic from the country and 1 from the continent (from just 1 from the country) * makes them more effective at reducing panic
Abductions, terror missions, and council missions grant 12 hours to get there (from 8) * Accommodates for the extra mission density of abductions

Air Game:

New aircraft option: "COMBAT PATROL": This aircraft will be sent over the continent hunting and harassing alien entities. It will cost 350 credits and likely result in aircraft damage, but will raise civilian morale (lower continent panic by 3-12 depending upon RNG, aircraft, and weapon) and hamper alien progress (lower alien research by 3-12 depending upon RNG, aircraft, and weapon) * Gives the player more agency for controlling panic and alien research
Bombing mission panic generation lowered by 25% * Panic generation was a little too high, this is a tweak to put it at a more reasonable level and take some focus off the air game
Satellite destruction panic generation lowered by 20% * Same as above
Fighter and Destroyer health reduced by 20/25% * Makes them easier to deal with while still not generating more missions

Tactical:

Alien Base Assault has ~33% less enemies and the pod sizes are smaller and easier (e.g. The pod of 6 Muton Elites is now a pod of 4 and might just be a pod of 1 mecthoid with 3 drones) * Makes the mission significantly easier as it was a mission that you could not retreat from and was optional. This meant that players delayed a long time and thus delayed plot progression through the game which sometimes led to the player feeling lost: "what am I supposed to be doing again?"
Overseer mission has significantly smaller alien pod sizes * makes the mission more doable while still containing deadly pods, gives the impression of an elite UFO mission while not making it as dangerous to do. This lets players attempt and complete the mission earlier.
Alien panicking only occurs on Exalt * Felt immersion breaking to have the more hardcore war-bred aliens panic
Alien bases get a full additional pod each time you attempt them * Makes farming them difficult
Toned down the strength of aliens on extra large landed UFOs * Makes them a little more reasonable to pass
Modified alien appearance parameter to be based on set alien tech levels (see #'s below) instead of arbitrary #'s of 28 * All this means is that you can know exactly which aliens you'll be facing based on the alien tech level
Late game aliens will appear later in tech levels (see #'s below, each # represents overall weighting) * makes the late game difficulty spike a less of spike
Level 1 Aliens: Sectoids (100), Drones (30), Thinmen (10), Floaters (10)
Level 2 Aliens: Floaters (90), Thinmen (90), Mutons (10), Seekers (10)
Level 3 Aliens: Mutons (140), Seeker (90), Cyberdisc (10)
level 4 Aliens: Cyberdisc (140), Mechtoids (10), Berserkers (10)
Level 5 Aliens: Mechtoids (140), Berserkers (140), Sectoid Commanders (10)
Level 6 Aliens: Sectoid Commanders (190), Heavy Floaters (10), Muton Elites (10)
Level 7 Aliens: Muton Elites (190), Heavy Floaters (190), Sectopods (10)
Level 8 Aliens: Sectopods (190), Ethreals (10)
Level 9 Aliens: Ethereals (90)
Level 10 Aliens: Ethereals (100)

Perks:

Disabler has a 40% chance to jam an opponents weapons (from 35%) * slight buff

Equipment:

Skeleton key is much cheaper * Prevents a resource bottle neck from granting access to the alien base assault

Aliens:

Ethereal health lowered by ~20% * They were a little too tanky given their offensive potential
Seekers gain 2 DR when strangling (from 0), cyberdiscs gain 6 DR when closed (from 8) * Seekers are moved to a later game enemy (due to the importance of a counter) and thus needed some more threat and cyberdiscs didn't need as high DR due to the red fog change

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a LW 1.0 bug where research granted to the aliens from successful research missions was not being modified in DW games (making DW 0.5 games a lot easier)
Clarified some ability text
Added in more code to prevent the HUD from disappearing during alien panicking
Fixed a bug where the council could ask for a proximity mine launcher and considering you can't produce them it could be... difficult to fulfill. =D

LW Rebalance v1.26.09

QoL:

Added a lot more strategic/tactical tips during loading screens * Thanks to Young Eldritch for the work on this
Added alien strategic info to the end of month report * Increases transparency of game mechanics and adds easier access to game mechanics

Strategic:

UFO Scouting missions will only generate a hunt if they are between 50-100% health [The chance is proportional to their health: 2x(UFOHP% * 50)% chance to generate a hunt] * Makes going all out on a scout that you don't finish off not such a loss

Bug Fixes:

Again, fixed the bug where aliens panicking would lead to the HUD disappearing
Fixed some incorrect descriptions
Fixed a bug where air domination was doubling the speed of UFO fire rates as well

LW Rebalance v1.26.08

Strategic:

Friendly skies and Elite XCOM aim bonuses to 25 (from 20) * makes the 2nd wave option a little more impactful
New 2nd wave option "Air Domination" (replaces Diminishing Returns): Doubles the fire rate of all your aircraft * Gives another method to make the air game stronger for players that wish this. Also, dimishing returns didn't really work well with Long War Rebalanced
Bradford will no longer admonish the player for letting a UFO go * Doesn't feel so bad when you do it considering most players will be doing it a lot and it will be a good move (you know nothing Bradford!)

Tactical:

Exalt missions are now easier if your difficulty is lower (they start 1/2/3 missions behind in terms of initial squad composition on brutal/classic/normal) * Makes them easier to handle on easier difficulties
Exalt Covert Op Extraction missions now have reinforcements enter 1/2/3 turns later on brutal/classic/normal * Makes it easier to handle on easier difficulties
Red Fog only degrades flat damage reduction by 1-50% (from 1-100%) * Reduces the effect of red fog on flat damage reduction making flat damage reduction more important/effective

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug where reducing interceptor repair time looked like it did something, but actually did nothing * Whoopsies =P
Fixed a bug where the HUD would disappear if mulitple aliens panicked at the same time * Thanks to szmind for the code

LW Rebalance v1.26.07

Perks:

Collateral damage now deals +50% weapon damage (instead of -50% weapon damage) * Significant Buff

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug where everyone was getting awareness and +30 def

LW Rebalance v1.26.06

QoL:

The term "base damage" has been replaced with "weapon damage" in all descriptions * Makes it more clear what it refers to, especially for newer players

Tactical:

Panic now lasts 4 turns (from 1), but each turn panicked units have an 80% chance to "Regain Control" * Makes panic more important to remove and avoid (alien trophies, psi inspire, etc.) but also removes the will component from panic turns so that high will units can't reliably panic for multiple turns (which was too powerful)

Perks:

Fragmentation to 25% chance for double damage (from 20% chance) * Buffed
Awareness grants +10 defense at all times which upgrades to +30 defense when steadying or overwatching * Buffed to provide more defense when not steadying/overwatching
Absorption Fields grants +20% DR (from +30%) * Nerfed, alleviates some of the pressure to make a Goliath pure tank
Penetrator back to +2 pen (from +3) * Was too strong at +3 and not as balanced on the trees
Snapshot with a strike rifle has a 55% chance to proc a free action (from +50%) * Slight buff, perk tree balance
VPT and CST back to +150% damage (from +140%) * Due to truncation, 40% is too much of a nerf, 50% seems like the sweet spot * balance on the trees
Mayhem grants +2 damage to explosives (from +35% weapon damage) * Buff to lower damage explosives used with mayhem (AP grenade, basic rocket launcher)

Equipment:

Kinetic Strike Module damage to 25 (from 20) * Slight buff, especially to the marauder

XCOM:

Reworked MEC perk trees * balance
Platform Stability replaced with Bring 'Em On for the GSGT Gunner * It felt bad having a perk that could be replaced by an item and this gives a nice offensive boost to the gunner at GSGT
SHIV armor to 10 (from 12) and alloy SHIV armor to 18 (from 16) * Nerf to original SHIV, buff to alloy SHIV

Aliens:

Cyberdiscs no longer have Critical System Targeting * Makes it a little easier to field mechanical units (it's mostly floaters, outsiders, and sectopods)

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug where xcom units would sometimes be able to overwatch units that were dropping in without rapid reaction
Fixed a bug where the orange AP pips would not update correctly at the beginning of the turn
Fixed a bug where the geoscape could be locked on the US and the player couldn't navigate the geoscape due to an old bug in tracktwo's campaign summary code (This one was all szmind, he really is incredible at fixing these sorts of bugs)
Fixed several description errors * Thanks to Young Eldritch for this

LW Rebalance v1.26.05

Strategic:

Air raid panic increase to 12 (from 8) * Even with increased scouts, the hunts are creating significantly less panic than expected, this is intended to help rectify it

Tactical:

Non-Robotic aliens units have a 20% chance to roll for panic when they are hit for more than 30% of their remaining health (20 will test), when a squad mate in vision dies (20 will test), and when their squad leaders in vision die (40 will test) * Makes the game feel more engaging, feels more fair, and most important, feels fun to see the aliens cower before you.
First mission has 4/3/2 less sectoids on impossible/brutal/classic but XCOM only starts with 6 soldiers (from 8) * Slight increase in difficulty, makes it less likely to be a full map activation, consistency with what an abduction should be

Perks:

Mind control no longer has a negative to hit of 50 but instead a bonus to hit of 1 * Makes the AI more likely to consider it's use (for sectoid commanders and ethereals)
Mind control cooldown to 4 turns (from 1 turn) * Makes it much less spammable

Aliens:

Cyberdiscs and Mechtoids deal 2 less damage * They were hitting a little too hard
Toned down some of the damage bonuses high level leaders got with upgrades
Lowered the will of sectiod commanders, ethereals, and uber ethereals by 40 * Helps accommodate for mind control buff, makes overpower not so... overpowering =P

Bug Fixes:

Fixed some incorrect text descriptions
Fixed a bug where outsiders could start with 5-9 extra DR on brutal, classic, and normal difficulties
Fixed a bug where the bounties for killing high level aliens were being reduced by 90%
Increased the radius of danger zone suppression so it should work on all targets diagonally

LW Rebalance v1.26.04

Strategic:

Increased the amount of elerium/alloys you can acquire through extra salvage from UFOs * Increases the ability to convert credits into alloys/elerium
Interceptors take 20 days to produce * Slows down air expansion, makes planning more important
You can now hire an additional repair crew for a damaged aircraft at the cost of 150 credits which cuts repair times in half (cannot go below 1 day) * Helps keep the airfoce afloat
Landed UFOs decrease by 10% per month (from 20% per month) * Increase in the ability to acquire resources without using your airforce, helps accommodate for poor resource acquisition from UFOs
Reduce resource accumulation of elerium/alloys from UFOs by ~20% * Accommodates for increase from aliens and increased opportunity from landed UFOs

Tactical:

All aliens will now have 50/33/17% reduced stat gains from research and leader levels on normal/classic/brutal * Makes the mid-late game and larger UFOs much more reasonable on the lower difficulties, significant decrease overall in alien strength on lower difficulties
High level aliens yield significant bounties when killed (even if killed by explosives) * Makes late game missions still feel valuable and gives players alternative ways to acquire resources during challenging missions, helps accommodate for poor resource acquisition from UFOs
Most aliens reward 1 of a single resource specific to their type, even if killed by explosives (e.g. drones give 1 alloy) * Gives more consistent resource accumulation, helps accommodate for poor resource acquisition from UFOs
Toned back the time at which high level aliens can first appear by 1 month * Makes it feel less oppressive
Hunkering down now reduces the hit chance of psionic attacks by 50%, regardless of whether the unit is in cover or not * Gives an option to help protect soldier against psionic attacks
Corrossion reduces rocket range by 50% (instead of increasing scatter by 100%) * consistency with the rest of the ability
Corrossion prevents all passive healing (e.g. regeneration effects) * Makes it quite useful against units that heal (outsiders, mecthoids, ethereals, etc.)

Perks:

Mind Fray lasts 1 turn (from 2) * nerf to how punishing it feels, and makes it consistent with other effects (either 1 turn or indefinite)
Fragmentation grants a 20% chance for double damage * Tone back through increase on the RNG element, distinction from mayhem
Penetrator grants 3 penetration (from 2) * Buff to the perk, balance

Aliens:

Sectoid Commander damage toned down by 2 * They were hitting a little harder than ideal

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a long time LW 1.0 bug where when you ordered/cancelled a new aircraft or soldiers the amount of credits you have didn't display the change until you left the screen
Fixed a bug where the pulse sniper rifle had a mobility penalty and should not have one
Shadowstep now correctly grants +1.2 mobility * was bugged at 0.6 mobility
Fixed a bug where critical hit display wouldn't always inform the player it was a critical hit
Fixed a bug where the AP pips would not be colored orange at the beginning of the turn (but would be colored after an action or move)
Fixed a bug where gene modification wouldn't allow you to select gene mods despite having the available resources
Fixed a bug where In The Zone would sometimes not trigger if used as the first action of the turn

LW Rebalance v1.26.03

Strategic:

Bombing run panic generation to 8 (from 7) * Slight increase in panic
Renamed multiple weapons to not be so hard to identify (e.g. Blaster Rifle --> Pulse Strike Rifle) * Makes it easier for players to understand the many various weapons more clearly
XCom gains 20% more resources (meld, elerium, artifacts, etc.) per month from missions (from 10% per month) * Accommodates for reduced late game missions
Winning an Exalt Base raid grants 400 meld (from 150) * Buff to encourage doing the base instead of farm it
Armored fighters grants +15% HP (from a flat +500 hp) * Nerf to interceptors, buff to firestorms
Successful scouting missions no longer have a 50% chance to randomly fail to generate a hunt * Means a hunt is more likely following scouts (it was bugged previously reducing hunts more than intended and I can't really control it so I scrapped the code)
Destroyer health to 2000 (from 3000) * Makes them much easier to down and/or prevent on their missions
Air weapon credit costs increased significantly * Makes the credit cost for adequately covering more continents more challenging
Alloy, elerium, meld, and weapon fragment council requests grant more reward for fulfilling * Slight boost due to the importance of these items
UFO Plasma I air weapon aim to 40 (from 35) * Slight decrease in effectiveness of LEAD stance and a little less mission generation
Jellied Elerium increased rocket and grenade damage by 1 (from just rockets) * Boost to mid-game grenades
Enhanced Plasma renamed to Condensed Plasma and grants rockets and grenades +2 damage (from 0) * Boost to late-game rockets and grenades
MEC2 technology requires mobile power armor * Pushes MEC2 production slightly later

Tactical:

Soldiers on the first mission will always equip assault rifles and tac armors * More consistency in loadouts
AP pips will now color orange when an enemy has reaction fire on you that you can't see (e.g. they are out of sight and have squadsight or are concealed) * Your units 'sense' it, while it's unrealistic, the alternative (eating overwatch shots out of nowhere and losing soldiers) was worse
Covert Op missions start with 2 pods at half the size (from 1 pod that was double the size) * Makes it a little more likely you will run into someone (e.g. instead of 1 pod of 3 exalt, you'll fight a pod of 2 exalt and a pod of 1 exalt)

Perks:

Mechanic and Master Mechanic grant +1 penetration against mechanical units instead of +1 damage and the Repair ability they grant repairs for 4 HP (from 3 HP) * Buffed
Extra Conditioning reduces fatigue times by 40% (from both fatigue and injury times by 20%) * Buffed and more focused
Fragmentation has a 40% chance to deal +40% damage (from 50% chance for +50% damage) * Toned back
First Aid grants 1 medikit and 1 extra of each equipped medikit (reversion) * Increases overall XCOM healing, buff to support scout/rocketeeer, decreases reliance on medics
Run and Gun cooldown back to 2 turns (from 1) but grants immunity to reaction fire * buffed, makes it easier to get run and gun off
Shadowstep back to +1.2 mobility * Balance
In The Zone back to +20 aim/crit on subsequent shots (from +10 aim/crit) * Buffed, balance
Combat Drugs grants +10 will (from +15) * Toned back a little more
Commanding Officer gains 1 command at the first rank and 1 command at ranks 3 and 5 (from 1 command at each rank) * Tone back on # of commands available
Damage Control toned back to 15% DR per shot (from 20% DR per shot) * Toned back a little
One For All DR to 40% (from 50%) * Toned back a little
Snapshot has a 50% chance to trigger a 0 AP action (from 60%) * Tone back
Hit and Run now prevents weapons or equipment use in subsequent actions (from non-shooting and non-overwatching actions) * Nerf to multiaction capability of Hit and Run builds, especially on the Shogun (distinguishes it from the Maruader)
Greater Mind merge grants 100 crit (from 25 crit) * Makes it's use (and thus sectoid commanders) a lot more effective

Equipment:

Neuroregulator will bonus to +10 (from +20) * Toned back
AP Grenade range increased to 12.5 (from 10) * Buffed, grants more reach
Regenerator Vest hp to 2 and DR to 0 * Nerfed
Vortex armor reduces fatigue by 50% (from eliminating it) and will to +10 (from +20) * It was overkill and LWR doesn't have the problem of trying to get the volunteer up to level like LW 1.0 did
Aurora armor HP to 6 (from 8) and will to +5 (from +10) * Nerfed, was replacing too many armors
Ammo module is again equippable by both SHIVs and MECs (from just SHIVs) * Buff to Jaeger ITZ and overall MEC ammo capacities

XCOM:

Multiple perk tree alterations * See perk tree image
Cost of SHIVs increased across the board * Makes them less 'expendable'

Aliens:

Introduced some more code to encourage the aliens to not always target the lowest hp or lowest def unit all the time * Makes them a little less predictable
Sectoid Commanders reworked (they got their pistol back! -* AND it hits like a Plasma Cannon!) * Their AI was too hard to stop from being foolish so often and I couldn't fix it so I worked on them a lot. In the end they are now smarter, deadlier, and they gained some reasonable AI. After a lot of testing, I think should be much more scary enemies worthy of their title.
Chryssalid DR to 1 (from 0.5) * Slight buff
Muton health to 12 (from 14) but DR to 1 (from 0) [research gains affected as well] * Some HP swapped to DR, increases effetiveness of corrossion/penetration
Muton Berserker health to 16 (from 20) but DR to 1 (from 0) [research gains affected as well] * Some HP swapped to DR, increases effetiveness of corrossion/penetration

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug where neural feedback was doing more damage than described/intended
Fixed a bug where packmaster sometimes wasn't granting an additional medikit charge for equipped medikits
Fixed a bug where reaction shots at someone who was taking an action would sometimes cause that person to 'stall-out' and not execute the action * Thanks so much to all the time szmind put into fixing this (This might even help the LW 1.0 suppression stall out bug)
Fixed a bug where the Medic wasn't getting sprinter at MSGT
Fixed some incorrect text descriptions
Fixed a bug where picking combat drugs would freeze the game
Fixed a bug where drop-ins and reinforcements would go on OW but wouldn't have it trigger against xcom's units
Fixed a bug where overpower wasn't working at squadsight
Fixed a bug where deflection shield would remain active on dead units which would clutter the field

LW Rebalance v1.26.02

Strategic:

Advanced Servomotors requires Mechtoid Cores (from Sectopod Wrecks) * Makes more sense and grants the tech earlier
Confounding Light/Gangplank start even another month later now * Really pushes it into the late game to make it easier
Panic increases by 10% per month (from 5% per month) * Slight increase in world panic spread
Bombing runs increase panic by 7 (from 6) * Slight increase in world panic spread
Plasma I UFO weapons to 35 aim (from 30) * Slight nerf to strength of air game, reduced shot down UFOs and air game control, makes it so it's not as mandatory to go lead to guarantee downing a UFO

Tactical:

All thrown objects and rockets now give a confirmation dialogue before firing * Makes it so you never have to worry about misclicking on them now, thanks to forefal for the suggestion because it's awesome and really makes pixel hunting a lot more bearable
The first mission has 2 more sectoids on all difficulties * The outsiders were surprisingly not as difficult as expected

Perks:

Close Combat Specialist only triggers on your opponent's turn * There was a bug that makes it flakey on your turn and the pingpong with beserkers was borderline gamey and borderline abusive.
One For All DR back to 50% (from 30%) * With the plethora of CST and high damage weapons, this re-increase is reasonable granting MECs a significant (and much needed) tanking capability increase
Combat Drugs grants +15 will (from +20 will) * Slight tone back
Squadsight reduces aim/crit by 4 per tile (from 3 per tile) * Slight nerf, the unlimited squadsight can be quite useful
Sapper grants 5x environmental damage (from 3x) * Makes it a lot more likely to destroy whatever is in it's path

Equipment:

Psi Accelerator renamed to Psi Frayer, and Psi Screen renamed to Psi Retaliator * More obvious and intuitive what abilities they grant
Psi Retaliator/Psi Frayer grants +0.5/0.5 DR, +10/15, and weight to 0/0.6 * Makes them more universal in who would want to equip them
Elerium Emitter back to 1.5 DR (from 1) * Slight boost to psi tanking
LMG ammo to 5 (from 7) * It's excellent at suppression, and the decreased ammo consumption has made ammo concerns too minimal of a problem. As well, the -10 aim negative isn't so significant on a class that only wants to suppress as the suppression shot isn't as damaging
Combat stims lasts 4 turns (from 2) * Buffed, this means it heals 8 hp instead of 4
Chameleon vest to +5 def (from 0), weight to 0 (from 0.6), and grants Awareness, but no longer ignores reaction fire * alteration to bring awareness to soldier classes and remove the easy capability of bypassing enemy OW on any soldier
Sniper Rifle mobility to -1 (from 0) * Accommodate for it's increased stats, more reasonable weight

XCom:

Lock N' Load on Rocketeer replaced with Holo Rounds * Grants the support and shooter rocketeers more options
Sapper on Infantry replaced with Packmaster * Give the grenadier build a stronger final option
Shadowstep on Medic replaced with Sprinter * Gives more of a stat bonus to make it more competitive vs tenacious defense

Aliens:

Rapid Reaction swapped to Sentinel + Opportunist on all aliens except for floater leaders and heavy floaters * It was too punishing to XCOM
Ready For Anything removed from all aliens except for a few high level leaders * It was REALLY powerful, too powerful to have on so many aliens

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug where reaction shots at squadsight ranges were still occuring at old caps and were not unlimited
Reconnaissance popups will stay on the scout so you can read the clues * prevents not seeing the audio clue
Removed some code that was teleporting units, and turned off some background logs (e.g. "...zzz")
Fixed a bug where packmaster was still granting a smoke grenade * You might have to reset perks to make it go away
Fixed a bug where squadsight could grant bonus aim/crit chances
Fixed a bug where abilities that relied on the number of enemies in sight were sometimes acting inappropriately (e.g. ITZ not triggering)
Fixed a bug where multiple reaction shots could reset the targets that were overwatchable for both XCOM and Aliens
Fixed some issues with orange pips not updating correctly from dead aliens
Fixed a bug where the interaction with One For All and smoke was not working correctly

LW Rebalance v1.26.01

Strategy:

Gangplank and Confounding light occur 1 month later * Makes them a little easier

Equipment:

Proximity Mine Launcher can no longer be built * Was too much of a trap for newer players and veterans knew better anyway
Combat stims now grant Stimmed [+2 regeneration, +1.2 mobility, +10 aim, +15 will, immunity to critical hits, and 20% DR] for 2 turns * Buffed, generalization: useful for more units. There is no -40 will protection against psi panic, the crit immunity does not require cover, and it gains 2 regen over 2 turns (so +4 HP total)
Psi Screen grants +10 def (from +5) * Buffed, makes it obviously not suitable for units that want to taunt (i.e. tanks)
Elerium Emitter DR to 1 (from 1.5) * Slight nerf
Psi Accelerator DR to 0.5 (from 0) but will to +10 (from +20) * Tone back on will, makes it good for tanks
Leather Jacket mobility to -2.5 (from -1.2) * That hacking equipment is HEAVY! =P Slows down the operative more on exalt missions, makes protecting him more important

Perks:

Damage Control reworked: Now it grants 20% DR per shot received (from 30% after 1 shot) * Like everything, this stack multiplicatively. So 1st shot = 100%, 2nd shot = 80%, 3rd shot = 64%, 4th shot = 51%, 5th shot = 41%, etc. Helps minimize the effect of gamey things like trying to get a drone to hit you first and makes it so any unit with damage control that takes a lot of punishment gets a LOT tankier.
Smoke and Mirrors no longer grants +1 smoke (note: you'll have to reset your perks to get rid of the extra smoke) * Makes smoke a little less common and the item more reasonable to equip
Dense smoke no longer increases the aim malus of smoke (so now dense smoke is 50 def and -15 aim, affects psionic hit chances too, and no damage from explosions) * Buffed
Snapshot now works on standard/precision/disabling shots (from just standard shots) * Buffed
Transform (Cyberdisc's Closed Ability) grants 8 DR (from 4) * It was quite weak at 4 because it was often hit while open, lowering it's life by half, thus lowering the closed DR from 4 to 2; now it will go from 8 to 4 and still have a reasonable amount of DR even after injured, when closed

Bug Fixes:

Fixed some inaccurate/misleading item/ability/tooltip descriptions
Fixed a bug where stingrays were doing incorrect damage (they now properly deal 900 damage over 10s)
Fixed some issues where deflection shield appeared as covering fire in the F1 panel
Fixed a bug where overwatch was not always working correctly (not triggering after loading a save game)
Fixed a bug where the orange AP color was not going away immediately when an enemy on OW died
Fixed a bug where packmaster would, in certain situations, still grant a free smoke grenade

LW Rebalance v1.26.00

Strategic:

Workshops now also reduce build times by 20% each (stack multiplicatively) * Makes late game item building much faster, less waiting around
Number of UFO missions (abduction, terror, scout, research) is reduced by 20% per month (from 15% per month) * Reduction of # of late game missions
Chance to destroy (instead of shoot down) a UFO increased be ~2x * Reduces mission generation and makes high yield weapons less desirable, re-adding the dynamic back to the air game
Alien resources and research gained for successful UFO missions increased to 20% (from 15%) * Accommodates reduced missions
XCOM resources from all missions increased by 20% per month (from 10%) * Accommodates reduced missions and reduced shot down UFOs
Abduction reward bounties increased by 20% per month * Makes abductions more beneficial in the late game
Increased alloy gains by ~10% on all difficulties * Increased to help reduce early game alloy shortages
Unchecked scouts have a 50% chance of triggering a hunt mission (from 35%) * Makes dealing with the scouts more important
Advanced repair reduces repair times by 25% (from 33%) * Toned back
Laser Cannon aim to 45 (from 40) * Slight boost, it was a little too weak at 40
Fusion weapon research time reduced by over half * It was really long for something in the late game that meant you sometimes didn't get it in time to actually use it

Tactical:

Alien appearances do not occur just on a set month, they now have a gradual introduction and increase in frequency: this means you can fight harder alien types earlier but they will be much less frequent * Gives earlier access to some corpses, prevents avoiding preparation based on the month, makes the composition of missions a lot more unknown (as an example, there is a rare chance to fight cyberdiscs in May and Mechtoids in June)
Explosives deal 50% damage at their periphery (from 35%) * It still felt bad doing 1/3rd damage when you actually hit someone, this makes it so that if you at least hit someone the explosive will feel good
Alien soldier research/technology upgrades (at ~1.5 months, 3 months, 6 months, etc.) are more significant * Makes later game aliens more challenging
Officers grant 10%xp/rank (from 15%) * Tone back on how fast soldiers level up
Jellied Elerium grants +1 damage to rockets (from +2) * Tone down on late game rocketeer
The "Close Range" proximity bonus that negates cover is renamed to "Point Blank" * Makes more sense, distinguishes itself from close range weapon bonuses

Perks:

Squadsight now grants infinite range to sniper rifles, strike rifles, and MEC weapons, but caries a penalty of -3 aim/crit per tile further than normal range (18.75 tiles) * Allows squadsight at any range but has a penalty the further away you are
Distortion (on sectoid commanders and ethereals) no longer grants additional defense per tile away but instead reduces aim to 0 on squadsight shots * Makes them a lot easier to deal with under 18.75 tiles and helps prevent late game squadsight units from being as dominating
Deflection shield defense per tile away increased to 5/tile (from 3/tile) and reduces both aim and crit * It was too ineffective at 3 with granting large crits, this still lets OW be an effective strategy against it
Neural Feedback deals 5% of the user's will in damage (from 10% of the user's will in damage) * Too much damage otherwise. It's technically a free aciton and with the higher will of enemies, mind fray is already less competitive
Brawler loses it's +1 damage against targets within 4 tiles * Balance, it was too strong, especially with CCS on both trees
Concealment restricted to high cover only * The gameplay becomes more interesting this way and helps prevent too many 'setup' situations
Mayhem grants both sniper and strike rifles +100% base damage (from 100% on sniper and 70% on strike) * Buffed on strike rifles
Depth Perception to +20 crit (from +20 aim/crit) * Was too strong on flying units
Combat Drugs grants +20 will (from 10 aim, 20 crit and 30 will) and no longer heals 1 hp at the start of unit's turns, but instead heals half the damage received by units under its effects (purely mechanical units immune) * Role changed
Master mechanic additional repair charges to 3 (from 5) * Toned back
Psi Mastery now increases mind fray damage by 50% as well and lets all psi abilities only cost 1 AP (from a select few) * Buffed
Danger Zone grants +30% increased explosive radius (from 33%) * More simple calculations, very slight tone back
Bullseye to +20 aim (from 25) * Balance
Death from afar to +10 aim (from 15) * Balance
Executioner to +1 damage (from 2) * Balance
Disabler grants a 35% chance to jam enemy weapons (from 30%) * Balance
Vital Point Targeting and Critical System Targeting to 1.4x damage (from 1.5) * They were a little too heavy at 1.5
Packmaster no longer grants a free smoke grenade and medikit but instead grants +2 ammo * Fills the 'ammo mule' role. Nerfed on support capability, boosted as an alternative pick for other builds. It originally granted those extra items because support abilities weren't as strong. However, with smoke and concussion grenades being stronger, this buff pushed it to be too strong of a perk. It was also (ironically) making the smoke grenade and medikit small items less competitive for a slot. This might see more play on non-grenadier/support classes due to the ammo now.
Growth (Outsider Perk) has been toned down significantly for all difficulties below impossible * So players don't feel like they need to rush as much
Shadowstep grants +0.6 mobility * Balance, encourage more choice on the trees where it occurs
Double Tap now grants +15 aim if you haven't moved to all weapons (from +10 for normal weapons and +20 for sniper rifles) * Consistency of perk
In The Zone grants +10 aim and crit on subsequent shots (from +20) * Nerfed, balance
Precision shot no longer allows a shot at infinite range (as they can all fire at infinite range now) but instead removes the squadsight penalties * Accommodation for new squadsight rules

Equipment:

Sniper Rifle damage to 150% (from 125%), has 2 pen (from 1), and reduces the squadsight range penalty to -1 aim and crit per tile instead of -3 aim and crit per tile * Buffed to accommodate nerfed sniper perks and nerfed squadsight
Javelin rockets have 80% reduced scatter (from 50%) and a 20% radius (from 33%) * They are a smaller aoe but are much more likely to hit
MEC1 gains another hp and another mobility * It is a bit of an awkward hybrid, so this makes it more competitive and more reasonable to rush/build (due to cheap cost as well)
All HMECs gain a 2ndary weapon slot * Buff to HMECs, constistency amoung MEC tiers
UHMEC3 gains 2HP, ULMEC3 gains 0.6 mobility * Buff to the Ultra MEC3s
Leather jacket hp to 2 (from 1), defense to 5 (from 10), mobilty to -1.2 (from 0) * it now contains heavy hacking equipment essential for interfacing with exalt databases, the def and hp change was just for consistency with other light armors, the mobility reduction was to make it even harder to chain relays
Combat stims grant +2.5 mobility (from 1.8) and 25% DR (from 20%) * Slight buffs
Breaching Ammo, Shredder Ammo, Armor Piercing Ammo, Flak Ammo, and Reaper Ammo weight to 0 (from 0.6) * Buffed, balance, consistency with other items like scopes and alloy-jacketed rounds
Extra rocket and Javelin rocket grant 2 of each rocket * More ammo for rocketeers, prevents them from running out as fast and feeling ineffective aftewards
Shock and Awe also grants +1 charges to any extra rockets equipped * More ammo for rocketeers
Rocket Launcher / Recoilless Rifle / Blaster Launcher damage to 4/6/8 (from 5/8/12) * Pull back on single turn damage of rocketeers, consistency at 100% of base damage for the tier
All rocket radius' increased by 0.5 tiles * Slight increase to rockets, distinction from grenades
All destructive grenade radius' decreased by 0.5 tiles * Tone back on grenades

XCom:

Vital Point Targeting on the Shogun replaced with Penetrator * VPT was too strong, pushes the Shogun into more of the anti-mechanical role if it wants to deal damage
Shogun loses it's base +0.6 mobility * Balance

Aliens:

Uber Ethereal health to 60 (from 40) * The end boss should be more resilient
Multiple alien leaders pick up Ready For Anything * Got it working on aliens

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a bug where late game enemies were getting reduced likelihoods to show up in late game missions causing some campaigns to be filled with early to mid game enemies in the late game
Fixed a bug where on DW games the # of some missions in the late game were being increased instead of decreased * Made some campaigns get too many resources/xp in the end game
Fixed a bug where some aliens could wander into weird locations (like outside of the map boundaries) * Thanks to szmind for this
Fixed a bug where the repositioning of stepped out units could sometimes occur twice, pulling the unit away from their original spot or occur when grappling * Again, thanks entirely to szmind for this
Fixed some incorrect descriptions
Clarified some descriptions on abilities
Fixed a bug where drop-ins were not triggering proper overwatch * This had to do with my optimization code not correctly setting the Overwatch lists of aliens on drop-in
Fixed a bug where it looked like chryssalids had overpower * They don't
Fixed a bug where psychokinetic strike was showing up as costing 2 AP (even when it only costed 1 with psi mastery)
Fixed a longtime bug where platform stability wouldn't show up in the crit summary F1 panel sometimes (Just tried a workaround that tests if the bug occurs and then attempts to fix and it worked) =D

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