Dark Events (LW2)

Dark Events in Long War 2 are tied to two particular activities COINResearch and COINOps. The COINResearch activity handles tactical Dark Events, while COINOps handles strategy Dark Events. Long War 2 redefines many Dark Events to be of permanent duration, so once achieved they persist for the rest of the campaign. These are typically in the form of an “upgrade” to one or more ADVENT/alien units. Other Dark Events are of limited duration. Because of this, is it possible for more than 3 Dark Events to be active at once (indeed, 10+ not uncommon).

Different Dark Events affect specific classes at the following rates.

Dark Event	Unit Affected	Percent Affected	Affect
Viper Rounds		25%
Sapper	Mutons M3 Advanced Captains	25%
Will To Survive	Sectoids, Vipers, Najas, and Sidewinders	15%
Center Mass	All	16%
Lethal	Aliens	8%
Infighter	Stun Lancers M3 Psi Witches	100%
Formidable	Captains and Grenadiers M2 and M3 Shieldberers, Mutons, and Rocketeers M3 Psi Witches	15%
Shredder	Gunners M3 Mutons and Psi Witches	15%
Deadshot	Najas, Sidewinders and Vipers M3 Psi Witches	50%
Lightning Reflexes	Stun Lancers M3 Psi Witches	20%
Close Combat Specialist	Archons	100%
Grazing Fire	Gunners M3 Captains, Sentries, Troopers, Mutons and Psi Witches	33%
Cutthroat	Stun Lancers and Faceless	100%
Combat Awareness	Sentries	100%
Iron Skin	Robots	100%
Tac Sense	Captains M3 Psi Witches	50%
Aggression	Mutons and Archons M3 Stun Lancers	20%
Resilience	Cyberus	100%
Shadowstep	Cyberus	100%
DamageControl	Cyberus, Turrets, Gatekeepers, Sectopods, and MECs	20%
Hard Target	Cyberus, Sidewinders, Vipers, and Archons	33%
Greater Faceless	Faceless	75%