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Revision as of 20:24, 20 February 2017

Dark Events in Long War 2 come in two forms: tactical research upgrades and strategic operations. The former represent ADVENT building up the strength of its forces over time, and are permanent once applied; the latter represents the Aliens conducting operations of its own to cripple XCOM at the strategic layer, and last for a designated time frame.

Much like vanilla Dark Events, certain designated missions can be conducted to interrupt and prevent the Dark Event from occurring - but unlike vanilla, you will not be given the opportunity to do so if you do not have contact with the region the Dark Event spawns in. Since the only way to identify them is to increase your resistance network as wide as possible, it is inevitable that some Dark Events will trigger outside of your coverage regardless of how diligent of a commander you are.

Tactical Research Upgrades

Over time, the ADVENT and Alien ground forces will gain increases in combat effectiveness, as denoted by additional perks and equipment. Each upgrade applies to a limited set of enemy types, and only a certain random percentage of enemies will actually have the upgrade.

These Dark Events are permanent once triggered; this system serves as the Long War 2 equivalent of Long War 1's Alien Research, where aliens gain boosts to stats and bonus perks over time. In this case, however, the bonuses are random and tied to interruptible Dark Events, so you have a chance of encountering powerful upgrades early on or of stopping upgrades from occurring.

Tactical Dark Events
Dark Event Units Affected Chance
Aggression
 Aggression 		ADVENT Stun Lancers (Mk3)
Archons
Mutons 		20%
Center Mass
 Center Mass 		All ADVENT Forces and Aliens 16%
Close Combat Specialist
 Close Combat Specialist 		Archons 100%
Combat Awareness
 Combat Awareness 		ADVENT Sentries 100%
Cutthroat
 Cutthroat 		ADVENT Stun Lancers
Faceless 		100%
Damage Control
 Damage Control 		ADVENT MECs
ADVENT Turrets
Codices
Gatekeepers
Sectopods 		20%
Deadshot
 Deadshot 		ADVENT Avatars (Mk3)
Vipers, Najas, & Sidewinders 		50%
Hard Target
 Hard Target 		Archons
Codices
Vipers, Najas, & Sidewinders 		33%
Infighter
 Infighter 		ADVENT Stun Lancers
ADVENT Avatars (Mk3) 		100%
Iron Skin
 Iron Skin 		All Robotic Enemies 100%
Formidable
 Formidable 		ADVENT Officers
ADVENT Grenadiers
ADVENT Avatars (Mk3)
ADVENT Rocketeers (Mk2, Mk3)
ADVENT Shieldbearers (Mk2, Mk3)
Mutons (Mk2, Mk3) 		15%
Grazing Fire
 Grazing Fire 		ADVENT Officers (Mk3)
ADVENT Gunners
ADVENT Avatars (Mk3)
ADVENT Sentries (Mk3)
ADVENT Troopers (Mk3)
Mutons (Mk3) 		33%
Lethal
 Lethal 		All Aliens 8%
Lightning Reflexes
 Lightning Reflexes 		ADVENT Avatars (Mk3)
ADVENT Stun Lancers 		20%
Resilience
 Resilience 		Codices 100%
Sapper
 Sapper 		ADVENT Officers (Mk3)
Mutons 		25%
Shadowstep
 Shadowstep 		Codices 100%
Shredder
 Shredder 		ADVENT Gunners
ADVENT Avatars (Mk3)
Mutons (Mk3) 		15%
Tactical Sense
 Tactical Sense 		ADVENT Officers
ADVENT Avatars (Mk3) 		50%
Will to Survive
 Will to Survive 		Sectoids
Vipers, Najas & Sidewinders 		15%
Viper Rounds 25%
Template:Greater Faceless (LW2) Greater Faceless Faceless 75%

Strategic Operations

ADVENT will attempt to place severe limitations on XCOM operations at the strategic level, in much the same way that many Dark Events functioned in vanilla. Fortunately, while they are crippling, they are of limited duration.

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