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''Also known as '''Score Levels'''''<br> | ''Also known as '''Score Levels'''''<br> | ||
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* '''Total Score''' influences X-Com's funding from the Government, checked after each week. | * '''Total Score''' influences X-Com's funding from the Government, checked after each week. | ||
− | * '''Tactical Missions''' score influences what the aliens carry on the battlescape, checked after each mission. | + | * '''Tactical Missions''' score (Victory Points) influences what the aliens carry on the battlescape, checked after each mission. |
* '''UFO Craft Shot Down''' score influences what devices the UFOs will use, checked at the start of a new day. | * '''UFO Craft Shot Down''' score influences what devices the UFOs will use, checked at the start of a new day. | ||
however, X-Com's score does not determine: | however, X-Com's score does not determine: | ||
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* Alien life-forms or quantity present on the battlescape (check [[Alien_Craft_(Apocalypse)|Infiltration Force]] for each craft). | * Alien life-forms or quantity present on the battlescape (check [[Alien_Craft_(Apocalypse)|Infiltration Force]] for each craft). | ||
* Alien technology given to organisations or quantity of defence forces. | * Alien technology given to organisations or quantity of defence forces. | ||
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==Progress: Aliens== | ==Progress: Aliens== | ||
− | + | '''Victory Points - Units'''<br> | |
+ | X-Com agents in battle will each acquire points for killing: | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable"| style="text-align:center" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! Entity !! Victory Points | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Population_(Apocalypse)#Building_Defence|Buiding Defence]] || 10 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Brainsucker || 4 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Anthropod || 10 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Spitter || 8 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Multiworm || 8 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Hyperworm || 5 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Popper || 8 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Multiworm Egg || 4 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Chrysalis || 3 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Skeletoid || 14 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Micronoid Aggregate || 15 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Psimorph || 30 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Megaspawn || 30 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Queenspawn || 50 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | If an agent dies or civilians are killed, the score total is reduced -10 for each. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Only '''Tactical Mission Score''' is relevant for increasing alien unit technology progression. | ||
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+ | '''Victory Points - UFOs'''<br> | ||
+ | X-Com craft in battle will acquire a total of points for killing: | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable"| style="text-align:center" | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | ! Entity !! Victory Points | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Probe || 50 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Scout Ship || 100 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Trnsporter || 150 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Fast Attack Ship || 200 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Destroyer || 250 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Assault Ship || 300 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Bomber || 300 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Escort || 250 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Battleship || 500 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Mothership || 700 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Overspawn || 400 | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | Only '''UFOs Shot Down Score''' is relevant for increasing alien ship technology progression. | ||
{| class = "wikitable" | {| class = "wikitable" | ||
|+Vehicle Equipment | |+Vehicle Equipment |
Revision as of 08:25, 23 September 2023
Also known as Score Levels
Score
- Total Score influences X-Com's funding from the Government, checked after each week.
- Tactical Missions score (Victory Points) influences what the aliens carry on the battlescape, checked after each mission.
- UFO Craft Shot Down score influences what devices the UFOs will use, checked at the start of a new day.
however, X-Com's score does not determine:
- Aliens: UFO type, mission style, schedule, or craft quantity that appear in Mega-Primus.
- Alien life-forms or quantity present on the battlescape (check Infiltration Force for each craft).
- Alien technology given to organisations or quantity of defence forces.
Progress: Aliens
Victory Points - Units
X-Com agents in battle will each acquire points for killing:
Entity | Victory Points |
---|---|
Buiding Defence | 10 |
Brainsucker | 4 |
Anthropod | 10 |
Spitter | 8 |
Multiworm | 8 |
Hyperworm | 5 |
Popper | 8 |
Multiworm Egg | 4 |
Chrysalis | 3 |
Skeletoid | 14 |
Micronoid Aggregate | 15 |
Psimorph | 30 |
Megaspawn | 30 |
Queenspawn | 50 |
If an agent dies or civilians are killed, the score total is reduced -10 for each.
Only Tactical Mission Score is relevant for increasing alien unit technology progression.
Tech Level | Novice | Easy | Medium | Hard | Superhuman | Weapon (clip quantity) | Grenade (quantity) | Other Devices |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% Brainsucker Launcher (1,1,1,1,2,2,2,3,3,3) |
100% None | 100% None |
2 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 70% Disruptor Gun (--) 30% Brainsucker Launcher (2,3,4) |
30% Smoke Grenade (1,1,2) 70% None |
100% None |
3 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 80% Disruptor Gun (--) 20% Brainsucker Launcher (2,3) |
30% Boomeroid (1,1,2) 30% Smoke Grenade (1,1,2) 40% None |
100% None |
4 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 50% Devastator Cannon (--) 40% Disruptor Gun (--) 10% Brainsucker Launcher (4) |
50% Boomeroid (1,1,1,1,2) 30% Smoke Grenade (1,1,2) 20% None |
100% None |
5 | 7,000 | 6,900 | 6,800 | 6,700 | 6,600 | 60% Devastator Cannon (--) 30% Disruptor Gun (--) 10% Brainsucker Launcher (4) |
30% Vortex Mine (1,1,2) 50% Boomeroid (1,1,2,3,3) 20% Smoke Grenade (1,2) |
70% Personal Disruptor ShieldPDS 30% None |
6 | 12,000 | 11,500 | 11,000 | 10,500 | 10,000 | 20% Entropy Launcher (3,5) 70% Devastator Cannon (--) 10% Brainsucker Launcher (4) |
40% Vortex Mine (1,1,2,3) 40% Boomeroid (1,2,2,3) 20% Smoke Grenade (2,3) |
30% Personal Cloaking FieldPCS 40% Personal Disruptor Shield 30% PCF & PDS |
7 | 22,000 | 21,000 | 20,000 | 19,000 | 18,000 | 20% Dimension Missile Launcher (3,4) 20% Entropy Launcher (3,5) 50% Devastator Cannon (--) 10% Brainsucker Launcher (4) |
40% Vortex Mine (1,2,3,4) 50% Boomeroid (1,2,2,3,4) 10% Smoke Grenade (3) |
30% Personal Cloaking Field 30% Personal Disruptor Shield 40% PCF & PDS |
8 | 42,000 | 39,000 | 36,000 | 33,000 | 28,000 | 20% Dimension Missile Launcher (4,5) 30% Entropy Launcher (3,4,5) 40% Devastator Cannon (--) 10% Brainsucker Launcher (4) |
50% Vortex Mine (1,2,3,3,4) 50% Boomeroid (2,2,3,3,4) |
30% PCF & Personal TeleporterPT 40% PDS & PT 30% PCF & PDS |
Victory Points - UFOs
X-Com craft in battle will acquire a total of points for killing:
Entity | Victory Points |
---|---|
Probe | 50 |
Scout Ship | 100 |
Trnsporter | 150 |
Fast Attack Ship | 200 |
Destroyer | 250 |
Assault Ship | 300 |
Bomber | 300 |
Escort | 250 |
Battleship | 500 |
Mothership | 700 |
Overspawn | 400 |
Only UFOs Shot Down Score is relevant for increasing alien ship technology progression.
Item | Novice | Easy | Medium | Hard | Superhuman |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small Disruption Shield | 2,000 | 1,750 | 1,500 | 1,250 | 1,000 |
Large Disruption Shield | 4,000 | 3,500 | 3,000 | 2,500 | 2,000 |
Cloaking Field | 8,000 | 7,000 | 6,000 | 5,000 | 4,000 |
Teleporter | 16,000 | 14,000 | 12,000 | 10,000 | 8,000 |
Progress: Humans
All Organizations will upgrade their "Tech Level" by +1 at the beginning of each week, however, any 100% infiltrated organisation is granted an immediate +3 over their current level. The maximum level is +12.
Organizations' Starting Tech Levels
- Level 1: Energen, Evonet, Extropians, Grav Ball League, Lifetree, Nutrivend, Sanctuary Clinic, Synthemesh, Technocrats
- Level 2: Cult of Sirius, General Metro, Nanotech, Sensovision, Superdynamics, Transtellar
- Level 3: Cyberweb, Government, Megapol, Mutant Alliance, S.E.L.F.
- Level 4: Diablo, Marsec, Osiron, Psyke, Solmine
Tech Level | Weapon (clip quantity) | Grenade (quantity) | Other Devices |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 40% Lawpistol (2,2,3,4) 30% M4000 Machine Gun (2,3,4) 20% Laser Sniper Gun (2) 10% Auto Cannon (3AP) |
20% AP Grenade (1,2) 10% Smoke Grenade (1) 70% None |
100% None |
2 | 20% Lawpistol (3) 30% M4000 Machine Gun (3,3,4) 20% Laser Sniper Gun (2,3) 10% Auto Cannon (3AP) 10% Plasma Gun (2) 10% Heavy Launcher (3HE) |
20% AP Grenade (2,3) 10% Smoke Grenade (1) 10% Stun Grenade (1)Δ 60% None |
100% None |
3 | 10% Lawpistol (3) 30% M4000 Machine Gun (3) 20% Laser Sniper Gun (2) 20% Auto Cannon (3AP,2HE) 10% Plasma Gun (2) 10% Heavy Launcher (3HE) |
10% Proximity Mine (1) 30% AP Grenade (1,2,3) 10% Smoke Grenade (1) 50% None |
100% None |
4 | 20% M4000 Machine Gun (3) 20% Laser Sniper Gun (2) 20% Auto Cannon (3AP,2HE) 20% Plasma Gun (2) 10% Heavy Launcher (3HE) 10% MiniLauncher (3HE) |
10% Proximity Mine (1) 30% AP Grenade (2,2,3) 10% Smoke Grenade (1) 50% None |
100% None |
5 | 10% M4000 Machine Gun (4) 20% Laser Sniper Gun (2) 20% Auto Cannon (3AP,3HE) 30% Plasma Gun (0∇,2,2) 10% Heavy Launcher (3HE) 10% MiniLauncher (3HE) |
10% Proximity Mine (1) 40% AP Grenade (1,2,2,3) 10% Smoke Grenade (1) 40% None |
100% None |
6 | 20% Laser Sniper Gun (2) 20% Auto Cannon (3AP,3HE) 20% Plasma Gun (2,3) 10% Heavy Launcher (3HE) 10% MiniLauncher (3HE) 20% Disruptor Gun (--) |
20% Proximity Mine (1,2) 40% AP Grenade (1,2,2,3) 10% Smoke Grenade (1) 30% None |
100% None |
7 | 10% Laser Sniper Gun (2) 20% Auto Cannon (3AP,3HE) 20% Plasma Gun (2,3) 10% Heavy Launcher (3HE) 10% MiniLauncher (3HE) 30% Disruptor Gun (--) |
10% Boomeroid (1) 10% Proximity Mine (1) 40% AP Grenade (2,2,2,3) 10% Smoke Grenade (1) 30% None |
100% None |
8 | 10% Laser Sniper Gun (2) 10% Auto Cannon (3AP) 20% Plasma Gun (2,3) 10% Heavy Launcher (3HE) 10% MiniLauncher (3HE) 30% Disruptor Gun (--) 10% Devastator Cannon (--) |
20% Boomeroid (1) 10% Proximity Mine (2) 30% AP Grenade (2,2,3) 10% Smoke Grenade (1) 30% None |
100% None |
9 | 10% Laser Sniper Gun (2) 10% Auto Cannon (3AP) 20% Plasma Gun (2,3) 10% Heavy Launcher (4HE) 40% Disruptor Gun (--) 10% Devastator Cannon (--) |
10% Vortex Mine (1) 20% Boomeroid (1) 10% Proximity Mine (2) 30% AP Grenade (2,3,3) 10% Smoke Grenade (1) 20% None |
20% Personal Disruptor Shield PDS 80% None |
10 | 10% Auto Cannon (3AP) 20% Plasma Gun (2,3) 10% Heavy Launcher (4HE) 40% Disruptor Gun (--) 20% Devastator Cannon (--) |
20% Vortex Mine (1) 20% Boomeroid (1) 20% Proximity Mine (1,2) 10% AP Grenade (3) 10% Smoke Grenade (1) 20% None |
10% Personal Cloaking Field PCS 20% Personal Disruptor Shield 70% None |
11 | 20% Plasma Gun (2,3) 10% Heavy Launcher (3HE) 40% Disruptor Gun (--) 30% Devastator Cannon (--) |
30% Vortex Mine (1) 20% Boomeroid (1) 10% Proximity Mine (2) 20% AP Grenade (2,3) 10% Smoke Grenade (1) 10% None |
10% PDS & PCF 10% Personal Cloaking Field 30% Personal Disruptor Shield 50% None |
12 | 10% Plasma Gun (3) 10% Heavy Launcher (3HE) 40% Disruptor Gun (--) 40% Devastator Cannon (--) |
40% Vortex Mine (1) 20% Boomeroid (1) 10% Proximity Mine (2) 10% AP Grenade (3) 10% Smoke Grenade (1) 10% None |
20% PDS & PCF 20% Personal Cloaking Field 40% Personal Disruptor Shield 20% None |
Δ Stun Grenades are used exclusively by enemies at Tech Level 2. This is probably a design oversight.
∇ This is likely a mistake. Note that the enemy may still pick up another weapon during the mission.
Un-Progress
It is possible to reduce/reverse the (Total) Tactical Missions score by destroying/leaving behind equipment brought to a battlescape mission to force the current technology level of the aliens (Score based) to be also reduced. Purposely limit the tactical score by:
- Escape a UFO crash recovery battlescape if any new agent technology has been recovered. Any further crashed UFOs can be ignored if not needing to recover the hull or specific UFO components.
- Escape from a raid with only what is absolutely needed. Ammunition from any standard weapon does not contribute to score.
- Start a raid with hostiles and only use agents that you were going to sack (reactions too low) and get them all killed (-10 points per X-Com death!). Obsolete/excess/unwanted devices and weapons (do not bring ammo) on your soon-to-be-dead agents will decrease the score further by equipment losses.
- If neutrals are about and not wanting to damage the building or cause hostility but your agents are to killed off, detonate a High Explosive next to your agents in an open area away from any destructable features or force them to jump off a very tall structure instead! ...is the easiest method since all can jump in unison and die together so no one will panic by J+LMB each agent when game is paused.
- As a desperate tactic: Escape from a cleanup of alien infestation by killing as many aliens (including eggs, chrysalids, unhatched brainsucker pods) as possible but prevent successful completion of the mission by leaving one final-form alien alive. Infiltration may progress but will be slowed significantly.
If score limiting is used, technology used by Defence Forces (level +1 each week) will surpass the alien's technology level (score based). X-Com may then rely on 'others' to provide an endless stream of exotic equipment.