Re: The X-Com Files - 3.3: Mysteries Ancient And New

[psavola]

That would indeed be preferable 

[Alex_D]

Yes, those missions (ski resort) are complicated. I believe I used a smoke grenade (or similar), and play exclusively during the night.
I believe there are some spots for hiding inside the winter cabin. I usually wait for the enemy to get closer, then knife him or shot him with a crossbow, and grab his weapon. I only send soldiers with large HP, else they might not survive the encounter.

[Fiskun1]

Why are dossiers needed?

[psavola]

Why are dossiers needed?

I suppose they are there for immersion and inside jokes. From gameplay perspective they introduce randomness to interrogation so that you sometimes get just points, not information that progresses anything. You'll want to research the dossiers with lowest-cost prisoners you have.

[Alex_D]

And I believe, some dossiers may lead into "side quests" missions, with some special items or tech rewards.

[psavola]

Indeed, I should have said that as well. For what its worth, here's the list which dossiers are also mission script triggers (some of those are also very important):

Spoiler:

      STR_DOSSIER_AGENT_WILHEARD: true
      STR_DOSSIER_DAVID_VINCENT: true
      STR_DOSSIER_DR_ALPHA: true
      STR_DOSSIER_DR_HADRIEX: true
      STR_DOSSIER_GERTRUDE_ELLISON: true
      STR_DOSSIER_LO_WO: true
      STR_DOSSIER_MERIDIAN_HUNTER: true
      STR_DOSSIER_NATASHA_MOROZOVA: true