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The X-Com Files / Re: The X-Com Files - 1.5.1: Around The World
« on: September 27, 2020, 07:22:53 pm »
Hi, i want to talk about undercover missions. Is it just me or are they not worth pursuing at all? I noticed the following.
1) Not being able to retreat from them adds a huge risk, especially early in the game when you only have space for 2 agents in the transport vehicle.
1a) This risk is even bigger when it's the first time you go on a specific type of undercover mission, since you don't know what to expect.
2) The penalty for not going on those missions is very low, and i don't recall the rewards being anything impressive (early game at least, dunno about later on)
So with these things combined, undercover missions just seem like too big a hassle to bother with. Has anyone else noticed this, or am i missing something?
1) Not being able to retreat from them adds a huge risk, especially early in the game when you only have space for 2 agents in the transport vehicle.
1a) This risk is even bigger when it's the first time you go on a specific type of undercover mission, since you don't know what to expect.
2) The penalty for not going on those missions is very low, and i don't recall the rewards being anything impressive (early game at least, dunno about later on)
So with these things combined, undercover missions just seem like too big a hassle to bother with. Has anyone else noticed this, or am i missing something?