

The COINResearch activity handles tactical Dark Events, while COINOps handles strategy Dark Events. Which will set back the Avatar Projectĭark Events in Long War 2 are tied to two particular activities COINResearch and COINOps. With this knowledge in hand, we should be able to deploy a strike team to infiltrate and destroy the facility. You can either expand or liberateįollowing the Liberation Chain and succsessfully assaulting an Advent regional HQ you will be able to contact the Resistance in a Blacksite Region. If the Alert Level gets too high, and Advent manages to reinforce your starting region before you are able. If these missions succeed, the alert level will be lowered in neighboring regions that (that typicallly have alert > vigilance). When vigilance is greater than alert, advent will start trying to reinforce that area (which generates either troop columns or supply raid missions). Vigilance increases by completing missions (some missions more than others, and some missions affect neighboring regions), and decreases in XCOM controlled regions over time. The game has two meters to measure Advent's status: "Vigilance" and "Alert" (which is displayed as "Advent Strength"). Ideally you'll wait until you've passed 100%, but if your barracks is light, go ahead and launch early to get those troops back in rotation ASAP. You do not need to wait for the Infiltration timer to run down, you can launch the mission at any time. There will come a time when toe-to-toe combat with the Aliens is inevitable and that is when you can really let loose and "kill or be killed". Get in, complete your task, and get out with as few casualties as possible. Unless one of the tactical objectives on a mission is "Neutralize all enemy contacts" don't get hung up on how many enemies you've killed, instead focus on completing the objectives. Liberating your first region by destroying the Advent Regional HQ will expose the Avatar Project Timer. During your first month you should focus on "Find A Lead" missions until you get your first "Liberation" mission. Read the text in the top left hand corner of the Avenger, and focus on the tasks still pending. Click the ? symbols throughout the Avenger. Ok, now that you have an idea of what is going on here are my tips for new players:Ĭlick on the "Command" tab and open the "XCOM Archives". To clarify, I reveal very general gameplay spoilers, nothing that gives away the location of Advent's Secret Lair or anything like that.īefore going any further watch these videos: Here is a collection of things that I think might be helpful for new players.
