Are there extra flanking rules in Long War 2?
As far as I've understood the flanking rules in X-Com 2 Long War 2, they're not any different from the flanking rules in X-Com Enemy Unknown or Long War 1. Is there?
Here, an ADVENT soldier is hiding right behind full cover seems to be flanked. How is this happening? The other soldier visible in the picture should be flanking it, but not the one in focus.
Best Answer
I don't believe this mod changes anything.
The yellow shield refers to standing next to a half/full cover in any adjacent direction. Not necessarily in the direction of your character. In this picture it might be possible that the enemy has a no-cover lamp post between themselves and your character, and behind them, in the background of the picture, a full cover.
The enemy icon above "fire weapon" does however take the cover between the enemy and your character in account, turning yellow when you have the chance of dealing a no cover flanking shot.
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What does long war add?
Long War adds a significant number of new soldier classes, abilities, weapons, armors, and usable items, and also introduces new features, including soldier fatigue and improvements to alien units over the course of the game.XCOM Long War 2 Strategic Basics Overexplained ~ Part 1
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