Third, instead of Burger Boy, you have Vahlen. Did I mention that I hate Sectopods? Thank you, Shen, for giving me Robocop to punch the Sectopods to death. By the way, MEC troopers are better than SPARKs, and you should build one despite the enormous cost of Meld required just because punching a Sectopod is badass. He does question the ethics of some of what you're doing, because you are, quite frankly, the greater of the two evils in this story, which is why you defeat the evil aliens but he happily goes along with dismembering your own soldiers and turning them into literal killing machines. Second, the Shen you have this time is actually useful, doesn't have daddy issues, doesn't emote and cry and try to get you to emote along with her in some sort of cheesy appeal to emotions like you're supposed to feel things. Oh, yeah, Sectopods are a problem, and you can't just alpha-strike everything. Archangel snipers with a Mimetic Skin spotter are as close as you'll get to OP, because you'll be able to stand-off attack a Sectopod from the other side of the map, which is the only good place to be if a Sectopod is in the mission. You will never be truly OP like in XCOM 2 or one-shot a Sectopod, but Mimetic Skin is better than XCOM 2's concealment.

You don't get to pick all abilities in a soldier's skill tree through extra AP but actually have to choose one skill or another.

There are no swords, psi-blades, or other mall ninja gear. Don't look for endless options to customize your soldiers' attitudes and anarchic hairdos, or to create elaborate backstories for your terrorist buddies, because they're just going to get critted behind full cover by thin men anyway. If you're coming to EW from XCOM 2, there are a few things you should know.

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