To prevent alpha-strikes

[walan]

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@VOLAND

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My definition is that for every action there must be a countermeasure to counter or at least the possibility of noticeably reducing the effect.

Agreed. For me, a clear example of that is alpha striking - killing, or crippling most of the opponents in the first turn before they can even go on overwatch. It’s something that only the player can do and it has a tremendous impact on balancing both ways, because it “hides” the real difficulty of many encounters. As long as alpha striking is generally possible it is very hard to evaluate the real difficulty of any mission.

I can’t say that better than @VOLAND.
Alpha striking for BOTH SIDES is the mother of all problems that simply make the level of difficulty unfair.

@VOLAND

Conclusion: alpha striking is making the game seem much easier than it actually is when the devs look at their stats.

As an an example:
If players who have mastered alpha striking (terminator builds) knock out 15 enemys in two turns, pure statistics would say that there are probably still too few enemys.
Another (inexperienced) player who hasn’t discovered these “OP” builds then wonders how the hell should I deal with this number of opponents. And that’s the unfair thing about it!