Faceless autopsy is important early to gain the powerful Mimic Beacon, but donвЂ™t jump on it straight away-youвЂ™ll need two Faceless corpses to create the item after the research, so thereвЂ™s no point completing the tech until youвЂ™ve gained the extra bodies through your second Retaliation mission. Gatekeepers grant you the most powerful Amp for your psi troops. Muton and Andromedon autopsies will give you huge boosts to your explosive power, while MEC and Sectopod autopsies are key to improving the SpecialistвЂ™s GREMLIN. ThereвЂ™s some important autopsies that you should prioritize as soon as you have the option. As you enter the final stretch of your campaign, complete whatever Shadow Chamber projects remain and donвЂ™t get overconfident as you approach the finish line. Powered Armor is a simple one-tech way to enter the late game that also gives you access to advanced heavy weapons, after which we can collect all the conventional weaponry techs-Plasma Rifle, Storm Gun, Beam Cannon and Plasma Lance all take a chunk of time to complete and will keep your scientists busy for a while as you prioritize the weapons you need most depending on your squad. With our gear providing peak survivability and utility, itвЂ™s time to max out our firepower. ThereвЂ™s some important autopsies to watch out for during this phase, but our next key project is Elerium which then sets us up for Powered Armor. Hybrid Materials leads into Plated Armor next, and once youвЂ™ve completed these projects youвЂ™ll have strong defensive capabilities to match your offensive power. Once the Magnetic and Gauss projects are complete your damage takes a big step up, well timed to start dropping the new tougher enemies youвЂ™ll be facing as we enter the midgame. With these early techs complete, begin Magnetic Weapons as your first major project. Resistance Comms and Radio lets you start establishing your global network, necessary for gaining income and operational reach and thus critical to start early. Starting early with Modular Weapons, Biotech and Officer Autopsy grants key weapon upgrades and makes the Advanced Warfare Center and Proving Grounds available for construction while also opening up pathways to important autopsy tech. So if I'm less than 6 engineers I generally buy them.The key to XCOMвЂ™s research is knowing what youвЂ™ll gain from each pathway and then beelining for the tools you need to succeed. would have to check what is actually needed in terms of power. Guessing I could manage with 7 engineers endgame. adding contacts.Дў engineers on resistance contacts +1 from the map gets me to 16.

I usually just buy engineers, which I'll spend up to 85 intel on.Д®ngineers can be used for lots of things, clearing off your base, building faster, adding power. Because maybe a scientist isn't available for purchase. but by all means the NOW is sometimes more important than the later.ДЄnd you only need so much INTEL to handle the NOW.Д«ut say I took those suppllies and bought scientists and used those scientists to convert some datapads into INTEL, I'd be ahead research wise since my scientists make me research faster, and supply wise.Д«ecause I burned that INTEL for supplies and used that supplies to get more intel faster.Д«ut game has alot of RNG, and alot depends on its RNG. Wouldn't recommend doing it unless I also got alot of advent datapads. If you get 80 intel from a mission you can spend it in the black market on elerium and supplies.

you get a large amount of stuff from the missions. Still its a priority research when resistance comms becomes available to do it. especially if I sell stuff in the market (though thats not an option till it comes available in like the second month) On Commander, I find the money I get from excavating a zone is typically enough to build the building I researched.

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