Is there a downside to killing civilians outside of retaliation missions?
I encountered the dark event where Faceless appear on missions besides retaliation missions. I've found the most effective way to find faceless is to throw grenades at civilians. If they die, they were a civilian; if they survive, they're a faceless.
Is there a downside to killing civilians in this way?
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What happens if you ignore a retaliation mission?
Failing or ignoring a Retaliation Strike will scatter the Resistance in that region of the world. Contact with the region will be lost and must be reestablished, any radio relays in the region will be destroyed, and the income of the region will be permanently reduced.Can civilians be killed in war?
The U.S. post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, and Pakistan have taken a tremendous human toll on those countries. As of September 2021, an estimated 387,072 civilians in these countries have died violent deaths as a result of the wars.What happens if you kill civilians in XCOM 2?
No there is no in game penalty for killing civilians via collateral damage. That being said they are all alien loving collaborators will tattle on you to the nearest sectoid if they see you so a firey plasmaey death is good enough for me. The only penalty for killing civilians is the toll on your conscious.How do you save civilians in XCOM 2?
These missions play out differently then most others, as you're required to save civilians who are trapped on the map. You can do that by simply walking into the circle that surrounds them. This does put a limit on how long you can take though, as the aliens will slowly be killing everyone.Ukrainian civilians under attack in Russia
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