What is the penalty for not saving enough civilians in a retaliation mission?
I've been faced with the decision a few times of sacrificing a soldier to make sure I can save a 6th civilian before they all die, and I'm wondering how to weight the pros and cons of that trade. I haven't failed a retaliation mission yet and am wondering what detrimental effects it has.
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When you fail to save enough civvies, you lose contact with the resistance in that area, and will have to reestablish contact by scanning the area again. While contact is lost, your radio tower in the area will not be available. Even after contact is reestablished, you suffer a penalty to the amount of supplies they provide per month.
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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.Is it possible to save all civilians in XCOM?
possible to rescue all 18 Hostages? Yes but it is very hard and not at all required. Aliens will sometimes shoot off camera and there is nothing you can do about it. The game also cheats and sometimes you can see a civilian die with nothing attacking.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 rescue 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.XCOM 2 Tips: FacelessTactics Guide (How to Kill Faceless for Beginners)
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