#XCOM 2 LONG WAR MOD MOD#
#XCOM 2 LONG WAR MOD MODS#
#XCOM 2 LONG WAR MOD SERIES#

Training will be expensive, and time-consuming, but Lumpkin says units whoвЂ™ve been pushed through the new Leadership tree will have a major impact on whatever battles they take part in.

#XCOM 2 LONG WAR MOD MOD#

The most technically-challenging of the bunch is an XCOM 2 mod that introduces a new developmental path for soldiers that makes them better leaders on the battlefield.

#XCOM 2 LONG WAR MOD MODS#

XCOM 2 - Long War Mods Photo: Photo: 2K / Firaxis / Long War Studios HeвЂ™s not elite levels of bad but heвЂ™s biggerвЂ¦and he can use an ability that helps all the other aliens around him.

вЂњWe do want to kill players,вЂќ Lumpkin said with a laugh. Lumpkin says Long War wonвЂ™t introduce players to the Muton Centurion вЂњuntil theyвЂ™re readyвЂќ but we can only imagine what kinds of havoc the newest Muton will be able to cause. The Centurion is stronger than the other Mutons encountered in XCOM 2 and even provides combat bonuses to his allies. The new mods include submachine guns, which deal less damage than assault rifles but give soldiers a bit more mobility, and a new Muton variant (the Muton Centurion) that should generate more than a few headaches.

#XCOM 2 LONG WAR MOD SERIES#

Rather than build a new iteration of the Long War mod, Long War Studios plans to build a series of optional add-ons for the XCOM 2 campaign.

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Lumpkin flew to Maryland in September to meet with the XCOM 2 dev team, while Norman and another partner used Skype to discuss the proposed partnership with the decision makers at Firaxis. The publisher informed Lumpkin and his partners that Firaxis was hard at work on XCOM 2 and wanted to know if the team would be interested in creating mods for the then-unannounced sequel to Enemy Unknown. Then, in the middle of last year, we got a callвЂ¦from 2K.вЂќ вЂњWeвЂ™d talked to a few people with industry experience and they encouraged usвЂ¦so we started kicking around some ideas, talked about forming a studio and figured out who we could bring to work with us, who would be willing to work on a Kickstarter thing. вЂњWe started chatting a little bit about it last year,вЂќ Lumpkin said. HeвЂ™d just finished graduate school and was more than happy to make game development his new day job. It wasnвЂ™t an overnight decision, or one the team made lightly, but the timing was perfect for Lumpkin. Eventually, the Long War team began to think about creating its own project. We never could get the Antarctican voice pack.вЂќД«ut with each new addition to the team, and each new suggestion from the community that grew around the Long War mod, the projectвЂ™s scope continued to grow. IвЂ™m not sure whatвЂ™s wrong with the people in Antarctica. We had people on every continent except Antarctica. These were coders, artists, voice actors, translators. вЂњWe had, probably, about 50 contributors (or more) to Long War. вЂњWeвЂ™ve actually never met in person, we all met online,вЂќ Lumpkin said. The first person to reach out offering to help was Rachel Norman, now a co-founder of Long War Studios, but the list continued to grow. But it didnвЂ™t take long for the project to pick up momentum.

When his search came up short, he set work making the adjustments he wanted to see in the game. Work on the mod began after John Lumpkin finished the 2012 XCOM reboot and went looking for mods to further extend the gameвЂ™s life. But Long War Studios isnвЂ™t planning to create a new iteration of the massively popular Long War mod anytime soon.ДЇor those unfamiliar, Long War Studios is a recent addition to the development scene, founded by three of the core members behind Enemy UnknownвЂ™s Long War mod. Three new XCOM 2 mods have been announced by Long War Studios, as part of the companyвЂ™s recent partnership with 2K, during the Firaxis Megapanel at PAX South 2016.

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