Honestly, I don't understand the continued insistence on tweaking balance with literally every patch. Of course, the idea is to use shredding to winnow down the armor and then get in there with shotguns or assault rifles, but still an unnecessary nerf. Assault rifles go from a very strong and competitively powered guns to the least powerful, doing less damage than even pistols. They first did this to nerf the piercing assault rifles saying it was overused basically, but once armor shows up non-piercing weapons are completely worthless, especially assault rifles, because of how armor is applied to each individual projectile. Rebalancing - Slapshot treats this game likea PVP MMO, and literally uses game data to rebalance skills, weapons and armor.I always found it annoying at best that if I moved short of total possible move, it counted for an entire move action, but with Phoenix Point I can take a step or several shoot and then move (maybe back into cover!) with my remaining AP balance, like a sane tactical game. In the 90's games you had TU's, but in the Firaxis versions you just have an action block that could be a move or shooting/using some perk. You get to move your full distance regardless of how much partial moves you make and this does not overly penalize your possible actions as a result.Your character stops moving when you spot an enemy so you can reconsider your move, as one might do in real combat.Enemies don't suddenly react to you detecting them and jump in deepest possible available cover with a free move (that's just a stupid mechanic Firaxis and hopefully one you'll immediately drop for you next X-Com release).LOS hints built-in without need for a mod.Realistic Ballistics and actually useful aiming, including called shots to limbs and body parts.I've been playing UFO Defence and TFTD on and off since they were released and completed both of the relevant Firaxis titles (without the meh DLC). Phoenix Point is a game that I actually really love, and, for me anyway, both really improves on the Firaxis versions of X-Com and restores features I liked about the originals from the 90's. Just checking in to see if anyone else is as annoyed as me that once again Slapshot Games, Phoenix Point devs, have broken all old saved games with a patch and made yet more questionable balancing choices.
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