Ricecooker

It could also be fun, if it was us invading an alien world.. And we were the aliens trying to defend ourselves!

How about a new building? An anti-air missile battery, to replace/supplement the aircrafts shooting down the UFOs? For instance a UFO is too far away for the F-17 Condors to reach it, so the commander decides to launch some S-300 missiles. The fight is auto-resolved and the UFO is lucky or.. not.. Having the AA missiles would be a good option, if against larger UFOs, to soften the taget before the fighters finish the job.. The building would be "cheap", but would have a high upkeep (to replenish the missiles). Maybe like the radar, you would build more than 1 building to increase the number of AAs launched when intercepting a UFO?

For me, the Androns roles ingame wouldbe something like this; Andron Servitor - This is the "tireless worker", usually unarmed, but can use small arms (pistol/rifle) as an emergency. Andron Soldier - This is your typical expendable troops, first in/last out. used mainly to guard/scout but also to provide lots of "cheap" firepower, mainly equipped with rifles. Andron Hunterkiller - The "Elite", few but powerful.. Used to hunt down tough enemies (YOU!) or as a bodyguard to leaders... Luckily they are rare.. max 1 on map?! For research?! Maybe better eletronics, exo-armor, advanced ammo...

@drages: If you are going to add new "requirements" to gain access to new research/workshop/base upgrades etc. You should focus on making a "Technology Tree", to easily keeping sense of were you are and were you want to go.. Also http://www.openxcom.com/ has some nice ideas for mods.. /2cents :-P

Hello Kabill! Have you looked at the other UFO/XCOM games for inspiration?! Or how about the mods for OpenXcom, XCOM:AI etc. Plenty there too.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-COM http://ufopedia.csignal.org/ Also how about Warhammer 40k, i know its somewhat off-topic, but it got a few gems for both melee and ranged stuff. http://www.games-workshop.com http://www.forgeworld.co.uk Happy modding! ~Ricecooker