After playing the default game a fair bit a year or so ago and finishing it on normal I came back to it recently and discovered the community edition. After one restart I was doing pretty well. Veteran. Researched and built 5 marauders, have scimitars, predator armour, plasma, captured a sebillian leader. Just recently captured a carrier for the first time. I've done probably 30 something missions retreated from 2 and lost maybe 10 soldiers.
Alien base appears while the dropship is on the other side of the world, by the time I start the mission it is a fortress. Bring 8 dudes and a scimitar. Spend the first 7-8 turns in the starting room because of wraiths teleporting in, they all get shotgunned down. Kill 4 ceasans.
Move out of the room, kill 2 caesans in the next room, and two in the room after that. Tank gets blown up in the next room by a wraith which I missed somehow. Each turn the whole mission 2-3 soldiers experience dread which slows progress but is fine.
Find the power core thing and decide to win that way, because I have captured a base and a leader before and this squad isn't quite the A team anyway (best assault guy died a mission of two back and the next best is still in hospital). Heading back to the start room, LT assault beserks and kills SGT sniper.
two turns later CPL rifle kills CAP heavy
next turn CAP assault kills CMND rifle and MAJ heavy.
Rushing back before the rest go the three caesans in the start room finish the rest (1-2 panics per turn with 4 soldiers).
Game over. My dudes at base now consist of 1 maj 1 cap and not much else. No predator armour left. No plasma weapons.
I hire soldiers with 50+ bravery only. I feel like I can beat veteran except for this kind of thing. Mostly when soldiers die I can admit a mistake.
This is not intended to be just a complain but, what do I need to do that I might not be doing in order to beat the ceasans on veteran.
