I'm not sure if this is a current feature or not (it has yet to happen to me)... but I was wondering if weapons could be damaged while in a battle or firefight. In the original Xcom your weapon could be damaged forcing you to use a secondary weapon such as a pistol or combat knife. I would for that same randomness to be added here in Xenonauts.
Weapons in real life jam, get banged up and/or take damage is say a ball of steaming plasma hits it.
I read another post somewhere claiming that they would love to use pistols more often but find themselves not using them because of every other weapon is just so much better. This would help to ensure that all weapons could/will be used in game.
Again, if this is a feature or has already been talked about I'm sorry for this post.
Thanks for listening....
p.s. you guys have done AMAZING work since the alpha stage... I cannot wait to see the final product! Keep up the great work!