question on reapers

[stepout]

Just did my first mission with reapers.  Half my squad died to them, the horror...

Anyway, after said mission I've not noticed I have less laser weapons than what I had before the mission.  Do you lose the gear of squad members who get turned into reapers?

 

 

[Solver]

You do lose the equipment of soldiers who get killed in particularly violent ways, such as powerful explosions or becoming a Reaper snack.

[A_F]

The best way I can think to deal with reapers is to form a firing line and pass turns until they come to me. They will get all the civies though. Poor civies.

[Ichthyic]

use stun gas.  if it doesn't stun them as they try to run through it, it will cause them to pause and use extra AP, very much slowing their approach.

or they will try to go around it, giving you way more opportunities for reflex fire.

very very useful.  especially forcing them to take longer paths.  will save your butt doing late game base runs or battleships that have reapers.

essentially, use it like a minefield, anticipate which direction they will come at you from, and toss it in the predicted path.

bonus:  also works as "smoke" to block LOS on your troopers, if there are more than reapers you are dealing with.  slight negative, in that it also will make it slightly harder to score reflex shots through it for your guys as well.

 

Edited September 27, 2017 by Ichthyic