Having issues with the game

[flashman]

I posted this in the v10 thread, then realized it would probably get answered here,

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Ok having issues with the game

1) played for 2 weeks real life and I have not been able to research lasers or wolf armour in any game. 14days playing.

I have tried not saving or loading to no avail.

2) Just played game with v10 and 1st light scout did not appear over Europe until the end of July.

1st scout appeared 14th August.

There are too many fighters and not enough actual missions.

1st corvette arrived 30th August and immediately turned into a terror site in Lagos.

My last research was alien grenades 16 days previous.

3) Terror site was all grass, no buildings very exposed.

This meant entire team was wiped out by reaction fire within about 8 turns.

No wolf armour or lasers meant I was 1 hit killed -11 points, but took 3shots 2 kill aliens.

4) If you make a mistake or lose an aircraft the game is now very unforgiving. I lost 2 migs by silly mistakes and ended up broke rebuilding them. That took me selling 100 alloys, alien weapons and 30 flares.

My main concern is the research problem as it is killing me.

thanks

[Chris]

If you do one Scout (not light scout) mission where the power cores have not exploded, you'll have what you need to research lasers / wolf armour. And don't save or load in the game when you're doing it as that'll screw up the tech tree.

The rest of the stuff is balance issues that we are working on.

[flashman]

To clarify, is the saving/ loading an in general thing or just during missions or is it during research?

Also how do you know if the power cores have exploded?

Thanks

[Chris]

It's a general thing unfortunately. The power cores arent there if they have exploded, and if you get there early enough there'll still be smoke etc.