How many soldiers is it acceptible to lose per mission?

[Falesh]

I'm just wondering how many soldiers people lose per mission on Veteran difficulty level? At the moment I am mostly losing 1 but sometimes 0 or 2. This may improve when I get my armour but then again the aliens will probably be tougher at that point.

[Dead Dread]

early on without armour you often lose some but it doesnt matter. Their stats are poor and weapons free. Later on it starts to really hit you if you lost a soldier because you would lose their armour and laser (ie $dosh$) and replace them with a rookie. They have removed overdamage from the current exp build (21) I think that means you will no longer lose equipment and so losses later on wont be as punishing financially. You will probably still lose a soldier or 2 on terror missions and sometimes on base assaults.

Edited January 12, 2014 by Dead Dread

[RuskiVolkov]

I find myself losing 0-4 people per mission (light scout, scout, corvette) in the current experimental build. Doing a seb base right now and holy crap is it unforgiving. Really happy with not losing equipment, though. Definitely makes soldiers more expendable, as they should be.