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How Do I Research Ufos?


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Just stun technicians. Any technician will do. Floater,Sectoid,Snakeman,Muton,Ethereal, just make sure it's a technician and stun it. Then research that technician-alien and you get info about ufos.
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Guest stewart

Let's now . . . UFOs . . . .

 

As I recall you have to research UFO Navigation and UFO Power SOurce (Possibly Elerium and Alloys too) then you get to reasearch UFO construction (which BTW is an item you can sell if you have a base editor :blink: ). Then you can reasearch the firestorm then Lightning then Avenger.

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Guest blaa

Lightning does have a use. It uses less Elerium than the avenger (this is really important if you have the fvcked-up version of Xcom where the UFOs gobble Elerium like an SUV), anyway the one Mission you use it for is to catch intact supply ships while they are suppling an enemy base.

 

Sure you can't bring tanks but then supply ships don't carry terrorists.

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Lightnings use up the same fuel as firestorms. They just don't have the same acceleration so this means they can't go as far as firestorms. However, their acceleration still trumps any earth vehicle, making them useful mainly for rapid short range interceptions and deployment.

 

If you wanted it to go as far as a Skyranger or an Avenger, then you've got the wrong ship. It's your typical jack of all trades - master of none deal. :)

 

- NKF

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Lightnings use up the same fuel as firestorms. They just don't have the same acceleration so this means they can't go as far as firestorms. However, their acceleration still trumps any earth vehicle, making them useful mainly for rapid short range interceptions and deployment.

 

If you wanted it to go as far as a Skyranger or an Avenger, then you've got the wrong ship. It's your typical jack of all trades - master of none deal. :)

 

- NKF

 

Yeah, it's still usefull to have a Lightning around instead of a second or third Avenger, I use mines to train rookies on small UFOs... :LOL:

With a Plasma cannon, they can down most not too dangerous UFOs. :happybanana:

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i never manage to capture engineers. i almost always have to kill them because they are pinning me down, and when i do get good stunners, i always end up stunning the naviagator instead and killing the engineer
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S,Aug 6 2004, 07:25 AM]

It actually happens quite often that you shoot an engineer unconsious with a normal rifle. Further more; Isn't it possible to research UFO nav and UFO power source by just finding those two?

 

You can research UFO Power and Nav without finding any engineers. Engineers are good for one thing: Getting data on the UFOs. Like battleship, scout, et cetera...

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