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[WotC] Deadeye to Headshot

THIS IS THE WOTC COMPATIBLE VERSION.

This is a straight port of the old version. It's still untested until I get far enough in the game to have a sharpshooter with the ability. If you decide to take the jump and use it, please let me know about any problems you have with it.

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Replaces Deadeye with the old XCOM sniper's Headshot skill.

It's still called Deadeye because mechs don't really have heads, but it works like Headshot from XCOM Enemy Within.

Details:

- 5% aim penalty. XCOM 2 snipers max out at 91 aim, plus 10%-ish from a PCS, 15% from superior scope, +10% from Steady Hands or +20% from Aim, for ~125% base aim. Tracers add 10% optional. XCOM 1 snipers max out at 105 aim, +10 aim from scope, +10 from Damn Good Ground, for ~125 final. +10% from Executioner as well. That's approximately break-even if the XCOM 2 version takes a 5% hit.

- Original "ignores graze" effect was removed, it was too powerful on Commander to be able to use the skill to virtually guarantee that the viper/archon/stunlancer would take a huge hit out of concealment.

- Keeps the 3 turn cooldown of Deadeye. This forces you to choose carefully when you're going to apply your big shot.

- Ignores the typical squadsight critical chance penalty. Seems thematically appropriate, but more importantly, with squadsight on everyone range is a much more fluid factor than it used to be.

- Bonus crit damage of 2/2/4, which lets snipers do almost double damage crits. Expected crit damage amounts for the three tiers are 9, 12, 17. 12 lets you one-shot Facelesses but not Berserkers. 17 damage lets you one-shot most basic enemies, but on Commander difficulty will not let you one-shot archons, andromedons, gatekeepers, and sectopods.

- To adjust these numbers manually, edit XComModDeadeyeToHeadshot.ini.

Compatibility:

- This only modifies the Deadeye ability. This class does not use explicit overrides, but might break if another mod changes Deadeye.

- This mod is safe to remove. Removal just reverts the Deadeye ability to its vanilla form.

- This mod gives a flat +2 crit damage to weapon classes that are not conventional, magnetic, or beam.

Todo:

- Internationalized versions of the new skill description. Only the English translation is there for now.