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No Covert Ops Stat Boosts

Overview:

This mod sets all soldier stat boosts gained from Covert Ops to 0. This includes Mobility, HP, Will, Aim, Dodge, Hacking and even Psi Offense, even though that last one doesn't seem to be spawnig. Covert operations which form soldier bonds, grant instant level-ups or anything not mentioned above should be unchanged. Since the game will now offer you a lot of "dud" rewards, I've also upped the kills gained per Covert Op from 1-2 to 2-3 to compensate.

Why do this? Because I believe the game is more immersive when our soldiers have weaknesses, as well as strengths. Grandpa might be a great medic, but he can't snipe the a fly in a hurricane. Holly may be an unrivalled sniper, but she can't tank plasma cannon shots to the face. Call it RP if you want, but there's something epic about soldier using only the tools they have available to solve seemingly insurmountable odds.

Compatibility and tweaking:

This mod consists of just a few simple ini file tweaks. Unless you're running mods which change the StatBoostTable in XComGameData or MinCovertActionKills / MaxCovertActionKills in XComGameBoard, you should be fine. To tweak the mod, go to your Steam\SteamApps\workshop\content\268500\1133163935 folder tweak either XComGameData.ini (stat boost effects) or XComGameBoard.ini (kills per Covert Op).

This mod will work just fine with existing save games, but won't take effect until the next month when new Covert Operations are generated.

Credits:

This mod is the result of a collaborative effort between myself and a few other people, listed below with their current Steam Names.

Gaz O'D: For the initial concept, as well as playtesting.
rexounnet: For pointing me towards where in the ini files Covert Ops stats are set.
Alexandr: For disambiguating what the stats actually meant and did.

Thank you kindly, everyone. The majority of this mod is your doing, I mostly just put it together in ModBuddy.