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[WOTC]Chosen Of The Glass

Introduces this author's tweaks to the Chosen, based on A Better Chosen's Prime Reaction Chosen change.

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In this mod we introduce some changes to the Chosens to make them a bit more unique, and to make their Prime Reactions feel somewhat more balanced.
General changes:
The base line of this mod is A Better Chosen's tweaks. On top of that, the Chosen's prime reaction is enabled. Chosen's HP is buffed. In general, the author is not an expert in AI, so the prime reaction AI may be a bit busted. The general intention is that a flanked Chosen will move with its prime reaction. However, they will occasionally do aggressive actions against a mutual flanker. Regardless, even if the Chosen just runs away with prime reaction, a moving Chosen makes the fight much more interesting.

The Hunter
Tracking Shot's width is increased. In addition, using the required Hunter's Serial-mark mod, his Tracking Shot targets MULTIPLE squad members at once. This makes it very hard to evade, and eventually the reader might be forced to tank a hit. To compensate, the tracking shot's damage was nerfed a bit, and tracking shot now has a cooldown. These changes make the Hunter an extremely deadly opponent on large maps, like the story mission maps.

The Warlock
The Warlock's zombie supply is limited. Each Warlock tier can summon more zombies per summon, but the the summon ability was granted charges, so that the total number of summoned zombies is conserved accross tiers, which is twelve. Further, Spectral army was reduced to a one charge ability. Also,as per the required Mind Scorch deals damage, Mind Scorch WILL deal damage (duh). The Warlock is a moderate threat in all scenarios.

The Assassin
The Assassin's mobility has been increased (to 20), and it gets TRIPLED when she uses the melee attack. However, her Prime Reaction AI is the dumbest, and she will mostly run most of the time. Her sword damage also got nerfed. This makes the Assassin a tough opponent to defeat several times, for example in the stronghold. But on one-to-one fights during missions she's not as deadly.

Appearance Chance
Chosen's appearance chances will be lower than usual. They will not spawn every other mission, but the player might enjoy some breaks for them. Note that if playing with Covert Infiltration,then the Chosen's appearance chance on Infiltrations is not touched.

New Chosen Training
Chosen at tier 3 can now carry out "Specializaed Training", which grants each Chosen a unique set of abilities that's suited to their character:
Assassin: Bladestorm, Blurred (bonus defense vs far enemies), Cutthroat (bonus in melee vs organic), Hunters Instincts (bonus damage with the rifle vs flanked enemies)
Hunter: Close Combat Specialist (with the Pistol), Alpha Mike Foxtrot (+4 damage with the primary weapon), Sniper Elite (negates Sqaudsight penalties, might not be doing anything), Bullet Roulette (equips a random ammo every mission)
Warlock: Soul Mania (a psionic reaction attack vs nearby enemies), Fortress, Bastion (AOE Fortress), Flexible Steel (half of the shredded armor still reduces incoming damage). Also, if the Warlock used to have Shadowstep strength, then it will be replaced with Expected Risk - reaction attacks will only graze this unit.

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XComGame: Changes to the Tracking Shot damage, the changes to the Warlock's abilities. Buff Chosen HP configs.
XComGameData: Chosen appearance chances. Also includes some tweaks to Chosen strengths that can be enabled, if using certain other mods. See documentation within.
XComGameData_CharacterStats: Assassin's mobility.
XComGameData_SoldiersSkills: Enables the prime reaction, and some more edits related to base game configs.
XComGameData_WeaponData: Changes to the Assassin's sword damage.
XComAI: The changes to prime reaction AI of the Chosens. Requires knowledge (that even this author does not have).

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It will not be compatible with over major overhauls to the Chosens. For example, the A Harder War's changes. Don't Move A Muscle will also not work -both mods edit the Tracking Shot ability. Don't Make A Sound - might or might not work, did not test. In general, the player needs to consider well any other Chosen-related mod when using this.
LW2 Perk Pack (or Classes and Perks) - can be used to add some more strengths to the Chosen.
Stormrider Class - can be used to add one more strength to the Chosen. See the documentation in the XComGameData config for instructions.

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Required mods are required to create the desired experience.

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No known issues.

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The author is grateful to DerBK for the wonderful A Better Chosen that this mod builds on, and for useful comments about the changes to the Prime Reaction AI.
The author would like to thank Alterd-Rushnano for the Hunter's Serial Mark mod, darkdillfor the Mind Scorch deals Psi Damage mod, and h4ilst0rm for the Buff Chosen HP mod.
The author would like to thank the users of the MEME Discord Server for the continued emotional support.
Hamas is ISIS.