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Alien Strains

WARNINGS:
- Not compatible with Rising Tide.
- It's been reported this mod inadvertently disables a number of victory conditions.

Alien Strains is a modification for Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth which enhances the alien natives by adding up to three alternative strains to each base species, essentially more than tripling the variety of the new world's fauna.

The variants are meant to be roughly equivalent (for the most part) in power to their parent, but each sports unique advantages and disadvantages which encourage the player to think tactically when it comes to engaging them in the most sensible circumstances. For instance, the Wolf Mantis is stronger than its parent species but particularly vulnerable against ranged attacks, whereas the Sea Lurker defends itself poorly, but can attack several times per turn.

The stats for all the strains can be found on the CivFanatics thread (linked below), enclosed in spoiler tags in case you'd want to encounter and figure out these new aliens like the first human explorers would! The Civilopedia articles hint at the differences between the variants in-game, in any case. But nevertheless, even though the strains are intended to be more or less in balance with the base species, the mod will probably make the game somewhat harder as the alternatives require some thought to face properly.

Kudos to Nutty and Vicevirtuoso for providing critical coding support!

Compatible languages: English, Spanish

Homepage[forums.civfanatics.com]

NOTE: As of Version 2, due to having phased out promotions entirely, there should be no more UI glitches. Have fun!

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