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9 Dec, 2016 @ 6:54pm
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A Better Rookie

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[XCOM2] A Better Start | Rookie | Arsenal + (LITE) Mods
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Description
Buffed soldier and other player types' abilities, characteristics, growth, and more.

Commander we know you have been away and before you start thinking that we spent all of our time scavenging wind turbines to build our flying cave base we wanted you to know that we have been dabbling a bit with bioengineering.

Our rookies come from the solid stock of our orginal XCOM gene-modified and psi-trained soldiers and then trained up and made ready for the day you returned to once again wage war against alien forces.

This mod, created in the same vein as "A Better Start" starts your rookies out with more mobility, HP, offense (aim), defense, and WILL (they have the WILL of Gods... no more PVT. G. PILE pissing his pants because he got shot at after stepping off the Skyranger). It is also an EZ-button mod that modifies base values and works for all game difficulty levels. If you wanted the game to be harder you wouldn't be using this mod. (Check out the links at the bottom for the LITE version if this is too OP)

*This mod works at all gamelevel difficulties.

Under The Hood
The changes made span 4 different ini files including the soldier skills, character stats, LW soldier skills, and xp data.
  • Character Stats - All of your men, women, and sparks have greater health, mobility, offense, defense, WILL, crit, etc.
  • Soldier Skills - cool-downs and charges have primarily been tweaked so that you can use abilities more often during an engagement.
  • XP/Rank - the criteria for promotion has been reduced so that you can climb the ranks faster and unlock those awesome perks.

DIY Modding
If there are aspects of this mod that you hate or things you wished were just a bit more buffed, then open the file(s) below in a text editor and scan through settings. My mods are nothing more than configuration file overrides with no coding. A word of caution about editing the downloaded files in your workshop directory. If I ever update this mod your changes will get replaced with a fresh copy of my files. I recommend copying the modified file to another folder that you can swap back in after an update.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\268500\815380892\Config\XComGameData_CharacterStats.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\268500\815380892\Config\XComGameData _SoldierSkills.ini
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\268500\815380892\Config\XComGameData _XpData.ini
This is assuming your running windows and steamapps are on your c:\ drive.

65 Comments
raubrey 7 Oct, 2024 @ 10:12am 
I'm late to the game here but thank you for the mod and explanations on how to do this yourself. I'm usually pretty decent at these types of tactical games but the beginning is just atrocious with the panic settings.
Thatpepsican 25 Jun, 2021 @ 1:10pm 
Not sure if this is only me but nobody gets promoted anymore
Scuba Steve  [author] 29 Apr, 2020 @ 6:06pm 
Yep, just follow the notes and file path above in the DIY modding. You can modify any of the configurations I set.
SeanyKrabs 29 Apr, 2020 @ 5:25pm 
is there anyway to customize the mod's settings?
Scuba Steve  [author] 29 Apr, 2020 @ 11:19am 
Pretty much. Let's just say missing shots will be a thing of the past.
SeanyKrabs 29 Apr, 2020 @ 9:36am 
is this the mod that makes like all of my dudes have 100% aim?
pfcole 7 Oct, 2018 @ 7:14pm 
OMG, thank you, thank you, thank you, sir... I don't know how I missed this most awesome mod
Scuba Steve  [author] 8 Aug, 2018 @ 9:09pm 
It is a way to remove or add a config line. At the start I thought it was necessary to remove a line that I was overriding and add the new line I wanted. I later learned I could just set a new value on the original line to get the desired effect. That said there are some items or characteristics that allow you to add traits to them they didn't have out of the box.
Excalibur 6 Aug, 2018 @ 12:14am 
What does the + / - mean in the ini?
Scuba Steve  [author] 8 Jul, 2018 @ 5:44pm 
Thanks Mr.Pink. I've seen a few other moders offer handy links and information and wanted to replicate that in my mods. It makes for a hassle when releasing a new series of the mods but that is rare and is totaly worth the trouble. I even use them to quick reference my mods when responding to a comment.