I decided to update this mod for WOTC. You can find the updated version here: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2605598909

Is it possible to do it the other way round so commander difficulty for combat and legendary difficulty for strategic times?

So can you guys let me know if there's anything missing from this list they will need to be updated?

- Breakthroughs,
- Chosen Weapons,
- Autopsies for new aliens,
- New enemies added by ABA,
- Covert-ops,
- Anything else added by WotC?

I rekon one day I'llupdate this.. Or happily commision someone to do it.. Either way.. I feel the jump from commander to legendary is too much, and this is the perfect in between!

hey, i´ve been playing the game in legendary difficulty before installing the mod. do i have to start a new game or can i just enable the mod and play in commander+ difficulty? Thanks for the mod regardless!!

I've not played XCOM2 in the last few months (other games getting my attention), but I used Commander+ Difficulty and most of the ABA mods together many times when I was playing regularly. Personally, I always edited all the hitpoint values for all mobs back to Legend level anyway, and leaving the ABA mobs at that level made them more challenging - by the end of the game, you can handle them anyway - especially if you are using the Psionics mod as well and many of your soldiers can psi blast and mind control. Given it a try, I'd recommend, at least. :)

"This mod won't conflict with ABA but it won't affect any of the ABA added aliens either, so Muton Pyros, Sectoid Soldiers, etc. will all still be using their Legend difficulty HP values."

Any chance of getting an aba mod for this? :)

I just completed a WOTC campaign with 104 mods including this one. It all went well.

If you want Legend health stats for aliens, go to "steamapps\workshop\content\268500\627187967\Config" and delete (or delete every line within) "XComGameData_CharacterStats.ini" , would probably work.

People are reporting it's working with WOTC, which is nice, but it would still be a bit unbalanced since Breakthroughs, Chosen Weapons, Autopsies for new aliens, and anything new added by wotc would use longer, legend lengths. Same goes for any new enemies added by ABA. While these are minor issues, legend lengths for covert-ops may cause headaches. Simply adding them to the ini would probably work, but haven't tried yet.

wotc?

This mod won't conflict with ABA but it won't affect any of the ABA added aliens either, so Muton Pyros, Sectoid Soldiers, etc. will all still be using their Legend difficulty HP values.

Does this work in ABA?

Just completed a WOTC campaign with 63 mods including this one. All ran perfectly. I like this mod, I will use it again.

This mod sounds interesting. The person below mentioned it works with WOTC, which is good news. I'd really prefer what some others have also asked for - Legend on tactical missions (including number of enemies and enemy health levels) but all strategy layer at Commander (including economy).

Ive been trying this with WoC and it seems to work just fine

I, too, hope this gets updated for WotC, please?

WotC? Please

I would love for this to be updated! :)

Will this be availiable at WoTC launch or any plans on releasing it soon after?

@Valkhier: There are PLENTY of super easy-mode mods around...for example (almost?) every mod from this guy: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/profiles/76561198064476660/myworkshopfiles/?appid=268500

How hard was it to make this? I am a massive noob. I need a Rookie+ difficulty :(

Is there any mod that makes tactics part Commander and strategic Legend?

This still work with the new patch?

I'm trying to uninstall, but unsubscribing, deleting, or changing the .ini numbers won't do me any good, and I'm essentially "stuck" on this difficulty when I try to move up.

Any help would be nice!

Very Nice!

@Danael: I completely agree. I would also like that.

@Sykic: I really like the idea of your mod but I'd prefer enemy stats kept as Legend. With this modification, I'd definitively use your mod as my standard difficulty for my next campaigns instead of Legend where timers are so long. So, would it be possible for you to make a variant of your mod with such modif or if you don't have time, explain me what I should do?

Basically, I'd like Strategic timers (construction, research, healing, etc), alien tech advancement set to Commander like in your mod and everything else kept as Legend.

Most likely that the modification done by Harlequin565...

If I delete the XComGameData_CharacterStats file will the mod still work? I want the full difficulty of Legend and having the enemy HP at Commander difficulty is to easy IMO.

Sykic, thanks for the mod, and for the quick replies to questions! I'll be trying this on my next run for sure!!

That's fine, Legend + The Improved AI & Increased Enemy Squad Sizes was toooo much for me :P

It should. It also disables the tutorial, you're on Legend as far as the game knows. Worth keeping that in mind if you care about getting those achievements legit.

Ah, it should be fine then. Very well, I shall test out your mod tomorrow!
Do you know if, since this "replaces" Legend, you get the Legend based achievements?

@marshmallow If those only change the timers during missions, they should be fine. The only times that have been modified are the timers you see on the world map.

@harlequin565 Truth be told this is my first crack at modding, so I'm sure the files look like a complete mess to an experienced modder :P. You're correct about the "+" and "-" entries, I'm not sure why but doing it the normal way wasn't playing nice, again most likely due to being new at all of this. A friend suggested that method and it worked so it was good enough, if messy.

Thanks for this. Have cherry picked bits I liked to speed up the strategic timers, but left enemy strength/toughness alone.

You've put "+" and "-" symbols in the ini files. Does simply adding a new override not work - and you have to "delete" with a minus and "add" with a plus? Not seen this in other mods.

Also - I've just made a change to the GameData line:
MissionOptionScalars=(ItemTemplateName="Intel", Scalar=2.0, Difficulty=3) ;Impossible
To reduce the Intel costs for contacting another region (changed scalar to 1.5 where 1 is normal). I guess this impacts economy hence why it's not in your mod.

Nice work though.

Ooo.. You reckon True Concealment & the TimerTweaks mod would conflict then? :(

@BrotherBabyface In the background. You should notice a difference in Operation Gatecrasher, where there will be Legend's extra Sectoid pod but the Sectoid will have reduced health.

@marshmallow It should be fine so long as other mods don't alter enemy health and armour values or any of the timers.

When you start a new game and select Legend, does it give a second option for Commander+ or will it show as Legend, and the changes are just in the background?

Looks very interesting. Will probably use on my next run; do you think there'll be any incompatabilities with other mods?

They're set to Commander's progression.

So, does strategic progression for the enemies (IE, the timing for new enemy types etc.) change, too? Asking because combining Legendary timings for that with Commander research times is going to end in you running rings around the aliens in terms of teching up.

Would be nice if research Times would stay like on legendary pleaseeeee

Oh, thanks for the response guys. I overread that in the description.

@Yamino Click Legend difficulty when starting a new game.

@Anomaly The Avatar project moves faster on Legend, alien facilities are built faster, and so on. Normally the countdown once the project is complete is longer than Commander but that too has been reduced (halved, to be exact).

@ Yamino; Read the description above.

No it's good as is. Even research on Comander is still longer then other difficulties.

Would be nice if research Times would stay like on legendary

So, will this show up as an additional difficulty option in the menu?

Does the Avatar project move slower on Legendary?

Aby inni file to mąkę some changes?

Wow sounds like just want I want! Want to play the longer legendary but don't want to deal with the longer waiting or supper HP enemy like in vanilla legendary.