This is way too powerful in Rookie Mode

bro this made advent one shot 3 of my soilders on the first mission

thought it was cool until I saw that nades turn into atom bombs

This is too OP. Could it be any more tamer?

I did think about it, but it was just to OP xD

Yep! The launcher was wonky and had a hidden version running in the background, just re-running xcom did not work but exiting steam and restarting fixed it thanks!

I have had issues in the past with mods in general not getting downloaded when I thought they did. If you don't have a mod in the launcher make sure it got downloaded. I can recall unsubscribing to a mod and then subscribing to it again just to get it to refresh.

I thought that when we downloaded mods (by subscribing) we would see these in the launcher after restart...I don't see these. Is there another way to activate/deactivate them?

Aight cool

It does not. To quote the Incredilbles, "When everyone is special, then no one is"... ;-)

The irony of my profile pic and me quoting this is not lost on me..

Guessing this doesn't buff enemy weapons aswell?

+1 upvote just for "spending the last couple of decades marinating in your own juices"

Somebody put my photo up in the bar, because I fucking DIED laughing from that.

+rep

Holy fuck yes, I NEED IT NOW!

thanks Emerald, I appreciate the props

Can I just say that the first sentence of the description is absolute gold? Especially if you read it in the character's voices, particularly the Councilman, Tygan, and Central. I have to subscribe just because of that.

Because of what I change is in the core game files then using any of these mods will trump those files. You could even use the WOTC (LITE) version for any version of the game... vanilla, LW2, or WOTC. Applying LW2 and WOTC overrides on the vanilla game has no effect on the game as XCOM2 just ignores extraneous config values. Clear as mud?

Wait, it says it will work with Vanilla too for the LW2. Testing now.

Actually, where is lite for all of them in Vanilla?

Where is the lite version for Vanilla? :-(

@That unnervingly happy turtle loved that last comment

You sir are a god. Many thanks for your hard work and to the kind soul who donated the game.

WOTC Compatible versions of my A Better' MODS have been released!!!

A lot of additions were made by WOTC that made upgrading a few of these a bit more tedius.. I'm looking at You, A Better Arsenal!

Thank you all for your patience. In the interest of getting these out ASAP I didn't get to do the full amount of play testing that I would like. Please send me your feedback. (please refrain from commenting that these mods are too OP as that is their intent. That said, if I didn't dile back the LITE versions enough then pass those notes along.)

--- A special thanks to reCLUsive7 for sponsoring this work.

Links to new mods:

+ A Better Start for WOTC | A Better Start for WOTC(LITE)

+ A Better Rookie for WOTC | A Better Rookie for WOTC(LITE)

+ A Better Arsenal for WOTC | A Better Arsenal for WOTC(LITE)

Another update, I have finished WOTC versions of A Better Start, A Better Start (LITE), A Better Rookie, and A Better Rookie (LITE). The big one is A Better Arsenal and LITE and 50% done with those. (The Weapons.ini alone is over 1300 lines of config). I had forgotten how big A Better Arsenal was... WOTC added a dozen new weapons and items along with their multiple variations of each. I just finished the Weapons.ini and all the DLCs. Next I'll be cranking on the armor pieces in the GameCore and the respective DLCs. ...and then revamping them both for the LITE version.

Once complete I'll release all of them in one big bang which I'm working to have out in the next day or two.

(I'll post in comments of all my mods once released.)

Take your time man, this mod is a core mod I check otrher mods compatability against so take all the time you need and thanks for the great mods.

Quick update. I had a delay caused by the new WOTC SDK and then an issue in testing A Better Rookie with the new Templar class. I am expecting to get Arsenal done and tested today. I'll be releasing all the A Better' and LITE versions at once to make the communication easier.

Sure thing. Actually working on them right now. I'll release them as I finish and test them up starting with the easiest - A better Start, then Arsenal, then Rookie.. My goal is to get them all done this weekend. Depending on the play testing to make sure I didn't hose anything up they should be released by Monday.

A really big thanks to you all for the great compliments and critical feedback. Who knew creating an OP mod would be more fun than waisting alien scum with said OP mods. ;-)

good on u reclusive of gifting him it dlc , but scuba could we have a small insight as to how your coming with the updates?(really not use to playing without them x3), great mods never play without them ecepnt for now ;-;, keep up the good work.

VEry kind of them to do that, and awesomt ot hear :)

Just had awesome subscriber gift me the DLC so that I can get these mods updated. You can thank, reCLUsive7 for his sponsorship of the update of these mods. What a crazy cool XCOM gamers community we have!

An additional shout out goes to Spartan A291 and Force2reckon for their generous offers to pick up the DLC for the cause as well.

I expect to get WOTC compatible version of this mod within the next 2 weeks.

Thank you so much @Scuba Steve, you rock!

Sorry for the slow turnaround in my response. reCLUsive7 that is over the top generous. I would definitely make it a priority if the DLC was gifted. I got your friend request and accepted it. It's a huge compliment to have a subscriber offer this and I thank you.

Last time I will offer @Scuba Steve "War of The Chosen" expansion dlc as a gift in exchange for updating this mod.
I can see how to change the values in the .ini but I don't know how to get it to load properly for WoTC.
So it's no longer a question of affording the expansion because I'm offering to gift it to you, it's a matter of- do you even want to update given the opportunity to?
It'd be nice for an answer so people aren't waiting on you, if you just don't want/feel like updating.

Thanks in advance.

Update for WOTC?

If I gift you WoTC will you update?

You guys are great. Thanks for the props. I'm too cheap right now to buy the new DLC at it's current price. Once it gets reasonable I'll pick it up and update my mods to work with it for sure.

Help us, Scuba Steve! You're our only hope!

Will these be updated for WoTC? they really made my game so much better beforeand now they're not working I'm a bit upset.

confirmed. WE NEED THE FIRE POWER HEEEELP

DisasterZones right. we need that firepower tomorrow...

Please tell me you plan to update this for War of the Chosen? I think we may need the firepower....

Everyone should run a game with these once just to see the fireworks

it's been a while since I looked at the ini file but its in the damage radius of each grenade type. Also look to the boost the grenade launcher gives to all grenades. Last if you are using A Better Rookie there are abilities that make the radius bigger as well. Easiest to throttle it back at the grenade level...

last suggestion check out "A Better Arsenal (LITE)" where the grenades and guns are less op

where can we modify how huge the grenade blast is on grenadiers? Its way too big to be used effectively

Meh, no experience in moding so I'm a little retardd. x)

Thanks for answers, I'll try to modify the stats. Thanks Scuba. :)

As I mentioned A Better Arsenal only modifies the vanila weapons, DLC weapons, and LW2 weapons (using my LW2 compatible mod). So this would not be compatible.

That said read over the how-to-guide I put in the description of A Better Arsenal for LW2 LITE and you could modify the mods you listed to have the stats you want.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=624282634

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=848571873

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=690496684

You know, stuff like this.

not sure what mod you are talking about Operator 17. Can you link it here and I'll look it up to see if its compatible. My mod adjusts the stats on the vanilla, DLC, and LW2 weapons. I have not added changes for any other mod created weapon templates.

Hey Scuba, comptible with Steam Workshop weapons ?