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LW2 Tank Class

We heard of a new Soldier Class, that is fighting out there. Maybe we should make contact and recruit some of these fighters. Now we can send Tanks on the battlefield!

Adds the Tank Class to the game with many custom soldier abilities. Also custom FX and Anim included. This is an additional soldier class and does not override other classes or gameplay mechanics.

This is the Tank Class for Long War 2 Mod.

V2.0.0 BIG UPDATE / INITIAL RELEASE
- complete rework of the tank class for the long war 2 mod;
-new perks, new fx, bugfixes;
-removed gts tactics as it does not fit in long war 2 style;
-simplified chinese translation;
-own secondary weapon;
-balancing and more;

LATEST VERSION: 2.0.0
INITIAL RELEASE: 03.06.2017
INITIAL VERSION: 2.0.0

You can also find detailed uptade news if you click in steam on the change notes. (right above)


Tanks are known for their high survivability in the battlefield. By their outstanding resilience, they withstand even strong attacks.

Left Tree: Survival
Right Tree: Battle
Primary weapon: rifle, canon or shotgun
Secondary weapon: tanklin

Custom nicknames, that fit in the role of a tanky unit.


Squaddie:
Hack: Tanks can remote hack with there tanklins. The vanilla perk.
Here I Am: Become easier to hit to make the enemies attacking you and not your squadmates.
Protection Protocol: Generate with your tanklin an energyshield, which grants you different bonuses. Bonuses: Shield HP, Dodge, Melee damage reduction, Explosive damage reduction. These Boni are becoming better with higher tier tanklins.

1.SURVIVAL 2.MIDDLE 3.BATTLE

Lance Corporal:
1.Steadfast: Never panic as a result of getting wounded, or allies getting killed. Also gain immunity to stun.
2.Ballistic Vests: Gain extra points of armor, if you equipp a vest or plating on this soldier.
3.Challenge: Challenge an enemy and make him to your main foe. You gain better aim and crit and also motivating nearby squadmates if a kill is confirmed.

Corporal:
1.Suspension: Damage reduction against reaction attacks.
2.Warning Shot: A special shot that can apply panic on your target, regardless if the shot hits or misses, but on a hit it will always graze.
3.Revenge: When targeted by enemy fire, automatically fire back with your primary weapon once per turn.

Sergeant:
1.Will To Survive: LW2 Perk.
2.Shredder: LW2 Perk.
3.Pre Fire: When targeted by enemy fire, automatically fire a preemptive reaction shot with your primary weapon once per turn.

Staf Sergeant:
1.Shock Absorbant Armor: Damage reduction from close attacks.
2.Hard Target: LW2 Perk.
3.Standby: All your reaction shots do more damage, have better aim, crit chance and can now crit.

Tech Sergeant:
1.Survival Training: Hunker Down, heal hp and from negative effects. Reduces wound recovery time.
2.Decoy: Gain one free mimic beacon to your inventory.
3.Combat Drugs: Gain one free overdrive serum to your inventory.

Gunnery Sergeant:
1.Absorption Field: A field which grants damage reduction for all units inside it.
2.Team Shield: Activate an area of effect energy shield. It grants all soldiers ablative HP.
3.Reflection Field: The unit has a chance to reflect enemy attacks.

Master Sergeant:
1.Resilience: LW2 Perk.
2.Ever Safe: You are granted an automatically Protection Protocol at the end of your turn if you only move.
3.Close Combat Specialist: the LW Perk.

1.Self Defense Uplink: Tanks gain free melee attacks against any enemies as long as Protection protocol is activated.
2.Advanced Storage: You can now target other units with protection protocol.
3.Nano Stabilizer: Once per mission, instead of dying heal Hp and activate Protection Protocol.

AWC abilities can be changed in the config folder of the LW2 Tank Class, if you do not want one of them for the AWC. (F) means that these perks are by default set to false, so other soldiers can not get them.

Here I Am(F), Decoy, Combat Drugs, Shock Absorbant Armor, Revenge, Steadfast, Pre Fire, Survival Training, Challenge, Ballistic Vests, Team Shield, Warning Shot, Standby, Absorption Field, Reflection Field, Suspension;

Most values can be optimized in the correct .ini file of this mod.

English, German, Spanish, simplified Chinese;

Anyone who want to make a translation can post it in the translation discussion and i will implement it in the next update. It can be possible that a translation is not 100% correct because there were made some updates, after the translations.

This mod is only compatibel with the "Long War 2" mod. Do not use it with the standalone "Tank Class" mod or the "LWPP Tank Class" mod.

Compatibel with other mods. Compatibel for all DLCs. Also compatibel without DLCs.
No compability bugs known yet.

No bugs known yet.

Thanks for the whole modding community. It was a real funny time for me to make this mod (sometimes also frustrating :D) and i hope you enjoy playing with it.

Thanks for "Pavonis Interactive" who made the amazing Long War 2 mod.
Thanks for "Abraham the Heavy" who made the class icon.
Thanks for "Eternal" and his nice halo forerunner mod, which content i used for the secondary weapon.
Thanks for "xylth" and his XPerkIconPack, which I used for some ability pictures.
Thanks for "Papas con mojo" who made the spanish translation.
Thanks for "Sniper and his friends" who made the simplified chinese translation.

This mod like the others is for free. If you enjoy playing with the LW2 Tank Class, for getting more stars in the steam workshop, you can consider to leave a LIKE.

Also available on NexusMods[www.nexusmods.com].
Check out my standalone Tank Class, if you do not want to use Long War 2 mod.
Check out my LWPP Tank Class, if you only want to use Long War Perk Pack mod.
Here are my created other mods.

- add more custom abilities that replace the LW abilities. (i have some great ideas)
- optimize code & visualizations