EXP from fights?

[Cichy]

Do marines get exp from killing aliens? more specifically if i have done what i needed to do and still have plenty of ammo is it worth to start "hunted" events or just extract?

[kyu bey]

When team at max stress & i'm done with map, i trigger onslaught on purpose.
Normal kills either got very tiny exp / none. No idea.

[Xeonzs]

They don't seem to gain xp from combat, but I have a feeling the bosses do give xp (queen, preatorian and crusher).
Which is kinda sad since ammo is wasted if you leave, doesn't carry over, I guess they don't want to reward people for getting detected/noticed?

[Stranger]

Yeah no combat XP in this game. You only get ten levels, if you could get combat XP you would max out all your characters a third of the way through the game. . .And at level 10 your marines are pretty beefy even if they still can't keep their ♥♥♥♥ together for more than ten minutes without losing it.

[pRaX]

Originally posted by Mountain Dew Camacho:

Yeah no combat XP in this game. You only get ten levels, if you could get combat XP you would max out all your characters a third of the way through the game. . .And at level 10 your marines are pretty beefy even if they still can't keep their ♥♥♥♥ together for more than ten minutes without losing it.

Yeah I feel like the Bravery perks are a trap. Especially in comparison to adding armor, accuracy etc.

[Bad Blood]

Here's a good channel for guides and tips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efCOVBdFyXY

[Alexander Rahl]

For those who want a straight answer instead of a video, the bullet points are:
1. Complete Primary and secondary objectives
2. Survive ONSLAUGHT phases, not hunts
3. Rescue mission important characters or synths
4. Boss fights
5. Intense training in the barracks
6. Miscellaneous next day events.

So it seems this is more like a context based level system than a kill based one. You dont get exp from bug kills, but you get exp from bosses, objectives, onslaughts survived, etc.

This of course means, on any mission you do, dont be a loot goblin like me, when it comes to ammo.
On the first mission, i had to extract after the slaughter house, and i looted ALL the ammo on the surface. so when i went back, i had to wait til the mineshaft to find more.

[RayThor]

Originally posted by Alexander Rahl:

For those who want a straight answer instead of a video, the bullet points are:
1. Complete Primary and secondary objectives
2. Survive ONSLAUGHT phases, not hunts
3. Rescue mission important characters or synths
4. Boss fights
5. Intense training in the barracks
6. Miscellaneous next day events.

You forgot the most effective way.