Site Recon

[GramboStorm]

Just finished a normal runthrough without ever gewtting the mission. Is this normal?!

[Amia Calva]

Was it XCOM: Enemy Within? this mission does not occur in Enemy Unknown.

[freolo78]

What? once more in english please?! personally i never think of names of the missions when i play the game. the game is dependent 100% on how much research u have done, and also the end mission on the alien base assault and the final spaceship asault. I just reccommend the mod "the long war" if u have finished the game once for a much better gameplay.

[asd]

Maybe you were too fast? The mission shows up at a random time, you just have too meet the chryssalids. So it is possible that you would get it in the 3rd month, or get it just before the last mission.
So I guess it would have showed up later in the game.

[Amia Calva]

^No way, it is the first council mission after encountering crysallids.

[freolo78]

umm....i do believe its randomized missions untill u have encountered a certain amount of aliens up untill u have done a certain amount of research on those encounters. The site recon can not be started untill u have encountered cryssalids since that is the main thingy for the whole incident at newfoundland (one of the coolest missions ever played in the game). its very difficult on the long war i might add :P

[GramboStorm]

It was enemy within, unless you can get MECs or GM troopers in EU.

[Stardustfire]

i guess its the canadian fishing village? if yes, its total random if and when it happens, no need to see crysalids before too. got it onetimes as first council mission (impossibel run when i remind right) , just read the mission briefing and than i recogniced i got a urgent meeting elsewhere...

[Bilateralrope]

Originally posted by TheDarkestRaven:

^No way, it is the first council mission after encountering crysallids.

Not exactly[ufopaedia.org].

Site Recon is always the first Council mission after you fight Chryssalids for the first time, during your first playthrough of EW, (in other words: anytime after your first Terror mission). In later playthroughs it becomes a random Council mission, although still limited so that it won't appear before your first Terror Mission.

There are 18 other council missions. So missing it is quite possible except on your first playthrough of EW.

[PhilkIced]

Just thank whatever god you pray to, I had a high rank 4 mutant 2 mec squad, quite advanced armor and weapons, and it was hell when devil's pissed.

[red255]

its usually cake if you know what you are doing though. and have at least lasers.

[freolo78]

i f u play the mod "the long war" id say its pretty challenging. i definetly didnt manage to get research done for lasers for that mission since it appears wayy too early relative to the research time needed for lasers. (i must say it seems as if laser weaponry should b a prio 1 one doing research in the long war btw). it was real tough http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/49864244397268956/5A56B0DEF9B4F09DE7A856A01AA6C104D609F1C4/

[GramboStorm]

This was my god knows how many'th playthrough. Although I think it may have happened because the operation Slingshot missions happened after the first terror site.

[All JaWas to me!]

Yeah, I had that, first terror mission, followed by operation slingshot, then raided the alien base and started the psionic council missions, then eventually got to canada, when I was all teched up and ready for it.

[RainingMetal]

You can either get a nation request, or a council mission. Odds are you got the request in place of the mission.

If Canada didn't get too panicked during your playthrough, you weren't missing much.

[Shiny cursed Potato]

Originally posted by freolo78:

i f u play the mod "the long war" id say its pretty challenging. i definetly didnt manage to get research done for lasers for that mission since it appears wayy too early relative to the research time needed for lasers. (i must say it seems as if laser weaponry should b a prio 1 one doing research in the long war btw). it was real tough http://cloud-4.steampowered.com/ugc/49864244397268956/5A56B0DEF9B4F09DE7A856A01AA6C104D609F1C4/

I did it with the normal Rifels 0 soilders lost. Was kinda easy if you take it super slow until youre at the Ship. Then i positioned every soilder to overwatch shoot the Chryssalids from the Whale. Took my fastest Soilder to go over to the button thingy. Usually after 2-5 Waves of Chryssalids there is a time window of two round where nothing spawns. That was when i started the count down