if my men die do i lose them forever

[Ukgamer]

Tutorial i think im doing

[Mandemon]

Yup. Once a soldiers dies, AKA is listed as KIA at the mission debriefing, he is no more. He's ceased to be. He is expired and gone to meet his maker. He's is a late soldier. He's a stiff. Bereft of life, he rests in peace. If he hadn't burned to ashes by a plasma bomb, he would be pushing up the daisies. He's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. He is an ex-soldier.

[NyghttheClassyWolf]

The tutorial is scripted to have your first team get massacred in the warehouse as I recall ( not done tutorial in a long time though )

[Mandemon]

Ah, yes, the first tutorial mission is scripted so that you lose 3 soldiers. Rest of the missions, it depends on how you play. But all obey the law of perma-death.

[Froman]

Welcome to XCOM.

If I can offer you any advice: just don't get emotionally attached to your soldiers. It's only going to make it harder on you.

[Ukgamer]

lol not the first mission 2 of my men died in one of the later Tutorial missions

[taylor.liu]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Ukgamer:

lol not the first mission 2 of my men died in one of the later Tutorial missions

You only have one tutorial mission.

[MattStriker]

Not quite. There's also the start of the next mission, where you get the tutorial about climbing on rooftops, and with EW you also get a guaranteed mission that introduces Meld.

Actual "free" play with fully randomized missions starts after that.

[theren]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย LoganMalone:

Good post. I just started this game too. Has anyone had a soldier last for more than 10 missions yet? Mine seem to go a max of 5 then they become cannon fodder. Seems that you'd need to constantly recruit by the masses because of constantly piling up of dead bodies from your squad.

yes. far more than 10 missions. but with more reloads than you could possible imagine...or maybe you can

[WarLust]

They can always be "reincarnated."

[egothatblockssun]

they are not dead, only pining for the fjords...

[mafon2]

Heck no, you can always storm the gates of hell (the location will be revealed later in the game) so you can resque some of 'em.

[CoolMoody]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย LoganMalone:

Good post. I just started this game too. Has anyone had a soldier last for more than 10 missions yet? Mine seem to go a max of 5 then they become cannon fodder. Seems that you'd need to constantly recruit by the masses because of constantly piling up of dead bodies from your squad.

It's possible if you play conservatively...i.e, move your squad slowly in a compact fashion. Only engage one pack of enemies at once, etc...Use full cover wherever possible and hunker down to avoid critical hits.. You can always retreat as a unit if you feel as though the odds are stacked against you in a confrontation. Find decent cover, and just put everyone on overwatch. Many enemies will aggresively go after you once engaged, i.e. Thin Men, Mutons & Mechtoids...and 'ambushing' them in such fashion can be a pretty effective way of dealing with them.

Make sure plasma gun carrying enemies like Thin Men and Mutons don't have a line-of-sight on any of your soldiers at the end of your turn. Even in full cover one critical hit can kill your soldiers in the early game. If you don't think you can kill them on your current turn and they have l.o.s. retreat back out of sight and go into overwatch..

[CoolMoody]

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย Ultimacy:

โพสต์ดั้งเดิมโดย egothatblockssun:

they are not dead, only pining for the fjords...

Pining for the fjords? What kind of talk is that?

This parrot is deceased!!

[nospamail]

I kinda wondered about that "starter mission" egads - only 1 out of 4 crew make it out alive? I got the hint - get used to your solders not making it.

I don't mind admitting it: I'll create a save before the mission and then decide afterwards if I'll redo it or not. If something is not working why not replay the mission and try something different?

I suppose if your good at these things one play through on 'ironman' without using save's (unless you have to turn your computer off) might be interesting but this is my 1st game of this kind.

[Kalil]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npjOSLCR2hE