Chosen knowledge meter

[Chief Smackahoe]

Is there a way to lower the chosen's knowledge meter? Obviously as the meter climbs, there's more negative effects to deal with and I can't seem to find a way to counter that.

[Ellie]

You can slow the progress on it through Covert Actions, but that's it. If they're preparing to launch something like an Avenger Assault the only way to prevent it is to attack their stronghold.

[Chief Smackahoe]

I see. What about unknown chosen? Does their knowledge bar increase before their discovery?

[Cether]

Originally posted by Cheif Smackahoe:

I see. What about unknown chosen? Does their knowledge bar increase before their discovery?

As far as I know no.

[thrax7545]

Not that I've found. I held off making contact with the hunter's region to see if it worked, and it did.

[Sawrit]

Its a proven scientific fact that if you kill the chosen through covert ops, knowledge cant be gained.

[Chief Smackahoe]

I've got 2 chosen discovered right now so I guess I'll deal with them before trying to contact other regions. Off topic question but anybody have more than one hero from the special factions?(ex. 2 templars?)

[Astasia]

I have two Templars in my current game. I could have had three but the first one came up when my rep was too low. Could also be on 2 skirmishers but again rep was too low when the CO came up.

[KRON]

I got my second reaper only after I've killed all three Chosen. And have only one skirmisher and one templar.

[Cether]

Originally posted by Cheif Smackahoe:

I've got 2 chosen discovered right now so I guess I'll deal with them before trying to contact other regions. Off topic question but anybody have more than one hero from the special factions?(ex. 2 templars?)

Yes you can get multiple but they're random and kinda rare. In my entire playthrough I only saw one mission for an additional reaper, and it was very close to the end of the game. So you can be unlucky like me, or you can be lucky and find a few kinda early.

[hammerstar]

I was wondering that myself. From the sounds of it, Chosen knowledge is sort of meant to be a counter to fast expansion, since fast expansion is what lets you counter blacksites and facilities more efficiently. You can expand, but you'll be putting yourself at greater risk from the Chosen that way.

[Gaz O'D]

Anybody find a way yet? Console command? Mod? Tweak to a config file?

Cheers

[Dragonmaster]

Chosen Meter only goes down after a failed Avenger Assault Mission (Back down to 2 bars). It does not go up if you kill a chosen when you encounter them.