Should I get used to soldiers dying at the start of the game?

[Grantorino]

or am i just a scrub? Is sacfrifice a part of this game?

[Greil9]

Yes, you should get used to it there. At the start you're lacking in means to keep them alive and one unlucky crit can be the end of a soldier. It becomes easier to keep them alive later when you get better armor, more abilities and a squad of 6. Not that deaths won't happen anymore, just its rarer. And more painful since those guys you poured the effort into.

[Angela™]

Only if you ran out of options, but some deaths are completely unavoidable and almost acts of god despite proper preparation.

[Fusion43]

Never name them after yourself, best friends, close family or significant others if their loss will hurt too much!!! Be prepared to lose even your best and brightest!!!

[Goro san]

It is quite normal for rookies to die.
If youre lousing soldiers on lvl 3-4 youre doing something wrong.

X-Com games have reversed dificulty curve where begining is hardest and game becomes easier in time. So if you can survive till 2nd weapons lvl youre usually set.

[Cyber Von Cyberus]

Yes the first few months are the thoughest, you will lose some soldiers during that period if you get unlucky or screw something up, although the start is also the easiest part of the game to recover from since the soldiers you lose usually are rookies or corporals which can be replaced quickly.

[Black Raven]

I do wish they properly balance the gamer, so early game is a 'little easier', but mid/late game a lot harder, coz you reach a point of the game where it just gets far too easy and that when game starts to get boring.

Challenge should be constantly there, sure certain enermy types should get easier as you better gear for them, but thats when more power creatures start to show, or the number mobs you face should increase, representing the war escalating as aliens start to recognise you as real threat and start throwing everything at you.


Even more so after defeating the chosen.

[Belsaris]

In war every soldier is expendable... there is a reason this game has a memorial wall complete with custom epitaphs.

[Silverangel]

Originally posted by axionfynn:

In war every soldier is expendable... there is a reason this game has a memorial wall complete with custom epitaphs.

Yeah, for the Tutorial cadaver

[ToJKa]

Redshirts gonna redshirt.

Losing a Lieutenant or higher hurts a lot, but under that rank they should be considered expendable.

[PeaceMaker]

Depends on level but I got really far before my first soldier death.

However, the higher the difficulty, the more you must plan every move and every action. Just remeber, if a man gets too hurt you can call the avenger down and pull him out which i`ve done several times to avoid a dead soldier. Never be afraid to abort and runaway if things start going against you.

[a Orc]

Originally posted by ToJKa:

Redshirts gonna redshirt.

Losing a Lieutenant or higher hurts a lot, but under that rank they should be considered expendable.

I actually give all my rookies and squaddies red shirts (after I get my first corporal). Then they only get custom armor from corporal level. It's even better now that counsellor Troi is in the game :)

[hghwolf]

A couple losses early on are fine, but you shouldn`t be losing soldiers past month 3 or so on Commander, and shouldn`t be losing soldiers at all on Rookie or Veteran.

[Silverangel]

Originally posted by hghwolf, rational. Mostly:

A couple losses early on are fine, but you shouldn`t be losing soldiers past month 3 or so on Commander, and shouldn`t be losing soldiers at all on Rookie or Veteran.

Disagree hardly, especially on the last point.
When you are new to such games its really ok to loose some. But you should learn from it, how to make it better next time. And the more often you learn the earlier you come into the stage of not loosing them.

[PeaceMaker]

Originally posted by hghwolf, rational. Mostly:

A couple losses early on are fine, but you shouldn`t be losing soldiers past month 3 or so on Commander, and shouldn`t be losing soldiers at all on Rookie or Veteran.

I still lose soldiers on veteran. Unless you constantly reload (I play Iron man) it`s pretty hard not to make a at least one mistake in campaign and for the AI to take advantage of it. One day i`ll make it through with no deaths though.

[Longtoke]

Originally posted by 「Endeavor」:

or am i just a scrub? Is sacfrifice a part of this game?

no scrub, yes entirely normal.

I like to think the ones who deserve to die get nailed first, like that guy you have who misses 4 shots in a row from an elevated position on a target thats 5 squares away with no cover, from the edge of a building you on......sadly it's usually the only trooper who landed all his shots that dies first :(