In addtion, strategic consequences can also arise: continents with medium or more levels of heat cause XCOM soldiers on covert actions to come back with negative traits, or for less supplies to be recovered depending on how many continents are afflicted. Early on this just removes the initial bonuses you get from operating in a 'quiet' continent (such as timers waiting for broken concealment or smaller detection ranges), but as time passes, and you commit to more and more missions in a given continent, heat will start penalizing you, going from increasing force level to completely removing starting concealment on missions. The Heat SystemAs XCOM performs more missions and covert actions in a region, the heat of that continent will go up. Note that they will not provide any research bonuses while out on assignment. Scientists help provide extra decay of heat for their continent, and when you unlock the continent bonus, provide extra intel for every point of interest you scan in that continent. Soldiers advising havens also get bonus XP from missions XCOM performs in the continent.Įngineers provide a rebate on supplies spent for building radio relays, and when you unlock the continent bonus, you earn a bonus to supplies when you go to scan and pick up the supply drop. Soldiers provide extra mission help: they provide extra turns (varies depending on rank) and when the continent bonus is unlocked, they turn civilians to XCOM friendly and provides the squad with the ability to pause timers at the cost of intel. These can be staffed with a soldier, engineer, or scientist, with the benefits changing depending on type used, and whether you unlocked the continent bonus for a region.

The BasicsEvery continent gets its own 'Resistance Command'.

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