You'll now be able to send soldiers, scientists, and engineers on Covert Actions to earn more supplies and Faction Favor, 2K said, and use new Resistance Orders to refine your strategy.

So far XCOM 2: War of the Chosen has run exactly as well. The soldiers gain experience and promotions, though there is a chance they can be wounded or captured in the process. 2K said War of the Chosen will introduce new environments, mission objectives, and 'regular one-shot community challenges to claim the top spot on the global leaderboard.' The expansion will also change up the Strategy Layer, which is where you make the high-level decisions that affect the game's individual fights. Important covert actions, such as missions that track down the Chosen and eventually allow you to defeat them for good, require soldiers of higher rank. Those aren't the only changes headed to XCOM 2 with this expansion. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen is the expansion to the 2016 strategy game of the year. Deploy XCOM soldiers on these operations to help the factions hunt the Chosen and receive rewards such as additional soldiers, scientists, engineers, and intel. You're going to need their help besides a new alien enemy called the Spectre and ADVENT threats like the Purifier and the Priest, War of the Chosen will introduce the titular Chosen, which 2K described in a blog post as the 'most cunning enemies XCOM has ever faced.' Other resistance factions have missions that they will need support on. The new factions are called the Reapers, Skirmishers, and Templars, and each will offer new heroes who want to help XCOM in their fight against Earth's alien invaders.

War of the Chosen will expand on XCOM 2's campaign with new factions, enemies, locations, gameplay modes, and more.

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