As far as gear concerned though, you can get everything you want for your agents by hitting the Cult of Sirius who will go hostile on you the second you start destroying UFOs anyway.
In a 4 temple raid, I usually expect to get over a dozen psiclone dohickeys and you frequently get gear that won't be available for the first week or two. I just wish you could raid for better vehicle stuff.
I've been playing the original on PlayStation recently, and I just don't dig the HWPs like I used too. They're way too pricey (you can build a lot of workshops for cranking out the laser cannons with half a mil), they have a big come shoot me profile, and the starting tanks can get wiped out by a single shot of Heavy Plasma. They're good for getting your troops out of the transport initially if you're not into reloading games when they go awry, but agents are much more cost effective and ultimately much more deadly with indirect fire attacks (grenades) and a gun that is every bit as powerful as a tank's (heavy plasma).
About raids: Is there anything you can get from organizations other than the Cult that actually work? I thought I read somewhere that the elerium pods and mind defense devices don't actually do anything.
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