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[Toxik]

thats the problem.i stunned almost everybody in the base,and I made pretty sure i stunned everybody near the command center and all i got is two leaders.DOes it also depend on the race?cause that base was floater

[Sharp]

Erm, you did inerrogate them right? If you get base leaders and interrogate (research) them then you should get the Cydonia Position, assuming you have researched all the previous ones to get it (Alien Origins and Martian Solutions)

I dont think it matters about the race, I think I did it with snakemen commander.

[Toxik]

alright,sorry I repeated the mission and found him.the confusing thing is that he wasnt anywhere near the command center and he was equiped like soldier
TREMBLE NOW CYDONIA!

Originally posted by SupSuper@Sep 3 2005, 12:21 AM
[You mean increase their stats? Well, it depends on how much you use them. For instance, the more a soldier fires, the more its firing accuracy increases when he's promoted. Or the more he throws, the more throwing accuracy he gets. Or the more he carries, the more strength he gets. Etc.

Basically, just overwork them on the skills they lack ;)

What about time units?

And if I want to train them, can I shoot to nothing? I mean, like when all the remaining aliens are "hiding" in the UFO, can I spend some time firing around? Does it work, or is it necessary to fire "towards the aliens"?

(sorry for my english - I'm italian - I really hope you understand me)

[Sharp]

Skill - How to Improve

TU's - Move around
Bravery - Get panicked
Stamina - Move around
Stregnth - Carry lots of stuff
Accuracy - Hit aliens (Aimed Shot and further distance of shot means greater improvement) throw grenades at aliens.
Rank - Kill Aliens, do lots of missions.
Morale - Kill Aliens, dont get hit, dont let higher ranking soldiers die, dont let any soldiers die.
Health - Get shot
Throwing - Throw objects, seems to improve as your accurcay does

I think thats about it.

[Christian]

... and a bunch of hugs to Sharp for that info

Thank you very much!!

[gregor]

Originally posted by Guest@Sep 4 2005, 01:06 PM

What about time units?

And if I want to train them, can I shoot to nothing? I mean, like when all the remaining aliens are "hiding" in the UFO, can I spend some time firing around? Does it work, or is it necessary to fire "towards the aliens"?

(sorry for my english - I'm italian - I really hope you understand me).

best thing is to try and kill aliens (especially soldiers) and go to all terror sites and colonies.

yes yoou can. use snapshot to do that (usefull for destroying walls and then moving in through hole). if you want to shoot at wall really close to use you aim on yourself and use snapshot.

otherwise you train them by killing aliens. the more aliens they killed the higher their time units. they also get trained by doing successful missions.

Time units (and other "units") have their max rating.

[Eagle of Fire]

How to improve rank; Ranks in UFO are based not only on kills but also on the number of soldiers you have. It been proved on the UFO: Abandonia Unknown thread since a lot of early promoted soldiers kept being promoted even if they didn't even board the Skyranger. So, the more soldiers you have, the higher the number of highly ranked soldiers you'll have.

There is some points to note;
- You can only have one soldier of the highest rank in any given time (Commander).
- Once a rank is given, only death can destitute the soldier. If there is enough or too many high ranked soldiers, those rank will not advance no matter how many kills another soldier get. Only exception; second rank VS recruit.
- To advance, there must be at least an Alien killed somewhere. It doesn't always matter if the soldier in particular which advance kill the Alien, but you must have a kill.
- Ranks doesn't affect a soldier skill at all. The only noticable effect is the loss of Morale from the other soldiers if a highly ranked soldier die, which is exponential the higher the rank of the soldier get. High ranked soldiers also probably resist morale loss better than low ranked soldiers, but I'm not 100% sure on that one.

[efthimios]

There was a list somewhere about this. Basically the ranks depend on the amount of soldiers you have. So for example you cannnot have (random titles here) a general when you only have 6 soldiers. And that is per base.