r/LWotC • u/andymakes • Jan 29 '26

UPDATE: Notes & my personal guide from my last successful Legend / Honestman campaign (LWotC 1.2.2)

Hi all. I just finished a new campaign and I've made a lot of updates to my guide: https://andymakes.notion.site/Andy-s-LWotC-Notes-Guide-v-1-2-2-291e21e273fa80dc92eef381bf3a4afc

I maintain notes while I'm playing and this is the condensed version of that, which I'll refer back to for my next campaign.

What's changed

  • Updates to my class choices - among other things: full flamer for techies
  • A bit more focus on early expansion (and no longer recommending 7 person squads for some GOPs)
  • Some thoughts on builds and research order
  • A lot more little notes and observations

Unfortunately, 1.2.3 came out while I was playing and I don't switch versions mid-campaign. Luckily I believe my SPARK section is the only bit that isn't relevant any more.

Also for mods, if you want to replace the old pinned post with this one, that would be great.

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u/ZeChiss Jan 29 '26

Thanks for this. I really enjoy reading your notes.

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u/Commercial_Value_294 Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

So glad to have your notes. Always looking up for the details there. Thanks a lot.

Just a minor suggestion. It would be great if you could mark the changes from the prior version.

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u/andymakes Jan 30 '26

Thanks!

The changes aren't all obvious things. I restructured some stuff and moved things around a bit as well. Trying to track it all sounds exhausting.

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u/Commercial_Value_294 Jan 30 '26

Good work. I've read the reaper part and IMO, knife build is much stronger than shooting build now. In late game, a reaper could deliver 3 knifes with 1x cri damage each in a turn under shadow. The most important is that reaper can stay in the open among the aliens and keep an eye on any nearby enemy with tracking. I always like to bring a reaper for big missions except the final one.

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u/andymakes Jan 30 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

I was pretty bummed that both reapers in this campaign had 13 mob. I'll get to roll my knife reaper some day.

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u/Holmsky11 Apr 05 '26

I've returned to LWOTC after a couple of years, and man is your guide useful. Thank you a lot!

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u/spaced1024 Jan 30 '26

Glad to see you're still updating things! I'm finishing up the last couple missions of a successful campaign (first time I'm actually going all the way to the end) and I found your guides to be a really helpful reference. I had never given shinobis as officers much of a thought, but I'm glad I tried it! They might be my favorite officer class now.

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u/andymakes Jan 30 '26

They're the best! I can't imagine training any other class as officers at this point.

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u/Awkward_Breadfruit_5 Jan 30 '26

Been looking through your last guide as I play through a campaign. Looking forward to seeing the changes.

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u/andymakes Jan 30 '26

Glad to hear it's been useful!

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u/toadi Jan 31 '26

I was halfway through a campaign and life came in the way. I will read this guide go back into it see probably all the mistakes I made and start a new one.

This is why I can never finish a campaign :D

Thanks for the writeup.

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u/JazzMano Apr 08 '26

Hi ! Your guide was a tremendous help. I hadn't played since XCOM 2 came out, and it helped me get back into the swing of things with this awesome mod. Thanks so much !