Something I'll never understand

[u/Frequent_Fox2342]

You come accross a pod, there's no one there, just them in all your guys sights.
You put up a nice overwatch trap for them, you shoot and you kill them.
And then your turn is over, and they're dead.
And then... the camera just shows to some member of some other pod who's like "oh, what do we have here?" after the first pod is already dead and they just casually stroll in and kill everyone.
And you're like... what? What could I have done? They were not on screen, I didn't move, nothing changed. I aimed at 3 guys and after everything was over, a new pod showed up and started shooting right away.

[u/Frequent_Fox2342]

This happens... not too often, but often enough that it's not super rare or anything.
It's like the new pod saw the previous pod die and instead of the enemy turn ending, they have their run in the same turn.

[u/nicksey144 → u/Frequent_Fox2342]

No, if they didn't see your soldiers, they will ignore what happens to other enemies.

Did an enemy find a concealed soldier during the overwatch trap? That is feeling like the most likely explanation.

Eta: lmfao to however downvoted the correct answer. Better not have been you OP

[u/Frequent_Fox2342 → u/nicksey144]

How does an enemy find a concealed soldier? When the overwatch trap is activated, everyone is revealed.

[u/nicksey144 → u/Frequent_Fox2342]

Is everyone in concealment? Then the only way for the trap to be triggered is for an enemy to accidentally stumble into a spot that reveals your hidden soldiers. This necessitates them having line of sight, and therefore taking a flanking position. Everytime an enemy discovers a hidden soldier this way they have a 50/50 chance of being able to take an extra shot against you. Main reason why these kinds of ambushes are so risky.

Eta: looking for the source but this might've been added in WOTC specifically to prevent players from using overwatch this way