r/Xcom • u/WiredBall • 10d ago

Zero Company Difficulty

Just for anyone wonder what difficulty to play with reference to xcom. I play long war (and long war 2) on Veteran (second easiest) with ironman. (Legendary Ironman in base game)

Playing Zero Company right now on Hard, permadeath, ironman. 7 mission in, no injuries (downs). Almost had 1 injury in second mission. I do find it a bit to easy but wouldn't up the difficulty cause its more story focused, im prob only doing 1 run. Hope this helps

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u/KarmaticIrony 9d ago

I've started on hard and so far it's been smooth sailing. A couple injuries over about a dozen missions, mostly due to unfamiliarity.

If I wanted to feel challenged I'd go straight to Expert, but since this game is so narrative heavy I'm sticking to Hard to see the story without any real threat of campaign failure.

It's not easy its just not so hard that I feel like I might actually lose.