So if you're the kind of gamer who thinks impossible is too easy, Firaxis have got you covered. “There’s something called War-Weariness where the overall funding levels around the world drop inexorably with every month.” It adds a half-life to Elerium where it will begin to degrade every day. When you turn on that option, the Elerium-which is obviously your big alien resource that you need to build more advanced hardware and research-has a very short half-life. In an interview with PC Gamer, X-COM: Enemy Unknown lead designer, Jake Solomon, talked about other mutators, only made available after winning on Impossible difficulty.
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Hidden Potential: As a soldier is promoted, stats increase randomly.Not Created Equally: Rookies will have random starting stats.
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#XCOM ENEMY UNKNOWN SECOND WAVE UPDATE#
The Second Wave is a free update which allows many gameplay factors to be changed (mostly for the more severe), giving the campaign and the tactics required a whole new lease of life.