That made the mimic-beacon particularly interesting on the mid-tier difficulties and extremely important on Legendary. Seeing as the value of the mimic beacon wasn't in the fact that it drew fire away from Xcom, but in the fact that it used to attract quite a number of Advent-soldiers to fire of it, seen against the number of soldiers the AI is allowed to use offensively per turn. Originally posted by Jesterofgames7712:Advent are forced to fire on the mimic beacon though Since the Flashbang is about 500times more useful than a mimic-beacon and they come free with every Trooper that you field, 'Good-bye mimic-beacon, you won't be missed.'. On top of that also extremely important on Legendary. Seeing as the value of the mimic beacon wasn't in the fact that it drew fire away from Xcom, but in the fact that it used to attract quite a number of Advent-soldiers to fire on it, seen against the number of soldiers the AI is allowed to use offensively per turn, that made the mimic-beacon particularly interesting on the mid-tier difficulties. A hunker in full cover will draw fire too, with a much better chance of not getting hit, thus probably baiting a second Advent-soldier to try and fire too.

Advent are forced to fire on the mimic beacon thoughĪnd it's still Extreamly useful even if it doesn't get the bonus defense Only the first Advent close enough to take a shot and he invariably crits it. Hunker is more viable than a beacon Advent ignores. Anyway, the thing was made worthless and there are better actions you can take.

You have no idea how many anti-beaglerush measures were implemented by Firaxis. Originally posted by Merdakah:The Mimic Beacon was Anti-Beaglerushed anyway.

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