XCOM EU Is it at all possible to play through the game with full council?

[Jackal2233]

After a while you learn EXACTLY by an approx number what you need and what you can sell, to the point you are no longer dependant on funding for your money - for satellites/uplinks. For me I normally purchase uplinks/satellites as priority, if I need anything else - off to the gray market.

[Beriallord]

You have to go through absolutely extraordinary means to keep all council members, It took me 3 tries to pull it off, and you pretty much have to be using almost all your resources for the first 3 months dedicated to launching satellites almost exclusively, while at the same time trying to get at least carapace armor for your soldiers, or they are chryssalid bait in the first mission you find them. To do this you really have to sell most of your salvage And even if you do this, you have to time the base raid story mission just right, because it reduces panic for all countries.

 

Also if you launch satellites and don't make intercepters fast enough, like I learned in my second playthrough, a UFO can show up and destroy a satellite which will max panic a country, and its pretty much guaranteed you will lose it. That is HARD.

 

I didn't find the battles themselves difficult, just the general circumstances of the game. If you don't do everything absolutely perfect when it comes to base/resource management and satellites you're screwed. There is zero room for error and I mean absolutely ZERO. You could miss shooting down 1 UFO, just one, and next thing you know panic levels are out of control, then 3 countries drop next month and you don't have any satellites to launch. Happened my first game, and I was freaking PISSED,

Edited November 4, 2012 by Beriallord

[Jackal2233]

You only really need dodge (from floater corpses) I found. I have yet to lose an interceptor to it (unless it's a freakin battleship or something)

 

And even if you do this, you have to time the base raid story mission just right, because it reduces panic for all countries.

 

That's what I do lol