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  1. Here is what I do.. I have every guy who needs XP equip a shotgun and otherwise carry all ammo. Meanwhile the guys who don't need XP carry rifles, medkits, grenades, as much rifle ammo as they should need, and then as much shotgun ammo as they can. Then when I enter the mission (or the second phase of the mission if it has two phases) I immediately group up the XP team and get them set up with a long cycle of shotgun firing. Then I complete the mission with the non-XP team and come back and dump my ammo on the ground for the XP team to pick up and use. Generally I get all my guys up to level 9 or 10 (3-4 sessions per guy) this way and then quit doing it and rely on normal methods for leveling. It also speeds things up to make sure your guys speed is raised up to good or better as soon as possible so they fire faster. Using an UZI doesn't really work because for some reason you get less xp per shot on aimed and it takes a long time to go through a clip on aimed. Also burst gives a LOT less xp too. Shotguns have pretty much been tested to be the most efficient free ammo weapon for this purpose. Also UZI ammo weighs more and will reduce everyone carrying very much of it to AWFUL speed.
  2. When facing the chrysalis around the corner situation.... Just line up your team so that as many as possible round the corner at the same time. Then if there are others still behind them, have the first line of guys move one extra square so the rest can get a the Chrysalis within Line of Sight. Then have all of them start firing. I do this all the time and at most 2 get paralyzed before the thing dies. I would even willingly take on two Chrysalis at once in this circumstance without too much worry on my part.
  3. Actually it's not lots of shotguns you need.. it's lots of ammo.
  4. A slightly more tedious, but easier to setup, and doable from the second mission on, method of fast leveling is to equip all your guys with shotguns (use shotguns because of the free ammo) and as much ammo as they can hold. Once you kill everything in the level select everyone on your team and start hitting hitting A - Rightclick, A- Rightclick, etc... (about 40-50 times total to start with). Then run time as fast as possible until your team finished firing and then repeat again. You can't damage your own team doing this so it also doesn't matter if you accidentally cause your team to move around if you miss an A before a rightclick. Doing this will net each of your guys around 2k xp every mission. I recommend you do it with your first 3 guys on their first 3 missions. Then every time you collect up another 3 new guys do it again for another 3 missions with the new guys (have the rest of the team carry normal gear to make the missions easier). Once you have either 9 or 12 guys (your preference depending on how many injuries you usually take) then you really don't need to do it any more as you should have enough good men. The reason I suggest doing only 3 missions per character is because you will quickly become overpowered if you do it more than that. (Of course if you are playing on Hard difficulty then you might want to do it for 5 or 6 missions per character).
  5. I have not quite reached the russian mission, but my missions have already gotten a little harder. Anyway, here is how I play: My team is based on my tactics, and my tactics are based on killing enemies quickly and as soon as I see them. Therefore I don't take any weapons with a range below 35 in aimed mode. Basically I equip 3 members of my team with Alien Laser Rifles, 3 with Human Assault rifles of range 35+, and 1 with a grenade launcher (can't recall the exact name of the item). My outdoor tactics, since RPG's are not yet being used against me, is to stay in a tight group and try to apply as much damage to the enemy as possible as quickly as I can. The tight group helps with this because often by the time I see or am seen 4 or 5 guns can be brought to bear on an enemy. Other than that I just go straight for the goal. For indoor missions I split into two groups, one with my 3 people in heavy armor, and one with 4 people in combat or sun armor (so they all move at similar rates). Then I just move quickly through the level and try to get it over with as quick as I can. So far I have never had to reload because of deaths in a combat mission, and i have only had more than 1 person seriously injured in 2 missions out of over 50 total, so my tactics are working well for me to this point.
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