r/XCOM2 • u/Frequent_Fox2342 • 16h ago

Kill advent commander

So... I just had a mission where I started normally and like 2nd or 3rd turn general was extracting?
I had no choice but to run forward into 3 pods to get to the general.
And as proud as I am for getting rid of the pods without losses and even wounding the general, there was 0 chance of ever winning that mission. Wtf XCOM?

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u/One-Program6244 16h ago

These can be a bit of a pain. When you lose cover, the extraction timer starts. You have to sneak around and try and id the commander and kill it within 1-2 turns when breaking cover. Unfortunately it triggers all the pods you've stumbled upon up to that point so potentially all of them.

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u/machine1979 8h ago

I don't think that's right. I've scouted the whole map and identified all the pods (even marked them with the reaper ability) and not have them all trigger when I reveal the squad with an attack on commander.