BalancedSoldierRewards.zip

Balanced soldier rewards reduce the power of pre-equalized soldiers, and players can earn them through various means such as Interest Points, VIP missions or by purchasing them in HQ/Black Market.

But why the effort? Pre-equal soldiers are part of XCom 2's comeback mechanics. Their presence makes it possible to train well-trained soldiers even after multiple defeats in an ongoing campaign But in my opinion, the implementation of this mechanic, while interesting, is a bit too forgiving. I have multiple cases where I lost my best sniper (a Major) and the game gave me a better Colonel for free. This also negates one of the game's main design goals: to allow you to grow with your soldiers as they train.

This mod changes the following aspects:

In later stages of the game, the level of rewarded soldiers is randomized. Reward Soldiers can be sergeants, lieutenants or captains. If you get stuck, you will no longer gain new majors or even colonels! This would make the later stages of the game less forgiving, but in reality, the late game is a bit too easy. The mod in its default state does not change early game play and should not interact with captured soldiers!

The mod supports ini editing, so if you want to get rid of the randomization aspect of the mod, or even want to trick yourself into some juicy early game colonels, go ahead and take a look at the XComBSR.ini located in the mods Config folder.

This is my first mod, so if you find any bugs please let me know :). Tested this mod and it seems to work fine. It is compatible with ongoing campaigns. The mod should be compatible with other mods as long as they do not change the handling or leveling of rewarded soldiers. mod overrides class X2StrategyElement_DefaultRewards

Inastallation: Copy the BalancedSoldierRewards folder into the [steam]\steamapps\common\XCOM 2\XComGame\Mods folder. Activate the mod in the XCOM 2 launcher