God, I love those fights where things seem like they are about to spiral totally out of control, but you somehow hold it together to pull out victory.
I was assaulting a landed supply ship. Immedetially, two sectoid commanders, who mind control one guy, the other one i was able to take out quickly.
My Shiv moves back and supresses the mind controlled (squaddie assault) trooper.
I see on opening on the right, the commander is on a ledge, and there's a door from the outside so I can get a perfect flank. Awesome I think, and move my heavy and Support into position, while My assault moves to get an angle on the escape in case the little fuck runs away. I've lost vision on the sectoid at this point, but I figure he won't give up his nice high ground.
Next turn, aliens move, supressed squaddie doesn't do anything. My flanking force open the door.
SURPRISE, the sectoid commander decided to move to a fortified position, and a cyberdisk took his place. My support takes a shot and then my heavy goes, Figuring he can't be far, my heavy lauches a shredder, which promptly slams into the wall, damaging my support and leaving him totally exposed.
Thankfuly everyone survives, and my heavy can now one shot the cyber disk. But man, I thought for sure that cyber disk would down my support. But he left that for the set of Muton Elites that patrolled into my ass three turns later, along with the sectopod and 4 more mutons. Thankfully I had a moment to breath before I got two sets of Muton/Beserkers forces at once. For a moment I'd thought that I was going to wipe, but the only casualties were my Shiv and lt. support. Just a crazy fight.
I kind of wish the AI was a bit more agressive in patrols, those fights where you feel like you are constantly being pushed are more interesting than the ones where you have to constantly flush out the enemies in small groups.
