@Scryer: :3 I'd be happy with an 8 man crew. Mods should be as easy as skyrim and fallout yes?

@Julien Meunier-Sanquer: You say that as if every pod doesn't try to casually walk into LoS when you engage the first pod.

How about you don't go and activate another pod while you have one active?

@Nos Rin; Yes, but there are mods to increase the max.

As a non-xcom player, I do not understand anything happening in this comment section.

In Long War pod sizes grow as game goes. I think I have seen a nine floaters pod.

I've never really had much issues with the early game. It's mostly just about being careful about when you reveal yourself and how you use your grenades. As for the pods, I never thought they were bad either, since as the game continues, you usually have to trigger more than one at a time.

Problem with Xcom EU as well.

If you don't like the pod limits just switch to long war it adresses all your grivences.
I also think that the new DLC ads a lot of extra factors that makes encounters more varied with the chosen randomly joining fights.
Plus the whole theme of the game is this "covert guerrilla" feel encounters.

I always wonder why they didn't make an Advent campaign. I think it would be kinda fun.

I think early game encourages stealth.

I just startet a new XCOM 2 campaign with War of the Chosen, and the "enemy pods" in the first matches actually did contain only 2 aliens.

And then there's Mario + Rabbids with a limit of 3.

i hated the max was 6 in xcom1. i really wanted 7-8. would have been nice. 10-12 may have been overkill lol.
what's the max squad in 2? same?

And this is why most of us tune in to NerfNow, the cutified monster girls. Memba the Starcraft gals?

I think the opposite (making enemy pods smaller early game) would be a better way to go.

Honestly, I just want an Advent campaign.

My biggest griped with modern XCom-wannabe are the "pods" themselves. Kind of a dumb structure to begin with

Advent: claim it's for the burgers. Join cause of the cute snake ladies.

And because of the burgers.