# I'm having an issue with Xcom the long war

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-xcom-the-long-war/969328>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** video-games-e-games\
**Created:** [August 8, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-xcom-the-long-war/969328 "2022-08-08T23:04:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-xcom-the-long-war/969328/1 "2022-08-08T23:04:38Z")

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If you haven’t tried this mod, do so! Beating the regular game on the hardest difficulty they call ‘the tutorial’ for The Long War!

Anyways…the issue

One of my best soldiers is named DeSantis (names are assigned randomly). I keep having to fight the urge to send him into overly dangerous positions.

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**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-xcom-the-long-war/969328/2 "2022-08-08T23:42:08Z")

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There is a 95% chance he’ll be fine.

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**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-an-issue-with-xcom-the-long-war/969328/3 "2022-08-09T14:07:34Z")

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I’ll order the casket now.