Quote Originally Posted by Sir Moody View Post
don't mourn them - that is what they are for

seriously however you should rotate rookies into your ranks early on to build up a solid core of troops - later it really isn't possible since they will panic CONSTANTLY

if you spend the first few months rotating in rookies you should be able to take a few hard knocks and be able to replace losses without having to fall back on rookies
Yeah I think I really messed up, that's been my one blunder on this go. I've got about 10 really good vets but I'm one bad mission away from being in a really tough spot. Rookies just don't have the ability to go face to face with Mind Control in the way I hoped. I should have rotated in many more rookies around June (i'm in November now, classic) instead of focusing on my A squad.

there is no feeling worse in classic than rushing a soldier forwards only to expose a Sectopod... those guys are just EVIL
I haven't had a terrible moment with Sectopods yet as I've been extremely careful (and lucky) when encountering them. I always roll with 2 heavies with HEAT rounds, suppression, mayhem and Dangerzone. If they see a Sectopod it's time to bulletstorm that into oblivion.