Quote Originally Posted by easytarget View Post
I don't know what to make of this one, the only way to shoot at something is in LOS, so there's really no choice but to close on them, and no choice but to take "pot shots" at them because what's the other option? Not shooting at them?

I have the misfortune of no heavies and no snipers, that's just the luck of the draw, I however have assaults and rookies, so you can do the math on what my options are in a four man squad with two rookies and two assaults.

If I go into hunker down there will be no shots, not only do they fire more accurately, their movement range is greater than mine and they can move either to close faster than I can cope with or flank faster.
Thin men in full cover are easy to deal with. Normal grenades will pop their cover and leave them with 1 health, thus avoiding the resource destruction you get by grenading sectoids. I routinely hunker down to survive the thin man volleys, then grenade them with one soldier and slaughter the uncovered survivors with the rest. Explosives are your friend! Cover destruction is a very important thing and you should utilize it regularly. Overwatch is, quite honestly, not of much use on harder difficulties due to the aim penalties. It's generally only decent when you've got high level soldiers with great aim and/or classes with feats that remove the reaction shot aim penalties. For low level people who will take those penalties, better to spend your time hunkering down so that you make it to the next turn intact.