Quote Originally Posted by easytarget View Post
Agreed, their animations are some of the best in the game. The problem I have with them, especially in I/C, is that they are insanely accurate. So my guys end up making a bunch of wild shots with their crappy starter weapons and miss a lot of course while these guys kill off my troops one shot'ing them.

I just had a guy killed behind full cover and this thin man was not near by, and he wasn't even remotely flanking, in fact he was at an angle to the inside of the full cover which just so happened to be a large truck.

Really hard to rank guys up with this stuff happening early.

It's one of many things that strangely makes the game difficulty curve completely out of whack. The first 3 months are harder than any other part of the campaign, and sections of the ending are so easy they really prove no challenge at all, to say nothing of the actual ending.
I agree with their frustrating level of accuracy. Actually, what I have experienced so far is that aliens in general have their accuracy increased. If you are somewhat exposed, there is no way they are missing, not even your typical home-use basic aliens. And when they do not, they splash criticals like confettis all over an award-winner.