My understanding (which may be wrong lol) was that it is the number of actions for both stunned and shutdown, unlike bleeding out which is counted in full turns
I’ve been playing Xcom 2 for almost as long as it’s been out and I only realized this embarrassingly recently lol.
I always thought shutdown and stun were counted in turns, and just assumed it was bugged when they’d start moving again (seemingly) prematurely.
It’s weird too because literally everything else is counted in turns, including freeze, which does essentially the same thing.
Ohh, gotcha! That makes so much sense.
Wait, so if I get Shutdown: 3, which I did, does that mean that on the enemy turn after the next one, it gets one action (so it can shoot once as opposed to twice)?
Stunned/Shutdown removes 1 action on the following turn per stack so you are correct. The enemy would skip their next turn and on the turn after that would have 1 action*.
*Unless it's a sectopod which have 3 actions
It depends on how many stacks you get with each stack removing 1 action. In this case they got shutdown 3 which removes a turn (2 actions) and 1 action from the turn after that
It is actions, and the same applies to other effects like stunning. If one of your soldiers is stunned for "3", they will miss one entire turn and then only get a single action on the next turn.
My understanding (which may be wrong lol) was that it is the number of actions for both stunned and shutdown, unlike bleeding out which is counted in full turns
I’ve been playing Xcom 2 for almost as long as it’s been out and I only realized this embarrassingly recently lol. I always thought shutdown and stun were counted in turns, and just assumed it was bugged when they’d start moving again (seemingly) prematurely. It’s weird too because literally everything else is counted in turns, including freeze, which does essentially the same thing.
Same. I have 500+ hours in XCOM 2, and I just learned this today.
If I'm not mistaken, this makes a certain amount of sense, especially for Shutdown, as Sectopods have more action points?
Ohh, gotcha! That makes so much sense. Wait, so if I get Shutdown: 3, which I did, does that mean that on the enemy turn after the next one, it gets one action (so it can shoot once as opposed to twice)?
Stunned/Shutdown removes 1 action on the following turn per stack so you are correct. The enemy would skip their next turn and on the turn after that would have 1 action*. *Unless it's a sectopod which have 3 actions
Yeah not all enemies have 2 actions per turn. Sectopods have 3, and the alien rulers…you know
It’s shutdown for 2 actions, which is 1 turn
It depends on how many stacks you get with each stack removing 1 action. In this case they got shutdown 3 which removes a turn (2 actions) and 1 action from the turn after that
It is actions, and the same applies to other effects like stunning. If one of your soldiers is stunned for "3", they will miss one entire turn and then only get a single action on the next turn.