
A new game does not have to be started to access the new content when the DLC is installed, but players will be unable to access the story mission until they do so.The Frozen status effect along with abilities and items that can inflict it.As with the weapons, if you lose the suit, you cannot rebuild the armor. That research allows you to create a specialized suit of armor with unique abilities. After you kill a ruler you can autopsy it. Therefore if you lose them in a mission, you lose them forever. While they are adept at taking on the rulers, they can only be built once. There is only one copy of each ruler per game and killing them unlocks impressive rewards. Three alien rulers that can appear on any mission.Bradford not only provides intelligence but personally accompanies you on this mission. A story mission in which XCOM investigate the rulers.Additional cosmetic upgrades to soldiers and the Avenger are included, as well as a new epic mission where Central Officer Bradford leads a squad with the guidance of an old friend. If you already own the Reinforcement Pack or the XCOM 2: Digital Deluxe Edition, don’t purchase this DLC separately as you will be charged for it.Transform the soldiers of XCOM into an elite alien hunting squad with impressive new weapons and armor to face off against new alien Rulers that will pursue your squad across an entire campaign. It requires XCOM 2 and Mac OS X 10.11.2 or higher to play. The Icarus Suit, for example, is outfitted with powerful boosters enabling its wearer to fly around the map.Īlien Hunters is available from Steam and the Feral Store for $9.99. Three new suits of armor can also be constructed, one from each of the alien Ruler corpses, and will endow the wearer with unique tactical abilities. There are four new weapons: the Bolt Caster, a high damage single-shot weapon the Hunter’s Axe, a powerful blade weapon that can be thrown at enemies or used to dispatch foes at close range the Frost Bomb grenade, which can temporarily freeze targets and the ShadowKeeper pistol, which grants its user the Shadowfall ability, an ability that guarantees a hit and places its user in concealment if the target is killed. If you can’t take out a Ruler quick enough, it will escape to fight another day. Ruler aliens will show up at random during a campaign and they are highly intelligent: each has its own unique behavior and tactics. Available to buy separately, or as part of the Reinforcement Pack, Alien Hunters DLC features a narrative-driven mission, new weapons and armor, a new Hunter’s Lodge facility in the Avenger, plus three new “Ruler” alien units to combat. Alien Hunters, the second DLC pack for XCOM 2, is out now.
