XCOM: Gears Tactics Perk Pack [BETA]

This is my take on porting the perks and classes from Gears: Tactics perks to XCOM 2. It is not an exact port of the perks as they function in GT, since X2 environment is quite different. I have taken certain liberties with some perks and how they work, but most perks work quite similarly in spirit. More details about the perks can be found in the Readme in the mod folders.

Note that I made this a few months back and have had very little time since to polish the mod. Since I am not sure when I will have time for active modding again, I at least wanted to get this out there and encourage people to play with and adapt it as they see fit. I will link the github repo here soon as well. In the meantime, you can checkout the ReadMe.txt file included in the mod folder for a brief description of the classes and the perks

I have done a quick playthrough with the Gears Tactics classes and while they all mostly work as expected, there may be some bugs (but nothing game-breaking I hope), the localization is likely going to be all over the place and many of the parameters are not exposed to user configuration. If all this does not deter you, feel free to give this a try….

Here is a brief overview of what the classes are. For people who cannot be bother to open up a text file, here is a link to the skills from Gears Tactics which are mostly what the class perks are based on: https://www.gearstactics.com/game-guide/classes/

The Support class is all about unlocking the power and potential of the entire squad through buffs and healing.

Primary: Assault Rifle
Secondary: Gremlin

The Vanguard class are fearless front-line fighters equipped to absorb more damage and draw aggression.

Primary: Bullpup
Secondary: Sword

Bringing massive firepower able to deal with groups of targets, the Heavy is also a powerhouse when using direct fire attacks and overwatch.

Primary: Cannon
Secondary: Grenade Launcher

The Scout uses cloak and mobility to get up close and personal.

Primary: Shotgun
Secondary: Knife

The Sniper is a deadly sharpshooter that is able to use precision shots to take out high threat targets from across the battlefield or use pistols for pretty crazy action economy.

Primary: Sniper
Secondary: pistol

Community Highlander, Community Promotion Screen and LW2 Secondary Weapons are hard requirements.
I have tried this mainly in a vanilla setting, but I assume this should work with LWOTC/CI as well, since it does not modify any of the framework that those mods add. Feel free to try them out and comment if there are incompatibilities to be found

• Splash Damage, The Coalition and Xbox Game Studios for developing and publishing Gears Tactics. I do not claim any ownership of any material in this mod which is taken/inspired from the game.
• xylthixlm for the all the perk icons used and Ketaros for the class icons
• The usual suspects over at the modder’s discord (Iridar, robojumper, Xymanek, RustyDios, Mitzruti and countless others) for indulging, inspiring and assisting me through this and countless other small mods that will probably never see the light of day