I wonder if it's even possible to do this battle so early, if you're not expecting it and preparing for it.

But then I never bothered picking up the enemies weapons during battle, I just stuck to the rifle/pistol thingies I had. But yesterday I found out it's actually a huge difference wheter you use a GOOD rifle or a bad one.

(I thought they were all more or less the same ^^)

And unless I have an income of some sorts I feel under pressure to take the mine as quickly as I can, or else my mercs will leave when I run out of money.

Oh yes... is there a way to sell the guns/ammo I get from dead enemies?

Hm and about Chitzena, like I said I felt that the enemies there were a lot stronger, and there seem to be no terrain that I could take advantage off. So I just lie there between some trees and the enemies do the same.

The thing about suppressive fire is interesting. I wouldn't have thought such a thing would work. But it shows the programmers put a lot of thought into game mechanics. =)

However there's always the issue of common sense versus game mechanics in a game like this one... Like with the trees. Of course I'd say hide behind a tree, but then in a game I think the tree would block my merc's field of view and I'd have to step out from behind it for shooting.

It's the same with corners: I can hide behind the corner of a building, but if I want to fire at the enemy I have to actually step around the corner and expose myself. There's no way of leaning and firing around the corner while just exposing a little.
I'm not sure how the game works in this regard.

It's also hard to figure out how stealth works I think. I can set my mercs to move in "stealth" but will that only reduce the sound they make?

I was trying to sneak up on an enemy while I was lying down and approaching with stealth mode on, but then suddenly he turned around and shot at me. =(
If it only decreases the sound, I could approach them in walking mode as well. Crawling uses up AP so fast, and it's annoying when I crawl up all the way to an enemy and then he'll still notice me. That stealth thing is really hard to figure out.

When I was in San Mona and trying to see Tony, the store guy wouldn't let me in there, so I tried walking next to him, turning sneak on and throwing a knife at him, but it didn't work. All the town turned aggressive against me even when I beat him down without firing a shot. Hmmm, but then this might just be something the game does so you don't go around killing people.

Is there any good way to learn about how stealth and sneaking really works?

Also I tried to use a grenade, but somehow my merc could only throw it like 3 or 4 squares away. That's strange because to me it doesn't look like a safe distance. Like some shrapnels might hit the merc. But when she did it, it even came like 3 squares off and didn't hurt anyone. Isn't that odd? I mean for what's supposed to be a trained mercenary...

something to remember when using suppressors and throwing knives.

if you miss, bullets and knives banging off surfaces like walls and trees still make noise, which generally seems to alert enemies in the vicinity of your presence.

the AIs generally seem to chase to your last heard position. if you make additional noise or they can see you from that point they will move to your next last known position.

trees don't block your LOS much. there's a very thin cone where they obstruct sight and it's hard to judge correctly.

no leaning. but that works to your advantage.
step out when they haven't seen you and shoot.
then wait for any reinforcements.

it's a good idea to keep a stealthed observer watching the corner though. if they stop at the corner they can step around before you can interrupt on the next turn. at which point you either have to run. or use a grenade. grenades generally have low effects beyond 2 sq for minis and 3 for regulars. you have to land it on or right next to for good effect.

ranges in JA2 are a little wonky. they seem to convert to about 10m/sq.

hanz needs to get rid of a pest before he lets you see tony. i think there's a video lying around somewhere in town that'll fix the problem.

hostility seems to work on a faction system.

I thought that night ops would just affect visual range and that it could be replaced by wearing night vision goggles.

Hmm and for guns, there's the option of applying either a silencer or a muzzle flash reducer, but not both. But I assume the silencer is a better choice? On the other hand, a muzzle flash at night SHOULD be visible at quite a long range. However the maximum range of a view doesn't seem to be very high.

Oh, so when I pick only one trait, my merc will be an expert there? As opposed to picking two.

But what if I pick none?

And about the camouflage only working in the woods... I think it's annoying the game doesn't tell anything about things like that at the point where you get to pick traits. Just like with that silent running and some other things. How do you know all those things?

How do you know all those things?

Originally there was only one sort of camo that worked everywhere. Purists hated that so someone split camo up into three more reasonable things. At that point they decided to make the camo perk the same as woodland camo. Whoever did that would have to answer as to why.

I was wondering why my main man Shadow was suddenly so innefective when fighting in the desert/town.

Whoeever did this and butchered this skill will have to fix this or he'll be shot, hung and ran over by a buick!