Vigilo Confido Commanders!

We heard of a new Soldier Class, that is fighting out there. Maybe we should make contact and recruit some of these fighters. Now we can send Tanks on the battlefield!

Adds the Tank Class to the game, a fully custom soldier class with 17 custom soldier abilities and 1 GTS ability. Also custom FX included. This is an additional soldier class and does not override other classes or gameplay mechanics.

UPDATE NEWS:
V1.0.6
-balanced the main stats of the tank.
-new translations: german, spanish; cleaned up some code to allow fully translation and config edits.
-own class logo and GTS picture.
-updated SHIELD HIT: damage is now based on equipped weapon technology and is disorienting the target.
-updated PROTECTION PROTOCOL: should now work proper with other abilities, can now used with aid protocol.
-new perk: STEADFAST it replaces SELF CONTROL.
-new perk: REVENGE it replaces THREAT RESISTANCE.
-new perk: BALLISTIC VESTS
-new perk: TEAM SHIELD
-CHALLENGE is only avaiable through AWC.
-much more...

V1.0.5
21.7.2016 New perk avaiable called: "PRE FIRE". It replaces the vanilla UNTOUCHABLE.

V1.0.4
18.07.2016 New perk avaiable called: "COMBAT DRUGS". It replaces MASOCHIST. MASOCHIST is now no longer avaiable in the abilitytree but you can still get it from AWC. Changed the picture of COVER PROTECTION.

V1.0.3
13.07.2016 New perk avaiable called "DECOY". Changed Perk order. THREAT RESISTANCE is now combining with EVER SAFE. Changed GTS Perk. More AWC Abilities. SHIELD PROTOCOL is now PROTECTION PROTOCOL. WILL TO SURVIVE is now COVER PROTECTION. Gremlin can hack. Changed how HERE I AM works. Much more...

V1.0.2
19.05.2016 added now ability support for equipping better gremlins. HERE I AM is now a free Action. Main HP are lightly reduced. SHIELD PROTOCOL now gives shield, depending on your equipped gremlin.

V1.0.1
13.5.2016 added for the Alien Hunter DLC an update, which should now fix the problem that the tank could not equip armor.

TANK CLASS

Tanks are known for their high survivability in the battlefield. By their outstanding resilience, they withstand even strong attacks.

Left Tree:   Survival

Right Tree: Battle

Primary weapon:        rifle, canon or shotgun

Secondary weapon:    gremlin

Same nicknames as grenadier class for now.

GTS ABILITIES

GTS ability supplies are balanced for all difficulties.

Resilience:  Enemy attacks against tanks suffer a -50 penalty to critical hit chances.

SOLDIER ABILITIES

Squaddie:
Hack: Tanks can now hack with there gremlins but the hack stats of the tanks are normal like the other soldiers (expect specialist). The vanilla perk.
Here I Am: Lowers your defense to make the enemies attacking you and not your squadmates.
Ballistic Vests: Gain +2 extra points of armor, if you equipp a vest on this soldier.
Protection Protocol: Generate with your gremlin an energyshield, which grants you different bonuses. Bonuses: +3 Shield HP, +25% dodge, +30% melee damage reduction, +30% explosive damage reduction. These Boni are becoming better with higher tier gremlins.

1.SURVIVAL  2.BATTLE

Corporal:
1.Steadfast: Never panic as a result of getting wounded, or allies getting killed. Also gain immunity to stun.
2.Shield Hit: Gain free melle attacks if an enemy gets close, which will disorient on a hit. Only active if Protection Protocol is activated.

Sergeant:
1.Decoy: Gain one free mimic beacon item for your inventory.
2.Combat Drugs: Gain one free overdrive serum item for your inventory.

Lieutenant:
1.Cover Protection: Reduced damage by 25% if in cover and not flanked.
2.Shock Absorbant Armor: Reduced damage by 33% from enemies within 4 tiles.

Captain:
1.Team Shield: Activate an area of effect energy shield. It grants this soldier and teammates shield HP for the rest of the mission.
2.Revenge: When targeted by enemy fire, automatically fire back with your primary weapon once per turn.

Major:
1.Ever Safe: You are granted an automatically Protection Protocol at the end of your turn if you only move.
2.PRE FIRE: When targeted by enemy fire, automatically fire a preemptive reaction shot with your primary weapon once per turn.

Colonel:
1.Survival Training: Hunker Down, heal from fire, poison, acid and regenerate 2Hp to a maximum of 6Hp.
2.Last Chance: Once per mission, instead of dying heal to 5 Hp and activate Protection Protocol.

AWC ABILITIES
AWC abilities can now be changed in the config folder of the Tank Class, if you do not want one of them for the AWC.
Tanks can not get "Phantom" and "Resilience" from AWC.

- Here I Am, - Cover Protection, -Decoy, -Combat Drugs, - Shock Absorbant Armor, -Pre Fire, -Survival Training - Masochist, -Challenge, -Steadfast, -Ballistic Vests, -Team Shield, -Revenge;

Masochist: Gain +10 aim and +10crit if your health is under 50%.
Challenge: Challenge an enemy and make him to your main foe. You will recieve +10 aim, +10crit and also motivating (+1 mobility, +5
aim, +5 crit) nearby squadmates.

INI CONFIG
Most values can be optimized in the correct .ini file of this mod.

LANGUAGES
English, German, Spanish;

The screenshots were made with german settings. Anyone who want to make a translation can post it in the steam translation discussion and i will implement it in the next update.

COMPABILITY
If you use "LW Perk Pack" mod and this mod together, with the "LW Tank Class" mod, you should get two versions of the tank, one normal and one with LW Perk Pack integration, but i recommend you to not use this mod with the "LW Tank Class" mod together, because i have not tested it.

Compatibel with other mods. Compatibel for all DLCs. Also compatibel without DLCs. Compatibel for Long War Perk Pack.

No compability bugs known yet.

KNOWN BUGS
No bugs known yet.

CREDITS
Thanks for the whole modding community. It was a real funny time for me to make this mod (sometimes also frustrating :D) and i hope you enjoy playing with it.

Thanks for "Abraham the Heavy" who made the class icon.
Thanks for "Papas con Mojo" who made the spanish translation.

DONATIONS
This mod like the others is for free. If you enjoy playing with the Tank Class, you can consider to vote for this mod.

If you want to make the mod author happy, you can also spend some coffeemoney (big green donation Button). I will appreciate that :)

LINKS
Also available on Steam: Steam Workshop Tank Class

Check out my Long War Tank Class, if you are playing with Long War Perk Pack mod. Long War Tank Class

TROUBLESHOOTING
As any XCOM 2 mods do, saving a game with a mod enabled will cause the save game only work if and only if the mod is enabled, since this is a tactical game mod there shouldn't be missing content after disabling the mod as long as you don't save in tactical games, so for now you'll have to use this mod to fix it if you decide to disable the mod
Ignore Missing Content Mod

Problems? Follow this guide first! it may solve your problems (applies to all mods).
Mod Guide

FUTURE TODO
- own ability pictures (maybe someone of the community can help with it.)
- optimize visualizations
- new GTS ability which adds something to reduce the wound recovery
- rework the Challenge ability
- add more custom abilities (i have some great ideas)
- maybe integrate some spark abilities for example "intimidate"