How about this:

Q1: you got like 6 Merc's in 3 squads and with each of those you try to kill an different enemy simultaneously at different spots on the map. How does that play out?

Q2: With all the plain and cold interfaces and especially with the "unbelievable" portraits, do you feel JA2 Atmosphere at all?

Q3: Can you create your own "IMP" Merc at the beginning?

Is there really only one attachment allowed per gun?
Also: how are those new experience points handled? Do mercs get them for every kind of action (repairing, lockpicking, medicking...) or only for kills? Is only the merc who got in the final shot awarded XP or everybody who hits a target? Do all mercs in a squad get "bonus XP" when the last enemy is killed, are there "Global XP" for achieving greater quests/missions?

What about the "armory"? What variety of weapons can be expected from the preview version?
Have you had any experience with explosives and those "fixed application spots" yet?

How are lines of sight/fire handled, apart from the absence of FOW and what about rooftop fighting?

Did you play night ops?

Attachments are tied more to the merc than to the gun. Each merc has one attachment slot that you can fill.

There are TONS of different weapons and they have great detail both in design and in stats.

You can shoot trough windows and even windows that are boarded up

Peal

Q1: you got like 6 Merc's in 3 squads and with each of those you try to kill an different enemy simultaneously at different spots on the map. How does that play out?

Q1: I don't think it does. As far as I can tell, going into a combat creates something of an 'instance' that has to be resolved before you can move to different parts of the map, the same as before. You can have multiple active squads in the same location though.

@Swaller

You just totally avoided a TON of questions.

I will certainly avoid you from now on

1) Experience is gained through kills and distributed in a standard RPG fashion (assign points manually to all relevant areas).

2) Line of sight works quite well. In Plan&Go, you can see the fov of your own mercs and that of soldiers, giving you great insight in whether you are safe or if you can hit someone.

3) Rooftop fighting is definitely in, though it's not easy sneaking up on enemy soldier guarding the stairs.

Experience is gained through kills and distributed in a standard RPG fashion (assign points manually to all relevant areas).

Eh, what does that mean exactly?

well , guessing here , but usually after a number of kills/actions accumulates , gaining experience , a screen will come up allowing you to 'spend' points in beefing up whatever you may wish to add to your character .

Spend points (seems to be seven with every level) in areas such as dexterity, strength, marksmanship etc etc.

For now though, stick to 1.13 safe in the knowledge that JA doesn

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1. In the preview build, other assignments do indeed not add XP, though I have no problem getting my docs and mechanics to upgrade as they shoot too. Perks most definitely exist though. The IMP mercenary is not in.

2. In P&G you can see them. In real time you are more or less aware where they are. FOV for your mercs is used to determine if they can actually hit a target and no, you can't shoot anyone outside your mercs FOV. I haven't played around with night vision goggles yet and scopes -seem- to lengthen the FOV.

3. So far, every town has had several roofs you can climb on and many other locations have them too. The new maps have more 'verticality' and there are some places where going higher up is just part of the street as well (in Grumm, for instance, there's two story building complex with a street servicing the top story that overlooks a square - which you'll no doubt turn red when playing). There are also a lot of elevated areas that are sort of in between, like ramps leading from street level to a door half way below street level: good places to take cover.

Lowest I've seen is 7, most I have seen I think was 40. I haven't seen reinforcements come in yet, but I've been told the AI is still being worked on so that may change. The Queen sends goons to take back a 'sector' (it would still be a sector, but not squared off, it's more of an "area of influence thing") and when she does, she sends quite a few. Defending from that can be quite challenging and it feels very rewarding when you succeed.

I guess like 5 times larger or so.

... but in BiA the stance decides aim accuracy instead of the user right clicking.
I'll play more 1.13 and BiA tomorrow.