Research Best Approaches

[Rams30]

As a new player playing B-mans mod, what would the veterans recommend as the best alternatives for approaching research?

Thanks in advance!

[bman654]

I personally recommend capturing a live x-com alien and researching it as soon as you have an alien containment facility to open up that branch of the tree.  I usually go for laser weapons also then it just depends on what I need at the time.

Oh, if you don't know which ones are x-com aliens---they are the ones that have kinda blurry graphics.

[Rams30]

Bman thanks. I think I recognize them

How do you ID Alien Leaders (They were green Vipons in the orginal game)?

Thanks

[bman654]

xcom aliens don't have commanders.  Any live xcom alien will work.  Only regular UFOET aliens require commanders for research.  Regular UFOET aliens will have a gold border around the little alien head status icon if it is a commander.