xcom-enemy-unknown
I'm on my third XCOM campaign (normal difficulty) in an attempt to keep any countries from quitting the coalition and it is very clearly not working. My troops are strong enough to handle the early missions, but since there's no way to handle abductions in three places at once, on average this results in six additional points of panic.
Is there a strategy that keeps all sixteen countries in the coalition? Is there a maximum difficulty level on which it will work?
I don't believe there are any stun-capable weapons/soldiers in the demo - which is weird since they make a big deal out of asking you to capture one alive. In the full game soldiers have specific gear that allows them to stun and capture aliens (although from what I read, it ain't easy!)
Yes, there is. On the Select Difficulty screen, click the "Advanced Options" button to see a check box for this:
Once the tutorial has started, I don't believe there is any way to skip it besides quitting out and starting the game again.
Best Answer
I found it rather easy on normal difficulty.
Keep in mind that after you assault alien base you get 2 panic reduction worldwide.
Build more satellites and satellite control facilities. This is extremely important.
Deploy satellites either 4 days before end of month or in countries that are about to leave the council.
Always go to special missions, these give panic reduction in specific countries.
On classic difficulty it is more difficult though as you have less spare resources for satellites.