I've changed my mind about Mechanicus 2
I was back and forth on whether I was enjoying it or not. Put some more time into it and I'm loving it. Each one of the hero units has fun builds and combinations with squads. I do understand the criticism of have the random squads and rng traits. I did like having an army like xcom and equipping them, progressing, etc. But this new set up keeps things fresh with the randomization and also allows me to focus on the hero units/builds instead of managing an entire army.