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[WOTC] Rookies Equip Anything (+RPGO)

This allows Rookies to equip just about any primary and secondary equipment with a simple ini edit adding each weapon category I could think of to their allowed equipment list. Rookies now support vanilla game equipment such as Assault Rifles, Pistols, Sniper Rifles, Gatling Cannons, Shotguns, Vektor Rifles, Bullpups, Gauntlets, as well as support (but do not require) modded equipment such as Long War Secondaries, Primary Secondaries, Immolators/Chemthrowers, Boltcasters, Necromancer Staves, Lightsabers, Saberstaffs, Shields, Disposable and Non-Disposable Rocket Launchers, Smart Pistols, Glaives, Primary Grenade Launchers, Psionicly Guided Bows, and an Empty equipment for the secondary slot from the Samurai class.

I thought the distinguished special operations soldiers of XCOM deserved a wider range of tactical options more befitting to the situation and their personalities. Certainly these warriors should find some proficiency in a wider arsenal of point-and-shoot (or in the blade's case, slice-and-dice) weaponry, aye? Perhaps these Rookies get to experiment with the arsenal before settling into a specialization, or continue to utilize the full arsenal with mods like RPGOverhaul or my Superclasses. Commander's Choice!

I have not tested this for vanilla XCOM 2, but theoretically it should work fine with or without the WOTC expansion.
This mod should be compatible with anything, as it is only a basic ini edit.

Enjoy, Commander.

NOTE: Finding a way to add the necessary abilities to use some of the weapons, mainly the secondaries, is beyond my skill with XCOM's engine and beyond the scope of this mod. This means that some equipment might not be usable to Rookies, like the Pistol, Blade (secondary), Arc Thrower, and Holotargeter. I recommend acquiring a mod or two that associates the basic use abilities with the equipment themselves (as it should have been from the beginning) like the mod Pistol Gets Standardshot or RPGOverhaul.

UPDATE: Now includes support for RPG Overhaul's Universal Soldier class, allowing the full arsenal including mod-added weapons to be utilized by the RPGO class at the Commander's behest. This mod will still work with or without RPGO.