>out of nowhere. in the early game all the enemy spawns make
>sense, but every time I got into what felt like the mid-game
>(crashed alien bases or whatever they were called) enemies
>would suddenly just start spawning out of nowhere in areas I
>had FOV, I'd save scrub and those enemies would already be on
>the map in the area I was advancing toward. This happened to
>be over and over. It was so frustrating.


Did you keep some people on overwatch that could take extra turns when people popped out of nowhere? I did that with my snipers and although you learn your lesson the first time when they ambushed you I made sure not to make that mistake again. It is alien forces you're dealing with so them coming out of nowhere isn't too far fetched lol.