Shift
Tactics
Tactics noun - The means or procedure for doing something.
Usage example: used dishonest tactics to win election to the town council
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Such changes included a shift to third-person, a greater emphasis on tactics, and the alien antagonists going from Starfish Aliens to Sectoids and other familiar X-COM species.
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It didn't help that the SI really built up the foes that they believed they were going to be fighting, so they stopped underestimating their foesnote The Dark Kingdom thinks that instead of just the Sailor Senshi, they are now also fighting Jedi, resulting in a significant shift in tactics.
Source: Fanfic / Sleeping with the Girls -
Realistically, it would cause a significant shift in armored cavalry tactics (use of more infantry screens, less use of armor in built-up terrain, etc), but not a complete decommissioning of the entire armored cavalry branch.
Source: Hollywood Tactics
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