It was so effective that the expansion and the entire sequel was built to break the ability for it to work

And it didn't even work at first. 'The Beaglerush Maneuver' specifically "exploited" overwatch by having a soldier intentionally set off a patrol during the alien turn by standing out in the open. The pod would then try to run for cover only to get caught in an overwatch trap.

This was hot fixed so that any pod stumbling upon a soldier in the open like this would instead just shoot the very flanked X-Com operative, which meant a lot of bonuses to the attack being made and likely a soon to be very dead X-Com operative.

It was so effective that the expansion and the entire sequel was built to break the ability for it to work

And it didn't even work at first. 'The Beaglerush Maneuver' specifically "exploited" overwatch by having a soldier intentionally set off a patrol during the alien turn by standing out in the open. The pod would then try to run for cover only to get get caught in an overwatch trap.

This was hot fixed so that any pod stumbling upon a soldier in the open like this would instead just shoot the very flanked X-Com operative, which meant a lot of bonuses to the attack being made and likely a soon to be very dead X-Com operative.

It was so effective that the expansion and the entire sequel was built to break the ability for it to work

And it didn't even work at first. 'The Beaglerush Maneuver' specifically "exploited" overwatch by having a soldier intentionally set off a patrol during the alien turn by standing out in the open. The pod would then try to run for cover only to get get caught in an overwatch kill box.

This was hot fixed so that any pod stumbling upon a soldier in the open like this would instead just shoot the very flanked X-Com operative, which meant a lot of bonuses to the attack being made and likely a soon to be very dead X-Com operative.