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[SomTervo]

Hey folks! Quick drop in.

Is it "safe" (by safe I mean: the best possible) to use the "auto sort" staff option in Mother Base? I really don't want to hassle with manually assigning staff to each of the departments but I'm worried is game giving me the "best" staff placement? :/

Are you before or after FOBs?

Doesn't seem safe once you have the Security Team. It seems to just chuck all your guys in Combat Team so you go down to Lvl 0. Security Team.

Otherwise, unless you're trying to beef up one specific department, yeah it seems safe.

So apparently if you play 'Afghan Lullaby' on your iDroid when guards are nearby, they'll fall asleep where they stand. Amazing.

wat

 

[raven777]

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where do I get that? And wasn't that just one of the two possible ways of keeping her? I remember something about not maxingout her loyalty before X mission (don't remember what mission)

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you can also do that but that means you don't have to use her much. The mission that triggers it is very late on, so if you use her a lot you will likely to have maxed her bond by than.

 

[SomTervo]

OT2?! Page 111?! My internet has been out at home. This is a surprise. O_O

A new MGS is big shakes, Battlesnake.

 

[Window]

What happens if you already have the special Intel guy from ground zeroes transfer and you save him again in the Phantom pain? im guessing you don't get two of him?

Just one Kojima yes.

 

[j0hnny_385]

Are you before or after FOBs?

Doesn't seem safe once you have the Security Team. It seems to just chuck all your guys in Combat Team so you go down to Lvl 0. Security Team.

Otherwise, unless you're trying to beef up one specific department, yeah it seems safe.



wat

Before FOB.

Oh man... I really don't like micromanagement on that level. *sigh*

 

[eso76]

Fire them.

Fire them all.

Sort by Abilities, get rid of all the Troublemakers.

Troublemakers cancel each other though.
So if you have two on the same area, they won't cause...troubles.

Hey folks! Quick drop in.

Is it "safe" (by safe I mean: the best possible) to use the "auto sort" staff option in Mother Base? I really don't want to hassle with manually assigning staff to each of the departments but I'm worried is game giving me the "best" staff placement? :/

It's safe, from what i can tell
Not ideal (eg. you don't really need anyone in research when you're not actually developing stuff i think) but it's ok. Sometimes you might want to move one or two guys when you'd rather have a higher support or combat level, but otherwise it's ok.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Can anyone tell me when mother base gets its zoo?

I have just finished mission 15 so I imagine it's fairly soon?

 

[raven777]

Can anyone tell me when mother base gets its zoo?

I have just finished mission 15 so I imagine it's fairly soon?

Check if you have it or not. When you get on to the chopper from MB, click square (PS4) and press triangle to go to the zoo platform.

 

[Revolutionary]

Yep there is lots of stuff you can do with those short audio tapes.

I haven't been able to get Enemy Eliminated to work. Is there a specific way I'm supposed to use it? I hid in a dumpster near some enemies on alert and it just attracted them to me lol

 

[SomTervo]

Before FOB.

Oh man... I really don't like micromanagement on that level. *sigh*

I think you can quite safely skip it. Sometimes I'm in the mood and sometimes I'm not. If you're before FOB, just go ahead and auto-sort.

The only thing it's worth doing occasionally is sorting All Staff by 'Skills', and firing all the ones who are E-E-E-E-E or D-E-E-E-D etc. Periodically clear these guys up so you free up space for better soldiers you encounter as the game progresses. To make this quicker you can press Square/X on Xbox to select multiple guys and fire them all at once. Edit: or see Guess Who's post. You don't need to do this luckily. The game puts worse guys into the Waiting Room.

On the whole it's not hard to avoid the micromanagement.

Troublemakers cancel each other though.
So if you have two on the same area, they won't cause...troubles.

Man... the depth.

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Check if you have it or not. When you get on to the chopper from MB, click square (PS4) and press triangle to go to the zoo platform.

I don't think I do as I mucked around with this. I do know I dont have a guy with the zoologis speciality so maybe I need to extract him first?

 

[Fersis]

Troublemakers cancel each other though.
So if you have two on the same area, they won't cause...troubles.

You can also assign soldiers with the "Diplomat" skill like Hideo :3

 

[Guess Who]

I think you can quite safely skip it. Sometimes I'm in the mood and sometimes I'm not. If you're before FOB, just go ahead and auto-sort.

The only thing it's worth doing occasionally is sorting All Staff by 'Skills', and firing all the ones who are E-E-E-E-E or D-E-E-E-D etc. Periodically clear these guys up so you free up space for better soldiers you encounter as the game progresses. To make this quicker you can press Square/X on Xbox to select multiple guys and fire them all at once.

You don't have to do this. If your team is full and you recruit someone better skilled than someone else in the team it'll kick a less-skilled member to the Waiting Room and insert the better one.

 

[Hystzen]

My new way to piss off guards. Find a patch long grass lie prone then throw empty magazine. When they get close keep constantly throwing empty magazines at them and laugh as they hit him in head and all over.

 

[Sn4ke_911]

 

[SamuraiX-]

What an incredibly subtle way to say "go fuck yourself if you can't appreciate my work." I love it.

Edit: sn4ke pls

 

[Kid Ska]

I think I might be done all of the Side Ops in Afghanistan? I'm at least at the point where no more show up when I get back to the ACC. I guess more could appear as I progress the story, but hopefully not. They've just become so trivial at this late point in the game.

 

[gdt]

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you can also do that but that means you don't have to use her much. The mission that triggers it is very late on, so if you use her a lot you will likely to have maxed her bond by than.

Wait what. I had no idea about any of this. Gonna need to remedy this. Not gonna let it happen.

 

[kahboomkin]

So I started a new play through last night after listening to all the tapes

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because this game isn't as much fun without Quiet

 

[eso76]

I don't think I do as I mucked around with this. I do know I dont have a guy with the zoologis speciality so maybe I need to extract him first?

Yes, I think so.
I found one

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in mission 14 and got the zoo. Wasn't sure it was because of that or the # of rescued animals or some particular species i captured in my last mission, but i think you do need a zoologist

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Holy shit at how fast you are with mobility +3. Is there another upgrade?

 

[SomTervo]

You don't have to do this. If your team is full and you recruit someone better skilled than someone else in the team it'll kick a less-skilled member to the Waiting Room and insert the better one.

Awesome – is the waiting room of infinite size, though? If so, hella yeah.

 

[Omni]

Yes. If you go into your staff list, sort by skill, and kick out everyone with the troublemaker skill, you'll be great.

Fire them.

Fire them all.

Sort by Abilities, get rid of all the Troublemakers.

Okay, cool. Thanks! I wasn't sure if I should try to balance them with others that have qualities that negate instances of trouble and stuff. Suppose it doesn't matter too much right now anyway.

 

[LeonSPBR]

Holy shit at how fast you are with mobility +3. Is there another upgrade?

No mobility 3 is the last one.

 

[Vaga]

So apparently if you play 'Afghan Lullaby' on your iDroid when guards are nearby, they'll fall asleep where they stand. Amazing.

There's an african lullaby also. Too bad the tapes don't last too long.

 

[phoenix296]

Did some Perfect Stealth, No Kills runs of some of the challenge episodes. Not sure how hard it is to replicate the subsistence missions but the rest start at 1800.

Episode 33
Episode 37 (The cheese is real)
Episode 39
Episode 45
Episode 47

 

[bud]

question regarding mission 11:

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i hit quiet a few times with the tranq. figured it'd be interesting to fight her at night, so i used the cigar. and now she's gone. i can't find her. i've ran out in the open for about ten minutes, and she seems to be gone.

is this a bug or is she, like, asleep.

 

[SomTervo]

question regarding mission 11:

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i hit quiet a few times with the tranq. figured it'd be interesting to fight her at night, so i used the cigar. and now she's gone. i can't find her. i've ran out in the open for about ten minutes, and she seems to be gone.

is this a bug or is she, like, asleep.

May be a bug. Restart the mission and all is fine I reckon.

edit: might be on top of the pillar

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she

begins on. Asleep or something. Try climbing up there.

 

[DukeBobby]

Damn, mission 23 was so anticlimactic for me.

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Eli was asleep when I found him, so I just tranqued him and carried him back to the chopper. Mission over in 5 minutes

.

 

[SomTervo]

Damn, mission 23 was so anticlimactic for me.

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Eli was asleep when I found him, so I just tranqued him and carried him back to the chopper. Mission over in 5 minutes

.

Worth playing again and going loud. It's a great fight.

All the missions totally lend themselves to replays.

 

[LeonSPBR]

There's an african lullaby also. Too bad the tapes don't last too long.

Just put them on loop.

 

[shiba5]

question regarding mission 11:

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i hit quiet a few times with the tranq. figured it'd be interesting to fight her at night, so i used the cigar. and now she's gone. i can't find her. i've ran out in the open for about ten minutes, and she seems to be gone.

is this a bug or is she, like, asleep.

I had that happen twice. Restart from checkpoint and she should show back up. You shouldn't have to restart the mission.

 

[Hasney]

Damn, there's a staff limit, probably up to how many platforms you have, I've got my current max of 2100.

 

[Vaga]

Just put them on loop.

No, I meant the tapes are disposable.

 

[Phoenix944]

Damn, there's a staff limit, probably up to how many platforms you have, I've got my current max of 2100.

How many platform do you have ?

 

[Inferno313]

Hey folks! Quick drop in.

Is it "safe" (by safe I mean: the best possible) to use the "auto sort" staff option in Mother Base? I really don't want to hassle with manually assigning staff to each of the departments but I'm worried is game giving me the "best" staff placement? :/

Yeah it's usually pretty good about maximizing your stats across the board. If you're trying to manually grind up R&D over the others or something, then you need to do manual stuff.

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Damn, mission 23 was so anticlimactic for me.

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Eli was asleep when I found him, so I just tranqued him and carried him back to the chopper. Mission over in 5 minutes

.

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This is amazing, they're kids after all. Did you get an S-Rank?

 

[Sheriff_Battlesnake]

A new MGS is big shakes, Battlesnake.

Oh shucks, my father was Battlesnake. You can call me Shery


But yes. I have the honor of playing with my first great friend I made at age 3. He had cancer then, and I have these vague memories of hanging out and playing games equipped with a mask so I didn't germ him during chemo. Anyway, at 24, we've played every MGS together. This one will be slow and plodding, but we are only playing together. It really is an incredible experience with someone you basically became a human with. He was my next door neighbor and we spend every second together. Truly a gift!

 

[Jintor]

Command platform and r and d target challenges are really pissing me off

 

[qa_engineer]

For both the newcomers and OG MGS players here are some excellent combat tips, general tricks, and secrets from Dante & Holly. FYI There is a semi spoiler tied to Quiet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XmZgzRvEiU

 

[DukeBobby]

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This is amazing, they're kids after all. Did you get an S-Rank?

Of course!

 

[Hasney]

How many platform do you have ?

48

 

[TedMilk]

Soldiers will drown in shallow water! You can even see the ripples coming from their mouths as they try to breathe. WOW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUUYF9AKoco&index=3&list=WL

 

[Screaming Meat]

Command platform and r and d target challenges are really pissing me off

I cannot fathom the path for completing the RnD target challenge.

 

[KarmaCow]

Soldiers will drown in shallow water! You can even see the ripples coming from their mouths as they try to breathe. WOW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUUYF9AKoco&index=3&list=WL

Learned this the hard way when a A+ guard died face down in an inch of water. I have a tendency to shoot guards in the chest or leg rather than a headshot because I can't seem to get the double headshot when the other guards starts freaking out, but it sometimes means they fall asleep in a puddle.

 

[nortonff]

So guys, I've ordered the game but haven't received it yet.
I was playing Ground Zeroes yesterday to warm up but I find it a little "meh"...not bad, gameplay is really good and the graphics are nice and fluid, but maybe I expected a little more, since it's just taking a few soldiers down and interrogating them.
Should I be worried?

Any opinion GAF?

 

[bobs...onGaf]

Yes, I think so.
I found one

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in mission 14 and got the zoo. Wasn't sure it was because of that or the # of rescued animals or some particular species i captured in my last mission, but i think you do need a zoologist

Hey thanks a lot! Will go extract me a specialist after work!

 

[TurboButts]

Mission 23 spoilers:

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White Mamba: This might not be one of the more complex and variable missions in the game, but this is at the top of my list of favorite missions so far. Knowing that the kids obviously can't radio in for backup really lets be more aggressive. I was sneaky all the way up to the little drop off the cliff to the clearing in front of the boat. At that point I had quiet perched up on the cliff to the left and had a perfect view of the clearing and all the kids in that area - told her to go ham with her tranq sniper and I stood up and started taking out kids with the rubber bullet SMG making my way towards the boat. Pummeling the kids with rubber bullets was so damn funny to me. It's just so goofy and lightens up this mission that I'm sure Kojima intended to feel a different way. The fight with Eli was pretty cool, and also funny because I'm, again, just pummeling him with rubber bullets while in the background Quiet is just tranq'ing the kids as soon as they wake back up.

Excited to see where this all goes.

 

[bud]

I had that happen twice. Restart from checkpoint and she should show back up. You shouldn't have to restart the mission.

thanks. i'll give that a try.

 

[Nouzka]

Mission 16 spoilers:

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What the hell are you supposed to do against skull soldiers? They pretty much destroy me every time we fight lol. Last time I just run away, but now you have to get the truck also. Is there any good strategy against them in general?