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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain |OT2| A Franchise Robbed Of Its Future
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Always-honest
Banned
Why not just go along with what happens? Getting spotted is just when another type of fun starts.
Okay, I need to vent.
Playing mission 42 now
Fucking hell, why did they feel the need to put this shit in the game? Didn't they have the time or money to make actual
?
Playing mission 42 now
and it just cements how utterly fucking horrible the skulls forces boss fight encounters are... they are literally fucking garbage. Cheap one hit kills, bullet sponges with shields that recharge, jumping/teleporting around nonsensically in big open areas while shooting you at all times, hard to avoid stone projectiles that nearly instantly kills you, CQC parries that barely works etc. It wasn't fun fighting them them in the non-extreme missions, but this is just bullshit. Lazy and awful game design.
Fucking hell, why did they feel the need to put this shit in the game? Didn't they have the time or money to make actual
boss fights
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Super Stardust
Member
I just finished mission 45
I didn't get any new missions so was this the end of the game? The last one I have is 50
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Mission 46 is technically the end of the game, I guess. It's the last piece of story content.
Just do Side-Ops until the story stuff unlocks. Still not great, but better than those garbage rehashed missions. Every 2-3 side ops should trigger something.
Keep your expectations low for the payoff though.
Ame
Member
I'm enjoying MGSV, but this is one of the very few things I hated the most. Putting a road block in front the player in terms of the story progression is dumb.
Oh don't worry, my expectations of this so called "story" are very, very low.
Yeah, I would like to know too
Yes, not sure how long it takes. But they definitely do.
Yes.
eso76
Member
I thought that's what I had to do (didn't listen to relevant tapes on the subject yet) but the thing being an absolute chore had me thinking it had to be something else; something you could manage more easily / quickly.
Eww..
The ones with a flag are out on combat deployment and you just need to quarantine them when their deployments finish.
Super Stardust
Member
isnt mission 46 just a repeat of the start of the game? Also is there any way to get quiet back as a buddy to help me with side ops or is the only other option a new game?
SJRB
Gold Member
....just play the mission.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
The part you play is the same, bookending cutscenes are different though. And yup, unless you're on PC. In which case you can mod her back in
Lanrutcon
Member
Sweet. I've cleared out every single location in Africa/Afghanistan today and the containers aren't back yet. Maybe tomorrow. Loving free roam a shitload more than the missions.
Super Stardust
Member
SolidusDave
Member
Ok so I'm at the point where I have to built a FOB.
I've learned a couple of things but it's hard to wade through all the misinformation, is this correct so far?
- Resources are split between motherbase (offline) and FOB (online, with the little globe icon). ONLY the FOB resources can be stolen. So in this regard there is no disadvantage at all from having a FOB, as the only resources that can be stolen are the ones produced by the FOB in the first place. You would not even have them w/o FOB. I'm setting camp in the region that gives me more fuel.
When you're online, the FOB resources will be eventually refined to the actual resources you can spend (and I think those are untouchable by other players).
- The guards in your security team can be fultoned (unless they are under direct contact? not sure) so do not put your best fighters in here. But also not just E soldiers (though with increasing heroism you anyway only get better and better guys in the missions) and definitely put as many as you can to increase the chance of catching the intruder.
---> I still read conflicting stuff about what happens if a player reaches the core. Apparently this allows them to steal staff from your non-security units like R&D. Though you can secure the top percentage by putting those under direct contract.
However, to me this still doesn't make sense considering I don't understand how it would sync this as you could do whatever you want with the staff while you're offline (get rid of them, put them under direct contract, send them on a mission etc.).
At the same time this would be the crucial thing I would like to know, like, could I lose skills that I still need for R&D etc.? On the other hand, FOB allows you to get so many more staff in total that it balances any stolen guys out (you would need a lot of S/A+++ guys in your non-FOB limited platforms to get to the same unit ranks than by just having a ton more standard guys that you can find and extract easily constantly).
- Having a strong FOB base (with many decks) with lots of ok guards with good equipment and security measures will make it very hard for someone to actually reach the core. So the event of actually losing something worthwhile reduces while you get a bonus from each successful defend. Furthermore, you or friends can fight them off and the attacker only has one chance.
- If your FOB loses, your FOB gets locked by the servers for a set time so you can't get constantly raided. Also, not going on infiltration missions will reduce the chance of getting invaded by other players (seeking revenge etc.).
I've learned a couple of things but it's hard to wade through all the misinformation, is this correct so far?
- Resources are split between motherbase (offline) and FOB (online, with the little globe icon). ONLY the FOB resources can be stolen. So in this regard there is no disadvantage at all from having a FOB, as the only resources that can be stolen are the ones produced by the FOB in the first place. You would not even have them w/o FOB. I'm setting camp in the region that gives me more fuel.
When you're online, the FOB resources will be eventually refined to the actual resources you can spend (and I think those are untouchable by other players).
- The guards in your security team can be fultoned (unless they are under direct contact? not sure) so do not put your best fighters in here. But also not just E soldiers (though with increasing heroism you anyway only get better and better guys in the missions) and definitely put as many as you can to increase the chance of catching the intruder.
---> I still read conflicting stuff about what happens if a player reaches the core. Apparently this allows them to steal staff from your non-security units like R&D. Though you can secure the top percentage by putting those under direct contract.
However, to me this still doesn't make sense considering I don't understand how it would sync this as you could do whatever you want with the staff while you're offline (get rid of them, put them under direct contract, send them on a mission etc.).
At the same time this would be the crucial thing I would like to know, like, could I lose skills that I still need for R&D etc.? On the other hand, FOB allows you to get so many more staff in total that it balances any stolen guys out (you would need a lot of S/A+++ guys in your non-FOB limited platforms to get to the same unit ranks than by just having a ton more standard guys that you can find and extract easily constantly).
- Having a strong FOB base (with many decks) with lots of ok guards with good equipment and security measures will make it very hard for someone to actually reach the core. So the event of actually losing something worthwhile reduces while you get a bonus from each successful defend. Furthermore, you or friends can fight them off and the attacker only has one chance.
- If your FOB loses, your FOB gets locked by the servers for a set time so you can't get constantly raided. Also, not going on infiltration missions will reduce the chance of getting invaded by other players (seeking revenge etc.).
SuperStiltzkin
Member
For Traitor's Caravan (both extreme and non-extreme).
Give Quiet the fitty cal. Use decoys to lure Skulls out into the open and into her sight lines. Granted you reach the truck in stealth and before it departs the airport. If you approach the truck from inside the fenced off area that houses the power box, you'll trigger the skulls spawning without them seeing you.
Soldiers captured seem to stay in an "online" brig, until a set amount of time passes I assume. I haven't been able to to use them and haven't been retaliated against, so not sure if I need to wait out the 30 day window or what.
Also should add that I left all my FOB platforms at 1/4 and they did not have any resources on them. It wasn't until I upgraded my combat platform to 2/4 that it begun holding resources.
WonkyPanda
Member
Question about Mission 4
5 ending
I still don't get why Quiet can't talk.
Because she spoke english, is the boss infected now?
I still don't get why Quiet can't talk.
Because she spoke english, is the boss infected now?
Zombegoast
Member
Got Quiet as my Buddy. She ruined everything.
I wouldn't be surprised if most people spent as little time as possible with all the Mother Base stuff.
Spazznid
Member
It's much easier and more immediately rewarding to simultaneously build FOB facilities, instead.
Ame
Member
She had the English strain of the parasite virus. As soon as she started talking in English it triggered the virus and she had to leave or she'd infect everyone around her.
That's a shame. I love it ^_^
Ironically, I haven't even reached the mission where FOB unlocks (at least, I assume it's a mission, because I can't access it at the moment). I've just been going crazy on hunting down animals, vehicles, and soliders
WonkyPanda
Member
Don't think so. It just takes awhile to accumulate all those resources to build all the platforms. I've got over 100 hours in and I only have 3 platforms fully built. Plus I spent resources on developing a
Nuke
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
This shit has more fake endings than Return of the King, man. Finished mission 45 and I know there's more past this.
Ah I see. Yeah, I have my Vita here at work so I often just sit at Mother Base collecting resources with the occasional dive into the menu to do some upgrades, expansions, etc.
Guess I better move the story along so I can start FOBing like everyone else, haha.
Is mission 16 possible without the cargo fulton? Miller says
the goal is to extract the truck, but I don't have it and am several R&D levels away from unlocking it. I'd rather not grind to get that just to complete this mission, but is that the only way? Are you allowed to just drive it out of the mission area or does it have to be extracted?
You can just drive away with it I believe.
Ame
Member
She's not immune. She always had the parasites inside her. They were just dormant until she spoke English. Speaking any English triggered the parasites to start reproducing and become infectious.
StopMakingSense
Member
No, but the people available in the field to grab will increase in skill.
So the optional objective people will level up, but not normal soldiers?
How do I kick plebs out of my motherbase to make room for better ones?