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Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain |OT| The Man Who Sold The World
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Akiyama_AE
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Killed 2 invaders today and killed 3 defenders all were cheap RPG users but good thing I'm handy with a sniper rifle.
Well, I'm trying to get it to the highest level to develop the F.O.B. device that requires it before I throw my good soldiers back in the Combat unit. Spoilers for those that don't want to know:
Highest item develop for Security Team requires level 30, yeah? Nothing higher?
I must say I'm having some difficulty avoiding detection. My first run is always my best, the minute I have to restart I become ill-disciplined and try and force the issue. I've just stopped playing after 4 hours and I have retina burn of a white semi-circle from all the times I've been spotted...
Having such great fun though, the side ops are well worth doing and in some cases more challenging than the missions. This is the game MGS should always have been, those genius gameplay segments finally given room to develop into something fulfilling.
Having such great fun though, the side ops are well worth doing and in some cases more challenging than the missions. This is the game MGS should always have been, those genius gameplay segments finally given room to develop into something fulfilling.
eso76
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Managing your staff mechanics feel kind of rough.
Needed rockets
Assigned everyone to R&D
Developed rocket launcher
Everyone back to their business.
Actually, is there even a point having staff in R&D dept, except the moment when you're actually developing new weapons and items ?
And question: can you still move combat staff when you have soldiers on a mission ? If so, id imagine increasing and especially decreasing combat level mid-mission affects the outcome ?
Also: auto managing staff needs prioritizing options.
Needed rockets
Assigned everyone to R&D
Developed rocket launcher
Everyone back to their business.
Actually, is there even a point having staff in R&D dept, except the moment when you're actually developing new weapons and items ?
And question: can you still move combat staff when you have soldiers on a mission ? If so, id imagine increasing and especially decreasing combat level mid-mission affects the outcome ?
Also: auto managing staff needs prioritizing options.
nocturnedelight
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LurkerPrime
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Just a heads up 'cause even I'm forgetting: the new OT is over here!
As to the combat staff, AFAIK they do nothing on the field as far as level is concerned. Intel department will be the only one affecting combat with their reports, by giving you more info on the field. What the combat department can do is gives you the opportunity to deploy combat units instead of Snake, which can be advantageous depending on the unit's combat rank and specific skill.
You're pretty early game, I take it? Later on you'll want a full array of A+ and beyond soldiers for each department to reach the high levels of research. E-B ranks give nothing compared to them, and you'll be heavily constrained by Mother Base's troop capacity, so you won't be able to just dump soldiers into each department to reach research requirements.
As to the combat staff, AFAIK they do nothing on the field as far as level is concerned. Intel department will be the only one affecting combat with their reports, by giving you more info on the field. What the combat department can do is gives you the opportunity to deploy combat units instead of Snake, which can be advantageous depending on the unit's combat rank and specific skill.
PreFire
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So the DLC with the Fox tattooed staff is lame. They give you shitty people, with foxes tattooed on their faces.
So when you unlock them, so they can go out in the field and rank up, Miller fucking dismisses them. Ridiculous.
These aren't staff members that you can just find. They're unique and now two of them are permanently gone. Wtf
So when you unlock them, so they can go out in the field and rank up, Miller fucking dismisses them. Ridiculous.
These aren't staff members that you can just find. They're unique and now two of them are permanently gone. Wtf
bananafactory
Banned
OK, just finished mission 31 and the credits are rolling but I thought there was 38 missions?
Razgriz-Specter
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Kojima still missing from my staff.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Looks like Konami.
Augemitbutter
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finished mission 18. i keep getting rank A and S now. feels weird man. the start was a little slower for me.
Can someone explain the Obtainable Skills/Blueprints section of the missions for me?
If for example mission 10 has four things there, does that mean I can rescue and get up to 4 of those specialists? Why are some of the things highlighted while others are greyed out? And if I miss something during the first run of a mission, can I go back and do the mission again (Ex. If I missed the transportation specialist in mission 10, can I replay it to get him)?
If for example mission 10 has four things there, does that mean I can rescue and get up to 4 of those specialists? Why are some of the things highlighted while others are greyed out? And if I miss something during the first run of a mission, can I go back and do the mission again (Ex. If I missed the transportation specialist in mission 10, can I replay it to get him)?
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max_505
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It's basically just a list of the specialists/blueprints that you can obtain in that mission.
As for your questions:
Yes, if a mission has, for example, four obtainable skills/blueprints listed, then you can get all 4 in one go. The greyed out stuff means you got those already. If you miss something, you can go back and attempt to get it again but I think you need to finish the mission to make it count (someone correct me if I'm wrong on this).
Yikes, that
mission with the surprise
is TERRIBLE.
Try to evade fire?
Cargo explodes.
Try to drive out?
Cargo explodes.
Try to use tanks against the enemy?
Cargo explodes
It's so weird too because after a certain distance, they all just focus their fire on the cargo and blow it up within seconds. It's bizzarre, took like 6 tries to figure out how to engage them without having the cargo explode within 30 seconds.
African airport cargo
Skulls
Try to evade fire?
Cargo explodes.
Try to drive out?
Cargo explodes.
Try to use tanks against the enemy?
Cargo explodes
It's so weird too because after a certain distance, they all just focus their fire on the cargo and blow it up within seconds. It's bizzarre, took like 6 tries to figure out how to engage them without having the cargo explode within 30 seconds.
Stoffinator
Member
I just did that mission myself. Did not enjoy it at all. First time I tried they drove off. Didn't even get the enemies.
How do you get him?
MightyHedgehog
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Only gotten a few missions into Afghanistan so far, but this is definitely the best opening to an MGS ever. Far more focus on controlling the game than sitting through exposition dumps and overbearing storytelling, which is great. GZ was a good indicator of the full game, after all.
There are 50. Just keep playing.
zkorejo
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lazybones18
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Gonna take a break from dispatch missions. Ended up losing an A rank soldier in one of the missions, and he was a damn good solider too. He had received a Medal for his service from previous missions. ;_;7
Completed Missions 9 and 10 and I finally have DD to come with me on missions. Still trying to get the hang of having him kill enemies. The pop up of enemies being spotted by DD can get overwhelming especially in big areas but I think I'll get over it.
Also completed Mission 12, and my God not only was it a clusterfuck when I got to the initial goal, but it was a real pain in the ass. That fucking mission nearly took me two hours >.<
With that out of the way, I finally have Africa unlocked. I'm gonna stick to doing a few more side-ops in Afghanistan before moving to the next area
Completed Missions 9 and 10 and I finally have DD to come with me on missions. Still trying to get the hang of having him kill enemies. The pop up of enemies being spotted by DD can get overwhelming especially in big areas but I think I'll get over it.
Also completed Mission 12, and my God not only was it a clusterfuck when I got to the initial goal, but it was a real pain in the ass. That fucking mission nearly took me two hours >.<
With that out of the way, I finally have Africa unlocked. I'm gonna stick to doing a few more side-ops in Afghanistan before moving to the next area
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