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ummme

FOB changes -- quick impressions (xbox one)

1.) Things are buggy. First match got a defender, we both knocked each other out, I got up and could not find his body anywhere. I walked away and got murdered about 60seconds later, although I was lying on the ground dead, everyone kept shooting me, and it kept saying something like support function extraction failed.

2.) Special alerts are every 20 seconds now under all conditions?

3.) Everyone and their mother is defending today... LOL

4.) Stealth action... if you come out of it for 5 seconds you get notified the defender knows your position. Seems like it should buy a little bit more time.

Thats all i got so far, anyone bump into the new FOB equipment yet?

Posted Nov 11, 2015, 12:28 AM UTC

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RobertVendetta•

maybe it's just me but I found FOB invasions to be generally harder... and no, I never use Reflex so it's not that Anti-reflex technology. Not sure if it's just me or they somehow improved the soldiers AI, because fucking hell today i've been spotted a gazillion times in places I would never expect.

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Velsuan_reddit•

It was a pain to invade a level 46/4 platforms/70+ S guards/lvl.7 guns back then, and now it's just a chore. I think I will abandon all hope and return home in time for Fallout 4.....

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mystic1cncNano parasites, son•

Glad i'm not the only one feeling weird after this patch. I feel the guards are creating combat alerts in situations they wouldn't before. (i invaded a lot of bases yesterday, yet today i got spotted a lot of times). And also something really stupid happened, a guard teleported to where i was and almost alerted the base. If i remember i will post a video here

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ummmeOP•

I feel like Im getting noticed more. Which leads to me knocking someone out, which some 30ft away heard, who calls in the alert status, then a sniper on someone elses FOB sees me and puts into combat alert... its a slippery slope :(

Or even the knockout notifies the defenders, Im getting so many more of those too.

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ummmeOP•

I feel like Im getting noticed more... I blamed it on being rusty, but maybe you are on to something.

Im shooting them long before the alert goes up, but thats enough to get my defender problem.

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ninjetron•

Seems pretty much the same for except the special alert thing. Also you get piles of money now for perfect stealth. I was at 8 mil after 3 FOB missions.

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Born4DyingSnake. That's a ladies bathroom.•

I can't work out what the special alert is/does. Doesn't seem to effect anything at all- guards seem to behave exactly the same

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ninjetron•

I think it just keeps them in one place instead of patrolling.

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Born4DyingSnake. That's a ladies bathroom.•

That's different I think- that's if they find someone knocked out, hear gunfire, trigger antitheft device etc. I meant the "this is cp, special alert" or something along those lines. I've heard that as early as a few seconds after wormholing in, and it frequently repeats every minute or two- not idea what it means

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ninjetron•

Yah I can't really tell a difference when my rocket arm is flying around hitting people in the face.

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ummmeOP•

I feel like it raises the AI's awareness just a hair. Other people have suggested it notifies a defender, I have never seen anything that makes me believe this though.

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Born4DyingSnake. That's a ladies bathroom.•

Ah thanks, you could well be right. I'm pretty much certain it doesn't alert the defender.

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ummmeOP•

The one thing I actually re-noticed last night that is a definite change when they call in special alert, theres atleast 1 guy that goes into a more focused faster partol. He readies his gun and is really moving around, much faster then the typical wandering the others are still doing.

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ummmeOP•

The money and the resources are insane. 26-40k fuel for a fully upgraded support platform, makes me feel better about the 3rd platform costs.

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ninjetron•

Yeah upgrading weapons just got a lot easier security devices just got a lot easier.

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