About the outbreak
Well folks, the "outbreak" has begun. This is a specially designed PvE game mode where you form squads of four to defeat hordes of attacking custom geists, secure targets, and escape from Redacted. ...
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We played several games. I'll write down some additional things I noticed. Each specialist can use all of their abilities; they always go down when their HP reaches 0. Factors that cause death are exsanguination or if you are taken down. If you die during a wave, you will not be able to go out again unless you finish that wave with your remaining allies. When you reenter the battle, your equipment returns to its initial state. There are several types of Geist, and each wave seems to have a specific type of Geist that may appear. They generally have more enhanced HP in the later waves and may have ranged weapons such as smoke grenades, incendiary grenades, shotguns and LMGs.
The equipment available for purchase in each phase of the crate is as follows.
Phase 1: None
Phase 2: DM7, MCS-880, armor plates
Phase 3: AM40, BFP50
Phase 4: C5, T-UGS, incendiary grenades
Phase 5: PP-29
Phase 6: VHX-D3, ammunition boxes
Phase 7: PKP
Phase 8: Identical
The optimal squads in my opinion are Farook, Angel, Boris, and Crawford. Farook is a valuable resource in this game mode because there is no means of recovery and he is quick to revive. Angel is in principle not able to replenish ammunition until he gets the ammunition crate in Phase 6 (ammunition is maxed out when re-purchased in the crate), so he does not have to worry about ammunition when he is in the squad. Boris can quickly respond to a wide range of enemies by setting up a sentry in an open area, staying there himself, and activating his passive. Crawford's gatlings are extremely effective because of the fixed locations where enemies appear, and he never has to worry about ammunition. Conversely, Macay, Casper, Rao, and Blasco will not be able to fully utilize their capabilities.
The ideal winning pattern, in my opinion, is to get the T-UGS, ammo boxes, and incendiary grenades and PKP for everyone, shared with squad members, as soon as possible. Then figure out when the Geist with ranged weapons will appear. This Geist has extremely high HP and good shooting accuracy, so even if you are not on your guard, you are at risk of going down. Also, you need to occupy the area to advance the phase. You can set up in front of the printer's eye, but you cannot proceed unless someone occupies the area. Find the best fighting position in each wave.
For me, Redacted is the best map for this game mode. I think that making it playable on other maps, and also randomizing the equipment available from the crates, or making it a certain set, would make the game more interesting and varied. I think this is a great mode for a tutorial, as you can use all the abilities of the specialists and advance the various masteries up to 12. The number of players required to start the game is small, and since you can start with only friends, you can still play even with a dwindling player base.
So with lacking anti-cheat, no server browser etc, EA/DICE makes it a priority to add a game mode to Battlefield where you get to kill some aliens?
I swear, it’s stuff like this that makes it harder and harder for me to recognize the franchise I used to love.
- @VOLBANKER_PC I honestly did not expect such a unique game mode to be implemented at this time. Perhaps if things had gone as planned from the time of the launch, this event would have been held earlier. Anti-cheat is very difficult to address with tools, so I don't think we can expect dramatic changes. Manual reporting is probably the most practical and effective. As for the server browser, I think they may have thought it was unnecessary to implement it in this title since Portal is available in this title. I think that was the wrong choice, but I still think it is difficult to expect it to be added to this game at this stage.
Today we used Rao. Apparently, when you hack a Geist, it will spot the Geist or all the Geists in the vicinity of it. I expected the Geist to stop working or to fight each other, but unfortunately, I could not see any such effect. Also, for some reason, we encountered allies using ammo boxes and medical kits early on. It seems to be a technique I am unaware of. Please give me some information!
@Gurz1019_MP When you hack an enemy as Rao, other ones nearby are indeed highlighted for a short time. It'd be nice if there was some functionality to make the Geists do something when he hacks them, but I suppose that'd involve an overhaul of him for a short-term mode.
I'm less sure about the ammo boxes and medical kits unless they were using Angel or Falck and throwing ammo packs or using the syringe-pistol, as they work as normal in the early stages.Ah, it turns out that I have equipment that I should not have been able to equip. Apparently, there is a spot where you can drop off a box of equipment from Enziel. When you interact with the equipment box, you get the original equipment. This seems to be a bug.
