r/ArmaReforger Second Lieutenant 9d ago

1.7 Update Prepare for the FIA

Sticking to the same US/USSR HQC playstyle will not work with the FIA in 1.7

Solo play will result in you giving your gear and vehicles to the FIA for free

  • Solo building a base? You got caught by 1 FIA, who now has your construction truck, radio, gear and will use all these things against you

  • Solo operating a heli or armored vehicle? 1 FIA will watch and follow you for an hour, waiting for the perfect time to kill you and take your vehicle

Arsenals at every base enables constant sabotage

  • Every Arsenal is a place for the FIA to upgrade their gear from a simple pistol, to everything they need

  • There should only be a few arsenals at heavily defended bases, with lots of player traffic

  • Once the arsenal is not needed, it should be disassembled

Storage Depots are destructible

  • Hoarding depots in one spot is a saboteurs dream, they should be built under camo nets, and spread throughout the base

  • Depots can no longer be used for indestructible walls

Rushing to build bases or capture points will result in you getting ambushed

  • Players can't predict safe paths to drive or walk, the FIA could be ANYWHERE

  • FIA can reposition most of the default FIA AI, and landmines around the map

  • FIA can recruit more FIA to position

  • FIA can build defences

Bases need to be isolated so they're harder to infiltrate, and easier to defend

  • Bases built besides towns, forests etc allows the FIA to walk right in, even with AI defenders

  • A base built in a clear, open field, with sandbag walls makes it harder to infiltrate, and also protects the AI defenders

  • Just need to avoid positions that have high-ground looking into the base

Abandoning vehicles at every base you attack gives the FIA free transport

  • Many people spawn a vehicle, drive to an objective, and once they capture, will build a new vehicle station and spawn another vehicle, while their original one is a walk away

  • These scattered vehicles give the FIA more options for transport, to use them as roadblocks or ambushes

The FIA punishes those who lack situational awareness, who don't work within a group, and those who rush to complete their objectives.

I'm keen to see how this new danger will change how people play, how will you as a soldier, Squad Leader or Commander change your playstyle in this new environment?

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u/EmbarrassedAside5558 9d ago

Why do you think there will be so smart players playing as FIA?

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u/SerzaCZ PC 8d ago

Because I have literally done this shit on high-grade milsim unit servers as the sole OPFOR guy, and their casualties skyrocketed.

Do you really think I'm not gonna play FIA? I don't bring just what I know about the game, I bring actual experience.

They'll be playing cat and mouse and suddenly realize they've been the mouse all along.

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u/Holiday-Anybody-7015 PC 8d ago

Lmfao what a cringe response, dude this is a video game 😭😂😭

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u/SerzaCZ PC 8d ago

What can you do. The inner child took over for a moment.