r/ArmaReforger • u/Polo117 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/CypherStalker 8d ago
This sounds like the nail in the coffin for HQC. It was already hard enough to keep stuff supplied due to low interest in supply driver gameplay and the rigid supply system. Now you get an extra faction that is just there to fuck up your supplies even more. Arey they even playing their own Game Mode regularly?