R@S,
I'm
very happy to see your return to this thread. Been missing you man!
Not that you have to be here all of the time, but when one witnesses a certain pattern of responses in relation to time, one develops a type of "forum-rhythm" and when that gets disrupted...
Well, worries begin.
It's just good to know that you're alive. I hope that you agree.
In regards to getting missions from Tang, I have yet to even encounter Tang. My playing has been pretty sporadic due to a tremendous increase in work load. I'm preparing for school, and I'm teaching in four different classrooms at four different buildings (as far apart as 29 km!), and just one of those rooms took 120 hours to get it ready. I kept a log of it, and if it wasn't for the
very hard work of my parents, sister, her two boys, and especially my wife, there wouldn't have been a chance of my being ready for the first day of school. I am
very fortunate to have a family that's so willing to make such huge sacrifices on my and my students' behalf.
And then there's my college work...
But that's another story, so...
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I need some tactical advice when entering areas that are hostile to me. Generally, these are regions that have been previously conquered by me, but are then taken back.
A lot of my time has been wasted due to entering a hostile zone, to find that, at the best, their backs are very temporarily turned away from where I'm spawning, and then I basically have to keep my squad in place and just have them open up as quickly as they can with high heart rates due to them being intimidated by all of the enemy. Isn't there a way to enter a spawn zone with high stealth, while also not triggering the rapid heart rate response due to being "surprised" by seeing enemies allover the place, when one would assume that your squadmates would
expect to see them there?
What's the best way to enter them from the global map to maximize a stealthy entry? In general, I've noticed that the global map appears darkest at around 22:00, as none of the region is lit by a faint blue glow, which is obviously the moon.
Is there a stealth bonus if I were to enter a zone before the moon's light reaches said region?
Also, I noticed that even if I slow my vehicle's entry to its most minimal speed, there's no stealth bonus. So, for a $100, should I leave my vehicle entrusted with a nearby bartender, and then as one gets near the desired area,
enter the region by foot as slowly as possible, or...?
If I conquer a region, and choose
NOT to spend $5,700 to draft a soldier one unit at a time,
how long will it take for a defense force to develop on its own, that's
if a region is even capable of doing that? Does it add a soldier once every day, up to a certain maximum, or...? I'm assuming that one's finances plays a role in this, and if it does, how can I go about actually increasing it? I realize that when one talks to a mayor that one can raise/lower the budget, but does that indicate the
actual amount of money that's flowing into the region? If not, how can I determine the actual amount of money that the region has, and how can I go about trying to boost its income?
I've drafted two units into a defense force that I plan on sending to a region. How much control do I have in equipping them? Could I, for example, "drop" a suppressed and scoped M4A1 onto/near a unit, and he'll automatically pick it up for later usage, or...? And if that's doable, should I assume that I should supply said unit with loaded magazines so that they can reload in the midst of battle, or...?
Sorry to hit this thread with so many questions. But they're there so I'm asking them.
Thanks in advance for any advice!