How useful really are "green" dot recruits?

[zOldBulldog]

I saw advice indicating that I shoudl recruit every green dot citizen. But they seem to happen quite often.

At first I would find them occasionally and add them to my "to be recruited" list. But lately I am seeing large green dots showing up on the map quite often. Do I really need that many recruits, and worse... am I going to hit a recruit limit like I originally did on the "unrecruited" list?

Also, these recruits don't always seem to have decent stats/skills. I am doing it, but it feels like a waste.

So... was I misled about going after ever "green dot" potential recruit? Or is it valid advice?

[KenTWOu]

My opinion is they're mostly useless. It's better to search for people in parks among groups of NPCs doing sports exercises or jogging. There is a higher chance they would have 'physically fit' perk (= more health) and other 3 cool perks, including Berserker. Check Tidis park, green grass areas around The Battersea power station, park near Lambeth Palace, etc.

But what useful is those green dots are their spawn points. So when Bagley recommends a drone expert, a spy or a hitman, basically a somewhat unique agent, a green dot you'll see on the map will be their spawn point everyone's sharing online.

You might think that there is no point of knowing multiple spawn points for, let's say, hitman or DJ, or spy, or whatever. But that's only true if you want a hitman. If you decide to find the hitman with specific skin color and voice set, it's better to check multiple spawn points. Because they placed them based on real London population. So some spawn points will give you Asian people more often, some - European, etc, etc.

Yeah, there is a limit of agents you can recruit, but I can't remember the exact number. Also prestige/season pass operatives don't count towards the limit, cause they don't have associates, so they don't affect simulation limits.

[zOldBulldog]

I forgot to mention... I am playing the standalone campaign, not the Online. TBH I don't even know what Online is all about, whether it is just PvP, Coop or a mix, so I have not yet bothered with it :)

[KenTWOu]

Originally posted by KenTWOu:

a green dot you'll see on the map will be their spawn point everyone's sharing online.

I'm not talking about online mode here, I'm talking about people who mentioned spawn points/locations all over the internet: on reddit, on wiki, on gaming forums.

P.S: just in case, when you google one of those spawn locations online, ignore time of day they mention. Time of day is individual for each player, cause it's randomly generated each time you load the game. Only spawn location matters.

Use this 3 minutes rule to wait for an agent if he's not there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlPzH3MvVrs

[ajalilsm]

Ty guys i heart this thread