Is there a confirmed way to find/get S rank soldiers?

[Justin_760]

So ive searched forums and have found a lot of conflicting opinions, and a wide range of answers to this question. I have heard many times that heroism affects the rank of soldiers you find in outposts/bases. I have found that to be false as I used a trainer to boost my heroism to 500,000+. Unfortunately, Ive seen no discrepancies in soldier rank from 100,000-500,000 heroism.

People also say that upgrading your int scope makes S rank guys spawn, with the mentality that they wont appear because you cant scan that high of ranks, indicating that they are a higher level. But that seems false as well because even if you cant scan S ranks, the ranks will just appear as question marks. Seems like a stretch that a single equipment upgrade would suddenly trigger an influx of S rank guys.

Does anyone know of the actual variable that affects this?

[Lack of Stuff]

The only variable that effects ranks of soldiers in the campaign is your base level. At a certain threshold S ranks will start appearing in the field. So just keep fultoning and raising your base ranks.

[!RJ_Truth]

Like Lack of Stuff said. Get your unit levels up and the in-field ranks will increase. I wouldn't worry about the various means of buying S Rank staff. You'll get all you'll need and then some. Even the S-Rank are disposable soldiers though. The staff you want are S+ and S++ which can only be gotten by stealing them from other FOB players, Through the rewards on the bi-weekly FOB Event and through PF battle rewrads. Besides S+ and S++, I wouldn't worry about Staff too much. Let miller handle your staff and you'll eventually start seeing them in the field.

[.Sn4ke 天]

You can also find them in enemy PF's FOB's

[Justin_760]

Originally posted by NukeDoctor:

Like Lack of Stuff said. Get your unit levels up and the in-field ranks will increase. I wouldn't worry about the various means of buying S Rank staff. You'll get all you'll need and then some. Even the S-Rank are disposable soldiers though. The staff you want are S+ and S++ which can only be gotten by stealing them from other FOB players, Through the rewards on the bi-weekly FOB Event and through PF battle rewrads. Besides S+ and S++, I wouldn't worry about Staff too much. Let miller handle your staff and you'll eventually start seeing them in the field.

What do you mean by "get your levels up"? What level, you mean like R&D and Intel team levels? Ive done like six playthroughs of this game, on my main account I have 400 hours of playtime, using this one with family sharing because I wanted a fresh start in the game.

Thing is Ive never been able to find S rank soldiers, even in past playthroughs where Ive had super high level R&D and pretty much every other team, my R&D was level 65. And ive never had luck finding them in missions/free-roam. Maybe they just arent supposed to be found that way, but people on the forums claim to be able to find multiple S+ guys in most outposts.

[Coyote Knight]

Originally posted by Justin_760:

Originally posted by NukeDoctor:

Like Lack of Stuff said. Get your unit levels up and the in-field ranks will increase. I wouldn't worry about the various means of buying S Rank staff. You'll get all you'll need and then some. Even the S-Rank are disposable soldiers though. The staff you want are S+ and S++ which can only be gotten by stealing them from other FOB players, Through the rewards on the bi-weekly FOB Event and through PF battle rewrads. Besides S+ and S++, I wouldn't worry about Staff too much. Let miller handle your staff and you'll eventually start seeing them in the field.

What do you mean by "get your levels up"? What level, you mean like R&D and Intel team levels? Ive done like six playthroughs of this game, on my main account I have 400 hours of playtime, using this one with family sharing because I wanted a fresh start in the game.

Thing is Ive never been able to find S rank soldiers, even in past playthroughs where Ive had super high level R&D and pretty much every other team, my R&D was level 65. And ive never had luck finding them in missions/free-roam. Maybe they just arent supposed to be found that way, but people on the forums claim to be able to find multiple S+ guys in most outposts.

S+ and S++ soldiers NEVER spawn in single player, those only come from FOB missions and rewards from the PF league thing.

To increase the odds of S soldiers spawning on the field, you need to raise your overall MB level above 280.

[!RJ_Truth]

Originally posted by Justin_760:

Originally posted by NukeDoctor:

Like Lack of Stuff said. Get your unit levels up and the in-field ranks will increase. I wouldn't worry about the various means of buying S Rank staff. You'll get all you'll need and then some. Even the S-Rank are disposable soldiers though. The staff you want are S+ and S++ which can only be gotten by stealing them from other FOB players, Through the rewards on the bi-weekly FOB Event and through PF battle rewrads. Besides S+ and S++, I wouldn't worry about Staff too much. Let miller handle your staff and you'll eventually start seeing them in the field.

What do you mean by "get your levels up"? What level, you mean like R&D and Intel team levels? Ive done like six playthroughs of this game, on my main account I have 400 hours of playtime, using this one with family sharing because I wanted a fresh start in the game.

Thing is Ive never been able to find S rank soldiers, even in past playthroughs where Ive had super high level R&D and pretty much every other team, my R&D was level 65. And ive never had luck finding them in missions/free-roam. Maybe they just arent supposed to be found that way, but people on the forums claim to be able to find multiple S+ guys in most outposts.

Level 65 is not "super high level" that's a lower mid-grade level. Get your units above 99 and you'll see them all over. I don't remember which unit specifically affects what you see in the field. Maybe Intel. Get it over 99 though.

My units are all above 150 and I see nothing but S rank soldiers and have for a long long time.

Do you have multiple FOBs? Did you have multiple FOBs on your previous play throughs? They're key in getting your unit levels up faster and would highly recommend adding at least 3 FOBs preferably a fully developed 4/4 FOB. Fill them up with staff and you're easily above the levels you need to see S rank soldiers in field.

S+ and S++ are completely different. Like Coyote said, they're not in-field at all. If you think you see an S+ guy, he's a boaster. S+ and S++ can only be gotten through FOB, PF and Event.

[Rabidnid]

In the middle of the plague with the highest levels mid 50s during the code talker mission. Fully upgraded base and 2 fobs.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/876375705919967191/CB87E6095513DD9932957C3DD7FE4A771059351B/

[!RJ_Truth]

Originally posted by Rabidnid:

In the middle of the plague with the highest levels mid 50s during the code talker mission. Fully upgraded base and 2 fobs.

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/876375705919967191/CB87E6095513DD9932957C3DD7FE4A771059351B/

That's interesting.... I believe in that range they're out there, but sparse, as you go up higher they'll be all you see.

[CODA]

There is no ''Place to find S Members'' you just get them later, as your lvl rises.

First you extract D Soliders, than C and so on... All i extracted in the later hours was only S.

[!RJ_Truth]

Originally posted by Chloe Price:

There is no ''Place to find S Members'' you just get them later, as your lvl rises.

First you extract D Soliders, than C and so on... All i extracted in the later hours was only S.

You don't need to extract any at all. There's more than enough volunteers to get there without extracting anyone that isn't required for a mission or side-op. The more important thing is to get your FOBs expanded and upgraded so you can support a higher staff count.