How exactly do FOBs work?

[sandbimmons]

I want to get into them but I really have no clue what they are except that they are separate motherbases from the first and that they can be infiltrated or defended. How do you make them though? How do you infiltrate another person's? How do you stop someone from inflitrating yours? I really have no clue. If you're wondering how far into the game am I: I am on Mission 7 currently with a few side ops done.

[Knoxy in Oz]

As you said an FOB is basically an online base. Soldiers from your combat team are spread into the Security team. You develop security equipment such as cameras, infrared barriers and the like in order to detect an intruder. You beef up your security with the green items (in developments). You can choose to ally with other players to protect their base and sometimes they can protect yours.

If an intruder is detected infiltrating your base and you are online a special mission will appear. Select it and go immediately to defend your base. It's advised to keep a loadout ready to go for defending.

[Knoxy in Oz]

FOB's unlock after level 22

[sandbimmons]

Originally posted by Knoxy in Oz:

As you said an FOB is basically an online base. Soldiers from your combat team are spread into the Security team. You develop security equipment such as cameras, infrared barriers and the like in order to detect an intruder. You beef up your security with the green items (in developments). You can choose to ally with other players to protect their base and sometimes they can protect yours.

If an intruder is detected infiltrating your base and you are online a special mission will appear. Select it and go immediately to defend your base. It's advised to keep a loadout ready to go for defending.

Sounds awesome. Why does it get so much hate though from what I have read?

[sandbimmons]

Originally posted by Knoxy in Oz:

FOB's unlock after level 22

Level 22 for which unit? R&D?

[No_Quarter]

why hate towards FOB?

because people think you can lose everything on FOB's, true, you can lose some of your staff that are not direct contracts and some resources, but just by playing FOB's you will earn 1000x free rewards that are not stolen but pure rewards for doing missions.

And even if you don't play FOB's, you get automatic mining of materials that will cover up the losses

[Grendel]

Originally posted by Slink321:

Originally posted by Knoxy in Oz:

FOB's unlock after level 22

Level 22 for which unit? R&D?

He meant mission 22.

[DeadPhoenix]

people always worry about being invaded constantly. well that's not true at all. if you have no rank, you'll be only available for beginner players. and they will probably not even try to invade your FOB, because they're not experience enough.

[sandbimmons]

Originally posted by DeadPhoenix:

people always worry about being invaded constantly. well that's not true at all. if you have no rank, you'll be only available for beginner players. and they will probably not even try to invade your FOB, because they're not experience enough.

Awesome! is Infiltrating hard?

[sandbimmons]

Originally posted by grendel_sagrav:

Originally posted by Slink321:

Level 22 for which unit? R&D?

He meant mission 22.

Cool. That is before chapter 2 right! I think it ends at mission 31 with salenthropus or something.

[Commander Jonathan Archer]

btw FOB .. i read something about that we can buy something .. that we get 100 % back ( like Containers, Soldiers .. and so ) when a enemy Player take it from our Base.
Is this true ?

And our Security Teams are only Men from our Combat Units or ? ( because dont want that my Engineers,Medics and so fight )

[No_Quarter]

you get separate security team and you are the one placing soldiers there

[I]

Originally posted by President-Dante-Wallace:

btw FOB .. i read something about that we can buy something .. that we get 100 % back ( like Containers, Soldiers .. and so ) when a enemy Player take it from our Base.
Is this true ?

And our Security Teams are only Men from our Combat Units or ? ( because dont want that my Engineers,Medics and so fight )

For first question : that's called "insurance" which can be bought with MB Coins(also have cool down per purchase)
For second question : I dunno but the security unit stats are based from the platform they're at. (Medical platform will have high rank medic soilders)