Is the game balanced for offline play?

[Bird?]

I played MGSV years ago but never completed it, so now I wanna give it another shot from the beginning, but I don't wanna throw off the progression by using my FOBs from the get-go. Since I know you can't delete your online progress with FOBs and such, I was just going to play it in offline. My only concern is if the game is actually balanced around not using FOBs or if I'm going to be at a disadvantage and lacking in resources by not using them.

[mimi]

Depends on what resources you're lacking,

If it's money, Precious Metals are my go-to, they aren't used that much in development, and so if you're ever low you can sell 'em, but if it's not precious materials, try to go budget, and look for diamonds, diamonds can help a lot in the early game, when I first played this game,I didn't know you could sell materials, so I would often find myself looking for diamonds whenever I was low on money, I would also only develop the things I would be using, at the time that was better sneaking suits, more fatigues, battle dresses, equipment for my buddies, better chopper items, higher grade AM MRS-4 and 4L, the Renov or the AM MRS 71 and 73 (I developed the Renov to prepare for A Hero's Way), as well as better C4, Grenades, better non-lethal equipment, Biotic Arm Upgrades, etc. etc.
Not sure about the efficacy of budgeting in MGSV, I only did it during my first playthrough,

If it's resources in general, uhh... Find 'em or use dispatch missions, those are the only ways to get 'em offline I think, that and automatic mining,

Thankfully MGSV is open world and so if you're not ready for the next mission, just go into the wilds and ransack the place as you see fit,

Matter of fact, the game has died down a bit over these 7 years, so if you do Mission 22 and are new to the FOB scene, you don't really need to be all that worried,

Also online equipment can give you lower mission scores in singleplayer,

[Dmitriy77]

hahahaha
this was told to you by "mika" who has infinite resources and staff all S++ all the time.
It makes me laugh, if you listen to it, I'll probably go crazy))

[Overseer]

The game is perfectly balanced for offline play. All the online stuff is its own thing.

[Aom]

You can beat the game, without online.

[RobDeLaMorte]

Honestly apart from "boss fights" you can clear the rest of the game with just the tranq pistol, straight up. Once you have D-Dog's wallhacks and get used to marking enemies with the scope you can pretty easily hold up everyone without firing a shot for the most part. (Aim at their backs/when they're downed when within 5m, hold L1 to command them to lie down if you forgot. They stay down forever unless someone else finds them or the base goes full alert.)

As long as you research a fairly beefy rocket lawnchair (CGM's pretty noice :o) and maybe a beefy machinegun, you can clear all the mandatory bossfight stuff pretty easy.

Bonus tip: You can easily tell if a soldier's going to be a bastard and fake surrender by the game not instantly giving you 5 heroism for the holdup when they put their arms up. If that happens, throw that sumbitch down on the ground and point at him, he'll co-operate.

[san pellegrino]

Originally posted by RobDeLaMorte:

Honestly apart from "boss fights" you can clear the rest of the game with just the tranq pistol, straight up. Once you have D-Dog's wallhacks and get used to marking enemies with the scope you can pretty easily hold up everyone without firing a shot for the most part. (Aim at their backs/when they're downed when within 5m, hold L1 to command them to lie down if you forgot. They stay down forever unless someone else finds them or the base goes full alert.)

As long as you research a fairly beefy rocket lawnchair (CGM's pretty noice :o) and maybe a beefy machinegun, you can clear all the mandatory bossfight stuff pretty easy.

Bonus tip: You can easily tell if a soldier's going to be a bastard and fake surrender by the game not instantly giving you 5 heroism for the holdup when they put their arms up. If that happens, throw that sumbitch down on the ground and point at him, he'll co-operate.

tranq pistol makes the game boring, its fine if you're new but don't rely on it too much or the game just becomes a point and click adventure
same goes with all other mgs games except 2

[GeekDoctor]

Originally posted by Dmitriy77:

hahahaha
this was told to you by "mika" who has infinite resources and staff all S++ all the time.
It makes me laugh, if you listen to it, I'll probably go crazy))

A lot of people in that anti-cheat group are cheaters themselves.

He was rude to us on that anti-cheat group.

If this was the old days (when I was active) where we have infinite attempts at indirect wormholes till they expire, this guy's FOB would be a mud hut.

[Dmitriy77]

Originally posted by Bellcurve Tanker:

Originally posted by Dmitriy77:

hahahaha
this was told to you by "mika" who has infinite resources and staff all S++ all the time.
It makes me laugh, if you listen to it, I'll probably go crazy))

A lot of people in that anti-cheat group are cheaters themselves.

He was rude to us on that anti-cheat group.

If this was the old days (when I was active) where we have infinite attempts at indirect wormholes till they expire, this guy's FOB would be a mud hut.

hahaha
yes Rambo, you are 100% right
Thanks

[GeekDoctor]

Originally posted by Dmitriy77:

Originally posted by Bellcurve Tanker:

A lot of people in that anti-cheat group are cheaters themselves.

He was rude to us on that anti-cheat group.

If this was the old days (when I was active) where we have infinite attempts at indirect wormholes till they expire, this guy's FOB would be a mud hut.

hahaha
yes Rambo, you are 100% right
Thanks

Lol. Not sure why you remember me.

There are a lot of people who cheat resources and save reload. It's something I think is wrong and will not do. Some of the people I know have done so before and are apologetic about it. Some are indifferent. That isn't that bad.

But what is more annoying are loud, obnoxious and lame attempts at justifying it.

Look at his recent comments on silver's wall.

[Dmitriy77]

Rambo, I talked to him in the comments at Silver.
I agree with you, these excuses are all lies, especially since it does not happen.
If he lost his saves, the date of achievements in the game would still remain on his profile.
And it turns out that he started playing immediately with other people's saves from the Internet, he did it on the very first day of his game, and I don't want to talk to him anymore.
He has little experience and therefore he tries to deceive by inventing different stories.
I see that he loaded the save on the first day when he just started the game, I have nothing to talk about with him, I don't care, this is a game, but I will not respect him.

[Dmitriy77]

he probably does not understand that all this can be seen in his profile.
And 500+ nuclear bombs disarmed by him))

[Dmitriy77]

he now has 516 disarms.
he actually disarmed 16 and the other 500 are just from someone else's save.
Look at his stats on his profile))

[jamie297]

I play online but never do anything with my FOB or try to attack others. Don't think there are any consequences and I still get online bonuses etc.

[mimi]

Originally posted by Dmitriy77:

hahahaha
this was told to you by "mika" who has infinite resources and staff all S++ all the time.
It makes me laugh, if you listen to it, I'll probably go crazy))

Wrong.

My staff aren't all S++, I use the gradual mod, not the instant version,
And also,

I don't have infinite resources,

Matter of fact, these days I actually have to ration resources for development,

A single online development item sets me back a lot,

I was being helpful to this person and once again you're running your rancid mouth,

Can you find a new hobby that isn't "chastising a 16 year old girl who lives a whole ass equator away from you on a game that isn't finished" thanks?

[mimi]

Originally posted by Bellcurve Tanker:

Originally posted by Dmitriy77:

hahahaha
this was told to you by "mika" who has infinite resources and staff all S++ all the time.
It makes me laugh, if you listen to it, I'll probably go crazy))

A lot of people in that anti-cheat group are cheaters themselves.

He was rude to us on that anti-cheat group.

If this was the old days (when I was active) where we have infinite attempts at indirect wormholes till they expire, this guy's FOB would be a mud hut.

oh dear i wass rude to you on the FOB group


big ♥♥♥♥♥♥ whoop my dear


but im not a cheater as far as online gameplay goes,

i use infinite heaven to alter my experience, yes, but only offline,

i use S++ gradual to finish online developments,

but i dont EVER use cheats while on an FOB platform,

nope

hell i disadvantage myself a lot of the time on the basis of aesthetics,
its why i carry a grade 1 renov, purely on the basis that it looks pretty,