Sides ops before main missions or contrary?

[3spooky5me]

Hello,

I've got a question for anyone that is far in the game. I would like to enjoy most of the games with good and fun upgrades. Should I do the main missions before the side ops or I can do the side ops asap and a lot will only appear end game?

Thank you :3

[NachtHemd]

there will be a bunch of sideops

[Pricols]

I always did couple of side ops after main mission, mixing in some tapes and visiting MB. I think it was the best way to play it.

[supertrooper225]

There are tons of side ops. If you just keep doing side ops...more will roll in. Just keep mixing it up. Do a couple of main missions....then roll some side ops...then roll some main missions. And so on.

[Dav']

I've just arrived in Africa after doing all sideops and even redoing some.
ATM there's a dozen of sideops I can redo in Afgha, the least I had was 2 ungreyed sideops.
As far as I could see, those two minimum redoable missions were random (when I finished one, another one ungreyed out).
That's for sideops.
But, after doing so much sideops (70h~ in Afgha) I got the feeling that I hardened up a lot the whole main missions, as enemies are leveled to you.

[Wales Grey]

Do whatever.

[Xarathox]

There's 156 side ops in the game. Six of those are the furstratingly awful target pratice side ops on each main strut you've built for Motherbase.

Several others are yellow "main story" side ops that you'll have to complete in order to unlock certain story missions to progress. These cannot be repeated once you've done them.

The rest are recycled after you clear them during free roam and return to your ACC.

As for how to mix up your gameplay..I tended to just do Side Ops only if I was in the area after completing a mission, or was on my way to accept the next mission. I also ran around the map on foot until the game forced me back to MB.

[Matthew]

There are 150 side ops (not including the target practice ones). You HAVE to do the ones highlighted in yellow. The types of side-ops you should take care of ASAP are blueprints and interpreter, EXCLUDING the Kikongo one. You'll thank me later.

[Ri0Rdian]

94 hours here with 31% completion and I am at story mission 17. I think I might be lagging behind quite a bit. :D

I just like to do various stuff and not rush at all. As a bonus, my development is pretty far and my base is half 4/4, with medical, combat and intel being 3/4. Although I blame the stupid way resources are processed for most of the time played.