Future (for my) Soldier: The skill tree.

[Leigh]

I'm trying to plot out a realistic path to level up my stats in, with a slight bias towards the tech side of things, to emulate the feel of the originals, and of Advanced Warfighter (as similar tech has been deployed irl), but NOT of Future Soldier, 'cos that is just too silly.

I also see myself as a bit of a marksman, so I also lean towards sniper talents without being too OP. I play Solo, unfortunately, but I desire to make a build with MP in mind.

Also, gotta follow some rules. I can't carry all the weapons and ammo to blow up Bolivia to Kingdom come, my guy has gotta heft all that weight, so speccing deep into ammo capacity and the various throwables will be a no no. Will allow for special medals as "bonus/free" upgrades.

With that said, this is my plan;

Weapon

Stable aim is maxed, yeah a little OP maybe.

Hip fire? Nope.

Grenade launcher, 1 to unlock.

Ammo cap, just 1, I feel that is reasonable.

Vhc destruction? Probably not.

Adv suppressor, nah. Gotta have that damage trade off for going quieter.

Time to aim, maybe? Probably not though, those rifles are huge, and are usually on a tripod.

Ammo retention... nooooooo.

Ranged elite? Eh, probably yeah.


Drone

Battery, Night Vision and Range all maxed.

Speed Eh, don't need it, really?

Stealth I bought it but in many ways I wish I hadn't, seems a bit cheaty.

Mark area Currently at 1, will probably max it.

Cooldown Nope, reason later.

Noisemaker Bit gimmicky, so probably no.

Zoom Yep.

Explosive, Emp and Medic Just seems too sci-fi, so no.

Armour Probably not, flimsy thing.

Thermal vision Yes for the drone, no for the soldier.


Item

Chute, Binoc zoom, Mine, Frag, C4, Recon, Flashbang, Flare 1 in each to unlock.

Lure and Thermal Nope, not Sam Fisher.


Probably nothing at all in the Physical tree, maybe Stamina, but again, the guy has all that equipment to carry, so I doubt I will.


Squad

Revive speed, Sync Shot I have these at two, I think thats fair.

Trained rebels, Born leader Intend to max out.

Resilience, Bleed out, Last chance Just... no.


What do you think? If you were making a similarly "realistic" character, what would you change from my selection?

[Leigh]

Bump 'cos I'm genuinely interested in what people would choose.

[sierra_one_]

引用自 lei07：

Explosive, Emp and Medic Just seems too sci-fi, so no.

Variants of an explosive-style drone are already in service with some militaries, and it's not too difficult to imagine that the technology will become more compact in the next few years. From a gameplay perspective, the explosive drone can be pretty useful for squad support on co-op for clearing out stairwells or entrenched positions (i.e. mortars). If you're going semi-realistic then I suppose you don't want to be setting off explosions everywhere and you should be able to stealth anything you put your mind to, but the explosive drone is a good fallback measure.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a19552/the-kamikaze-quadcopter-from-hell/
http://thediplomat.com/2016/02/russia-reveals-new-flame-throwing-anti-tank-multicopter-uav/

引用自 lei07：

Ranged elite? Eh, probably yeah.

Bear in mind that you need a single point in every skill on the tree in order to unlock the elite skill. The game assumes you'll want to try and max out the tree, so the elite skills are gated with this in mind!

Well thought out challenge, though :3

[Leigh]

That was great feedback, Sajuuk-Sie, thanks!

[Leigh]

I'm bumping this 'cos a couple of things came to mind last night.

Body Armour. Your guys would be wearing something under his shirt, or plates in his vest. With that in mind, would any segments into Bullet Resistance give a realistic approximation of your normal military issue armour, or would even one upgrade be considered OP?

Also, Vehicle Destruction. While I loathe the thought of painting my bullets with adamantium, there are times where I feel the big kickers such as the HTI and MSR should be able to cripple an engine block with one shot. Typically, one shot will just be above the "get out and run, it's gonna blow" threshold that NPCs have. A second would destroy the vehicle totally, annoying when convoy hunting.

So much so I've been using a LMG more often to stop convoys, mixed results, but more controllable.

[Snake]

I decided to max my drone first and prone, crawling. I emphasised being a ghost/panther than full on assault.

[Leigh]

引用自 Snake XT :(：

I decided to max my drone first and prone, crawling. I emphasised being a ghost/panther than full on assault.

To paraphrase Darth Vader; I find your lack of relevance disturbing.

[=Sarsante=]

Interesting idea

[LazyAmerican]

Don't be hating on future soldier....that game had the most realistic tech of all.