What is Project Argo and how to play it?

In this Guide im trying to tell you everything you need to know about Project Argo

What is Project Argo?

Project Argo was released at 1st november 2016. It is part of Bohemia Interactiv´s "Incubator Project[incubator.bistudio.com]".

"Project Argo - an experimental total conversion of Arma 3 - is a competitive tactical first-person shooter, where two bands of mercenaries compete over objectives in a 5-vs-5 match-up. The game takes place on the island of Malden, and features 3 different modes. The Open Prototype of Project Argo is now available to play for free via the Bohemia Store." ~Bohemia Interactive

You are fighting as Flames or Clouds against each other in teams of max 5 People.

Why is Bohemia Interactive making this "Standalone"

Well, im not exactly sure. But i think they are trying to improve Arma.
Gamemodes like "End Game" didn't really worked well, because not a lot of people are playing it.
I think they are using this Game as a type of Experimental Version of Arma 3, to improve Arma as FPS.

KOTH works very well, but it is still Arma and yeah, nothing really to say about, you know what i mean.
Arma is currently played in a lot of different styles, such as Roleplaying Games, Military Simulations and Gamemodes like KOTH.
To improve the Game, they have to support the styles the Game can be played. So they started this Project.

Bohemia Interactive opened a new Studio in Amsterdam, which i think will get the lead about this project, once they are ready to overtake it.


*Im not sure about this, these are just my speculations, i may missed something so feel free to post your ideas in the comments and correct me if you know more!*

Gamemodes

There are 3 Gamemodes at the moment:

• Link
  
• Raid
  
• Clash

LINK

Lets talk about Link, Link is a very easy gamemode and similar to "Chain Link" from Battlefield 4.
You have to link the Objectives 1A and 1B, then you can link Objective 2.
When you have Objective 2 you can go on and capture the Main Objective, the one who captures it first will win.

But you can also disrupt the Enemy`s Objective 2 and prevent the enemys from capturing the Main Objective.

This is how it looks ingame:


And this is how it looks in your HUD:

RAID

Raid is easy as well, all you have to do is to defend 1 Terminal as Defender and as Attacker you have to Download data from the Terminal.
Well that wasn't it, the Attacker sees 3 Objectives, but only at 1 Objective is the actual Terminal.
So you have to search for the Terminal at all 3 Objectives.

This is how it looks:

CLASH

Clash is the biggest Gamemode, you have to Capture/Defend Objectives, there is only 1 Objective each round, you are pushing foward to the next Objective each Round, your Squad Leader will decide which one you will try to capture.
The Team that has won the last round, chooses the next Objective to attack.
The First Team who captured the Enemy Base wins, or after 7 Rounds the Game ends.

HUD

The HUD is not that hard to understand, but i will show it to you anyway.

The first and most important thing is the part with your Weapon informations:

You can see what Weapon you are using, which firemode you selected, how many bullets in your magazine are, how many magazines you have, how many and what type of grenades you have and what your current stance is. Very self explaining...



The next HUD Element shows you how many Rounds you won/lost and how many of your 5 Teammates are alive. It also shows you how many wins you need the win the Game.



This icon shows you your Objective and the distance, the Icon depends on the Gamemode.



Every Teammate has a little triangle over their heads to identify them. If you aim on them, you will get their names.



And of course there is a Ingame Chat.

The new Terrain "Malden"

Yeah, so this might be a reason why you are playing this Game.
Malden is an upcomming Terrain for Arma 3.
It will be released as free DLC called "Malden Free DLC".


"MALDEN FREE DLC

June 22nd, 2017, will be Arma’s 16th anniversary. We plan to mark the occasion with a free DLC, featuring an island familiar to veterans of our series: Malden. Starting out as a small passion project, Malden 2035 re-uses many vanilla structures, vegetation, etc., to recreate this classic terrain. There’ll be an announcement related to this work in the coming weeks."
~Bohemia Interactive

I love the new Terrain, it uses Vanilla Arma 3 Structures, but they are retextured. Some of you might thing, k but no big deal.
Well it is, even if it is just a small thing, it looks amazing with the new Retextures.

Here are some Pictures:

What is different to Arma 3?

• No 3rd Person View
  
• No zoom on clicking Right Mouse Button
  
• No Vaulting
  
• standard firemode is Automatic (Except for Marksman Rifles)
  
• max players of 10
  
• new HUD
  
• more HP
  
• no Group Icons
  
• no Commanding controls
  
• changed Stamina System
  
• no relax Weapon stance (only Combat stance)
  
• maybe more....

[Kola]

It explains how the game modes work and that's how you play the game :) I didn't give any Tipps or so, because I don't really play this game a whole lot anymore.

[fuzmorten]

Nicely done but does nothing to tell you how to play.

[EjectedCasings]

The Relax weapon stance can be activated by pressing \, it salutes you, and after a few seconds you can move in relaxed stance.

[Shakall]

oh ok thank you

[Kola]

This Guide is from the very beginning of Argo, I'm not actively playing it anymore, so I can't tell if an update changed anything

[Shakall]

"Every Teammate has a little triangle over their heads to identify them. If you aim on them, you will get their names". i Dont see it and other 2 and we make many Teamattacks. Where can i turn it on ?

[notthew4y]

made a server, worked perfectly fine. next day, made server, made me pick a team, i selected a slot. did nothing. clicked ok. no players in lobby,

[Daig]

How do i open white cases?

[Reaper]

How do u enter a car?

[WindowsBlueScreen™]

I know how to make this tutorial/guide a lot smaller and easier. Get and lmg and run around in link like you are a sniper in COD.