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Wow! This time around I have been away for a much longer time than I realized. Part of it was there was a wedding in my family and if you know anything about South Asian (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh etc...) you should know this, our marriages take forever. Multiple events spread out over multiple days. Anyways I am now free after all that and here is my newest post.
In one of my older posts, I talked about Ghost Recon Online and how excited I was about playing it. Well that is exactly what I have been whenever I have spare time. The game and the community have me hooked! The game is still in Open Beta so it is going through changes almost every week but the core of the game is very solid.
GR:O is a 3rd person, team-based, class-based, tactics heavy shooter. Your squad will deploy against an enemy squad in a 8v8 battle. For now there are two game modes:
Onslaught - The attacking side has to take over two points on the map to unlock a final third point while the defending side has to ... well defend all three
Conquest - Both sides start the game contesting the middle point in a five point map and the objective is to take over all five or hold the most points for victory.
A total of five maps are available as of this post, 2 Onslaught and 3 Conquest maps.
CLASSES:
Each class has access to two main weapons, two devices, two squad supports and one handgun.
ASSAULT:
Armed with the Assault Rifle and Shotgun, the Assault is the slowest of the three classes and the one with the most armor and health. Use the Assault class to take over points and to hold the points. The two devices Assaults have access to are:
Blitz:
The Blitz shield is on your back and when it is there, it provides you with a little more armor in case somebody flanks you and shoots you from behind. When the Blitz is fully charged, you can enable it by pressing F (default key) and then use it as a battering ram to knock down your opponents and have your team (hopefully) kill them in your wake. You can also use it to defeat the Heat and Aegis. It is however not a hundred percent bullet proof as you can still get hit on your legs. Also the Blackout device can disable it.
Heat:
Heat is a device which emits microwave rays to suppress your enemy. It can prevent them from shooting or pretty much restricts them to cover. However again it is not a perfect device as it can be neutralized by the Blitz or Blackout device. Also if somebody is very close to you, they may have a chance to shoot you as they can maneuver quicker than you while Heat is deployed. You can zoom in for extra damage.
Squad Support:
The Assault Class has two squad supports:
Combat Regen: Increases your and any nearby team-members health regeneration.
Armor Harden: Hardens your and your nearby team-members armor making them tougher to kill.
SPECIALIST:
Armed with Light Machine Guns (LMG) and Shotguns, the Specialist is the support class of the game. They have medium armor. They can be used to spearhead attacks, team protection and also disrupting the enemy team so they cannot attack your team.
Specialists have access to:
Aegis:
The Aegis shield when deployed creates a bullet proof "bubble" which can protect several team-mates allowing everyone to move up. Great as both an offensive and defensive device, The shield however depletes faster as your enemy shoots at it. The enemy can kill you if they enter the bubble and also grenades can cause damage. The Blitz can knock you down and the Heat can still suppress you while the Blackout as always stops any devices.However a well timed charge with the Aegis for protection is very difficult to stop.
Blackout:
Blackout is an EMP discharge which disable all devices, stuns the enemy and also disables their guns for a limited time. However your enemy has to be in the area of effect for all of these effects to work. When enabled the Blackout has a increasing "ring" of effect and you can run in and stop your enemy in their tracks. It is a great tool but is difficult to aim correctly and it has a sound when it deploys which tells everyone there is a blackout in the vicinity. However once it is mastered it is indeed a very frightening (and annoying) device to run in to. Can be stopped by weapons, grenades or if you don't deploy it fast enough.
Squad Support:
The Specialist Squad Support are:
Ammo Resupply: Regenerates ammo for you and any team-mate within range.
Device Recharge: Recharges the devices faster for you and your team-mates.
RECON:
The intelligence gathering and all around mayhem causing class, the recons are the fastest of the three classes with the lowest armor of the three. They have access to Sniper rifles and sub-machine guns (SMG.)
Recons have access to:
Oracle:
The Oracle can be used to detect your enemies so your team can maneuver around to neutralize them. It can pick up cloaked recons and can pass through walls. Every team should have at least one Oracle!
Cloak:
Cloak can turn you nearly invisible to the naked eye. The faster you move, the easier it is to see you however it is a great way to flank. You can start shooting in cloak but you will de-cloak so make sure you can take the target down. Oracle can show your outline to the enemy and Blackout and disable cloak.
Squad Support:
Gunshot Detector: Outlines the enemy shooting within a radius.
Vector Detector: Outlines enemies sprinting.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
This is part one of my Ghost Recon Online posts. As a thorough exploration of the game will take more time, I have decided to break the posts up and that way you won't have to read all of it in one go.
Be on the look out for part two!
Kiyoshi Out!
Wow! This time around I have been away for a much longer time than I realized. Part of it was there was a wedding in my family and if you know anything about South Asian (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh etc...) you should know this, our marriages take forever. Multiple events spread out over multiple days. Anyways I am now free after all that and here is my newest post.
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In one of my older posts, I talked about Ghost Recon Online and how excited I was about playing it. Well that is exactly what I have been whenever I have spare time. The game and the community have me hooked! The game is still in Open Beta so it is going through changes almost every week but the core of the game is very solid.
GR:O is a 3rd person, team-based, class-based, tactics heavy shooter. Your squad will deploy against an enemy squad in a 8v8 battle. For now there are two game modes:
Onslaught - The attacking side has to take over two points on the map to unlock a final third point while the defending side has to ... well defend all three
Conquest - Both sides start the game contesting the middle point in a five point map and the objective is to take over all five or hold the most points for victory.
A total of five maps are available as of this post, 2 Onslaught and 3 Conquest maps.
CLASSES:
Each class has access to two main weapons, two devices, two squad supports and one handgun.
ASSAULT:
Armed with the Assault Rifle and Shotgun, the Assault is the slowest of the three classes and the one with the most armor and health. Use the Assault class to take over points and to hold the points. The two devices Assaults have access to are:
Blitz:
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| Dashing with the Blitz deployed |
The Blitz shield is on your back and when it is there, it provides you with a little more armor in case somebody flanks you and shoots you from behind. When the Blitz is fully charged, you can enable it by pressing F (default key) and then use it as a battering ram to knock down your opponents and have your team (hopefully) kill them in your wake. You can also use it to defeat the Heat and Aegis. It is however not a hundred percent bullet proof as you can still get hit on your legs. Also the Blackout device can disable it.
Heat:
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| Switches to Infra-Red view and cooks anyone not in cover |
Heat is a device which emits microwave rays to suppress your enemy. It can prevent them from shooting or pretty much restricts them to cover. However again it is not a perfect device as it can be neutralized by the Blitz or Blackout device. Also if somebody is very close to you, they may have a chance to shoot you as they can maneuver quicker than you while Heat is deployed. You can zoom in for extra damage.
Squad Support:
The Assault Class has two squad supports:
Combat Regen: Increases your and any nearby team-members health regeneration.
Armor Harden: Hardens your and your nearby team-members armor making them tougher to kill.
SPECIALIST:
Armed with Light Machine Guns (LMG) and Shotguns, the Specialist is the support class of the game. They have medium armor. They can be used to spearhead attacks, team protection and also disrupting the enemy team so they cannot attack your team.
Specialists have access to:
Aegis:
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| Notice the shield just a small distance away from the specialist |
The Aegis shield when deployed creates a bullet proof "bubble" which can protect several team-mates allowing everyone to move up. Great as both an offensive and defensive device, The shield however depletes faster as your enemy shoots at it. The enemy can kill you if they enter the bubble and also grenades can cause damage. The Blitz can knock you down and the Heat can still suppress you while the Blackout as always stops any devices.However a well timed charge with the Aegis for protection is very difficult to stop.
Blackout:
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| You can see the aftereffects of the emp discharge around the specialist. |
Blackout is an EMP discharge which disable all devices, stuns the enemy and also disables their guns for a limited time. However your enemy has to be in the area of effect for all of these effects to work. When enabled the Blackout has a increasing "ring" of effect and you can run in and stop your enemy in their tracks. It is a great tool but is difficult to aim correctly and it has a sound when it deploys which tells everyone there is a blackout in the vicinity. However once it is mastered it is indeed a very frightening (and annoying) device to run in to. Can be stopped by weapons, grenades or if you don't deploy it fast enough.
Squad Support:
The Specialist Squad Support are:
Ammo Resupply: Regenerates ammo for you and any team-mate within range.
Device Recharge: Recharges the devices faster for you and your team-mates.
RECON:
The intelligence gathering and all around mayhem causing class, the recons are the fastest of the three classes with the lowest armor of the three. They have access to Sniper rifles and sub-machine guns (SMG.)
Recons have access to:
Oracle:
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| "Pinging" the enemy through walls. Not my Oracle though as I am carrying cloak in this instance |
Cloak:
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| I am on the right side. Notice the disruption pattern. |
Cloak can turn you nearly invisible to the naked eye. The faster you move, the easier it is to see you however it is a great way to flank. You can start shooting in cloak but you will de-cloak so make sure you can take the target down. Oracle can show your outline to the enemy and Blackout and disable cloak.
Squad Support:
Gunshot Detector: Outlines the enemy shooting within a radius.
Vector Detector: Outlines enemies sprinting.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
This is part one of my Ghost Recon Online posts. As a thorough exploration of the game will take more time, I have decided to break the posts up and that way you won't have to read all of it in one go.
Be on the look out for part two!
Kiyoshi Out!
