Finished the game, what now? Here are a few tips

[Art Blade]

Very nice observation about actually having to take a pic with the camera in order to get a result on the map,  :-X +1 from me, too  :)

And let's slap UBI around a bit for not removing those obsolete sparkling blips.

[PZ]

And let's slap UBI around a bit for not removing those obsolete sparkling blips.

Sounds like a bug to me

[Art Blade]

er.. so we don't slap UBI around, then?  ????

[PZ]

Of course we do because they deliberately never fix their bugs, and like many of the other companies, any fixes they institute often introduces new bugs.  Essentially, what we can expect is a switch from one bug to another.

I would venture to say that the only bugs they successfully "fix" are the ones that we like to exploit for gaming purposes, like the mortar trick in FC2.

[mandru]

I vote we slap UBI around just for old time's sake.  ;)

Thanks for the slap on the back Art.  :)

[fragger]

Nice bit of investigation mandru, +1 from me too :-X

I vote we slap UBI around just for old time's sake.

I agree - but why stop at a mere slap?

Spoiler

*BIFF*
:knockout

[mandru]

 :-D Thanks fragger.

[Art Blade]

fragger, :-D

[PZ]

Your spoiler just about sums up how many gamers feel about developers, fragger!  It is quite a love/hate relationship we have;  we love the games, but hate how they choose to implement them.  :-()

[mandru]

After the game in an effort to make the outposts livelier I've found that I can openly assault an outpost and force them to call for reinforcements.  By killing everyone except one last defender I can leave the area uncaptured and later when I come back the outpost will be repopulated, on high alert and the reinforcements will announce that they are on the way before I can even engage them again.

Stubborn Kid Farm the outpost immediately to the North of Hoyt's compound (it's just up the hill, drop on in  ;) ) is perfect for this sort of serial harassment.  >:D

There are five or six BMG packing Heavies (3 stationed + 3 reinforcement arrivals I believe but as a personal favorite they are bloody fun to practice death from above take downs on) and enough stray bodies for some real merriment.  Once I've reduced them to one sole survivor I dash to the cliff edge to the South of that outpost and use the flying suit to zip back down to Hoyt's compound to stir things up there for a bit or maybe swap up my weapons load out for variety before starting the whole cycle over again.  :-X

[Art Blade]

heh heh heh  :-D

Good idea to commute between the Compound and the Stubborn Kid farm.  :-X

About the last man standing, careful with that. I once did that with a rather unexpected outcome. Leaving the area I heard dingos or rabid dogs going in after me and the poor sod got killed. Outpost liberated.  :D :-D

[mandru]

Hmm..  let's see, local dangers for Stubborn Kid Farm?  Lots of buffalo and at least one roving bear. :-\\

You're right Art I'd better be leaving two of them undeaded before gliding back down to the compound.  That still leaves all those heavies to play with and at least ten or so other potential victims before forcing a reset.  :-D

[Art Blade]

nice.  :-D

[Binnatics]

Here's something else to do; solve the rebus!!

1: X:319.5,  Y:750.6  Kneel and look North; 'V' = 'P'
2: X:771.6,  Y:752.2  Look East, North-East
3: X:370.1,  Y:380.4  Look south; 'FL' = 'G'
3: X:363.5 Y:698.2 with the exact same word hints (Look south; 'FL' = 'G') Thanx Mandru for the better location ;)
4: X:488.4,  Y:476.1  Look west; Pump Station 3rd digit
5: X:482.3,  Y:808.7  On deck, look west; What can you grab here? -L, +!!!

Have fun ^-^

[mandru]

I agree completely Binn.  ;)  :-X

Here's +1 for the amusing diversion.  :-D

[Binnatics]

 :)

Thanks Mandru!! The idea came to mind when I was thinking about the coordinates in the map and what they can be good for ;) It was nice to do, but a bit hard to find the right attributes, heheh :-D

[fragger]

Must do, must do... but I get into the game and keep forgetting to :-[

Next time. I'll stick a Post-It on my monitor screen to remind me

[mandru]

Binn, your third clue may not always be there as it is dependent on the whims of a respawn.  I remembered what I had seen there on a previous visit or it might have given me trouble.

3: X:370.1,  Y:380.4  Look south; 'FL' = 'G'

The somewhat more dangerous coordinates X:363.5 Y:698.2 with the exact same word hints (Look south; 'FL' = 'G') is always there though you'll have to really want it to go to the trouble to find it.  ;)

[Art Blade]

I too still have to try that, fragger :)

[Binnatics]

I will try to reach your alternative, Mandru, thanx for the tip!

[TheStranger]

Oh interesting coordinates. I'have to check them out.

Can you only reset outposts after you have liberated them all or, let's say, reset them after you have liberated just 5 of them?

edit: And I have to say that the main missions are ok. I have seen far worser stories and it's always hard to create a common thread for open world games.

[Art Blade]

to reset all outposts, you need to have liberated them all AND to have finished the main story missions.

[TheStranger]

Ok thank you  :)

[nexor]

Can someone tell me how do I go to a particular grid reference, I would have thought that the location of the cursor on the map would indicate the grid reference, obviously not, when I position the cursor in the left bottom corner of my screen it shows x and y as zero, and my map has disappeared off my screen in the top right hand corner   :D

[Art Blade]

The player is the grid reference. There is a button that centers the map around the player.