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[Bolivar]

^ yeah, that's a problem I had, not to mention the fact that I was on losing teams, so I was losing levels, then had to go to lower level teams, so begins a spiral of failure! I still had a great time though, to me I enjoy just playing right-size matches at a fast pace, although I wouldn't mind the extra reward points for winning.

I've been floating between levels 4-6 and its hard to keep up because there's not really alot of higher level servers in the Freebattle lobbies. Once I hit level 5, there's maybe 2-4 yellow servers so it's not long before I'm back to 4...

What's your characters name/clan, Serapy?

[Serapy]

You will level eventually!

Since I live in Europe, my IGN is Serady and its clan is Horizon. If you live in NA, then I don't think we can play together because I think the servers of NA and EU are different . However, I'm not sure, there may be a way to log into the NA side from here, but I doubt it.

I have 3450 reward points, I'm thinking about saving more points for a black beret. I dunno yet.

[Bolivar]

^ yeah, i'm pretty sure it's region locked. I was also wondering if maybe i ran into one of you guys during survival or something.

And those berets are craaaaazy expensive, but it's a status symbol i guess. I'm just trying to get a real cool camo set, get my swagger up.

[Pete for President]

I'm still stuck at level 3 after 12 hours of play. Would it be smart to join higher level rooms to get my level up or would that just bring me down?

[Serapy]

I'm still stuck at level 3 after 12 hours of play. Would it be smart to join higher level rooms to get my level up or would that just bring me down?

Yes, play in some higher level rooms, and no, you won't lose a level. If the players are higher level and killed you, then you won't lose any level. If you do well against them, you will gain a level. It's like this, if a lower level person has killed you couple of times, you will lose a level. However, if you keep getting killed by higher level people, it's not worth it to play any further as it may mess up your online stat (K/D and W/L ratios).

[Vivisteiner]

Ok, I have no clue about options and what to do on MGO. Every time, I just do automatching on Solidus and kill a bunch of people. I never do teams or anything.


What options exactly are open to me, and what are the best ones to choose? Should I choose an area other than Solidus? How do I know what level it is?

(I dont have gene expansion).

What tips are there for gaining levels, and what is this 'survivor mode' - do you need the expansion?

Sorry for the ton of questions. FYI, Im level 5.

[Pete for President]

I'm still stuck at level 3 after 12 hours of play. Would it be smart to join higher level rooms to get my level up or would that just bring me down?

Yes, play in some higher level rooms, and no, you won't lose a level. If the players are higher level and killed you, then you won't lose any level. If you do well against them, you will gain a level. It's like this, if a lower level person has killed you couple of times, you will lose a level. However, if you keep getting killed by higher level people, it's not worth it to play any further as it may mess up your online stat (K/D and W/L ratios).

Thanks, will do =)

[Bolivar]

Ok, I have no clue about options and what to do on MGO. Every time, I just do automatching on Solidus and kill a bunch of people. I never do teams or anything.


What options exactly are open to me, and what are the best ones to choose? Should I choose an area other than Solidus? How do I know what level it is?

(I dont have gene expansion).

What tips are there for gaining levels, and what is this 'survivor mode' - do you need the expansion?

Sorry for the ton of questions. FYI, Im level 5.

It seems you're talking about matches and what rooms/lobbies to enter. Automatching is great, I personally prefer it sometimes because it creates varied matches with just the right amount of people and no lag (sometimes, but rare). The only problem with automatching is that it always gets characters lower to your level in addition to ones higher, so if there's alot of characters lower than you, it might not be worth it since your level can only go down. At the same time, you might be able to get a great kill:death ratio, and you could work on getting some better titles. I guess it's all about balancing your play ratios, playing games to get higher levels, and playing games to get higher stats/titles.

As Serapy's been saying, the best way to raise your level is by playing with gamers who have a higher level than you. A good way to ensure this is by going to the Freebattle lobbies instead of automatching, and look for servers whose text is in yellow - that'll be a server whose average level is about 1 higher than yours. It's also great practice because you'll be playing with/experiencing techniques by people who are just the next level up, as opposed to ones who are rediculously higher and have down fundamentals which you couldn't learn just by playing with them.

There's alot of other advantages to the free battle lobby, it displays how many players are in the game, the max number of players allowed, and what map and game mode they are currently playing. You can even check the game details to check what cycle of maps and game modes they are using. So you can really look for and join games which suit your likes and dislikes, whether you prefer specific maps, modes, the high action of having alot of players, or playing with a small number so you can practice certain techniques. It's all up to you.

Survival is a special event every week where players form 6-member teams and face off against other teams for Reward Points. You get 50 reward points for every match you lose, and 100 Reward points for winning your first match. If you can manage to win successive matches in a row with that one team, the amount of reward points you get will dramatically increase, up to 500 i think. Basically you're in a lobby where you can browse teams, how many players they have, what the average level is, whether they're casual/serious, etc. You can leave a team any time you want and join a new one. All the while, MGO is displaying who has just won, and how many matches. You need the GENE expansion to play, and it uses all of the new maps and all game modes so that each encounter with a new squad is different. Basically, at the end you've accumulated so many reward points that you can then go to the reward shop and trick out your character however you want.

Sorry for the long post, hope that answers most of your questions.

[Pete for President]

^Sure does! I was wondering about survival as well.

Speaking of titles, which ones did you guys get so far?

I'm an Eagle for quite some time now, it's the only one I've obtained. So apparently I'm a "Headshot Master". Cool.

[Serapy]

Congratulations! I'm still a water bear.

Vivisteiner, I usually play in the 'Free Battle' server and I think it's pretty good. A lot of people usually go there, especially higher level players. I find Auto Matching a bit pointless, because there aren't a lot of lvl 4+ people who play in there, most of them play in the other servers like Free Battle.

[Bolivar]

My titles so far: I had to go through my introductory "Sloth" (headshot susceptible) period starting out, then moved on to "Water Bear" (high survival rate). However, I actually haven't had any current title for quite some time now. I'd like to be FOXHOUND, but apparently you need a high kill:death ratio which I don't think I'd ever be able to get... unless I just lurked in level 1-3 free battle servers.

One more thing about lobbies - if you get the Gene expansion, you get 5 points per round (10 points per match) for the Reward Shop for playing in the Expansion Automatching lobbies. I'm usually there for the reasons I stated about automatching that I like, plus it builds a little community, I get to know all the people that I'll be seeing Survival night.

News Flash: in the latest Dengeki Playstation, Kojima Productions revealed a few details for the upcoming MEME Expansion pack:

3 Maps:
1) Snow Map - People are speculating its Shadow Moses or the snow map from the original MGO.
2) Jungle Map - apparently they stated it would have a color pallete similar to Svyatogornyj, so we could expect a Snake Eater map.
3) Map with a ruin in the Middle - most are expecting it to be "Ghost Factory" from the original MGO.

New Character - said to have a real killer ability, many are thinking its Raiden.

New Game Mode - no details, but its supposed to "blow your mind"... I'm hoping for a co-op Metal Gear experience, but that's just something I'd like to see.

[Vivisteiner]

^Oooh, nice. I might get that one if its not too expensive. I'm assuming that if I get Meme, I'll get all the stuff in Gene automatically as well. (I havent bought Gene)


And thanks a bunch, Bolivar. That post was very helpful. I never tried the Free Battle, but I'll give it a go now. I was wondering why I was killing everyone in automatching, but still staying at level 5.

[Bolivar]

^I'm glad it helped. gl in the free battle servers.

[Serapy]

The snow map, huh? Buy EVERY snow cameo you can find off the Reward Shop! Now that might be a huge advantage towards the Snow map!
Same goes for the Jungle Map! Buy jungle cameos! Lol.

[Pete for President]

Yesterday I was level 4 for a couple of rounds, but now I'm back to 3 =/ Got my sniper+ to master though!