MGS V: The Phantom Pain How to – FOB Guide and Tips

Become the best Big Boss!

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has quite a few activities in store for players looking for more out of their game. Fultoning animals, collecting prisoners in order to secure valuable upgrades, lifting tanks with balloons, and even building a base to use in online multiplayer. These online multiplayer bases are called Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) and provide a benefit to the player as well as new ways to experience the Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain action.

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The FOB is a lot like the Mother Base in that it utilizes resources you’ve pilfered throughout your adventures in the game and through deployment of your soldiers. So your volunteers, gun placements, vehicles, and other resources will play a major part in the overall strength of your FOB.

FOBs are interacted with directly in two primary ways: Defending and Infiltrating. This guide will give you tips for each in order to ensure that the best Big Boss is always your Big Boss.


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