Research into this frontlines game

**Exploding_Silver** · 12-29-2007, 02:50 PM

I am going to use this thread to jot down things I find out about Frontlines: Fuel of War

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Its being released on the consoles and PC. Consule games are 32 players max and PC games are 62 players max. There is no cross platform server games.
There is going to be punkbuster for ranked servers. If there is recon access to ranked servers then there is a real possibility of using the BF2142 admin program (it uses punkbuster) in FFOW for SM slots and maybe even squadless kick <<<<< Apo & Panzer read this

**Exploding_Silver** · 12-29-2007, 05:46 PM

Frontlines has 'spawn on squad leader' like BFx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUICx1iaOHg

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Originally Posted by frontlines beta pdf guide

Squads allow a group of up to 4 players to band together for enhanced teamwork!
The benefits of being in a squad are many:
• Squads get their own private chat channel;
• Positions of squad mates are always highlighted on the map in order to make them
easier to find;
• Squad leader is able to send commands and highlight targets for his squad mates,
and;
• Last, but not least, the squad leader may be used as a mobile spawn point as long as
he’s alive.
Make sure to cover your leader!

trailer for squadplay in FFOW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ft1Vd54nm8

**Exploding_Silver** · 12-29-2007, 05:47 PM

Frontlines: Fuel of War Airstrike Video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tE-9EAv-o-s

**Exploding_Silver** · 12-29-2007, 05:48 PM

One page with links to all preview videos
http://www.frontlineswar.com/?page=videos

The Youtube vids are 1-2 mins each and give a really good insight into the game

**Exploding_Silver** · 12-29-2007, 06:18 PM

Looks mighty good

Lucky Shot · 12-29-2007, 07:30 PM

Great posts Silver, I think there is a ton of potential with this game. It has squads, weapon classes that are similar to the BF series and then adds on top of it "Roles". Here is a quick example of the Droid role within FFOW.

http://files.filefront.com/Droid+Bas.../fileinfo.html

Lucky Shot

mentholated · 12-29-2007, 07:37 PM

I'm certainly excited.

**Exploding_Silver** · 12-29-2007, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucky Shot

Great posts Silver, I think there is a ton of potential with this game. It has squads, weapon classes that are similar to the BF series and then adds on top of it "Roles". Here is a quick example of the Droid role within FFOW.

http://files.filefront.com/Droid+Bas.../fileinfo.html

Lucky Shot

Nice

below is how i would describe FFOW, how would you describe it LuckyShot ?

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Overall I would say the gameplay is;

flash bang action like COD4
+
the squad structure of BF
+
cool gadgets like 2142
=
AWESOME TG potential for the tactical action players at TG

**Exploding_Silver** · 12-29-2007, 11:02 PM

Frontlines: Fuel of War Roles

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Originally Posted by http://www.frontlineswar.com/?page=roles

There are 6 loadouts and 4 roles. You can combine any loadout with any role.
Your loadout defines your primary and secondary weapons.
Your role define your abilities and strategic role on the front. These abilities unlock during a single match based on your actions and have auto reload timers for use.
There are three ranks/levels of Roles you can have. The more experience you gain, the higher the rank/level you'll achieve. When you reach a certain rank/level, you get to unlock a special abliity for your role.
Role experience is reset after a match is complete. You can gain more experience by killing your opponent and securing objectives.

Ground Support Role - Essential to any well balanced team, the ground support has the ability to repair vehicles and secure defensive positions by deploying anti-infantry and anti-vehicular weapon stations.

Western Coalition Rank 1: Welding Torch to repair your vehicles, etc.
Western Coalition Rank 2: Ability to create mortar guns on tripods. This allows you to shoot mortar rounds at your opponents causing destruction.
Western Coalition Rank 3: Ability to place a Rail Gun. Allows you to mow down your opponents.

Red Star Alliance Rank 1: Shezhou R66 Repair Torch - To repair your vehicles, etc.
Red Star Alliance Rank 2: GSH633 Mini Gun - Ability to mow down your opponents.
Red Star Alliance Rank 3: RK1 Portable Sentry Gun - Ability to kill your opponents while rotating 180 degrees.

Air Support role - The air support specialist has the ability to call for a variety of long-ranged aerial assault weaponry, allowing him to target a single unit or cover a large area.

Western Coalition Rank 1: Precision Strike - Air strike from an Unmanned Combat Vehicle.
Western Coalition Rank 2: Drops clusterbombs onto your opponents.
Western Coalition Rank 3: Calls in an Osprey in which it will spray an area you tell it to with it's Vulcan Gun.

Red Star Alliance Rank 1: Air strike from an Unmanned Combat Vehicle.
Red Star Alliance Rank 2: Drops a carpet bomb ontop of your opponents.
Red Star Alliance Rank 3: Drops a fuel bomb above your opponents.

Drone Technician Role - Master of robotics, drone technicians have the abilities to deploy and control drones for the purpose of reconnaissance, vehicle destruction and all-out assault.

Western Coalition Rank 1: MQ38 Hunter - It is capable of detecting enemy units around the battlefield. It is a small flying device that exposes enemy units to all players even if they are hidden behind walls.
Western Coalition Rank 2: AQ431 Assault Drone - It is capable of taking out your opponents with it's chain gun.
Western Coalition Rank 3: AQ432 Mortar Drone - It is capable of taking out your opponents and causing havoc with its mortar rounds.

Red Star Alliance Rank 1: TE1 Tiger Eye Recon Drone - It is capable of finding your opponents and taking them out.
Red Star Alliance Rank 2: TR1 Tiger Runner Assault Drone - This drone carries C4 and you can drive around with it to blow up vehicles, etc.
Red Star Alliance Rank 3: TC1 Tiger Claw Attack Drone - Similar to the Recon Drone but it carries missiles.

Countermeasures Role - Specialist in thwarting enemy technology, the countermeasure technician is invisible to the enemy’s detection scans or equipment, thus never appearing on the mini-map. Additionally, he can launch various devices which can disable enemy vehicles, drones and prevent hostile air strikes from being called in a particular area.
Can defeat targeted Air Strikes. Take out drones with EMP grenades, disable vehicles with EMP rocket, and call in EMP pulse bombs.

Rank 1: Passive Ability. Mini-map Stealth meaning enemy drones cannot see him on the minimap and map. (The soldier will still visible appear)
Rank 2: PREMP-3 Zues E-Rocket Launcher. Can shoot vehicles and Airplanes to temporarily disable them.
Rank 3: EMP Pulse. Turret based weapon that constantly sends out EMP Pulses around a certain radius.

**Exploding_Silver** · 12-29-2007, 11:16 PM

The roles (in the previous post) determine the gadgets
The class determines the primary and secondary weapons
You can combine any class with any role

The Classes

Assault
Standard weapon loadout used by most of the grunts on the frontline. The Assault Class weapons include: Assault Rifle with Grenade Launcher Attachment, Pistol, and Frag Gernades.

Heavy Assault
When extra firepower is required, the heavy assault rifle sacrifices some accuracy for a higher rate of fire. The Heavy Assault class will contain a Heavy Assault Rifle, Pistol, and Frag Gernades.

Sniper
Silent but deadly, the sniper can take down infantry targets from miles away while keeping his hiding spot secured with proximity mines. The Sniper class will contain a Sniper Rifle, Pistol, and Proximity Mines.

Anti-Vehicle
The bane of armored vehicle operators, the AV can deploy land mines or lock onto a target with his rocket launcher and select the trajectory of his rocket to ensure maximum efficiency. The Anti-Vehicle class will contain a Rocket Launcher, Pistol, and Land Mines.

Special Ops
The highly versatile spec-op is effective at both short and long range, thanks to his scoped smg. His C4 charges can also be used to lay down deadly traps for his opponents. The Special Ops class will contain Sub-Machine Gun, Pistol, and C4.

Close Combat
Close quarter combat specialist, the close combat loadout is the most efficient at clearing and securing tight locations. The Close Combat class will contain a Shotgun, Pistol, and Frag Gernades.

**Exploding_Silver** · 12-30-2007, 12:17 AM

Fun short youtube video featuring drones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHKtQ8dGX-E

SkilleRStyLe · 12-30-2007, 09:45 AM

No medic?

**Exploding_Silver** · 12-30-2007, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by SkilleRStyLe

No medic?

There is no medic class, so no revives on squad mates or squad leader

They have an automatic self-heal in the game

There is no bar for health, if you are hit the screen goes red, hit more goes black & red, hit more then die. Once dead there is no revive, just respawn (redeploy in frontlines). In terms of how many bullets to die, its about the same as BF2142 or BF2 vanila. If you are hurting and you find cover from fire then the self heal automatically kicks in and takes about 5 seconds to return to normal screen colour ie no red or black, at that point you are back to full health

**Exploding_Silver** · 12-30-2007, 01:05 PM

Frontlines uses the unreal engine. The unreal engine supports demos (battlerecorder files in BFx). However upon release this is not enabled. It may be enabled in a future patch.

**PanzerHans** · 12-30-2007, 01:31 PM

Yep, good chance I could port the autoadmin program to Frontlines. It will not work out of the box but a few days of code grinding should do the trick.