Metal Gear Solid V The Phantom Pain – Elite & Legendary Staff Farming (A++/S) Level Up Mother Base

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Published on September 11, 2015 by PS4Trophies

Guide to gain finding high quality elite or legendary soldiers for staff at mother base in Metal Gear Solid 5 The Phantom Pain. Play mission 16 and kill the 4 Skulls before extracting the truck. After you destroy the 4 Skulls, you will have 5 minutes to extract every soldier in the hot zone as they will all be stunned from the Skull’s parasites. Once you’ve extracted all that you wish, return and finish the mission. The rating of the soldiers you come across will increase as you level up Mother Base.

I use the Wormhole Fulton extract just in the event of bad weather or if a unit is under cover.

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★ The Phantom Pain includes the following trophies ★
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Legend (Platinum)
Obtain all trophies

Awakening
Completed “PROLOGUE: AWAKENING” mission.

Phantom Limb
Completed “PHANTOM LIMBS” mission.

Beekeeper
Completed “WHERE DO THE BEES SLEEP?” mission.

Gears Turn
Completed “HELLBOUND” mission.

Caravan
Completed “TRAITORS’ CARAVAN” mission.

Voices
Completed “VOICES” mission.

Immortal
Completed “METALLIC ARCHAEA” mission.

Skull
Completed “SAHELANTHROPUS” mission.

Disappearance
Completed “CLOAKED IN SILENCE” mission.

Truth
Completed “TRUTH: THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD” mission.

Apprentice
Completed a mission using a Combat Unit staff member.

Accomplished
Completed all missions.

Executed
Completed all mission tasks.

Elite
Completed all missions with an S rank.

Undertaken
Completed a SIDE OP.

Cleared
Completed all “Mine Clearing” SIDE OPS.

Achieved
Completed all SIDE OPS.

Captured
Captured an outpost or guard post.

Search-and-Destroy
Captured all outposts and guard posts in Northern Kabul, Afghanistan.

Sweep-and-Clear
Captured all outposts and guard posts in the Angola-Zaire Border Region.

Deployment
Completed all key Dispatch Missions.

Intruder
Played an “Infiltration” FOB mission.

Speechless
Made Quiet available for deployment.

Trusty Steed
Raised bond with D-Horse to the maximum.

Man’s Best Friend
Raised bond with D-Dog to the maximum

War Buddy
Raised bond with Quiet to the maximum.

Extraction
Fulton extracted an enemy soldier.

Interrogation
Interrogated an enemy soldier.

To The Rescue
Extracted a female prisoner.

Platoon
Increased Mother Base staff to 50 or more personnel.

Battalion
Increased Mother Base staff to 250 or more personnel.

Army
Raised all Teams/Units to level 99.

Enhancement
Developed 50 or more development items.

Reinforcement
Developed 100 or more development items.

Locked and Loaded
Developed 300 or more development items.

Architect
Constructed all available platforms for Mother Base.

Deterrence
Developed a nuclear weapon.

Disarmament
Disposed of a nuclear weapon.

Prosperity
Earned a total of 10,000,000 GMP or more.

Conservation
Extracted all wild animal species.

Collector
Obtained all blueprints and key items.

Reminiscence
Obtained all memento photos.

Hero
Obtained the codename “Hero.”

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98 comments

  • Foxhound101wh 9 years ago

    He sounds like Stevie from eastbound and down

    Reply
  • killingsp115 9 years ago

    Better way to do this is just do all the side ops missions with non-leathal
    weapons and only extract A++ and higher staff.

    Reply
  • chris ornelas 9 years ago

    what suit do you have?

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  • overlord kujo 9 years ago

    so i have a question, i have my base full of staff lower than A+ if i start
    to find better staff, will the Es, Bs and others get automatically replaced
    with the better ones?

    Reply
  • overlord kujo 9 years ago

    Thanks for the video, its very helpful.

    Reply
  • UncleAir 9 years ago

    This is really easy to get an S-rank on later on, and if D-Dog’s dumbass
    doesn’t sit in front of your rockets you can farm guys easy, I find at
    least 1 multiple-S rank soldier every time, a ton of A++ guys too. Easiest
    way to farm skull capsules (Or whatever they are called) and high end
    soldiers.

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  • Metal Gear Silly 9 years ago

    The quest to getting S-killed soldiers all over…why? Isn’t Metal Gear
    Online gonna start soon and FOB missions will be a thing of the past? I’ve
    been fultoning people and things for hours and hours..it feels like a job
    man…only you don’t get paid. I do it while completing side-ops – but I
    saw someones channel and the guy had 100% completion, and he got nothing
    for completing the side-ops..which are pretty much all the same if you ask
    me.

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  • 441meatloaf 9 years ago

    What this guy forget to tell everyone is the fact for R&D and Medical you
    have to reserve several spots for the special skilled soldiers, otherwise
    it will get replaced by higher skilled staff. You need those special skills
    people in order to develop your items.

    Reply
  • Phil Nichols 9 years ago

    I just did this and got 18 S ranked guys and like 30 A++

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  • Alexandre Canabarro 9 years ago

    nothing S in this video

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  • sacrabalic 9 years ago

    Can you also farm the Sahelanthropus boss? Because I noticed I got S+
    volunteers from that, but people I find are still A++.

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  • Jope Sipes 9 years ago

    yeah I tried this and I could only get B rank…

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  • Da cardboard box 9 years ago

    Hey can someone help me I finished the game have 120 hours of play time 200
    K heroism my command and r&d platform are max my staff levels are 30’s to
    40’s and I have my scope max and I haven’t found a single s soldier so can
    someone give me tips cause my r and d was 46 till I fired a bunch now it’s
    39 and I really want raiden thx

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  • Brendan Doherty 9 years ago

    Thanks man.

    Reply
  • Johan Mikaelson 9 years ago

    You can do this in mission 28 Code Talker, I’ve seen a video of a guy that
    got 36 S rank soldiers, I’ve done it twist and I’ve gotten 4 or 5 S rank
    soldiers and many A++ perhaps it’s for may heroism level, I have 520K, try
    to do this in mission 28,u kill 3 skulls and let the other live until u can
    move Big Boss to carry Code to the chopper, then u kill the last skull and
    there, many soldiers knock out and if u are lucky perhaps u find a couple
    of S rank soldiers

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  • Selecta_95 9 years ago

    that mission is piss ing me off

    Reply
  • The Raptor Syndicate 9 years ago

    What suit are you using

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  • The Raptor Syndicate 9 years ago

    Is it weird I watch this and I play on a Xbox

    Reply
  • Kamino Surveilance 9 years ago

    do you have to complete the game until the end and then replay this
    mission?, cuz knocking skulls with lethal weapon only resulting in
    death/disappear….

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  • Mark Fisher 9 years ago

    if u really wanted to u could extract everyone arundel there cause they
    will just go to waiting room and then u can sort through them and not have
    to scan them to save time and get more

    Reply
  • KAY B 14 9 years ago

    Heroismus = 500.000 😉
    and there are only S-rank soldiers left on the map

    Reply
  • VirtualTwinkie 9 years ago

    can someone tell me how to give solders better gear at mother base

    Reply
  • Perposterown 9 years ago

    When I first faced the skulls on this mission, I was just a sniper guy with
    Quiet as my buddy…. I ended up just waiting at the first outpost and
    killing the tanks with airstrikes and calling in a drop for an LMG to take
    out the skulls while quiet kind of distracted them.
    I hadn’t really researched any missile launchers or anything of the sort so
    I was just lucky I had an LMG.

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  • Anthony Parkins 9 years ago

    When I go directly to the trucks location (not retrieving the intel) there
    are no guards/enemies present in the airport. So after I’ve defeated the
    skulls there are no stunned people to fulton??????

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  • akshat verma12 9 years ago

    do you know how to get s+ soldiers

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  • Mix 9 years ago

    Good method to complete the mission with “S” rank! But I just got 1 A+ and
    1 A and the rest B .. I killed those skulls but didn’t extract them.

    Reply
  • Christopher Swords 9 years ago

    I can’t think of anything to comment so I’m just going to post an easy
    pancake recipe.

    Step 1:
    1 cup of milk
    1 cup of plain flour
    1 egg
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract

    Whisk milk, egg, flour and vanilla together in a jug. Whisk until just
    combined.

    Step 2:
    *Heat a small to medium non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Brush pan
    with butter.
    *Using a ladle of mixture per pancake, cook the pancakes for 3 to 4 minutes
    or until bubbles appear on surface. Turn and cook for 3 minutes or until
    cooked through.
    Transfer to a plate and enjoy!

    Reply
  • Frank Jake 9 years ago

    Anyone know how to level security so confused.

    Reply
  • [B.O.T] 9 years ago

    you sound like smilk

    Reply
  • Paladin Leonard 9 years ago

    just use D-Walker

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  • can naci 9 years ago

    hi bro i have a problem
    al mission from 1 to 50 i play everything on rank S
    i unlocked to gold oained snake but the tropy dont show up:(
    the tropy compleet all mission on s rank
    find all blueprints dont show it
    pls help

    Reply
  • Daniel Mullen 9 years ago

    So I’m a few missions past this and I find and extract a++ and even s
    soldiers but they don’t end up joining. Is that because my base levels? My
    heroism?

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  • Robert Storey 9 years ago

    Things you’ll need:
    1. Stun Weapon (preferably the UN-ARC-NL with stun grenade launcher
    attachment, you’ll need the legendary gunsmith to do this)
    2. Optional: Infinite Bandanna
    3. Optional: D-Dog with Fulton extract kit, will make it super easy to spot
    all the zombified soldiers and free extraction, making sure you get the
    most out of the mission.

    Do mission 28 with a stun weapon equipped, defeat all snipers but 1. Run to
    the back of the mansion, tranq the 3 soldiers but don’t extract them. Run
    down to the basement to start the cutscene with Code Talker. Skip the
    cutscene and bring him to the top of the stairs and leave him there.
    Because you left one skull sniper alive, all the soldiers will be
    zombified. Shoot the soldiers in the head with the stun weapon and they
    will be incapacitated and you’ll be able to extract them without having to
    kill the last skull sniper. There are about 60 soldiers you’ll be able to
    extract. Rinse and repeat and you’ll have a base full of S rank soldiers in
    no time. Thumbs up so people can see.

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  • ZERO LINE 9 years ago

    Encountered Legendary Combatant twice.. with a stat of S++, S+, S++, S++…
    Foulton them… but every time i check mother Base they’re not in my list
    of combatants..

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  • Daron Lim 9 years ago

    Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but can you use D Dog’s
    tactical fulton to make this easier?

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  • Isaac Randel 9 years ago

    Is anyone else having a problem where when you extract S rank people they
    don’t get added to your mother base staff. If so please advise

    Reply
  • William F. Drake 9 years ago

    I prefer the Code Talker Mission! There are over 100 Soldiers you can
    extract. It’s a little bit harder then Traitors Caravan, but much more
    Soldiers on a much smaler area.
    1. do not kill the Female Skullz when the snipers appear. Try to sneake
    undetected into the mansion
    2. after you get Code Talker the Skullz parasite take over the soldiers. A
    headshot with the Riot MP knock them (Soldiers) out two Skullz are on the
    left and two on the right side of the canyon.

    This is alittle bit harder because there are over 100 Zombie Soldiers in
    the area. Once i extracted over 100 Soldiers and cant get with Code Talker
    in the shopper then you hade to run out of the mission area!

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  • Jesús Linares 9 years ago

    code talker gets you more staff, just dont kill the skulls at the
    beginning, capture code talker, and when u get outside kill the skulls and
    there will be more than 90 soldiers in the field. If you have high heroism
    most of the will be A++ or higher

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  • valzerna 9 years ago

    guys, you too are of the opinion that The Phantom Pain is a bit too easy? i
    really love this game, but imo some quests are way too easy… and if you
    use Quiet as a buddy it becomes a joke sometimes… for example theres a
    MAIN mission that asks you to eliminate a soldier who flees in the savannah
    (and btw not one of the first missions but after maybe 20 quests) , and i
    think it took me max 5 minutes to find him… luckily theres some optional
    objectives for each quest 😀 … but still LOVE Mgs 5 !! cant get enough
    🙂 … sorry for my bad english

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  • valzerna 9 years ago

    i fulton extracted a few S rank and A++ but i cant find those soldiers in
    my staff list!! i checked the list 3 times! i searched trough every single
    division, like R&D, combat, quarantine etc. and there is no sign of those
    soldiers! btw i noticed that there are some soldiers that have the same
    nickname… i have extracted these soldiers on a sideOp, so i noticed that
    only at the end of Main Quests the game shows you a detailed report of the
    elite soldiers recovered during the mission (and volunteers), this doesn’t
    happen with side missions… can you guys help me, some advice ?? sorry,
    because of my bad english i cant express myself as i wish, i hope that the
    text is understandable :-/ … thanks guys ;-D edit: i play offline

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  • Tyler Babb 9 years ago

    anybody know how to actually get new characters to play as that are beyond
    what the game gives you? Cause right now i extracted a dude with full S
    ranks on everything and 2 S+ and i have no idea how playing as staff works.

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  • Jean Alluin 9 years ago

    okay, quick question…How were you able to get a S rank on the mission
    while using the cyborg ninja outfit which only lets you get max A rank for
    a mission?

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  • Tyrineal 9 years ago

    for S+ and S++ Soldiers you got to either play as them in place of Venom,
    doing missions as them will level them up and improve there skill. Either
    that or keep sending them on Combat Deploys and eventually they will get a
    medal and level up a random skill that way. You can’t find them in the
    field you can only find S Soldiers and that happens after you get over 150K
    Heroism. The Higher your Heroism the better the Soldiers that will be in
    the field. At 500K it is quite rare to see a B level and lower Soldier.

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  • Luca Malvicini 9 years ago

    Thank you!!

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  • Robbie Ahmed 9 years ago

    I’m up to mission 20, and it doesn’t let me extract the skulls, I have all
    the Fulton systems too.

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  • Dan Weber 9 years ago

    I didn’t have much trouble getting everyone in the airport as well as
    around it (including the 4 guys with their jeep that are normally part of
    the caravan), and that was without the ninja suit.

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  • James Gambie 9 years ago

    Just to since the update on the 6th I have seen s+’s pop up in the game but
    i have tested it and it seems if you are using anything that restricts you
    to getting A in missions you wont see any.

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  • Corbin Chesley 9 years ago

    i beat the game, then watched this… why would i do this now? lol

    Reply
  • Digvijay Singh 9 years ago

    Thanks a LOT!

    Reply
  • Dildo Faggins 9 years ago

    In the new update I started seeing S+ soldiers now, but when you extract
    them they turn into S rank soldiers so I hope they fix this really soon.

    Reply
  • andre fringuellani 9 years ago

    use sniper rifle to kill the skulls

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  • oscar OFWGKTA 9 years ago

    patched

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  • Lucas de Marchi Ribeiro 9 years ago

    I found some S rank soldiers a couple of times but they never appear on my
    staff or brig when I fulton them back to base. Any one know why is that
    happening?

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  • Falgun Parmar 9 years ago

    I want to know that is Security Team’s level 50 required to achieve Army
    trophy?

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  • MrBraddles3128 9 years ago

    It’s actually a lot easier to farm higher ranking soldiers than this. Due
    to the ‘Mosquito’s Legacy’ event going on at the moment, I felt like
    replaying the mission where Mosquito attacks Mother Base. This time, I’ve
    completed all the missions and have 500K heroism. Mosquito’s soldiers were
    almost exclusively A++ – S+ rank.

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  • Dr. Troll 9 years ago

    I have extracted people that show as A++ ranks but when I look at them in
    mother base they are only A+ rank anyone know why?

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  • youthnando91 9 years ago

    Im trying to get the annoying Deployment Trophy it takes forever

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  • Myke X 9 years ago

    can someone tell me why i dont see my a++ soldier? i futon him but hes not
    in my staff. wtf

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  • olimpiacookiethrower 9 years ago

    Do i need to construct the FOB stuff to get the lvl 99 for my teams? Cause
    i actually rather play offline and i’t getting hard to get them up to 50

    Reply
  • GnoooTy 9 years ago

    hey guys! anyone can help me! when i fulton any solder have a good skills
    from A++ and above he doesn’t show in staff management. _*

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  • Gwyn Bleidd (MurcielagoLP92) 9 years ago

    haha all those noobs who use rocket launchers to kill them once you
    unlocked the serval(i think thats the name) those skulls are dead in a few
    seconds especially when you have quiet and her brennan sniper rifle even
    metal archeea is easy

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  • casterlord 9 years ago

    I’ve captured a good number of S ranked soldiers, but I don’t see them on
    any of the staff in my Mother Base management. Answers please.

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  • harrisonrg777 9 years ago

    need help. for some reason no S ranks soliders are making it back to mother
    base. I’ve fulton 3 of them with 100% fulton percentage. none of those 3
    made it back.. i thought maybe they was smart enough and found a way to get
    out of the fulton so the last 2 i tranquilized and put on the helicopter
    with me and still None of them made it back to mother base.. is this a
    glitch? im 32% complete i have almost all of mother base complete. i don’t
    see why this is happening. please help. all other soldiers up to A++ fulton
    just fine. i even recorded two of these and went straight to my staff
    listing and they simply aren’t there

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  • MinecraftMainia 9 years ago

    mission 25

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  • fatburner 52 9 years ago

    I got S+ soldiers after I beat Sahelanthropus. Otherwise they are really
    rare.

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  • juan alvarado 9 years ago

    Is it just me or do soldiers that you extract not always show up in your
    staff listings. For example I was doing side op 69 and extracted a guy who
    had 3 S+, and 3 S and he didn’t show up in my report after the mission or
    in my staff list.

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  • Almighty Legend 9 years ago

    I already have tons of s rank soldiers there pretty common for me, so I
    tried this method and got a shit ton of s ranks

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  • Kevin Sabin 9 years ago

    Is there a level cap for all the teams or no?

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  • Breegullbeak 9 years ago

    I can’t 100% confirm this, but I think soldiers get higher ranks based on
    your Heroism level. At over 500000 now I’m getting almost nothing but S-
    Ranks and above.

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  • deejayxcrypt 9 years ago

    Is there a way to reaquire these special staff members like example the
    interpreters and the Master Gunsmith? Need ones better than the old A-A+
    ones. Will the side ops to get them reappear if I dismiss the old ones?

    Reply
  • Bushido Brown 9 years ago

    great vid

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  • Ramon Johnson (Rex) 9 years ago

    Thank you for this video guide.

    Reply
  • Jose Martinez 9 years ago

    Is any else having trouble with S rank soldiers. I’ve found about 3 s rank
    soldiers, but everytime I extract them it doesn’t put them in the brig.
    Even when it says it was successful there not there, is there a way to fix
    this.

    Thx

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  • punolino 9 years ago

    why wasting your time on boasters, they all suck!!

    Reply
  • Sasuke Uchiha 9 years ago

    Hold on, I thought that suit limited the rank to a or below?

    Reply
  • Jonathan Peng 9 years ago

    So no S+ or higher?

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  • Trevor Miller 9 years ago

    My dog always gets in the way and gets extracted out its so annoying

    Reply
  • Jordan Alley 9 years ago

    i hate it when people keep saying that this game is an unfinished piece of
    shit

    Reply
  • Kjeld Schoonheim 9 years ago

    when i try and do this i get my ass handed to me on a platinum plate of
    fuck you.

    Reply
  • Kas Kas988 8 years ago

    how did you unlock the killer bee

    Reply
  • kerushun 8 years ago

    Who is he playing with here? I’ve not seen this suit :?

    Reply
  • Yowane Haku 8 years ago

    thank you very much i found this particular guide very VERY helpfull!
    (; ^□^) 

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  • Isai Cantu 8 years ago

    Who the hell is he playing as?

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  • joseph colon 8 years ago

    y cant i fulton them???

    Reply
  • Owen Fitzsimmons 8 years ago

    Y U NO USE BRENNAN SNIPER?

    Reply
  • gamester512 8 years ago

    I’ve never played any Metal Gear games, is this game hard to get used to,
    and does it ever force you into a particular play style (for example, if
    you prefer straight-up combat are you ever forced to be stealthy and
    vice-versa)?

    Reply
  • FC3STORMENTOR 8 years ago

    Kikongo Speakers become a weapon used against your base. Don’t collect a
    lot of them.

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  • Maktoom Almazrouei 8 years ago

    Thank you bro ❤️

    Reply
  • TheGamingDead 8 years ago

    How did u get it so it shows the exact rank level when you scan the
    solider?

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  • Brigade Anti Kikoo : BAK 8 years ago

    A++ soldiers = bad

    Reply
  • Chris Tsimplidakis 8 years ago

    καλυτερο

    Reply
  • Brock 8 years ago

    Anyone know why after I defeat the Skulls, it won’t let me extract them?

    Reply
  • BoMBoX 8 years ago

    I have very bad soldiers in this mission, what i doing bad????

    Reply
  • richard carbajal 8 years ago

    I found like 4 s rank but when send them to mb they don’t show up or pop up

    Reply
  • richard carbajal 8 years ago

    y

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  • Adde21 30 8 years ago

    does FOBs affect the chance of good soldiers? because i have bugged my game
    and i couldn’t build FOBs or play online

    Reply
  • Rip Liz 8 years ago

    Having a hard time with the skulls? Fully upgraded rocket launcher +
    infinity bandane (fuck the S rank, you can get it another time). GG

    Reply
  • Aaron Ware 8 years ago

    Play enough until you get to develop the Brennan LRS(sniper rifle) You’ll
    be able to finish off the skulls with ease.

    Reply

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