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So I was wandering around the map and I came up to one of the Hyena strongholds you have to clear. It was the first one I tried and I figured I'd give it a go to see what it was like.
It didn't start off great. I attacked from the edge of the red zone, but a group of Hyenas came storming out of the building behind me and at about 20 seconds into my raid, I was surrounded, fending off methed-up rushers, dodging grenades being lobbed at me from the Kremlin, and generally having a great "this is how I die" moment. And just to be sure, the elite stumbles into the fray right as my turret explodes and seconds after my seeker mine set a few of his friends on fire. I'm out of armor, running out of ammo, and I haven't gotten to the part where I get to call in reinforcements, which at this point I didn't even know was part of the process.
And that was when a group of these ride-or-die civilian motherf*ckers come swarming around the corner five or six deep and just start laying into the Hyenas. And I mean they were in it with fire in their bellies. They hated them some Hyenas. All I could do was watch while my health crept back up, and I was amazed to see these people were doing some real damage. They were killing the enemy.
Anyone from D1 knows what I mean. I'm used to the JTF showing up to a party in NYC, and then sort of milling about aimlessly, not doing much until they see you sitting in cover. That was when they would boldly leap into action and promptly push you out of your cover so they could hide there. Or the tunnel, where there was a warehouse full of JTF just chilling, and they'd send that poor chick out who drew the short straw to defuse the bomb while a small group of agents fended off several waves of killers.
JTF were less than useless in D1.
But now I'm watching some dude in cargo shorts, a t-shirt and what may have been Crocs, parkour his ass over some rubble to run after a grenadier with nothing but a pistol and foul language.
It. Was. Glorious! I almost forgot that I was supposed to be helping them win. It took me a hot second to gather myself and get back into the fight. They even helped me take down the elite.
Then I got the prompt to call in reinforcements right as the followup wave of Hyenas started their approach. My only thought was "Hell yeah!" and I gladly shot that flare up. If half a dozen of these guys could rout a squad of Hyenas, I was ready to see what an army could do.
Hyenas were put down hard in the end, and the stronghold was ours. The normal npc chatter started up, and they started kissing my ass like they do, and I actually started feeling guilty about it.
"Thanks, agent. We couldn't have done it without you."
No, npc friend. You earned this, too.
I cannot wait for the full release.
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