Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops + FAQ(Frequently Asked Questions)The whole point to this FAQ is to answer some simple and complex questions about the game. More will be updated later.
I only decided to make this since there isn’t any other FAQ on this game when I looked around but when I did, things were a bit messy and thought hey what the heck why not make one.
NOTE: I take no credit for making this, the credit belongs to everyone.
PLEASE! I would appreciate your input to helping this FAQ with added questions, simplifying questions and answers, or editing some questions or answers!
1. Is this game worth buying?
2. How to unlock Boss Rush?
3. Why is it when I enter a Password for the Recruit menu and nothing happens?
4. Does S1, S2 and S3 have any difference or specialty to them?
5. How are the Weapons for MGS: PO+?
6. How does the management work in this game with the Spy, Tech and Med?
7. How do I get my Gnome Soldiers different colors?
8. Why is there a “?” when I’m using a soldier with Head Hunter career?
9. What is the Red Icon above the soldiers’ heads when playing Infinity Mission?
10. Why doesn’t the HP, Stamina or Skills (Stats) on my soldier go up anymore?
11. How do the Textbooks work?
12. What is the FULTON item used for during the Infinity Mission?
13. What is the difference between VR and RC game when playing online?
14. Can I get EXP from playing online?
15. How do you get different Motions to use playing online?
16. How do you get the Female Ocelot units?
17. How do you get the State CAMO soldiers?
18. What is and How do you FULTON when playing ONLINE?
19. How do you WHITE FLAG when playing ONLINE?
20. What is QHS?
21. How do other people Online always get a headshot on me? Is it a HACK?
23. How do you get hacked 400+ HP and all S3 Skills on your soldier and hacked weapons!?
23. I lost my soldiers playing Infinity Mission! Can I get them back!?
1. Is this game worth buying?It depends if you want to play this for the multiplayer or story. This game has NO story whatsoever, this is an expansion pack for the multiplayer component of MGS: PO. So if that’s what you want, then get this but for story buy the original game (Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops).
2. How to unlock Boss Rush?Have an original MGS: PO save and then load it when you start a new game. NOTE: You must have completed MGS: PO at least once.
3. Why is it when I enter a Password for the Recruit menu and nothing happens?So far I don’t believe there are ANY working passwords for OUR version of Portable Ops +, only for the Japanese version. OLD passwords from MGS: PO DOES NOT WORK.
4. Does S1, S2 and S3 have any difference or specialty to them?No, it’s just like getting a higher grade for the skill; more accuracy and faster reloads the higher the grade.
5. How are the Weapons for MGS: PO+?Click link:
http://mgsforums.com/index.php?showtopic=211516. How does the management work in this game with the Spy, Tech and Med?The SPY group affects the radar and (depending on their career abilities) items or enemies health are during the Infinity Mission. The Tech group is for the “tech” items you gain during the mission (For example: Stealth, Cardboard Box (C Box), NVG, Thermal Goggles, etc). The Med group is for obviously the health related items (Example: Medic Kits, Rations, etc.). The higher the Status is for each group, the higher chance it will appear in the missions. *NOTE: All of the items being obtained depend on the careers of the soldiers in that group.
7. How do I get my Gnome Soldiers different colors?You have to use Heart of J (Heart of Justice). To use one you have to go to the main screen (not the Load game, new game, etc screen) and then select the soldier, press TRIANGLE and then USE ITEM and select Heart of J. This ONLY works for Genome Soldiers.
8. Why is there a “?” when I’m using a soldier with Head Hunter career?This means you are too far from that enemy, just get closer to that soldier to see his skills.
9. What is the Red Icon above the soldiers’ heads when playing Infinity Mission?When you have a solider with the Head Hunter career, you are able to see enemies’ skills (Infinity Mission ONLY). When you come across one of these soldiers with a Red Icon for a particular skill, it means that soldier has a chance at getting S3 on that skill. And also that soldier has textbooks on him (After being captured).
10. Why doesn’t the HP, Stamina or Skills (Stats) on my soldier go up anymore?Each soldier has their own limit of how much HP, Stamina and Skills go up. Some soldiers may only go up 5 HP while others go up 50 HP or more. Stamina always increases. Skills depend on the soldier’s natural limit to have the skill go up higher or stay where they are. Once your soldier’s EXP reaches 50,000 It will mean that all their stats have been maxed out.
11. How do the Textbooks work?The ONLY purpose of Textbooks are to upgrade skills. This does not mean however you can continuously use a textbook to max out skills to S3. As said in the previous question, each soldier has their own natural limits to how high their stats can go up. Basically the only real reason to using the Textbook is so that way you don’t have to train (get exp) that soldier to upgrade their SKILLS.
*TIP: Here’s a personal tip on using textbooks. Get about 5 or more of each type of skill textbook, and then when your debating whether or not to train a particular soldier, use ALL of your textbooks on that soldier to see what the outcome of his skills will be. If your satisfied with it, then return to the main menu WITHOUT SAVING, and the load up the game again and start training that soldier because now you know what the outcome of his stats will be without blindly or not knowing about training a soldier with bad skills and that way your soldier will be maxing out on HP and Stamina and you will know all his skills beforehand making this much, much easier on you.
12. What is the FULTON item used for during the Infinity Mission?The whole point for the FULTON is let’s say for example your on mission 13 on Extreme mode and you want to stop playing Infinity Mission and go back to the main menu but you don’t want to lose the soldiers you captured or the items you gained, and so by using the FULTON you make a so called “Recovery” and it takes you back to the regular screen with all your things you gained from the mission.
13. What is the difference between VR and RC game when playing online?VR means Virtual Combat, meaning you can’t lose your soldiers and it’s a more relaxed game and playing them does not affect your Personal Data. RC means Real Combat, meaning you can lose your soldiers from playing online and this does affect your Personal Data (Which in my opinion doesn’t matter).
14. Can I get EXP from playing online?No.
15. How do you get different Motions to use playing online?You have to get Fashion Magazines. To get these you play the Infinity missions and find the Frogs. Use them the same say you use the Heart of J.
NOTE: This DOES NOT matter which soldier you use the Fashion Magazine on. The Motion will be available to all your soldiers regardless the soldier you use it on.
16. How do you get the Female Ocelot units?You get them from AP Scans or playing RC (Real Combat) games online.
17. How do you get the State CAMO soldiers?You get them from playing RC games, you cannot get them from AP Scans.
18. What is and How do you FULTON when playing ONLINE?Fulton means your soldier makes a recovery (Where they parachute away) so they don't die and to do that you press and hold SELECT and press "L". However your team loses points for doing that in both RC and Virtual combat depending on what game type you are playing. (Works only during an Online/Local Wifi game).
19. How do you WHITE FLAG when playing ONLINE?WHITE FLAG you press start during an Online/Local Wifi game and in your start menu there's a White Flag option and once you do that you get all your soldiers back alive.
20. What is QHS?This stands for Quick Head Shot. You will learn how to do this if you play online long enough.
21. How do other people Online always get a headshot on me? Is it a HACK?No it’s not a hack, it’s called Strafing. It’s what the above average players use and also it’s where they don’t use Autolock. Again play online long enough, you will learn how to Strafe in your own way and begin to realize Strafing is the way to go.
22. How do you get hacked 400+ HP and all S3 Skills on your soldier and hacked weapons!?First of all you’re an idiot for trying to hack this game. By doing any of these things just to get an “edge” on other people online is so stupid, which in turn, that makes Y0U T3h l\l 0 0 l3 (<- did this for fun haha).
23. I lost my soldiers playing Infinity Mission! Can I get them back!?Yes, although I'm not 100% sure about getting the normal soldiers back, but you can always find your Unique Characters as prisoners (Playing Extreme is the easiest way).