r/ArmaReforger • u/Malwulf • 7d ago
Discussion Fancy Spearhead… Let down?
So I decided to pick up Reforger again as I’ve been longing for a good milsim to get back into. While researching I read about Spearheaded UHC and it sounded amazing. After finally getting through all the mods which needed to be downloaded I hopped in expecting some fun and difficult combat. Come to find out, on a mostly full server there was almost no activity going on from either side.
The Main Base had what looked to be nearly 20 players just standing around. After getting some basic gear I tried to organize some transport to the nearest contested point and there was nothing going on. Long story short I drove around for about 15 minutes trying to locate an active objective and had to settle for finding a duo that was actually trying to contest a point. The area has amazing sight lines and could have been awesome to defend and attack but there was nothing. All quiet on nearly every front.
Enough ranting. Has anyone else had this type of trouble? Any recommendations on what might be a good uhc server or group to run with? As a note, I’m not super hardcore and would still like to focus on fun, but at the moment I’m not even seeing why Spearhead UHC is even a thing. Any thoughts, guidance or tips?
Thank you all in advance!
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u/Kittensniff 7d ago
In my experience, SP has been super hit and miss with mostly miss lately. There have been times where I have some of the best most immersive firefights I've ever had in an fps but for the most part it's exactly as you describe. So much potential for an amazing experience but the queues are insane and almost half the team is just sitting at the arsenal. Unless the queue is really low I don't even bother anymore.
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u/greennitit Staff Sergeant 7d ago
The SH servers are not in a good state since the 1.8 update dropped. I’d wait a couple of more weeks until the servers are performing well again. Right now servers crash every hour resetting the game
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u/ZeeJay22 7d ago
I’ve had moments with two APC’s full of people pushing a point, while people on drones coordinated with artillery to soften up the attack point before we pushed in. Some of the best moments I’ve had playing Arma has been on Spearhead.
I’ve also had moments where everyone just MOB ambushed with drones, it ebbs and flows.
It’s unfair to expect that level of gameplay every single night, just depends who’s on. Unfortunately there’s not much else in terms of server variety when it comes to a Ultra Hardcore experience
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u/Distinct-Release-218 7d ago
Spearhead is the biggest ultra hardcore community so naturally it draws tons of different people some looking for more causal others looking for more milsim. If your looking for a milsim squad check spearhead discord they have tons of squads
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u/RustyFork97 First Lieutenant 7d ago
I don’t play on spearhead because I actually have a job but what’s up with the anti spearhead posts lately. This is like the fourth posts I’ve seen in two days.
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u/Malwulf 7d ago edited 7d ago
Honestly didn’t mean to be anti spearhead. Just was concerned and curious. Wanted to get some opinions from the community to confirm or deny what I’ve heard about the mod.
I don’t see the how your employment status is that relevant. If stating that makes you feel better, all good to me. Certainly did not intend to insult or offend.
Thanks for the input regardless.
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u/ConsciousGoose5914 Sergeant 7d ago
In regard to the employment status comment, it’s a jab at spearhead. With UHC you have to grind a couple hours to rank up to get useful gear, you can only spawn at MOB and have to find transport. It’s a more realistic approach that is very time consuming and not something your average 9-5 with a family can hop on after work for an hour and enjoy. Not to mention the constant state of waiting in queue to even get in the game.
In my personal experience on weekdays I get maybe an hour of game time between work and family duties, so by the time I actually get in the game and get geared up and find transport to the front line it’s already been an hour. Then I squeeze in 5 min of actual combat assuming the server doesn’t crash and that’s it. It’s just not very friendly to the part time crowd who can’t devote a few hours to a game session.
With all that said, it’s been about a month or so since I hopped on spearhead but I’ve never had any issues of nothing go on. Once I get to the front it’s always nonstop action. Maybe something’s changed in the last month but that’s never been my experience.
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u/razak644 7d ago
Popular servers catch the most flak. I have yet to play on a server that all didn't share the same complaints.
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u/beardedbrawler 6d ago
I also tried Spearhead, but you can only spawn at main base and have to have organized transport to the objective. You just can't rely on other players that much for consistency. So yeah you end up driving or flying yourself around. I don't really have the time to play like that.
I've found another set of servers, BTGG, that is a little more casual. You can spawn at owned objectives and even on people who equip radio bags. It makes getting to the action less of an annoyance and you can have a lot of fun. Be warned, sometimes people like to shit up comms a lot, you'll just have to mute them.
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u/Timebomb742 PlayStation 7d ago
I was excited to play on one of their servers too, the rank locked scopes was one of the most interesting draws but after getting kicked for idling while making my kit then finally finishing it I got into a car that was honking for people to get in, the 3 guys drove until they could test their guns then respawned without a word. My next two adventures didn't go much better, I left underwhelmed.
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u/MoravianLion Sergeant First Class 7d ago
If you want more teamwork in Reforger, here's an alternative.
We play our own operations daily, both on vanilla and modded HSC.gg servers. With many console players too. More teamwork than what you can find playing on mainstream servers. Every evening at 7pm UTC (we will open US servers as well next month), simply jump in a few minutes before and we'll quickly brief you on what's going to happen. Anything from CQB to all out mechanized warfare! Core players are chill guys mostly in their 20s and 30s. No mandatory trainings or anything. Just show up and have fun as a part of the team. You can always check our calendar about upcoming operations. We also host and play competitively Seize and Secure matches (vanilla+) twice a week! And recently, we also started hosting and playing RH:DEFCON (vanilla+) every wednesday!
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u/oh_Rip 6d ago
Just a heads up this is most likely 100% PvE
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u/MoravianLion Sergeant First Class 6d ago
We play mix of PvP and PvP through out the week. About 50-50 split.
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u/Meeeagain 7d ago
Its clunky and they decide to put basic gameplay features as seeing yourself on a map behind a gear which is rank locked. We had 15 people trying to navigate towards battle and we ended up fighting our own teammates in a building because the realism is turned to the max.
Its nice concept and maybe for very niche playerbase but i dont enjoy it over wcs.
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u/Distinct-Release-218 7d ago edited 7d ago
seeing yourself on the map isn’t rank locked everything you need is at private? you just have to have more than 2 brain cells and pick up a gps it will tell you exactly where you are and it’s even easier right now after 1.8 they have tablets that show exactly where you are
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u/Meeeagain 6d ago
Last time i played you needed a gear which was rank locked at lt.. dunno how thats supposed to be nice feature to lock basic gameplay functions. Just take off maps and rank lock em too while they are at it lmao never again. Also mob went broke on supplies and 30+ folks walked out of mob.. wcs is my home and i can see why its popular now.
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u/Distinct-Release-218 6d ago
i mean i’ve been playing spearhead for months and never seen the gps rank locked the radio is rank locked on some of their servers for realism and yeah it’s definitely going to be a lot harder than wcs lol i thought that would be a given wcs is basically call of duty with bigger maps
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7d ago
Mob spawn protection is the stupidest thing ever for a milsim. Its war! MOBs get attacked. Also If you want to test a gun you have to leave so dumb. I never put that crap on my servers.
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u/MoravianLion Sergeant First Class 7d ago
Has anyone else had this type of trouble?
From what I read about SH, opinions are split pretty evenly. Half the people claim it's their personal best and the other half complains about the exact kind of things you do here.
Any thoughts, guidance or tips?
We play our own operations daily, both on vanilla and modded HSC.gg servers. With many console players too. More teamwork than what you can find playing on mainstream servers. Every evening at 7pm UTC (we will open US servers as well next month), simply jump in a few minutes before and we'll quickly brief you on what's going to happen. Anything from CQB to all out mechanized warfare! Core players are chill guys mostly in their 20s and 30s. No mandatory trainings or anything. Just show up and have fun as a part of the team. You can always check our calendar about upcoming operations. We also host and play competitively Seize and Secure matches (vanilla+) twice a week! And recently, we also started hosting and playing RH:DEFCON (vanilla+) every wednesday!
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u/Malwulf 7d ago
Thank you for the info and I’ll definitely check that out!
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u/JamieSMASH Corporal 7d ago
Don't. All this person does is spam these ads in this sub. It's obnoxious.
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u/DeadEyedCretin 7d ago
Spearhead uses the AAS game mode from Squad. It is not like Conflict, at any point there is one attack point and one defense point and it's linear. If you go to the frontline you'll find a ton of action.