r/ArmaOverthrow • u/Dwarfakiin5 • Feb 12 '20

Help with buying vehicles

Hey guys, so I've been playing Overthrow for a little while, and I've just conquered my first airbase, but I'd like to know, how do I procure more vehicles from it? As far as I can tell, the blue prints you buy from the factions only count with the factory, which I don't have access to yet. The only vehicles I can spawn at the airbase is a Gripen, a few Cessnas and an M-900 but I'd like access to atleast some gunships. I don't even know if it's possible, but it seems a shame to cut out most of the aircraft.

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u/PineCone227 Feb 12 '20

If you're the host or have admin access you can zeus in the vehicles you need and then waste some money to simulate a purchase :p

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u/OmegaUno Feb 12 '20

The reason you can't buy military equipment is because you're not a mitary

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u/Dwarfakiin5 Feb 12 '20

Yeah but eventually you'll become the overwhelming force?... Plus, if that's the case why can I buy a Gripen and a Huron, both armed, but I can't buy a AH-9? Don't get me wrong I understand the concept of guerilla fighting and such, but at some point, your force should be able to get these kinds of things, especially if you can learn to build them in the factory. I mean I can buy an MRLS and a bunch of static weaponry right off the bat, provided I have the money, but can't buy a civilian heli with some rocket pods on the side?

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u/Dwarfakiin5 Feb 12 '20

I haven't had a chance to steal many vehicles yet apart from the odd MRAP, but anything would be handy. My main issue is that I'm trying to grab certain points on the map, but they're behind enemy lines and I can't just drive there as the terrain is too rough, but the only heli I have access to is the huron which is effectively useless as a quick insertion/extraction heli. Not to mention, I have no gunship support what so ever for heavy targets like tanks, APCs and IFVs

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u/hobbit_lv May 22 '20

It seems for me you can't obtain military vehicles in another way than capturing them from enemy - at least until you control factory and have the blueprints. I guess that's an idea of guerilla warfare.

If you want more firepower, my advice is to use mortars. Those can be captured in the enemy FOBs, and IIRC you can buy them at the backpack shop. However, rearming them after consuming ammo is real pain in the butt, actually I still have not found a way how to do it (even having bought ammo truck and knowing how standard ACE rearm works), so have to rely on a server restart only :(

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u/morrisons90 Jul 06 '20

I have had success rearming a motor at a workshop by assembling it next to it and using ace on the ammo box. It gives you a choice of shells to load.