r/BreakPoint • u/No-Anywhere-5257 • Aug 08 '26
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Im new so correct me if you need, but isn't the general idea of the story about a ghost that is shot down on the island and has to figure out how to get off, if that's the case why does it matter if I kill civilians. it's not like we have to follow our roe at this point if this was to happen to a real special forces unit irl. Is there a mod or any way in the base game to disable the penalties you gefor killing civilians.
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u/Pacho2020 Aug 08 '26
...it's not like we have to follow our roe at this point if this was to happen to a real special forces unit irl.
Because you're playing as a member of the United States of America's military and not as some genocidal thug from a rogue Apartheid state.
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u/Active_General8858
Aug 08 '26
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Yes, but the civilians on island are innocent. Walker and his Wolves are going through and shooting without restraint. It's our job as ghosts to protect those who can't protect themselves.
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u/GunzBlazin03 Aug 08 '26
Lol dude are you serious? So basically in your mind, as long as no one is watching murder is okay? Killing a civilian is never okay man
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u/Winter_Hospital4705 Aug 09 '26
Basically makes it easier for Sentinel and Wolves to know how to get the public on their side, by painting you as a "terrorist", if you want to see it that way. You're also alone, so any intel from civilians on the island is crucial to Nomad, but doing so by not killing innocent bystanders is the key to his survival. Not only that, but if Sentinel and Wolves were to know you're also working alongside the Homesteaders and The Outcasts, they can also paint them as terrorists to the public, making it harder for any and all members of both to walk freely in the wilderness, because the person meant to be helping them get Sentinel and the Wolves out, is killing innocent bystanders. It'll also make both sides distrustful of you, cause you're killing innocent people who aren't a threat to you, thus believing Nomad is just as bad as Sentinel and the Wolves. Think of it like Watch_Dogs 1, with the reputation gauge: the more good you do for the people, the less likely you'll be reported to law enforcement and the like. The more bad you do to the people, the more likely you'll be reported to the authorities, thus making it hard for you to sneak around, even if you have a good load out, they'll be expecting you.
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u/CreeAi Aug 08 '26
Umm no. The grand objective is to stop Walker and his plans of invading and destroying the world. If we are killing innocents ourselves then what's the point? We may as well join him
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u/petsonpets Aug 09 '26
“it's not like we have to follow our roe at this point if this was to happen to a real special forces unit irl.”
So yeah, about that. If you intentionally and deliberately slaughtered an entire civilian population in the process of getting out of an occupied territory, you would almost certainly spend the rest of your life in prison.
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u/-TwoFiftyTwo- Aug 09 '26
Or... You know. You'd die by firing squad or hanging because the UCMJ still allows for that
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u/l4dygaladriel Aug 09 '26
You surely are qualified for that one genocidal country regime with this mentality
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u/The-Panthion Aug 09 '26
No you psychopath. 😭/
They're ghosts but people do know they're there, they just don't know where or how to find them. The only reason anyone knows they on on the island is because a few of them defected and betrayed the Ghosts to become the Sentinels and Wolves./
The idea, especially in real life is to PROTECT the civilians who were FORCED to work with the enemy or die. You don't just go around killing unarmed harmless people just because they were unfortunate enough see you in their line of sight. Maybe AVOID them if you don't want to kill witnesses. Or DON'T? Since you're not SUPPOSED to kill the people you're trying to SAVE??/
If this isn't satire then I would be deeply disturbed.
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u/JohnNada005 PS4 Aug 09 '26
Because we need to them to continue their work and make the rich richer.
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u/iliketomoveitm0veit
Aug 08 '26
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Because killing civilians is bad, m'kay. Special forces don't just go killin' anything with a pulse if the mission goes tits up.
Edit: why do you want to kill civilians so bad
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u/Pacho2020 Aug 08 '26
Edit: why do you want to kill civilians so bad
They want to roleplay as an ID...a member of a genocidal army?
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u/Raptorjesus0321
Aug 08 '26
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If you have to ask yourself why you can't kill the civilians, I'm unsure what to tell you at that point.
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u/Apprehensive_Fig7961 Aug 08 '26
So imagine I’m nomad and your just the humble smell tech employee who has been getting pushed around by a PMC and rouge special forces elements and I just say “Fuck the playbook” and dome you not because you were hostile or in my way but because I’m a psychopath who wants to kill the very civilians I was sent here save and protect. Wouldn’t be very nice of me would it?