How to play Incursions
The new exiting competitive game mode Incursions is finally out on all platforms as a “FIRST LOOK” preview. It’s intense 5v5 war in three different game modes. BCL will soon start League on Incursions too, but while waiting you should familiarise yourself to the details of this new kind of war.
Get the game
First step to get into the game, you would need to download the game. It’s not part of the Battlefield 1 and it’s not available on store by default, you would need to activate Incursions in the game menu to get the DL.
- Start up your Battlefield 1 base game
- Go to the “More” tab on the main menu Select “Battlefield 1 Incursions” Follow the on-screen instructions
- “Battlefield 1 Incursions” will become available in your games collection Download and install the separate game client for “Battlefield 1 Incursions” via the PlayStation Store/Xbox Marketplace
- Launch “Battlefield 1 Incursions” from your console’s home screen
It’s not plug’n’play
If you are a lone wolf playing the game is quite easy, just pick your game mode and start to rock and roll. But we here in BCL are used to play competitive, with our team – that’s when it gets tricky.
In incursions there is this idea that PSN party joins the game in it’s entirety, but for some unknown reason Dice allows only party of 3 to apply for a game. If you have more than 3 in party you cant join any of the public games.
Public games
If you want to join a public game (ranked or casual) just make sure there aren’t more than 3 in your party, when you are trying to join. All members of your party must be in the Incursions game and when the leader of the party selects the match making you will all join the same game.
I don’t know what Dice was thinking when they made this limitation of max. 3 in a party. It must be some kind of random protection to avoid competition teams totally own random teams. I can only hope this is different when the final game releases.
Private Matches
This is what we want. In Incursions anyone can set up a private game. You need 10 players to kick off a private game. One of the players is the game organiser (GO). This is how it’s done
- GO selects the private match option in the main menu
- You can select some parameters here – like server continent and game mode.
- Make sure all participants are out of any party on the console (joining seems to fail more often if any of the players are in a party)
- GO needs to have all players (own and enemy) in he’s friend list to be able to invite all players to the game
- When players accept the invite they became visible in the game. It’s GO’s responsibility to put players in corresponding teams
- When all 10 players are set to teams GO must select start game
- If everything went well, all the players joins the game and you start picking up your kits. At this point you can use either the games own VOIP or join a party for better quality communication channel.
If any of the players fails to join the private match on phase 5. the server will disconnect and you would need to start all over.
Stranger Kits
The kits one can use in any of the Incursions game modes are quite limited. They are often mixtures of the main game classes and you can select only from a few choices. Most of the kits have some variation in the load out, but just some. Usually it’s two weapons to choose from.
In a match of incursions there can be only one Squad leader, one vehicle operator and one of the each available kit. Here is the outline of available kits
Squad Leader
Name | Primary | Secondary | Gadgets | Grenade |
Raid Leader | Ribeyrolles 1918 Factory 12g Automatic Extended |
Mle 1903 Bull Dog Revolver |
Medical Crate Spawn Beacon |
Impact Grenade Smoke Grenade |
Control Leader | Autoloading 8 .35 Factory SMLE MKIII Marksman |
Gasser M1870 Mle 1903 |
Flare Gun, Spot Crossbow Launcher, SMK |
Incendiary Grenade Light Anti-Tank Grenade |
Vehicle Operator
Name | Primary | Secondary | Gadgets | Grenade |
Battle Mechanic | M1911 Extended C96 Carbine |
Howdah Pistol Mle 1903 |
Bandage Pouch Repair Tool |
Smoke Grenade Light Anti-Tank Grenade |
DemolitionDriver | C96 Carbine Pieper M1893 |
Bull Dog Revolver Mle 1903 |
Ammo Crate Dynamite |
Frag Grenade Smoke Grenade |
Soldier
Name | Primary | Secondary | Gadgets | Grenade |
Mortar Support | MG15 n.A. Suppressive Madsen MG Storm |
Repetierpistole M1912 No. 3 Revolver |
Ammo Pouch Mortar — HE |
Mini Grenade Light Anti-Tank Grenade |
AT Assault | MP 18 Experimental M1907 SL Sweeper |
BTaschenpistole M1914 Mars Automatic |
Anti-Tank Grenade Limpet Charge |
Frag Grenade Smoke Grenade |
Shock Assault | BAR M1918 Trench 12g Automatic Backbored |
Bull Dog Revolver Mle 1903 |
Crossbow Launcher — HE Anti-Tank Mine |
Stick Grenade Incendiary Grenade |
Trench Surgeon | Autoloading 8 .25 Extended Mondragón Storm |
P08 C93 |
Bandage Pouch Medical Syringe |
Smoke Grenade Light Anti-Tank Grenade |
Proximity Recon | MP 18 Trench Russian 1895 Trench |
Frommer Stop Bodeo 1889 |
Helmet Decoy Anti-Tank Mine |
Impact Grenade Light Anti-Tank Grenade |
Combat Sniper | Gewehr M.95 Marksman Russian 1895 Sniper |
Gasser M1870 Mars Automatic |
K Bullets Mortar — AIR |
Mini Grenade Impact Grenade |