FOXHOLE AIRBORNE

The MMO's next update takes the battle to the skies

- Morgan Park

I have around 25 hours in Foxhole, which in war terms means I'm still green as grass.

My Foxhole habit began a few years ago, right before it hit 1.0. I jumped headfirst into a war that'd already been raging for weeks. That first night, I didn't touch a gun or even get close to a battlefield for hours. Instead, I worked miles behind the front line learning how to pilot scrappers that turn metal trash into materials that other players could use to manufacture tanks, trucks, and munitions. It wasn't glamorous work, but someone had to do it.

To describe playing Foxhole is to illustrate why it's the most impressive war simulation ever conceived: thousands of players duking it out MMO-style in single war, fought over several real months on one gigantic shared map. Every tank, every boat, every train, every power pole, every uniform, every bullet is manufactured and transported to the front lines by an elaborate logistics network operated by real players.

Smaller fighter planes are simple enough to control, but dogfighting will take time and skill.