General Stuff

Learn about player limits, game lobbies, ranked vs. unranked matches, and the rank system in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. Understand team colors and game modes like Team Elimination.

The maximum number of players in a room at one time is sixteen. The game lobby is where you can chat before going into a match. Here you will see all the options on the game to the left of the screen and all the players on the right side. Depending on the game mode (See Section 6.04) you will either have two teams (red vs. blue) or one team in co-op games (all players light blue/green). If player names are in green that means they are in spectator mode.

You can play unranked, player matches that do not count towards your rating, or you can play ranked games. When friends of yours are in an unranked room you can join it by finding them and Joining the Game in Progress. If they are in ranked rooms you will have to ask them how to get into their room because Xbox Live does not allow you to join their game easily.

There are 25 ranks in the online mode. You need to play as much ranked games as possible if you want to advance in rank. If you defeat opponents with higher levels, your level will go up much quicker. Your rank can also drop if you keep losing or dying too much. Generally speaking, your rank has almost nothing to do with your skill level. Some players only play unranked matches and are masters at the game. The point is- never underestimate a lower ranked player!

There are MANY different game modes to play online and I go over each of them briefly in Section 6.04. But the most frequently played and the most important of these is Team Elimination. In this kind of game, your sole objective is to kill oponents on the other team. Don't kill your own people! A good way to know is that enemies will not be highlighted by any color (unless you are playing with drones) and your teammates will all have the same color aura surrounding them.

Customizing Your Character

Before you even play a game you will be asked to customize your character. There are two general things that you can cuztomize. The first thing is basically useless. You can change the appearance of your character- the head gear and the face slection. The other thing that you can change is your character class. The character class that you choose has some serious implications on the way you should be playing. Keep in mind that you can change these things at any time with not penalty.