LTM Idea: Any Legend, Any Class

@Zulkiers You mean like Lifeline can be something other than support?

If so, why would this be important to you?

@MrGreenWithAGun
Crypto Support
Rampart Support
Valkyrie Recon
Rampart Recon
Maggie Skirmisher
Maggie Controller
Loba Controller
Vantage Skirmisher
Other Combinations

@MrGreenWithAGun
Also useful if whole team playing the same base class, they can swap for a different class during selection while playing the same legends.
Lifeline Support
NewCastle Controller
Mirage/Loba Skirmisher/Other.
Mix and Match.

Or more commonly, everyone's playing Skirmisher, so two of them select different classes during selection.
Valkyrie Recon
Pathfinder Skirmisher (Controller Beacon perk upon blue)
Octane/Other Support/Assault

Etc

@MrGreenWithAGun
It doesn't matter what Legend I play, I play support. I try to keep them alive, or bring them back whenever possible.
Half the time, when I'm not playing a support, we don't have a support class and therefore I cannot escape and craft banners.
It's easier on Crypto because he has that drone to collect banners for him.
Octane and Valkyrie are decent escapists/evasionists.
Let's say the team is Valkyrie, Ballistic, Rampart. No Support. No banner crafting. Lets say I'm Valkyrie. I'd prefer to be able to craft banners over spot care packages. Gives me the opportunity to just escape, and not have to return for my comrades because I can go craft banners instead.

Even when playing a non-support, self-guarantees my banner crafting.

And I wonder what people would play as the most, no matter their legend.
If people could choose class separate from legend, I wonder what would be most commonly used? What would be least used?

@MrGreenWithAGun
they refuse to
only supports are allowed to have that skill, or teams with a support on it
if you want banner crafting, support person required
that doesn't always happen for me
usually because I'm questing rather than playing my preferred legends
they did relent and allow anyone on a support's team to banner craft, but only while a support is on the team.
When lifeline abandons us while I'm escaping as vantage, I am no longer able to craft fuse's banner, so I have to get cooked in the ring trying to grab fuses banner because lifeline abandoned us
abandoned meaning quit game because they were dead and could care less about their team's status
those sort of people should be penalized or banned
My strat is simple: escape and find replicator to craft the banners, then bring them back
Lifeline/other support: leaves game
ring already ate fuse
Me: Shoot! I gotta manually grab the banner now
goes into ring
heat shield
grabs banner, heals, grabs meds
runs
deploys heat shield
250 meters to exit the ring, out of heat shields
used med kit 0.3 seconds too late, didn't realize until too late to use syringe
could have avoided meltdown had lifeline remained part of our crew

Yes that was a previous match used as an example, but it's a common occurrence.
Thus I normally play either crypto or a support to have easy access to the banner. Skirmishers and vantage aren't good enough at mobility to cut it.
But when I'm questing, and it's not crypto or a support, I get caught in no win scenarios because my supports leave before I can use their skill and my non supports wait for me to get killed in the process of trying to save them or bring them back, because it's not as easy to grab their banner without crafting or drone.

With this, I could do wraith quests and guarantee my banner crafting, also being able to open blue boxes is a nice benefit.

Remember Valkyrie+Recon? Trade care package insight for threat vision and survey beacon. That would be a nice combo.
Passive: Skirmisher+Recon
Tactical: Assault
Ultimate: Skirmisher, plus passive = Recon
Half skirmisher, half recon, part assault.
Does anyone ever use her as recon? Or only as skirmisher? Sure its easy to use her as skirmisher, but I find more power in her recon capabilities while skydiving.
I also wish she had the ability to hold jump while grounded and full fuel to charge a micro burst to propel her 2-3 stories into the air for a micro skydive, more accessibility for her passive. Possibly a little extra distance, possibly not. I feel like she'd instantly start the landing cycle because it launches so low. Like 1/3rd or 1/2 the height of the ult. Only really useful for distance IF cast on the top of a very tall building and/or heading downhill. Again, purpose is more accessibility for passive.
I honestly use her only for the skydive passive. I can never get a good aim with the rockets, either because in buildings or because targets are long gone or double back by the time the rockets land. Funny because I can never escape them. And how people can dance circles around me in both directions and I can't even accelerate to half their speed is beyond me. The system doesn't allow for their speed. Or mine doesn't anyways.
Same goes for octane's jump pad. One time I tried it in the range, before the evo alteration, and my ally always went 5 meters higher than I could, and thus also went farther as well. Even when we were just bouncing straight up and down, my height topped 5m shorter than his. We tried various legends and there was no difference, mine was always 5m shorter.
I think his went to 50 and mine 45 m heights.
Mine was about a meter below the platform on the right side of the firing range. His was about 2 dummy heights above the platform.


Back to original content.

I wish they would allow EVERYONE to craft banners, regardless of whether or not a support is on the team.
I'm pretty sure they said that will never happen.
This LTM is an alternative. Also I want to see what each person plays as.
Perhaps there will be badges for what a person plays most as.
I'd end up getting the support badge.
Others would be other things, depending on what they like the most.
Since Skirmisher doesn't have multiple effects, I get a feeling it would never be picked, or very seldom.
Then again, a rush to a care package could turn the tide, so some might still choose it.
Heh, loba skirmishers would be killer in there.
I still prefer support.
When running with a group of skirmishers, a Loba is a good way to double dip. Tactical for escape/catchup. Support class for banner crafting.
And if they have a tendency for getting themselves killed, as most skirmishers do, that's why banner crafting is essential. You don't have to stick with the suicidals. If you see they are definitely getting themselves killed, pull a tactical retreat, wait for them to die, craft banners, bring them back, attempt to tell them not to make such foolish mistakes, and watch them run into death again because they don't listen to you and call you names for not joining their suicide fights.

@MrGreenWithAGun nope

@MrGreenWithAGun force difficult decisions? you mean deny our fun
I would have more fun being able to play any legend as support rather than denied my ability to craft banners.
One of the reasons I dislike revival, but revival allows me to play other classes since there is no need of banner crafting.

Classes shouldn't have existed in the first place. Some legends are suited to multiple classes.
And, by doing classes, it restricts certain playstyles to a certain few characters. You can't use your full playstyle on other characters.
With any class, any legend, you can play your style on any character.
Of course, I'd often be support.
There might be a couple times I go Recon or Controller. Depends if it's revival or we already have a support.

Restricting classes/playstyles to a certain few characters shallows the game. That's the current system.