No, classes don’t encourage teamplay. If a player doesn’t want to participate in teamplay a class will not change that. And many players played the class only for the weapon they preferred instead of the teamplay aspect.
You can still read it in the game chat when players asking, if somebody can get rid of an annoying Helicopter instead of trying it by them self. And these are not isolated cases.
To many players expecting that somebody else is doing it instead of switching their own gear. (Because then they need to get out of their comfort zone)
BF2042 and the specialist system give you the freedom of choice of your equipment and is more open for teamplay ever but to many players are here for a good K/D and not to PTFO.
I like the Specialist system and that they got rid of restriction of a classes is a good thing.
For example there was an annoying stealth helicopter bugging me on the oil platforms on the Breakaway that kept in stealth mode so no one could target him. So I switched to Rao and hacked him which took him out of stealth mode and took him out with 2 AA rockets. I made it my mission to pursue him over most of the map. Now tell me you could do that with regular classes?
@CantGetRight wrote:For example there was an annoying stealth helicopter bugging me on the oil platforms on the Breakaway that kept in stealth mode so no one could target him. So I switched to Rao and hacked him which took him out of stealth mode and took him out with 2 AA rockets. I made it my mission to pursue him over most of the map. Now tell me you could do that with regular classes?
Stealth helos should NOT be used for a bellwether for anything Battlefield...
@CantGetRightto be honest I highly doubt stealth helis would have been a thing without the specialists, because it would have made it way more OP than it already is, and totally mess up the balance
Some other reasons why they don't belong:
1. Made for bad/new players - gives them a crutch, same goes for ez mode weapons and vehicles
2. Impossible to balance team based game with unique individual capabilities, this is where we are now
3. Targeted younger players (goofy design - see OG Angel/Mackay) which is the wrong target audience for BF (mature)
4. Made to be politically correct. Was any gender/race/ethnicity not represented yet? Don't worry THEY have more coming. Who cares? Wasted dev time on this instead of working on netcode.
5. Completely breaks game narrative and immersion (worst concept ever, no-Pats really?) - This should've been a follow-up to BF4 storylines.
* Note - this post is directly in response to the OP's post and is on topic and perfectly written *
@AdamonicI think we can all agree that this game was not designed for 'veteran' players, at all. Portal was the 'love letter' to us (assuming you don't play with 2042 characters/vehicles/guns).
The next Battlefield will determine whether the game goes back to its roots, or continues as a hero shooter hybrid for casual players.
@CantGetRight wrote:For example there was an annoying stealth helicopter bugging me on the oil platforms on the Breakaway that kept in stealth mode so no one could target him. So I switched to Rao and hacked him which took him out of stealth mode and took him out with 2 AA rockets. I made it my mission to pursue him over most of the map. Now tell me you could do that with regular classes?
You’d have had to do it with a team mate. Not saying that that would have happened. But that’s what class system was setup to require. Team play.
Now, it’s essentially a “one man band” anyone can do it in the own.
Persoanlly, a class based alternative would have been to have added a specialist class, that had access to the hacking and flight suit(if you had to have the stupid thing)
to be honest, as long as the portal scripting had the ability for portal admins to configure specialists/classes and load outs as they please. I think these things would have come about naturally based on what people wanted to play.
