Does anyone else hate specialists?
After puting many hours into the beta, I came to one conclusion. Specialists suck! They make the game unrealistic in every way, they don't make sense, and this game didn't feel like a battlefield gam...
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@Tee_Doff2369I said exactly what I meant to say.
"...What makes a class? Previously it was gun, gadgets and armour. Specialists can have any gun, any gadget and their armour tells you nothing about them..... "
What makes a class is the combat role it performs, which was in the name. Those roles can and will still exist within the game, but there is simply more freedom and variety within and between them.
"...like how do you encourage the use of ammo/medikits over more fun/solo oriented gadgets I e. RPGs?..."
Ah yes, the age old question of Battlefield (and team-building in general): How do we make inherently selfish individuals behave and perform as a team? I do not believe Specialists are going to influence this problem one way or another. Those players that enjoy and participate in the team aspects of the game will continue to do so, while others will not.
"...This removes a tactical element that I liked that they can't get back."
Target prioritization is important, no doubt. However simply knowing how to deal with an enemy at a glance (no matter the range, many times) is unrealistic and in my opinion, stale over time. I would argue that this is one of, if not the most important, points of weapon optics... I will agree in general that this point is a valid concern overall though, since I have not seen consistent draw distances (and only on one map) that make this reliable enough.
Lastly, yes the meta game will be a bit crazier in Battlefield 2042, I agree. Constant tweaking has been part of most Battlefield games though and my only real hope is that EA DICE have not bitten off more than they can (or want) to chew... we will see.
@carsono311 Me too, with Specialists or Class System the selfish behavior will be there, always exists how many medics crossing arround you without revive? Support's dont using ammo box ... Engineers dont give atention to veichles, is a normal thing in all Battlefield, much more if you play solo is rarely encouter one guy, squad or the entire team playing for the objective and team play. This depends allways from the player, not the system
@lookcr wrote:
@carsono311Me too, with Specialists or Class System the selfish behavior will be there, always exists how many medics crossing arround you without revive? Support's dont using ammo box ... Engineers dont give atention to veichles, is a normal thing in all Battlefield, much more if you play solo is rarely encouter one guy, squad or the entire team playing for the objective and team play. This depends allways from the player, not the systemIIf we all took care of our squads all would be fine. What is unrealistic is lone combatants running round Rambo style not giving a hoot bout servicing other members of the team BF was - and still is a squad based game. Any soldier on their own is not playing the game properly whatever his/her KDR.
But, we all know that is not what many expect from a FPS these days.
- @lzilchetl But is what happening, every BF I've been played i see this "Rambo" behavior, for me is a normal thing across the maps unfortunately, and there won't be a system that will change that in my opinion, unless there are good rewards for those who do it right. The majority choose class because have especific weapons
I think the best team play I've seen so far is Hell let Loose, you REALLY need an organized team to win, they could see some stuff there.@lookcrIve looked a little into that game and I will definitely be considering that game along with ww3 even more now that this crap specialist idea has been implemented into battlefield
