Specialists System vs Old School Classes (Poll)

2 Old school classes for Base Game.

1 Specialists for Hazard Zone. 

2 but keep specialists for hazard zone and portal but revert multiplayer to classic classes just do skins for each class.

@Spartan_Praetor1

I'm a little disappointed at the general BF community with all whining and boo-boo lipping the specialist system. It's like y'all refuse to allow for innovation and crap all over it every time it is tried with every release. These same players would have likely bemoaned not enough innovation if the core gameplay was kept 1:1 with BF4/V. I'm not 100% sold that the specialists are better than the old class system, but I'm not convinced they are worse either.

I want to see how Dice addresses the friend-foe-ID and hope that it is adequately robust enough to allow for a hardcore/no HUD mode to work. I saw the FFID panels on the character models and those seem like they could fit the bill. I do like the community idea posted to make the skins for OPFOR grey/cold tones versus the warmer/beige tones for friendly.

I say we give Dice the chance to try something new and give it a go. I feel the class system is too restrictive, stagnant, and plays like a 15-20 years ago mechanic. I didn't feel like the specialists messed up anything which couldn't be easily addressed in some balance passes. Although, I really didn't like the idea of following my two buddies support icons and asking them for ammo for my AT/AA only to discover they both didn't have ammobox equipped. Easily fixed with ammo dumps circa BFV.

If you want the vintage class systems so fervently, you have a mode for that in Portals.

Just in case my vote got lost:

2, please DICE

2.

Not a fan of the current system, and it's my number 1 gripe with the game. Noone is playing a class because classes dont matter. Specialists should be faction specific, so at least you know the 30 Mackay's on the map are your team and make the classes mean something again, being able to play any gun or any secondary might have seemed like a good idea but it kind of removes the point of classes. Especially if you cant see what your team mates have in their load out.

that's my 2c.

1. And it's not close. The most frustrating thing about battlefield to me is that you are FORCED many times to play a certain role. I want to be a sniper but damn, here comes a tank and a chopper. Guess I HAVE to respawn as Engineer so I can have an anti-vehicle weapon. Very frustrating in BF4. I've played BF since BF1942. This current change is the best thing that ever happened. I can play whatever damn class I want and take an anti tank weapon as well.

#2 

For sure. EA/DICE must listen to overwhelming majority!

2 for all modes

1 for Hazard zone

I haven't seen the system in full use yet but I think 1 will attract a new player base which is what Dice needs.

Besides identification issue as to who is on what side, I had no problem with the specialist setup.  I like the flexibility.

As to this constant complaint of specialist not promoting teamwork, the old class systems never really promoted team work.  Take BFV.  Biggest complaint was everyone was running the Medic class, yet no one is raising players or throwing pack.   First complaint I read when I came back to BFV.  Sniper/Recon class BF4/3?   Everyone was always complaining they were on some far hillside not doing anything to play the objective.  Support Class for 3/4/V?  No one was ever throwing ammo boxes.  In fact for BFV, they made so you could run by a player to get your ammo because of the complaint that ammo wasn't being thrown.

In the beta, Battlefield played like it always does.  3/4 of the matches where lopsided when one side dominating most of the match, some matches were close matches with both sides down to a few tickets and the rest a little more balanced.  No different than any other version of Battlefield that I have played since Bad Company 2.

In the beta, players want to do their thing, they did.  When they felt like working together, a tank didn't last 5 seconds.  Classes never really did much to promote teamwork for Battlefield.  It's a sandbox where players played how they want to play.  Abuse the classes the best you can to play the way you want to play.

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