Support class Not supporting 👎

Question

We've all experienced being downed in a Battlefield game and having a Medic not reviving you but would rather heal themselves and use your body as cover. So far my experience with Support (Medic) class is as usal.

***Edit: Ammo crates will only refill ammo for Primary, Secondary weapons and grenades. Gaggets wont be refilled. Nobody wants RPG spamming! 👍

Support players I've experience so far,

50% will not revive you, 20% would only heal themselves and not support their team, 30% players actually know how to play this class and using smoke to get to falling teammates and supplying teammates with ammo and medpacks.

Engineer

At this point the Engineer class does more support in the game than the Support class at least thats what i feel. I've actively seen Engineers heal tanks and throw smoke down for cover while having a great offence at taken out tanks with the RPG. If they could throw down ammo crates I feel it would bring more balance to the class. 2 classes for defence Engineer (ammo) and Support (medpacks) 2 classes for offence Assault (fight up close) and Recon (fight long range)

Resources

Having only one class out of the 4 that can throw down Resources feels really unbalanced. I'm sure BF veterans are used to this as this was the way Support played in previous BF games but I do miss having 2 classes that can provide resources to their team. Now that the support has both Ammo and Medpacks it feels like their is less resources on the map for palyers. Ammo crates had a great trade off. It would resupply teammates ammo but if the crate was shot at it would explode causing harm to anyone around the crate so player would have to be carful. As I stated above most Support class don't even throw down the packs that have both Ammo and Medpacks, I've barely even see it happen during any games I've played and I'm sure if they do then they do so for themselves rather than as a support role.

Snipers

The biggest problem I've seen was during Breakthrough gametypes. I'm all for the open weapon system that allows any class to use any weapons but to have most of the enemy team using Snipers and as a Support class! The entire team was just sniping from a far pinning us down and there was nothing we could do because they could heal and resupply their ammo the whole match. I'm all for ideas like the open weapon system but it has to be balanced and this was just aawful. They could just block the support class with the Snipers and DMR but I'm sure people would just complain.

Medpack and Ammo

I would really like for these to be separated. I think that this would be more balanced and could work with the open weapon system. I want the Engineer class to be able to drop ammo and for the Support to drop down only Medpacks. This would give teammates more resources on the map and give the Engineer a more fitting role as well as the Support to be more Medic focused.

zantiath · Answer

To be honest, DICE and EA have always done a poor job of teaching new players how to play Battlefield. I think the only real solution is to require players to complete a mandatory tutorial before joining a real multiplayer match.&nbsp;Let them play as each class and teach them all key features through a checklist-based system. Once everything is completed, have them play one or two matches against bots—only then should multiplayer be unlocked.

blade_clark · Answer

Engineer being able to drop ammo would lead to even more RPG spam then there already is

n-flem · Answer

Agree with the reply to this post that RPG spamming would go through the roof.

I actually like that only the support class can resupply and I have taken on that role out of the squad that I have been playing with.

People that play the support role and don't revive and don't resupply are missing out on crazy amounts of points and XP so more fool them. Clever use of the support role will ensure you come very high up the leaderboard in most games.

I do agree with you that having classes being able to use all weapons is terrible as you do get self healing and self-supplying snipers. However there is a restricted class mode for conquest available in the beta and this is a much better throwback to the old battlefield games and plays much better. It's a shame that they didn't just force this into all game modes.

Perhaps try and connect with some players that are good support players and try to get them on your friends list? There must be some decent support people out there who aren't part of a clan.

rawgeansai · Answer

Of course not i wouldnt want the ammo crate to be too OP as i mentioned Snipers being able to heal and resupply themselves is game breaking. They can have it that the ammo crate only refills ammo for primary, secondary weapons and grenades. Not gadgets ie. RPG's, guided rockets etc...

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