Assault class useless
Am I the only one that thinks that the Assault class is absolutely useless and has no place in BF6? Why merge the ammo and med box into one and have one absolutely useless class. The "situations" wh...
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FYI: Assault class captures objectives faster, they run faster, transition to ADS/change weapons faster, can carry 2 weapons (with split ammo of course) so you are never at a range disadvantage, they have frag launchers for demolition and AoE damage, stair/ramp gadget that can create totally new advantage points that your enemies are 100% not expecting and their assault rifles perk is pretty good compared to the others.
Now is the spawn beacon change good? Nope, it fits way more on recons, is their adrenaline syringe good? Nope, awful, the worst of all the classes by far; but saying the class is useless is a wild statement.
What you said is in theory good if not even great. In reality.... nah that class is useless. I understand that you have a different opinion and most likely different experiences playing this game. My experiences so far with playing as an Assault, playing against Assault and having Assault players in my team/ squad have been.. weeeelll quite **bleep**e I have to say. To the point that I felt writing about it here to simply talk about it and see what other people think about it and what were their experiences.
I mean, I main Recon, the actual worse class in the game, where your only incentive to play it is Snipers so you can actually hit your shots, since we don't have beacons anymore for stealth/backline fights, meaning the whole class is "locked" to a single weapon basically, I can safely say Assault is really good at what it is meant to do, that is push objectives and get kills.
Never being in a range disadvantage is REALLY strong, you can play assault rifle and rush an objective with a shotgun whenever you feel like it or have a DMR and have a really decent chance against a sniper. The ladder is WAY underrated, that thing is so strong, you can climb anything at anytime, just dropped it, climb and pick it back up.
By playing Assault just running forward and shooting people, you are already the best class at doing it by default. Yeah you can't do much about vehicles, but you shouldn't be able to anyways, else it would be too strong; yeah you can't resupply/heal yourself like previous titles, but again, that would be too strong for a class that already has many perks just by existing, you really underestimate how strong running, aiming and switching weapons faster than any other class is.
The thing about Assault is that it is by default the strongest, they have better chances on every single trade, except for really long range snipers. They are the strongest on "what matters" in FPSs, that is killing enemies, "oh but Battlefield is not just about kills, objectives are more important", well guess what, they capture objectives faster as well.
But yeah, Adrenaline Shot is rubbish and it feels awful to use.
I get you but thats not what ive experienced from Assaults in my game time of around 60 hrs now. I know that may not be much but its still something. And i truly dont understand the logic behind giving a class specialization to recon called "Spec ops" where you can be really sneaky and could manage to get behind enemy lines but then takes away the spawn beacon and give it to assualt. In my opinion these are weird decisions. Maybe id even say those are straight up horrible decisions they made there but lets see. Maybe they rework some things to make it make more sense or maybe it stays absolutely the same hahah.
Compared to what the other classes bring, it is useless. Capping objectives faster is pretty pointless in game, frag launchers get over shadowed by RPGs, ladder is cool but not that useful when you can destroy a building. The assault rifles like every other gun in this game is objectively worse than SMGs in pretty much every situation. Taking 2 guns is a joke and doesn't add much to the class in the grand scheme of things. In previous battlefields, assault had the same job of being the front line as well as the medics. That is how it should be.
Capping objectives faster is pretty pointless in game
Useless? That's the whole thing in Battlefield, capturing the objective lol
frag launchers get over shadowed by RPGs
As they should be? You really think a grenade launcher should have the same power as a Rocket Launcher?? Frag launcher is area of denial and area damage, not "kill everything in that area" button. To balance it, the RPG is awful against infantry, the area of effect against infantry is really small and weak.
ladder is cool but not that useful when you can destroy a building.
What does destroying a building has to do with the ladder? Complete separate things.
The assault rifles like every other gun in this game is objectively worse than SMGs in pretty much every situation
That's just blatantly lying lol. The "meta weapon" as of right now is the M4A1, a carbine. The Assault Rifles are REALLY good at medium ranges, you just have to find the one you find the one that fits your playstyle, you can't be using the M443 and complain that it's awful at range, because it is, huge DPS but awful range; same for the SOR-556, it's has an awful TTK at close ranges, but it is amazing at ranges, you just need to try them out. I really like the NVO-228E AND THE KORD-6P67, but that's my preference.
Taking 2 guns is a joke and doesn't add much to the class in the grand scheme of things
Again, you are never at a range disadvantage, it changes a lot in any scheme of things lol, you snipe a sniper with a DMR, you can one shot kill an SMG user with a shotgun, for example, without compromising your weapon slots.
assault had the same job of being the front line as well as the medics
You can't be both, either you are the front line pushing the enemy or you are the medic reviving the fallen, that's why they changed it, it always was an issue in BF games were assaults were not reviving, most of them didn't even use the defib and took the M320 instead; reviving fits way more the Support play style of sitting at the back providing support fire and ammo/health, that's why their weapon is the LMG.
Assault has it's issues, like the Beacon and the Adrenaline Shot, but you are just overlooking all of the strengths of the Assault class just to say they are useless for reasons; there is a reason why Assault is and always was the most played class in Battlefield games.
I do get your points. Some i agree with, with some i dont. But i gotta say, the problem of people not reviving is still very much here and yet again, I dont know the statistics on which class is the most played and if Assault is the most played, but in the past if it was, well it was cuz it had heals and revives in some games and in other it had the ammo box coupled with assault rifles which was always a great combo. BF changed things up kinda from time to time and at this point i cant remember exactly but it doesnt matter that much. But from my personal experience playing the game i would say that assault is the least played class BY FAR. Everyone is on Supports with their 2 in 1 heal ammo box (AND STILL SO OFTEN THEY JUST RUN OVER MY DOWNED BODY AND DONT REVIVE HAHAH). And I didnt know that assaults cap faster, and even if they do, in theory it sounds dope, in practice it is basically irrelevant,. If your team stomps, your team stomps and you will cap the objectives. If you are getting stomped on.. well youre getting stomped on haha. But ofc i do understand we all got different views and opinions on this so i find it interesting to discuss this and see/ learn some new pros and/or cons of, in this case the BF6 Assault class.
Now is the spawn beacon change good? Nope, it fits way more on recons
Based. This Battlefield just has awful classes in comparison to previous Battlefields. Add C4 back to Support and give Recon back the Spawn Beacon.
