Give spawn beacon back to recon?
I feel like "assault" didnt really have a important function because its based on just getting kills and pushing forward which arguably any class can do, just without the extra weapon and stims. So t...
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Spawn beacons can be a very powerful asset for the squad if used properly. When a sniper is sitting in the back of the map camping, how is his use of a spawn beacon useful to the squad?
The answer is, it isn't.
I'm not saying I haven't enjoyed sniping myself but the reality is the beacon is being abused by the majority of players that only care about playing solo
knuckl3dragger I agree, that kind of campy play is useless. So youre saying the MAJORITY of reacons played that way with the beacon, and that its more useful with the assault class? I think thats where we disagree.
My logic is reacons will just be even more useless now AND the beacon will just not be used/used badly OR abused in new ways. Ultimately I think this is a cheap way to give assault a function because the class really does suck. Ive been playing assault for like a month so I can understand and write about it soon.
My question to you was has this change made reacons more useful in peoples eyes and I think the answer is no. Atleast they still have spotting which noone really respects (all anyone wants is painting vics lol)
I'm just throwing it out here without much thought into it......
DISABLE the recons ability to place spawn beacons in their own spawn. It serves no purpose to the squad.
If you're a recon using a long range sniper, you can't carry a beacon
If you're using something else as a primary that would encourage recon to run with his squad, beacons could be allowed
knuckl3dragger Not a bad idea to make all spawn beacons have their own fault-lines. Like for example, you cant place them BEFORE the first point on each side or something. Maybe even have their own inner circle "allowable placement" area, kind of like the combat area on maps, so you cant put them super far in mountains. I can get behind that.
doubleome Im already seeing medic trains anyway xD. But yea I see your point. It just makes more sense to me for one class to be medical and a different class to pass out ammo. You could argue if everyone is medics than noone will have ammo and especially the engineers will be hurting.
I just had another thought, what if theyre afraid to split the classes because then we'll realize that we dont really NEED ammo that often because most engagements are tight and you usually die and spawn quickly before running out, so theres no need to reup? That would have even more people realizing the maps are too small and straightforward. Just throwin' that out there.
knuckl3dragger Then you can just use the Assault class now. =)
That´s what they did.
They only difference is, you do not have a motion sensor on Assault. It is still a Recon gadget only!
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