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Battlefield 3 classes revealed

DICE has revealed the details of the new classes in Battlefield 3. While there are still 4 classes, their load-outs have been tweaked, with the Assault and Support classes getting the biggest changes.

Killzone3Helghast5457d ago

assault/medic combination is kinda lame ..

I_find_it_funny5457d ago

i've been a medic for years now.... I swear to adapt to new challenge and not let my buddies down

:)

joydestroy5457d ago (Edited 5457d ago )

yeha man, i'm just looking forward to playing with a good team on there!

edit: getting back on BFBC2 tonight for some good team play

Biggest5457d ago

I am glad they went back to that "combo" personally. It's a little more realistic. Ask any real life medic/corpsman what weapon they carry. I loved my M16/M4.

SJPFTW5457d ago (Edited 5457d ago )

they didnt combine. riflemen can either be assault or medic depending if you take a grenade launcher over the revive kit or vice versa. cant have both at the same time

frostypants5457d ago (Edited 5457d ago )

No, taking LMGs away from medics HAD to happen, and they've done it. Thank the lord. Giving one class the most powerful guns AND the ability to heal was a horrible design decision.

Still, I think they need to apply a bigger penalty for carrying the revive kit, beyond simply not having a grenade launcher. The grenade launcher is useful, but not so much so that many people would take it over a revive kit (at least based on how they worked in BFBC2).

Also, I hope they remove the ability for medics to self-heal.

I am also concerned that this will do nothing to discourage people from using medics as an offensive class...in fact, it will do the opposite. What is truly needed is a dedicated medic class, that is given a weaker weapon so that they are encouraged to focus on healing.

@KeiserSosay4788 below: Yeah, they had an M-16 in BF2, and they were also their own separate class. Medics weren't the OP'd mess they are in BFBC2. I think BF2 got the classes right...I wish they'd just go back to that.

KeiserSosay47885457d ago

didn't medics in BF2 have an m16?

Elwenil5457d ago

@Frostypants,

I totally agree 100%. The medic class with LMGs is one of my main complaints about BC2 and I am damn happy to see that they are changing it.

Now if they have a mode like Rush, I hope they change the "Pick Up Kit"/"Activate M-Com" buttons to separate buttons I will be really happy.

zeal0us5457d ago

I don't see the class for me
"camper" class just messing

Wish there was more classes.

DigitalxPiracy5457d ago

Medics should be mobile so I think the Medic/LMG combination was kinda dumb. I think it's a fine change.

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spektical5457d ago

hmmmm im not big on the whole assualt not being able to hand out ammo... it just now means i need a buddy to be support.

SJPFTW5457d ago

that is how it was in the original Battlefield 2. Support dished out ammo, and medics carried rifles. no biggie

frostypants5457d ago (Edited 5457d ago )

BF2 also had a separate assault class from support and medics. And if I recall, medics had semi-auto pea shooters (maybe that was just for US forces).

BF2 had SEVEN different classes, so they didn't have all this ability-bundling. Anti-Tank, Medic, Assault, Engineer, Support, Snipers, and Spec Ops/Recon. I miss that.

@CaptCalvin below: Yes, they were M-16s...but they were semi-auto. No spray-n-pray.

Pandamobile5457d ago

So many people that have never played BF2 or BF2142 -_-

Ducky5457d ago (Edited 5457d ago )

Which is why I fear the backlash BF3 might get upon release (or even during the beta)

Right now it's riding the hype wave... but a lot of it's 'supporters' have never played a BF game outside of BadCompany.
I don't think they fully understand what kind of game this will be. Then again, who really knows when there's been only a small MP tease?

spektical5457d ago

i have.
I just never understood/liked the point of this. Unless I played with good teammates, I usually just did my own thing capturing flags, and the assualt class made it somewhat hard to do without resupplying.. but hey thats why you pick up your enemies kit ;)

soundslike5457d ago

Hopefully they don't hang back too far. It will negate any usefulness if they are constantly making assault guys stop assaulting, run back to where the support guys camping out, and lose the advantage they just fought for.

Support needs to be mobile or people will just be selfish as usual.

SJPFTW5457d ago

its funny because riflemen are like 2 classes. you can carry a grenade launcher and become an assault class, or carry a revive kit instead and become a medic class. also support can also carry assault rifles, so there are more classes here than in bc2. so its deeper class wise

frostypants5457d ago

I think it went out the window when they decided to make some of the maps into smaller-scale skirmishes.

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EA Lays Off Staff Across All Battlefield Studios Following Record-Breaking Battlefield 6 Launch

EA is laying off an unknown number of individuals from across its Battlefield teams, including workers at Criterion, Dice, Ripple Effect, and Motive Studios, IGN understands.

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peppeaccardo67d ago

When logic meets EA it generates anti-matter ..... so try not to apply it in any meaningful way. Entropy is what matters in there !!

badz14967d ago

cue the apologist saying that these are mostly just contractors hired for this specific project bla bla bla

HyperMoused66d ago

TTK for BF employees needs adjusting

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EA makes layoffs at Skate developer Full Circle

The free-to-play reboot topped 15 million players in under three weeks, but EA now claims it needs to reshape the development team.

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Profchaos79d ago

The community warned them this would happen but nope they knew better they continued with the live service push the made the art style cartoonish and this is the result

isarai_lee78d ago

It's always so bizarre when studios announce something super early in development under the suggestion of forming the game to player feedback, and then they push against all feedback heading straight for the cliff while everyone is warning them along the way

badboyz0979d ago (Edited 79d ago )

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US Lawmakers Urge Review Of EA Sale

The Congressional Labor Caucus sent a letter to the FTC warning the debt-financed, largely PIF-owned deal could be bad news for workers

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Trilithon113d ago

lol ya think? they're sending all that work to the cheaper labor market as soon as possible. and FYI, that labor market has exploded in the last 5-10 years. They have enough people to replace every single job. But honestly, EA is over filled with useless upper management as it is. You could probably trim 25% of their staff with no real loss in production. They aren't gamers, they're business execs. Just look at how many AI related jobs they're already starting to post. Its also hilarious that PIF owns Battle field 6

lodossrage113d ago (Edited 113d ago )

Wait,

The same congress that attacked Lina Khan when she fought the Microsoft Activision purchase.
The same congress that allowed Disney to buy 90% of Fox
The same congress that allowed Liv Golf to buy the PGA
The same congress that sits back while Paramount tries a hostile takeover despite losing the bid for Warner Bros.

NOW, the suddenly cares about doing what's "right" for works? Yeah, right.

thorstein113d ago

No. There were elections and some of the scum were replaced.

TheColbertinator112d ago

Different elections. Different scum. Same results.

rlow1113d ago

i know its a long shot, but i hope this gets shot down.

ZwVw112d ago

EA now owned by The Saudis and Ubisoft to inevitably be owned by China. In hindsight, once EA and Ubisoft started having their financial woes, they should have pulled a Koei Tecmo/Bandai Namco by merging their operations into one.