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[ClydeInTheShell]

Most of us support by killing stuff. I petition for this to continue. 

[Tantum Dic Verbo]

It would be hard to pull off with this game, I think. The numbers are skewed so heavily to the enemies at higher difficulties that killing quickly is always the best defense.

[Pearl (rip bioware)]

Vanilla humans. Hell, those things are so useless, we may as well let the AI control their impants so they can run around and revive us.

[ClydeInTheShell]

Vanilla humans. Hell, those things are so useless, we may as well let the AI control their impants so they can run around and revive us.

...useless? I think perhaps you've been away too long, dearie.

[Operator m1]

Support character: 

 

Oh my god what the holy hell?!

[Terminator Force]

...useless? I think perhaps you've been away too long, dearie.

 

I see the joke flew over your head. Here. Have a pity like.

[ClydeInTheShell]

I see the joke flew over your head. Here. Have a pity like.

I must say it did. Perhaps now I am the joke. Laugh at me. 

 

Life goes on.

[BloodBeforeTears]

All of them should have some sort of shield boosting ability that restores the shields of all teammates within a certain radius.  And then maybe one of them could have a couple of debuff powers, one that has a small radius but can be quickly deployed and another that has a big radius but deploys slowly.

 

So essentially, the Volus Engineer.

[Pearl (rip bioware)]

...useless? I think perhaps you've been away too long, dearie.

[BloodBeforeTears]

The challenge is making the support classes fun and interesting to play.  IMO, infiltration should be a support class only - there should be no damage evos available.  Instead of offering damage evos in the cloak tree, maybe offer increased duration / recharge speed vs. increased revive speed / movement speed while cloaked.

 

To make this hypothetical infiltrator class fun to play, give them an ability to either incapacitate groups of enemies with negligible damage, or perform a sync kill on a single non-armored target.  The sync kill animation should be quick and brutal, with some variety between instances.

[Dunmer of Redoran]

Oh, and to be literal and answer the OP as best I can:

 

[Indoctornated]

To me a great support class is that that can help revive or keep them alive best. So something like;

 

- stagger resistance tanky kits a la Krogan/Batarians that can eat Prime Seige pulses for breakfast while reviving pugs + speed to reach all 3 skulls in time

- heal Turret GE/Jug

- Volus Engineer with Shield, Decoy/Drone agro/stagger dumps, speed to reach pugs dieing across the maps in time, ability to revive pugs much more easily due to cloak, and also being able to cast a drone over a dying pug that's about to get stomped for the save.

 

But yeah, I try to support the pugs too much sometimes. If I've still got the gels, rockets and ops to do so.

[GordianKnot42]

If they have Makos in MP, support would be a Johnny-on-the-spot mechanic going around fixing them.

If medic, then instead of two guns he can hold one gun and one healing grenade doohickey a la Evolve.

[GordianKnot42]

The challenge is making the support classes fun and interesting to play.  IMO, infiltration should be a support class only - there should be no damage evos available.  Instead of offering damage evos in the cloak tree, maybe offer increased duration / recharge speed vs. increased revive speed / movement speed while cloaked.
 
To make this hypothetical infiltrator class fun to play, give them an ability to either incapacitate groups of enemies with negligible damage, or perform a sync kill on a single non-armored target.  The sync kill animation should be quick and brutal, with some variety between instances.

Or to mark targets for other teammates to take out.

[Ghost of Abraham Lincoln]

I have no idea what teaching a class in being supportive would look like.

 

 

Maybe something like that.

[Darth Volus]

I have no idea what teaching a class in being supportive would look like.

 

 

Maybe something like that.

 

Other than that, how did you enjoy the play Mr's Lincoln? 

[BloodBeforeTears]

But yeah, I try to support the pugs too much sometimes. If I've still got the gels, rockets and ops to do so.

 

Same here, those pugs have somehow managed to work there way into my heart... but only if they're actually trying, else... let em' die!

[Quarian Master Race]

BF4 has the right Idea for a Support class

[Pint]

BF4 has the right Idea for a Support class

 

no XM25 no bang.

[Ghost of Abraham Lincoln]

Other than that, how did you enjoy the play Mr's Lincoln? 

 

It was a bit slow before the act break, but things became very exciting towards the end.

[Darth Volus]

It was a bit slow before the act break, but things became very exciting towards the end.

 

[TheShadyEngineer]

BF4 has the right Idea for a Support class

Oh god why.

[Terminator Force]

^ It's a joke.

[TheShadyEngineer]

^ It's a joke.

No ****, Sherlock. 

[Terminator Force]

^ I've never seen you joke before.