What will your primary role be in PS2? (choose 1-2))

[boblikesoup]

Choose 1-2 only. If you are not planning in certing at least a 2:1 ratio of the two you choose, please only select the primary one even though you can vote for multiple.

I believe this will give a better representation of of the community without getting bogged down into tertiary roles.

[razor851]

Again, I have no idea.

[basti]

We dont even know if Commanding will be a own class and what else is part of the class, or if it is part of every class.

Stop making useless threats already guys! :P

[Sethsocrazy]

Originally Posted by basti

We dont even know if Commanding will be a own class and what else is part of the class, or if it is part of every class.

Stop making useless threats already guys! :P

I remember Higby saying somewhere that Commanding will be a skill learned along side everything else and not along side Battle Rank.

[boblikesoup]

Originally Posted by Sethsocrazy

I remember Higby saying somewhere that Commanding will be a skill learned along side everything else and not along side Battle Rank.

I still believe you spend your certifications, like everything else, to unlock/upgrade things though.

[SKYeXile]

Pilot and infantry.

Like ps1

[kaffis]

Originally Posted by boblikesoup

I still believe you spend your certifications, like everything else, to unlock/upgrade things though.

The point is, presumably, from what we've been told, you train command like any other skill tree, and then spend up to your BR. The point being, there's no CEP or CR to have to lead squads to earn.

The limiting factor on commanders will be demand/opportunity to lead squads.

If the ratio of commanders to commanded is too high, people will stop spending time training the commander skill tree because they're not getting a chance to use it, and don't have the certs to shine in the things they're ending up doing instead, like infantry grunting or driving vehicles.

If the ratio of commanders to commanded is too low, people will get sick of being stuck leading a squad without good command tools (like issuing missions, presumably) to really provide their squads with the right tools, and will start training up the commander skill tree.

[Tigersmith]

Command/Infantry for me...wait thats what i do now. hopefully we can see some actual skills soon

[Baneblade]

Panzer Commander here.

[Bags]

I'll mostly be a grunt, but if medics are 100% necessary I'm sure I'll be putting some points into it.

[Baneblade]

Command should be reserved for those who truly want it. It should be the hardest of all the roles to master by far.

[Coreldan]

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

Command should be reserved for those who truly want it. It should be the hardest of all the roles to master by far.

Well, it's a role you can't just learn with in-game certs. Leadership requires a certain kind of personality and mindset. No matter how hard you would cert for it, if you really arnt the right person, you just arnt.

[Baneblade]

Originally Posted by Coreldan

Well, it's a role you can't just learn with in-game certs. Leadership requires a certain kind of personality and mindset. No matter how hard you would cert for it, if you really arnt the right person, you just arnt.

I know what leadership is. Every time I logged into PS, I used my CR5 for good if I could.

[Coreldan]

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

I know what leadership is. Every time I logged into PS, I used my CR5 for good if I could.

Let's hope the people who lack that leadership will get bored of trying to lead people if they have little/no success.

It's quite easy to tell who's a decent leader and who isn't, even if you arn't all that familar with the game. I have certain people on the NC side I listen alot more than certain other individuals

On another note, the mission system might mean that actual leading/leadership takes a hit.

[exLupo]

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

Command should be reserved for those who truly want it. It should be the hardest of all the roles to master by far.

From the way it's described, command training will provide tools to support someone with the chops to command. Without the training or, at least, inherent skill, the skill-up time spent will probably do less for you than any other tree.