Medics to become more useful.

[MrVicchio]

Author Topic: Medics Suck!?
brandx505
Station Member
Registered: May 2000 posted 05-02-2003 01:57 PM user search report post
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I am currently playing a medic because I thought it would be fun and a useful part of a good squad; however, to get someone to stand still for enen a SECOND while in combat or not is like trying to pull thier nose hairs. Am I the only one experiencing this trouble? Maybe they should make the healing "gun" shoot a little further and not have to have the person stand still then I would love it.
And how do I revive someone as an advanced medic? I once got a msg that I was reviving someone when I was trying to heal them, but it didn't seem to work.

Sporks Answer is.....

SporkfirePS
Station Admin
Registered: Jan 2003 posted 05-02-2003 02:25 PM user search report post
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Intrepid is correct. The abilities of the Combat Medic are currently underused. When I run with other Devs, we use the Medic cert heavily and we know it is quite good. Unfortunately, the general playerbase does not use them their fullest. That's a problem that the Dev Team is looking: how to give the medic some more obvious advantages and make them more common and useful in general perception. There is still more they can do with the cert.
Victor Wachter
Community Relations Representative
Many questions can be answered by reading the PlanetSide Game Info and FAQ

http://boards.station.sony.com/ubb/p...ML/007819.html

[Squeeky]

Yay

[simba]

perfect! so they r goin 2 fix the medic role? I wanna b a medic .

[Destroyeron]

thank GOD!

[TheGreatCarbini]

as an Adv. Medic...

/hug

[Ubernator]

I am an eng and adv medic in beta. I have found that if you have a really good squad that actually listens to you when you tell them that you have the ability to heal and repair armor, the medic role becomes a hella lot of fun. Last nite for example, I was in a squad that was consistently asking for healing, repairs, and revives. I was working extremely hard to keep my squadmates in tip-top shape, and they loved me for it.

I can even heal/revive some people outside of my squad on occasion. I created some text macros for the local channel that say: "Hold still. I will heal you." "Hold still. I will repair your armor." "Wait! Don't respawn. I can revive you!". They work pretty darn well, at least for the non-noobs that check the chat occasionally. The other nite, I was part of a tower battle, and I told an VS AI max to hold still while I repaired his armor. He did, and while he blocked the incoming bullets, I kept his armor constantly going up under enemy fire. After the tower was hacked, he turns around and says "I owe you one." Good times, hehe.

Oh, and I believe its great that they are making medics more useful. I still hate when the occasional idiot will keep running away from me despite my repeated attempts to get in front of him with the med applicator.