A couple of questions about Combat engineers

[oosik]

I've looked through a lot of info but can't seem to find the answers to a couple of questions I have related to the combat engineer class.

1) Can combat engineers fly aircraft or pilot tanks? If not, can they still act as gunners for things like Liberators and tanks?

2) As a distinct class, do combat engineers have armor/shields different from a light assault or other class?

[Zekeen]

1) Combat engineers most likely can pilot. In PS1, only Heavy Armor infantry could not pilot, they could gun however. I'm guessing a similar system will pan out, or even allow heavy armor to pilot.

2) They will probably have some variance, but they haven't revealed too much on the shield/armor of infantry classes yet. They will most likely be in the light to medium armor range, and for all we know this will be changeable by your loadout.

[Lonehunter]

I don't think they've mentioned any armor restrictions for piloting vehicles. But I don't think MAXs will be able to, maybe Heavies, but anything under that including Engi I think is safe.

[ShockNC]

Originally Posted by Zekeen

1) Combat engineers most likely can pilot. In PS1, only Heavy Armor infantry could not pilot, they could gun however. I'm guessing a similar system will pan out, or even allow heavy armor to pilot.

Reinforced Armor (PS1 Heavy infantry) can pilot any vehicle with a non enclosed cockpit.

don't know if PS2 will follow that model though.

[Knocky]

Originally Posted by ShockNC

Reinforced Armor (PS1 Heavy infantry) can pilot any vehicle with a non enclosed cockpit.

don't know if PS2 will follow that model though.

By "pilot" you mean "drive". REXO's can pilot nothing.

And Rexos can drive Buggies, ATV and the Vindie (PS1)....aka Sunderer (PS2).

No word on if Heavy's can drive the Sundy.

[Kilmoran]

Vindie was a varient of Sunderer. Just as a small correction. I think later they took out "varients" and jsut made empire specific ones? I... don't recall.

[Knocky]

Originally Posted by rangzim

I've looked through a lot of info but can't seem to find the answers to a couple of questions I have related to the combat engineer class.

1) Can combat engineers fly aircraft or pilot tanks? If not, can they still act as gunners for things like Liberators and tanks?

2) As a distinct class, do combat engineers have armor/shields different from a light assault or other class?

I would hope that everyone except Heavy and MAX will be able to fly/drive as is in PS. Light/Engi/Medic all use the same armor. Just have different backpacks/Jumpjets and flair on thier armor.

No extra shield, however Engi's DO have a granade launcher attached to their weapon that does extra AV damage.

[Brusi]

I expect these kind of things may be subject to change in beta, but it sounded like you can drive anything in any armor except MAX. Another nice (scary) morsel was that MAX units are not restricted to a special MAX spot any more!

10 MAX Units dropping out of a gal, oh shi...

Although i haven't seen anything specific, i expect that support classes like Medics and Engineers will have more shields than light infantry but less than heavy infantry (RExo).

[SteinB]

Shame on you Knocky, you forgot to list that Rexo can drive Routers in PS1.

It was stated by the devs that the 'lighter' armor classes can drive/pilot vehicles, which would seem to include light assault, infiltrator, engineer and medic classes.

[IronMole]

MAXs can drive, pilot and even hack.

[SteinB]

Originally Posted by IronMole

MAXs can drive, pilot and even hack.

This contradicts statements from the devs, can you give a source?

[noxious]

From the stickied PlanetSide 2 Information Thread:

Question: Is there going to be a pilot class? In ps1 you needed agile, in ps2 is the class that boosts vehicles?
Higby: There isn't a "pilot class" for vehicles. Any non-heavy infantry class can pilot / gun in a vehicle.

[Whalenator]

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