Should infiltrators be the only class able to capture points?(hacking)

[Resolve]

It made no sense to me in the E3 demo that all of the classes(besides MAX) could capture the points by "hacking". To me it would make more sense to only allow the infiltrator to capture. The infiltrator probably went through rigorous training to be able to hack into consoles so why allow "dumb" classes to have the same ability? If changed, this would also bring the infiltrator up to the usefulness of other classes(although may slow gameplay, not a bad thing really). If this was so, it would make infiltrators as useful as they were in PS1. You absolutely needed one to cap a base.

[Vetto]

Ehhh... No.. No I do not, it make getting basses far harder then it should, cause then it boil down to having to baby sit one class to take a base.

[Resolve]

True I guess that makes some sense. I just feel that infiltrator will be a novelty class now. We'll see.

[Chinchy]

Originally Posted by Vetto

Ehhh... No.. No I do not, it make getting basses far harder then it should, cause then it boil down to having to baby sit one class to take a base.

I agree. But I am not opposed to having them cert into hacking significantly faster than all the other classes, that makes more sense to me.

[BigBossMonkey]

Should take 20-30ish seconds to hack a point as anyone not an infiltrator.

Infiltrators with hacking certed up hack it in 10-15 seconds.

[Vetto]

Originally Posted by Resolve

True I guess that makes some sense. I just feel that infiltrator will be a novelty class now. We'll see.

There hardly Novelty, there the snipers and back stabbers, There the class that will head shot some one in the middle of the night while everyone scrambles to find out were he is while he already moving to a new spot.

[Resolve]

Originally Posted by Vetto

There hardly Novelty, there the snipers and back stabbers, There the class that will head shot some one in the middle of the night while everyone scrambles to find out were he is while he already moving to a new spot.

Originally Posted by BigBossMonkey

Should take 20-30ish seconds to hack a point as anyone not an infiltrator.

Infiltrators with hacking certed up hack it in 10-15 seconds.

This is a good idea. I hope it's true.

[Badjuju]

I think that would be a terrible idea that would likely prove to be extremely disruptive to game flow. The primary aspect of the game should not be limited to one one class. Besides, most infiltrators will be off scouting/sniping, it seems silly to try and sneak them into the base because the majority of the the community cannot hack.

[Chinchy]

Originally Posted by DjEclipse

Infils in PS2 is a sniper class, they should just rename it that.

Rename it Sentinel.

[Synapse]

Originally Posted by DjEclipse

Infils in PS2 is a sniper class, they should just rename it that.

Except thats not true at all. If you want the longer cloak/better cloak you have to give up the sniper rifle for a knife and pistol.

Did you even listen to the interviews?

[Sifer2]

It's not an entirely bad idea. For the same reason it would be dumb if they just made the Medic, and the Heavy Assualt the same class like in Battlefield. Letting everyone be the hacker kind of takes away from the role of trying to get that specialist in there to do the job. But if you look at the general design of Planetside 2 they have been cutting a lot of the teamwork promoting aspects out to speed up the pace. And this is just another big cut they made.

At the very least I would like to see some inventory customization elements brought back in. An have hacking require a tool again. Just let any infantry class choose to carry the tool at expense of something else. Would also like to see the process be more involved than just standing there. Maybe a minigame where you defenseless while your doing it so you need people to cover you.

[Roy Awesome]

The problem with this is that hacking isn't a specialist objective. It's something the entire team goes and does to win the base.

[Resolve]

Originally Posted by Roy Awesome

The problem with this is that hacking isn't a specialist objective. It's something the entire team goes and does to win the base.

It used to be a specialist thing though. It just saddened me to see it dumbed down for the cod audience.

[HEISTT]

Originally Posted by BigBossMonkey

Should take 20-30ish seconds to hack a point as anyone not an infiltrator.

Infiltrators with hacking certed up hack it in 10-15 seconds.

This sounds like the right way to go about it. No need to make control points hackable by infiltrators only, but giving the infiltrators an edge with regards to hacking seems reasonable.

[ArmedZealot]

Originally Posted by Resolve

It used to be a specialist thing though. It just saddened me to see it dumbed down for the cod audience.

Head for the hills! Someone is talking out of their ass!

As a personal opinion though infils shouldn't have a bonus to capture points, but should have targets that make taking those points easier if they are hacked or sabotaged.