News: Infiltrator Week - Page 3

Synapses · 2012-03-20, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by Skitrel

What? There are people that haven't seen everything Monty Python have ever made?

You have some the best comedy in the world to catch up on.

Off topic, but no Skitrel, lol. I have only seen the holy grail.

PredatorFour · 2012-03-20, 08:24 PM

I concur with Figgy and Knocky!

Lonehunter · 2012-03-20, 08:28 PM

Still no details with close range specialties or actual IN-PHIL-TRAY-SHUN abilities. A Sniper just infiltrates skulls with bullets, I wan't to know how many different explosives I have, how good I can get with a knife, how hard will I be to detect?

**Malorn** · 2012-03-20, 08:36 PM

In the GDC interview thread I suggested infiltrators be the only class capable of doing spotting.

If that's the case that is a very valuable teamwork asset for an infiltrator. Not only can they truly provide intel, but they can easily communicate it using the spotting mechanic.

Gives some cool unique benefits for each class
- Infiltrator = cloak & spotting
- Light assault = jetpack & ammo
- Medic = heal & revive
- Engineer = repair & deployables
- HA = heavy ordinance & apparently supershields
- MAX = vehicle class armor & extreme firepower

Cloak is nice and good for infiltrator but they need something more. Spotting is a good option for that IMO. Faster interaction on hacking/sabotauge objects could be another useful perk for the team.

Skitrel · 2012-03-20, 09:07 PM

Sad Vanu is sad.

You will never unsee it.

Hamma · 2012-03-20, 09:09 PM

Nice

Aurmanite · 2012-03-20, 09:09 PM

Skitrel you ruined it for me!

Skitrel · 2012-03-20, 09:18 PM

Not me. I'm stealing another redditor's thunder and taking the credit posting it here.

Not that that's a problem, reddit is ALL essentially ~~stolen~~aggregated content anyway.

noxious · 2012-03-20, 09:57 PM

Cloakers and snipers play a niche role in pretty much every game in which they are implemented, so it's not terribly surprising that a 30 or 40 man platoon will not employ a large number of them. The infiltrator or two that you do bring along ought to be instrumental, but the nature of the stealthy and squishy role is such that the law of diminishing returns rapidly applies.

**Malorn** · 2012-03-20, 10:05 PM

Plus there will be plenty of infiltrators solo or in other outfits running around. If you want to solo killwhore as infantry I can't imagine any class is better for it.

Atheosim · 2012-03-20, 10:09 PM

I bet a pure infil outfit would be super badass. Just imagine what would happen if suddenly your base is filled with 30+ people you can't even see on top of all of the people that you've already been fighting.

**Malorn** · 2012-03-20, 10:35 PM

Originally Posted by Atheosim

I bet a pure infil outfit would be super badass. Just imagine what would happen if suddenly your base is filled with 30+ people you can't even see on top of all of the people that you've already been fighting.

1) turn on darklight
2) ????
3) profit

Atheosim · 2012-03-20, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by Malorn

1) turn on darklight
2) ????
3) profit

While you're focusing on hunting infils the MAX shoots you in the back.

Raka Maru · 2012-03-20, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by Knocky

About bloody time.

Unless of course they give out even less info then what the Medics got.

I am still of two minds about Cloakers being the new snipers. I loved ganking those sniping SOB's and now I have to gank my own class?

Hehehe, same here.

Raka Maru · 2012-03-20, 11:08 PM

Didn't really like to squad up when playing my cloaker, it just made my job a little harder most of the time. Declined invites.

Solves the problem of empire spies in a random squad also.