Higby where is LA love?

[Shumakun]

Half year ago Higby said:

What classes need the most love and have the most features coming? All of them, but especially the Light Assault and close second the MAX.

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I just went to roadmap again and now LA revamp is moved after Combat medic, Engineer, Infiltrator and MAX. Ohh and HA got rocket launchers.
Higby where is LA love?

[WSNeo]

C4
Pump Action Shotguns

/love

[AThreatToYou]

^
i mean it would be awesome to be able to dual-wield magshots
and put scopes on pistols
but serial.

[Shumakun]

Originally Posted by WSNeo

C4
Pump Action Shotguns

/love

C4 was nerfed few times and obviously other classes can use it.

PA shotgun is like disease I hate it because I'm forced to use it when few other players use them in my area. Still it's not LA specific thing

[Ghoest9]

The problem is the only useful the LA class does is kill people - so they tend to annoy the whiney bad players.

They really are not especially great at killing people(but definitely not bad either) but since they never spend time repping machines, ressing people or even hacking they have a a pretty good kill rate over all.

So if the devs buff the LA class they will get a lot of whines.

[Sifer2]

Honestly i'm not sure if there was enough reason to make it an entire class. Maybe they could have just had an Assualt class. Equip jump jet armor to be limited to one weapon, but jet around. Equip heavy armor to be able to carry second rocket weapon, and have shield.

Now that they did what they did though it's hard to think of things for this class to really do. It mainly is only good for flanking, and killing people. To a degree it can also perform Recon I suppose. It's mostly got all it needs to succeed though. Flashbangs, C4, Shotguns/SMG's, and armor that makes you run faster. What else do you give it?

Only ideas the devs ever posted was ammo scavenging, and dual wielding. The former doesn't make sense as the empires use different ammo types, and the latter sounds overpowered even if it was limited to Pistols since they are adding stronger Pistols soon. The only really useful team oriented power I could think of would be a spawn beacon similar to the trailer. But you can already do that right now by just playing a squad leader LA.

[AThreatToYou]

You could always add things like throwable sensors a la BF2142 [would take grenade slot, so don't whine infiltrators].

A relocator package that, when first used, will throw down a beacon. When you use the item again, it will instantaneously teleport you back to the beacon. If you've ever played Savage: The Battle for Newerth, you know what I am talking about. This has tactical uses and score-denying uses. I'd love it.

Plasma and incendiary grenades. Heck, LA's with flamethrowers? Please. Please.
Specialized pistol-slot weapons. An anti-armor pistol with superbly limited ammo, specifically for dealing with enemy MAX units. Proximity grenades.
A weapon that looks like the E-11 Blaster Rifle. All factions. Plz?

There are all kinds of creative things you can give the LA unit. Like a vortex mine that will pull multiple people in and then explode. Tripwires. A trollbomb that will push people... into enemy fire or the front of a tank.

[Canaris]

Akimbo pistols ME WANTY!

[PredatorFour]

Originally Posted by Canaris

Akimbo pistols ME WANTY!

Yep! I wanna carry TWO lights instead of one for Lolz.

[Shogun]

i don´t get it.

the light assault doesn´t need anything new desperately. the engineer and infiltrator are the most crippled classes and need a complete overhaul.

la is an effective "glasscannon" as intended. it can easily kill anything it encounters, including heavy armored vehicles.
the only thing a la could have problems killing, is aircraft. but giving this option as well would make la overpowered.

[Stardouser]

LA jets are slow and weak, and not enough fuel, and C4 deployment is not crisp. It seems to get stuck on deploying your second brick a lot, too.

[Koadster]

Originally Posted by Shumakun

C4 was nerfed few times and obviously other classes can use it.

PA shotgun is like disease I hate it because I'm forced to use it when few other players use them in my area. Still it's not LA specific thing

How was the C4 nerfed a few times?

Flying and C4 doesnt even make other classes come close to the effectiveness LAs make of C4.

Originally Posted by Stardouser

LA jets are slow and weak, and not enough fuel, and C4 deployment is not crisp. It seems to get stuck on deploying your second brick a lot, too.

Not enough fuel? Drifter lvl5 gives infinite fuel. You can get onto any building with relative ease, if your a dedicated kill stat/ high KPM player LA is your bread butter. With the splash raduis of C4 you dont need it to be crisp.

Honestly besides new jet types theres not much else you can give LA, they are THE kill whoring class.

[Hipshot]

I want heatseeking C4 so i can hit ZOE maxes

[Ghoest9]

Originally Posted by Shogun

i don´t get it.

the light assault doesn´t need anything new desperately. the engineer and infiltrator are the most crippled classes and need a complete overhaul.

la is an effective "glasscannon" as intended. it can easily kill anything it encounters, including heavy armored vehicles.
the only thing a la could have problems killing, is aircraft. but giving this option as well would make la overpowered.

This just isnt true.

But it demonsatates the the type of whiner that makes it impossible for the devs to seriously consider improving the LA class.

[Baneblade]

What about personal spawn beacons? They wouldnt let you drop back in as non LA.