Although I tend to agree that such a mission may lead to people wandering around trying to find the +exp player, which goes against objective gameplay.

At the beginning of the thread Im pretty sure I meant it as an Objective to be recived, not an overall misson. (I think that was said by some1 later)

Doesn't matter. SD is being careful to make sure that all of the objectives and rewards encourage team play. Having an objective that encourages a player to break formation in order to get an exp boost from a single kill is counter-productive in this respect.

The Operative DOES NOT MEAN ASSASSIN

Why does it have to be the operatives? Why couldn't a solider, medic, or engie do it? Is the operative that special that only he and kill the carrier and take it back? A light soldier would do the job just as well. A engie could get the carrier caught in the crossfire of his turret and kill him. A medic could be doing rounds find the carrier and kill him. Operatives aren't that special.

Yes and this idea then makes games turn into, "Hey if I kill this guy I get lots of XP for it even though their team is losing so I shouldn't care about objectives anymore because farming XP off him is easy enough. Also how would you know if he was the best, THERE ARE NO STATS YOU CAN SEE! Also why is it only operatives that could get this mission the way everyone is saying this is that ONLY operatives can kill select targets, but in reality everyone has an equal to kill these HVTs. Soldiers can kill targets just as well if not better in certain situations. An engie could get the HVT in his turret fire and he wouldn't get this assassination bonus because he isn't an operative and killing the "best" player. Medics can kill people too they just are meant to be healing the team.

Also the people that just happened to be playing on the same server for a long period of time get targeted because of course they would have the "highest" stats in the game and get targeted by every "assassin" which would further break game play.

Overall this idea goes against almost everything splash damage is trying to do with Brink. I turns the operative from a class that is meant to help his teammates by hacking and gathering information into a class that is solely focused on killing people that the game thinks are "important". The way Brink is going EVERYONE is important in their own way so no, no assassination missions.

But ... but ... he can blend in with the crowd!

An operative, secret agent, or spy is someone who gathers information, and that should be their primary goal as a player most of the time. Their abilities as a class are focused towards that very task (hacking, tracking, interrogating). An assassin on the other hand is someone who focuses on killing, hindering, and sabotage. You could probably make a build like that within the game; but I imagine that in most large firefights, an operative would be much more helpful getting close to the enemy with his disguise to interrogate one of its downed members rather than losing his disguise in order to kill a single person.

The Operative can backstab, yeah?

Assassin move, kapow -

Pretty sure I read about backstabs a long time ago :l

Not from anywhere official. There's been speculation about it here on the forums, but its just people being hopeful (looking at you Wraith :whistling: )

Filthy rumors, infecting my mind with false hope, balls and curses, I tell you, balls and curses!

We have reason to believe the existence of a backstabbing ability, since SD's previous games also featured it.

We have reason to believe the existence of a backstabbing ability, since SD's previous games also featured it.

I know the operative isn't an assassin. And so what if you go out of current disguise if the person you attack is dead.

Besides I just used the Operative as an example. Im sure killing a priority target could be done by almost any class.

Yeah but if this feature was added, it would most likely take away from teamwork, as everyone
would attempt to kill the high priority target, just for the xp bonus?

By taking out their best players the enemy team won't be working as well hence it helps your team.

By permanently being on a killing-spree (read: playing CoD-Style) you technically help your team as well. But you surely don't give them any idea of it.

People seem to have one dimensonal concept of teamwork. Teamwork involves working together and disrupting the enemy team. Of course everyone can't do this mission which is why it makes sense for an operative. Its not just about the XP bonus and honestly what doesn't grant an XP bonus?

By taking out their best players the enemy team won't be working as well hence it helps your team.

By permanently being on a killing-spree (read: playing CoD-Style) you technically help your team as well. But you surely don't give them any idea of it.

True enough. As for me I like both styles depending on the situation. If my teammates are idiots I prefer to go off and do my own thing, If they work together I can and will support them more directly.

I actually like the idea of "Assassinate the best enemy player" or "Interrogate the enemy player with the most points" as a bonus.

If someone's completing heaps of objectives, they could be painted as a priority target of operatives. This could just be a minor XP reward for interrogating an important target, or just someone who's been painted as dangerous.

I remember in Resistance 2's objective mode, it would occasional designate one player as a target (think VIP). One team tried to kill them, the other tried to defend them. That could carry over to Brink in a modified form.

We have reason to believe the existence of a backstabbing ability, since SD's previous games also featured it.