How not...

Whats a healer going to do if he goes off by himself? He can't take command posts, he can't blow up routes, he can't gather intel from downed enemies, what's he gonna do? In order for a medic to be effective at all he has to be around teammates. An operative can go around BY HIMSELF and grab command posts or intel. A soldier can blow up objective BY HIMSELF.

One of the vids the devs mention that a medic can go off BY HIMSELF and wait by an objective that's is going to be used/done soon. Even if there is no one around you still get exp for just being ready to help when your team comes.

Which video?

And wouldn't that defeat the purpose of being a medic? If someone is gonna run off near an objective without people they might as well play something else. If someone isn't healing their slot is wasted when someone else could be doing what a medic is supposed to do.

Watch it and weep. Lol and don't argue with me, maybe try and argue with Richard Ham. Also he contradicts everything in the quote/your post Dragin. :tongue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na3p02VwfeE

EDIT: It's at 2:12 btw

Even in brink, medics will require the most skill micro-managing. Everyone else can use their pips buffing everyone, then just focus on using their gun, but the medics main goal is healing and reviving at all times. Do you heal the guy that's at 50% health now, or wait for him to lose a bit more before healing him? He might die if you don't take care of it now, but you may need that pip in a little while to revive someone. A medic can be helpful just healing and reviving until he runs out of pips, but a good medic will be the backbone of the team.

Never seen that interview, but I stand by what I said. I think a medic is more useful running with the class member that can complete the objective. If he doesn't even make it to the objective your just standing around waiting for him to respawn. I do like that you get XP waiting for him though. Not saying it's worthless to stand there, just that it could be more helpful to escort.

Watch it and weep. Lol and don't argue with me, maybe try and argue with Richard Ham. Also he contradicts everything in the quote/your post Dragin. :tongue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na3p02VwfeE

EDIT: It's at 2:12 btw

Well yeah I agree with that too. But your previous post was a little too harsh to people that aren't like us. There are people who don't like being on/near the front lines but like being a medic. SD just gives them a choice.

Me included. I don't plan on being on the frontlines. I'll more than likely be in the back of a group or near the middle, somewhere where cover isn't too far away and there's some big heavies to absorb damage and attention.

Edit: People can play medic however they want, but the most effective will be the ones sticking to the group. Or at least being a pocket healer.

The guys at SD have been working out how much xp each class gets for class actions vs just killing. They have said they want to make it so even the Soldier (the main "killing" class) is a viable team player, by awarding good amounts of xp for handing out ammo (probably more than you would get for killing guys.)

As for the advantages vs disadvantages of playing Medic - (in general, not just for Brink)

PROS:
by far, the most fun class to play
tends to be the class other teammates are most willing to help out. (they acknowledge your importance) Holds more true if you are a good medic.
the backbone of any team
other than skills needed to complete the core objective(s), Medics provide, overall, the most important skills/abilities for the team.
XP wise, they tend to be the class that accumulates the most, the fastest.
Based on their abilities and their tendency to be the least played class, there is almost never a situation where it is bad/wrong to play one.


CONS:
you are a high value target
Other than the Operative, I would say it is the hardest class to master.
typically is a "sidekick" class - A player won the match by arming the charge, but you were the one who kept him alive. He gets all the glory.
typically, they are Incapable of doing core objectives (not in BRINK)
they tend to have the weakest weapon (not in BRINK) and/or have the least ammo of starting ammo (not in BRINK)

Watch it and weep. Lol and don't argue with me, maybe try and argue with Richard Ham. Also he contradicts everything in the quote/your post Dragin. :tongue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na3p02VwfeE

EDIT: It's at 2:12 btw

He never said that the medic SHOULD run off on their own, he was just supporting the argument that the mission system makes players work together "even if they don't realize it". If the medic decided to run off on his own to do the mission he was given (a bad idea), he would be going to the area where he is needed most by the team.

I never said a medic SHOULD just that they can and still be doing something.

My mistake, I failed to notice what you were originally responding to.

The way I understand it, other than operatives, you aren't going to last very long as any of the classes when off by yourself. You're going to be outnumbered when doing anything useful. Might be able to pull off harassing the enemy as a soldier or engi, but that's just going to be of questionable use compared to more direct teamwork.

They are said to have some form of bioweapon attacks, nerve gas grenades, poison syringes, something like that, but I don't know any details. I Could quote the holy tome if needed, its in there somewhere.

I really like this. More variaty in gameplay, extending the usefullness of medics and giving them some offensive capabilities. We're unsure what this bioweapon is exactly, right? (read the whole compendium for the 50th time yesterday lol)

If there is any information other than confirming that medics have some offensive skills, I haven't seen it.

Medics in my opinion are the most underrated and overlooked class. People tend to avoid playing them because of the 'hassle' and 'annoyance' of healing others instead of killing.

But I always lol when the guy who rocks assault with 45-5 is only on 3000 points while me with my 7-3 is up there with 5000+, its funny.

Maybe they will have an acid gun like the spitter from L4D2.

It's a nice idea for an area denial tool, but aren't molotovs reconfirmed for Brink? If they're anything like L4D, it would pretty much serve the same purpose as the acid gun.