One of the videos indicates that the very early choices you make in The Brink strongly influence your path. Will players be able to create and play multiple characters? In multiplayer will you freely be able to select either faction? Or might you have a level 6 character who is refugee and a level 58 character who is enforcers and have to pick which one? How about the classes? Would players have characters of different classes they are different levels or can you transfer a character from one faction to another or one class to another and maintain your earn items?

Ice Sickle

Each game file can have up to 16 characters, each of which can be switched to any faction (in between matches) or class at will.

It is possible to create up to 16 characters, all with different archetypes, skills, and bodytypes, each character will also have a Resistance and a Security side, so your character will be avaible to fight for both sides

Max level is 20, not higher, not lower

If you unlock say: The Goggles on your first character, all other characters you create from here on after will be able to use those, so you might see a level 2 with gear that you unlock at level 16, then you know he already got a high level character

I hope this was to any help, Ice Sickle

I don't know if I skipped one of your questions now.. But if there is anything else you want to know, just ask, or look for the H0RSE information compendium which I'm sure someone in this thread will direct you too once they found out you've made a thread

You can have 16 characters. Your character is never stuck to either faction. You can customize you characters abilities however you want. When you are playing as a fully leveled up character you can also use the XP they earn to level up you other characters.

Excellent! Thanks for all the info. Very helpful. This is a nice community!

What is the expected number of hours of play it will take to reach level 20? Are their unlocks that can be earned after reaching level 20 with acheivements (e.g. kill 3 people with one grenade)? What is the intent of the level system? To encourange objective based play?

In previous FPSs the group I play with has hosted a Friday Night Sandbox. In this "Sandbox" players must create a new 1st level character and only play that character in the Friday Night Sandbox. This is to encourage play in the Sandbox and to allow all the Sandbox players to work through the levels more or less together. Given what is explained above if the 5th character I create is my Sandbox character they will have access to goggles any of my previously created characters earned but I can decline to use them, right? Is there an easy way to keep a character "sterile" so that they are not affected/influcned by other characters? If the very first character I create is by Sandbox character will they then not have access to the items that other character created later earn? Or really any character created before I earn XP will be not be able to access items other characters earn, correct?

Is access to items strictly level based or are they acheivement based as well? For example might I have to get 50 headshots with a particular weapon before I unlock the scope or silencer for that weapon?


Ice Sickle

Gonna try to answer as much as I can, bear with me, Ice!

The developers have said something about completing both sides of the campaign takes around 10 hours, and if you do this your character will be around level 15, however this was for some time ago, so they might have changed the EXP values by now

And if I understand correctly, there wont be challenges like in Call of Duty, so no kill 3 guys with one frag things -

And the transfer EXP thing is probably so players can experience everything faster than in other games, maybe there is something else behind it, I don't know

And now for the final thing! THE SANDBOX ANSWER(s?)!

- If you reach level 20 and have unlocked all the guns and clothing items, you don't have to wear them on your level 1, but there is no reason not to, I mean, the Goggles for example wont affect your aiming or anything
- If you unlock something you will never have a clean and sterile character, since the option to use the unlocked item will always be there, you can just choose not to use it however
- If you want a new level 1 character, just create one, or delete one if you've filled all spots, characters can be erased!
- By doing this you will level up from the start and wont be able to use the later abilities, this is what this sandbox thing is for, right?

And that's all I can muster

hmm that seems sick tbh will make it fun for people who want to start a fresh.

You unlock clothing items through challenge missions simlar to Spec Ops in COD MW 2. These are objective based missions rather than just kill a certain amount of people in a certain way.

Thanks again. Last question on this topic. Let's distinguish between cosmetic items (hairstyle) and items that affect play (new weapons, attachments, grenades etc.). So if I'm reading between the lines correctly the cometic stuff earned by one character will be accessible to all characters. The items that effect play will be accessible only to characters of appropriate level. If that's true that is perfect! (As sunglasses are a useful item against flashbangs in some games, I assumed goggle gave a functional advantage of some sort.)

no i'm pretty sure that if you unlock a gun then it can be used by any character as long as the class type fits

No problem, Ice

And let's see..

All the cosmetic items will be able to use on all your characters once unlocked, and wont grant you any special effects, like the flashbang immunity for example, however I have heard something about wearing heavy duty items will increase the sound of your footsteps a little bit, but that's just a rumor

All the extra guns one can unlock will also be able to use on all your characters once unlocked, same thing with attachments like scopes, underbarrels, and grips, so your sandbox characters wont be completely pure as I said above, but you can always choose not to use these guns and/or attachments (not using attachments however would be a bit silly, no? )

EDIT: Only customization option that really will have game-changing effects is the bodytype of your characters, but this you probably knew already?

Sorry, I thought I had it figured out.

So what is the difference between a 20th level character and a level 1 character that has all the unlocks a 20th level character does?

A Level 20 will have more skillpoints than a level 1, thus being able to spend more skillpoints in getting better and stronger abilities, ex: Syringe rank 3, a level 20 got all avaible points, while the level 1 got nothing, only got the chosen class' base skills, and they're not improved with the skillpoints

So a level 20 will have advantage over a level 1, but a level 1 can probably take down a level 20 too

There are also level brackets to sorta.. Prevent this

B1 Lvl 1-5
B2 Lvl 6-10
B3 Lvl 11-15
B4 Lvl 15-20

A level 20 can't go into a game where the bracket is set lower than his level bracket, however, a lower level character can get into higher brackets if there are no games to be found

Can I switch between characters ingame? I mean I want to have at least 4 characters, for the different classes, but while I'm in a match I guess I have to stick to only one character and changing them insantly is not possible.

you have to chnge characters inbetween matches

Another thing about characters is you can change cosmetic things on character whenever you want but things like the body type and tattoos are permenant when you initially make your character.

According to the developers these are permanent, and cannot be removed nor changed:

Faces (obviously)
Skin colour
Scars
Tattoos
Body types

And that's all I believe

So wait til you unlock more tattoos and/or scars til you decide that your character should rock a blind eye instead of.. TWO?!

Alright. Cool. Where would I find out more about the skill points?

I have to say I've been on a lot of game forums in the last 20 years or so, and this has to be the friendliest one I've been on in years!

Ice Sickle

Have you been to HORSE's compendium? That answers a ton of questions about Brink.

Nope, I haven't. Thanks for the tip, headed there now!


Ice Sickle

One thing that's been bugging me - will the game choose you faction pre-match for you, or do you get to choose. In most games, this wouldn't be an issue, but I strongly lean toward Security and would hate to be forced to the Resistance side.

I guess it will just slap you onto a side, like flipping a coin, John goes there, Bob goes here

You probably can choose your faction prior to the match's beginning, but it shouldn't be the end of the world if you don't get what you want.

im pretty sure you can have one resistance and one securiety character but thats just what i've gathered :poke:

Actually you can have one character for both factions :yes: