The idea of tracking dart would be great! I understand it is similar to the homing beacon.
In which case I thought it would be nice to have a magnet dart. Such as all bullets will hit a marked target. Great for singling out that one operative disarming a charge - but I feel that it should take up all the Pips because the ability would be so powerful.

Most of the operative I have seen are also light/medium. Maybe dual wielding pistols?

Those are great ideas, except the Operative part. I'd rather see the operative get capture mine. Unfortunately, soldiers get satchel charges which would've been a nifty ability for operatives. Now that I think about it, it'd be nice for operatives to have a passive that reduced the time it takes to hack comms and disguise.

Just an update on the topic, thanks to all you guys who have reviewed my ability ideas, and even gave your own. :] I have read everyone's post and I'm going to take the ones tha don't like the ability ideas as constructive criticism lol.

I like the ability for the operative to buff teammates maximum pips. Maybe they could buff how fast their teammates and thereselves supply pips recharge? I dunno, just an idea.

I also understand the problems with the engineer's wall deploy ability idea. They could sitck it in front of an objective or in a hallway to block it off, in stead of using it for cover. (we would'nt want that)

And I also like the idea of the medic's lazerous grenade upgrading to also heal people around it. (I think it should be heal over time though)

Anyway thanks again for all the feedback and continue posting your ideas here. :]

I would like to see some more aggressive abilities for all the classes. Like a katana or knife ability for operatives. Some sort of poison, or life stealing for medics. Engineers have a good amount. For Solders i would like a bayonet, or controlled rocket.

I think those are good except for the medic one. If they gave the medic an aggressive ability, i think people would start using the medic class for the wrong reason, and wouldn't have as many medics actually healing and reviving. But other than that, the other ability ideas sound great. :]

Operative: debuffing shot: self explanitory
Engineer: small destructive wall: protection untill 3 grenades worth of damage
Soldier: ammo placement packs: refill ammo for 30 seconds
Medic: nerve gas nade : slowed movement/unable to use ironsight for 30 seconds

Yes!

I love that idea. I pretty much ONLY played a Soldier on my first character from level 1-20, literally only Soldier. Maybe switched once to Opperative for Security Shipyard Campaign Mission.

Anyhow, it'd be nice to be able to re stock my teammates with ammo and still be active in combat. Which is what i'd really want, other than Scavange, which i hate.

I think the next DLC pack shouldn't have any NEW abilities at all. Rather, buffs to the existing ones.

Like for soldiers....
An option for +5 meters to grenade radius.
+15% Ammo added to the existing ammo-hander-houter.
-%50 scavenger time.

For Medics....
Adrenaline has a -25% incoming damage, so that when everything hits at once, there's a higher chance of surviving.
You have a 10-33% chance of not using a pip on an action that affects a teammate (ie- not the self) (number would need adjusting, of course).
Run Speed boost now increases Reloading Speed and provides a boost to objective-completing speed.

Engineers....
Turrets can have increase tracking speed.
Mines now have a time limit to be defused once activated.

Operatives....
Marked targets now receive (insert balanced percentage) more damage than normal.
Caltrops slow down any targets that take damage from them.

Just little enhancements to currently existing abilities would be nice, rather than having us have to replace abilities on our d-pad/keymap.

You seem to have put a lot of thought into this, i like it a lot. A lot more detailed than most.

I think with a dlc or patch there should be 10 more levels and 5 universal ability's and 5 more ability's for each class

That would be amazing, although unlikely I think. I believe they will probably raise level cap by 5 (1 rank) and add 2 or 3 abilities to every class and universal. I would love if they did what you said though.

I would like to also see some universal powers which play a role in the weapon choices. This would allow players to more individualize their playing style. I also love the idea of medics getting a grenade which effects accuracy. Also i think if medics could use their invincibility ability on themselves it would make play more dynamic.

Yes! I like the idea of the individual weapon ability choices in the universal abilities section. It would Brink even MORE dynamic.

I'm going to submit some of my ideas.

Medic: Something similar to adrenalin and speed boost. It would give a medic the effects of the adrenalin; The medic becomes invincible for a set period of time, longer than normal adrenalin. They would also get a speed increase, faster than Speed Boost. However, they lose the ability to shoot, complete objectives, use any other abilities other than passive ones, and buff teammates. However, they can still revive teamates, and from slightly greater distance. The major down fall to the skill, is that after its somewhat short cooldown, the medic dies from the side effects or the shot.

I love this, great idea. It's like a last effort "hero" moment for a medic to save people while killing himself in the process.

i wish a new ability for engineer would be to buff your turrets. that would be awesome

I've read on some of the other forums the pain of the spawning location when it comes to the final push.
This game relies heavily on sheer numbers and buffs at an objective - a "spray and pray" methodology could suit this game just fine.

But what if the operative had a similar perk to the Lazarus Grenade; say, a spawn grenade? Every person's next individual spawn would be at a given point? (Like in Killzone 2.)

I think it's best that the spawn grenade point either last 15 seconds - so the whole group can spawn as a batch - or if each member of the team can spawn at that point for their next respawn only.

I usually find my teams with a lack of operatives. I feel like this and the turret hacking would be sufficient enough for me to want to switch to the class for more than just an objective.

That's a cool idea. I was actually thinking about the same thing one time, except I couldn't exactly think of a way to have some sort of spawning ability without it being to overpowered or ruin gameplay. The operative would be the perfect class to give it to because they don't really have a buff or team ability (besides comm hack). Only would be fair I think if the operative that threw the grenade down wouldn't be able to spawn at it, only his teammates. So the operative couldn't just keep spawning and throwing another grenade to keep his team spawning there forever.

I completely agree.
I think allowing classes to buff themselves was a great idea, but just as the lazarus grenade and the self-revive, these are very powerful perks and could change the tide of the battle.
I think it would be awesome to disguise as an enemy, go to the objective, throw a spawn grenade and take it over from there - and try to stay alive to throw another one after (a very long) cool-down period.
Maybe the grenade could also be destroyed, opening up a new objective on the wheel for other operatives - or anyone with the universal ability of grenade shooting!

After I posted it, I thought others would think it was a stupid idea. I'm glad I got some good feedback on it. I enjoy this game so much, and I feel like it is Killzone-esque but actually fun.

I think that an enemy operative should be able to hack it to make it for HIS team if he can hack it for like 10 seconds or something. OR an engineer can just disarm it after interacting with it for like 5 seconds. (Just to keep it from becoming TOO powerful of an ability).

i like these ideas for the new abilities for thee classes except for operative. i think the operative class needs a passive damage boost given to you at rank 2 or 3 equal to the engineers standard damage buff because he is suppose to be the flanking character for the team and more of the lone wolf class. An improved faster hacking ability given at rank 3 or 4 and making improved firewall the prerequisite. They should be given this ability do to the fact the engineer gets improved building and disarming. Plus engineers can destroy operatives hacks. Another new ability for the operative can be an improved disguise buff given to you at rank 4 or 5 and making homing beacon the prerequisite. With this ability you will be able to scan your enemy from a distance and use the self buff/revive button to disguise yourself as the enemy without revealing yourself behind enemy lines. You would only be able to use it once otherwise once it is used or you are killed (not downed) you will have to go look for a new disguise.

Even though I'm not an operative I can still see how all of these could be very useful to an operative. I especially like the last idea about the long distance disguise.

I really wanted the operatives to get a melee boost passive or active ability. I would literally die happy if they would give them a boost to stabs from behind, or most of all a knife/sword when active gives you a boost to damage and knocks them down.

Since i'm too tired to think, I will provide comical relief.

Operative- Water Splash! ( Be like squrtle! Throw salt water into ur enemies eyes and watch as they piss and moan and also might curse at you because of how mad they are and claim its unfair and start to cry! )

^^ Magikarp uses splash!

Anywho I think soldiers could use a passive improvement to combat, something like a reduced reload speed or slight bonus to stability. Something that would reflect a higher level of combat training than other classes.