I have a level 19 operative, and I wanted to create a character who could plant explosives and diffuse them. I did have nerves of steel, but is it really worth it? If I'm an operative and somebody plants a charge am I really going to have time to find a command post, switch classes, and diffuse it? I think my points may be better spent on some other soldier abilities such as satchel charge and flashbang grenade (and save my last point for emp grenade). I do love the command post upgrade, though! Any thoughts?

I myself have skipped it all the time i havent use it so i cant tell you if it worth it but i find the disarm time fine i save it for a duel lvl 20 5 star skill


the engineer/operative clas iss good capture command point upgrade and firewall it

Not worth it to me.

From what i've heard an EMP grenade can stall a HE Charge for 20 seconds. Which would come in realllll handy if you're waiting for an Engy to respawn/get to that Charge.

I don't use it personally, put trust me when I say that the extra second you save could mean the difference between a win and a loss.

Trust me.

Yes, but I think that extra second will be lost anyway, because I intend to mainly be an operative and switch classes when it is most useful. If I'm an op., a charge is planted, and I run to the command post to change to engineer, and then disarm it I think it will be much less useful because it is so much more time sensitive. Plus, I think the other guys are right - the emp will do basically what I'm trying to do, albeit in a different way. If I spend the points on some more soldier abilities (like flashbang and satchel charge), though, I can be more useful if I decide to switch so that I can plant explosives. Thanks for all the input, guys! :goodjob:

It's worth it if you're playing Engineer, not so much if you're planning to switch out when the bomb gets planted.

Heavy lvl20 Operative to the rescue!

Yes, I'm thinking that satchel charges might be a better secondary class point spent.