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DICE Reveals Battlefield 5 Combat Role And Class Details

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Last week DICE held a Reddit AMA to answer questions about the classes and roles in the upcoming Battlefield 5. This was held to clarify further the Battlefield 5's four classes: Assault, Medic, Recon, and Support which were first explained in the four blogposts by the developer. Dan Mitre, General Community Manager, handled the session to discuss about the changes.

Players learn that each class will have two combat roles that also come with their own loadouts that will meet the game styles. For the Assault Class, the roles will be Light Infantry and Tank Buster; the Medic Class, it will be Field and Combat; Support Class will be Engineer or Machine Gunner; and for the Recon class it will either be a Sniper or Pathfinder role.

For those who have noticed that the Tanker and the Pilot are not seen in the option of classes, they are assured that they are available in the game but cannot be pre-selected. In order to be a Tanker or Pilot Class they player has to spawn in either a vehicle or a plane, automatically being in the Tanker of Pilot Class.  Both classes are not customizable but they will be able to customise the vehicles.

As for concerns of restrictions of weapons in the Class, where the player is limited to just one weapon, it is not the case. As answered in the Reddit AMA, here is what was said, “No, the weapon restrictions sits on your class and not on the combat role. So if you play support and pick the machine gunner role you will be better suited to handle MMGs with the passive traits you have, but you are not limited to MMGs you can play with any support weapons you like.”


For customization of the player’s character in the game, it is explained as, “Hey! The way we are splitting visual customization for our soldiers is per faction. Meaning there are a set of jackets, pants, headgear etc specific for each faction. So if you unlock a certain jacket for the German faction, you can equip that jacket on all your classes within the German faction. The primary focus here is being able to easily differentiate between the two factions. We are also leaning into the colors available between the two factions, the British will have access to a set of colors for their uniforms, while the Germans will have access to another set of colors.”

Battlefield 5 will be released on the 20th of November 2018 and will be available for the the Xbox One, PS4, and PC.  Standard and Deluxe Editions will be available and these come with pre-order bonuses.

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