This one comes in from Mike Derges from stinkyink.com, who gives us the low down on the various classes and unlocks in Battlefield 3
A question many gamers ask when they first play a class based shooter
is “What class is for me?” this is almost always followed by
“Which gun is good?” The purpose of this post is to give new
players an overview of what each class offers and a look at some of
the top gear for each.
Assault
The Medic class. By default Assault players spawn with either an
M16A4 or the AK-74M and their tool of the trade a Medkit.
This allows Assaults to begin their careers as medics, throwing a
medkit at your wounded teammates feet cases them to heal rapidly and
you to gain points. The ability to keep your team alive is bolstered
by the classes first unlock the Defibrillator.
The defibrillator has no kind of ammo supply and can be used without
any kind of cool down other than it’s animation. Once hit a player
will be given the option of pressing “A” (or “X” for our PS3
friends) to be revived. As well as getting them up and letting them
get back into the action revives earn the medic equivalent points to
a kill and negate the deaths impact on respawn tickets. For veterans
it’s worth noting that unlike in some previous games de-fibbing an
opponent does not damage him.
As for weapons the Assault class uses Assault rifles, while still
deadly at close range ARs are geared to mid to long range combat and
most come able to fire fully Auto or single shot. Key weapons to
watch out for are the F2000 which is locked until the player gains
124000 points in the class and the M26 Mass under-slung which adds a
shotgun attachment to the under-slung rails provided by most of the
assault rifles.
