then i do as all small people do....kick em where it hurts and run

HAHAHA that would be awesome, like a weak melee with a stun

^ Heavies have balls of steel so it wouldn't work.

Good good. While I do gravitate to towards light operative as my modus operendi, I will play all sizes and classes. There is no way better way to learn to fight other classes and body types is understanding how they work.

Now let me break this down.

Why light? I have to say SMART simply blows my mind on a FPS. I am one of those people who take the time to run all around a map looking for places to hide and alternate routes. The speed and optimal use of SMART will give be options that aren't available to other body types. Having weaker weapons is only a minor concern, provided I can flank and get the drop on people it won't matter how big your gun is if you don't get the chance to fire it. So many people seem to think that they can always keep their back covered. No so easy because you usually expect the enemy to come from a certain direction, when they come from another most people aren't expecting it.

Why operative? It seems best for my sneaky style and has fantastic synergy with the light. Though most of my FPS career I have learned one thing, most of the time the rest of your team can't be trusted to do ANYTHING!! Operative gives you the opportunity to help your team without having to rely on them for all your support. Brink bribes people to work together so I am not really to worried about that. However I am not playing the operative cuz I want to single handily wipe the team. I have been capable of it before in other games but its not possible against a skilled team. The operative will allow me to disrupt the enemy and help my team at the same time. I can open alternate routes for my team, I can disguise as a downed enemy and sneak more easily behind enemy lines and provide intel on enemy positions and troop strength. Its nice have the info but it will be awesome, to relay it to your team and have them use to destroy the enemy team and win the game. That is the best. I can also backstab which I really hope is OHK.

The light operative is like a combination of the Scout and Spy, my two favor classes. (Engineer is a close second, I am a team player). The speed and maneverability of a Scout and the cunning of the Spy. As a spy I don't go around and attempt to backstab the first person I see. I like to sneak in and get a feel of the engineer positions and relay it so the Scouts won't try to run past a level 3 sentry. I sap undefended Engineer structures and take out value targets like medics. There is nothing better than a nice chain backstab or sapping the entire base then waltzing out with the intel and backstabbing a medic heavy combo on the way and then capture then smoke break.

Why Brink provides other classes easy ways to support each other the Operative is there to just mess up the enemy team which I excel in doing. Also I do like playing the Engineer and Medic in TF2. The problem for me when I am playing medic and everyone I heal is NOT DEFENDING ME! I am here to support you and you need to help me back.

This just brought a tear to my eye :clap: I crack open a beer to you :foodndrink:

My only difference is that i play sniper even more often than i do spy and scout. I consider myself an attacking sniper, and, quite frankly, one of the best. There is nothing more satisfying than getting in the enemy base, relying the info to my spys, helping them destroy stuff, let them get the intel and wipe the enemy team as they come out. I when the spy backstabs the heavy, i snipe the medic before the medic kills him. When the spy saps and stabs the engineer, i headshot the pyro before he gets near. When the spy backstabs the sniper, i take care of the other sniper before he machetes the spy. When the spy kills the demoman, i kill the scout (Yes, i do headshot scouts. Scouts are quite easy TBH, the hardest is the pyro). When the spy stabs the soldier, i kill the spy whose footsteps i hear in the sewers. If i can't snipe, i backstab alongside my fellow kind.

It depends on the situation, and obviously balance is what is being aimed for by the designers. However, I've got to agree with what Ensis said earlier on: If everyone controlling the characters were of average skill, I think the heavy would have and advantage. Bigger weapons, more health. The game looks fairly fast paced to begin with, and lights don't have much health. Considering heavies can carry heavy machine guns, unless the light is intentionally stalking the heavy and manages to get the drop on them, the light wouldn't stand a chance. Image a light or heavy rounding a corner, and coming face to face with their opposite. Unless the light has somewhere to run, all the heavy has to do is keep the light in their cross-hairs for a little while and keep firing, and the light is toast. Same goes for medium versus heavy, except the medium would stand more of a chance, and last a bit longer.

Now, just to be clear, I'm not saying heavy is the "best" body-type. Simply that the heavy is more prone to survival than the others. In combination with their heavy weapons this makes them easier to use so, again assuming everyone is of average skill, it seems the heavy has a definite leg up.

Of course, the "rounding the corner" scenario isn't the only scenario that would happen...but it is a common one. If a light can get behind a heavy it's a whole different story, for instance. This could be done either by the light's more agile SMART usage, or a light Operative's disguise ability, although that brings class into it. Point is, a heavy wouldn't win all the matches, not by any means, but on the whole they seem to have a bit of an advantage on average.

That said, heavies are kind of boring. I'll probably be playing mostly light or medium, although I can't say for sure until the game comes out. Agility just seems more fun than brute force, though.

This just brought a tear to my eye :clap: I crack open a beer to you :foodndrink:

My only difference is that i play sniper even more often than i do spy and scout. I consider myself an attacking sniper, and, quite frankly, one of the best. There is nothing more satisfying than getting in the enemy base, relying the info to my spys, helping them destroy stuff, let them get the intel and wipe the enemy team as they come out. I when the spy backstabs the heavy, i snipe the medic before the medic kills him. When the spy saps and stabs the engineer, i headshot the pyro before he gets near. When the spy backstabs the sniper, i take care of the other sniper before he machetes the spy. When the spy kills the demoman, i kill the scout (Yes, i do headshot scouts. Scouts are quite easy TBH, the hardest is the pyro). When the spy stabs the soldier, i kill the spy whose footsteps i hear in the sewers. If i can't snipe, i backstab alongside my fellow kind.

or a light Operative's disguise ability, although that brings class into it

it would seem pretty obvious when a heavy on your team is running at about 3x the speed of everyone else and climbing up onto the rooftops that are inaccessable to heavies

It depends on the situation, and obviously balance is what is being aimed for by the designers. However, I've got to agree with what Ensis said earlier on: If everyone controlling the characters were of average skill, I think the heavy would have and advantage. Bigger weapons, more health. The game looks fairly fast paced to begin with, and lights don't have much health. Considering heavies can carry heavy machine guns, unless the light is intentionally stalking the heavy and manages to get the drop on them, the light wouldn't stand a chance. Image a light or heavy rounding a corner, and coming face to face with their opposite. Unless the light has somewhere to run, all the heavy has to do is keep the light in their cross-hairs for a little while and keep firing, and the light is toast. Same goes for medium versus heavy, except the medium would stand more of a chance, and last a bit longer.

Now, just to be clear, I'm not saying heavy is the "best" body-type. Simply that the heavy is more prone to survival than the others. In combination with their heavy weapons this makes them easier to use so, again assuming everyone is of average skill, it seems the heavy has a definite leg up.

Of course, the "rounding the corner" scenario isn't the only scenario that would happen...but it is a common one. If a light can get behind a heavy it's a whole different story, for instance. This could be done either by the light's more agile SMART usage, or a light Operative's disguise ability, although that brings class into it. Point is, a heavy wouldn't win all the matches, not by any means, but on the whole they seem to have a bit of an advantage on average.

That said, heavies are kind of boring. I'll probably be playing mostly light or medium, although I can't say for sure until the game comes out. Agility just seems more fun than brute force, though.

it would seem pretty obvious when a heavy on your team is running at about 3x the speed of everyone else and climbing up onto the rooftops that are inaccessable to heavies