Merc idea: Support class that can disable enemy gear


(Peebs) #1

Whilst playing dirty bomb, i see all the players with the special abilities that provide extra offence, such as proxy’s mines, and bushwhacker’s sentry gun are usually topping the scoreboards as many a player are oblivious to the mines layed out, or get caught offguard by a sentry gun in an unkown location. The merc I want to discuss will provide the team with somewhat of a solution to this.

I don’t have a name for this guy yet, but i have a clear idea of what he can do.

Name: ???
Sex: Male
Age: 26
Health: 100
Speed: 420
Role: Support
Ability 1: EMP detonator
The merc can throw an emp grenade similar to fletcher and detonate it at will. When triggered, the emp grenade will temporarily disable nearby sentry guns and highlight enemy gear (mines, health/ammo stations, etc)
Ability 2: Signal jammer
The merc deploys a signal jammer similarly as to how aura and kira deploy their stations, the jammer will disable the enemy’s minimap as long as they are in the vicinity of the jammer.
Primary Weapon: Semi automatic rifle - Like a BCM Haley Strategic Jack Carbine, fires almost as fast as you can pull the trigger.
High damage, but slow firing speed.
Secondary Weapon: A machine pistol, similar to the ones proxy and vassili carry.
Melee: Any of the current in-game melee weapons.

I’d love to hear what you all think, and if you have a name suggestion, please do share it.
Mind you this is just a rough idea. I am open to hear about anything you would change!

Thanks for reading!


(omegaskorpion) #2

huh, thats funny, i just posted my idea about merc with EMP grenades… irony is strong here.

The idea ins’t bad, but just change the class to Assault, since Support classes always have someting relating to giving ammo.

Signal jammer also could disable all in radius airstikes ,orbital stikes and artilerys from happening.


(Mr-Penguin) #3

Interesting. EMP grenades are a very common idea here, but this could work. The EMP nade should probably do a bit of damage to enemies as well, but the signal jammer would have to either have a massive radius or be very inconspicuous to work well. Maybe it could be something that could “hack” enemy minimaps and display the position of nearby enemies that have been affectedd on your minimap. That would make this guy a recon class though…

Also, Wiretap or Disruptor seem like good names.


(Peebs) #4

[quote=“derpypenguinz19;28291”]Interesting. EMP grenades are a very common idea here, but this could work. The EMP nade should probably do a bit of damage to enemies as well, but the signal jammer would have to either have a massive radius or be very inconspicuous to work well. Maybe it could be something that could “hack” enemy minimaps and display the position of nearby enemies that have been affectedd on your minimap. That would make this guy a recon class though…

Also, Wiretap or Disruptor seem like good names. [/quote]

I love the name wiretap, that’s a brilliant idea!
And yeah i do agree, i have seen a lot of emp ideas float around, but i’m not sure what else to call them really.