Hypothetical infantry class balance thread

I wanna try something, basically i was wondering if you guys could help me list all the benefits and weaknesses of certain classes. This overarching any playstyle, for example the gren can be played in several ways and still be successful... I only play gren as a frontal assault class and would use rifleman with stickies as a more defensive class... but im not blind and see others can pull him off very potently in defending bases.

SO basically... list PERSONAL pros and cons of each class and i will compile a list of them so i can get a better vision of how classes are used.

This works best if you be as descriptive in scenarios as possible and list the reasons WHY they are this... for example for the gren dont say 'good against tanks' say 'good against light tanks over range. -> rpg is effective over range with decent skill, especially over ranges where the light tank is not effective against infantry' Perhaps even more descriptive would be better.

 

This is one of the ultimate goals of this information for me.

 

Rifleman:
can quickly kill anything alive
ultimate killer of AFVs in close combat
can throw nades to annoy enemy grenadiers mortaring
every time one of them kills you you want to get rifleman too
Engineer:
excellent all-rounder
the most tactical class ingame
lover of friendly tanks, but has no means against enemy tanks
friendly infantry loves him for ammo, camera, walls and reviving so he's a 'nice guy' of the team
not so 'nice' when there are ten tanks screaming for ammo
Grenadier:
ultimate wall destroyer
can annoy the hell out of enemy tanks after hitting them with ten rockets
loves killing turrets for extra points
squad arty is magic
skillshotting with mortar in CQ is extra funny
Scout:
can wreck your ass in CQ after getting out of Hide
you want to kill him
stickies CV at the end
also can sabotage things but it's not so common
removal of ranged rifle when

 

I assumed things would organize themselves organically but go nuts.

 

SMG2, 9mm and Repair Upgrade a.k.a "i can do shit alone"

 

Engineer
+ Can repair tanks
+ Can revive other players
+ Can build personal turret and camera
+ Can heal players
+ Can place ammo box
+ Useful in all situations
+ Gains points for repair/building

- Mostly loses in gun fights to every other class at general range
- Considered tedious to play


Scout
+ Can use hide to become less visible and sneak up to turrets
+ Has the only specific sniper rifle in game
+ Can over heat vehicles with sticky stun
+ Can sabotage buildings
+ Can get vehicle speed boost

- Slow moving class if using hide skill
- Often played badly by new players using the sniper rifle creating a deficit in the team


Rifleman
+ Best at all ranges of gun combat and can wreck teams of infantry with some skill
+ Had limited but quick throwing sticky nades to kill vehicles
+ Has large AOE explosive grenades for infantry combat
+ Has the most defence when considering dig in skill
+ Has a weapon damage increasing skill
+ Has a huge 25% damage buff skill when using tanks
+ Can use sticky nade on smaller buildings like turret farms

- Useless for taking down large buildings


Grenadier
+ Mortar can kill most infantry in 2 hits (1 if landed directly)
+ Rpg can be used to snipe turrets
+ Mines are effective against infantry and can be stacked up for tanks.
+ Can use defuse to ignore mines
+ Can take advantage of 9 mine technique to cause a large amount of damage in a generous AOE
+ Mortar can be used to effectively take out bases

- Incredibly slow reload times on main weapons which makes missing not an option
- Rpg's are slow and useless against anything but low level tanks due to speed of rpg, tanks can move and can rotate to another side of armour.
- Rpg's guided mode stops it reloading until you let go which lowers its already low DPS
- Building damage is easily countered by a single engineer which can lead to running out of ammo and giving the enemy engineer points for repairing and the gren gains nothing.
- Mines are useless against defuse and multiple mines require being stacked to deal enough damage to tanks.
- Lack of effective guns at close range combat

 

well, he made the first one in OP, sooo
i guess it should be like me and neko and lazybum did

 

Allrounder in all situations, there literally is nothing you cant at least damage a bit 1 on 1... imo the solo play gold standard

 

Any format works, il compile the data in the OP depending on what format is used and what works

 

No, but sometimes things happen that end up being better then what you had in mind at first.

 

You said post pros and cons, does that and everyone else ends up debating on how to post instead.

 

Il sort through it and figure out what works and what doesnt.

 

Did you figured something out of these, blizzerd?
Also, can we debate about them now?