Would say there is 3 downsides to this game:
- no serverbrowser(you just select which region like EU and gametype to only press quick match)
- will take a lot of playing in order to unlock classes
- Tutorial is limited to explaining and showing how to skii and use jetpack(there are several other factors in the game that need explaining)
You start out with 2 classes unlocked(soldier and ranger). Each class has their own weapons and stats:
You've got your light armored and fast moving classes, medium armored and medium moving classes and heavily armored and slow moving classes.
Like in COD and BF you level up by playing, by leveling up you unlock XP points that are tied to the class you were playing with.
With these xp points you upgrade skills(have more energy, ...).
Next to skills you also have something called perks, you can only select 2 perks at a time.
These perks give you a little extra like +10 maximum enery, reducing costs of buying stuff in-game, reduce damage done to yourself, ...
I have no idea how to unlock perks because only 2 are unlocked at the start.
Movement in-game is all about skiing, if you check out the vids I posted in the main post you'll see what skiing is
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How fast you can go depends on your class, so it's not recommended to go after the flag while you are a class that is heavily armored but is slow.
Next to skiing you have your jetpack to reach places but also to launch yourself off hills to keep your speed up.
If you need to gain some speed fast you can always launch yourself by shooting the ground behind you with an explosive, this will take way about 50-60% of your HP.
You regain your HP after not getting hit for a while, you can always pick up ammo from people you have killed.
Skiing and jetpacking isn't your only mode of transportation, you also have the ability to buy vehicles.
Vehicles don't spawn is several places like in UT3, you buy a vehicle of your choice at a station.
You earn money by doing stuff in-game(killing people, assists, capturing flags, picking up flags, returning flags, ...), when you have enough money you can buy a vehicle.
A grav cycle is a motorcycle where 2 people can sit on(the passenger can be carrying a flag), it's a fast moving vehicle that can shoot grenades but requires a reloading time after shooting one.
A shrike is a vehicle that can fly and fire plasma bolts, after firing 4 bolts it needs to reload. It can seat 2 people(have no idea what the passenger can do).
Last vehicle is called Beowulf and is a tank. One downside to this is that they changed the sensitivity when you are in the tank so your mouse can move as slow as the tank does(not like in UT3 where you can aim at whatever you want but it still has to rotate to where you are aiming). Again it can seat 2 people where the second player takes control of the turret(no influence on the sensitivity).
Surrounding the base you have turrets that defend the base from intruders, these things are sort of hard to dodge because you need to wait till they fire in order to dodge their shots(def don't come too close, cause you can't evade them that way). Turrets can be shot down but they have a lot of HP, it's much easier to infiltrate the base and look for the generator, when you destroy the generator the turrets and inventory station(where you can get ammo) are offline. With your money you can upgrade the generator and turrets.
