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[Corusca Fire]

I was thinking a "Combat Engineer" infantry unit could be added to various factions. Infantry are way too vulnerable because the game doesn't do tactical cover and other infantry tactics  (cover behind actual objects, going prone, garrisoning structures, sprinting, strafing, etc...). The combat engineer could have a special ability that creates a small garrison-able structure or trench. This would expand the use of infantry without making them uber.

Approved with following attributes:
Rebel 'fixer':

Small area effect vehicle/building heal, has to be next to the thing to repair, 1 squad can cope with a vehicle at a time, more are required for whole brigades and 2+ are required to effectively heal a building, of course small amounts could but it'd be slow.

Vehicle hack, like R2D2's ability but reconfigured for single vehicles EXCEPT AT-ATs.

Imperial Combat Engineer:

Small area effect vehicle/building heal, has to be next to the thing to repair, 1 squad can cope with a vehicle at a time, more are required for whole brigades and 2+ are required to effectively heal a building, of course small amounts could but it'd be slow.

Minefield laying. It's a natural engineer thing.

[Dr. Doozer]

How would you suggest it is coded in, then? Because it would require altering the map with the trenches.

[Corusca Fire]

hmm... maybe the small "bunkers" would be easier.

[e^(πi)+1=0]

i don't think even that is possible... i'll look for a way.

[Doktor von Wer]

Not possible methinks, and I'm 99.7% sure.

I like a different idea, though, of recruitable teams of 3-6 combat engineers which are lightly armed and have special abilities:

Rebel 'fixer':

Small area effect vehicle/building heal, has to be next to the thing to repair, 1 squad can cope with a vehicle at a time, more are required for whole brigades and 2+ are required to effectively heal a building, of course small amounts could but it'd be slow.

Vehicle hack, like R2D2's ability but reconfigured for single vehicles EXCEPT AT-ATs.

Imperial Combat Engineer:

Small area effect vehicle/building heal, has to be next to the thing to repair, 1 squad can cope with a vehicle at a time, more are required for whole brigades and 2+ are required to effectively heal a building, of course small amounts could but it'd be slow.

Minefield laying. It's a natural engineer thing.

[Corusca Fire]

Isn't there a way to code a special ability to add a battlefield object? (ie. small bunker)

[e^(πi)+1=0]

no.

[Corusca Fire]

Not possible methinks, and I'm 99.7% sure.

I like a different idea, though, of recruitable teams of 3-6 combat engineers which are lightly armed and have special abilities:

Rebel 'fixer':

Small area effect vehicle/building heal, has to be next to the thing to repair, 1 squad can cope with a vehicle at a time, more are required for whole brigades and 2+ are required to effectively heal a building, of course small amounts could but it'd be slow.

Vehicle hack, like R2D2's ability but reconfigured for single vehicles EXCEPT AT-ATs.

Imperial Combat Engineer:

Small area effect vehicle/building heal, has to be next to the thing to repair, 1 squad can cope with a vehicle at a time, more are required for whole brigades and 2+ are required to effectively heal a building, of course small amounts could but it'd be slow.

Minefield laying. It's a natural engineer thing.

okay then. what he said

MODIFIED:

Any idiot would know to blow away the fixer before it got close.

[e^(πi)+1=0]

escort it?

[Corusca Fire]

Wouldnt they just target the fixer first. it isnt to hard to take out infantry.

[Sage]

I'd rather they give the actual ability to capture Turrets and such, it makes Alot more sense.

[Mandalor Vipeer]

what about a combat engineer who can set up small shield generators anywhere on the battle field. maybe use a timer and when the timer runs out, the shield goes down. this would give infantry a little cover and not unbalance the game because 1. it only stops lazers, and 2 because solid state projectiles and units can go straight through them and attack again.

[e^(πi)+1=0]

impossible

[Mandalor Vipeer]

why is it impossible? EAWFOC lets you build shield generator's on build pads, and MDU's have them. Couldn't you just make them a specil ability or something?

[Dr. Doozer]

That's where the problem comes from. They are equipped to the build pads and MDUs; they can't be moved.

[Corusca Fire]

What if it is worked as a modification of the land mines ability. Well, i'm no expert...

[Mandalor Vipeer]

can you change the model for another version of the MDU to that of the engineer?

[Dr. Doozer]

That I don't know, honestly. I'm not in any way a coder, and I'm just basing my knowledge off what I heard from the coders.

[Mandalor Vipeer]

ah. I'll figure out something. Never give up never surrender

[Sage]

I'd rather they give the actual ability to capture Turrets and such, it makes Alot more sense.