Upgrading vehicles

[Monte]

I haven't spent a ton of time grinding yet, and already dred it taking at leeast around 10 hours to get a weapon for a class or vehicle.
I mainly play infantry, but is it better to buy ♥♥♥♥ for vehicles which I may only ever use on rare occassions in the off chance it will make them somewhat fun to use, or spend my certs on making infantry better early and worry about vehicles later?

[Monte]

Cool, yeah... The fact that nothing is shared also is offputting as the time it takes to buy some of the upgrades is rediculous. Any suggestions btw for faster cert farming? I'm tempted to buy rank2/3 C4 and go bombing vehicles since it gives really nice XP, but are there other good methods?

[TaishiCii]

The sunderer is the best vehicle for you to invest in, its the best way for you to make certs as an infantry player.

If you are going to fight in a base, get a sunderer from the base you next to it and deploy it somehwere useful, you will get exp for every ally that spawns in it.

You dont need to cert ANYTHING on the sunderer to do this so I highly suggest doing it at every base you attack. However you can cert into the utility slot things such as deployable shield, which increase the sunderers health, or vehicle stealth, which in the case of the sunderer cloaks it when deployed at the last level, making it the perfect spawn point for allies (this is very expensive but worth it in the long run for an infantry player.)

Also, you can spend certs on the sunderer to use them in other ways such as providing ammo or repairing allied vehicles, both of which give you exp. You could park and deploy an ammo sunderer in a good position close to an enemy base and get exp (and therefore certs) from spawning allies AND giving ammo as allied vehicles will check the map for ammo sunderers for a quick restock.

C4 is very useful in certain situations but its also quite expensive, you could get more certs more easially from certing your sunderer than C4 in my opinion...unless you play light assault, whos jetpacks obviously work very well with C4.

In general, just add certs to what you enjoy doing, I for example really enjoy tanking, so I put certs into my MBT's as soon as I could, but for when I play infantry I ALWAYS pull a sunderer and try to park it somewhere useful for my allies, even in our own bases, because if we get pushed back, having a sunderer close to our own capture point will help us defend more easily and then push out to attack again.


So i suggest just using the sunderer constantly for exp gain, and just worry about upgrading your infantry classes first as thats what you enjoy using!

[JohnyThos7]

Originally posted by Owl Man 5: The Memening:

Cool, yeah... The fact that nothing is shared also is offputting as the time it takes to buy some of the upgrades is rediculous. Any suggestions btw for faster cert farming? I'm tempted to buy rank2/3 C4 and go bombing vehicles since it gives really nice XP, but are there other good methods?

Upgrade your medical applicator for medic to like lvl 4 and just spam revives in big fights. Hunderds of certs will come in fast.

[Scamp]

Originally posted by yTноc:

Originally posted by Owl Man 5: The Memening:

Cool, yeah... The fact that nothing is shared also is offputting as the time it takes to buy some of the upgrades is rediculous. Any suggestions btw for faster cert farming? I'm tempted to buy rank2/3 C4 and go bombing vehicles since it gives really nice XP, but are there other good methods?

Upgrade your medical applicator for medic to like lvl 4 and just spam revives in big fights. Hunderds of certs will come in fast.

Revive grenades might be a good investment as well.

The irony is, rigging out a vehicle and becoming good at it is a great way to farm certs. Especially if you have a MBT or harasser and you have a buddy. The majority of the certs I get come from doing directives and using vehicles. Being in vehicles and destroying other vehicles gets you certs much faster than if you were playing infantry (unless you're an infantry boss). Each faction has their own good anti-infantry gun which I would recommend using to farm infantry easily. Good luck

[superior negev user]

Yes. Good, cheap investment for any player is lvl 3 med applicator and lvl3 repair tool. Level 4 if you can afford it.

[chaosbringer42]

Max out the ammo bag + repair tool + use a sundy = cert heaven for people who arent the best at killstreaks. At max level you can drop 2 ammo bags with increased range, so every time someone nearby reloads...XP. With maxed repair tool you can keep an adequate max alive through almost anything (odds of 4:1 or worse...unlikely)...XP. A well placed sundy gives constant spawns which give massive XP! Add it together and it still takes forever to earn new gear, but less time than failing to kill people does. Anyone good enough to get killstreaks or who use tanks or air more often, ignore this post.

[Pielord]

The best way to get certs is to play medic or engineer with upgraded tools and ability (ammo pack for engineer). Bonus if you have a sundy, I recommend buying the first level deployshield so you don't have to waste time guarding it. Whether medic or engineer is better is hard to say. Engineer can drop ammo packs and get a good income without focusing on being an engineer. Medic requires you to hold a non-weapon in the middle of fights, so I'm not a huge fan, but they are vital to infantry fights. Medics can also unlock revive grenades and grenade bandoleer, spamming them eats nanites fast and of course sacrifices your grenade and suit slots, but can give good cert income in large fights. If you like vehicles and are considering going into them (even as someone else's gunner) pick engi.

If you want to try vehicles without investing much, ask your outfit if anyone needs a gunner or can pull a vehicle for you. Players can let you drive by setting it to Squad, or pulling another vehicle and having you hop in the old one. If you aren't in a good outfit, find one, maybe on your server's subreddit (make sure to state your faction). If anyone here happens to be on Connery NC and wants to try fully upgraded harassers (Turbo, fire suppression, stealth, racer, Halberd/Mjolnir/semi-upgraded Canister), add me, pielord17.

[rookie]

Originally posted by Owl Man 5: The Memening:

I haven't spent a ton of time grinding yet, and already dred it taking at leeast around 10 hours to get a weapon for a class or vehicle.
I mainly play infantry, but is it better to buy ♥♥♥♥ for vehicles which I may only ever use on rare occassions in the off chance it will make them somewhat fun to use, or spend my certs on making infantry better early and worry about vehicles later?

Really it sounds like your first problem is how to earn certs. Its easier now than ever with the construction system. Get an ANT, find some cortium and mine it. Now to be useful to your faction you should deposit that cortium in a silo in a base. The other way is to mine cortium then drop a silo and deposit the cortium in it. Really not helping your faction this way but people do it.

After you learn how to earn certs you can start planning for your entry into vehicle game play. My suggestion is to choose either the lighting or the harasser. The benefits of the lightening is its armor and it can equip more powerful weapons. The harasser benefits from its speed and its ability to go where the lighting can't.

My lighting build:

1. Max racer chassis
2. Max NAR ( nanite armor repair)
3. Max IR smoke.
4. My primary weapons are the C75 viper,L100 python AP and the skyguard. These are equiped depending on the targets. All have max reload speed.

My main harasser build:

1. Max surger chassis.
2. Max composite armor.
3. Max fire suppresion.
4. Max turbo.
5. My primary weapons are the halberd,enforcer,mjolnir,basilik,canister and the walker. The first two have max reload speed the rest have max mag size except the basilik which is close to stock.

[Kamikaze Velociraptor]

Upgrade your medical applicator to lvl 4 and repair tool to lvl 4. Wait for lvl 5 until BR25. The lvl 5 versions are expensive. Upgrade your nanoweave armor as well. You can more certs from support classes then being a terminator. An engineer or medic will earn more money supporting their team than becoming a raging hulk with a machine gun.