BF Heroes
Battlefield Heroes is unique for a few main reasons.
The game will run under the Play 4 Free model meaning the game is free to play and funded through advertisements on the game's website and on the start menu of the game. Advertisements will not be present in the maps. Another new feature is the introduction of micotransactions (micropayments), which allow the player to purchase customization items for their character. Clothing items and other accessories will be available for a small fee, but nothing to give a player an advantage on the Battlefield.
Battlefield Heroes features a modified conquest mode providing each team 50 tickets and eventually one flag at the start of the round. Killing enemies will reduce tickets and holding more flags than the opposing army will also grant a multiplier to the team. It is possible to win by owning more flags than the enemy and by killing fewer of them. Matchmaking will also be a feature to keep players of the same level together. Players will be matched against other players of a similar experience level. Developers of the game have talked about levels going as high as 40 or 50. The two armies are called the National Army (possessing a red base color flag) and the Royal Army (possessing a blue base color flag). The game is third-person only at this point, but senior producer Ben Cousins has stated if first-person is really wanted, it may be added in at a later date. Spawn times are five seconds (compared to previous Battlefield games' 15), allowing for less waiting and more action. Players do not pick spawn points since the game has an "Intelligent Spawn System" putting players closest to the nearest battle. Three maps will be available on release.
The point system in Battlefield Heroes is being called the Metagame (non official name), which allows characters to fight for a territorial position during each match. The land gained is then recorded as a win for each army, and at the end of the week everything is added up and both armies are given money based on percentage and land conquered. Players can choose whether or not to participate in the Metagame.
Like previous Battlefield games Battlefield Heroes also has a class system, but has been reduced to three basic classes: the Soldier, Gunner, and Commando.
Commando
The Commando class is the "quick" class, specializing in stealth tactics as well as back-stabs and sniping. The known weapons of the Commando are a sniper rifle, knife and a pistol. Although the sniper rifle does high damage it cannot do a one-hit kill, unless the character has certain abilities activated. The Commando is a spy type character and has low health (80 points) compared to the other classes. Special abilities of this class are laying traps and cloaking.
Soldier
The Soldier is an all around class—equally balancing speed and armament. Currently the known weapons that the Soldier carries are the submachine gun and shotgun. Some abilities the Soldier can possess are incendiary rounds, a "health boost" (this heals allies around you), and throwing multiple grenades. The soldier is able to determine enemy locations via a special ability called "Sixth-Sense". This ability outlines nearby opponents even if the enemy is behind a wall.
Gunner
The Gunner moves the slowest of all units, but has the heaviest weapons. The gunner class can use an Anti-tank weapon, a heavy Machine gun,and a shotgun. One special ability is "eating" grenades to recover health.
Abilities
Abilities are special powers that each player gets when they level up. Known abilities at this time are "Grenade Spam" ability (allows 5 or more grenades to be thrown at a time), the "I Eats Grenades" ability (absorb grenades and heal the player), the "Blasting Strike" ability (Flings any nearby tanks, jeeps and infantry into the air in addition to causing damage), "Cloak" (makes player invisible unless enemy is in close proximity), "Burning Bullets" (causes damage over time), and setting a trap. Note that all abilities are class specific.
Healing is by a 'blast heal', a soldier ability that heals the player and any friendlies nearby. Players may also purchase a bandage which restores less health. There is no medic class for this reason.
