just a few class suggestions (not asking for all of them but a few of these would be cool):
infantry:rifle,grenades
sniper:sniper rifle,knife
gunner:machinegun, trench shovel (digs 3 wide instead of 3 high)
demo man: pistol, bomb, mines
constructor:pistol, super building tools, blocks are tripple strength
scout:sub-machinegun, jump boots
rocket man: bazzooka, pistol
medic:healing gun, pistol
spy: C4, cammo
artillary man:can build cannons and mortars (slowly), binoculars
mechanic:wrench(melee), can build vehicles (slowly)

short answer:no
long answer:noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...

these ideas for classes are misguided and wonky

That is a LOT of stuff we just don't need. Maybe one or two new weapons, map grid, and maybe healing abilities is the only thing the game REALLY needs

a healing gun? i was unaware that existed

Don't need classes, this isn't TF2. Your class is what you want it to be, either a builder or a soldier.

Loadout options are a good idea, classes are not.

I some what think classes would be strange but they really would make this game over powered and un even but I like the thought of mortors

yeah,, artillery would be interesting.

The only other armaments we need are bayonets and vickers guns, limited to a few per team

No melee, they are pointless. And if you limit guns to few per team, griefers dig holes and hide them. If you have a gun, everyone should have access to one

So you'd employ griefer countermeasures, such as voteban and admin tools?
The game certainly needs more armaments to combat assholes before it gets more to combat the enemy team.

very true, good point

having vehicles in a game like ace of spades is a really really really bad idea, then your'd have people run over others and then the "fun" begins as everyone hassles to get to a vehicle so they don't get run over.....like halo

Good gracious, man! This has to be the forty-eighth-millionth-sextillionth thread involving classes.

For the love of perfectly done toast, please use the damn serch function before your gorilla paws smash that word 'CLASSES' into the topic title, goddamn.

You called overlord?

Come to think of it, I agree with Qizi. Classes are more restrictive and unbalanced. Load out options would be awesome.

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