From the battlefield: Saboteurs

Last week we announced a new class that will appear as a reward from the event that starts simultaneously with the release of the next major update - the Saboteur. The concept of the class sparked intense discussions.

You correctly noted that the concept of the saboteurs are similar to the guerrillas. This is not a coincidence: the Saboteur class is based on ideas that originally came up when we created the Guerrilla class, but for various reasons did not suit them due to their more aggressive play style, their squad containing AI soldiers and so on.

History is full of stories about lone brave individuals sneaking behind enemy lines, disguising themselves using captured equipment and assisting the main forces with intelligence or smaller sabotage actions. This is exactly what we tried to recreate in the game: if you enjoy helping your team by providing invaluable information of the enemy’s position or diverting the enemy’s attention by disrupting their rear lines without attracting too much attention to yourself, then you will like this new class.

To prevent saboteurs from affecting the flow of the battle too much, a similar restriction will apply to them as to vehicles. We also plan to add a new special squad slot in the update where you can place these new saboteurs or any other event squad.

Friend or foe

Let us explain the disguise mechanic in more detail. To disguise themselves, saboteurs need to find the body of an enemy soldier and put on their uniform, but there must be no other enemies nearby - otherwise the process of changing uniforms will be interrupted.

A disguised saboteur can blow his cover by carelessly killing an enemy, for example in front of another. Once detected, the saboteur can slip out of sight and change their uniform again to blend back in.

Is it possible to spot enemy saboteurs before they start causing trouble for your team? Yes, and not only by their behavior: there will be no triangle marker above them indicating an allied soldier. So, if in the heat of battle you notice a teammate without it, it's worth asking yourself - is he really on your side?

See you on the battlefield, commanders. And keep an eye on your allies: maybe not everyone is who they seem to be!