Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

[Harmor]

I like to play Engineer on some maps, but I find that I get so few repair points (usually 3 at most). Now this is me fixing our artillery/UAV/Scanner, picking up enemy AT mines, fixing our vehicles (alot of people don't go engineer when they are in a tank).

I look a medic and it looks like their heal bar works about as fast an engineer's. But the difference is that medics and support can drop a med kit or ammo pack - its not like I can drop a tool kit???

Is the solution the ability to drop a tool kit? Should it work like a supply crate's repair ability and they "pop"?

EDIT: Perhaps the "tool kit" works like a Supply crate but only repairs. I don't think instant repairs are good.

Just thinking out loud...

[SaladFork]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

I totally agree. Getting the repair badge is much harder than it sounds. I've camped my own base with 3 spec ops who wouldn't leave our stuff alone, and I still only ended up with 4 repair points (yet 34 shotgun kills).

~Salad

[shank]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

It is very hard indeed. Best thing to do to get it is play Karkand and follow one of the tank whores and repair him.

[The **TERROR**]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

It is hard but i got my badge in blackhawk whores

[JackReacher]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

and thats one of the reasons why this kit is barely being used.

tool-kits that work like the supply crate - awesome idea. i hope we'll get to see it in v1.8794

[-={Alpha}=-]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

I got my badge repairing commander assets on Gulf Of Oman (MEC Side).

[Harmor]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

It is very hard indeed. Best thing to do to get it is play Karkand and follow one of the tank whores and repair him.

I did that, but he kept running over me (I even tried stayin on his side and back about 2m too!!!).

[CommanderD]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

I got my badge in the back of blackhawk cos im a whore.

[Thams]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

Got mine of reparing the UAV, artillery and the scanner constantly while defending the last spawn point in Karkand.

[Harmor]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

It is very hard indeed. Best thing to do to get it is play Karkand and follow one of the tank whores and repair him.

Perhaps the "tool kit" works like a Supply crate but only repairs.

[Ruhanga]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

Me and my Clan mate team-up in karkand with tank. Heavy repairing done all the time and still got it in the end.

[Woolgar]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

I got my badge in the back of blackhawk cos im a whore.

Same. Now Im working on Basic Enginner Combat...if there is one.

[Cordite]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

you can usually get 1 repair point for completely fixing artillery or uav or satellite, just make sure you repair it to full health, its easy to get the badge that way, and with the new patch coming out, there will be a lot more spec ops going for those items b/c they gets points for destroying them.

[[LG]Cataclysm]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

I wish it was twice as easy... It's bloody hard!!

[Jesse]

Re: Why is it so hard to get Repair points?

I think another reason it's so hard to obtain it is because the support and medic kits allow you to just toss out their ordinance and people get refilled automatically and much faster, and that automatically credits you with the points of the full re-supply or heal. With the wrench, you gotta stand there and wait just the same as holding out the medic/support bag instead of throwing it, thus making it much slower. Too bad you can't drop like, a portable toolkit or something.