They definitely are. Only things to get used to are charge speed reduction and bomb change. It will get frustrating but trust me its more than workable. A few jumps might bother you with the speed reduction. The assault is a terror if played well and very viable. You will feel like you role is lessened a bit but you still have the same killing potential. Your awesome with Assault. Hell if it weren't for you I would never have seen how useful fly is. You of all people should be able to adapt. Its not that much different. Juice on the other hand...
juice is still useful as something to fall back on, like when your about to die, juice, you can either kill the person or run away
You always kill the person while juiced still. In any situation you are about to juice it always still gets turned around against players. Turrets is another matter, but assaults can get those things from behind corners and whatnot, so it isn't a huge deal. Yes, they are playable.
Assaults are deadly when played correctly. Most people that play them are not that great though. They are the hardest class to master.
I disagree. It's very easy class to learn (not counting the Tank which is Lame and very very cheap one). The hardest class to master is Assassin (similar to TF2 spy). Back to topic. Playable , tough. Juice + Grenade Launcher on Moneyball = Win
Tank requires aim and some thought, assault requires thought and prediction (which is harder than aim) and somewhat aim too. Assassin though requires some awareness and gamesense, that's it. And TF2 spy is useless pub game class. He has low combat potential and very limited usefulness overall, only effective against bad players. But since pretty much everything is effective against bad players, spy is just useless, but fun class. If you measure by "fun" then yes, spy is the most fun class to play. Also, assassin is nowhere simillar to TF2 spy, the only simillarity is that they both can cloak.
I can agree on Support... but no on Tank. Tank is cheap class. Use Charge LVL 3 , Deploy LVL 2 to get quicker Regeneration , Tank Passive skills which is +100 hp. Tank doesn't really need to aim you just go there and do a Death Blossom (spin).
Sniper and assault are in a class for themselves when it comes to pvp. Sniper is the best(obviously). The only class with a 1 shot kill will always trumph the others. Next you have the assault which - as moose mentions - has an important feature in prediction. Combining his skills results in a dedicated pro killer. Of course you can be insane with railgun, or mortar, but the heavier classes in this fast paced game almost always require some support. And sure the sin can be a pro killer, he said sarcastically. The sin wins the game, that's just how it works.
I wouldn't say this is entirely accurate but is a good summation of how the new player would play a tank. But to say that's all there is to the tank is incorrect. It's like saying all the assault needs to do is left click with level 3 passive and throw a level 3 bomb when their opponent is at half health. Not to get too off topic but mastering the railgun, correct use of product grenade to blind turrets, bots, and pros, and map awareness are paramount to a good tank since he can't retreat as quickly as oh say the Assault - who is a huge pain to kill if played correctly.
I've seen a rediculous number of Tanks whose entire combat strategy consists of jumping around like a monkey and spamming DB as quickly as possible
