Support

Support  
General  
Skills 12
Focus LMGs, shotguns and building
Mastery  
XP to level 10 25,000
XP to level 50 1,150,000
XP to level 100 5,132,500
Internal name Meta.Role.Support, DT_SupportSkills

Support is one of the six roles. Its 12 skills tune the heavy weapons: light machine guns (LMGs) and shotguns get faster aiming, less recoil and quicker switching. The role’s one non-weapon skill extends the range of the C4 detonator. Support’s earning events are mostly resupply and building work: supply crates, forward operating bases (FOBs) and buildables all pay cash and XP.

Overview

Most Support skills apply to one weapon archetype. A skill for LMGs helps only LMGs, and a skill for shotguns helps only shotguns. The switching skill covers both archetypes at once.

Each skill’s value comes from its curve at the skill’s level. The unlock cost of each skill level is not in the game data, so it is not yet known (see Skills).

Skills

Skill What it does Curve values Notes
Aim down sights time (LMGs) Less time to raise the sights. 1, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6 LMGs only
Aim down sights time (shotguns) Less time to raise the sights. 1, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6 Shotguns only
Aim move speed (LMGs) Faster walking while aimed down sights. 1, 1.2, 1.4 LMGs only
Aim move speed (shotguns) Faster walking while aimed down sights. 1, 1.2, 1.4 Shotguns only
Horizontal recoil (LMGs) Less sideways kick. 1, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6 LMGs only
Horizontal recoil (shotguns) Less sideways kick. 1, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6 Shotguns only
C4 detonator range The detonator works from further away. 1, 1.2, 1.4 One-time unlock
Ready to fire (LMGs) The weapon comes up faster after sprinting, using a ladder or exiting a vault. 1, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6 LMGs only
Ready to fire (shotguns) The weapon comes up faster after sprinting, using a ladder or exiting a vault. 1, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6 Shotguns only
Vertical recoil (LMGs) Less upward kick. 1, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6 LMGs only
Vertical recoil (shotguns) Less upward kick. 1, 0.8, 0.7, 0.6 Shotguns only
Weapon switch speed Faster switching to LMGs and shotguns. 1, 1.2, 1.4 LMGs and shotguns

Curve values are listed in order for skill levels 0, 2, 3 and 4. Level 0 is always 1, which means no effect. Curves with three values store levels 0, 2 and 4 only, and levels in between are blended from the stored values.

Mastery and rewards

All six roles share one mastery XP curve. The milestones for Support are the total XP needed to reach each level, not the step from the level before:

Level XP needed
1 200
5 6,250
10 25,000
20 111,500
50 1,150,000
75 2,218,000
100 5,132,500

The full curve is in Cash and Rewards. Whether each value is a running total or a step from the level before is not stated.

  • Rewards per level. None in the data. The level table has an empty reward list for every level, so a level gives no reward of its own. What a level gives is access to the unlock tree (see Unlocks below).
  • Unlock tree. 33 items and vehicles, from level 1 to level 50, with 1,630,000 cash in total. Each one needs a role level and a cash price (see Unlocks below).

Unlocks

Each row is one item, vehicle or attachment in the Support unlock tree, with the role level it needs and its cash cost. The data gives no other cost for any unlock. Rows at 0 cash are magazines, ammunition and explosives. Where the data has no display name for an item, the row describes it in plain words.

Role level Item Cash
1 Light repair drill 10,000
3 Medium hammer 25,000
6 93mm 0
6 RPG-7 30,000
8 Large hammer 75,000
10 M500 50,000
11 M500 Sabre Brake 17,500
12 PGO-7 10,000
13 Improved Cylinder Choke 7,500
14 9K333 Verba 50,000
15 PKM magazine 0
15 PKM 100,000
16 Full Choke 30,000
17 PKM Bipod 25,000
18 MAAWS 100,000
19 Slotted Flash Hider 20,000
20 M249 100 RND Fabric Magazine 0
20 M249 SAW 150,000
21 4x Combat Prism Scope with Reflex 35,000
24 M249 Bipod 50,000
25 Anti-tank mine 75,000
26 M249 200 RND Box 35,000
27 Tread Brake 10,000
28 Heavy repair drill 50,000
30 Evo-3 Ultra 50 RND Box 0
30 Evo-3 Ultra 200,000
32 12 Gauge Suppressor 25,000
33 Evo-3 Ultra Bipod 75,000
35 40mm 0
35 MGL-40 250,000
40 SL7i-BL Suppressor 35,000
45 Orpheus Max Brake 40,000
50 Hybrid Grip Pod 50,000

How the role earns cash and XP

The reward tables list events, not roles. The events below are the ones that fit Support’s work of resupply and building. Role XP for most events equals the base value of the event.

  • Deploying a supply crate. The base cash is 25 for the free container, 50 for a small crate and 150 for a large one.
  • Destroying a supply crate. An enemy supply crate pays 100 to 200.
  • Forward operating bases. Hacking an enemy FOB pays 1,000. Destroying an enemy FOB pays 2,500, plus up to 7,500 by the supplies it holds. The FOB-supplied assist is divided by the number of assisters.
  • Buildables. Destroying a Bunker or an Indirect Fire Shelter pays 200 cash and 50 Role XP. Destroying an enemy claymore, C4 or anti-tank mine pays 100 each. Other buildables mostly pay 10 to 500. Destroying a Drill Rig (the Hot Zone Magnet) pays 2,750 cash and 700 Role XP.
  • Supply crate assists. Assist credit for a supply crate kill is split by assist type, as described in Cash and Rewards.

Season 2 changes

  • Mastery curve. Role mastery XP was lowered from level 10 upward for all roles. Level 10 went from 35,000 to 25,000, level 20 from 250,000 to 111,500, level 50 from 1,500,000 to 1,150,000, and level 100 from 6,000,000 to 5,132,500.
  • Supply crates. Deploying a supply crate went from 250 to 125 in the session-event calculator. A free crate destroyed went from 250 to 150.
  • Buildables. The base cash for a gate went from 500 to 200, and for a repair station from 400 to 200.
  • Unlock tree. The Support tree gained 5 nodes and lost 3. The heavy drill’s cash cost went from 25,000 to 50,000.
  • Skills. The sources list no Season 2 change to the 12 Support skill values.

See also

Sources