Support
Support is the team’s engineer and heavy weapons. They build fortifications and FOBs, repair vehicles, fight with machine guns and shotguns, and destroy vehicles with launchers. It’s the fastest class to level: every hammer swing pays XP.
How to play Support
Section titled “How to play Support”- Build in the zone. Fortifications at a tower or in the Hot Zone help your team hold its points. How to place a FOB and what to build — see Fortifying a tower.
- Place structures for others. If you place a structure and a teammate finishes it, you get paid for every swing they make.
- Repair vehicles with the drill: a friendly tank or APC kept alive is worth more than a new one.
- Hunt vehicles. Launchers against tanks, explosives against the spawn APC.
- Lock down approaches with a machine gun. An LMG on its bipod (G) in cover at the zone edge keeps enemies out.
How Support earns
Section titled “How Support earns”| Action | Payout |
|---|---|
| Hammer hit on a structure | +$2…$15 (our data) |
| Finishing a structure | +$32 (our data) |
| Destroying an enemy spawn APC | around $10,000 (community data) |
| Destroying a bought enemy vehicle | depends on the vehicle and zone, e.g. +$2,344 (our data) |
| Destroying an enemy FOB | around $2,500 (community data from the beta) |
Building itself barely pays — it’s for holding the zone. Support’s real money comes from destroying enemy vehicles and bases and from kills.
| Item | Level | Unlock | Price | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small Hammer | start | — | — | Sandbags, wire, hedgehogs, recon tent |
| Light Drill | 1 | $10,000 | $600 | Repairing vehicles |
| Medium Hammer | 3 | $25,000 | $800 | HESCO blocks and walls, doors, gates |
| Large Hammer | 8 | $75,000 | $2,400 | Mortar, anti-air, drill; fastest build speed |
Weapons and explosives
Section titled “Weapons and explosives”| Weapon | Level | Unlock | Purchase price | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C4 | 2 | level only | $250 | Explosive |
| RPG-7 | 5 | $30,000 | $2,000 | Launcher |
| M500 | 10 | $50,000 | $1,200 | Shotgun |
| M249 SAW | 15 | $100,000 | $3,200 | Light machine gun |
| 9K333 Verba | 16 | $50,000 | $800 | Anti-air MANPADS |
| MAAWS | 20 | $125,000 | $2,600 | Launcher |
| AT Mine | 25 | $75,000 | $650 | Mine |
| PKM | 30 | $150,000 | $4,500 | Machine gun |
| MGL-40 | 35 | $200,000 | $6,000 | Grenade launcher |
Remote-detonating C4 needs a separate detonator (unlock around $15,000).
Levelling Support
Section titled “Levelling Support”- Building — XP for every swing and more on completion. The fastest and safest way to level.
- Kills with shotguns, machine guns and launchers.
- Repairing vehicles with the drill.
- Destroying enemy vehicles, structures and spawn APCs.
Support also gets paid for kills made by the mortars and anti-air it built. How to fire the mortar — see the mortar guide.
Common mistakes
Section titled “Common mistakes”- Building outside the zone. A wall where nobody fights scores nothing for your team.
- Building more than you can supply. A half-built base is a trap for your own side.
- Wasting rockets on infantry. Launchers are expensive — save them for vehicles.
- Forgetting repairs. Fixing a friendly tank is cheaper than buying a new one.