Mechanic | Character classes Battlefield Hardline Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

The most often that you see Mechanics around the battlefield is in vehicles. This class has been equipped with tools that are perfect for repairing and destroying vehicles. The man weapons of this class are machine pistols that deal high damage over short distance. However, they are not too effective over longer distances. This is why, as a mechanic it is better to stay in a vehicle and fight others, or repair it, from there.

Gadgets

M79/M320

Grenade launchers that fire 40 mm grenades, which explode on impact. They are very useful for destroying vehicles, in the "hotwire" mode. Also, they can be used against infantry, although this is not their primary purpose. The downside of these weapons is low ammo capacity. Grenade launchers deal around 40% damage to cars.

Usability: Grenade launchers are mostly useful in the "hotwire" and "Conquest" modes. They are not too much use against infantry.

Repair tool

It is a indispensable tool in the equipment of each good mechanic. Its main purpose is to repair allied cars, but in some situations it can also be used for destroying enemy vehicles, or killing an enemy infantryman. To repair a vehicle completely, you need 10 - 30 seconds, depending on the vehicle's armoring and damage. While you are repairing a vehicle, a progression icon appears, that represents how much repairing still needs to be done. The Repair tool overheats after 15 seconds so, it is a good idea to count 10 seconds, in your head, and follow it with a short break in repairing, thanks to which the tool does not overheat.

Usability: each mechanic in a car should own one. It is an immensely useful tool, thanks to which you can return the vehicle to the functional state, even after a fire breaks out.

Satellite phone

It provides an additional respawn point to you and to your teammates. An example use is deploying it behind the enemy lines.

Usability: There is a variety of uses to the satellite phone, in various modes. On the maps, with high numbers of infantry, you can deploy it behind enemy lines and in the "hotwire" mode, one of the ways to use it is to deploy it near one of the points, thanks to which the entire team will be able to return there quickly, after dying, and seize the car again.

Sabotage

A bomb for planting on cars and interactive points. It goes off automatically, whenever the enemy wants to interact with the object that the bomb is on. It may be a car lying on the ground, an element of gear, a button or door. For example, in the "hotwire" mode, you can plant the explosive on the car, which explodes after it is entered by the enemy. Sabotage can even be planted on cash, in the Blood Money mode. However, it can be disarmed with the repair tool, a shot or another explosion.

Usability: sabotage is a perfect trap in the "hotwire" mode. You can score lots of kills, by turning cars to be seized, into traps. However, this is not that helpful, while trying to score points for your team.

Armored insert

An additional plate that ensures chest protection. It allows you to absorb 50% more damage to the chest, before you die. This is much, especially that the majority of players aim at the chest mainly. This is why, where the initial number of survivable hits to the chest is 3, the armored insert can increase the figure to 6. The longer the distance, the more effective is the gadget.

Usability: the armored insert is the most effective, if used by the mechanic, who decides to engage into combat, where there is infantry fighting.

Recommended gadgets

For sure, each mechanic should own a repair tool. As for the second gadget, the choice is not that obvious. Definitely, what is useful in the battlefield is the grenade launcher, because you will be mostly playing, as the mechanic, on maps with lots of vehicles. A useful gadget, in the "hotwire" mode, may also be Sabotage. Planting it on neutral cars is a very good easy of scoring a kill. If, however, you are planning on driving, you can do with the skill of the stunt driver.

Hints

Repair the vehicles of your allies, if they need it. This way, you can ensure the driver in your team, with advantage of the one in the enemy ream. Remember that some of the vehicles can be repaired from the inside,. You simply change seats to the passenger seat, equip the repair tool and use it on any part of the vehicle. Apart from that, repairing is an excellent way of getting more money.

Use your gadgets to destroy enemy vehicles. Regardless of whether it is a grenade launcher or Sabotage. The mechanic is the only class that can use the grenade launcher so, he plays a vital role in the "hotwire" mode.

Whenever getting into a car, and you want to use it for longer, than just for traveling to a different point, make sure that you have the Repair tool on you. Even if you are only going to be a passenger or the gunman.

The weapons available for the mechanic are not so good over medium range. This is why, if your plan for the round is to run around the map and seize points, it is better to pick the class of the operator or the enforcer, because they pack better weapons.