Who cares if it's funny or not...
It shows what position in team Support Class takes right now.
It's 1 man army.
EDIT:
Just joined in some random game on hard.
I was shocked that I had only about 10 or 15 frags after "first round" (3/7) .
At 4/7 I've noticed one thing... my whole team was playing as support, shoting at anything that moves.
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Oh comeone, it's not funny anymore, I see more people playing as support every day...
It's really ridiculous. And in that pic, it's ironic that you were a Commando, the weakest class!
They get penetration, damage, and ammo bonuses with the best weapons in the game, Improved carry weight, more & better nades...they're THE broken class.
The part that really sucks is that people are starting to catch on...I even had a veteran in a server today telling newbies how, if they'd level up Support, they don't even need the other classes...
He had good points too! They get more grenades and can carry quite a combo of weapons. At level 5, they also have their normal shotgun to fallback on. Just a few of the sick combos they can have at Level 5 (Plus the shotgun for free!):
-ALL of the Sharpshooter weapons at once (Handcannon, Lever Action Rifle, Crossbow)
-Flamethrower (Long range), Chainsaw (Melee/Short), and Shotgun (Mid-range)
-Crossbow, Shotgun, and Flamethrower
-LAW, handcannon, and Shotgun
-Shotgun, Hunting Shotgun, and Crossbow
There are even more combos. It's sick. Not to mention the retarded ease of leveling: just spam the shotgun into a crowd...penetration does all the rest! By far the easiest to get to Level 5 with, if you weld a few doors along the way...