Overview
Frontlines brings Holdfast into the First World War, fought between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. The classes below are exclusive to the Frontlines (WW1) game type and its two factions. While many share their traits and abilities with their Nations at War counterparts, they fight with an entirely different arsenal — bolt-action rifles, trench guns, revolvers, grenades, and clubs from the Weapons page — across trench networks, machine gun emplacements, and the other Frontlines defences.
Allied
Central
Line Infantry
The backbone of the Frontlines armies. Armed with a bolt-action rifle and bayonet, the WW1 line infantryman fights across no man's land, holding trenches and pushing objectives under the orders of his Officers.
Allied
Central
Musket Specialisation
Rank Discipline
Orderly
Musket Drill
Rank and File
Bayonet Handling
Handyman
Army Infantry Officer
The infantry officers govern the course of battles on the Western Front. They are able to issue Orders to organise their troops, and provide bonuses to men who follow them. Armed with a revolver and officer's sword, they lead pushes out of the trench in person. They can be distinguished from other soldiers due to the cross icon on the mini-map.
Allied
Central
Distinguishable
Resilient
Sword Spec.
Pistol Spec.
Light Footed
High Command (Army)
High Command Chat
Squad Camps
Form Line
Fire
Fire At Will
Charge
Make Ready
Break Rank & Follow
Cease Fire
Reinforce Squad Camps
Spyglass
Lantern
Surgeons
Surgeons selflessly run across the battlefield to tend to the wounds of injured comrades. A health bar appears above any injured men, allowing them to prioritise their triage. Don't be fooled, however, in thinking that these men have taken an oath to do no harm. Armed with a revolver, they can rapidly turn their coats red with the blood of their foes. Surgeons stand out on the mini-map with a different icon.
Allied
Central
Distinguishable
Medicine
Self Medicine Rank and File Lantern
Sappers
Sappers provide support for the fighting forces by building defensive structures and emplacements. In Frontlines this means sandbags, barbed wire, machine gun platforms, ammo boxes, and the other trench works that define the Great War battlefield.
Allied
Central
Explosives Specialist
Siege Specialization Distinguishable
Engineering Specialist
Explosives Handling
Repairman
Carpenters
The carpenters, in contrast to the sappers, are a destructive force who excel at destroying enemy emplacements.
Allied
Central
Axe Specialisation
Blunderbuss Specialisation Explosives Specialist Siege Specialization
Built Different Explosives Handling Repairman
Satchel Charges Lantern
Cannoneers
Cannoneers excel at manning the artillery of the Great War — howitzers, heavy howitzers, heavy mortars, deck guns, and coast guns. They can equip a ramrod to provide a +5% speed bonus to ramming.
Allied
Central
Cannon Spec.
Rocket Spec. Light Footed
Artillery Operator
Rocket Operator Repairman Spyglass
