Attack Ground HMG's

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There was this MG42 in vCoh worldbuilder called MG42_atk_ground or something that could attack ground(could suppress and all that)

So its possible. but like people have stated it would defeat the purpose of smoke

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Smoke isnt only used for HMG's you know...

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22 Jun 2014, 22:01 PMbraciszek

Smoke isnt only used for HMG's you know...

People are too content with the MG 42 being all bark, some nibble

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If they allowed attack ground on MGs, you'd need a mechanic to keep people from just continuously firing, like requiring ammo resupply. Dumb idea, if you ask me...

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22 Jun 2014, 22:11 PMsluzbenik

If they allowed attack ground on MGs, you'd need a mechanic to keep people from just continuously firing, like requiring ammo resupply. Dumb idea, if you ask me...

There is a mechanic for that, it's called attacking from literally any other angle except the one it's shooting at.

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22 Jun 2014, 22:11 PMsluzbenik

If they allowed attack ground on MGs, you'd need a mechanic to keep people from just continuously firing, like requiring ammo resupply. Dumb idea, if you ask me...

Overheat?

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And if you weren't, you were playing without skill,
And if you were, it's not fun to play that way,
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Still a dumb idea, even just for playability reasons. Can you imagine playing a game where the sound of MGs was totally continuous?

And overlapping mgs, or mgs pointing in opposing directions could only be countered by indirect fire, a US or Sov truck with flamers, not normal flanking...those situations can already be quite tricky on some maps.

I wouldn't mind overheat now if they buffed the MG42 in some other way...be kinda fun and add a tactical layer to the game. You can already wait for a reload though if you happen to be in the area to count the 4 bursts, which is quite a long time and really rare to be able to pull off in normal gameplay.