Ok so i was look at the Coh 2 stat site to try and compare the HMG (MG 42, MG 34 .50 Cal, Kuble, and Maxism). i cant make heads or tails of the stats so i am looking for someone who can to answer a few questions.
1. Why dose the .50 cal cost more? do some stats justify this?
2. What makes it to were mg42 and kubles have no problem suppressing units in green cover at any range while maxism, mg 34, and .50 cals cant most of the times?
3. what makes the MG 42 so much better at suppressing units on mass and in a larger area then all other HMGs?
4 what stats govern suppress? do damage, accuracy, or rate of fire pay a factor?
Any help would be great.
1) The .50 deals ~4x the damage of an MG42 (ignoring incindiary rounds), whilst also having a much faster set up and tear-down time as well as only a slightly smaller arc.
2) This will happen if the Kubel/MG42 focuses another squad outside of cover nearby. For some odd reason, AOE suppression is applied 100% to all units (even if they are behind green cover), meaning that you can suppress a squad in green cover by NOT shooting at them. The only cover that is immune to this "bug" is the conscript sandbag I believe.
3) The Mg42 has a higher AOE suppression and a higher base suppression value than other MGs, in part due to the fact that it gains more from incremental accuracy thanks to shooting at 5-6 man squads.
4) Rate of Fire, Suppression, AOE suppression (for blobs), incremental accuracy, and base accuracy all play parts in determining suppression. I may be wrong on accuracy, but I know the others affect it.