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Jump back to quoted post16 Sep 2015, 19:51 PMVuther

Clearly, we then must buff artillery

Jump back to quoted post15 Sep 2015, 00:58 AMSpaceHamster

Well with cold tech gone, all I have to worry about is the unconventional(assymetrical, lol?) deep snow on some maps; where one side has to clog its way out of the map as the other can walk more freely in its terrain/home base area.

Jump back to quoted post14 Sep 2015, 04:22 AMSierra

I'm amused. The MG 42 gets roasted by maxims so let's not even go there.


Besides both the Maxim and Vickers were built in World War One. The technologically more recent MG-34 and MG-42 would of course out perform both of those ancient and much heavier weapons by a wide margin with their much higher rate of fire and reliability.

The MG-34 was only considered lesser than the MG-42 due to being a bit more complex and over engineered in design compared to the simpler and lighter weight MG-42, though both were relatively more lightweight.


The MG-42 however was light enough to be carried around, man portable and fired without even needing a tripod, the entire assembly was about 30 or 40lbs which was lightweight for that class of weapon.

The point being that if we weren't going for "game balance" over realism, the MG-42 would be far more frightening than it is now.




As for the argument that an MG is supposed to provide suppression instead of damage. I get that from a gameplay perspective you need the suppression, but the only reason it suppresses in reality is because every bullet out of that screaming bullet hose is lethal and can and will end your life before you knew it hit you.