It’s funny how the campaign that is set the earliest out of the six, seemingly has the most automatic weapons and squads. There’s the set of assault rifles (which surely should be most prevalent in 1941, right?) which consist of the Mkb 35/III, the Mkb 42(H), the Mkb 42(W), and the scoped Mkb 42(W). The Mkb 35/III is the only one not ahistorical, but it is one out of two in gold orders, when all four should be in gold orders. Not to mention 4 out of the 6 gold orders for the Germans are SMGs/Automatic Rifles, even the Soviets have 3 out of the 6. The Avtomat and the Mkb 42 (W) should not have been added as a part of the progression. The scoped Mkb 42(W) should have been premium and the scoped Gewehr 41 should have been a part of progression. For an era in time where bolt action rifles were the standard, it feels like a handicap having one equiped.
Maybe it’s nostalgia, but game was generally more fun in CBT and early OBT (More BA Rifles, less powerful tanks). Now it feels like a chore with having less time to do things and having to spend longer to do things (Battlepass and ranking)
I’m pretty sure, tryhards wouldn’t like that, so I’d suggest adding new event/game mode with 1 assault squad per team and 1 tank crew, no planes, no bomber runs
As far as I’m concerned, all equiplemt should be restricted depending on how rare and powerful it is. Apparently that’s not what the majority wants.
P.S. At the moment Pacific is the only place where you can use rifles without being at a severe disadvantage. Feel free to go there if you want a somewhat more authentic experience. Just be prepared to be constantly roasted by flamers instead of full-auto guns whenever you face actual players.
the maps and game play make smgs the only gun worth using
all ranges that happen in game are good ranges for smgs
lmgs cant hit fucking shit
boltaction are a good camping gun
and semis are just worse smgs
I can only speak for Axis, because that’s what I played back then (and basically still today)
so yes, you are 100% being nostalgic here, because
back in the day, we had:
->pre nerf Mg34 - which shot faster than the MKB, with the same accuracy, with one hit kills.
->pre buff bolt actions - which didnt kill in one shot if the enemy had the 35% HP perk
->pre nerf semi auto rifles - which emptied their magazines in half a second
->pre nerf Panzer IV HE - which nuked half the enemy team in basically one shot
->pre nerf aircraft bombs - which nukes the entire enemy team and could spawn right at the start of the match
->pre nerf arty strikes - which could be called in non stop for multiple players
BA rifles were only use back in the day because most players were low level players, but once you reached level 20+ people were spamming auto guns and explosives much more than today.
technically even while standing the MG34 had better accuracy than the MKB that we have now, but because it still had much more recoil, and only had pin point accuracy at the first few burst shots, i decided to “claim” that basically both have the same accuracy for the purpose of simplifying my statement.
