Buff the Premium german bike by retrofitting it a MG42 ( 50 / 150 rounds )

a brief of context

so, i’ll start by saying that, it might be a very biased suggestion.
but that wasn’t the original idea. and in all honesty, perhaps not really a priority.

point is,
bikes are often different from the tech tree version and premium versions.

for example,

  • japan has the TE-4 LMG in TT, and type-11 on the premium one.
  • soviets has the DP27 on a TIZ 600, while the upcoming one which is in the editor, has a PTRS anti tank rifle.
  • usa has 30 cal on the WLA harley davison on TT, and Edward big 4 british bike with a bren gun.

now, i know some are worse, and others are better. but my main point is, they are different.

which the german ones on the other hand, are not.
both have an mg 34.
and comes with 3 ammo boxes ( which it’s nice since not all factions have 3 ammo boxes )



but, the gun is still the same unlike, as covered before, other nations bikes.

hence,

Main Suggestion

as in the title, the main suggestion would be to change / replace the KS 750 ( premium bike ) main gun (mg34) to a MG42.

The Mg 42

the mg 42 can use either a 50 round magazine, or similar to the USA bike, 150 rounds belts ( but for balance reasons due to the ROF differences, i would just make it to 150 instead of 250. with that being said, the reload can be artificially tweaked and made slower ).
truth be told, i have no preferences. it’s kinda up to the developers, so they can do as they see and fit when it comes to balance.

but again, the main idea is just to make this premium bike unique and different.
( in gameplay aspect. because i know both bikes have a different model, but gameplay speaking, practically the same )



the fact that it’s part of a fallshirmjeager unit is cool, but rather pointless since they don’t get access to many paratrooper looking equipment pieces.

and yes Ideally, it would be also great to remove the decals from the bike it self,
( due to appearing in every map and not just tunisia ),

Fix the license plate since it’s using HEER plate instead of Luftwaffe ones ( AKA, WH should be replaced with the WL letters )

And give more paratrooper uniforms for the soldiers in questions.

But for the moment, i will limit my self starting with improvements to the gun.
since it’s what most people might care about.
even though bikes aren’t widely popular.

and that is all from me.


P.s
Shameless plug, but still relevant,

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if you want to try this bike in action, you can play the following mod and find it inside the barn at the german spawn ( next to the 251 parked in the middle )

https://sandbox.enlisted.net/post/1twizvGK0obIX9As/

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i was thinking of changing it’s br to II,

but the americans have a 30 cal at br 1… so i’m not sure if my initial argument / thought of increasing it’s br was either justified, or made sense considering said 30 cal bike.

USA has 250 rounds it’s not fair to be at BR1 while others have sub 75 rounds.

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now that i come to think of it…

maybe the default bike should be replaced, and not the premium one?
not sure.

like, i can see an argument for both.

  1. There was no MG42 with 75 rounds, only increments of 50. Or at least I have never seen a single mention of such thing.
  2. Bikes were too OP for BR1 and now you want to buff them? I don’t follow.

Other than those 2 issues, I’m in.

German bike should get 200 round belt that’s for sure. It has higher dispersion due rof so it would be still less accurate than M1919A4. I dunno about Soviets and Japan if they had higher mag sizes for their bikes.

ah… that’s where i have committed misstype.

thanks for the correction.

i do think br IV and V mg have no place in br I even if on a bike.

but apparently it’s just me.

i was more trying to make bikes different between one and the other.

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More bike, more fun
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I dont know what everyone elses experience is…

But i have seen alot more bikes around!, most games!

…empty ones :stuck_out_tongue:

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Poor clueless newbies.

Now that the ill handling motor trikes are dropped to level one (thank you DF as it was something I was calling for), I don’t think adding an MG42 would be quite in the level one spirit. Why don’t we add the Browning 1919A6 to the level one Ameratrike while were at it and still call it level one? :rofl: Once it dropped to level one, I think the weapons are pretty much locked. :wink: