I recently wrote a thread about a relatively realistic way to balance body armor. You can consider this topic as a continuation of it.
However, other factions should also have such unique features. Let’s start with Germany.
In my previous topic, I suggested more realistic effects for Soviet body armor, and I also suggested making it available only to event and battle pass soldiers.
I suggest giving event and battle pass soldiers of Germany the ability to use combat stimulators.
The combat stimulator effect will last for one minute after use and have the following effects:
The soldier does not spend any stamina to perform any actions.
The soldier cannot be knocked out. However, when the soldier receives the amount of damage required to knock a regular soldier out, he also starts a timer, after which he dies if he does not use a first aid kit. However, in this state, unlike in a knock out state, he can continue to fight and use a first aid kit on the go.
It is recommended to use with a bag of first aid kits and perks that increase the chance of survival when critically wounded.
After the effect of the stimulator has expired, the effect appears as after using a flask of water. This effect will last as long as the effect of the flask of water.
Too boring. This is an interesting part of the history that deserves much more than to be cosmetics or these idiotic effects. Then it is better to just remove it than such a poor implementation.
Yeah something like this doesn’t seem balanced or fun, acting like body armor is a good feature that this type of addition would be a fair balance to is just enshrining it as a mechanic - which itself is inherently poorly implemented since it’s just a cosmetic and doesn’t even tell you it gives you the armor.
Besides, we already have methed up germans with whatever is in the flasks.
The Soviets have exclusive tins. In principle, you can simply remove the effect of meth against the US, so that they don’t feel offended. Or you can come up with the same tricks for the US and Japan.
this is not RTS where you can have paper rock scissors balance. this is FPS, so somewhat symmetrical balance is needed.
it is either body armor for all or body armor for none(at least damage reduction effect). if they implement body armor for all, then it should be wearable piece of equipment that would go in bag slot(with maybe movement or stamina penalty). that way you need to choose between extra ammo, extra grenades or damage reduction.
There’s chance your whole team in BR5 is going to have non upgraded equipment, meanwhile opposite team is going to have all maxed out including soldiers.
Not to mentions people that are still in middle of grind, with fresh new tier 3/4 squads (=no engineers in those squads).
Or doesn’t even have everything unlocked and their lineup is made up of BR4/5 stuff combined.
Body armors are just compensation for overall very low skill level of soviet mains.
Just like X numerous other overperforming things the Soviet faction gas.
I have an idea for combat stimulators for Germany give the Allies Lancaster B.Mk 1 (Special) with a single bomb version this will stimulate the German faction to capture the points faster
