How about giving an option to deploy a machine gun tripod? I guess it could be in main weapon slot and maybe a teammate could carry it for you while granting some additional ammo when placed too.
I think it would be better than engineer built MGs because of maneuverability and lower position.
And yeah I also would like to have M1917A1 in game
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I mean, we already have MG and HMG nests. I don’t think we need more, I’d rather improve what we already have.
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yea but those already come with sandbags and are too stationary, you cant quickly move them around with that constructing and deconstructing in heat of battle. And those are bit different as they are placed on higher elevation than on tripod and also dont use any ammunition
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I mean if Tripods could be used to allow far more movement, both physically relocating a MG nest and aiming wise so it can be used as an AA mount, Im all for it honestly.
Id just have it built by an engineer in a MG squad though rather than having to assign it as a weapon or backpack slot.
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That’s what I mean by “improve existing”. Personally I’d remove sandbags an make MG nests possible to move like AT guns (but far more mobile of course).
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Yeah but some people do like the existing version of them, and removing cover might not be an improvement when it comes to building a line of defense for example, tripods would rather benefit attackers way more in my opinion
You can always build sandbag separately in <5s. Even add an option to snap MG nest to it when building (too hard for devs).
Imo it’s a small price for improvement of overall underwhelming weapon.
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that would work, but yeah they would have to put it in the next roadmap and develop it for next 3 years probably
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HMG’s arent that bad, in fact they are amazing in BR2, especially in a downtier.
Except the Japanese 20mm one, thats ass.
The normal MG nests have their time and place, but yeah, mobility would be nice.
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