Since we are apparently completely giving up on being remotely realistic I’d like to suggest adding finishing animations for downed opponents. people running premium accounts could have access to extra animations.
some examples are as follows.
Bayonet equipped rifle+ sprinting+ melee
Player is seen running and impaling the wounded soldier and dragging him several feet.
Axe equipped +melee
Player approaches and splits the wounded players head like a log of wood.
M1 Garand +left click
Garand kill with the last round in the clip- hold the rifle up so that the clip ejects and pings through their chest
All of these finishing moves would come with a short cinematic camera angle for the player to enjoy.
Can I also add a Suggetion? (Btw. i absolutely love the idea!). So i thought about a simple but yet awesome animation. When the enemy is in the downed state and is bandaging his head (the basic healing animation) and you charge at him from the left or the right with a bayonet attached to the gun, he could run up at him and use his foot to push kick him from the side so the enemy lies on his back and then he uses his bayonet to stab him in the chest and then pulls it out and then the animation is finished. What do you think?
Since there is also a shovel now so maybe also this one: There is this healing animation when the enemy bandaging his leg while downed, so if you attack him with a shovel from the front he could swing the shovel from the bottom up to the enemys face so the enemy lies on his back and then the player puts his shovel on the enemys chest and stomps it in and pulls it back out.
There should be unique voice lines for finishers like a “Leck mich am Arsch du Ratte!”, “Fress Dreck!” or “Fahr zur Hölle Ivan!” (“Kiss my ass you rat!”, “Eat dust!” or “Go to hell Ivan!”)
I dont have an russian keyboard so i just translate: “You will find only death in our country!”, “For my fallen Brothers!”, “Why did you come here Fritz?” or “Want your Iron Cross? You get it on your grave!”
Technically this would be possible because there is already a voice lines for the russians if you stab a downed person, he says “Slaughtered like a pig!”
This would make the game way more agressive and more like war. what do you think?