i have unlocked soviet gunner squad, tried playing several matches and i have to ask - whats the point of being a gunner ?
i am forced to deploy a weapon either in a windows where everyone can see me, or on the ground where grass and bushes are making it harder to see the enemy.
there`s a kill cam so, the moment i kill someone, they see where i am, switch the squad member and shoot me, in other games at least they have to wait to respawn and you still have time to kill other players.
as soviet, i have Madsen, which has 25 rounds in a magazine which imo is definitely low ammo for a machine gunner
you must pick an engineer as a squad member ,cause - ammo
Maps themselves are not good for gunner- multiple buildings, entry-points, your own location most likely has multiple entryways.
like, i paused writing this, played several matches, most success i got was by playing like an assaulter - going close-quarters, running through rooms spraying and praying.
The most difficult thing in playing with MG is bipoding. It’s very annoying at the moment and needs a lot of work. Sometimes it’s just impossible to mount.
But other than that it’s normal MG placement, just like in any other game I’ve played.
Only thing I can advice you is to change position after killing few dudes. Even if you move to the window on the right / left it may save you.
Either fire, hide, reload, repeat or use it as oversized assault rifle. I advise to not reload while being seen, even if you will have to find sweet spot to bipod again for next 5 minutes, it’s necessary if you want to live.
There is never enough ammo for MG. “Enough ammo for MG” is like “hot ice”. But yeah, current ammo count is pathetic.
It depends. In terms of area to shoot, it’s limited mostly by wonky bipods.
I agree what you have wrote your on original message.
Game is face paced. So “Gunner” is so slow to catch up battle. Deploying MG makes you very easy target.
MG is a team weapon, you should have at least 2 more people covering you, especially in lone fighter mode. So in this case you can stop enemy team properly.
Otherwise for solo using it doesn’t give you flexibility that other soldiers have.
So yes you have great fire power with MG but that you can’t fire properly because you have to take position for it.
I’m using Tanks instead of MG squad for same purpose.
Looks like, due to action speed currently smg and semi-auto favourite guns so far.
Thats the thing, it takes a lot to make MG work,you are slow, so running, changing positions hiding, in my opinion is like the opposite of being a MG for that i use assault rifle: peek spray, quickly run to a different room and repeat.
good example would be the stationary MG-s in Normandy , good area denial, enemy cant simply bum-rush you, there are several ways they can get you but not too many. no bullet problem but weapon overheats.
i also use the tank as an Mg with anti-tank turret as a bonus aurangzeb.
I’m honestly surprised more don’t play engineers with they way the maps are designed and the game play of this game. A team wins by the Engineer class.
Providing cover on open ground, ammo boxes with the low ammo counts we have, and of course the all mighty rally point.
