Controversial, I know. But everyone has been complaining the biggest issue being Select Fire rifles. Since the Devs aren’t interested in removing BR IV from BR V, why don’t we bring BR V to BR IV (can’t wait for the comments).
Proposal
I’m not proposing anything crazy like the 15 round “obsolete” Select Fire be brought down. Just small upgrades to Semi Auto rifles (10 round full auto). And the BR IV Semi Auto be brought down to BR III.
Allies:
M2 Carbine (15 round): I don’t know if these were real or not, but it fits the bill for a BR IV Select Fire.
Germany:
FG 42/II (10 round): I do know these were real, and people have thrown these around the forum a couple of times.
Japan:
I honestly don’t know. 10 round Type Hei Auto?
Soviets:
AVT 40 (10 round): maybe this is too close to the BR V AVT, but isn’t it getting a 20 round version anyway?
Conclusion
I believe to make BR IV relevant again, it should have some low capacity Full Auto rifles added. And the BR IV Semi Auto rifles br brought down to BR III.
Are they going to better than Semi Autos? Possibly not.
The problem is not the weapons. Making the BR4 more popular will kill the BR3 for whatever reason. Especially when it comes to tanks, where the difference is obvious. You have no way to destroy the Panther and Jumbo with the BR3 tanks.
The main problem is the tanks, most BR3 tanks can’t kill Panthers and Jumbos, they also have a hard time killing IS1s. But this problem doesn’t exist in BR2 vs BR3 and many tanks can kill anything.
actually jumbo is pretty easy to destroy when you know where to aim. panther/tiger is bigger problem when you dont have gun that penetrates 100mm armor. APCR are half measure that while penetrate, do shit postpen damage.
I think this idea misses the whole point. Just separate the BR5 from BR4, instead of changing 2 other tiers. BR5 is its own game, very different from 3-4, and entirely different from 1-2
Not really. I would actually consider, as mentioned above, a 10 round Select Fire pretty useless. Almost like BR II Semi Autos. It’s there, and can be useful in certain situations, but I wouldn’t just equip 9 man squads with it. It would be more like 2 in a squad, and the other rifleman an SVT 40 or something like that. It just gives them an edge to BR V, while still being easily defeated by BR III (vehicles aside).
Well, that is the ideal situation. But, as I have stated in my post, the Devs have shown no interest in separating the two BRs, either due to player count or other. This is at least an idea to make BR IV competitive in some capacity.
I said, the main problem is tanks, and making BR4 more popular hurts BR3 players. I wish we could add a BR between 5 and 4 and move some of the equipment from both BRs there.