Hello everyone. I’ve been trying to set up my squads historically (code word for less powerful squads that cost 10x more than they should). It means changing a lot of gear around (guns, pistols, grenades). And I noticed, compared to everything else, they are very expensive.
Take for example an M1 Carbine.
- BR II weapon
- semi auto
- does 7.2 damage
- 15 rounds.
- Costs 300 silver.
Now take a look at the M1911.
- BR I weapon
- does just over 5 damage
- holds less than 10 rounds.
- Costs 750 silver.
Now I understand that some pistols are unlocked only after rank II, and they are supposed to be rare and expensive anyway. But if pistols are only unlocked on Rank I and II, shouldn’t their price relfect that? A BR I available pistol should cost 125 silver, and at most, any pistol should cost only 300 silver. I feel this would be much fairer, as it seems stupid to be spending more on sidearms and grenades than actual primaries.
On the topic of grenades, I feel they’re way too expensive as well. The same ordeal could apply to grenades as well. For grenades unlocked in BR I, 125 silver, and 300 silver for those unlocked in BR II.
- Or, we could make them a solid rate 200 silver, just like a smoke grenade (maybe reduce the smoke to 125 silver instead to keep it cheaper). It also applies to mines, costing only 200 silver. I prefer this version much more.
Either way, we could be saving up to 450 silver on each soldier just on firearms (if outfitting a whole 9 man squad it would save 4,050 silver). And with grenades and mines, we would be saving half, so 1,800 silver on a whole squad. And if we add them both together, there are savings of up to 5,850 silver just on one squad. If you’re running 3 rifleman squads, that would then total 17,550 silver in savings.
What does everyone think? I think it’s worthy to be in an update.
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I have spent tens of thousands of silver to buy a large number of pistols, grenades, etc across all factions. This suggestion is logical, but no! everyone should suffer like me.
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It’s especially hard for F2P where we get half earnings to begin with.
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Yes, I am F2P too, that’s why I suffered a lot.
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Bah - ungrateful newbies - used to be you couldn’t buy them at all - they had a random chance of appearing whenever you bought any other weapon!!
y’all got it easy already!!
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Exactly as I said - when you bought a new weapon you had a chance of getting a pistol as well!!
Event pistols were much, much more valuable at the time!!
I see where this is coming from but eh. TBH Sidearms are a luxury especially a 1911. As of now I don’t have a big issue with it as there are cheaper pistols that function pretty well. (also it used to be like 3k for a 1911 so yeah we have it good). Pistols should not be a priority especially for newer players.
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Can understand a bit of frustration tho - if you are F2P then you only get 3 stars per day - 1 BP level - and if you get one to kill with a pistol then you haven’t got many options to change it.
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the prices seem alright to me from what I get is that the more they cost the better they perform plus the ones we get from events are nice free versions of the good pistols. Would be nice to see cheaper grenades by 100 silver but honestly you can get 2 new grenades per battle (making around 1k silver average with a score of 4k)
what would be cool is that new soldiers comes with a random pistol and grenade when recruiting them since we lose like 1/3 of the silver when you send them back to the gulag.
I think it’s the other way around when it comes to new players. they should definitely try to get pistols especially when you can switch from a bolt action to a revolver fast than reloading saving you from watching the enemy get up and stab you back lol
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They used to be that expensive? What, were grenades like 1,500 silver or something.
And I thought they hadn’t been price adjusted.
Besides, I only equip them to squad leaders, MGs and engineers anyway. But it’s still too expensive.
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Yeah this is something weird about the economy rework. Some pistols did get dropped to like 125 but only the crappy ones nobody wants.
All of the “top” pistols (Mauser C96, Luger, Colt, Browning Hi-Power, Type 14, etc) should be lowered to 300 silver.
Grenades, Mines, and TNT were only reduced in price by 20% in the economy update, whereas all other equipment got 80% price cuts
300 for Grenades, and TNT is perfectly fine imo.
Mines should actually get their price increased to 5000 so people stop using them (joke, if you couldnt tell, I think mines are unhealthy for the game with minimal input from the player).
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Wouldnt really work out, since I could just recruit 1000 riflemen 1s and sell them back and have profited like a million grenades
They absolutely should be a priority for new players. Pistols are essential pieces of kit, just like the rest of the non-primary-weapon equipment. The new and f2p grind needs to be very friendly in the early BRs or players will turn away
Isn’t that what the banks do with your money in savings accounts lol. If you have 1.5 M sitting around its doable but maybe it can be like with perk star stuff where its the luck of the draw and not 100% every time
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