I think that everyone has seen it, some soldier being alone going rambo style with machinegun. And you were probably asking, is this real?
After he kill 4 squads you get a bit angry and start thinking about your life choices.
So I created this, for developers, they should nerf these guns by adding recoil, it is really stupid how it works and it is annoyng.
Machineguns should work for defending posts or for scaring an enemy, not like destroyer 4000, Im not gonna lie, Im not real weapon master so it is possible that it is real purpose of these weapons but I dont think so.
And I dont think it would be that hard to fix, just add more recoil while standing and even more when moving, after this they would be normal and I would had nothing to complain about.
Actually, running around and shooting people fits well within some of these guns proper use. the BAR was intended for a tactic called Walking Fire which involves walking and firing. The MG-42 and its brothers are General Purpose Light Machine Guns, they where used as like normal LMGs but also mounted on tank, mounted in aircraft, set up for anti-aircraft and also used in the field like an automatic rifle.
I can’t say something about the Battle for Moscow campaung but the Breda; MG34/42 in the normandy campaing have a considerable recoil. So if somebody doesn’t use the MG defensivly (mounted or at least lying on th ground he can only one/two tap you and has to realign afterwards. He must use the MG like a semi auto rifle. At least with aforementioned MGs you can’t do full Rambo mode and lay precission full auto fore on the enemies. CQB is something else…but there you can rip a whole squad apart with a semi auto rifle, too.
What do you mean? You can’t shoot at all while sprinting!?
Im not sure whitch MG it was but I remember that time when we were fighting in Normandii and that guy jumped out of nowhere, started shoting like recoil is not existing, no problem even with medium range. I just dont see any sence it it and I would be heppier if those weapons had bigger recoil so it would give sence using them as strong defence mechanism. Or as great support for attacs, but not as Rambo is going rararara.
He is probably meaning the fact that with MG or SMG players can run close to you and then start jumping or doing something like this, with still aim without any problem.
You are right many weapons were used like this, how you wrote BAR or Johnsonn were used like this, but we are talking about real MGs, those, how you wrote, are attached to tanks or planes.
Recoil of these weapon is really small and you can shot easily with it while standing, even on medium range.
By this it becomes really powerfull on every side, not only Germans or Soviets or US, on every. But it dont give sence, at least for me.
This is weird too, for some reason many SMG are like this, they are accurate as hell, now I can think about MG-40, I tried it and jeeezus, that is soo strong.
But I dont know how this could be fixed, maybe just by adding fire spread.
Some MGs have less recoil than the M1 Carbine, which has a very weak .30 short cartridge, compared to full power .30-06, 7.62mm or 8mm cartridge. I suggest making all MGs have at least as much recoil as the M1 Carbine, while the M1 Carbine gets less recoil.
It doesn’t need to be nerfed, weapons should be accurate to their real counterparts. Try using better positioning, or don’t just rush around. You can die far less if you read the enemy’s movements.
If you keep all your soldiers all grouped up tightly all the time, it’s very likely for an automatic weapon to open fire on you as it’s just a big mass of fleshy bits to hit.
Issue is in CQC it has hipfire laser accuracy and 900 rpm 50 round spray of all 1 shot bullets in CQC. With 0 recoil + laser hip fire all I do when i enter a room with the MG42 is move mouse quickly left to right, and that’s usually 4-15 kills.
Uh they’re the ones rushing you, Jumping in the air with laser accuracy spray and 30-50 round clips. I’ve drop shot entire squads with MG42’s and rush players all the time, since it works like an SMG.