Proper machine guns should be unable to ADS while you’re standing. Switching them to the Flamethrower “tightening” mechanic when you hold RMB to kinda tighten up the dispersion cone for hipfire at the cost of mobility would be more realistic and engaging than the spastic swinging around trying to tap fire people.
Crouching and crawling should be able to ADS properly of course.
Things like the BAR or FG-42 would be exempt obviously since they’re more IARs than true MGs like the Maschinengewehrs, DP, or Madsen.
I think it would be a nice change and make the machine gun class more realistic.
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I just go prone a lot when using the Breda MGs, to make the recoil easier to control .
¯_(ツ)_/¯
not very realistic at all to be diving like it’s a Max Payne game constantly, but it’s better than nothing. Sometimes I also crouch but it’s almost as bad as standing
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How are germans supposed to win if their MG-34 and MG-42 laser accuracy crutches are taken away along with that +150% pose change perk.
Admit it OP, you’re just trying to make germany not have every advantage possible. You want them to actually learn to play, that’s beyond evil.
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N-no!
But walking around hipfiring the MG-34 and 42 like the Flamethrower is very fun and more realistic than three round bursting people while running around like Battlefield.
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Although slightly changed.
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we’ve been asking for LMGs to feel like LMGs and not assault rifles for ages now.
@101737576 I deploy my MG like an MG and end up getting a shit load of kills because nobody expects it.
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Depending upon how much it tightens I wouldn’t mind seeing this
I know for some reason so many people hate HLL here but I always really like that ADS for an MG in that game had you brace with the bipods and slowed you to a walking speed.
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It should also depend upon whether the MG could reasonably be fired from the shoulder. The BAR would be useless if you couldn’t ADS for example.
I agree there are 90% of soldiers would not be able to accurately fire an MG with ADS but on some occasions you have animals that can do that even today with the heavier FN MAG.
what i suggest is make it unable to ADS with MGs but if you level up an mg gunner you can have a 16/16 perk that will let you ADS for 4 seconds (like hold breath and when stamina is up you can do it again)
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I like your idea, man
5 star soldier perk or veteran 5 star perk?
But yes he’s actually right, some dudes are yoked natty beats who can shoulder fire cannons.
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Yes now we’re waiting on the kiwi to go back to saying he can shoulder fire an M2 .50
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I’d also add that reloading a belt/pan fed machine gun while running is a bit odd as well.
Less important, but if it forced you to crouch (or stay crouched/proned) to reload and stand still would enforce the stationary playstyle. Same as in RO2, and there you don’t have people running around with MGs (usually).
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Or at least not while sprinting, if anything.
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Belts are hard enough to reload standing still irl, yeah.
Also as a related side note not restricted to LMGs, you shouldn’t be able to skip through the reload animation on an empty weapon if you’re required to pull a charging handle.
The Auto 5 was the biggest offender of impossible reloads though, and it’s been removed.
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You could in theory, and only hit the broad side of a barn.
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I would like to see that but the game is wayyyyyyy too fast and too CQC to do that. We need other changes before.
The main issue is that currently bracing sucks so nobody wants to use MGs that way.
Once they fix that, there is much gonna be more freedom of choice when it comes to balancing changes.
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True.
Yes but I don’t think that will help. Even the best mounting mechanic possible won’t the change fact that the game is fast CQC gun and gun experience. And stationary or slow to use weapons just don’t fit it in the current state.