players started discussions about the state of the game’s MG42s, which is good and important.
some demands/suggestions are unreasonable, others look good on the surface but will make the game worse overall.
here is the tldr of my recommended improvements:
increase fire rate of all MG42s to 1150 (including TT/Prem/Event)
dont forget the american premium MG42 squad with its ridiculously unfun ~700 firerate. that gun is meant to be slow, but its just straight up unfun. that one can be increased to 900
keep all BRs the way they are. the BR4 MG42s all have just 50 rounds and will be partially buffed/nerfed with a faster fire rate, making them a fun & interesting to use alternative to the MG34-100 @Br-4
i wont waste time on historical discussions, as i pointed the details out in the past and everyone can ctrl+f the infos. tldr is: every company had mechanics NCOs who could change bolts of weapons, especially MGs to adjust the fire rate to whatevery they needed. a lighter bolt could increase the firerate to almost 1700, a standard heavy bolt could reduce it to 800. ALL of these fire rates are historical and most imporantly: technically accurate & therefore enlisted has the flexibility to adjust the ingame weapons firerates to whatever is needed for fun & balance.
edit: just noticed what a nonsense it was for gaijin to add the MG81 (which is a walmart mg42 in terms of flavour) with is stupidly high fire rate…instead of just a MG42-100 with some very high fire rate.
no one ever wanted a MG81 & everyone wants better and more HA MG42s.
The maximum rate of fire of the MG42 is 1500 not 1700The MG45 does reach 1800. But seeing the topic, what do you think?I would like it to be like this with the TT, Early and obviously the MG45 The issue of fire rate is no longer a problem, we now have the MG81 with 1760 which I consider the 2nd best MG in Germany behind the MG45
I’d love MG42s to have ~1200rpm!
Their rof is why they are so (in)famous. It’s sad to see them castrated.
Also imo there is little difference between MG34 and MG42 (except for sights) with 42 being worse imo. Making one fire slower but more accurate (MG34) would make those guns more distinct.
Sure but then increase my mag size of MG42 Early as 50 rounds is just pointless as it will always match vs BR5 anyway.
Also remove or lower ADS moving dispersion as it’s annoying that RD-44 have become the most accurate lmg in the game, you can dance around and still hit most of your shots.
RD-44 already has it implemented along with decreased recoil and now it’s 2nd best lmg in the game, MG42 100 just can’t compete with it’s awful recoil/dispersion and awful ADS mov dispersion.
I use them in BR3, there is no other choice! yes they are not bad, but I like MG42 more.
Maybe if they add an MG 34 100 I will try it in BR5 and compare it with the MG 42 100.
Imo MG42 is overall worse than MG34 (if we exclude ammo).
There is literary no reason to use BR4 MG42 unless you really don’t like the sights of MG34.
And that’s a shame as it’s my favorite gun overall. I run it in all other ww2 fps games. But in elisted it’s neither iconic (because of pathetic rof) nor powerful so I have no reason to use it.
Let the mg fire rate be settable before deploying the squad then in match or at the menu screen to avoid new keybind and or a contextual action if you are close to engi and/or the first man (“officer”) of your squad?