Its Germanies most iconic SMG - yet because of powercreep it is nowadays pretty underwhelming and in general obsolete.
I say MP40 should at least get a dispersion stat of 70, better closer to 60 to be noticeably more accurate than other SMGs with better rates of fire.
It needs better dispersion and dmg. Same can be said about slow firing Berettas
Higher damage? Rather armor should be nerfed- but thats a different topic. I dont think a damage buff its justifiable in the context of it being just a 9mm SMG.
Also MP40 specifically already deals a bit extra damage compared to other 9mm SMGs.
Both vitality and armor completely ruins mp40’s dmg, game was balanced around pure naked values without any increase in HP sadly both got added and mp40 no longer can kill anyone in two hits at higher distance than 16m vs Vit or never if vs Vit+armor
And that extra dmg get’s completely nullified when person buys vitality+body armor. It never kills in two hits not even at 0m. Just by buying vit you lower it’s 2 hit kill from massive range to laughably bad 16m.
Value vs no Vitality:
The damage per hit is above 5 (allowing a 2-hit kill) from 10m up to approximately 70m. Beyond 70m, the damage drops below 5, making a 2-hit kill impossible based on the interpolated values.
Answer: You can achieve a 2-hit kill from 10m up to approximately 70m.
TL/DR: Vitality and Body armor are too overpowered and both should get removed from the game.
Yeah, the MP 40 should get a little love as I hardly ever use it anymore, and it is one of the most iconic German SMG’s. Dispersion would be a good place to do that.
Yes I do agree with you, but since this applies to almost all 9mm SMGs in the game (Sten being the exception lol) - I say this for now shouldn’t be part of this discussion.
I purely compare MP40 to other German 9mm SMGs.