Petition to devs: stop giving paratroopers heavy guns as primary weapons

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I know that this game has nothing to do with reality or anything. But giving paratroopers ±20kg gun again is simply a sign of stupidity.

Paratroopers are supposed to have light equipment, lighter than regular infantry. Call me oldfasioned but when I see a paratrooper, I expect him to behave like a paratrooper.
If you really need to give them heavy guns, place them in the box.

Some ppl (me included) already complained about this when VGO was added. And now it happened again.

Why not give paratroopers some SMGs or rifles? And if you want to add stuff like VGO or this new japanese LMG, just make a new premium gunner squad. This makes infinitely more sense.

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i am waiting for paratroopers equipped with handheld 75mm gun. :stuck_out_tongue:

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I am a strong advocate that Paratroopers should have weapons that were specifically made for Paratroopers as their unique primary. It’s only fitting. What’s the point of having Paratroopers as a playable class and there existing weapons specifically made for them and not sticking them together!

For the new Japanese squad they literally could’ve given them the Type 99 LMG Para variant! There they still could’ve had an MG if they wanted!

(Call me crazy but I have a pipe dream that I hope one day these Paratrooper squads will be overhauled and “straightened out”. Can they release more Para squads, yes, but sometimes I don’t trust the devs motives. I would crazily say switch this squads weapon with the Type 99, then release a new Hei LMG squad for free like an event)

I still believe there should be research paratroopers, but there should be more premium and event paratrooper squads with unique primary weapons, I just want their primaries to be thematic

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not to mention that there is appeal in paratroopers having their actual loadouts, or the ability to custom equip those loadouts.

Even the Vickers equipped British Paras (I do like the Vickers) I would have been happier with Stens, Brens and Enfields.

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Is the rifle removable like the ASS?
Because otherwise I also hate that DF is inconsistent with paras.

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Nope only Soviets can have fun and better value for your $$$

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“Sir, is that heavy metal slab necessaryuuu???”

“It’s so you can fall FASTER and spreaduru the Emperoru’s will betteru! If too fast, try landing on enemiruuu!”

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I’m really glad for my Red Devils… they feel like the most para guys out there, and I love em :smile:

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Red Devils? :stuck_out_tongue: I have used these the most

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Doh! Yes, time to correct

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hehe, I was like the Mustang squad isnt a paratrooper :stuck_out_tongue:

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Depends on curcumstances

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I didn’t have my coffee yet when I wrote this.

But still, they were named red devils because the parachutes took a redish colour, which looked like a tail. I wasn’t too far off :sweat_smile:

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Paratroopers by definition are LIGHT INFANTRY, at least in most Western military doctrine. Darkflow PLZ have some consistency

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well paratroopers had heavy equipment like MG or AT weapons, it is just that they were picked up from supply boxes.

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If we only had such mechanic…

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guys this gun is completely busted, it has zero dispersion or recoil issues and kills in one shot because it deals 13.9 damage - a one hit kill even against vitality.

This is a BR4 FG 42 with a 30 round magazine - which makes it already the best weapon in the game - even without it having a shield or being paratroopers with extra HP.

This is pure PAY TO WIN.

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Worse. It is a BR4 Type Hei on crack.

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it a type hei auto that can be use in br3 (which sound bad tbh)

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Giving paratroopers insanely good heavy guns defeats most of the purpose of the whole paratrooper box imo.

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