This may end up lost in a sea of posts, so I resubmitted within the suggestions this time. I present the next tech tree weapon, Sten MK V. The perfect spot for it to sit would be in BR III.
With this there would be a proper BR III SMG with a higher muzzle velocity than the 265 of the Thompsons.
First developed in 1944 in February. Also capable of having a bayonet, the Japanese have bayonets on a large amount of their SMGs and the Soviets have a Event and Premium squad with SMG classed weapons so this would make sense to add for the allies.
This is just a mock-up of what the stats could look like. Fully upgraded with non upgraded in parentheses.
BR III because of the 50 round magazine. On top of that it helps bring British equipment a little higher up the tree. Yes, I do believe every weapon in the game should be able to be placed on paratroopers from early war bolt actions and SMGs to assault rifles. Just like it is with the Soviet paratroopers.
There’s absolutely zero reason to let weapons switching paratroopers exist exclusively for the Soviets. There’s plenty of equipment they can use to create more squads for them. There’s more than enough equipment to create a minimum of four paratrooper squads per faction.
And you may get into BR V matches with this at BR III but that’s a lot less likely, the soft rule seems to be working quite well. So at most you would be fighting BR IV and minimum BR II. You might have those rare uptier games, But those are usually few and far between now.
The problem with that is there is no current paratrooper Allied squad that you can change weapons. The current one is married to the Thompson. If the DEV’s would change the current paratrooper level 5 squad to be able to change weapons, then you could add it, unless they would make a British paratrooper premium squad.
We need more Allied SMGs (preferably not just Thompsons).
Id happily see this at BR III.
Also hopefully we get a M1928 Thompson with front grip and round magazine (i.e 1920s gangster gun)
That way when you’re in a building and there’s an enemy you can say
“Who is it?!”
“Es ist Hans.”
“Thatah fact.”
“I’m gonna give ya to tha count of ten, to get ya lazy, no good, Nazi as off my prop-erty, before I pump ya guts fulla lead!”
“One, two, ten!” Ah ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!
Keep the casings, ya filthy animal!"
Any way we can get this added as a tech tree unlock? I feel like this would be perfect for the Allies Tech tree, with revised and reworked stats to keep it balanced.
Earlier Sten models, yes. But this one having a grip, bayonet, 50 round magazine, and overall better construction makes a little more sense to place it at BR III. To add to this the MP 3008 already has its counter which is the lanchester, which is already at BR II.
I can not say never, but equally the developers have their own plans for new content (weapons, vehicles, etc), some of which will be in upcoming major updates.
