Good afternoon! Today I wanted to raise the topic of the strange rate of fire of the assault version of the MKB 42.
In our game, the first MKB 42 was a variant of a sniper weapon, with a rate of fire of 650 rounds per minute. This was the answer to the terrible Beretta submachine gun with 20 rounds against the ppsh 41 with 71 rounds. It’s a stretch to understand the asymmetric balance as it is, but then the turnover showed a strange result.
After the addition of the MKB 42 to attack aircraft, it, like the weapons of Stalingrad, had understated tactical characteristics. 500 rate of fire, for assault weapons, sucks. However, it was for engineers, and to have a whole squad of shovels in the best traditions of Coh2 (who understood, he will understand) with excellent characteristics would be strange. In addition, in Stalingrad, even the MP 40 had a lower rate of fire, therefore, therefore, there were few questions, a test site.
Questions appeared when the weapons went to Moscow.
This weapon was transferred to Moscow with the same characteristics as the Fedorov machine gun (competitor MP 43) and I do not understand why it does not have a logical rate of fire, 550 rounds per minute.
This is a sniper MKb 42 sniper, with basic characteristics.
This is a modified version.
The weapon is in the basic configuration, has a high rate of fire, 650 shots (stg 44) in full (710), similar to the AR 15.
And this is an assault version of the MKB 42.
500 rate of fire, 150 below the sniper MKB 42. Why? A sight? Funny. Better materials? Why would snipers need a rifle with a high rate of fire if they are long-range fighters?
OK, OK then let’s get off the progression.
We have MKB 42, MP 43, STG 44. mp 43- 600 rounds per minute, STG 44- 650 rounds per minute. Each new weapon, after “modification” gets the coveted 50 fire rate. Question. Why is there a difference of 100 fire rate between mkb 42 and mp 43?
Logically it looks like this, mkb 42 (assault) 550 shots per minute, mp 43 600 shots per minute, stg 44 650 shots per minute. It has the logic that we have now. At the moment, the sniper version of 1942 surpasses the characteristics of 3 types of weapons at once, this is strange. There is no explanation why the Germans again lowered the rate of fire in order to raise it again in 1944 after renaming the weapon!
The mkb 42 (assault) balance is stupid. This is the peak of the stormtrooper’s assault potential, in theory, combining the best characteristics. And we don’t have them! This is literally a ruskin MP 40, with higher damage and firing range, against Fedorov with a 600 rate of fire! MkB 42 is terrible in the assault, he does not have time to fire his magazine, because of the low rate of fire. He’s got a nerf of precision, and he’s shaking. He is literally garbage, against the background of Kiray m 39. It’s stupid and unfair.
My suggestion is simple, give mkb 42 (assault variant) 550 rate of fire. This will not break the balance, will allow the weapon to be playable up close, will give a logical explanation for the further development of assault rifles in Germany, will make it possible to use it more often.
Thanks for your attention!
