Troopers are a bit mid.
I guess you could argue that a rifleman would be on average a more well-rounded fighter than a specialist.
I would like to lean more into that fact to make them slightly more interesting and unique, by introducing a new backpack option only available the Trooper class which combines the functionality of small ammo pouch, small grenade pouch and small backpack into one slot.
This would mean that the average trooper can simultaneously be more armed and more survivable than someone who specialises into a particular one thing (such as having a lot of grenades), while giving the troopers something unique and interesting without ridiculous power boost.
Think this would also be kinda easy to implement.
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I would definitive make TIER 3 and TIER 4 and TIER 5 backpacks.
a TIER 3, should be a 2 Small Backpack in one, A Tier 4 a Large and a small one, and the TIER 5 a Two large ones.
still, enlisted sciece is about not having everthing, and i don,t think it,s wrog. but anyway. maybe a TIER 5 is to much. hehe.
cheers.
Thank you for your post.
I really like this idea.
One of my great uncles was a Trooper in the Second World War. My understanding was in the Australian Army a trooper was someone who would’ve been Light Horse but by the Second World War was more likely involved with Bren gun carriers or trucks.
But in regards to your idea, yes, there should be more incentive to use regular riflemen.
After all, some squads such as Machine Gun and APC squad force you to have 1-2 riflemen so might as well make them useful.
I also recall a post months ago about a pack that allows for more ammo and more grenades.
It was agreed that having large ammo AND large grenades would be OP.
But it was at the same time agreed that you should have the option of having a bit more ammo and a few more grenades.
Especially given how little ammunition a lot of weapons have.
So yes I 100% support this idea and would like to see it implemented.
Soldiers who are other classes would keep the current system of small and large ammo and grenade pouches where players have to choose which one they want (eg for AT gunners I give them extra grenades whereas an MGer I give them more ammo).
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Personally Id adapt the idea so those riflemen can resupply their own squad, think of it like how many nations who integrated the MG into the squad level, had riflemen carry spare ammo for the MG gunner. The bren comes to mind in particular there.
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Yes. Perhaps players could unlock ‘Ammo Carrier’ for riflemen and he carries ammunition for the other weapons in the squad. However because he is carrying extra ammunition for both himself and everyone else, he does not have any grenades.
Honestly I wouldnt even both with that, I would be a gimmick feature still kinda, anyone who would use it, could just use an engineer instead. Id say just call it a rifleman bonus.
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