I propose that any posts containing “USSR body armor” of some sort should be auto ignored by default. my reasoning for this is that you can be looking at something like a new addition or even the enlisted news and as soon as one person says something about body armor it can destroy the post as people will just yap about body armor and not pay any attention to the actual content of a post and it is annoying to see the comments turn so toxic over body armor and thus should be able to be ignored.
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Should any post involving body armor be auto ignored by default
It at least limits the amount of troops having it while still keeping it in the game. Ive seen those 9 man infantry squads having all armor and it’s just going over board with it. Each nation has its up and downs when its comes to its weapons and tools
the tank squads? I didn’t think of that lol maybe just assaulters can equip it instead or make it where only assaulters can have it on but it takes away their bag slot
Either remove the 10% damage reduction and make it cosmetic only, add a body armor player movement restriction penalty or just remove it all together. All factions had it, most choose not to use it because it was heavy and cumbersome.
It’s ridiculous that after years of players complaining the Dev’s have done nothing about it either way. Of course players complaining for years and getting no results is consistent with Gaijin.
They check the RU forum more, if it’s considered less of an issue there that could be why. Major calling it “knee jerk” reaction tells me they could just be ignoring the playerbase rather than keeping it in for Soviet Bias™️ reasons.
That said… Gaijin had a tendency to balance based on winrates. Soviet winrates aren’t bad (better than the US) but aren’t great either for most people, so maybe they worry removing body armor would worsen their winrate? Which is unbelievably stupid given it’s something a tiny minority of the playerbase even knows about.
Removing body armour won’t solve the soviet win rate at tier 5 (so do whatever with it. when it comes to clan wars, just ban it!). A weapon might.
The reason why the japanese win rate at tier 5 is so high is due to the type hei auto: super accurate (ridiculously accurate? G43 kurz levels of full auto accuracy and stability honestly), incredible for genociding noobs, and 30 rounds allows one to fight against hordes of zombies. Being the go to weapon for every specialist aside form assaulters and mg gunners (which get something short of what the other factions have), it is a no brainer why japan is so popular with br 5.
Of course, this might beg a nerf to the type hei auto… maybe recoil? imo it has no reason whatsoever to be that accurate/stable.
Do you feel it is acceptable for the type hei auto to have a recoil nerf (with 75% recoil reduction, it’s smooth anyways. setting the vertical recoil at 75 default would be better )? Otherwise US and Soviet BR 5 would chronically lose to japan players just because the average player at br 5 japan can hit headshots at 100m
Interesting principle. This is a game though, so we can also be postulate another principle: anything goes.
That’s why we have italian alpinis in berlin, and french guerrilas in the pacific, as well as this laser gun which fits japan’s post ww2 victory very well
I guess, in that case the decorative GE ammo pouches should grant extra ~7dmg nullifying the effect of bodyarmor.
If that was the case, aka GE guns could OHK in most cases with ammo pouches im relatively sure that suddenly the decoratives granting buffs wouldnt be that great.
