I don’t know who’s idea it was to balance Stalingrad, but I’d really like to let them know they’re a complete nimrod. You have just added the Fedorov, a very good and interesting gun, to a campaign where it was incredibly dubious whether it was ever even used, instead of a campaign where it would’ve fit perfectly, and was more likely to have been used. I think the Fedorov would’ve been a far better competitor to the MKb, considering you are only trading controllability and mag size on a small scale for a bit higher damage, while the AVT is worse than the MKb in every way except sheer damage, and even then that damage means nothing if you try to use it like an MKb because it cannot be controlled in automatic fire except at very close range. It is also ironic that there were claims of making this a “fun campaign for bolts”, when you can do garbage like this.
It has 12 damage, thats is enough to down/kill in one shot. How does that mean “nothing”. Being able to kill in one shot instead of 2 is a massive advantage which makes up for mkb’s recoil advantage. making the mkb and avt pretty balanced to any sane individual
It isnt an mkb, and you shouldnt use it as an mkb. They are completely different guns and should be used in different ways.
If you use an mkb like you would an AVT, it will suck aswell
yes we kno the devs wont do shit about it hell they wont even give the proper counters to tiger/panther/fg42 nothing only nerfs for the allies
we all know Germany suffers ok there so under powered that they need spamable stg 44s how would we win without it
How is being able to down in 1 shot instead of 2 so much better when you can easily get at least 2 on target with the MKb in the time it takes to get one with the AVT? The controllability and magazine size/ammo capacity makes the MKb better in every conceivable way, except maybe plinking at long distance which is a terrible “advantage” considering at least from my experience most engagements are at close range and the advantages of the MKb at close range are just immeasurable. And yes, the AVT is not an MKb, and why should russians have anything less? Why do germans just get a do everything gun while russia is stuck with an AVS that doesn’t sound like garbage? There is no conceivable reason to have the AVT over the Fedorov, unless you want to get into numbers pedanticism which already has 0 reflection in game for the most part.
Lol what? Thats not how guns work
Stalingrad actually has ALOT of mid to long range where avt would have the advantage over the mkb. However it is true that there is also alot of close range where the mkb has the advantage. But you see how those two get balanced by how they are better than each other in different scenarios? Its called asymmetrical balance, and the game is riddled with it
The rest off this is just rambling
And still no refutation on why the Fedorov should take the AVT’s place? That’s what I thought.
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they stopped using the fedorov in 1928
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only 3200 were ever made (its not like that would stop darkflow but still)
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the AVT is a perfectly fine counterpart to the mkb that creates asymmetrical balance instead of a both sides just have the same stuff balance
(I also think the fedorov shouldnt be in berlin for reason 1 and 2)
Time and production numbers don’t have any influence on representation, they made 8k MKb 42’s max and I guarantee most never saw Stalingrad, so realistically you should be limited to like 5-10 amongst all your squads. Asymmetrical balance is a meme and literally just an excuse for “it’s okay that germany is better just like every other campaign because it makes it asymmetric and that’s fun :^)”. And I agree it shouldn’t be in Berlin, as it makes far more sense to be in Stalingrad and Moscow anyways, but that cat’s already out of the bag and I don’t know what they could replace it with.
8-11k*
They didnt actually begin production of the mkb until right after stalingrad. So it actually shouldnt be there. it is one of those classic darkflow historical stretches.
But i am more okay with a few months of timetravel in this case since german equipment sucked ass at the time. they had nothing that could compete with AVT/AVS (or even fedorov for that matter), the closest they had was the ZH, and that one is also a bit of a stretch. Also, as i have expressed earlier, i do believe mkb is fairly balanced with the AVT
Asymmetric balance doesnt mean that one side is better than the other.
It means that both sides have different advantages that together make the two factions balanced.
Like for example in berlin, the soviets have an advantage at close range with their superior smgs, while the germans have an advantage at mid-long range with better mg’s and the fg 42 (this is very simplified btw). This creates an asymmetrical balance where one faction A beats faction B in some catagories, while faction B beats faction A in other catagories. And if it is done right, the win rate should be pretty much balanced
(Berlin has playerbase issues so the winrate is skewed towards the soviets. but as i said thats not weapon balance thats the playerbase)
So basically what you’re saying is they could’ve omitted automatic weapons(AVT/MKb) from Stalingrad altogether because the MKb didn’t even properly enter service until after the battle. That’s hilarious and probably would just be better considering they “wanted” this to be the “bolt action” campaign. I’d be fully in favor removing both the AVT and MKb but as long as the MKb is in(especially with how it wasn’t even accepted into service during Stalingrad) I will maintain the Fedorov would be a far better competitor and be far more fair, as well as something for Russians to grind for as opposed to an inaccurate, extremely hard to control rifle with no ammo. Using it for long distance engagements makes it no better than an SVT or a Mosin, and at close range it’s just awful compared to the MKb with a magazine half the size.
Why ppl always forget about small controlled burst shots? Doing so, the avt is a serious monster. And from afar? Just switch to semi mode. Mkb is good, but AVT certainly is as well.
They strted using Fedorovs around 1940, due to a shortage of automatic guns, but they were pulled out by 1941 due to a shortage of 6.5 arisaka.
It’d be a stretch in Moscow, nevermind Stlingrad or Berlin. Would fit a potentail winter war campaign better.
allies man spotted
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