With the prone/mounted only machineguns being added into the game with the Browning M1919A4 for the americans and the Browning .303 for the japanese.
I think it would be fitting for the developers to add machineguns with the same mechanics to battle rating one. It would offer more weapon variety and the bipod only mechanic wouldn’t be a big disadvantage while also allowing more firepower in squads.
I would be happy with any new gun being added for this purpose but to give the developers some options we could add.
Maxim for the USSR (same gun as the MG nest)
Type 92 for Japan (same gun as the MG nest)
Breda Mod.29 for Germany
Vickers MG for USA
MG 08 for Germany
and others…
Now, there is a problem with these weapons, some have much bigger magazines, especially the belt fed options that have been mentioned. These weapons could be balanced with a lower fire rate and a longer reload speed while the ones with lower magazine sizes get higher fire rates with shorter reloads to compensate.
If anyone has better options for machineguns or alternatives to balancing, id love to hear your thoughts!!
I voted yes, but to be honest, none of the lower BR2 MG’s I like, so even if some were dropped to BR 1 I probably wouldn’t use them. I really only have one good BR1 faction as it is, and that is Allies where pretty much every squad uses an SMG. However, I am basically indifferent to MG’s at BR1, wouldn’t bother me either way.
I’d say it does not really matter or offer much to have a prone-based mg on BR I. You can already have MG nests in BR I via the Engi II squad or if you reduce the MG squads to BR I bolts, and those nests pack more punch than the mentioned prone-based MGs. Sure they require set-up and are more visible than a prone guy, but you’re also not bound to a single guy carrying the weapon. If said guy dies, then you lose that firepower, if the engi dies, you still have 3 more in the squad capable of doing the same.
Secondly the only appeal of MG squad in BR I is the buildable HMG that often shreds not only Inf, but also tanks and even Planes (DShK, MG131)
So as far as the idea goes, nice and appealing in theory, probably useless and impractical in practice, especially considering the fast paced gameplay.
They need to lower guns like the madsen, vickers, type 11 and MG13 into BR 1. Then premium MGs like the chauchat and MG30. This would flesh out BR 1 a bit more and stop over crowding in BR 2.
I been thinking the same, in my opinon an interesting option would be adding dynamic tripods you have to carry and deploy. Those could be carried in main weapon slot and if a bot has it, he can be ordered to quickly place it for you in same way as you see buildings being build.
I would love to have LMG in BR1 but the bipod mechanic is terrible the only way to make it work decently would be to move the LMG to the secondary slot otherwise the player has practically nothing to defend himself
The Breda 30 would be best suited to the BR1 with its 20 round magazine and decent low rate of fire and would free up space in the BR2 for the MG13
other similar LMGs should have magazines of 20 maximum 25/30 or a low rate of fire for BR1
i am against it cause of prone mechanics. it would encourage more camping instead of active gameplay where people fight for caps and new players should learn active gameplay. it is already bad enough that snipers are starting squad instead of engineers…
However, I am basically indifferent to MG’s at BR1, wouldn’t bother me either way.