So I hate saying one thing is too op but I just played a match where about 3-4 german players had FG-42 equipped on all their squads my suggestion is to either restrict it to paratrooper squads or make it a assault squad gun only it is not comparable to me M2 carbine at all heck just remove the m2 the m1 grand is a lot better anyways what are yall thoughts
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I’ve never seen or used an FG-42, however I think it should be restricted to certain squads like paratroopers etc. Mainly because it’s weird if the mainline German infantry all have this automatic rifle.
The fun thing about enlisted is bolt actions rifles are the main weapon like they should be, but the FG-42 takes away any semblance of historical accuracy. And the American equivalent I feel the exact same thing about.
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Yep
The game design is assymetrical.
Right now, allies have overtaken the crown of air ground support with the ridiculous overloaded P47 (10 big splash rockets and 2 227kg bombs) while having the better tank game with the jumbo.
Flat out comparing one weapon or accessability with another isn’t meant to be done with this design concept.
You should rather focus on the context of the entire army, and it looks like it’s fine overall.
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Although I agree the Germans in Normandy get the shorter end of the stick I still think an uncommon more rare gun shouldn’t be accessible to every single class. It should restricted to the units that used it/paratroopers.
That’s a really fair point, but the game isn’t meant to be realistic but historically inspired as far as I can tell.
It’s about using the equipment of the time period, doesn’t matter if it fits in amount used in battle or if it’s out of place.
I mean we have german MG squads with BARs, russians with ChauChats, Lebel 1888 rifles in Berlin Volkssturm, Gewehr41 on mass and so on.
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I agree but you can’t disagree that the allies had absolute air superiority during D-Day and Normandy in general but the FG-42 should be restricted to paratroopers or make the Bar available to all its just way to high of damge for a trooper weapon that’s automatic
I guess… it just takes away from the game if you know what I mean.
You try to argue ingame balance with pointing to a history book?
I think they try to balance the game out by giving factions certain pros and cons to play with.
It’s restricted to normal riflemen and snipers with the FG42 II btw.
And that’s just visually speaking here and has nothing to do with gamebalance right?
Lets say the Riflemen version gets kicked out visually and beeing replaced by 20 round Gewehr 43.
Wouldn’t that address the issue already without any rebalancing?
Everyone except mg and assault can have a fg
Nope, it’s perfectly fine. At least Axis have an advantage over the Allies in terms of infantry combat. Allies already have superior vehicles (being able to spawn 2 planes at a time, A-20 having a gun compared to JU-188, Sherman Jumbo with its almost impenetrable frontal armour). As Cammy said, this game design is assymetrical.
Aight sry was badly phrased you are right.
Everyone but MG, Assault, Pilots, Tankcrew.
What I meant to say with that was just underlying that the game treats it as a normal rifle.
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That sounds kind of biased 
The double plane spawn is super random and can occur on both sides.
The A-20 has main guns yeah, but the Ju188 has 2 more bombs and it’s only in a bad spot cause the AI gunners haven’t been implemented yet (same issue with the last russian bomber).
Sherman jumbo is the better tank, that’s true, doesn’t mean that the others are useless tho.
But yeah Jumbo and especially the P47, make the vehicle game sway really hard in allies favour.
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literally what you’re doing. People just deflect the FG42 issue away and screech “butttt the jumbo!!!” We are talking about infantry balance not planes, not tanks.
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Tbh I’m more irritated with the 2 vs 1 plane situation. Jumbo is not invincible as it gets easily taken out by CAS, flanking attack, TNTs.
That is a problem for sure but saying oh that justifies the FG42 is not the answer either. The problem is it’s for every standard soldier. If it was for “paratroopers” or something limited no one would care. US rifles peak at level 7, there is nothing better after the Garand
Yes Germans have 1 less plane but 99 more perfect al round guns on their troops. Its a asymetrical game, not meant to be a mirror match. If Germany had air superiority they win by default and no one plays this game anymore. That is why the US has 2 planes. The only thing you need to look out for if the balance of win/loss is around 50/50 and seeing that every day the Germans and US play tag team over who has the bigger pool of tears in the basement it feels quite balanced.
Whine dealt with, back to op.
US should get a good solid gun in the same range as the Germans have it, only if they can keep the balance tbh. M2 does half the work of the FG42 but there is nothing that can match it mid/long range capability except the BAR but thats only for mg guys. Despite that I have no idea what to give the US that will keep the balance and fits the discription.
With the Germans I have FG42 for everyone and if not they have a MG42 or Beretta. That is a full range of great guns. US I still see a niche place for the Lee Enfield next to the Garand, so that is bolt action vs FG42. Bar is half the weapon as the MG34 and with the Thompson I have no complaints thats a great gun for the job. Despite this I dont see a problem with inbalance. It just does not look balanced on paper. Time will tell if they nerf arty that the US still have what it takes to win 50/50.
US having 2 planes is confirmed to be a Bug, Germany in other campaigns can use 2 Planes, in Normandy only 1. and respawn time for German troopers is slower,again bug
Quote me that
As far as I know that is 100% intended.
Only bug I know is that Germany sometimes spawns in a 2nd plane and that is the bug.
Also I am trying really hard to get back to the main topic since we have at least 6 other posts talking planes.
I would unironically not care about the Germans only having one plane for Normandy for historical reasons if I could ACTUALLY USE the guns on my Ju 188 to defend myself. Right now? If anyone sees me and goes after me I’m basically screwed since I can’t even man the guns on my supposedly fully crewed bomber.