I remember the days when I and my team could actually hold our own when we were uptiered to BR3.
I remember every piece of japanese equipment being blatantly overtiered (Na to, Type Otsu rifle, Type 4 rifle, Ho Ni 3, etc) But there was one gun that defined the entire playerbase at Br2
The Type 2a was perfect for its clean and unobstructive ironsights, high rate of fire, low recoil and fast reload, It was one of the ONLY good guns for br2 japan, so good infact that the devs decided it was on the same level as an uragan smg or a ppsh41 or a Tommy gun and moved it to BR3
Then later they decided the Thompson was worse, so they moved it to BR2.
THIS IS MADNESS!
The Type 2a CARRIED br2 Japan before, yet now The Allies can use the Thompson, the USSR still has the PPS43 and while japans current best option, the Type 100 is to some extent enough, it does not answer the question as to why a gun which was identical to the type 100, just with cleaner sights moved up TO THE SAME BR AS THE PPSH41!
Since now the Allies have the tommy, and the soviets have always had the pps43, i beg of the recently very prone to positive and long needed balance changes developers, to finally give Japan its equivalent BR2 SMG in the upcoming major update.
Otherwise i demand a reasonable argument as to why the Type 2a should stay in BR3 (Where hardly anyone uses it)
This weapon is completely different from what it used to be. There is no reason to have another BR2 SMG. Its BR should definitely not be lowered under any circumstances.
Doesnt seem like it would “weak enough” for BR2, in fact its among the stronger BR3 SMGs now.
Submachine Guns
Damage
Reload Timings (s)
Statcard Recoil
Effective Recoil
Moving Spread Increase
Weapon Name
Obtained
BR
10m
100m
Velocity
Magazine
Reload
Alt Reload
Rate of Fire
Vertical
Horizontal
Recoil Control
Vertical
Horizontal
Dispersion
While Aiming
Hipfiring
Visual Recoil
Recoil Dir
ADS Speed
Recoil Offset
Sprint Factor
Weight
Additional Info
Type 100 SMG (Early)
25000 RP
II
6.7
3.8
350
30
2.2
1.7
810
23
9
0.25
6
2
0.60
0.0
13.0
1.0
0.34
0.75
-
100%
4.22
30/120
MP 28 (7.65mm)
34000 RP
II
6.6
3.3
370
50
3.2
2.8
630
19
10
0.3
6
3
0.71
0.0
15.0
1.0
-0.4
0.72
0.3
100%
5.4
50/100
Type 2a SMG
38000 RP
III
6.8
3.9
350
30
2.3
-
860
9
9
0.4
4
4
0.64
0.0
10.0
1.0
0.4
0.9
-
100%
3.4
30/120
SIG 1920
58000 RP
III
6.8
3.3
430
50
3.0
2.4
690
24
7
0.4
10
3
0.63
0.0
15.0
1.6
0.4
0.8
0.3
100%
5.0
50/100
Type 100 SMG (Late)
100000 RP
III
6.7
3.8
350
30
2.1
1.6
920
21
8
0.25
5
2
0.64
0.0
13.0
1.0
0.34
0.78
-
100%
4.3
30/120
Also, it has never been similar to the Type 100 (early)
old stats of the Type2a when it was still BR2 (690 rpm and almost zero recoil instead of 810 rpm like the Type 100 early)
I shouldve mentioned, it did get a few buffs when it was moved to br3, but when you look at what br2 japan has besides the type 100 and type otsu, its rather weak in an uptier, hence even if it is slightly better than the pps43, its needed to compensate for low br japan’s slight lack of equipment
Japan does not lack equipments on BR 2. Moreover, BR 2 Japan has probably the most Overpowered guns overall out of all 4 factions(yes, even Soviet with PPS-43 pales in comparison).
You get Type 100(Early), which is a solid SMG that can be comparable to PPS-43, MP 28 7.65mm(50 rnds SMG on BR 2), Type 97 LMG(Really good on mid-long range fight due to the scope and tight dispersion value for LMG), Type otsu is the best TT BR 2 semi-auto rifle in the game, M1921 thompson 20(Event weapon) is the king of CQC on BR 2(1040 RoF with 8.2 damage hello?), Premium Type 1 SMG having both 50 rnds mag and 710 RoF yet for some strange reason still in BR 2, AT launcher with the highest penetration in BR 2.
Japan is the least faction that needs more help on BR 2.
