Well if you buff their near DPS it doesn’t synergies well with the mg42, and buffing their long range DPS leads to blobs
It has been suggested to let them fire the LMG on the move at 25% accuracy or something but allied players freak out because they think all moving LMGs are Obers, even though they aren’t.
Freaking out is understandable since the same will happen if anyone suggest Tommy fire bren on the move :v
Grens don't need their DPS increased; at vet 3, they're already incredibly powerful. The problem is that they're currently "glass cannons" in mid/late game, due to their squad size and awful spacing problems. Losing 2 models basically forces a retreat, and that's really easy to do when things like the Scott can do that in 2 shots (while moving).
Really, grens just need some form of Vet 3 "explosion resistance".
Similarly, firing on the move would be
insanely overpowered, considering the LMG42's weapon profile. Right now, their main downside is that they have to stay still do really do anything (part of the problem above), but that also means that Allied units can easily escape their long-range DPS.
If adjustments are made to the LMG42, their setup and rotation speed needs to be drastically improved. Double-Bren Infantry sections are effective because while they can't fire on the move, they
can stutter-step effectively. Grens simply can't do this, and they're also vulnerable to "flanking", since the LMG model takes ages to turn.
As far as i understand it, an LMG42 was kind of a relic back in ww2 and this is somehow emulated by its performance, conscripts with one could wreak havok at vet3 with it.
I don’t think it was a relic, the ‘42’ means it is a 1942 design. Unless I’m mistaken it was based on the mg34 (1934 design) but had a simplified mechanism (no burst shot option?) and was pressed rather than cast making it easier to make and more reliable. It’s design is the basis for many modern mg’s. Irrelevant to the topic I know
Yea, the MG42 was actually quite 'modern' for its time, and by no means a "relic". Array is also correct in noting that the '42 was designed to be the "budget" replacement for the '34, which was much more complicated and expensive. However, the '34 had a single-shot mode (not burst), which was removed on the '42 (fully automatic only).
Post war, a lot of its designs were copied into other MGs, and the original MG42 was adjusted to fit the standard NATO round, and remains in service today as the MG3 (although its being replaced by the MG4 and MG5).
It's 55:45. All that says it's it's controversial.
Treating such a small majority as some sort of mandate would be very silly indeed.
Am I allowed to make a recent politics joke? We're so close to
the ratio.