Recon Support I&R Pathfinders vs Airborne Pathfinders

Jump back to quoted post15 Dec 2017, 15:56 PMMr.Smith

IMO, I&R Pathfinders are a straight upgrade over Airborne pathfinders.

Sure, 1 sniper rifle as opposed to 2 sniper rifles sounds worse on paper. However, in practice, the vanilla rifles have better DPS that will help knock the squad down to the required 50% health for the snipe. Also, having only 1 slot item means that Barfinders on I&R Pathfinders will probably be less likely to drop their weapons.

So, if I&R Pathfinders really do turn out to be strictly better than Airborne Pathfinders, then it's worth making both versions a copy-paste of the new I&R Pathfinders. If, for whatever reason, it's decided that Airborne Pathfinders are actually more combat-capable than I&R Pathfinders, then it's probably worth keeping the two separate versions as they are currently.

Jump back to quoted post5 Feb 2018, 02:15 AMLago

I asked the same question back during DBP's testing period. The answer I got is that Pathfinders have a pair of sniper rifles which instakill models below half health. I&R Pathfinders carry one instead of two.

Here's the full post if you're interested:

So I&R Pathfinders are better than two instant kill snipers? What if they are equipped with two M1918A2 BARs? Would that make the two instant kill snipers better since they'll have good DPS and a good chance to instant kill?

Jump back to quoted post5 Feb 2018, 15:05 PMMr.Smith

Pathfinders are really squishy, to the point where they make Grenadiers look like uber-tanks, and will lose models fast.
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