Hold fire button for MG42

Jump back to quoted post22 Jul 2019, 00:13 AMGI John 412

That sounds like a good idea at first glance, but in an older thread it was brought up in, someone pointed out that the auto reload function could be manipulated by your opponent.

An example could be to drive a light vehicle past the MG making it fire a burst at it then driving off to go do something else. The vehicle has now caused the MG to use up some of its ammo prompting it to reload after it is no longer in combat for a certain amount of time, for example let’s say it’s 10 seconds. Now our savvy opponent lies in wait and counts to 11 seconds and charges the MG that he knows is reloading. With this tactic an LMG blob could easily decrew an MG team that is busy reloading.

Jump back to quoted post22 Jul 2019, 00:57 AMVuther

Part of me wonders if this could actually work via making units out-of-combat, in addition to having an automatic action to reload, also gain a modifier which makes their reload speed instant.

...but I am no modder, so I must confess that's only conjecture. I'm also imagining this concept would allow HMGs to be reloaded automatically without being set-up, and I can't even say if that's possible at all either.

Jump back to quoted post19 Jul 2019, 17:40 PMGI John 412

I would like to see a hold fire button added to all HMGs that has the dual functionality that as soon as they are placed on hold fire, they automatically begin a reload cycle. I know some players are clamoring for a manual reload feature so they don’t end up shooting a short burst at a critical point followed by an unavoidable reload. If you go to the bother to add a hold fire button, then you could also give it the dual feature of making the gun reload. Two birds with one stone.