Stop using it as maxim, watch streamers who know how to use it and where to position it.
Yeah, I bet that's why OST has lowest win rate in the SNF tournaments.
Not to mention many "streamers who know how to use it" don't even build the mg42 at all.
This unit has become a laughing stock.
Problem 1 - Mobility.Ok maybe,always was that way.
Problem 2 - Speed at which it suppresses inconsistent.
Problem 3 - BIGGEST PROBLEM-deals no damage.Suppressed squads crawl forward with impunity knowing they can take it just enough for a grenade/molotov,then run away.Result-even after succesfully suppressing the squad i lost more models than he did.WTF.Suppressed squads know they can just lie there and take it.
Problem 4 - Too easily avoided.Smoke for rifles,Urrah for conscripts.Since it can't kill models at any pace mg 42 is only useful vs blind frontal blob charge and nothing else.Suppressed squads know they can grenade or smoke and deal with it without any problems.
When u combine all these problems you have the current dismal unit adding to the woes of ostheer earlygame.So much for the most feared infantry weapon of ww2 and wehrmacht's trademark unit.Disgrace.
Now that we got the troll out of our way, we can discuss mg42.
Mg42s were overnerfed but it seems Relic is bent on making this game a infantry blobbing meta.
My suggestion is to ditch Ostheer for OKW or play allies until they get a new senior game designer.
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