First of all Hi to everyone,as I'm on about to make this post I want to tell you that I'm 1200 hours into this game and I've played since cohv which was my most favorite action strategy game of all times.
First of all,I don't want advice on how to counter mgs(I already know.),I don't want you to tell me oh don't walk into them if they become an issue and listen to what I have to say.
I fairly think that an german mg cost as much as an conscript squad ,has a wide arc and can pindown really easily any unit in his sight forcing them to retreat or suffer losses without having the change to fight back once you're pinned down which happens in 0,5 secs from when mg started to shoot at you.
This is not how real life works! not even in war,soldiers don't just sit there all day long with they head in the sand and dirt and waits for machine gun to shoot at them and kill them one by one,even if they are in a pinch situation they will find a way to shoot back do something while taking cover,not running back home through mg fire like scarred humans because that would get them more killed than actually having a chance to be alive.
Why is 6/10 werch players heavily spamming mg especially in 2 v 2 and up,like the whole battleground becomes an insta pindown altilerry battlefield which is not fun and stresfull as fuck,do you have fun making tetris with mgs and put them behind eachother for more protection? do you enjoy sipping your coffe and starring at your mg how it pins and kills enemy troops? is it a fun game aspect for you? I'm asking because it's actually terrible how many people who play germans relly on their mg suppresion for their lack of skill or creativity in this game.
What do I think it needs to change for the mg's for the sake of making this game more fun and tactical:
I actually have 2 or more suggestions which are all good and very balanced.
1.Let mg's the way the are now but unlock all of them into tier 1 like okw.
-This is the lamest suggestion but I would still prefer this than to play against a player who just poops up mgs(it's not fun,I don't enjoy playing with mg spam or fighting against it).
2.Reduce the suppresion alot but improve the accuracy of the mg's so he infantry are still being pinned but they shoot back at the mg they don't just sit like ducks waiting to be shot,you can also make an ability to spend ammo and make the mg's shoot as fast as they can for better suppresion for a limited time but that's all ,they don't need to be terminators which are countered by mortars and vehichles only.
- If you make players spend ammo on their mg to pindown as they are doing right now in the game you make them think twice before spamming more than 2 mgs and you also make them to choose when to use the pindown ability or not! ,It's a tactical decision and it actually makes me respect the mg players if it's implemented.
3.Often in fights when you try to flank mg's if you're still in the big range of german mg and he shoots 2 bullets your squad will be pinned down for 3 seconds or more and the squad that's still alive and its not being shoot at,it stays pinned for 8 seconds.I FEEL LIKE THEY STAY TOO MUCH WITH THEIR FACE IN THE GROUND AND DO NOTHING ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY KNOW FROM WHERE IS MG SHOOTING AND THEY JUST SIT THERE WAITING FOR MG TO SHOOT BACK (Remember D-day,those americans fought on the beach against multiple mg's and they died but still manage to win,you're the commander and you choose your units to fight and suffer bleed or retreat and loose territory and manpower).
I hopefully that someone understand me and the community takes my side I really wish for mg's to be changed ,it's ridiculous how they are implemented and it's very dumb,they should pin only the squad they're shooting at and ofcourse make others be scarred but not render anything usless,in this game retreating it's loosing because you loose territories,manpower and ammo and more than often players use mg spam because it's reliable and cheap,cost's no ammo and they're good at defending your territories.
I got tired of pin down I want it to be changed.
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Relic Entertainment
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