So like, do we just not get notifs anymore when people quote our posts? I haven't been on here in a while, but I didn't think it would be this bad.
Gethsemani said:
DICE has said that all soldiers in multiplayer will be customizable, so she, just like the rest of the outrageous crew (seriously, no one has anything to say about the paratrooper with the Katana, the black guy in a weird mix of tanker, paratrooper and infantry gear and two pairs of goggles or the dude running around in a tank top and non-regulation beard?) is probably meant as a showcase of what kind of customization you can achieve in multiplayer.
Besides, getting hung up on a prosthetic as a customization option as distasteful is pretty weird when you are talking about a game that is essentially providing light entertainment of the worst conflict in human history, that claimed some 70+ million lives worldwide.
I actually just noticed the katana guy and the black dude, although considering how much spotlight they gave bionic lady (they literally zoom in on her claw at some times), you can hardly blame me. The katana thing... what the fuck is that shit.
Anyway, you do have a point. This is a first for me, what other game has ever given you the option to be an amputee with a prosthetic arm? I mean, the obvious reason why most people are okay with WWII is because of the passage of time. But injuries that result in the loss of a limb still happen today, and I wonder what a person with a prosthetic arm would feel about what happened to them being turned into decoration in a video game.
Gordon_4 said:
I didn't notice her using a bolt action, but I agree, that would be difficult as fuck to use with one working hand.
Not really. Any shooter worth their damn, especially of the sharpshooter or sniper variety, will cycle the bolt without taking the rifle off their shoulder. When you do it that way you are using your shoulder as a brace for the rifle, which means that whether you've got a stable grip on the front hand guard or not isn't important. The point of doing it like that is to preserve your aim for a follow up shot and it is pretty basic drill for bolt action rifles.[/quote]
Huh? But how would you keep the rifle braced against your shoulder to cycle the bolt? Also I meant it would be hard to actually aim the rifle. Surely a bionic arm is not at all ideal for accurate sniping.
Besides that, there were part of the trailer where bionic lady was actually carrying the rifle with her prosthetic arm, and I'm no expert on WWII era prosthesis, but I don't think that should be possible?
EDIT: This prosthetic arm is bugging me so much! I've moved on from wondering why it's in the game to how the heck its going to work.
For example, just reloading your weapons. Pistols, I've seen people reload one handed. I even watched a video where a guy reloaded an AK with one hand. But these all involved a reload process that takes way longer than a conventional reload. Is DICE going to take that into account? If they do, why would anyone choose to have it as an option?
I know I'm really overthinking this but I just got on break and I'm really bored.