LMGs = RAGE!
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LMG's are fun, fun guns. You can run around, spraying the shit out of them, and piling up bodies all around you. But it takes some skill to actually use them correctly. You can snipe anyone with any weapon if you're good at bursting. When my friend first got into call of duty, he would run around doing just that. Spraying and praying. I told him, "Chill the fuck out! Use three or four shot bursts!" needless to say he got better at it.
It's not that hard, and getting killed a shit ton by a certain gun does not make it overpowered." It means the person is using it to the best of its abilities.
It's not that hard, and getting killed a shit ton by a certain gun does not make it overpowered." It means the person is using it to the best of its abilities.
In hindsight, I really, really should have guessed this. Sorry.Justin Tarrant said:
That said, I still believe that the ability to summon Lieutenant Marzipan Gorilla to unleash his diabetes-inducing primate fury upon your enemies would improve the game a great deal.
I usually play medic (I've been playing engineer recently though) and I agree. The LMG's are fairly overpowered, however, a medic is completely incapable of defending themselves from most vehicles, especially tanks. As I've learnt from my time as an engineer is that a well placed rocket won't go astray.
That game already exists. Search up the game Flamewar. You wander through corridors and shoot insults at other nondescript, stick figure-ish, cel-shaded avatars. The walls and floors are made of text, kind of like the hallways at the end of the first Matrix movie.tellmeimaninja said:
In regards to the OT, I don't think the LMGs are by any stretch of the imagination the game-breakers the OP says they are. In my opinion, the Magnum Ammunition that you only get at level 15, complemented by the body armor you don't get until 14 is probably the most idiotic decision I've ever seen in any multiplayer First Person Shooter, and I've been playing since original DOOM. Can you say "Massive Barrier To Entry?"
The perks themselves aren't the problem, it's just the fact that you don't get them until you've invested quite a few hours into the game. It's really no fun when you have one gun for each class, no attachments, no gadgets, and your bullets do less damage than everyone else's. The deaths from levels 1-5 are usually derived from inexperience. However, it's just a horrible slog from 5-15, when you've gotten a grip on how to play, but you literally cannot outshoot a guy with Magnum Ammo. This problem, along with the complete lack of a server browser or autobalance system, is what keeps me from playing this game for more than one or two rounds at a time.
Medic is my favorite class, because I like being the guy that tanks damage with his healthpack and stops ticket loss with the defibrillator, though I really wouldn't mind using a gun other than an LMG. It's not really my kind of gun. I reload after every kill out of habit, and an LMG proves to be very VERY problematic in that regard.
On a semi-related note, am I the only one who has noticed that the stats of the first 3 or so guns you unlock for each class actually have worse stats than the starting guns? Going from the starter Engineer gun to the SCAR-L, all the stats are the same except the damage is less. You might get more ammo in the SCAR, I haven't checked ammo count, but all the same that's not a great trade. The later unlocks are undoubtedly the most powerful weapons, but just about everything between the first gun and the last one or two are completely awful.
A light machine gun is a machine gun crewed by one man which can be carried easily around the battlefield. It fires the same rounds as you would find in a rifle such as an M16 or G36 or FAMAS.Cogwheel said:
It's separated from a submachine gun in that SMGs carry pistol rounds, and heavy machine guns in that HMG are are too cumbersome to quickly move and sometimes require a crew of more than one person. To give you an idea of the differences in size, the US army's M249 is a LMG which weighs 22lbs. The US army's M2 heavy machine gun weighs almost 90lbs not counting the tripod. Adding one of those puts it above 100lbs.
The designations are sometimes blurry because when they were made, in WW1, it was easy to tell the difference. No one carried around automatic rifles. Nowadays, there are assault rifles which can be modified for use as an LMG.
Well, that was far more educational than I expected from any reply. Thanks a lot!Midnight Crossroads said:
If I understood Midnight correctly, it's a bit bigger than an SMG, which is the closest I know. A fair bit bigger, really.Justin Tarrant said:
And I don't exactly play the standard super-realistic (supposedly or otherwise) online FPS games at all. Not one bit.
Well an LMG is like a portable Chaingun. They usually have HUGE clips (60-120) and really good piercing abilities and somewhat good accuracy but their damage is not to high and they have horrible recoil. This is usually fixed with a grip though.Cogwheel said:
IRL, they're support weapons. I find the game that does them best is Flashpoint Dragon Rising.
You mostly fire them near people to scare them, occasionally killing or wounding so that the enemy is hindered.
It's a very psychological weapon.
You mostly fire them near people to scare them, occasionally killing or wounding so that the enemy is hindered.
It's a very psychological weapon.
Only LMG I ever had a problem with on FPS games was the HK G36 from the first Bad Company game.
A light machine gun, with a scope, good accuracy, good range, pretty much good in all areas >.>
Getting sniped by so many people using that kinda made the game a bit less fun. But I got my revenge in various ways.
A light machine gun, with a scope, good accuracy, good range, pretty much good in all areas >.>
Getting sniped by so many people using that kinda made the game a bit less fun. But I got my revenge in various ways.