gamma_gandalph wrote:
IF you really want to balance the kits against each other more, I would rather suggest making the rifleman "better". E.g. add one more grenade, give him two ammobags or make his gun settle a bit faster. But to be honest, I don't believe balancing kits against each other should even be an issue. As long as they all work together properly and no single kit is a win-button (AR with grenadelauncher, rope, AA and HAT), everything is fine.
That's why Breacher kit needs grenades taken away.
(of course there needs to be ironsight rifle option; I assume it's not in because it's extra work to add another kit to the menu)
It does too many things like an "I win" button.
Dutch one even has suppressor. We took out the SF kit from early days for many reasons.
Most kits have obvious downsides which makes them squad-dependent to function well.
Rifleman's weakness is that it has nothing special other than ammobag, which is for supporting other squadmate(because if you stand on your own ammobag; you can't get much out of it).
It's also supposed to be weaker since it's not a limited kit.
SL is basically rifleman without ammobag; given a pistol(now it's useless because deviation on rifle is not as ridiculous as before) but 3 patches, no shovel.
Medic has no grenades/shovel.
AR has no grenades(usually) and is more cumbersome in cqb(slower sight-in time...etc.).
Marksman is less effective in cqb; also no nades.
LAT has rocket and nades; but rocket is one-shot(only overpowered LAT kit is U.S. one that has either two laws or one AT-4 that one-shots APC more often than not).
HAT has no magnifying optics(most of them anyway).
Spotter kit is kind of useless in a squad that has a SL and breacher.
Sniper kit is the most terrible kit to have with a full squad.
MG kit is even less usable in cqb than AR.
Those are all either squad-dependent or extremely situational(sniper + spotter).
What's the problem with Breacher? He already has magnifying optics, nades and shovel, but also has rope, c4, and shotgun(except Russian one). That's clearly too much stuff; breacher kit is a kit that is less dependent on squad than squad is dependent on it.
Brooklyn-Tech wrote:Like Liam im disappointed by the lack of variety in the spawn menu.
through the medic and specialist we had the option to choose from whichever CQB weapon we preferred. Now everything is "dumbed" down to the "Scope vs. Red Dot". People which preferred close engagements learned to love those kits while those which liked longer engagements learned to love kits such as the grenadier or AR.
A bunch of "long range guys" will be using these kits with the mindset of a long rage weapon/kit that comes with "free C4's or a bunch of patches". If you use a tool with the mindset of another tool, you will never use that tool to its truest potential.
sometimes making things "one size fits all" makes them uncomfortable for everyone.
Not to mention that this hinders diversity among kits and the "personality" of each kit. Why were all these weapon models created if everything will essentially boill down to "acog vs. eotech"???
The problem is that you thought that one kit that is supposedly "close range" should not be used for "long range".
Because if you simply put "close range" and "long range" kit (and they are not to be used out of their "intended" role) together in one squad; the squad will be come separated and harder to control.
Btw, conventional forces don't like issuing different kinds of weapon; you get your basic rifle, and if you are lucky you get to choose which sight to use.
Basic training is designed to take "personality" out of you.
Everyone(even medic, that was the old argument for medic getting magnified optics; now they do) is a rifleman first and foremost(except pilot and crewman).
It makes sense for Breacher kit to be up front shooting instead of being forced to watch the rear(when it had no magnifying optics), medic is more suited for that job for obvious reasons.
There's nothing wrong with one kit that fits many situations; but it's wrong if it's too good in too many situations(the way breacher kit is now, with magnified optics and many of them with BUIS system).
If you wanted "personality" then you should have been playing Insurgents/Taliban/Militia. Plenty of "personality" there(mostly just close range).
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