What is an LMG supposed to be in 2042?
An interesting quote from the recent interview was the part about how Avancys in is pre 2.1.1 state was more of an Assault rifle with a large mag and less of an LMG. Fair is fair, the gun was over t...
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@UP_Hawxxeye I use the LMCG and it performs very well at mid to long mid range. Once you get on a roll you can switch through multiple enemies and kill a lot of them before they can hide.
I'm very pleased to hear that it was only the Avancy that got nerfed because the other vanilla LMGs are fine.
They can work within closer distances if you get to fire first and get through the initial recoil penalty.
As far as I am concerned Dice put the fun back in to LMGs with 2042 after Vs LMGs were severely toned down.
But it all comes down to putting yourself in the best position for the gun class. Mid to long mid is where I find the LMGs perform best but if your opponent with an AR or SMG closes the distance they get the advantage.
That's a sign of good gun balance.
I'm very pleased to hear that it was only the Avancy that got nerfed because the other vanilla LMGs are fine.
They can work within closer distances if you get to fire first and get through the initial recoil penalty.
As far as I am concerned Dice put the fun back in to LMGs with 2042 after Vs LMGs were severely toned down.
But it all comes down to putting yourself in the best position for the gun class. Mid to long mid is where I find the LMGs perform best but if your opponent with an AR or SMG closes the distance they get the advantage.
That's a sign of good gun balance.
@Tank2042ManI cannot see an LMG beating a SFAR at mid to long range tbh. The SFAR user will tapfire or even full auto the head of the LMG user to pieces or will outstrafe them
@UP_Hawxxeye wrote:@Tank2042ManI cannot see an LMG beating a SFAR at mid to long range tbh. The SFAR user will tapfire or even full auto the head of the LMG user to pieces or will outstrafe them
Ok hands up, my expertise is with the NTW-50 but i will switch to LMG play sometimes.
Your knowledge will be far better than mine.
However if the prone LMG player is already in full auto I wouldn't think any gun class can compete apart from a sniper but I defer to your expertise over my lack of expertise with LMGs.
@Tank2042ManIt is less of an expertise and more of an experience of being on the receiving end of meta rifles on right hands.
I would also say on the receiving end of SMGs but they are patching them to fire less rifle-accurate.
- @UP_Hawxxeye Lack of a suppression mechanic on LMGs makes them almost pointless.
I have numerous occasions where I am shooting an enemy at range and even though some shots are hitting, they have time to kill me with well aimed shoots.
