#Red orchestra 2 mkb 42 full

Video games are, first and foremost, intended to be enjoyable experiences. The MG 42 makes playing on the Russian team a completely unenjoyable experience.Even one MG 42 is a tremendous force multiplier that is incredibly difficult to counter, and even just two would be more than enough firepower to keep the Russian's heads down or blown off. Having four MG 42s on the battlefield at any given time is excessive. Any German Machine Gunner ranked at Veteran or above can equip the MG 42, regardless of how many other German Machine Gunners have it equipped.The current MG 42 recoil, or lack thereof, is certainly not something balanced enough to remain in the game. Sure, you could cite those YouTube videos showcasing people hipfiring the MG 42 with ease - but that's in real life, which is about winning no matter what, as opposed to Red Orchestra 2, which is about blending realism with balance to make it actually fun. It's entirely possible to hipfire several hundred rounds downrange as accurately as you could fire them while deployed. However, with the availability of easily controlled machine gun hipfire, the sidearm essentially has no practical purpose and languishes in everyone's arsenal. The MG 42's hipfire and mounted recoil are both too low.įirst off, sidearms exist for a reason - to allow the Machine Gunner class to maintain effectiveness in CQC.As if that weren't bad enough for the Russians, the Germans now have access to the MG 42, which fires even faster than the MG 34, with less recoil to boot. In addition, reaching level 50 with the MG 34 grants it a 250-round belt of ammunition. This is already more ammunition per magazine than the DP-28 is ever capable of mounting (60 rounds per magazine, with no upgrades ever available). The MG 34 is arguably better than the DP-28 in every way - it fires faster with a larger round and can easily be upgraded to use drum magazines with 75 rounds per magazine. The MG 42 is a redundant addition to the German arsenal.Īnyone who picks the Machine Gunner class on the German team has access to the MG 34 right off the bat.

However, the MG 42 is not accessible to Russian Heroes, which makes it an incredibly one-sided weapon. Part of what balances out the powerful MKb-42 and MG 34 is that they can both be used by the Russians as well as the Germans, albeit only by Heroes and in smaller numbers.

The MG 42 cannot be equipped by Russian Heroes.

Reasons I believe it is not balanced in its current state

While I don't have a group of like-minded people at my side to support my opinions right now, I would nevertheless appreciate you taking the time to read this and consider my thoughts on the matter. I have devoted hundreds of hours of my life to playing the game, and I strongly disagree with the direction the MG 42 takes the game in. I am doing this is because I am incredibly passionate about Red Orchestra 2. I apologize in advance for the wall of text, but this is my long-winded attempt to make a case for why the MG 42 is not balanced and does not belong in Heroes of Stalingrad in its current state. I'll be honest: I'm not quite sure what else to write about team balance, but I'm very sure of what's wrong with the MG 42, so the rest of this post will focus on it. I don't know if we need a Steam group, a petition or something else to get Tripwire Interactive's attention, but the team stacking needs to end. In short, the game is heavily slated towards the Axis and can only be enjoyed by players on that team.

#Red orchestra 2 mkb 42 full

There's no autobalance or forced team assignment in place to prevent the more skilled players from endlessly stacking the Axis, and the Russians have to feel the full wrath of the MG 42 without ever having Hero access to it like they do with other German weapons. This is just for more evidence's sake.), things are very wrong with Heroes of Stalingrad right now. As was pointed out recently and evidenced here, here, here and here (Human players go down just as easily as those bots.