Holy.
Shit.
The MG3 is pure rape now, I love it. At least it takes skill at longer ranges because you really have to burst it. Raped so many M60 nubs in CQC, it just owns so hard now in such a roll. MG3 was always pretty beast at closer ranges but it wasn't heads and tails better, now it truly is the king and feels very worthy of being the last medic gun unlock (it might now be the best last unlock of any of the classes). I actually think they might end up reneging this change like they did the AN94, we'll just have to wait and see if the average player has the same amount of increased success as I have.
I suppose I could see too many players not being able to control their bursts and quickly chew through too much ammo. There's also the fact that there are still plenty of reasons to use the other medic guns - the M60 is still probably a bit better overall due its advantages at range, and the XM8/MG36 still serve their longer range / accuracy purposes. Then of course the SAW and T88 are excellent for the 200 rounds when on the offensive where you can't afford to reload (unfortunately the nerf of the T88 doesn't help this situation though). But the new MG3 is definitely full of win IMO. Maybe too much.
The G3 rifle still feels too weak IMO. Its certainly more functional but its still severely outclassed by the assault rifles and I would still probably take the M14 over it.
Its nice they fixed the Garand stats, I've seen a ton more players using it (obviously to get their bronze star) and I've actually been able to use it for the first time since I can remember. I thought I had used it before, but I obviously didn't remember how great its iron sights are, at least in comparison tot he M14s. Those guns should be functionally identical (with the obvious edge going to the M14 for slightly faster reload and 2 extra bullets per mag) but the M14's sights are just an absolute mess as bulky and view restricting as they are. It almost makes me want to go through the trouble of signing up for BF Heroes or something just to be able to get access to it. I'll hold out for optics on the M14 though.
Haven't had a chance to mess with too much else just yet.
anyone else think the M95 should do more damage? especially at closer range?
Really? Its already lethal at close range, even in Normal...put magnum on it to extend its kill radius. I suppose you're right though, it should naturally be more powerful than the other bolt action snipers.
Just noticed they mentioned the G36....but there is no G36 in this...that was bf2. the G36C was my favorite gun in that game..
There's an MG36...its one of the medic guns, the one with the red dot optics already built in instead of an iron sight...
not according to the chart, and as I understood it they all had the same bullet drop. because they were all given the same projectile speed
I couldn't tell you the exact weapon stats and be 100% confident in them, and I'm pretty sure they've changed them over the course of patches, but maybe its purely placebo as I really prefer the other bolt actions over the SV98. Then again, my main sniping days were before the last patch in April and I'll rarely go it now. If I do its just with the GOL or one of the auto snipers because I'm more of an assault class type of sniper where I put the recon balls to use.
I'll admit I have been seeing a lot more players use the SV98, but then such players tend to be lower ranks so I've just assumed they were noobs that didn't have access to the better rifles.