IRL both DP-27 and MG-34 could be fired from shoulder when standing or kneeling. Ingame you can only hipfire. Adding this feature to the game would help balancing the weapons since DP-27s low ROF would make it a lot more controllable when firing it from shoulder.
However this isn't the biggest advantage this system would achieve. If MGs were handled like normal weapons they could take advantage of the excellent weapon support system this game has. MG players would no longer be required to deploy in middle of a window if they wanted to shoot accurate shots from inside a building. They could simply support the barrel agains the corner of the window, exposing far less of themselves to enemy soldiers.
Biggest issue with MG gunners ingame is that when they need to take accurate shots they need to expose themselves way too much and are often greeted by the "Cannot deploy here" message before being shot to pieces by opposing forces.
Here is example of firing MG42 from shoulder IRL:
MG42 Full Auto Belt Fed - Good Shooter - YouTube
TL;DR version:
Make it possible to fire MGs from shoulder. Make them have very bad recoil if the gun isn't supported by enviroment (like resting on wall, window frame etc). This would make the MGs far more versatile weapons and possible MG gunner positions much better hidden and less predictable. This would also negate the "Cannot deploy here" effect. Still keep bipod as the most stable firing platform.
edit: Forgot this one: Make shouldering MGs take significantly longer time than shouldering other weapons due to their weight. This combined with high recoil when shoulder firing should be enough to keep the MG rambos at bay.
However this isn't the biggest advantage this system would achieve. If MGs were handled like normal weapons they could take advantage of the excellent weapon support system this game has. MG players would no longer be required to deploy in middle of a window if they wanted to shoot accurate shots from inside a building. They could simply support the barrel agains the corner of the window, exposing far less of themselves to enemy soldiers.
Biggest issue with MG gunners ingame is that when they need to take accurate shots they need to expose themselves way too much and are often greeted by the "Cannot deploy here" message before being shot to pieces by opposing forces.
Here is example of firing MG42 from shoulder IRL:
MG42 Full Auto Belt Fed - Good Shooter - YouTube
TL;DR version:
Make it possible to fire MGs from shoulder. Make them have very bad recoil if the gun isn't supported by enviroment (like resting on wall, window frame etc). This would make the MGs far more versatile weapons and possible MG gunner positions much better hidden and less predictable. This would also negate the "Cannot deploy here" effect. Still keep bipod as the most stable firing platform.
edit: Forgot this one: Make shouldering MGs take significantly longer time than shouldering other weapons due to their weight. This combined with high recoil when shoulder firing should be enough to keep the MG rambos at bay.
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