Content you hope makes its way into the game

[NeuroticFool]

Content I'd love to see, but I know probably will never see the light of day
-*Pipe Dream/Not Suggesting

- Liberation of the Philippines (U.S. Army) - This would be interesting, as I'm sure it's never been "done" before and it would provide a good amount of maps and situations. Not sure if the devs are up for re-skinning the USMC characters to have US Army gear/uniforms or re-skinning the weapons to be Army-issue rather than Marine-issue , i.e. converting the Thompson's in-game model to an M1 model (used by the Army) as opposed to the old "Trench Broom" M1928 model, which the USMC used almost exclusively. Too bad the Marines never got to see action there; it would've made the campaign *that* much easier to create, but seeing as how the Marines are an entirely different branch of the US military, their uniforms, gear, and dialogue would have to be reworked, which seems too tedious.

Other suggestions (half-baked on my part)
- Raid of Makin Island (Good for a 16 vs. 16 night map)
- Maybe some modders/mappers or later updates could add the British/Aussie forces and their campaign in Indo-China (Interior of Burma?).

-Weapons that I wish were included:

USMC:

-T33 "Stinger" - A model of the Browning M1919 AN/M2 fitted with the rear sights and butt-stock of an M1919A6 or rifle such as a BAR or M1 Garand, along with a bipod. Nicknamed the Stinger because its ROF was around 1,200-1,400 RPM (That's almost, if not on par with the MG42!). This weapon was sometimes used as an infantry weapon, much like how the Russians used the DT-29 as a infantry weapon on occasion. The weapon was converted from AN/M2s, M1919A6s, and sometimes even cannibalized from fallen aircraft. The additions made to the Browning M1919 made it more man-portable and a more practical primary weapon in firefights or shootouts. USMC gunners apparently loved to modify their Brownings into Stingers and did it on a frequent basis so that the USMC carried out official conversions to replace the jury-rigged field conversions.

There was a famous model used by Tony Stein (a truly great Marine and human being who was crazy enough to storm a series of MG pillboxes with his Stinger and killed every occupant in every pillbox by firing from the hip) in the landings on Iwo where he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions. The Marine killed 20 combatants single-handedly in one of his one-man assaults . He had his weapon shot from his hands at least twice and ran out of ammo on 8 different occasions. He made 8 trips back to the beach for ammunition, each time carrying back a wounded Marine. He was killed by a Japanese sniper while leading a patrol that was going to reconnoiter a Jap MG position that had A Company pinned down. How's that for most effective player? But seriously, R.I.P. Tony.

Common problems for the Stinger, besides being badass, were: barrel overheating/constant barrel swapping (effectively countered by the user firing in short bursts) and control/recoil issues, both due to the astounding rate of fire. Fed from box magazines.

-Reising M50/M55 - Eh...probably not going to make it in. It was used only in the Solomon Islands campaign.

-Johnson LMG (Codename "Emma") and 1941 Revolving Rifle (Codename "Daisy") - Marines did use these, especially on Guadalcanal, specifically Para-Marines. That's right, Amphibious Paratroopers. God Bless the Corp. Sadly, the Para-Marines never parachuted into combat . Instead, they saw combat as regular infantry, but were stuck with their Johnson weapons (which weren't bad when compared to the standard issue at the time: A bolt action Springfield and the Reising carbine). A historically accurate explanation for the distribution of these weapons is that the Marine Corps found out that having paratroopers in an amphibious, Navy-oriented branch of the military was kind of a useless idea, and so the Para-Marines were dismantled and reintegrated with the common infantry.

About 10,000 (extant) of Johnson's LMG were made , sold mostly to the Para-Marines, Marine Raiders, and the Canadian Devil's Brigade. An estimated 70,000 models of his rather superb rifle were produced and widely distributed early on in the war. The Dutch ordered all of the production models to be shipped to its colonies in the East Indies. They were procured from Johnson because Japan had already taken over most of the Pacific by the time production was complete. They were returned to the Netherlands Purchasing Commission after the war.

-Remington Model 11/Browning Auto 5 (Might not be the best for balance purposes, it would probably be straight up unfair to the Japs.)

-Lewis Gun (I'm fairly sure this remained in use heavily throughout the start of the campaign, and much more sparsely towards the close. I know for sure the Navy still fielded the weapon till the end of the war.)

-The "Trench Broom" model of the Thompson, with the charging mechanism on the top of the receiver, as apposed to having on its side, such as the M1 Thompson. I honestly don't know which one will be in the game, but I know for a fact that the Marines used the antiquated and cool-looking M1928 "Trench Broom" model for the most part throughout the Pacific Theater because of their lack of priority when it came to small arms requisitions.

IJA:

-Type 44 Cavalry Carbine, fairly common. Unsure if it will be implemented.
That's it for the IJA. They literally have like, a handful of weapons. No seriously, like 4 rifles, 1 SMG (not mass-produced), a couple man-portable MGs and a few pistols...Kind of a sparse array even when compared to the barebones equipment the Leathernecks had at the very early stages of the Theater.

Other:

In game dialogue has Marines calling other Marines,well..."Marines". They never use the word soldier when referring to each other, seeing as how they are a branch of the Navy and are very distant from the Army; a good example is that they use port and starboard like sailors.

Last CP on Iwo is Mt. Surabachi. To capture Hot Rock, the Marines must hoist up Old Glory.

Marine "Attack!" voice-over includes "Oorah!" and IJA "Attack!" voice-over includes "BANZAI!!!" (almost sure the Banzai chant will be included; it'd be a shame if it wasn't.)

Maybe I posted in the wrong area, so I don't mind if it gets moved. If I did, then I hope it does get moved so as to not clutter the forums. (Should have I posted in Ideas/Suggestions? I'm new to this. Then again, I'm just discussing content I hope gets implemented and therefore, am not suggesting the content as an idea).

[Coopsta]

I was under the distinct impression that the Stinger nickname referred to one weapon personally customized by Tony Stein. This opinion is based on one of the histories written by Robert Leckie. I guess others might have copied his designs, but I feel that the M1919A6 with the shoulder stock and pistol grip would be a better choice to fill whatever hero weapon slot the Stinger would potentially occupy.

[MeFirst]

Well you could have posted this thread in the ideas & suggestions area but it will probably moved there by a admin later.

As far as I know RS will (at least at the release) focus on the island hopping campaign. This was said (no idea by whom exactly) by a developer when people asked if we will also see other factions like the australian or new zealand forces. However I hope that not only RO2 will get free gameplay content later, hopefully RS will also get more content patches after the release. I would really like to see more stuff later that expands the scenario out of the island hopping only area.

The stinger maybe sounds awesome on paper but it was highly uncommon to use a weapon like this from the hip and so it is not very realistic. Also think about all the trouble we had or still have with machine guns being fired from the hip-

[Cannabysmal]

Exactly what the guy above me said, Tony Stein might have been a Rambo badass mother****er, but any time I die to a hip shot mg, it greatly annoys me, with a weapon like the stinger, good luck in a trench or cqc building as a jap.

[NeuroticFool]

Thanks for the reply, I'll make sure not to make the same mistake again. Oh, and of course the Stinger is ridiculous, but it was slightly less common than the Soviets' use of the DT-29. The AN/M2 was a very common gun placed on aircraft, namely SBD Dauntlesses, and it was cannibalized to be used as an infantry weapon to a similar rate as the DT-29, so because many would like to see the DT-29 in the base game, no, the Stinger would be feasible, but it would probably be impractical compared to the BAR or even the Johnson M1941 LMG. Then again, I did toss it in there as a joke and mostly because I think Tony Stein was a badass . But, I agree getting hipshot'd by a player from 30M away using a DP-28 or MG-34 is annoying, and CQC would be a mess for the Japs.

[Nazarov]

Springfield rifle as an option. Garand is superior, but why not.

[evil lemon325]

Limited prototype production of MKB 42: 12,000

Size of ****storm on forums: Gargantuan.

Production of Stinger LMG: 0. One modified from frakensteined machineguns.

Issue of Stinger LMG: 0. One created and used, none issued.

howaboutno

[Nazarov]

So the Japanese get MKbs too now?
I would've thought they get the Jin-roh units with recoil-less MG42s.
Class limit: 10

[r5cya]

Originally Posted by evil lemon325

Limited prototype production of MKB 42: 12,000

Size of ****storm on forums: Gargantuan.

Production of Stinger LMG: 0. One modified from frakensteined machineguns.

Issue of Stinger LMG: 0. One created and used, none issued.

howaboutno

Originally Posted by Nazarov

So the Japanese get MKbs too now?
I would've thought they get the Jin-roh units with recoil-less MG42s.
Class limit: 10

what are you two going on about?

[evil lemon325]

Originally Posted by r5cya

what are you two going on about?

There was only one Stinger in existence. It was created as personal weapon by one Marine. Seeing it as a weapon in Rising Storm is beyond sane.

[r5cya]

Originally Posted by evil lemon325

There was only one Stinger in existence. It was created as personal weapon by one Marine. Seeing it as a weapon in Rising Storm is beyond sane.

thanks. i was tired and missed that. don't worry. i doubt any of that stuff will be in the game. but it is his wishlist, so we can't argue it.

[Mister_Virgo]

Originally Posted by evil lemon325

There was only one Stinger in existence. It was created as personal weapon by one Marine. Seeing it as a weapon in Rising Storm is beyond sane.

If you make the most points in a round, next round, you get to play as that one soldier who made it and you get the weapon! Problem solved!

Putting my serious face and getting back on topic, though, I would love to see that, when the waves spawn, on the maps where it would make sense, you spawn in a beach landing boat (Higgins for the Americans, if they used that in Japan, not too familiar with WW2 vehicles). Like, it's just approaching the shore, lands, doors open and you charge out with your other teammates who respawned.

Not sure if it could work or be implemented ... or if it already is implemented ... but I think it would be cool.