I don't like that unlocks are infact "lockables" either Grobut, I've said that before as-well, the inability to take off the bayonet irritates me endlessly.
Also that people will be running around with MP40/II's instead of regular MP40's is really bad as-well, that weapon should be limited to 2 pr. map just as the Mkb42(H) & AVT40. Same story with the saddle drum MG34, I just didn't think of these two before you mentioned them really, but you're completely right they are infact a big immersion breaking problem as-well.
Where we differ is that i think even that has allready taken things to far.
We only get 64 players max in this game, and each of them will respawn with their chosen weapon again and again and again, so any extremely rare equipment you give to even one solitary soldier will end up beeing reprisented in this game far to often, as if every 64'th soldier where issued with it in reallity.
The day we have 1024 player servers, then we could talk about rare..
And that is precisely why i feel it's better to just not put it in there in the first place, and just stick with the standard issue (though i say that only for the Realism mode, having them in the Arcade mode doesen't bother me at all).
And the TWI of yesteryear would have agreed with me on that, it's why every single time some newbie came to this forum and asked for the FG-42, or the SKS-45 Carbine, or the Vampir night sight, or any other rare and obscure thing you can think of, they where outright dismissed for inclusion.
But this time, TWI isen't caring too much about the realism, they set out to market this game to a mainstream audience, and they apparently feel that shiny baubles are what's going to get them there, and so that's what we got.
But for some reason, when you start bringing in stuff that actually never even existed on the battlefield (6x PEM scope & 4x G41 scope), then you've crossed a much more serious line deviating from the world of reality IMHO.
Sorry, but to me that's no worse an offense than what's allready been done with features like the anachronistic PPSh, adding the MP-40/II, making Bayonets unlockables and all the rest, i regard this as just more of the same, just more stuff that detracts from the game to me.
My suspension of disbelief has allready been shattered, and this is just more of that in my eyes.
Honestly, at this point they could replace the Russian Recon plane with an F-15E Strike Eagle, or a flying pink Elephant, and i probably woulden't even bat an eyelid, just more sillyness to add to the pile as far as i'm concearned.
The worst part is that all of this could've so easily been avoided by adding unlockable extra equipment that actually existed in reasonable numbers, such as:
MG34 = 100 round belt instead of 50 round drum
MP40 & PPSh41 = A couple extra mags in reserve
K98 & Mosin = Bayonet (detachable)
Pistols = Extra mags
C96 = 20 round mag
G41 = 1.5x ZF41 scope & bayonet (Choosable & detachable)
SVT40 = 3.5x PU scope & bayonet (Choosable & detachable)
Scoped K98k = 6x Zielsechs scope (Choosable)
Scoped Mosin = 4x PEM scope (Choosable)
Mkb42(H) = 1.5x ZF41 & Bayonet (Choosable & detachable)
Now this i mostly agree with, there are so many ways they could have offered realistic and plausible side-grades and optional customization options for us to unlock and use to personalize our game, and countless have been suggested, everything from removing the sighthood from the Kar, choosing between different scopes for snipers, personalizing our weapons by unlocking different skins, painting the frontsight black to make it stand out more, tons of plausible options have been suggested, far to many to count or list.
TWI could have give people things to unlock and still preserve the realism, immersion and historical accuracy that RO used to pride itself on. But that was not the goal of this system at all, instead it was added for the sole purpose of attracting a different and more profitable target audience (which i seriously doubt it has, i don't think anyone bought RO2 because "ohh kewl, it has unlockables, then i shall buy it!").
But i do have some problems with your list there, such as it still regarding bayonets as unlockables.. no, don't agree with that at all, thouse where standard issue.
You said everything i was thinking. are you a wizard?
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