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Originally Posted by Colin_S
Yes I accept it's the direction I'm arguing from. From a skirmisher perspective it doesn't matter what the gun is, let's go and have some fun. From a mil simmer perspective though the MG36 gun configuration might not be allowed, which is a valid point to bring up.
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Every support gunner should have at least a few backup mags anyways... if it's a SAW, have emergency stanags... if it's mg36, have extra g36 mags... just in case your box runs out.
I just feel that the weight argument (as well as that hot barrel one) is a bit dated. As weapons get older and time passes, there will be new innovations that make stuff lighter to carry/use. That's the nature of warfare arms racing... there's always going to be something better and advantageous.
And to carry on to digress in that direction,
That's where this ideal of organized military force simulation starts to fall apart in my mind. You got guys whining that because they're kitting towards let's say a 'typical' US squad/fireteam kit and he gets himself a m249, but then bitches at a player who will kit with a more lightweight option that can do the same thing, but is following a different gear model to kit towards.
Who's fault is it? That's personal choice, if you want to larp as a US serviceman, that's fine, but if the game is allowing the other guy to make a loadout that is more advantageous in gear selection, why does the larper get to bitch? He chose his gear. Is it any less of a simulation that other player has just as viable a loadout based on real world equipment that's available?
I run a p90, my squadmates run 4 m4s, a g36, a 416, 3 mp5s and AK. Our tac gear is tan, green, auscam, black, multicam..... so if someone is going to criticize our uses of a non conventional military weapon system, it's not going to bother us. :P
Is someone going to comment that because I run a p90 and no frontline military unit uses a p90 as a primary weapon, that I'm somehow not doing it right? Are they going to bitch at us that we should all have m4s and the same colour kit? Where is that kind of ridiculousness going to start or stop?