
Currently the thompson represents the higest tier smg the US force can currently muster. As such is has been given the misunderstanding that it is supperior than the supposedly lower tier smg: The m3 grease gun. However this is not entirely true, yes it has higher dmg, accuracy and burst, I find it extremly flawed for the following reasons. It has a cooldown of 3.0-3.5 secs compared to the 1 sec cooldown of the grease gun with a 1.5 modifier on long range. It has a magazine size of "1" and a burst of 11 which results in 2 bursts for a total of 22 bullets per reload. The cooldown and modifier means that at max range this weapon will take over 4.5 secs to shoot after each volley, 50% longer cooldown really affects the gun compared to any other smg, for example the greasegun with a small cd of 1 will only get a 0.5 sec debuff while the Thompson gets a 1.5 sec debuff.
And at close range it wil empty its magazine in 2 secs and spend the majority of its time reloaidng the gun instead of participating in the fight.
I said it had higher accuracy, this is only partly true since this only affect minimum range. Making it compareable to the m3 grease gun at max range, but alot slower firing rate (or alot less overall bullets).
It is a strong close range weapon as it should, but inconsitant making it lose to most other smgs. It suffers the most at long range even compared to other smgs. I would change the following: Change Burst to 10 and magazine to 2 for an overall of 30 bullets, This will make the smg 9% worse at long range but around 30% better at close range, since this is only theorytical I can't say for certain. It could end up being 100% better since it actually kills the target.
Conclusion still as shitty max range. Still it's only strong point being a close range burst weapon. (I think I found thompson similiar to shotgun but shotgun better max range)
FG42. Currently it is similar in performance to the M1918 B.A.R with the common axis higher dmg/accuarcy than allies buff. And being an smg instead of an lmg...
Yes an smg with lmg stats. If I should put a fair price for FG42 it would prob be around 60 muni per gun since it's comparable to the 55muni bren but can fire on the move never reloading, higher accuracy and dmg. meaning falls get over 300munitions worth of combat equipment excluding the shreck. My suggestion would to be put them more in line of johonsons and bars and making so that their ammo clip is to their historical 20 round clip instead of their current 44 round clip.
I would like to ask you people how to balance the fg42 since I havn'et done that much research on it. But I stand firm on that the thompson should get changed. Not that it needs to but becasue it's misleading people that it will kill things at close range when it doesn't.
On another note option 2 for the fg42 is lowering it's close range dps making it more of a mobile lmg than a long range smg. But I stand firm on lowering the mag size to 20 rounds.
-Redgaarden