.....will there be LMGs?

I feel like and LMG would allow you to turn the assault suit into the poor man's heavy. You lose out on the sheer killing power, but gain mobility. It allows mobile fire teams to have the fire support and suppression that is lacking in the AR, while not being nearly as tanky as the heavy, and not having anywhere near the damage output. Basically, I would like to see an LMG that is a middle ground between AR and HMG.

Why would you need a LMG? for accuracy you have AR's... for everything else HMG's

So what would be the LMG's balancing factors?

- Slower rate of fire than AR
- Does more damage per bullet than AR
- Range isn't as far as AR and/or the bullets have more spread than AR
- Heavier than AR, but can be used by assault, logi or heavy class. Would also slow down assault/logi's.

Perhaps the LMG could allow the heavy to be a bit more mobile with less raw power, or slow down the assault/logi player but give a boost in damage at closer ranges.


Would be interesting, more weapon choices the better!

Go the BF3 route and just have the LMG as high ammo capacity low damage fire to pin down groups of reds so team mates can try flank them. Although many a time i see a bunch of reddots huddled behind a CRU and be nice to have a 100-200 round low damage rifle to attempt to just clean em out.
It works well on battlefield and i'm sure a similar item could work as a lightweight weapon make it 15-20hp damage with an ammo cart of 200 rof 600rpm maybe put a tact scope on it too seeing as its normally a ranged weapon

honestly people this just sounds like a worse version of a HMG, there is no need for a LMG. Suppression, only a idiot gets out of cover when a HMG is aimed at you, high rate of fire? why the HMG spits out 2000rpm,medium damage? again so does the HMG, loads of ammo? why 500 round belts and 1200 rounds before we even start skilling up ammo capacity.

you're just asking for a worse version of a class exclusive weapon, the whole point of the HMG being a heavy only weapon is that it gives them an anti-infantry function designed to dominate in close range, an LMG would be a watered down version of a HMG in every respect. Giving an assualt class a weapon that cannot compete with its closest cousin in any respect would be as smart as giving a heavy a nova knife and expecting him to do well

You make a good point and i like your comparison's, but it comes down would the LMG benefit the game or would it simply be a weapon whose very existence required a range of mods on existing weapons just to guarantee it a niche and to prevent it from becoming an AR with more ammo

I think the game could definitely benefit from it, but that depends on the kind of stats it has.
I would want it to have more spread and kick, but a magazine of 150 would to make up for it. It would be extremely useful for dealing with groups of enemies.

But again the HMG has a decent spread and it already tears apart groups, the whole point of a heavy is to be a walking turret. I have to say I can't see the LMG being effective as either the AR or HMG, and any effort to put it between them will result in both weapons being changed considerably