RydogV wrote:This fraking argument is getting to the point of redonkulous. You find me a Medic in any armed forces who would deploy to the hotzone without a proper rifle and then you can have my friggin AR.
Better yet...if you don't want me to carry a Light Weapon then how about no other class can carry equipment. Wait what's that? How will you rez your buddy? What if you run out of ammo? Well I guess you just have to wait for me to come bee-bopping along to get it for you. Ohhhhh wait...too bad...I just got killed by that Militia Assault N00b with his badass Militia Assault Rifle. I would have shot him but you know, my SMG just couldn't reach that far. Just sit tight and I will respawn and try and cross this open danger zone again. You will be alright...RIGHT?!
Yeah so we want to get real role specific. Well I guess we should not allow any other class to carry equipment, except the Logi. Of course the only class that can carry a Sniper Rifle is the Scout. And of course Heavies can only carry a Forge Gun or HMG...no Light Weapons for you either pal. Doesn't that all just sound like a wicked good time.
Or maybe...just maybe this game is all about dealing with the potential of different situations. Maybe your particular fitting SHOULDN'T be designed to take down every Merc you meet in a dark alley. Sometimes, just sometimes, you will be bested because your suit does not stand up well against every weapon in the game...or your weapon doesn't do well against those particular defensive loadouts. That is life...and war. So quit your frakin' whining about these mythical Logi/Assault/Super Mercs...move out and draw fire.
Once upon a time when professional armies fought each other, Combat medics where clearly designated and marked and where not to be shot as they where non-combative and shooting one on purpose was a war crime, however if they pick up a weapon they lose all protections.
However in these days, when fighting against illegal combatants (thus not subject to prisoner of war rules and are in violation of the Geneva convention entirely and are supposed to do 90 days in jail and 90,000 USD fine ) they just basically say screw the Geneva convention and shoot everyone equally. So these days most soldiers and medics are distinguishable outside the fact medics are trained in field wound treatment. Overall that is their primary training weapon wield is secondary on their list of skills. The medics are very reliant on the soldiers they're helping to protect them and to help direct their combat ability during fights if nobody is injured yet. Yes they are armed these days but I am quite sure if a rifle man and a medic where to have shooting contest most medics would lose.
Average load out of a US soldier is about 90 lbs in equipment. Majority of that equipment is considered 'bare minimum' and really doesnt make one soldier any better than the specialist soldiers such as EOD, Comms and various other setups.
Medics are not snipers, they're not riflemen, they're not explosive disposal, they are defiantly not marines.
And before you ask. I was thinking about removing equipment slots on assaults entirely for exchange for their second grenade but in the light of current nano-hive behavior at various levels I decided very strongly against it.