Why isn't US rifle default full auto? / why do the US suck

[MonoPops]

Seriously, why isn't it? It's horrible nd garbage semi auto, half matches people tear down arsenals so.. spawn with crappy burst fire rifle, or rush to grab an ak.

Like whats the deal with the us gear, it's awful! ...

Rocket is ass, rifles ass. No BTR or unique heavy armour.
somebody said : but they have best helicopter: bro, who even flies in this game, your asking be constantly shot down by, once again. Superior soviet RPG. whats even funnier is, scope for RPG ... US doesn't have scoped rocket, but who uses scope for rpg anyway, it's OP as hell and easy to use on iron sights ahahah. - i could write whole paragrah why I hate the us rocket, it's so. utterly. horrible.

[stburr91]

It never made any sense for a PvP focused game to has such a disparity in the base rifles, it's just poor game design.

[Koala]

The M16 would suck less if getting shot was more than a minor inconvenience. The M249 could be great if recoil was more realistic, it's way too much right now. The .US 50 BMG on vehicles is outstanding though. I wish the soviets had NSVs on their UAZs instead of the weak PKM. And the US is getting the LAV-25. If they model it correctly, it will be the strongest vehicle in the game that should shred infantry, ground vehicles and aircraft all alike.

[Rereez]

Originally posted by MonoPops:

Seriously, why isn't it? It's horrible nd garbage semi auto, half matches people tear down arsenals so.. spawn with crappy burst fire rifle, or rush to grab an ak.

Like whats the deal with the us gear, it's awful! ...

Rocket is ass, rifles ass. No BTR or unique heavy armour.
somebody said : but they have best helicopter: bro, who even flies in this game, your asking be constantly shot down by, once again. Superior soviet RPG. :AmokSoldier: whats even funnier is, scope for RPG ... US doesn't have scoped rocket, but who uses scope for rpg anyway, it's OP as hell and easy to use on iron sights ahahah. - i could write whole paragrah why I hate the us rocket, it's so. utterly. horrible.

M16A2 was 'modernized' IRL to only fire bursts, so blame the Colt for doing that, not the game developers
everything else is already fixed in the experimental with the LAV25 and huey rocket pods

[Andy Mil]

hearing that HE round suck. dont know if that fix yet

[Anarchy]

Squad also did this for some reason despite the US Army abandoning burst on M4's like, forever ago.

Which is really ♥♥♥♥♥♥' silly, but in Reforger's case for the time period they're going for it's sadly what they have to do.

[ChungusThighs]

Because the game is centered around the late 1980s. The US army standard rifle was the m16a2 (later on was m16a4 which was also burst fire). The M16a2 is a burst fire weapon mainly because it was more controllable and easy to use for your average grunt and they also had better ammo discipline. Plus it was found in conflicts around the 80s and the Invasion of Grenada, most troops were using semi-auto since its more precise and had barely any recoil. That is until after the Iraq war where the meta is changing for more force multipliers such as optics, full auto as well. Until now Marines still use burst m4 until recently when moved to m27 rifles (full auto) with silencers and optics, and compared to army units using m4 URGI and soon to be m7 with 6.8x51 rounds with silencers and optics.

[Pendah]

Different doctrine, different usage it is just historical, i like asymetrical battle personally but after playing hours with the US, going back to the AK74 feels like cheating sometimes yea lol. feels a little bit arcady compared to the m16 where you really have to think before shooting, But I like both gameplay

[stburr91]

I'm not sure why people are going on about burst mode, we're talking about a video game with a primary focus on PvP.

The game has a full auto car-15, it should of had that gun from the beginning.

[MonoPops]

I get whatca mean, it's fun different styles and plus somebody method before the history but god, it does feel like cheating hahaha, I genuinely dont understand how iv seen people struggle to use an ak to, iv actually had people 5m away from me dump whole mag missing. im like dude how, thing so easy to use. meanwhile if I use US rifle, I somehow hit guy 3-4 times he doesnt go down or winging all my shots crying out FOR LOVE OF GOD. HIT. HIT. HIT. as they miss me to.

I hate complaining but playing us is such a horrible slog / death trap half time.

[Pinch Cactus]

the m-16 is really good actually. stay on single fire, it shreds soviets.

[boog]

The M16A2 is a polymer steel construction of pure sex

[Boyar]

I don't really understand your indignation. The United States has more accurate and more powerful weapons, most rifles can be equipped with good sights for their time, C4 explosives are more powerful again, they require less to destroy armored vehicles, as for the M72 LAW, this grenade launcher may not have a sight, but it has enough penetration to destroy most of the USSR equipment with one or rare cases of two hits. The United States has better personal protective equipment, especially for helmets that can withstand a pistol shot, while in the USSR helmets do not hold a pistol shot. The US AN/RPC-77 satchel radios weigh 9 kg half as much as the USSR R-107M satchel radios 18,5 kg. The US short-range radio AN/RPC-68 weighs 1.3 kg, while for the USSR R-148 they weigh 3 kg. The United States has an excellent M249 light machine gun in all respects, which has many times more ammunition than the RPK-74 light machine gun. During the entire game, I did not find or see that the US troops were critically deprived of something. And yes, the US helicopter, UH-1, is much more maneuverable than the heavy Mi-8, which has only two advantages: it carries more troops and carries more cargo, otherwise it is much inferior to Huey. The United States will soon add LAW-25.

I play for the USSR because it's more difficult then for USA, and you have to think more outside the box, which gives you certain advantages when you understand the game mechanics.

[Sgt. Osiris]

The M16A2 is really nice in medium and high range engagements compared to the AK-74 while the AK has an advantage in close range.

I think the problem is the current meta to capping points is you have to rush in to contest the point that way the enemy gets a spawn timer penalty of 45 seconds. Then you camp the spawn areas.

Update 1.3 removes spawning on contested points so now instead of spawn camping you have to secure the perimeter outside of the base while capping which means more longer range engagements giving the M16A2 an advantage.

[Jason]

i almost never use full auto on the AK anyway. i have found that hitreg seems to work better when i frantically spam single-shot

[Fidel-Ca$h-Flow]

WAR IS NOT FARE ....STOP LOOKING FOR A FARE PLAY IN A MILL-SIM

if you want fare go play a cod clone or sum thing half the fun in arma is the gear and things you get to nerd out over not wither one gun is meta or not.. beside there are always ways to make up for a guns shortcoming