Battlefield Tri-hard

[Warsaw]

I can see how the L85 could be shoehorned in, but not the G36. Germany broke all compatibility standards with it, so it has no place.

The RPD or DPM (RPD=modernized DPM=modernized DP-28) should definitely make an appearance in the game. At the very least, throw us an RPK, DICE.

The SMLE would be one of those bonus guns like the M1. Good alternative for snipers who want to play in close quarters but still need the punch of a sniper rifle for range work.

Speaking of guns, I hope they bring back team-specific loadouts. I loved that "different but equivalent" element of Battlefield 2. The SVD was shit at long range, but it totally whacked the M24 at medium range. The only OP gun in the game was the AK-101.

[ODX]

New and official screenshots:
http://epicbattleaxe.com/image-galleries/battlefield-3/

Holy shit...

[Amit]

It's nothing we haven't seen before.

[Warsaw]

D'aw, got my hopes up. Most of those are not new.

[ODX]

Well I hadn't seen them before...only a few but a lot were still unseen to my eyes.

[Amit]

Oh wait, sorry, the second image I had not seen before, but it's nothing really new other than a different scene where a soldier is hit and is being dragged away.

[TVTyrant]

I can see how the L85 could be shoehorned in, but not the G36. Germany broke all compatibility standards with it, so it has no place.

The RPD or DPM (RPD=modernized DPM=modernized DP-28) should definitely make an appearance in the game. At the very least, throw us an RPK, DICE.

Why do compatibility standards matter in a video game? I'm pretty sure that the game wouldn't much care if it used STANAG magazines or not, tbh. Plus, its a neat piece of equipment that is pretty damn advanced compared to the M4s, L85s, and AKMs of the world.

[Amit]

We don't know that the U.S. and the Iraqi Insurgency are the only combat factions in the game. It does take place all over the world so I expect to see some more NATO states involved. I would guess that the G36 will be in the MP.

[Warsaw]

Why do compatibility standards matter in a video game? I'm pretty sure that the game wouldn't much care if it used STANAG magazines or not, tbh. Plus, its a neat piece of equipment that is pretty damn advanced compared to the M4s, L85s, and AKMs of the world.

It matters when the game is trying to convey a real-life scenario within its context.

[Cortexian]

You know there's a magazine well replacement that accepts STANAG magazines for the G36 right? I'm not talking about the airsoft version either, there's a real one:
http://www.hkparts.net/shop/pc/AR15-...apter-p800.htm

Takes less than 10 seconds to swap out, and you can do it on the battlefield if needed. I know that if I were a member of a military in a country that uses G36 and was deployed on a NATO mission I would buy one of those and take it along. That way I could make the switch to the STANAG mag well in cover if I ran out of normal G36 mags, then call for a mag from someone with a STANAG rifle if there were some around.