Any lesser-known WWI small arms you're hoping to see in BF1? Battlefield usually has a shit ton of gun variety, so what do you think they'll do to keep it diverse?
>>29876513
As long as there's a nugget I'll be happy
>>29876513
I want to see the reload animation for a hand nugget
>>29876513
I want the Fiat-Revelli and the Schwarzlose, along with Carcanos and Mannlichers. It's about time for fighting all twelve of Cadorna's greatest hits.
>>29876513
Maybe a flat out grenadier class.
>>29876582
this would make me moist
>dudes, cover me, imma put, like, 3 grenades into that trench
>>29876513
Gewehr 98 All Day Erry Day.
I'm kinda hoping for some Portuguese DLC/expansion so I can use Mausers on the Allied side.
slam-fire trenchgun
the SAA.
BF has never done a single action before iirc so it should be pretty fuckin nato
>>29876513
A lot of people don't know that soldiers would hold machine guns sideways to make the recoil go horizontally, I hope they let the main character utilize this shooting style to make it more accurate.
![Smith-et-Wesson-1917-p1030108[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/xdGbKgq.jpg "Smith-et-Wesson-1917-p1030108[1].jpg")
>>29876979
You're more likely to get the M1917 for a .45 revolver.
>>29876513
1895 Winchester Lever-Nugget.
>Single Action Army
>Pedersen Device M1903 and M1917
>Lever Nugget
>Mexican Mondragon's
>US Krags
>Lee Metfords
>The Chaushit in 8x50R, 30-06 and 8mm
>Ram-Rod M1903 Springfields
Also it would be cool to see a map based on the Texas boarder where the US and Mexico fight each other
>>29877069
>>Mexican Mondragon's
That's actually likely. The Germans used them as aircraft guns in 1915, so you're almost certainly going to see them as an unlock for SOMEONE.
>>29876513
I'm just waiting for all the players whining about how the US shotguns are too OP and need to be nerfed.
>>29877096
> not using the german double barreled shotgun from the getgo
>>29876513
>>Any lesser-known WWI small arms you're hoping to see in BF1?
Borchardt C-93
Frommer Stop
Jezail musket (probably only in singleplayer, unless lawrence has something to say about it)
>>29877052
Single Action Army is probably going to be in the game if the Reichrevolver is in it
>>29877069
Would you rather see a Krag or a M1917 Enfield in game assuming the M1903 is already in?
The Madsen M1897. The first true LMG, and nobody but Brazilian police know it exists.
>>29877145
Well the US Krag is in the trailer
>inb4 its not
Play the scene from 0:36-0:39 and slow speed to 0.25 pause at 0:38 and look at the rifle the soldier is holding right as the tank rolls over the trench.
>>29876513
I'm expecting billions of reskins
![Siamese-mauser[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/iGwT57W.jpg "Siamese-mauser[1].jpg")
Siamese Mauser would actually be super cool to see. Yes, Siam participated in a few late battles during WWI. Just stick it in MP or whatever as an odd option if campaign ain't going to cover super obscure WWI stuff.
They can also go dumb and put in the single shot 8x52r Siamese pistol.
>>29876513
Im just looking forward how the bayonet mechanic works.
If its good/ok, I will never stop trying to bayonet people. Even if it fucks my team's side up.
>>29876575
>It's about time for fighting all twelve of Cadorna's greatest hits.
Oh god
I can't breathe
>>29876513
Forgotten weapons: the game
>>29876954
This.
Despite the otherwise pretty awesome Verdun game, I found it's lack of slamfire capabilities for the 1897 disturbing
This one.
The RSC 1917, a French semi-auto rifle built during the last parts of the war.
Around 70.000 were produced iirc.
>>29876513
I'm really worried that this will be a historical as fuck
>All Bolt Actions have Scopes
>99% of players have an SMG or an LMG or some kind of autoloader
Farquhar hill rifle, I wanna see that drum mag in action.
>>29877790
I would be really disappointed if this were true. I want a nice variation of bolt actions to choose from for all my classes.
>>29877790
>>29877829
According to people who were at some conference in L O N D O N,
>Assault and Medic got split up
>Assault appears to get SMG's
>Medic appears to get semi-auto rifles
>Support gets LMG's
>Recon renamed Scout, gets bolt actions
However, it's possible that some things change between now and release.
Sorry, I meant it's "possible."
>>29877878
Holy shit, if bolt actions aren't the main weapon, i'm going to fucking off myself
>>29878047
bf wouldnt be crazy enough to eliminate full auto for realism. i bet the first weapon of each class might be semi or bolt, but i bet you there will be an auto or semi unlockable each class and itll be the most used simply because of it.
at best, hold out for pc custom servers that force bolts
>>29877145
>M1917
This. It was issued in far greater numbers than the 1903. You cant have a WW1 game without it.
>>29877790
>>29877878
If they do an alternate timeline where WW1 didn't end in 1918 and dragged on through the 20's, this would fit very well.
Crew served Maxims. Not lesser known, but given how BF games always have overheating MGs, I think a 3 man operated (Gunner, Waterboy. ammo humper) Maxim should be available, and never stops firing unless you release the trigger, assuming you have all three roles being done.
>>29877145
Something like 75% of the AEF were issued M1917s. I would rather see the M1917
>Black
>Wielding broomhandle and MP18
Must be a "Hamburg Hellfighters" too I guess
M1 Garend
Barrat 50 cal machine gun
M40 sniper
I'd like to see the full variety of bolt-actions even though it will be hard to make them effectively different from each other in-game. In most video games I've played all bolt-actions feel the same.
I'm more interested in seeing what factions and theatres they're going to cover, so far it appears they've shown the Western front, the Italian front, and the Ottoman front. I wonder if the Canadians or Australians will get any attention.
>>29878323
Because battlefield has always cared about what country gives what
>>29878323
>implying a Doughboy or Tommie wouldn't loot the first C96 or MP18 they came across
>>29877134
>The Frommer M.17 pistol was also used in a dual-mounted tripod that fired both pistols in full automatic. The pistols were inserted upside-down and fed from 25 round box magazines
Huh.
just give me a 1911 and I'll be happy
>>29876513
This bad boy.
>>29878523
name? holy shit that beast
>>29880865
it's a Fedorov
Something from the Monarchy please.
>>29878370
Actually for a long time they did.
>>29876513
COD and BF are dead
I want to see Germans walking into a BAR
Chauchat fags go home
I also want to see
>>29876575
>I want [...] Mannlichers
>>29880978
Thanks, m'/k/omrade
>>29876513
>Winchester Model 1895
lever action with internal mag
Yet another shill thread. Go fuck off to /v/.
>>29877052
I'm looking forward to this, various lugers, and the c96 mauser
>>29876513
I just want my sidearm to be an Obrez.
I want to give away my position with huge fucking fireballs.
>>29876513
The Webley No.1. that .577 boxer round
>>29878109
1942 had most classes using bolts and that was fun as hell, so it's not without precedent.
But I agree, at best they'll have a path to get everyone off bolts asap because using a bolt action rifle would be janky as fuck with a controller.
>>29876513
Can guarantee the federov will make an appearance because you cant have no semi autos
>Assault class gets SMGS
>Medic gets Semi Autos
>Only sniper class gets glorious bolt action
Fuck it, I'll take it.
>>29882507
Snipers should get the AT rifles
>>29882409
Not really, only the engineer had an unscoped bolt-action rifle. Assault classes in particular were pretty egregious about it.
>>29882539
I'm hoping that the AT rifles will be used for the Tanks in game, and not as high level sniper rifles. Of course, I'm also hoping that Engineers won't be the only fucking class of any relevance anymore.
>>29876575
>It's about time for fighting all twelve of Cadorna's greatest hits.
ahahahaha
>>29878370
They used to care.
They did.
:-(
>>29881725
>>29882638
Only in 2 and Vietnam, really. /k/ would throw a fit over 1942's weapon selection if it came out today.
>>29876513
Chauchat, Chauchat, Chauchat!
>>29882655
I honestly think BF1942's weapon decisions were done out of necessity, but I don't have enough insight into the matter to be sure.
I just found it odd that they gave the Russians Thompsons, and the Japanese Mausers and Panzerschreks. Yet, weirdly enough, they gave Japan the copy-cat M1 Garand, didn't they?
>yfw they say fuck you to history and give all American classes Thompsons and BARs
>German classes run around with MP-18s and MG08/15s.
>only Snipers get bolt actions
>they use M1903A4 and K98
>lol what is Austria-Hungary, Italy and Ottoman Empire
>lol what is Entente
>lol what is Eastern Front
>>29882623
I'm curious how they'll balance it though. Extremely low velocity relative to normal bolt actions seems like a start. An absurd bolt cycle time, low ammunition count and a slow reload are also possible solutions.
>>29882684
>>lol what is Austria-Hungary, Italy and Ottoman Empire
you can literally see Ottoman and Italian troops in the trailer.
>>29882660
C'thun, C'thun, C'thun!
>>29882677
Yes, they did give then the copy-cat Garand,but I think it was just to keep things even because the garand would feel pretty broken on a lot of the pacafic maps iirc.
I would always use whatever bolt-actions were available though, it was a good time.
>>29876513
Kar 88. Love that stock and bolt handle.
>>29882677
Some of it was necessary (everyone having some sort of rocket launcher) odd balancing decisions (they decided to restrict semi-auto rifles to pacific maps for whatever reason, so the japs got the garand copy instead of the Arisaka) and some of it just felt like laziness. (Mosin-Nagants and Springfields don't exist at all, the Lee-Enfield just stands in for them, same with the ppsh/type 100 and the MP18, everyone using 1911s and P38s, etc.).
Sjogren Inertia 12ga. Semiauto
Actually used plus it's very cool inertia block design inspired benelli.
>>29882707
If they are deployed as AT weapons, that is definitely a good idea. I'm also wondering how they will do the tanks.I'm hoping for them to be multi-crewed death machines, and for the AT-Rifles to only do damage on flat angles and such.
I'm asking for a lot from battlefield though, I know.
>>29882623
Didn't only the Germans have an AT rifle anyway?
>>29882623
There was nothing more satisfying than gibbing Krauts with a ptrs in red orchestra 2
>>29882684
The trailer shows more brits than anything, though Austria and Russia probably will end up getting shafted for DLC.
>>29876513
>Ross rifle
>Mannlicher 1895
I just like straightpull rifles
>>29877878
>Medic appears to get semi-auto rifles
So the one group of people who did not normally carry ANY weapons gets advanced rifles meant for assault troops.
>>29882756
iirc the Brits repurposed their large game rifles from the African colonies and loaded their shells with the projectiles backwards to create a makeshift am rifle.
>>29882735
Some of the vehicle decisions were pretty puzzling. The Russian medium tank was the T-34-85, which was okay, but then their "heavy tank" was just a plain T-34. And then I remember the British and American "heavy tank" equivalent to the Tiger was the M10 Wolverine. It really begs the question of why they couldn't model in the IS-2 for the Russians and maybe the Churchill for the British.
>>29882809
I don't like it either, but DICE has been doing this forever. Medics were the SMG class in 1942 and ran around with LMGs in both Vietnams.
>>29882820
No they didn't. That was the germans.
They used hunting rifle for snipers and the standard 8mm round was loaded backwards as a field expedient way to punch nice clean holes in the tank and sniper armour until dedicated AP rounds were issued.
The brits used obstacles, tanks, and artillery to stop germna tanks.
>all these people buying EA
consumers. consumers never change.
>>29878522
>just give me a 1911 and I'll be happy
>WW1
It started to be used in WW2 you tard.
>>29883043
You're retarded to an extent I've never seen before.
>>29877096
Why nerf a single gun of you can op all of them?
>>29883070
>not a single person has TD
>>29877790
I'm guessing they would op stationary machineguns and bolt actions
>>29883043
> M1911
> Model of 1911
> adopted in 1911
> WW1 started in 1914, US involvement in 1917
please tell me you're a troll, for the love of god tell me you're a troll.
>>29883093
Three of them have their hands entirely on the grips.
Not like it matters, TD is more of a modern thing.
>>29883093
Are you blind? Theres multiple people not touching the trigger
>>29883093
bottom row, left.
>>29883043
>1911
>ww2
>you tard
This doesn't even sound like shitposting, too
>>29883093
TD wasn't a thing until Jeff Cooper and Louis Awerbuck in the 60s.
>>29882863
Why would loading the bullet backwards help?
>>29877339
Underrated post.
>>29876913
>american weapons
>not mausers
>>29882539
T Gewehr should be battle-pickup only. Give a speed penalty and make it so you have to set it down on a bipod.
>>29883251
It slightly raised pressure resulting in a small increase in velocity.
Main benifit was from the change in material behaviour on impact. A normal bullet is displacing material to the side as it penetrates. Teh flat base of the bullet acts like a punch, makes a nice round hole through the armor with less energy so it has more energy to bounce around inside the tank..
>>29882707
> not able to be hip-fired
> extreme delay in ADS
> extreme sway if unsupported
> slows your character down if you have one equipped
>>29882684
I fucking guarantee every class will be able to use the basic bolt actions, quit your bitching /k/. All modern BF games have all-class weapons.
>>29877339
i hope his channel gets bigger from the interest in his info, also the great war channel.
there's a guy hip firing a lewis gun and killing people in the trailer. This isn't going to be red orchestra and it probably isn't going to be that realistic
I don't know what you people are expecting from the battlefield folks, but you better prepare to be disappointed
>>29876526
>Pulls base pin out
>Swaps new cylinder in
Ya'll will bitch about long load times, if they go authentic anyways.
>>29882863
They also used the fact that the Germans didn't have very many tanks at all to stop German tanks.
They only made like 20 A7Vs, in comparison Brits had a 1500 of their lozenge heavies and the french had like 12000 Renault fts by the end of the war according to wiki
>>29883530
The main German tank in use was the captured British ones.
If there's one thing the Brits knew it was how to fuck up their own tanks.
>>29876513
The 1911
>>29882860
I think in Vietnam they got semi autos and assault rifles, but in BC2 they decided to give them LMGs for some fucking reason.
DICE may be the best at visuals and sound out there, but they are absolutely retarded about balance.
>>29883716
That's a 1903 Pocket Hammerless.
You know, I just realized. That dude carrying the Lewis isn't actually shown killing *anyone*. The guy he was aiming at was right in the cloud of gas, and when he falls it looks like he's clutching at his throat.
LMGs just may be stupidly inaccurate while moving.
>>29882820
brits had the .55 Boys AT rifle
I hope the chubster rifle gets in at least as a DLC.
>>29884271
>WW1
>>29884283
fucking beautiful
>>29884283
As long as it's classed as a melee weapon
>>29884259
Nah, he's wearing a gas mask and there's a blood splatter coming from his right arm/upper torso. The lewis only fires 6-7 rounds if you listen to it.
>>29883516
BF has never been "realistic". That's why things like RO exist.
>>29884591
exactly, which is why people in this thread should curb their expectations. Among other things I've seen in this thread, I would be very surprised if the majority of players in this game are armed with bolt actions rifles
>>29884679
It's not a matter of curbing anything. Anything who expects it to do much more than pay lip service to realism simply doesn't know jack about BF or is wearing some thick nostalgia goggles. It'll be fun, most likely, because that's what they're going to aim for, not simulation.
>>29883093
and somehow no one died. who woulda thunk it
>>29876575
>>29881903
>picking Akiko
This kids alright
>>29877817
Dick status: muh
>>29884271
>>29876513
t18
I'm kinda hoping for a remington 81.
I know they weren't really used much, but I love the way that gun looks.
>>29877732
>beat me to it
Fusil Automatique Modèle 1917
>>29887429
Ross Rifle
>>29882507
I'm assuming the 'engineer class' will get bolt actions, and AT rifles, snipers scoped rifles, and maybe like Binoculars so they can call in mustard gas strikes/artillery on an extremely long cool down, and those sick periscope optics, this all all guesses on my end, if I ended up being correct id give my self a huge pat on the back
>>29887484
Gorgeous
>>29876513
they dropped the ball on not naming it Battlefield 1916
Any one already post about the Russian Winchester riffles i think it would be cool to see, and would add some cool gameplay mecaniques
1897 trench gun would be amazing to use
>>29887592
>Russian Contract Winchester
Dice pls
>>29887544
Apparently there will be no Engineer but:
Assault - SMG
Medic - Semi-auto rifles
Support - LMG
Scout - Bolt-action rifles
Hoping to see pic-related ingame.
I wonder, with the confirmed cavalry usage, are you going to need a medic or an engineer to repair/heal it? Logic and common sense says medic, but you may just have to blowtorch ol mr eds ass to get him going
>>29877732
Oh, I thought 80k were manufactured?
>>29888087
>in a war where 99% of the combatants used bolt action rifles or carbines
>they decide to make 3/4 of the classes use automatic weapons
Are smgs all going to be MP-18s?
>>29888135
There was a lot of automatic weapon usage in WW1, I'd say it's closer to 70% used only bolt actions.
Well if they're going to disregard historical accuracy and put experimental guns not used in WW1 then the Pederson device might be cool.
https://www.full30.com/video/2d4d78397e6c8c9b83933a9cf01fe513
>>29888164
That's true, but most of them were crew served machine guns. It seems like the only people who will be using bolt action rifles will be snipers.
>>29888180
That's true too, it will be interesting to see how they handle this.
>>29876513
realy hoping they implement the lancaster, its like a small shotgun with slugs
>>29884259
Well they're stupidly inaccurate in bf4
>>29888087
That's od to not include a type of engineer class, would make total sense, Give the pioneers (engineers) sub machine guns and assault bolt actions, considering they're the front line troops effectively, for all we know they could have gone back to the 5 class system I.e assault engineer scout support anti tank... I wish.
Game has a lot of potential but it'll most likely be made godawful by "Press X to delouse".
If they can capture the sheer intensity of infantry charges on broken trenches then they might be on to something.
https://youtu.be/kUox_hQAih8
>>29888199
>>29876513
I hope the tutorial involves you as an American infantryman getting trained by the French
:-)
>>29888189
They won't handle it, it'll be the SAME EXACT SHIT, only with a WW1 skin.
Idk I'm gonna get it just so I have a reason to use this goddamn picture all the time
>>29884875
>no one died
Guarantee you everyone in that pic is dead.
>>29888831
Be nice to have someone research the men in the pic, then put text over each one saying what killed them or if they lived/wounded.
>>29888831
Kek
Mondragon
>>29876582
>>29876602
One of these late war storm troopers with heavy steel plates and grenade bandoliers.
Zeuge mir Bruder Hans!
*BOOOOM!!!*
Mittelmäßig Klaus! Mittelmäßig!
>>29889012
Underrated post
WE
WUZ
You never hear about ww1 games.
There any good ones out there?
>>29889602
WW1 SOLDJAZ
>>29889602
DOUGHBOYZ
>>29889602
KANGZ N SHEEIT
>>29884283
why would you hope for DLC you Dice shill
>>29877255
Same here
>>29884283
That thing would fly off like a boomerang (no pun intended) upon firing right?
>>29877878
I'm pretty sure scouts will get scoped rifles and iron sight bolt actions will be all kit weapons.
>>29889693
It's obviously not gonna have a place in the base game, may as well let people decide if they really want it or not.
>>29878250
This is what I'm thinking will go down. It stands to reason that they would have quickly realized after even more extensive fighting that bolt guns aren't what you want for a modern war.
>>29878337
You forgot the deagle eagle in .54 EA.
>>29882372
Those bizzaro little chode revolver rounds, man.
>>29878250
>>29889987
Bolt guns were still the main weapon of European armies by the start of WWII. I doubt they would have had semi-automatic weapons widely deployed by the 1920s had the war dragged on.
In all honesty, if they're going to make a WWI game, they should make it as authentic to WWI as would be possible. It seems pointless to choose this time period, but create a game which plays the same as every other installment with everyone using semi/fully auto weapons.
Should of been a Korean War setting.
>>29889604
Verdun is decent, it's a mod.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAptf1ewEAY
>>29890458
Korea would've been my first choice too. They could still have gotten all the neva bin dun befo brownie points while making it play like the WW2 shooters everyone seems to want to come back.
>>29877145
Krag Karbine out of personal preference.
>>29890496
Verdun ain't no mod, standalone game. Pretty good, though the Canadian trench raider class gets a pants on head autistic obrezed SMLE
>>29889012
>>29889012
>storm troopers in lobstertail
This never happened. Frankly, that armor would be completely impractical for a trench raider because of all the noise you'd make trying to sneak up to a position and it offers no real protection in a situation where hand-to-hand is going to happen. You'd want to wear as little equipment as possible sans your helmet and at most be carrying a decent club and a bag of grenades. That suit was used for machine gunners and sentries - people who aren't needed to be mobile and are exposed enough to warrant such concessions.
>>29877339
>>29883271
>>29883473
https://youtu.be/dDRRlVElEXI
Looks like Ian is eager to see it in action.
>>29890496
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AchJpEGgQ5k
>>29876575
I don't get it.
>>29890661
And it's not even counting him getting his shit rekt at Caporetto.
>>29890717
>this level of incompetence
>>29891325
I've seen worse
>>29878047
they'll probably balance the bolts by being easy to aim and have huge stopping power.
>I hope
>>29876513
Not a small arm, but I want armored cars to replace LAVs.
>I need it, I'm shit at planes, and LAVs were what I was amazing at...
>>29891587
Well they stated multiple types of tanks and armored cars and they all handled uniquely. So that may or may not be what you want
So according to this video these are most of the things that feature in the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_94XZfKdy0
Aircraft:
Fokker Dr.1
Sopwith Camel
Bristol F2B
Gotha G.V.
Halberstadt CL.II
L32 Zeppelin
Ground Vehicles:
Mark IV tank
A7V Sturmpanzerwagen (Tank)
FT-17 Tank
British Rolls Royce Armored Car
IGa1 Armored Car
Zaamurets / Orlik - Armored Train
Naval:
HMS Iron Duke
Guns:
Winchester 1897 Shotgun - trench gun
Mauser Kar 98az
Carcano M38 Cavalry Carbine
Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr (anti-tank gun)
Beretta m1918 - SMG
Vickers Machine Gun (most likely)
Lewis gun
MG 08
Lee-Enfield MK3
Gewehr 98 (fitted with side scope)
C96
MP 18 - SMG
1911 (most likely)
>>29883093
>Not a single person has the hammer cocked
I get it, but chill out faggot.
>>29889787
Not really, no. It would have kick but not too much. Remember that there is basically no pressure generated for any amount of time with that barrel length, compared to a full rifle length barrel.
>>29890623
>MFW when Ian will probably play this in his WWI uniform
>MFW Ian rages and unloads on his computer with a Vickers after getting spawn camped
>>29876513
Johnson rifle
>>29890717
When at first you don't succeed...
>>29876602
>3 grenades into that Trench
Yep, World War 1 in a nutshell
Leech. Trench. Catapult. Bitches.
![129194_r500[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Gdag5oh.jpg "129194_r500[1].jpg")
>>29892395
>>29887619
Man, I was hoping that when Henry said they were doing box magazine lever actions, that it was going to be a top loader like the Russian contract Winchesters.
https://www.henryrifles.com/rifles/the-long-ranger/
>>29889604
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AchJpEGgQ5k
Battlefield 1 is already late to the party.
>>29890439
This. WW1 is a game of sitting in a trench for hours...then charge but all die never making it 100 feet forward from your trench.
The trailer is trying to make WW1 look fast paced, action packed and directed by J.J. Abrams.
>>29877157
I think that could be king of the game, seeing as it could be fairly efficiently fired from the shoulder, making it almost a battle rifle.
>>29893286
>>29892395
Just like how throwing knives and tomahawks were ridicules in COD
more players in Battlefield 1 are going to be killed by crossbows.
>>29893476
Looks like it belongs on the commodore 64.
>>29876513
Is that a nigger? In WW1?
Also how much is EA paying you? I could use an easy side job.
>>29893476
Verdun just seems to be too small in scope if you ask me. Something like WWI needs 64v64 battlefields.
>>29893497
Bits of it were. Soldiers did reach each others trenches. There were raiding parties and snipers stalking no man land.
The first few months and the last year of the war were fluid. The last year especially had some simarity to ww2. Co ordinated use of tanks, planes and artillery. Infantry which was very experianced and knew what they were doing(excepting the US)
The middle eastern front had armoured cars, bi planes and cavalry working in concert. Plus Lawrence of arabid leating hit and run and sabotage attacks. The eastern front never bogged down in the same way due to the spaces involved.
Shooting from the saddle as sowpwiths race over head and armoured cars ambush over a sand dune sounds fun as fuck. Could be an awesome game if they pull it off.
Hopefully they don't fuck it up with everyone having submachine guns.
Tunneling could be fun too. Trying to sneak underneath the enemy to lay explosives large enough to completely destroy the enemy map.
>>29893524
French had a lot if African soldiers. Black us troops also fought under french command too.
Brits briefly used indian troops on the western front before pulling to the middle east.
Even the german's used them in africa. Successfully tying down loads of troop trying to catch them before they would disappear into the wilderness
>>29876513
Martini-Henry, Lebel, Berdan rifle, Winchester Model 1910
>>29893618
The worst part of it is that this decision to include the Harlem Hellfighters as the focus of the single player campaign (I know) just to pander to the progressive types cheapens the legacy of the actual veterans and their memory in my opinion. A nameless tommy would've been preferable.
>>29893668
That's a shame. Mostly as that means only a few months of the war are covered. The US did very little fighting in WW1. The Baltic countries had a bigger impact.
>>29893668
If they wanted black soldiers it would make more sense if they were french.
>>29877145
>M1917
It was only the most prolific American rifle.
>>29893710
It would've been much better, I agree. But if ethnic variety was needed I'd personally rather have a Royal Gurkha rifleman as a character.
>>29893668
>>29893695
DICE confirmed there will be multiple protagonists through out the campaign, kinda like how CoD 4 did it. The hellfighter is just one of the protagonists.
>>29893771
True, the two other will be Manfred von Richthofen and T.E. Lawrence apparently, which sounds excellent. It's just lamentable that the European Theatre will be shown through the eyes of a unit that saw limited action compared to the scale of the entire war. No word so far from the Eastern Front, but since this is a EA DICE game that's more than likely DLC.
Berthier (?) Carbine. 3 shots of 8mm Lebel then reload bitches, and also a Lebel rifle with the 8 round tube magazine.
>>29876513
I want to kill some fucking krauts with a saber.
>>29893511
That's the Plan!
>>29893511
Add to that just clubing each other with table legs
>>29891375
Name one other military that has even dared defy the might of the Emu Empire.
Thats what I thought. None of you cunts have got the balls for it.
>>29876513
What kind of planes do you want to see in this game?
> yfw all bolt guns use interchangeable ammo
> yfw 1911 only pistol worth using
> yfw BARs, BARs everywhere despite being latewar.
>>29894418
Oh you bet, also
>Rails
>ACOGs and EOTechs
>Stg44 unlockable
>Katana for close combat
It's impractical, but wanna use this thing.
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/american-wwi-experimental-smg-video/
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/american-wwi-experimental-smg-video/
>>29895080
So 10 seven round bursts?
>>29878047
>start with bolt action
>immediately level out and into all the weird rare weapons and equipment
>every player is run-and-gunning with full auto mp-18's, lewis guns, BARs, Chaut's and mg08's.
>it's just a reskinned modern shooter
>>29895579
honestly what I'm expecting, but I guess the setting'll keep me happy
>>29877339
He really does look a lot like Cardan.
>>29882623
Firing an AT rifle reduces your health by 10%?
I can't wait to be part of a tank crew.
I hope the heavy tanks are really hard to kill gamechangers.
Also, why isn't the game being called "Battlefield 1914"? (Or whatever year it takes place.)
Mauser C96 Carbine
Maybe a full auto Mauser pistol
Maybe a prototype Tommy gun
>>29893574
im probably reading this wrong but 64V64 in Battlefield 1?
Lever nugget
>>29896417
I've only heard it's 32v32
>>29896417
Yea he's mistaken. It's 32v32. 64 in total.
>>29884283
IIRC the Obrez wasn't a thing until the Russian Revolution, not that it will deter DICE from putting it in the game
>>29896792
They've said they won't put anything in the game that wasn't used in WW1. Whether they live up to that is anyone's guess.
i really hope that the Black Watch is an unlockable uniform for the brits
>>29896894
fuck, forgot music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lls-MPVsHZo
>>29888135
Looking around it seems like the options are:
MP18
The Villar-Perosa or "an ugly son of a bitch even its mother couldn't love" http://world.guns.ru/smg/it/villar-perosa-e.html
Beretta OVP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta_OVP
Beretta 1918 http://world.guns.ru/smg/it/beretta-m191-e.html
And did the Mauser C96 or Luger have selective fire versions with larger magazines?
Bear in mind these being all Italian or other weapons being prototypes or only late introduced in the war is irrelevant - BF3/4 have paid no mind to faction-locked weapons or depicting incredibly rare guns as common.
>>29888656
Yeah I'm not sure how I feel about assault getting the anti-tank stuff since assault is naturally going to have a lot of players gravitate towards it. I am glad they lose the medkit (I say that as someone who likes playing medic) but full-auto weapon + high explosives seems over the top. if I were doing it I'd make it:
Assault: Flamethrower (if not a pick-up on the map weapon.), smgs and fancy larger magazine or full auto pistols if they existed.
Medic: Bolt action, semi auto rifle
Engineer: AT stuff, bolt action,
Support: LMG and sheet
Sniper: Duh.
Everybody gets bolt actions, was going to say shotguns too but could stick em with engies.
>>29876513
>tfw the inevitable wave of butthurt if they include the US expeditionary forces
I just want my model 1897
>>29896928
There was a select fire version of the C96 called the M712 Schnellfuer.
german enbloc clip mausers
>>29896928
>And did the Mauser C96 or Luger have selective fire versions with larger magazines?
I know they experimented with full auto as well as 20 round fixed mags by the time WW1 came about. They also had a carbine with a fixed stock, longer barrel, and fore-end.
Whether they combined any of these features I'm not sure, but it's probable they made experimental models.
>>29897011
That came after WW1.
>>29897016
You mean Gew 88s?
>>29890439
I don't think it's unfeasible they would have switched over to semi-autos if the war had dragged on. The looming threat of war saw the boomtime of arms development prior to WW1, only being abruptly stopped when the war began and the promising semi-auto or selective fire prototypes couldn't get into mass production when it would fug up the logistics. But then once the war started proving nasty, brutish and not over before Christmas you had the arms race pick up steam again. Only the war ending dispelled the motivations to develop and equip one's army with newer weaponry - the cost and complications of switching over to new-fangled selectie fire or semi-auto rifles isn't appealing when the barbaric hun/perfidious albion/frenchies aren't your enemy but rather poorly equipped savages in the colonies are once more. Pic not quite related since this was the ethos before WW1, but I find that slur hilarious.
I'm curious to see what their new melee system will be (they said during the reveal they are developing a more interactive and visceral one, and would have to since "press X to insta-kill" don't work if you want to hype up the melee combat as they have).
>>29895080
Really neat looking gun, but why is it they didn't just make a larger long magazine or a traditional drug mag?
>>29897011
Man I want a C96. Lugers look nice if a bit weird but that gun is so beautiful.
They have to make the combat interesting to their demographic audience somehow. Like introducing assault-style weapons or improvised attachments. Like a full-auto C96 Mauser with a 50 round clip and a prototype reflex sight. Or an Obrez in the pistol slot. Pre-order now and get 1911 and BAR unlocked immediately! Stupid shit like that.
I'd love to see more peasant weapons. Double-barreled shotguns, pitchforks for melee weapons, giving your guy steel plating for body armour.
>>29893710
East Africa might have been interesting too.
