[morgan]

So maybe it's me, but does anybody else think that somehow the axis seems to have the upperhand all the time in multiplayer spearhead? I don't know, the maps seem conducive to always trapping allies by the spawn points, their guns (especially the smg) seem to kill with just a shot or two, while allies seem to have trouble all the time. I'm a decent player on a good connection with a decent machine (933 g4, 64 meg geforce mx) but I just can't seem to get a leg up in spearhead when I play allies.

[NeXTLoop]

Originally posted by morgan:
So maybe it's me, but does anybody else think that somehow the axis seems to have the upperhand all the time in multiplayer spearhead? I don't know, the maps seem conducive to always trapping allies by the spawn points, their guns (especially the smg) seem to kill with just a shot or two, while allies seem to have trouble all the time. I'm a decent player on a good connection with a decent machine (933 g4, 64 meg geforce mx) but I just can't seem to get a leg up in spearhead when I play allies.

I just played as both Allies and as Axis. And I have to say that the Axis SMG does seem to pack a bit more punch. I was able to kill and enemy with only two shots. Seems to take a little more with the Allied Thomson Gun. Could be that this is reflective of historical fact. The Germans did have superior weaponry throughout most of the war.

One other difference I did note however, is that the German sniper rifle is considerably inferior to the Allied one. It has horrible recoil, causing you to momentarily lose site of your target. A real pain if you miss your first shot.

[Sarpedon]

The German assault rifle does seem to be handier than the BAR. Very odd that they should put these two as equals on the weapons chart but I suppose there was no equivalent to this weapon when it came out in 44.

Most of the German players we game with dislike the German bazooka (panzerschrek [?]) because of the shield it has at the front which causes you to loose the target for a time when the barrel comes up when you pause to fire.

Some times in our games we die up which weapons to take in, a "1" and everyone takes in a rifle, "2" its an "SMG" and so on. Games when everyone has a bazooka are wild.

[Sarpedon]

The German assault rifle does seem to be handier than the BAR. Very odd that they should put these two as equals on the weapons chart but I suppose there was no equivalent to this weapon when it came out in 44.

Most of the German players we game with dislike the German bazooka (panzerschrek [?]) because of the shield it has at the front which causes you to loose the target for a time when the barrel comes up when you pause to fire.

Some times in our games we dice up which weapons to take in, a "1" and everyone takes in a rifle, "2" its an "SMG" and so on. Games when everyone has a bazooka are wild.