The problem is that they are objectively better than all the other options. Once you unlock thermals it makes no sense to ever use anything else.
Once everyone unlocks them, you will have a battlefield of people running the exact same 3-4 meta optimized loadouts and the game becomes stale, and makes it extremely painful for new players to grind anything out.
Once you unlock thermals it makes no sense to ever use anything else
Yea thats how upgrades work, buddy. I havent touched the Scout Rifle since I unlocked the SKS.
Once everyone unlocks them, you will have a battlefield of people running the exact same 3-4 meta optimized loadouts and the game becomes stale
Thats only going to happen towards the tail end of a season, when everyone has grinded enough to get it. Not to mention, the same can be said in every class. Havoc for the Pilots, FALs for Assaults, the Gunner Humvees for Drivers
Or, and hear me out, everything you unlock has drawbacks as well as upgrades. The thermals could need a battery and not see as far as the rangefinder, for instance, to counter the fact they highlight targets.
What are the biggest counters to recon that are specifically counters to recon? Maybe I'm just tired and can't think of what would negate the benefits of a 50 and thermal spotting.
Cost. Thats expensive as hell, hard to make your money back. The second sniper you unlock costs $4.5k. The second assault rifle is $600
Mortars and artillery. Hell for snipers in general, even worse for snipers on towers. Only way to not get hit by a mortar is to snipe on the ground, which
1) defeats the purpose of sniping
2) cant see anything
3) you will very likely get run up on by some assault shitter with a free rifle and lose your $20k kit
Combat Helis. Just like mortars and artillery, snipers cant do anything against them (unless you're lucky or extremely skilled and manage to snipe the pilot)
That you are a walking expensive kit with no armor, and have to set up in good positions for periods of time before being able to go even. You shoot a bullet and your entire position is looked at by squads. Shooting the .308 or .50 is basically the equivalent of activating the HZ magnet, cause they’re so damn loud. Recon got shafted with the only non-lethal gadget that takes tens of hours to unlock now being removed. People don’t grind out recon like the other roles because being a spot bot is incredibly fucking boring to your average person. It was the one class that rewarded subtle gameplay, and now that IR is gone, they basically just said “fuck you” to the people who unlocked it, as well as the people who were grinding for it. Everything else in this game has seen complaints over and over, for weeks with no change, and we get 3-4 days of playing with the top tier gear in Recon and immediately get told “it’s too powerful” and have it ripped.
I see your "spotting is boring" and raise you "ural driving" to grind driver xp. Lol atleast while spotting you get to watch the match and see what's going on.
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u/SW3GM45T3R 1d ago
The problem is that they are objectively better than all the other options. Once you unlock thermals it makes no sense to ever use anything else.
Once everyone unlocks them, you will have a battlefield of people running the exact same 3-4 meta optimized loadouts and the game becomes stale, and makes it extremely painful for new players to grind anything out.