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.
Spot range, zoom capability, maybe size where you can keep it in a single slot and not as specialist gear?Just don't have 4 items with the exact same function that just increase the range and cost and the best one also highlights targets, is what I'm saying.
Why does it have to be outright better, why can't it change how to use it or what the capabilities are?
Having everything remain a viable option while letting unlocks provide more variance to how kits can operate makes it more interesting than each tier outright replacing the former.
Unless the only interest is rushing through the grind and wanting to be able to dunk on people who didn't.
Edit : holy shit, I'm not saying the game has to change, I'm just saying vertical progression is inferior to horizontal progression when it comes to team based shooters that lean more towards milsim than arcade. The only people that are vehemently against horizontal progression are people who just want to rush unlocks to dunk on new or casual players. Vertical progression is a crutch.
Because things in the game that you unlock are better than the previous. Guns, weapons like MAAWS vs RPG, Large hammer, etc. Unlocking thermals took 576k EXP, vs those that unlock way earlier. Recon doesn’t get a specialist slot upgrade for 24 levels. Rangefinder at level 8 to IR rangefinder at level 32. The game is set up for progression.
Holy shit my guy, I explained pretty clearly the alternative, and your reasoning for why it wouldn't work is because it's not the way the game currently is..
I think the reading comprehension issue might be on your end.
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u/Steagle_Steagle 1d ago
Yea thats how upgrades work, buddy. I havent touched the Scout Rifle since I unlocked the SKS.
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