Fragger Loadouts: Replace BR-16 with his old LMG, The MK46?

(Reddeadcap) #1

I would like to start out by saying that I enjoy the BR-16 and the Stark AR and they both are great weapons for Fire Supports, but it most cases one can see a theme on weapons.

While More long range oriented Fire Supports (Arty, Kira) have the Dreiss, Stark and the BR-16
Closer range Fire Supports (Skyhammer, Stoker) have the BR-16, M4A1 and Timik-47
In their order, the BR-16 is Stoker’s and Skyhammer long range rifle and Arty’s and Kira’s close range rifle

It seems a tad out of place for Fragger (and possibly Thunder) as he is meant to be a more close range oriented merc, if the BR-16 was swapped with the MK46 it’d serve more as a higher rate of fire lmg, with a high ammo capacity but same reload speed as the K-121 and low damage, serving as decent counterpart while the M4A1 serves more as Fragger’s more accurate weapon.

A small personal gripe about it as well is the that Fragger is still depicted holding it and Thunder the K-121.

(Fuze) #2

I found it odd how they swapped the LMGs around, especially when Thunder and Fragger are shown all over the place with LGMs they can no longer use.

(distinquishedSandwich) #3

Isn’t the MK46 Thunder’s gun? I feel Fragger is already too strong when he has the ability to choose between M4 and K-1, so the only reason to add variety to his weapon loadouts would also mean a re-review of his augment balance though.

(Reddeadcap) #4

They had their default guns swapped for some reason and the MK46 wasn’t really all that powerful, what it had over the K-121 was ammo capacity (80) and rate of fire, but lacked damage and a slower reload speed than the K-121

(omegaskorpion) #5

They had their default guns swapped for some reason and the MK46 wasn’t really all that powerful, just had more ammo than the K-121 and shot faster, but at lower damage and the same reload speed.[/quote]

Since i had newer change to use it, I WANT IT NOW

(Reddeadcap) #6

They had their default guns swapped for some reason and the MK46 wasn’t really all that powerful, just had more ammo than the K-121 and shot faster, but at lower damage and the same reload speed.[/quote]

Since i had newer change to use it, I WANT IT NOW[/quote]

Here’s a list of its stats.
24/12 damage, headshot/body respectively Same as the Crotzni

289.9/144.9 DPS headshot/body respectively, Putting it somewhere between the Dreiss and K-121

Reload speed of 4.10 Seconds, making it reload slower than the K-121 at 3.50

A Magazine capacity of 80

An Effictive range of 2600/1300 Max/Min, The same of the M4A1.

A rate of fire of 725.6 RPM, Just above the Stark and BR-16’s 662.3 RPM but bellow the Hochfir’s 811.8 RPM and

(Gi.Am) #7

hm never played thunder or the mk46 but looking at your stats it seems that the mk46 has slightly higher DPS. Since it also has lower damage, it has propably lower vertical climb making it easier to control. All that hints at the mk46 being the slightly better weapon. Considering that Fragger has damaging grenades and thunder doesn’t I would assume they switched weapons to even out their overall damage output.
That could also justify Fragger not getting it. Also Fragger is right now the only Merc that gets 3 different types of guns because of this he doesn’t get locked down as much in a single playstyle like some other mercs that only have 1 or 2 weaponcategories to choose from.

Would be interesting to know what thunders alternatives are. Since he is similar to Fragger I would guess the same classes but the other options (Timik and Stark)

(Reddeadcap) #8

@Gi.Am I guess he might even get both LMGs and the M4A1 to make his loadouts slightly different than Fragger’s, making him more LMG oriented.