As most everyone is aware, when you reach heavy weapons lvl. 4, you get a backup SMG instead of a pistol.
The way it is now, the SMG goes in the same slot as the heavy weapon (similar to how the adrenalin needle used to go in the same slot as the revive needle, thankfully fixed!)
This creates a number of problems:
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After using a panzerfaust, instead of auto-switching to your SMG, you go to the grenade, most likely because slot 2 is empty and grenade is the next best weapon. This is very irritating.
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Weapon selection is iffy at best. Most players have binds where they can select their weapon with a specific key (I personally use the wheel, up for backup weapon, down for heavy weapon). However unless you are currently holding your hvy weapon or smg, when you hit weaponbank 3, you can never be sure which you’ll get. The split second it takes to recognize this and switch again, is many times enough time to get you killed.
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If you use more advanced binds, weapon selection is all but impossible. I use weaponcycle delay = 0, so that I can put knife/pistol/smg on one key (up on the wheel in my case). This works wonderfully, except when you have two weapons in one slot. When I press down on the wheel to switch between SMG/panzer, with the weaponcycle delay at 0, a minute extra down on the wheel sends in a flurry of changing, with no clue what I’m going to get. I’ve toyed around with all sorts of changes, making a special key setup for heavy weapons 4, but it still only works inconsisently at best.
All in all, is it possible to put the sidearm smg in slot 2? I’m no coder, just a gamer, but surely it wouldn’t be that difficult, and it would make a lot of players very, very happy.
p.s. Please do not degenerate this into a, “heavy weapons are too good, they need an artifical handicap” thread, that’s a completely different issue. Furthermore, I’m not a panzer-whore, I rarely play soldier, but when I do, I’d like to be effective. Any response from a splasher would be much appreciated.
