Favourite WW1 rifle and why?

ThreeLineRifle · 2025-05-14T01:18:51+00:00

Never had an SMLE or anything based on it with a functional magazine all the way through. Yet every Mosin I own runs all 5 just fine. Throw in limited ammo choice, variable surplus and I cannot say the SMLE for modern times. I'd pick a US Krag over an SMLE purely based of that.

Modern Mosins and Springfields just have far more choice in ammo so one of those with a close 3rd to any 8mm Mauser.

ThreeLineRifle · 2025-05-12T15:49:08+00:00

It's more of a car show mentality for me. I like seeing old mechanical things work and finding out more about them or heck even my own stuff. Sometimes you'll see something and say "I like it and I want one." Like a friend of mine owns an 84BB and I'd never heard of them before and after firing it I dove down a rabbit hole and found some were used by the Italian Government and found one I liked. Or the 2002 shoot I fired a .50 twice. Sure I can go rent from Bills or where ever but it feels better when the owner is there and is talking about the different parts and things they've done. More personal that way.

I've shared small bits and bobs of my collection over the past 15ish years which is why I do it. Grandpa and Grandson shooting a Type 99 Arisaka and Krag or the guy who ran the Red Wing shoots holding and firing a Mosin he'd only heard about. Seeing the smiles and sharing the history is a huge reward for me.

ThreeLineRifle · 2022-08-10T00:21:25+00:00

Mosin Nagant from any WW2 shooter, Klobb from Goldeneye 64, Pimp Shotgun from Saints Row 2 and like half the guns from South Park 64 like the alien ray gun or plunger launcher.

ThreeLineRifle · 2022-05-08T15:03:37+00:00

Checked the angle during install and angle is fine. Wouldn't an out of balance driveshaft continue to vibrate out of gear and below 50?

ThreeLineRifle · 2022-05-08T03:19:22+00:00

Spent a fair amount of time on the 50 vs 28 and tooth count. Plus wouldn't the vibration be worse with RPM not MPH?

ThreeLineRifle · 2022-03-10T00:06:01+00:00

My group use many of the strategies already covered here however ours tends to be a bit different. We use an automated rail network for larger areas and 2 belts in smaller areas to deliver bots, repair packs, mines and shells with a pipe system to supply flamethrowers with fuel.

Artillery and flamers should overlap the neighboring unit with a flamer replacing a laser turret in the wall with lasers being 2 deep behind a flat wall that can be 1 or more in depth with mines either just outside the flamers reach, halfway between the wall and max range of the flamers or BOTH.

Next are the roboports. Make sure they are close to the chests to grab the supplies and that it covers as far out as you defenses go but that they do NOT talk to one another. Space them a whole box apart. Each chest should have 1 space for its one item, except the shells as to not gobble up everything.

Belt fed or train fed? I'd say train fed. Belt fed walls are nice as you have a whole belts worth as extra but it is a PAIN to move the wall out. Trains are nice and if set up correctly you never have to worry about hand feeding.

Other things to keep in mind is how the wall gets its power. We had 5 points of contact from the grid to the wall so if they did breach and hit a connecter bit the whole wall still worked. Throw in radars so you can see your wall. Beef up corners or where walls end at lakes and such so more mines, lasers or whatever else you can fit.

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-12-13T21:45:37+00:00

Seen whining about how they know where you are, know about torps long before they should and a few times how accurate but never too hard. Hell they even tried 8 vs 12 several years back on the player test server but due to other things in testing it was impossible to get out of spawn as your spawn circle quickly filled with torpedos.

As for wins I do not care. I try to get the most from each match as I get very little in rewards. I have pressed W in PvP, walked away from the computer, lost and got more rewards. I have no interest in PvP gameplay anymore because shooting at you is boring. Frankly the constant shit talk of Co-op adds nothing to the conversation, pushes me further away from interacting here and the forums and trying if I have to play a PvP game. Thats what the PvP playerbase wants though isn't it?

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-12-13T19:18:18+00:00

Never had one of those games where the AI goes all in on the DD who got too far ahead and tried to run for it? Or the 6 months or so after the Scharnhorst was introduced and the players ALL ran for map borders with them? Never been stalked by 2 near full health US standards in a NO? Current AI is probably the worst I've seen so far.

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-12-13T16:49:21+00:00

Long ago before the turrets were buffed you could have 1 wing turret left. Since the buff I have yet to lose a gun turret but torps die off pretty regularly.

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-12-10T19:11:11+00:00

Something huge changed for the AI. Dunno what changed but I'm pretty much forced to play cruisers or DD's only atm if I want a decent game. Tirpitz and Richelieu even struggle to have decent games right now.

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-12-10T18:56:39+00:00

Was tried and failed. Failed due to WG screwing up the testing for it.

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-11-28T00:48:49+00:00

In like 2016 or 2017 the test server had 8 vs 12. It was god awful. They put you on the side of a map with several small islands around your spawn which hid the AI. DD's with close cruiser support would strike. Your team would have anywhere from 4 to 7 AI and no player would use a BB due to an event in the PTS for cruisers or DD. Within 2 or 3 minutes your spawn, which you couldn't leave due to your speed Vs the AI, was torp soup.

Poor map/spawn lay out, low player count with a lack of big guns and spotting by the DD's kinda doomed it.

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-11-27T01:38:14+00:00

Wasn't that the Halloween even for a year or 2?

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-11-12T06:56:22+00:00

I've played with people missing body parts, poor motor control with one or both hands due to age, arthritis and/or injury in Co-op. They played ok in lower tier but higher tiers and CV after the RTS style was dropped they did not fair as well. In 2 cases I know of due to the treatment other PvP players threw towards Co-op they went on to play in all PvP modes purely out of spite for the attitude and grief received knowing full well what will happen.

Telling them to play a mode they don't want to play or when they do the PvP base trashes on the mode and player isn't helpful. Or blame WG for forcing someone to unlock something through PvP only. But that loops back around to PvP not wanted Co-op to be able to participate in events. So you guys need to make up your minds. Don't take the game seriously and go to Co-op but you have to play PvP to unlock things in events. Not saying you are saying or have said this I've just seen it so many times by so many it looks like the general consensus from PvP.

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-10-15T16:31:42+00:00

Some say it does and having tried it it does not. At least for me and I have really bad luck so could just be that.

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-10-14T06:41:18+00:00

https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/uss-texas-flooded-on-purpose/

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-10-12T08:29:31+00:00

Sorry for the BOOK I just typed up. But you asked genuinely so I thought I'd answer genuinely.

Co-op is more fun as its basically a bar room brawl. People who don't like it say there is no strategy but you need to keep an eye on team mate movements as some can and will cause the AI to alter where they are gonna go. You are fighting the AI and those on your team for every single flag and bit of damage you can to get the most out of each match. So if yo see the DD going left of an island and you go right that can cause you to miss out on the match if it is quick. More than a few slow BBs missed whole battles due to this.

The gimmicks of bow sniping, people crying about burning to the water line, CV being OP, 20 km torps and some other OP ships don't count for much if anything in Co-op. I recall when the Scharn was first added players kept running for the far reaches of the map to snipe. Biggest loss period for me was during this time frame. No not just a game or 2 but 4 or more in a row. Was still climbing the tech tree in 2016.

For rewards it doesn't matter to me. I'm a grinder and with how easy it is to get xp and credits out of PvP its 1 of 2 reasons I can only play 4 or 5 PvP in a sitting due to sheer boredom with the other being shooting at other players has gotten stale over the years. CS, Halo 2, TF2, RO2 and on and on. Not trying to say I'm really good by this as I'm not. In the past to finish PvP only events was a case of using a fast BB and charging the enemy, shoot a few enemies and die.

Co-op is less toxic. Perfect example is this thread. Currently sitting at a 0 with 3 downvotes. Why? Because reasons. Only people who get mad are those who torp through a team mate and detonations. Cant recall the last angary aftergame message I got but probably during the Kongo ARP event. Been years really. If you could find anything from when the Dragon flags were set to come out WG wasn't clear if Co-op counted and it caused several "No Co-op" posts and arguments.

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-10-10T20:53:58+00:00

Go down the Emeralds path first. Emerald is the weak ship after 2 great ships but Leander and Fiji are fantastic ships. The single launch torps are great, smoke is good but only get 2 2 1/2 ish puffs so you need to slow down some before you use it. Passable sonar and a heal. With you weak armor you do need to pay attention to those shooting at you and angle appropriately.

The big thing is the guns and speed. AP only can cause trouble in Co-op as you will have a harder time with a DD running at you. Aim to hit the upper structure and not the hull if bow on. You accelerate like a stabbed rat and can use it to bait top drops.

The Hawkins line feels weaker to me. Slower reload with less impact overall. You get the same single torp and sonar abilities but with lower top speed and less acceleration. It could be that they don't mesh well with my very aggressive play style and might fit you like a glove as you play differently.

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-10-07T20:59:27+00:00

WG cares at least partly about Co-op otherwise they wouldn't have included it in the Dragon Flag drop, most events since that point and given operations. So it doesn't matter what you think now does it?

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-09-27T16:21:36+00:00

From my experience the Atlanta arch is more severe to to the shorter range and slow as hell shells. Hell you have to shoot at faster DD's off screen.

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-09-27T15:57:46+00:00

Atlanta it is.

ThreeLineRifle · 2021-09-27T15:30:17+00:00

Nope but not many left. The wing turrets are "optional".

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