BF1942 for BFV, in other words a free gift from EA

[Everay]

but, there was flamethrowers in the Pacific, and Iwo Jima was during the MAcAurthers island hopping campaine, mabey im wrong, but i do think they did have em.

[martyr]

so, how long til they make a DC mod for the 1942 mod for bvf?

[JetRaiden]

Originally Posted by Everay

but, there was flamethrowers in the Pacific, and Iwo Jima was during the MAcAurthers island hopping campaine, mabey im wrong, but i do think they did have em.

yea they had em. not very abundant (Im sure it will be in-game), but nonetheless they were there.

[Biohazzard56]

Originally Posted by martyr

so, how long til they make a DC mod for the 1942 mod for bvf?

No Desert Combat for BFV, DC .8 should be out within a month. They have been busy working on Battlefield 2.

[Sputty]

BTW, the gift was from DICE, not EA

[ChewyLSB]

Originally Posted by Everay

but, there was flamethrowers in the Pacific, and Iwo Jima was during the MAcAurthers island hopping campaine, mabey im wrong, but i do think they did have em.

Yes, AMERICA used flamethrowers. America's known for it's use of flamethrowers during the battle of Iwo Jima. (But then again, Flamethrowers weren't exactly the best back then. A flamethrower's life span was measured in seconds) Japan never used flamethrowers. Hell, Japan detested SMG's. Only about 100 Type 100's (or was it 101's? I don't remember) were issued, which were SMG's, because Japan didn't like SMG's.

[Sputty]

Why? Because Japanese ground tactics and equipment was retarded

[ChewyLSB]

I believe their reasoning for not using SMG's was something along the lines of "A rifle's always worked for me, why do I have to switch to an SMG?" This probably caused the defeat in many battles. I mean, hell, as it was, America had a tough time with many battles (Iwo Jima comes to mind).

EDIT: Oh another thing, flamethrowers really didn't have much of a use during World War II. They were too cumbersome and easily killed (one shot to the back = dead, and everyone around him in a 10m radius)

[Indecisive]

Seriously, in a realistic setting, when you are going for straight killing power, why go for short range flames, over longer range rifle?

[Smaug]

Flame throwers were used for clearing out caves in Iwo Jima. A very helpful weapon. Instead of charging in there and getting several men killed, you just fry them all.

There is really no point in arguing that BF isn't realistic, because it never was supposed to be, and never will be.

[Sputty]

BFV1942(or whatever it's called) will make alot of people realise why flamethrowers don't work in games like that. The 15 people runnning around causing fps rape and creating streams of death will get annoying

[Smaug]

I won't mind. Just more sniper bait for me.

[Sputty]

Originally Posted by Smaug

I won't mind. Just more sniper bait for me.

Try sniping at 3 fps

[Dharkbayne]

You know when it comes out, EVERYONE'S gonna try out Ol' Flamey, I hope htey make it so if you get hit in the tank, you blow the fuck up./

[ChewyLSB]

Originally Posted by Smaug

Flame throwers were used for clearing out caves in Iwo Jima. A very helpful weapon. Instead of charging in there and getting several men killed, you just fry them all.

Do you know what the strategy was for cave clearing in Iwo Jima? Three people, one armed with a flamethrower, one armed with a Thompson (I think, maybe an M3), and the last with a Garand, would move into position outside the cave entrance. They would use the flamer to fire into the cave opening, kill maybe one person max, then a Japanese rifleman would shoot the flamer, killing all three. Repeat about 20 times until you kill... the 5 japanese inside the cave.

So that's 60 people for only a handful of Japanese. The same job could be done the same, if not better, with grenades.