Planetside lacked a dedicated infantry carried machine gun that could lay down suppressing fire for a good length of time, pinning enemies behind cover so that other infantry could advance. Trying to perform this role with other weapons was feasible, but only effective for long periods of time if that player dedicated their inventories to it. It could be argued that the One Man Field Turret filled this role eventually however.
These Light Machine Guns would be deployed using a bi-pod to fire effectively, although hip fire could be possible but wildly inaccurate. For a great example of how I envision these working check out Day of Defeat: Source.
Each empire could have their own design reflecting their weapon philosophy as well a common pool middle ground weapon.
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2011-10-23, 10:21 AM
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