Originally Posted by Dougnifico
I play HA most of the time. You have 3 great options: TMG-50, T32 Bull, T16 Rhino.
The Rhino is my personal favorite. It does lack the ability to have a compensater but only because it fires like a damned laser beam anyways. It also has 100 rounds in the mag.
The Bull is probably the most popular. 60rnd mag and a very high fire rate. More kick than the rhino though. It does have a faster reload than other LMG's.
TMG-50 is what you use when you want extra stopping power. This is the closest we have to the Gauss SAW (I've heard it called the Ghetto Gauss).
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Rhino and Bull share the same kick and fire rate and MSW-R reloads faster than the Bull.
As for LMG advice:
- Close range go for high dps weapons like MSW-R (accuracy/hipfire) or for T9 Carv (damage per clip).
- Med range go for T32 Bull (accuracy) or for T16 Rhino (damage per clip)
- Med-long range go for TMG-50 (accuracy/burst fire/stopping power)
If you're looking for an all-round LMG for operating at multiple distances you're starting T9 Carv is not that bad actually although the T9 Carv-S is clearly better designed for that role. The slight loss in dps against the Carv is compensated for with good burst fire ability at ranges, faster reload and a wide choice of configurations. My biggest gripe with the Carv-S though is that it's very expensive for a weapon that doesn't really excel at anything.
At the end of the day TMG-50 should probably be highest on your list as the first LMG to save (500) certs for. And while guns like the MSW-R (100 certs) and T16 (250 certs) are cheap for the good close and mid range performance they deliver, you really need that long range capability of the TMG-50 on continents like Esamir that the other LMG's lack.
Although I personally prefer the controllability of the T32 Bull, the TMG-50 should be considered as the only "must have" LMG you really need to complement your already good default T9 Carv.