Opinions on realism mods
 

I was just wondering why people use realism mods. Personally I think all they do is give machine gunners an advantage over riflers. So if I'm in a server using realism everyone is using mgs, smgs, sgs, etc. and they're killing me easily with a few mg rounds. This sounds realistic right? No, realistically about 3/4ths of the people should be using rifles while they could have a couple mgs and maybe a rocketer if there are tanks.

So basically what I'm saying is that realism makes it more unrealistic by making everyone sell out and use a gun that sprays the most bullets.

So What's your opinion on realism?

No they are not realistic at all....totally uneven........Maybe someone should try making one half decent. They all suck all of them.....

if i'm in a server running stock, everyone is using mgs smgs sgs etc. realism doesn't change the weapons people use except maybe less shotguns, it just makes them hit harder (and sometimes a bit less accurate) if someone wants to use a mg, fine more challenge for me. if someone wants to use a rifle it's just as effective in the right hands.

mohaa isn't supposed to be realistic anyway, that's why they didn't include things such as weapon restrictions.

Realism has nothing to do with weapon balance. The rate of fire, the damage done, the recoil, etc is what realism is about, IMHO. If all the weapons acted the same that wouldn't be very real would it?

Not every realism mod sucks. AANR was created using historical data with regards to the weapon's performance. If one weapon was more powerful than another in real life the mod reflects that.

The complaint I believe you should have is the ability for everyone to pick whatever weapon they want. You're looking for realism on what weapons people carry. The fact is realism mods usually don't work that way.

Actually, no realism mod works that way. But if someone comes up with a way to dictate how many of a particular weapon there are on a team, let me know as this is still my ultimate goal in the AANR mod. :)

Its pretty bad when a colt 45 can take you out but a p38 takes 3 shots

Pretty stupid!!!!!!!!!!

I play realism all the time and I dont hink its any more retarded than stock.

With stock MOHAA everyone is running around with shotties, because it kills quickly...in realism everyone runs around with machine guns because it kills quickly. Not much of a difference in my eyes.

"Realism" only refers to the bullet tollerance one has before kicking the bucket...In "real" war I dont think it would take 5 or more bullets to kill someone...hence the "realism mod". It soups up the weapons in an effort to create a more life-like death pattern.

It really just boils down to what kind of melees one prefers and I dont think it takes any more/less skill to play one or the other.

Basically this has already been answered, but I feel that the SH realism stinks, and that the regular stock play, without realism is to un-warlike, even though the game isn't the closest representation to WWII.

Anyways, the AAN.NET realism mod that is used on their server is excellent, the closest to CKR for SH I could find by far. I really enjoy playing that mod.

One of our clan members developed the Ares5 realism mod which is pretty much a one shot one kill mod, depending on where you place the shot and has accuracy added in for each weapon realitive to distance....Only problem is it also has a built in recoil that forces you to either readjust your aim after you shoot or use short controlled bursts, which most people are either too lazy to learn to deal with or get too frustrated. Yah I'm kinda biased, but so far its one of the more realistic mods I've played.

you should think about not using a rifle then cause i only play realism now and i tend to only use a rifle and ui find no problems killing the machine gunners you only have to hit then 2 times max and there dead if you can't do that befor they hit you then get a new wepon.

sorry if this is harsh but most of the servers i play if not playing on one of our clans ones people use rifles cause ther longer ranger you run quicker and they have more stoping power i think you should check your realism mod.