wingedwolf

The Hurt Locker won awards. I know plenty of people who like it. Most people I know who don't like it, like myself, are veterans, or still in the military. To sum up why I don't like in one word: accuracy (to be fair, some elements were spot on). Other than that, it has a decent story, good cinematography, good acting. You know, the stuff they care giving rewards out for. As for generic weapon: there are dozens of different sniper rifles, assault rifles, shotguns, pistols, but there aren't enough .50 CAL machine guns for the model chosen to be lost in a sea of diversity. So when I see a design obviously based on the Browning model my mind's eye automatically begins imagining the weapon's action. The barrel and the double buffer are the only things that looks inexplicably off to me. Enough with beating a dead horse, or turning a ant hill into a mountain. The new UI looks like it did what it set out to do, make the game look nicer and more streamlined.

Personally, I'm aware most who play this game will never lay hands on a .50 CAL machine, let alone have the pleasure of maintaining them. It was my job years ago to examine them closely, this creates a personal bias towards accuracy. Most of you guys can also watch The Hurt Locker (an award winning film) and find it accurate enough for your tastes.

Hmmm.... The .50 Cal still looks wrong to me. The barrel should not get narrower towards the end, this is the biggest (perhaps only) flaw. I don't know what the rings on the barrel are suppose to do, but they aren't part of the Browning .50 CAL. I see no sights, but it's a vehicle mounted weapon. Looks to me like there is only half a charging handle, but it might be made to be mechanically charged. The .50 CAL pictured is right hand feed, which you would have when you have two .50 CAL HB MGs firing on the same trigger. The MG to its left would have a left hand feed, the common set-up.

This is not a .50 CAL machine gun. It is an M60. This is a .50 CAL machine gun. Well, what is the difference, you ask. About 60 lbs of steel!

Pfft...non-commissioned officer corp and officer corp are American ideas? I can't believe I read that. Oh, please. The Greeks and Romans had that millennia ago, it might be even older. Xenonaughts might be more like special forces, one or two officers for a team of senior non-commissioned officers.