Ribeyrolles & M1900 Slug

Farquhar-Hill & RSC

MG 15 & Madsen (Huot after weapon rebalance)

SMLE (or Arisaka?) & M.95 (or Carcano?)

Mle 1903 & C93

Quoted from "RangerOfDanger"

Speaking of Farquar hill, just how good will it be when it hits the base game?

Pretty much the definition of all-round and jack-of-all-trades, in a good way (as opposed to being "meh" at everything). It's basically a Mondragon, with the Cei-Rigotti's 3-4BTK damage model, and a 19-round detachable(!) magazine. It also looks cool, sounds badass, has great animations, and excellent sights.

Yes, a better damage model would make the weapon better. But it would make the Mondragon obsolete, as you suggested.

Interestingly, the Farquhar-Hill has muzzle velocity and accuracy stats of the longer range SLRs, the ones that require no more than 3BTK at all ranges.

Also, it doesn't have the Cei-Rigotti's damage model, as initially speculated, but the AL8 .35's instead. While that might only sound like an extended 3BTK of 10m, the potentially interesting thing here is that both weapons which drop off at 47m (the RSC & AL8 .35) are both having their drop offs extended to 70m in the TTK shift. So you'd expect the Farquhar-Hill to follow suit, making the Mondragon virtually useless if this goes ahead.

But before that, I'd throw the Mondragon in the mix of versatile Medic weapons.

Well, think of it this way. Going from the Mondragon to the Selbstlader M1916, you gain a detachable magazine that holds 15 more rounds in trade for only 32 rounds per minute. Going from the Cei-Rigotti to the Farquhar-Hill, you gain a detachable magazine that holds only 9 more rounds in trade for 42 rounds per minute and the omission of an automatic firing mode. So, I'd say giving the Farquhar-Hill slightly more damage than the Cei-Rigotti is quite alright. Of course, if DICE were to go through with the SLR range buffs, that may create some balancing problems, as you suggest, Shalan.


As far as the most versatile vanilla guns for each class go, I'd say the following.

Assault - Hellriegel M1915: This has one of the best close range TTKs in the game, and its low recoil will allow one to make hits at fairly long distances. It's not hard to see why this is one of the most popular guns in the game.

Medic - Mondragon: This is a bit of a tricky one. Medic seems to typically have the biggest trade-offs with each gun. While most generally gravitate towards the M1907 SL Sweeper or Selbstlader M1916 for vanilla Medic guns, they're pretty bad at long range and close range, respectively. The Mondragon has you covered for practically every range. Only true downside is you have to pay close attention to when you should reload (reloading with a single round left will take a while).

Support - MG 15 nA: It is has the best ammo capacity out of vanilla machine guns and thus is the most forgiving to miss shots with. The Lewis also has a respectable magazine capacity, especially on the Suppressive variant, but the long range damage is poor.

Scout - Gewehr M.95: It has a great rate of fire, great limb multipliers, and a consistent damage model. Once you get used to its lower-than-average bullet velocity, t's really a solid choice for just about every practical combat range in the game.

I am judging most versatile to be non specailist, good performance from 0 - 60m common ranges(Rush/Frontlines)
MP18 Trench Ribeyrolles


Cei Rigotti Optical Mondragon Optical

Madsen LW Huot LW

Not into scout much, probably Vitali and G.95. 1895 trench is an Honorable mention.

Pre-TT, typically in decreasing order of engagement distance:

Assault - Ribeyrolles, Hellriegel, 1900 Slug
Medic - Mondragon, Cei-Rigotti
Support - Benet-Mercie Telescopic/Huot, Madsen LW, BAR Storm
Scout - SMLE Carbine, G95 Carbine

Post-TT, typically in decreasing order of engagement distance:

Assault - Ribeyrolles, Hellriegel, 1900 Slug
Medic - Mondragon, Farquhar-Hill, Cei-Rigotti
Support - Benet-Mercie Telescopic/Huot, Madsen LW, BAR Storm
Scout - SMLE Carbine, G95 Carbine, Carcano