because that’s the only way for this vehicle to get thermal drone, there is no thermal drone below BR 10.0, and like I said, this vehicle can and should be at a higher BR because it has features that make it competitive at high BR. I use it and the BMP-3 at top tier, I know it can deal with almost any vehicle, especially if you catch them from the sides. It is far better than many other IFVs that are at higher BRs too, look at my EDIT part.
You don’t have to sell me on its capabilities. Even if I have more fun using BMP3 than the 3x BMD4s I have. It was just a weird way you wrote it, lol.
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i would argue that P/W is one of, i not the main statistic WRT mobility/aglity.
that and turning time. Most other vehicles dont turn like the BMDs do. (on spot i mean)
goes to show how good it still is
also shows how it has so many things in its favour that other IFVs at 9.7 (only) lack
a great autocannon, great ammo, amazing RoF, a great ATGM (FoTM), great mobility and great sights
like you cant tell me the BMD is equal to the VBCI’s man
You get SL’s for every scout, you get more SL’s for each enemy when they die, AND you get SL’s and RP when you get the"Intelligence" award. THEN, you also get reduced CAS spawn points for each “intelligence” award in Realistic or CAS points in Arcade. You don’t “need” to get kills to profit from scouting.
You can use the 2S25M, BMP-2M and/or the 2S28 for 10.0+ RB if you want a thermal drone (BMP-2M or 2S38 in Arcade, 2S25M is only 9.7 in AB.) 0 need for the BMD-4M2 to go up.
yeah but it mostly helps the team, can’t count how many times I’ve seen nobody scouting and then put my drone up and see enemies flanking. Saved the team many times just by scouting. That’s the gameplay I prefer in this game. Then if there are enemy jets in the sky or the team is losing, I try to help it with CAS.
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I don’t have the 2S38 and never will. But I have 2S25M and BMP-2M + BMP-3. I still prefer the light, mobile and the ability to pop over a slope with my BMP-3/BMD-4M2 all leaned forward for maximum gun depression and pop people with ATGMs when they are out in the open or don’t pay attention to me. BMP-3 and BMD are the most fun to play hands down.
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/shrug. You should get the BMD-4M then. It is better than the BMD-4M2. Fast ATGM reload like the BMD-4. Sill no reason to increase the BR’s of any of the BMD’s just because you want a thermal drone.
Also, any potential argument of “I am not going to buy a premium” is a you problem. Not a we and/or game problem.
Nah, I can buy any premium I want but won’t play the 2S38, I never like to play overpowered vehicles. I only buy premium vehicles if I want to research a tree faster and that’s it. I don’t really play with a vehicle because it’s good, it also needs to be fun to play, and the BMD-4M2 is the pinnacle of that for me, and with a thermal drone it would be so much better. That is why I don’t even play these vehicles at their BRs and go straight to top tier. There is a challenge and it’s more fun.
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These whole doesnt not make that much sense not gonna lie
BMP-2M being 10.3 while the 2 broken ah IFVs being lower br and insanely stronger than the BMP2-M
useless to say that the BMDs are op,one of the few IFVs that can run at mach fuck,shoot ATGMs on the move while spraying your cheeks with APDS
I doubt that the BMP-2M its 10.3 cause of the APDS-FS…
LOL! Then why are you complaining about the BMD-4M2 😂? Your arguments are incongruent.
Hey fwiw though, I am enjoying debating with you, even though I find that your arguments are conflicting imo.
Its not even that OP the 2S38 since its sit at a BR bracket it faces 11.3 which its difficult for the 2S38 to even exists
The only thing making it “op” its the fact that if you hit a flank without you getting spotted,you can get like 8 kills easily…but thats legit its just outplaying the enemy with an average IFV
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It’s for sure not because of the APDS-FS, it’s because it can fire 4x 1,200mm armor pen tandem charge ATGM’s on the move 😉
The BMDs does the same stuff and it does it better
Why 9.7 then
The BMD-2M is for sure better than the BMD’s. A huge difference is the BMP-2M’s faster firing autocannon is MUCH better at taking out air targets coupled with its IRST, even though all 3x of the BMD’s have IRST too. (And the BMP-3 does not have IRST, thus also lowering its BR potential.)
it’s not conflicting though. It’s a fun vehicle, I like spotting and the thermal drone would help it a lot, and since it’s much better than many other IFVs sitting at 10.0+, it should get a BR penalty increase and get a better drone.
Again, no. This is YOUR desire. Not the majority playerbase desire. I am glad that you are being very honest about your intents and desires, but realistically it’s not going to happen just because you/a few players wish it to have an ability which would negatively affect its BR.
All worse than the russian counter parts,why they have to sit at the same br bracket while unable to do mostly anything while we have the BMDs at the same br bracket being utterly broken?
Mind you,the BMDs are the IFVs people use to speed run nukes with it,if they do…means its broken
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Good argument and examples. Not sure if I agree or disagree, but very good points with supporting information.
These 4 do not have IRST fwiw, not sure if that affects your point(s) but just fyi. (Pretty sure all 4 don’t have IRST, if that is not correct lmk and I will edit.)
I can say that from experience
The Bradleys should be either reworked to make the main cannon stronger since they are so bad it cant even kill a light vehicle sometimes
And the M3A3 sits at 10.0 while legit being worse in every single way that the BMDs that sit at 9.7
Worse gun,worse missiles,youre bigger and fatter,you cant shoot on the move,bad ammo,all this at 10.0 while the russians have way better things at 9.7
And for the IFVs i shown,i checked their stats overall with their mods
Compared to the BMDs,they are legit buns
So its either lower all the other IFVs to a lower br or make the BMDs go up,which IMO should happen
I dont see the BMDs struggle a lot at 10.3,could work IMO
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Oh also fwiw, the Strf 9040B does have prox fuses, which is a huge plus against CAS. Again, idk if that really affects your argument, just want to point out anything that improves an IVF’s abilities against CAS.
Anti CAS capabilities of an IFV is a HUGE point for me. The main reason my 10.3 RU Realistic lineup looks like this: (and almost everything can scout, other than the Khriz, though sometimes I consider putting in the BMP-3 instead for another scout. I don’t even have an MBT in there lul.)
