Originally posted by The_Countess
still i dont see how using the mp5 sights are simalar to crosshairs
the sig and AK's sight are just as eazy and the p90's is even eazyer
1) The MP5 has a diopter. The current sight picture is very open and you practically only see the front post, which is much less affected my weapon bob etc. The MP5 hence doesn't obstruct your view as much as it should and all you need to do it line up the front post with the target and pull the trigger. Even the FAMAS would be easy to aim that way. The MP5 is easier to shoot mid-range than most assault rifles for this very reason. That is wrong. The MP5 aimpoint is harder to use than the regular, because it obstructs your view more. That is actually a perversion of reality.
2) The MP5 has a diopter, and hence should have one in the game too. It's a fantastic weapon in real life, but in INF it's even better, because you don't have any rear sight aperture obscuring your view. It's not on the same track as the rest of the weapons in INF, namely that, for better or for worse, their sight pictures correspond more or less with real life. - They all do, except the MP5. The FAMAS and M16 have a similar sight concept but differ in design and were rendered without problems. It can't be a technical issue.
3) The SIG has a diopter too, and I wish it were in the game with a diopter. The sight with the 100m zero however is open on the SIG and this is the one rendered, although without the tritium inserts. Since most engagements in INF take place at such ranges there may be some justification for having the 100m open sight and not the 200m, which is just like the MP5's. SOP however would be to have the 200m aperture sight. I'm for changing that, too, someday, but at least the SIG *has* a sight of the type that is rendered. The AK has easy sights but recoil automatically - and realistically - balances it. The P90 has easy sights but the sight-block compensates somewhat, again, realistically.
I believe it was scheduled for 280 but then got dropped for some reason. As long as it isn't forgotten that's fine with me, although I am nonetheless a little irritated by the fact that new weapons are being added while the MP5 has been waiting for repairs for ages... Hostile Intent does them nicely though.
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