(just want to see what you guys are thinking cause i think MEA is just a worse TLF)
#what purpose does MEA have when we have the TLF?
unique trellis
If anything the TLF are just a worse version of the MEA. Almost all of the TLF vics are worse than their MEA counterpart. The g3 at least has full auto which the turk rifle doesn't. Mea has hat on all of their units while tlf doesn't. TLF only has mgl and better helis over mea
Also they provide different experiences. MEA is a middle eastern army that primarily uses Soviet/russian heavy equipment with a mix of old western and Soviet small arms that gives a sense of the not quite fully modern but not unconventional. TLF is an "infantry focused" middle eastern/eastern European(by availability on maps) faction that uses western style equipment with indigenous designs.
The major issue is that tlf sucks at their supposed purpose since their rifle is viewed very negatively compared to most others, they get the worse set of armor for conventional factions with no atgm ifv or car and limited/no hats.
halcyon pier
Worse?
Better tank
Better IFVs
Vera good HAT kit
Amazing logis.
ATGm Vic’s
Good Infantry Kits
MG-3
lavish trench
And a shit ton of grenades
obsidian trail
Also they provide different experiences. MEA is a middle eastern army that prima...
near granite
What purpose does VDV have when we have RGF?
An odd question to ask. They only really share a rifle caliber, and if that was problematic then so would every NATO faction using 556 or every post-soviet-equipment faction using 545
meager valve
MEA has arguably the BEST HAT kit in the game while TLF doesn't have HAT at all
Also, Turks sucks. Real bad
Their MBT is so bad it's somewhere just right above the Leopard, so that makes it the 3rd worst tank in the game after the Leo and T62
near granite
They are getting HAT finally in tomorrow's update.
reef ginkgo
Tbh Turkey should be blufor
Cuz they’re nato irl
Seeing them fight the US and uk is super jarring
meager valve
Well, that's kinda political but while they're in the NATO they aren't exactly friendly with NATO members
They did some weird shit
zinc tide
If anything the TLF are just a worse version of the MEA. Almost all of the TLF v...
The MPT76 definitely has full auto mode but neither gun should be used full auto anyway unless you're up in their face.
unique trellis
The MPT76 definitely has full auto mode but neither gun should be used full auto...
Yeah my mistake. For some reason I misremembered it as not having full auto.
zinc tide
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near granite
Tbh Turkey should be blufor
Turkey has a bit of a mixed stance. They're a founding NATO member but more recently the relationship has had some turmoil. They didn't seem too happy that the US recognized the Armenian genocide, and America wasn't too happy they started making military deals with Russia and cut them out of certain military equipment programs like the F35.
Independent is probably the best place for them to be because right now it's unclear and unlikely they would fight any of these factions over another.
reef ginkgo
Irl I doubt they will ever fight other nato members
I can see them fighting Greece
But yeah USA shooting at them is kinda weird
They could’ve served as a blufor mea
But I’m not unhappy they’re independent
I just always thought it’s weird
near granite
MEA is not REDFOR though, so did we need a BLUFOR counterpart?
near granite
It's not impossible that within our lifetime that Turkey may decide to leave NATO. It's been a concern for some time, though the current admin has not confirmed they want to do that.
near granite
Easy to say that now.
It would be as unlikely to expect them to fight Russia, but both can be done in game.
reef ginkgo
I mean that whole thing with the downed su24 happened
near granite
Sure. But you're looking at it one-sidedly if you count that as a valid reason but none of the other tensions straining relationships between Turkey and the West.
It was after that event that Turkey was dealing with Russia and America got upsetti spaghetti about it and suggested sanctioning Turkey.
Squad's blufor is mostly NATO but is not explicitly all or just NATO allies, so independent is a good place for them IMO.