USMC drone for light faction | Squad Community | Page 1

fluid bronze Nov 6, 2025, 9:44 PM

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I feel like the light USMC is STILL to underpowered so, in order to make it a teeny tiny bit better what if OWI was to make a drone kit. But hold on! This isn't a big drone that can easily be shot down. It has been shown lately that drones haven't really provided a MAJOR edge in combat but it has been great to have so what if we gave it to the USMC light faction? It is far from great but I have an idea: Make it better with recon. Instead of 1 heli in 6 minutes what about 2 helis in 6 minutes or just instant? and a Black hornet mini drone? (as shown in the picture) instead of just sticking them on the ground, these changes would absolutely make the USMC light battalion better, faster and basically make up for the armor indifference. Extra AT, 1 extra good heli and drones. (God Bless the USA)

supple gorge Nov 6, 2025, 11:32 PM

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Black hornet is Fucking expensivce and only really used by special forces

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 12:45 AM

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supple gorge Black hornet is Fucking expensivce and only really used by special forces

Hence lighter faction

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I am not saying black hornet for all USMC factions, just for the light faction that has a severe disadvantage.

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:18 AM

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USMC light inf is doo doo, does need improvements

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The question is does this contribute towards that goal or just a nice to have

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 2:19 AM

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It really depends on whether recon wins the game or not. I believe it has with the CRF and the VDV.

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others may not

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:19 AM

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Recon can be achieved by a heli

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I think light inf needs anti roll on rollout equipment

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Like

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PMC on roll-out is prone to being rolled because an IFV or APC will trounce their vehicle load out.

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Same thing with light inf

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 2:26 AM

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It recently got a AT upgrade with m27's being iron-sighted it makes the faction bearable. I played it twice and twice I was completely rolled. We had no idea where anything was coming from. So I made this suggestion basically to say: if we have drones we can see where they are

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It needs recon and if it gets recon. Maybe. Just maybe. It will make it better

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:27 AM

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I always found that with light inf the AT capability is lackluster

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It sounds like your team in that instance was blind and deaf

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Like, also, they could be coming from anywhere because they're cap rushing or pushing common HAB placements

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I would be interested in hearing more of what happened tho

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 2:32 AM

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What happened was we rolled out, our tow MAT-V's were taken. We had a heli pilot waiting at main. It went normal until we got to the 3rd point. They had 2 bmd-4's waiting at 3rd cap and we killed them with our HATS being in the same truck for some reason. by then our heli was about to drop a squad on the next point. We capped it and they capped it with the heli. Then we were completely blind-sided by either a sprut or a bmd and got wiped. We never knew where it was. Our heli was also destroyed.

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We had no eyes on anything and just kept getting murked again and again by their tank

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A SL was able to put a tac req down but it was too late (it had been 10 minutes) and he had to get more ammo.

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:34 AM

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Was it AAS or RAAS?

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 2:34 AM

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Then they hot-drop with a bmd and then they cap

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RAAS

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:34 AM

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Yeah so they probably Squad lanes it

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 2:34 AM

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they push us to our 1st point and then we lose on tickets

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:34 AM

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Saw where the cap was going and knew what to do

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 2:35 AM

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I feel like most of this would have been avoided with the use of a drone scouting out where the armor was and a extra heli would have been able to put a tac req down b4 he had to get ammo

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:35 AM

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But a drone wouldn't have the range to do that scouting

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Like the drone for RGF is pretty limited

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Would this drone be better than the RGF one?

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 2:36 AM

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Due to its size, yes

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Battery life? no, 3 mins or 4

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:36 AM

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Like you would have to get out of main on roll-out, place yourself, then move it far. Imagine on like Yeho or Goro

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The amount of distance it would need to cover.

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If it doesn't work well on large maps vs small, the solution might need to be different.

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 2:37 AM

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Well, same can be said for the VDV, but they get the drone

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:37 AM

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Yknow how logistics get to see the timers, imagine if light inf can see an additional cap ahead.

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So they could anti roll by preparing

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 2:38 AM

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You might be onto something'

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:38 AM

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That works on not just say Sunari, but on big maps

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Also, light inf relying on TOWs for anti tank sucks

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They need another vehicle that can do that purpose

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 2:38 AM

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^^^

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:39 AM

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But I don't know what would be appropriate

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 2:39 AM

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The BGM arming rage is actually 65 metres so... I feel like that should be changed

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:39 AM

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They nerfed it to fix IFV meta

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And nerfed it to fix Heli survival

fluid bronze Nov 7, 2025, 2:41 AM

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idk, USMC AT has gotten 100% better with 2 laws LAT, m136 LAT, 2 tandem 2 HE HAT and a 2 tandem HAT

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AT wise it can work, but if they have nothing to chase after it is completely useless

gentle helm Nov 7, 2025, 2:42 AM

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Exactly

neon island Nov 7, 2025, 7:43 AM

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On the fence, I think it would be nice to have, but only worth a shot if it’s widespread enough irl

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Which is tricky because of the USMC squad size identity crisis

frozen coral Nov 7, 2025, 9:50 AM

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squad isnt a slow, dont die gameplay loop

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