[MRP] Afghan QoL Improvements

[Ziggy 1,353]

Upon posting the Marine swap suggestion, it became clear that more attention needs to be given to Afghan first before people are comfortable with any US additions. Starting off, I took the ISI suggestion from the US suggestion as I think its an important aesthetic change for them for the same reasons stated on the other suggestion. The other part of this suggestion will include gun additions, changes, and just some overall buffs for Afghan to bring some appeal. 

 

Badri 313 -> Inter-Services Intelligence

Variants that need creation:

The SR-3M

As an addition to Badri's models and faction change, they have requested some weaponry changes to compliment. The VSS Vintorez comes with the attachments seen below. A Garnet-version would have to be created that remove ammo types and lock in the 30 round mag and SR-3M variant as default attachments. In addition, this would open up the HK-MP5 to be picked up by another faction. Ideally, since I suggest removing the MP-153 from infiltrator in place of the Winchester, I think that Delta Force should receive the HK-MP5 to their infiltrator class if they seek a counterpart. Another option is to give the HK-MP5 to 055. With the SR-3M variant, it matches the fire-rate of the G36C while having more aim-spread. 

The Winchester

Replacing the largely underused MP-153, I think its time that the Winchester finally sees the light of day on the server. A Garnet-version of this weapon would have to be created that removes ammo types from the guns. The default stats for this weapon are more than okay for the current weapon balancing on the server. It is a 2 shot weapon to the body with potential for a 1 shot headshot. Its fire-rate is mediocre and has decent recoil. 

Phone Bomb

The phone bomb would go onto two ISI classes. While this may sound worrisome when you first hear it, I can assure you the phone bomb is only a semi-powerful explosive. It would be very hard to get an effective phone bomb down without proper positioning. It has a large blast radius, but not much range. In exchange, ISI would give up their Nerve gas and flashbang. Please do not complain that the US needs a counterpart as they not only lose those other two pieces of equipment, but this should be something that is unique to ISI as a faction and an eye-catcher for new players. Trust me, this is no where near as powerful as a GL or RPG. 

 

Badri 313 -> Inter-Services Intelligence 

Model	Class Name	Loadout
	ISI : Agent (models/tfusion/playermodels/mw3/mp_pmc_africa_a.mdl)	garnet_battlerifle_sksd, garnet_pistol_tokarev
	ISI : Field Medic (models/tfusion/playermodels/mw3/mp_pmc_africa_b.mdl)	fas2_ifak, weapon_defibrillator, garnet_pistol_tokarev, smoke_grenade
	ISI : Watchman (models/tfusion/playermodels/mw3/mp_pmc_africa_d.mdl)	garnet_sniper_jng90, garnet_pistol_tokarev
	ISI : Vanguard  (models/tfusion/playermodels/mw3/mp_pmc_africa_f.mdl)	cw_vss(MAKE A GARNET-SR3-M EDIT!), garnet_pistol_tokarev, m9k_ied_detonator
	ISI : Assassin (models/tfusion/playermodels/mw3/mp_ally_pmc_sniper.mdl)	lockpick, garnet_pistol_tokarev, cw_carbine_73(MAKE A GARNET-WINCHESTER EDIT!)
	ISI : Director (models/tfusion/playermodels/mw3/mp_pmc_africa_e.mdl)	garnet_battlerifle_sksd, garnet_sniper_jng90, garnet_pistol_tokarev, weapon_cuff_rope, weapon_sh_flashbang
	ISI : Sentinel [T2] (models/tfusion/playermodels/mw3/mp_pmc_africa_e.mdl)	fas2_ifak, weapon_defibrillator, garnet_battlerifle_sksd, garnet_pistol_tokarev, garnet_shotgun_xm1014
	ISI : Vandal [T3] (models/tfusion/playermodels/mw3/mp_ally_pmc_sniper.mdl)	garnet_sniper_jng90, garnet_pistol_tokarev, m9k_ied_detonator, cw_vss(MAKE A GARNET-SR3-M EDIT!)

Faction	Inter-Services Intelligence	Rank
MOS/Abv.	ISI	Name
E-1
E-2
E-3
E-4	CDT	Cadet
E-5	OPT	Operative
E-6	SO	Senior Operative
E-7	JA	Junior Agent
E-8	AGT	Agent
E-9a	FA	Field Agent
E-9b	SA	Special Agent
WO1
WO2
O-1	SV	Supervisor
O-2	COS	Chief of Staff
O-3	PAO	Public Affairs Officer
O-4	CSV	Chief Supervisor
O-5	EXD	Executive Director
O-6	DGEN	Director General

Regarding the currently existing donator faction, you could either rename it to Badri 313, keep it as ISI, or just remove it. I do think that Badri -> ISI is beneficial to add to the feeling of it being new. Would take a few extra minutes for a purely aesthetic faction name change, however adds to the freshness of it all. 

 

Taliban Buffs and Additions

Firstly, the Taliban Army : Arsonist class is honestly a worse version of the Tier 1 counterpart, Machine Gunner. They both have primary weapons for CQC and a nitro. For Arsonist, add the SVT-40 (garnet_dmr_svt40) to the class. 

Secondly, buff the m9k_nitro as its throw distance is fairly short and the blast radius falls off very quickly. It also should be added to Taliban : Insurgent so that it is accessible to entry players without the requirement of VIP. 

CHANGELOG (TL:DR): [All final ISI loadouts are finalized in the chart above.]

1. [+] Create Garnet-versions of the SR-3M VSS variant and the Winchester.
2. [-] Remove the MP-153 from ISI : Assassin (Badri : Stalker).
3. [-] Remove the HK MP5 from ISI : Vandal (Badri : Vandal).
4. [-] Remove the standard VSS Vintorez from ISI : Vanguard (Badri : Raider).
5. [-] Remove Nerve gas agent from ISI : Vandal (Badri : Vandal).
6. [-] Remove flashbang from ISI : Rifleman (Badri : Rifleman).
7. [+] Add the Winchester to ISI : Assassin (Badri : Stalker). 
8. [+] Add the new SR-3M VSS variant to ISI : Vandal (Badri : Vandal), and ISI : Vanguard (Badri : Raider). 
9. [+] Add the phone bomb to ISI : Vanguard (Badri : Raider) and ISI : Vandal (Badri : Vandal).
10. [+] Add the SVT-40 to the Taliban Army : Arsonist [T2] class.
11. [+] Add the nitro glycerin to Taliban Army : Insurgent. 
12. [+] Buff the nitro glycerin throw range and blast radius if possible. 
13. [+] Give the HK-MP5 to Delta Force or 055th Brigade. 

Also, fix this: https://streamable.com/3o56pn

 

Content: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2415738513 

Edited February 20, 2023 by Ziggy

[BrianTheilliterate 147]

+1

 I know this is going to sound bias but updating/fixing Tali side guns to make more sense would be the best solution to try and bring/keep more enlisted and SOC from leaving. ISI just sounds cool and could bring Tali enlisted to go for that and shit idk, hopefully you understand me

[AwesomeC664 15]

+1

Completely agree with Brian on this one. This revamp and new would definitely bring more players to AFG at least temporarily and would be a good change overall. Would like to see this get put on the server

[Reynolds 69]

+1

All of these changes will most definitely stir up taliban, and this may be the final update / push we need to get taliban running in full operation again.

[Shwade 85]

+1
Pretty cool changes. Would love to see this on the server

[Horse 350]

+1

• Re-Addition of Taliban explosives are more likely to keep new players who dont have money for guns in the faction
• SOC Reworks bring appeal to the factions funneling more players through taliban to join them
  
  Maybe, in the future we can suggestion overall changes for certain SOC factions like maybe switching around some SOC factions to Al-Q, BLKGRD, Haqqani.

[StraightWhiteChristianMale 563]

+1 shakin it up

[MrTooTooT 103]

+1 I like the idea of shaking it up over at AFG! The buffs and nerfs are much needed! It would take a while to implement, but this seems pretty nice!

[shax999 148]

+1 Love the changes but taking away the hkmp5 gives ISI less variety to use compared to their counterpart as hkmp5 combats the UMP as for them the ScarH combats the sksd

Wouldnt mind seeing the hkmp5 being moved elsewhere but definitely gotta find something else to slot in outside of the vss imo.

Edited February 20, 2023 by shax999

[Ziggy 1,353]

10 minutes ago, shax999 said:

find something else to slot in outside of the vss imo.

That would be the SR-3M and the Winchester.

[BrianTheilliterate 147]

Now that we are on a more sniper heavy map, this Tali / ISI update would help out a lot for base faction being able to counter snipe. Would be also cool if tali got some small bombs since he are supposed to have more bombs then US but ATM its like the same number if you understand what im saying

Edited February 26, 2023 by BrianTheilliterate

[Shibe 294]

+1 As mentioned in hunting guy’s other post staff are currently looking to make edits to AFG. I think this would change things up especially with the ISI change.

[Smity_ 257]

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