Talk:Assault Rifles/@comment-115.135.205.13-20131019142454

I always found it weird that only Combat Medics can use assault rifles. I can understand why they'd wanna keep it away from Light Assaults, Engies, and Infils, but I don't get why they kept it away from Heavy Assaults.

It just seems weird to me. There are a really large variety of guns available in the Assault Rifle class, and they're pretty darn powerful, yet they're only usable by a class that spends more time healing than shooting. Its been that way since beta, and its always struck me as an unusual balance decision.

At first I thought they kept it away from Heavies because they didn't want Heavies to be too versatile. But now that Heavies have access to Shotguns, SMGs, Battle Rifles, as well as new LMGs that are basically assault rifles in all but name, the fact that they still can't use Assault Rifles is even weirder.