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druidniam · 2018-01-13T22:01:48.866Z

No, it’s still an AR-15. M16 had some changes made to it as per specifications the military required. The original M16 was a piece of shit and was frequently abandoned in favor of seized AK-47s during Korea and Vietnam. The M16A1 addressed some of the issues, but it wasn’t until the M16A2 that it really shined with what the military wanted.

mark · 2018-01-13T22:21:11.877Z

OttoSkorzeny:

I don’t think so, I like it the way it is, enough with this Sci-Fi weirdness I say

It’s not at all weird to expect the military to use newer weapons in the future. Brief research reveals that the US Army has already announced a replacement for the M9 pistol.

OttoSkorzeny · 2018-01-13T22:27:14.482Z

Yes, A SIG Sauer pistol, not that modern

druidniam · 2018-01-13T22:57:51.741Z

Actually already being replaced service wide. And yeah, it’s a current production model SIG Sauer. If you want to look at military innovations look at battle rifles and carbines or Special Weapon Systems, like the Phalanx CIWS or the Samsung SGR-A1.

mark · 2018-01-14T00:18:27.230Z

I am not suggesting that the military guns in the game should be particularly innovative or unconventional, but only newer than present day, and fictional as a consequence.

kevin.granade · 2018-01-14T01:04:40.548Z

mark:

Isn’t DDA set several decades in the future,

It is not, it’s “present day with isolated super science”.

proxiehunter · 2018-01-14T01:23:23.798Z

Then why is the AAA guide from 2040?

mark · 2018-01-14T01:26:01.070Z

kevin.granade:

It is not, it’s “present day with isolated super science”.

I am wrong, then.

Solusphere · 2018-01-14T01:30:47.939Z

Thats…actually a really good question. Might have been an oversight by whoever implemented it?

Aggregate · 2018-01-14T01:33:40.300Z

Because the game technically takes place in the future. But the actual setting is “present day with isolated super science”. It being in the future is just a convenient means of handwaving the existence of that super science.

druidniam · 2018-01-14T02:00:57.952Z

I mean seriously, that’s only 22 years away. We MIGHT have a person on Mars by then in our current technology, but with the advancement in autonomous weapons and vehicles, most of the robots already make sense.

Solusphere · 2018-01-14T02:06:08.514Z

Yeah, makes sense. Also, it’s worth noting that with the military starts in the game, only the National Guard starts with a conventional firearm. All the others use some form of Rivtech caseless weapon, so there’s obviously been some advancement within the US military.

OttoSkorzeny · 2018-01-14T02:27:14.881Z

I highly doubt it, in the 1960’s they thought we would have flying cars in 2010. The military always used tried and true over experimental

druidniam · 2018-01-14T02:31:35.639Z

OttoSkorzeny:

I highly doubt it

First manned mission to Mars launches in 2024 presuming BFR doesn’t have any more hiccups. Keep up with the news.

OttoSkorzeny · 2018-01-14T02:58:54.259Z

Sure, sure, Ellon Musk gonna colonize Mars? Or Russia it won’t happen

kevin.granade · 2018-01-14T03:14:48.581Z

proxiehunter:

Then why is the AAA guide from 2040?

Because not everyone got the memo about it being present day, it being a future setting is a common (and understandable) mistake.

druidniam · 2018-01-14T03:29:37.177Z

I always assumed it was AAA guide issue 2040.

Aggregate · 2018-01-14T03:43:56.974Z

So that (and others like it) are just wrong? Well, I stand corrected.

psyxypher · 2018-01-14T03:51:10.214Z

So, this game isn’t set in the 2040s?
Yeah, that’s a huge shock to me too.

BorkBorkGoesTheCode · 2018-01-14T06:41:18.392Z

If the the game is based in the present and the AR-15 is nearly identical to the M16, maybe it could be reskinned as the M16, with the ACR replacing it as the semi-automatic STANAG rifle.