Thermal Weapons: to-be or not to-be

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If they had more drawbacks - limited range, required batteries etc I could see them being a lot more balanced, provided they are still extremely rare. Realistically I think you might also only find these in vehicles and helicopters (like police choppers) where their role is not immediately tied to their ability to kill people (like an as50 tws). If there is a good communication and coordination between spotter and shooter that should be rewarded. A narrow field of view and a degree of zooming would also go a long way to making sure it is only used as a focused spotting tool rather than being able to do periodic 360 sweeps to check the entire area around your group.

 

It's the one man armies that existed in early DayZ that I think a lot of people are trying to avoid by saying no.