Favorite Loadouts

[Rocco Ward]

Just a quick summary of your preferred equipment setups for various marine roles you guys enjoy! Mine are as follows:

Standard Marine:

• M41A with accuracy/recoil attachments ^{[Suit slot]}
• M41A with underslung grenade launcher (attachment primed and ready to fire) ^{[Backpack slot]}
• 7 clips of pulse rifle ^{[Belt storage]}
• Handgun + Flare ^[Pockets]
• 2 Flares ^{[Suit Storage]}
  

PRO - Easy to switch between the primary weapon (with decked out attachments) and the cannonball insta boom hanging on your back. Plenty of ammo, few flares for visibility, and a sidearm in case shit gets hairy.
CON - No backpack.



Pyro Engineer:

• Flamethrower ^[Hand]
• Riot shield (optional) ^[Hand]
• Firesuit (note - you can still wear your marine helmet and be immune to fire) ^{[Suit Slot]}
• Many tanks of phoron at max pressure (note - can use phoron tanks from tank storage unit in engineering or QM on the planet) ^[Backpack]
• Phoron Canister (note - You can get banned if you somehow fuck this up, make sure it's in a secure location where a bullet or xeno won't smash it) ^{[FOB Storage]}
  
  

PRO - Burn baby, BURN! You are a raging inferno of hell incarnate. A crushers worst nightmare and an arsonists utopia fantasy. Spew flames everywhere toasting weeds, xenos, and lighting the darkness ablaze. Be sure to take advantage of your fire protection by jumping into the flames making any xeno foolish enough to attack you suffer lots of damage. Another tactic is to setup egrilles in an open spot with yourself in the middle as bait. Flamers CAN SHOOT THROUGH GRILLES!!!
CON - ravagers. Ravagers. RAVAGERS! IF YOU SEE ONE, RUN! RUN FAST!!! The queen is also immune to fire so beware. It's very tedious to reload the flamethrower in the middle of combat, so make sure you have backup nearby to cover you.

[YungCuz]

B18 Spec:
M41A MK2 Pulse Rifle with a RDS.
Riot Shield
Machete

PRO - Can be pretty Robust when it comes down to using Tricord and Melee.
CON - You might get your ass rekt if you aren't that robust as a B18 Spec.

[Casany]

Medical Medic

M41A with RDS, charged barrel-Suit Storage

Machete-Backpack Slot

CLB-Belt slot

2 Handguns- Armor storage

2 clips for M41A-pockets

Pros-allows for you to be in the front lines helping people, many fallbacks incase things get harry
Cons-No backpack.

Squad leading SL

Shotgun with charged barrel and stock-Suit Storage

Two handguns-armor slots

My SL Supply beacons-Webbing, all three

My OB-Pocket 1

My plastic explosives-Pocket 2

Boxes of ammo, 1 revolver-in my backpack

Many handfulls of ammo-in my belt

Eat bars-Helmet

Pros-lots of weapons and ammo
cons- Cant really think of any

Very standard standard

Shotgun-Backpack slot

M41A-Suit storage

4 handfulls of shells, 3 M41A clips-Belt

2 pistols-Armor slots

Pros-Many guns, lots of ammo
Cons-Not much storage space for other things you may find

Very special Spec

Smartgun-Suit storage

Powerpack-Backpack

4 Pistols-pockets and armor slots

7 pistols-Belt

Knife-Boot

Pros-MANY guns, incase you somehow lose your smartgun or run out of ammo
Cons-none of those guns are that strong

[monkeysfist101]

Scout/Patrol marine:

Clothing

• Marine BDU (sleeveless)
  Boots
  Gloves
  USCM Combat Armor (sleeveless)
  Bandanna (red)

Weaponry

• M41A Mk.2
  Underslung Flamethrower
  M4A2
  Machete
  Combat Knife

Equipment

• 1 M41A Mk.2 Armor Piercing magazine
  3 M41A Mk.2 Magazines
  1 M4A2 Magazine
  2 Illumination Flares
  1 Flashlight

Personal Effects

• 1 Pack of Lucky Strikes Cigarettes
  1 Cheap Lighter (red)
  1 USCM Hip Flask (contents to be determined. See: Mendoza C. in Cargo)

Pros:

• High survivability if you play it any degree of safe.
  Helmets are for pussies.
  Underslung flamethrower for covering a retreat.

Cons:

• No Backpack (like any good standard actually needs one)
  No helmet if you're the kind of person who runs face first into danger.

[Desolane900]

What I used to roll with for Saul:

• M41A with mag harness and grip^{Suit slot}
• Shotgun^{Back slot}
• Pistol, Pistol magazine, handful of slugs and buckshot, 3 M41A magazines with 4th one optional.^Belt
• Bandage, Ointment. ^{Armor slots}
• 2 M41A magazines ^Pockets

Pros: Able to stay upright and kick serious ass no matter what happens.

Cons: Not good for a being alive for a prolonged amount of time and constantly seeing combat.

[Infant Punter]

My personal ass-kick loadout as standard.

- Classic Pulse rifle w/mag harn, grip and bayo. Suit Slot
- Ammo Belt FULL of pulse ammo. Belt
- Backpack ABSOLUTELY FUCKING FULL of ammo. Backpack
- Armor with one gauze roll and one ointment tube. Armor Storage
- Two flashlights. One for keeping on you for slightly better light, one for utility throwing. Pockets
- Meson Scanners to get that extra 1 tile of sight in the dark, and also to shoot through boiler gas. Eyes
- Killer fucking attitude. Beard
- Competence to not shoot fellow marines with my metric fuckton of ammo. Noggin

In my opinion and experience as standard, all you need is one mag harned gun and a dream to get the job done. Why bother mag harning something you only have a few mags for?

Pros: Fame, glory, attractiveness, call of duty KD, roleplay points, alien salt for your fries.

Cons: The possibility of someone who is not ready for this power stumbling upon this guide, effectively FFing all the marines. God save us.

[Steelpoint]

The only good standard loadout is a M41A Rifle and a metric ton of ammunition in your back pack. Or a Shotgun and a ton of shotgun ammo in your pack and belt.

[jaggaaff]

Loadout:

M41A with Quickfire and Suppressor, Toggle on burstfire., M44/M4A3 as a secondary(M4A3 with burstfire if I'm spec)

7 mags of M41 ammo and one mag of pistol/revolver ammo in the belt.

One flashtlight and pistol/revolver ammo

Marine suit pockets and backpack space are wildcards but usually carry ammo, medical items or accessory items(Such as grenades or spare welding helmets because aliens are stun-locking faggots Very Nice People


Pros:RoF is 2 stronk. If you FF, nobody will blame you for it unless they watched you shoot them.

Cons:FF will happen because marines walk into your LoF anyway

[SagaSword]

Square of Death (SOD)

Recommended for Campers and survivalists

Weapons:

1 M41A Pulse Rifle w/Extended Barrel and RDS/or Mag harn.

Equipment:

50 Plasteel
50 Metal
4 Sentry Guns
4 High-Capacity Cells
4 Sentry Ammo
1 Belt full of M41A Ammo

How to build: 5x5 Metal barricades with sentries at the middle of each direction and you in the Middle(or any space you would like to be)

Pros:Great for killing pretty much any alien efficiently especially when you are assisting the sentry fire with the M41A.

Cons :If you see a Boiler...You are dead....

[Bigchilly]

My Loadout:

• Guns: 1 M4 Pulse (backpack slot), M4A3 (armor slot). Alternatively i will go with 3 pulse rifles. 2 in armor and backpack slots, the other always in your hands. (shove your m4a3 in your pockets)

• Equipment: 2 Flares in your armor, always make sure to have a 10mm in your pocket, for a quick emergency reload. In your belt have a lot of 10mm, if you have a pistol take 1-2 mags.

• Combat effectiveness: Always use cover, and make sure not to get flanked. If you get pinned down via ancient spitters, just run for it. If you get knocked down and you are carrying 3 rifles, just switch to the other 2.

• Suggestions: See something lurking in the darkness? Don't chase it, toss a flare and let it come to you. Stick with your squads, its simple knowledge that a lone marine in a dead marine.

[TheCubscout]

Lead Sanitation Engineer

Apparel

• Purple Suit
• Purple Suit Jacket (occasionally)
• Brown Shoes
• Sunglasses (occasionally)
• Leather Satchel

Utilities

• Radio Headset
• Pen (Ear Slot)
• PDA (Identification Slot)
• Trash Bag (Belt Slot)
• Flashlight (Left Pocket)
• Space Cleaner (Right Pocket)

Auxiliary Storage

• --Leather Satchel
• Crowbar
• Additional Space Cleaner
• Wet Floor Sign
• >Additional Items as the round continues<

• --Purple Suit Jacket
• Cleaner Grenade
• Cleaner Grenade

• --Janitorial Cart
• x4 Wet Floor Signs
• x2 Space Cleaner
• Mop

Weapon of Choice
Mop -Deals 3 Brute Damage to Flesh Targets

Pros:

• The Ship is Actually Clean
• Less Chance of Infection
• Moral is increased
• Safety Violations are kept in check
• Health Inspections Pass

Cons:

• Mistreatment
• Lack of defending oneself
• Massive working environment
• Some argue the tool belt is more efficient to have; I believe the trash bag has more use
• The potential chance to be banned

[Mech__Warrior]

Well, I suppose I can throw my load-outs in here.

AR build - Two M4A1 ARs with a belt-full and pockets full of ammo, backpack and armor slots have flares in them. The attachments I get are two flashlights because being able to see is absolutely vital. You can't shoot what you can't see.

Shotgun build - One M36 shotgun with a stock and compensator or long barrel. Backpack has a box of buckshot and slugs with the rest of the slots with flares. Suit slots has flares. Belt is filled with shotgun shells as are the pockets, mostly slugs.

Revolver build - One revolver with the stock and compensator, with pockets with speed loaders as well as the suit slots. Usually this build is for the medic or engineering, and whatever belt they have. Fill the rest of the back pack slots with flares.

[Spider]

As a marine

Weapon

M41A Pulse Rifle MK2

- Quickfire
- Grip
- Suppressor (If I can nab one)

Gear

M276 load belt

- 9 Magazines of AP rounds (kek)

Jackboots

- Marine Combat Knife

M3 Pattern Marine Snow Armor

- Health Analyzer
- Flare

M10 Pattern Marine Snow Helmet

- Tricord Flask (Thanks Alissa)
- Buritto

Bagpack Slot

- Machete

[McRipfist]

Standard Marine

Suit Storage
- Pulse rifle (Magnetic Harness)

Armor Storage
- Two M4A3 Magazines

Loadbelt
- Four M4A1 10mm Standard Magazines
- Two M4A1 10mm AP Magazines (Conserved for Advanced Assaults/Defenses and T3 Engagements)

Backpack

- Two Flare pouches
- Two M4A1 10mm Standard Magazines
- One Roll of Gauze
- One M4A3 Magazine
- One MRE or Protein Pack

Helmet
- Cigarette pack or Eat-Bar (Optional)
- Cheap/Zippo lighter (Lighting cigarettes, Ghetto flare, Torturing traitors)
- Flask (Medical or Standard, preferably Medical.)

Pocket Storage
- M4A3 Service Pistol
- Standard Issue Flashlight

Combat Boot (Edit)
- Combat Knife

[Renomaki]

While I haven't played enough of the other job types to have a preferred loadout, I do have a loadout for Standard that I often find is quite useful.

Your basic Pulse Rifle
A handy dandy pistol or revolver
4 mags of normal pulse ammo, one AP mag, and 3 mags for my secondary
5 flares
a pack of bandages
a tricord injector
a flask of water
an EAT Bar
a combat knife
and sometimes a poker card for luck.

I don't think I forgot anything there.

Is there any pros to it? Probably not, for it is a very basic, balanced build that doesn't focus on any one element. It doesn't resort to stuffing your backpack full of ammo or using strange tactics like the tricord flask or just using AP for EVERYTHING, regardless of armor types. It is as basic as basic gets, and for me, it feels right.

[Warnipple]

B18 armour
Shotgun with gyro in left hand
Machete in the right
Backpack slot with another machete
Belt full of buckshot ammo
Pocket full of extra buckshot
Flask with tramadol+hyperzine spiked drink
Grenades in armour and webbing along with a roll of bandages

Self-preservation is low but potential for glory is high.

[ClumsyAlcoholic]

Ice survivor:
Tactical shotgun
.357 revolver
Hide in a locker in engieneering until marines come, enlist, get more gear:
50:50 of buckshot and slugs, as much as you can carry in belt, bag and pockets
Mag harness and recoil comp
Two tricord injectors in suit
Pros: Fires the shotgun with no recoil, suprises xenos.
Cons: Good luck if you run out of ammo, eats through shells fast.

[DrPillzRedux]

M41A w/Quick-fire, grip, barrel attachment varies
AP Ammo
Burst fire ON
Hyperzine from a doc if you can get it

Rush a slow xeno and unleash a very long, full auto spray. I killed a Queen and Carrier at the same time within 3 seconds of engaging. The damage on this is INSANE.

[Neray]

1 - M41A with quickfire, grip and silencer
1 - M4A3
inf - Pulse rifle mags in every single hole

[DyMare]

Quickfire and Grip is really on point, just run after aliens and dump a mag into their general direction.

I wish I knew this earlier.

[Neray]

Quickfire and Grip is really on point, just run after aliens and dump a mag into their general direction.

I wish I knew this earlier.

It's always a pleasure to see an elite crusher not being able to tank 30 AP rounds in a quick one-shot succession or 3 T1's dying to one long burst.

[Renomaki]

It's always a pleasure to see an elite crusher not being able to tank 30 AP rounds in a quick one-shot succession or 3 T1's dying to one long burst.

Er, well, provided the marines keep outta the way.

[Helgraf]

Quickfire and Grip is really on point, just run after aliens and dump a mag into their general direction.

I wish I knew this earlier.

I still have yet to try that and i really should.

[RussianRifleman]

From Start

M4 rifle with underbarrel grenade launcher (can usually find them laying around) and mag harness (RDS if out) and extended barrel.
-Loaded 9mm and mag in armor slots.
-Bayonet in boot.
-Flashlight in one pocket, rifle mag in other.
-Ammo rig filled with 1 AP mag, rest rifle mags.
-If I have a mag harness I leave suit storage open in case I get tackled, if not I put loaded .44 revolver there.
-Revolver in backpack if not one in suit storage. Crowbar. Box of flares. Gauze roll and any other random med I can find (quickclot, painkiller) loose flares sometimes speedloader, sometimes I find a grenade
-Eat bar on helm.

If started mid round, or had to rearm after surgery
-M4 with what ever I can find. (Usually rig up a bayonet and UBGL)
-2 9mms in armor slots
-Bayonet in boots
-.44 mag in suit storage.
-Ammo rig loaded with all rifle mags (you will never find another AP mag).
-Back pack filled with 2 boxes of flares spare ammo or any medical supplies I come across.
-Flashlight and mag in pockets
-Welding helm (lined with tinfoil)
-usually carry another ammo rig loaded with a box of shells, one SMG mag and the rest rifle mags with me to drop off at rally point or FOB.

OOORAH DEVIL DOGS
-SMG
-Riot Shield
-9mm pistols in armor.
-Bayonet in boot.
-Shotgun in suit slot
-ammo belt with one box of slugs (or incendiary slugs) SMG mags (I used to carry one AP mag but yea...)
-SMG mag in one pocket. Hand full of slugs in the other.
-Backpack loaded with grenades or med supplies and spare ammo.
-Premium cigar on helm (victory status)

[MedicInDisquise]

Corporate Liaison

White Suit for maxinumn 'deal with the devil' look.

Black shoes

Gloves if you can find some regular black ones.

Sunglasses for an intimidating look

Paper in pocket, folder in other pocket, pen on belt so you can make reports on the fly. Make a contract before hand if you expect survivors.

Radio tuned into Command, Science, Medical, and Sec. Tune it to a squad if you want to skip the middleman for stuff like scouting or getting on marine good sides (just volunteering to give them info about the place or get certain things down to the planet is a start)

CL when shit hit the fan

White suit, preferably covered in some kind of blood.

Jackboots.

Gloves + Sunglasses.

Sade Gun on belt, clips in pocket. Diamond+Gold in backpack with WY Rations + Golden Apples from your garden.
Radio tuned to Command and Commons only.

Any papers or incriminating evidence.