Your Favourite Loadouts

[Floorface]

Describe and/or list your best/most interesting load outs when you play as a marine of any type.

Personally I like to fill my bag with 7 revolvers, carry an eighth on my armour and a another in a holster if possible. I then fill my belt with speedloaders and only reload outside of combat, if inside of combat I just throw my empty guns away and pull out another. I honestly have most success with this load out because being disarmed basically means nothing.

[SkyeAuroline]

M41A.
Service pistol.
Three magazines for each.
3-6 flares.
If the RO isn't a dick, foregrip and red dot sight.

Why do you need anything else? Shotgun is trash, SMG is trash by comparison, specialist weapons are... well, specialist only. Revolver can't fit in a belt, which is ridiculous by the way. Best setup bar none.

[LordLoko]

M41A.
Service pistol.
Three magazines for each.
3-6 flares.
If the RO isn't a dick, foregrip and red dot sight.

Why do you need anything else? Shotgun is trash, SMG is trash by comparison, specialist weapons are... well, specialist only. Revolver can't fit in a belt, which is ridiculous by the way. Best setup bar none.

You forgot the cigarette box

[Sadokist]

every single round as a marine I get two assault rifles. one on my hip, the other in my hand. a marine belt completely full with M41A ammo. a knife in the boot, a flashlight and flare in my pockets and 2 more flares in my armour.
so overall

2 M41A's
10 M41A clips
3 flares
1 knife
1 Flashlight

[ChickenShizNit8]

- M41A + bayonet

- Two combat knives

- One Service Pistol

- Four 10mm mags

- 1 .45 mag

- Four flares

- Ginger Rage

- One Jeffy the Snail

[monkeysfist101]

-M41A
-M4A3
-3 M41A mags
-2 M4A3 mags
-1 knife
-4 flares
-bandana
-flashlight
-smokes

[Halinder]

On my back: M41A Rifle.
In my suit storage: M39 SMG
In my armor: 2 9mm magazines
In my pockets: A flare and tricordrazine autoinjector
In my boot: Boot knife
In my belt: 7 10mm magazines and one flare
Attachments: Red dot and suppressor for the M41A rifle

[NoShamNoWow]

kek, ok, time to spoil it.
Marine Standard goes as the following.

-Belt contains 7 clips of 10MM
-Back and Suit storage both contain a M41A
-Inside Marine armor contains 2 tricords auto-injectors
-Boot contains knife
-Both pockets contain 10MM
-Attachments are 2 Sight dots

This is just my standard assault class, ton more other loadouts depending on situation.

[SkyeAuroline]

What's with people and multiple assault rifles? Really?

[monkeysfist101]

You should have no need for more than one primary, one secondary, one knife, and the optional shotgun.

[Toroic]

If anyone is wondering why non-checkerboard (typically open, mass nests) nests are a tactical disaster, consider loadouts where marines have 7 magnums or multiple rifles.

Imagine you're a spitter, guarding a two marines with those loadouts and nades in a 2x2 nest. Suddenly one is buckle immune, they're both shooting down the walls fully equipped despite being disarmed once already.

Now imagine one is a specialist with a SADAR on his back.

What's going to happen if that xeno fails to stop hosts that have already been disarmed, hugged, transported to the hive and put in pre-built holding cells? They're going to try to find and destroy the egg room, and destroy all the SSD larva. If other marines are there, they'll get un-nested.

If the queen tries to solo defend, there's a good chance she'll die. Unrobust queens in open spaces aren't hard to kill 1v1.

When you consider how many times a marine squad has had half or the entire thing captured, having nests that are "fair" to escape has a good chance to permanently cripple the xeno team due to unrealistic loadouts that are indifferent to being disarmed the first time.

Now, specifically checkerboard designs are always talked about, but the real thing that pisses off marine players is not having a chance to escape. When marines escape with those loadouts vs just a service pistol, it's a disaster. Most marines don't try to escape the hive, just to cause as much damage as possible and then suicide.

To get back on topic, when I go marine I usually go similar to Sky's loadout.

[Xurphorus]

1 M41A+Red Dot+ Fore grip+ Extended Barrel

1 M4A3

1 44 Magnum

+3 speed loaders

+7 10mm ammo

+1 .45 pistol ammo

+1 boot knife

+1 Riot shield if the SPC is not using it

This is my most common load when I run SL

[WyattH]

You guys don't put much time into your loadouts huh?

Boots - Knife
Armor - M41A with rail light and bayonet
Belt - 8 clips of M41A
Backpack - 7 magnums with rail lights and bayonets
Pockets - 2 marine knives
Armor - 2 marine knives
Hands - M41A with RDS and bayonet

This way you roll out with 5 knives and 9 guns, with every gun also being a knife as well so useful in CQC and when no ammo left

[Floorface]

You guys don't put much time into your loadouts huh?

Boots - Knife
Armor - M41A with rail light and bayonet
Belt - 8 clips of M41A
Backpack - 7 magnums with rail lights and bayonets
Pockets - 2 marine knives
Armor - 2 marine knives
Hands - M41A with RDS and bayonet

This way you roll out with 5 knives and 9 guns, with every gun also being a knife as well so useful in CQC and when no ammo left

Why the rail light tho? Also, I thought you could not attach things to the revolver.

[WyattH]

Why the rail light tho? Also, I thought you could not attach things to the revolver.

You can attach stuff to revolver, also in the grimdark future of alien jungles you can never have too many lights on you. This way every gun is a flashlight and a knife even when it runs outta ammo~

[ZDashe]

Hands - M41A Rifle (Bayonet, Foregrip, Red Dot Sight), Flare/Flashlight
Suit storage - M41A Rifle (Bayonet, Rail-light)
Armor - 2 Knives
Belt - 8 M41A magazines
Backpack - 2 Magnums (Bayonet, Rail-light), 2 Speedloader, 3 Flares/Flashlight
Pocket - 2 M41A magazines
Boot - Knife

[Sabess]

Personally I've been taking what is most likely an extremely unpopular loadout, but that's because I'm a medic, and I barely shoot things anyway (at least in my limited experience). 99% cool factor.

- Shotgun with a box of shells
- Revolver with a couple speed loaders
- Combat life saver kit on the belt
- Combat knife
- Health scanner in a pocket because it's not in the combat lifesaver kit for some reason
- Turned on flashlight in the pocket for dat light
- Couple flares when I actually remember
- Determination

[ZDashe]

Hmm if I play as medic, I hardly have any space for other stuff other than medical supplies. In terms of firepower, I only have 2 M41A Rifles and 3 magazines in my webbing, and the boot knife

[Azmodan412]

As an engineer, I stock up on an SM with 5 mags in a vest if I can get it, and a knife in my boots. I don't have room for a sidearm due to the sheer amount of shit I carry. SMG has a rail light and a bayonet, bypassing the need for me to circlejerk while waiting in line at Requisitions.

[Fitchace]

This is my favorite load out whenever I play a grunt.

M41A - quickfire and bipod
Marine Belt - Max it out with M41A Mags
Suit Armor - M4A3 or Gyro Shotgun
Backpack - 1 M4A3 Mag, 1 Shotgun Shell Box, Bandages, Fill the rest with M41A mags.
Armor storage - 1 pill of tramadol ready to pop, and a tricor.
Pockets - 2 M41A Mags.
Boot Knife

[Jack McIntyre]

Loadout of kings or just me whatever.

Suit armor: M41A -Grip/RDS and either Gyro or Barrel Charger (if they can spare it)
Backpack: Shotgun
Marine Belt: 1 x 44 speed loader, 1 box of shells, rest is 10mm mags
Armor Storage: 1 Combat knife and other slot I usually throw something random in there
Pockets: Combat knife and flashlight
Boot knife

[SkyeAuroline]

Hmm if I play as medic, I hardly have any space for other stuff other than medical supplies. In terms of firepower, I only have 2 M41A Rifles and 3 magazines in my webbing, and the boot knife

You might have more space if you didn't carry two rifles instead of a backpack for no good reason, man.

[Arachnidnexus]

He's probably carrying one around on suit storage and the other in hand. Backpack is basically required for a competent medic.

[TopHatPenguin]

Santa Hat (Only in December)
Marine Belt - 9 M41A Mags
Suit Armor - Flares and/or a roll of gauze.
Backpack Slot - M41A
Armor storage - Flares or later in the round probably some Tramadol pills.
Pockets - M41A mags
Boot Knife

[MrGabol100]

Head: M11 Helmet
Right Ear: SL Headset
Left Ear: N/A
Mask: Cigar
Body: Uniform with Brown Webbing vest
Webbing Vest: HE Grenade, one C4, Coil and welder, orbital.
Hands: Squad Gloves
Exo Suit: B12 Armour
Exo Suit Storage: 12g, m4 mag
Exo Suit Strap: Shotgun, pumped so I can allow one more shell, (Grip, red dot and bayonet).
Feet: Boots with Knife.
Waist: Belt: One M4A3 Pistol (Quickfire), one 44. Speed loader, a box of 12g, three M4 mags.
Backpack: 3 Squad beacons, flamethrower with one tank, medkit and Revolver.
Pockets: Dromedaries and Ace of spades. (Can be switched for useful items like mags or grenades at any time).
Hands (Active): M41A (Bipod, Charger, Quickfire), Fire axe.

There, Let's see.
-Armour.
-All Important SL gear.
-"Fluff" Gear.
-Explosives.
-Fixing tools.
-M41A, M4A3, M37, Flamethrower, 44., Knife, Fire Axe.
-3 (5) M41A mags + 30 bullets in weapon, 2 (4) 12g shotgun boxes (24 shells) + 8 Shells in weapon.

The ammount of attachments is excessive, I'd obviously only get the ones in the M4, but this is my best case scenario loadout.