Hey Aderas
The reason the G36E was removed was because the game has a weapon limit, there can only be 255 weapons total. We added the AG36 as a replacement and you still have the G36KE and the G36. The G36E was just as good as the G36 but with the 1.5x scope instead of the 3.5x. If you want a G36E, buy a G36 and put a 1.5 scope on it
The mercenaries names and stats can be changed in their ini files found in the ActorsINI folder. To change their ingame name just edit the first line, the Name "New_Name" and you're good to go. Their skills and stats are pretty self explanatory:p
So, starting with no equipment is part of an effort to make the game a little harder and more fun. I always felt that you got your hands on weapons too early and that made it too easy. Now you have to work for your weapons. Talk to one of the hookers in Puerto Viejo, she'll give you a quest that gives you your first gun. In the next release there'll be a completely revamped economy and changed levels for weapons.
And I've forgotten to add a link to a fix in this forum, it adds a new mission along with some fixes, like adding the .357 deagle to the shops.
The B.F.X. Mod v 0.7 beta Fix 1
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