Currently there is no point to the game except to survive.
Also thought I'd mention a somewhat glaring bug, if it hasn't been caught already (I'd be surprised if it hadn't): the game currently actually allows you to trade heat with other players. This can be used immediately after game start to kill another player by overheating, or it can be used to completely circumvent the heat issue by raising each other's heat to ABOVE 200, at which point you neither explode, nor generate/lose heat.
Ha ha ha ha!
That is funny. xD
Don't worry, Phil is... Slow, when it comes to fixing bugs, I'll go down the list of bugs,
and also make sure everything is fixed. Also, Ricardo, It was a few months ago, I see it a bit on east, but your right, its never hosted as much as some of those other games.
Eventually I'll go through and shrink the size of Epidemic a lot.
It really needs it. x_x
EDIT
ALSO Ischaldirh
I Know what page you found your information on.
But I'd like to direct you to this page.
http://www.pof.gov.pk/products/arges84_p2a1.htm
Stuff Copy & Pasted from that page if you don't want to look.
ARGES 84-P2A1 Antipersonnel
Activation is by safety lever operated by a pin with delay of 4 secs .
Specifications
Weight of grenade 480 gm
Body Plastic with steel balls
No. of steel balls 5,000 approx. dia 2-2.3 mm
Weight of explosive 95 gm. of plasticised P.E.T.N.
Effective range 20 meters radius
Length 115 mm.
Diameter 60 mm.
This still doesn't help my case.
I don't know where he got the name, as I'm just the bug fixer, but apparently its also an Anti-Personal grenade, He has it as a High-Explosive, so that is weird. I'll see what I can do. =]
ALSO!
The M14, is also still used as a Sniper Variant in the Army.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M14_rifle You didn't bother to look up this one.
And to answer your question.
I don't know why anyone would pick a Rifleman over an Officer.
BUT, The officers Abilities ARE NOT Useless. They depend on level. The NPC's ignore you until you get to a certain level or rank.
That is when they become your loyal slaves, or so I remember it is supposed to work like that.
Everything else you posted is actually fixed, or We lack the skill too fix. =/
I'm glad you enjoy the Game, maybe one day I can host and you can your friend
can join in, I'm sure a Level 40 Fire support won't bug you eh? =]
Hes also 100% Legit, I get all my characters by actually playing, Phil on the other hand, <w< *Coughs* Cheater. *Cough* =]