BurninSnipa
Veteran XX
I for one am not happy whatsoever with the patch.
"Dolphin divers" were not hard to kill, and not being able to shoot in the air is retarded (if they were really intent on nuking C4, they should've made it so you can't throw C4 in air). Movement is totally screwed and the lag you get after jumping or being prone is retarded.
Some of the weapons have become waaaay overpowered.
The PKM (one of my favorite guns) is a brutal killer now. I wanted to try my L96 out last night, but every time I would get sniped from across Mashtuur city by some guy with a PKM. It's a belt-fed .50 cal, it should NOT be more accurate than the sniper unlock with a Very High accuracy rating.
The Eryx/SRAW is now ridiculous, with increased splash damage (and a faster reload time, so I've heard... I haven't actually used it yet). However I was getting killed constantly by people guiding these things to the near vicinity surrounding me. Not fun at all.
All heat seeking missiles are now FUBAR, I got shot down by a jet that was already seconds past me... I guess its missiles fired backwards? The AA is ridiculous... choppers are completely dead. On Dragon Valley, its impossible to leave the Wood Yard. On Dalian plant, I got killed on the Main Entrance chopper pad by the AA site at the Maintenance Building (if you aren't sure exactly how messed up that is, go look at the map and see how many buildings are in the way).
I haven't used the P90 either, but I've heard its a worthless unlock almost as bad as the MP5. I got the MP7 instead, because that seems more useful (AT can use the now-overpowered Eryx/SRAW for long range, but Engineers had nothing with the Jackhammer).
Shock paddles. That's right, they're an effective close-range weapon now. They have twice the reach of a knife, and they reload while you are on another weapon. Think of them as instant death.
Helicopters. Oh boy helicopters. I'm quite a good pilot, but I doubt I'll be flying much anymore. As I mentioned, AA destroys them before they can get off the ground. And if you're lucky enough to get in the air, you will be shot down by a single Eryx/SRAW and some small arms fire, or a couple short bursts from a Vodnik/HMMVW, or god knows what else. 8 shots? Now I have to back off everytime I take something out, because I need to reload... not that it matters though, because before I reload I'll get AA'd or whatever. Not to mention the nerfed TV missile... it goes like what, 5 feet now before it blows up?
And the new ranking system? Awesome, I'm glad they didn't make it so General is at 5,000,000 points. However, I fail to see how it makes sense that the point gap from Master Gunny (highest NCOM) to 2nd Lieutenant (lowest Officer) is 1/3 of the gap from Master Sergeant to Master Gunny (10,000 vs 30,000). Even the gap from Gunny to Master Sergeant is higher than that (10,000 vs 12,000). All this did was give the top 25 players awesome new ranks, while most people (I'd say a large majority of players are in the 15,000 - 40,000 range) gained absolutely nothing. Instead of spacing out the unlocks more evenly, they just gave everyone with SF two unlocks for free.
I'm sure I'll find more things that suck about this patch, but I'm incredibly disappointed. I was looking forward to a more skill-based game (ie- not walking around a corner and having some guy who just spawned jump and shoot his M203 at his feet). I was looking forward to a good submachinegun unlock for the AT kit. I was looking forward to the ranks making sense now, they don't. I was certainly NOT looking forward to groundpounding 24/7 (I love infantry, but sometimes a break is needed and flying a helicopter is a completely different game!).
"Dolphin divers" were not hard to kill, and not being able to shoot in the air is retarded (if they were really intent on nuking C4, they should've made it so you can't throw C4 in air). Movement is totally screwed and the lag you get after jumping or being prone is retarded.
Some of the weapons have become waaaay overpowered.
The PKM (one of my favorite guns) is a brutal killer now. I wanted to try my L96 out last night, but every time I would get sniped from across Mashtuur city by some guy with a PKM. It's a belt-fed .50 cal, it should NOT be more accurate than the sniper unlock with a Very High accuracy rating.
The Eryx/SRAW is now ridiculous, with increased splash damage (and a faster reload time, so I've heard... I haven't actually used it yet). However I was getting killed constantly by people guiding these things to the near vicinity surrounding me. Not fun at all.
All heat seeking missiles are now FUBAR, I got shot down by a jet that was already seconds past me... I guess its missiles fired backwards? The AA is ridiculous... choppers are completely dead. On Dragon Valley, its impossible to leave the Wood Yard. On Dalian plant, I got killed on the Main Entrance chopper pad by the AA site at the Maintenance Building (if you aren't sure exactly how messed up that is, go look at the map and see how many buildings are in the way).
I haven't used the P90 either, but I've heard its a worthless unlock almost as bad as the MP5. I got the MP7 instead, because that seems more useful (AT can use the now-overpowered Eryx/SRAW for long range, but Engineers had nothing with the Jackhammer).
Shock paddles. That's right, they're an effective close-range weapon now. They have twice the reach of a knife, and they reload while you are on another weapon. Think of them as instant death.
Helicopters. Oh boy helicopters. I'm quite a good pilot, but I doubt I'll be flying much anymore. As I mentioned, AA destroys them before they can get off the ground. And if you're lucky enough to get in the air, you will be shot down by a single Eryx/SRAW and some small arms fire, or a couple short bursts from a Vodnik/HMMVW, or god knows what else. 8 shots? Now I have to back off everytime I take something out, because I need to reload... not that it matters though, because before I reload I'll get AA'd or whatever. Not to mention the nerfed TV missile... it goes like what, 5 feet now before it blows up?
And the new ranking system? Awesome, I'm glad they didn't make it so General is at 5,000,000 points. However, I fail to see how it makes sense that the point gap from Master Gunny (highest NCOM) to 2nd Lieutenant (lowest Officer) is 1/3 of the gap from Master Sergeant to Master Gunny (10,000 vs 30,000). Even the gap from Gunny to Master Sergeant is higher than that (10,000 vs 12,000). All this did was give the top 25 players awesome new ranks, while most people (I'd say a large majority of players are in the 15,000 - 40,000 range) gained absolutely nothing. Instead of spacing out the unlocks more evenly, they just gave everyone with SF two unlocks for free.
I'm sure I'll find more things that suck about this patch, but I'm incredibly disappointed. I was looking forward to a more skill-based game (ie- not walking around a corner and having some guy who just spawned jump and shoot his M203 at his feet). I was looking forward to a good submachinegun unlock for the AT kit. I was looking forward to the ranks making sense now, they don't. I was certainly NOT looking forward to groundpounding 24/7 (I love infantry, but sometimes a break is needed and flying a helicopter is a completely different game!).
