What's with this game? It's beautiful, fun, compelling and fresh...

But, what the hell happened to a sense of balance as far as online gameplay is concerned? The weapon balance, especially!

Even in non-hardcore mode, I begin to ask myself "What the *bleep*??" Even in the normal games it's so easy to out-snipe a sniper with an mp5, out damage an assault rifle with a p90- AND ALL WITHOUT EVEN TRYING TO AIM. The game in any mode- FFA, TDM, Sabotage, Elimination, ect... is so much easier with an smg, or even a damn pump-action than an m4, g3, m14, almost ANY of the sniper rifles, and anything in between. All this, save the AK- which has bullshit damage and great accuracy. If you want to talk about HC? Hahahahhahahaha! Obviously anything that shoots fast without having to aim... in other words an SMG. You get full speed, crazy hip accuracy, and you can even put an ACOG on for sniping.

On ANY type of game I look at the p90 in a funny way: It sounds unlike a gun, but a machine- with a high rate of fire an ammunition in each clip. Watching a player spray that into a crowd is like watching a meat grinder grind meat. Now when I see some haphazard FPS player mindlessly vomiting bullets in other's faces with that I feel sick.

Yet, every day I go on with a smiling face, and actually have fun for maybe an hour... but in the end I wind up logging off with a bad taste in my mouth, and the urge to play an actual fps. Am I the only one who sees this?

Completely see what you mean, and I agree it's rather fustrating. Especially since I played CSS for a long time before COD4, where on CSS you need to be able aim or you won't survive. I find COD4 is just easier to aim, regardless of your gun. I recently started playing, and found supplying covering fire briefly, before moving forward, with an LMG is a lot of fun and works well. You can splatter your fire a little and so don't need the big accuracy. Even then, you only get inaccurate once you fire a few rounds.

Rofl.
CSS, Aim...
your a funny guy.
anyways.
killing a guy with a p90 is simple, way to many people QQ about it imo.
Sniper rifles are amazing.
Assault Is amazing.
you seem to just have some aiming issues if you think they suck.

What are you implying?

Agree 100% with the original post. I don't play hardcore at all for those reasons alone.

You can make certain guns good if you make then that way. It is tough to snipe but you can't expect to pick up a game and be a master at everything. Lots of people whine about your problem

This message was edited by Electioneer on May 30 2008.

quote Clancyman

Rofl.
CSS, Aim...
your a funny guy.
anyways.
killing a guy with a p90 is simple, way to many people QQ about it imo.
Sniper rifles are amazing.
Assault Is amazing.
you seem to just have some aiming issues if you think they suck.

quote Roa

These complaints are NOT normal in FPS games.

Mostly, I agree with you. What I meant to say, though, is that most FPS games aren't unbalanced to this point...

Or that's just my opinion. Also, I think the mini-ak is quite strong. It's like a 120% chance to gain top rank with that gun in pub games- but then again those are just PUB GAMES.

Perhaps this game is just TOO realistic to the point that it is how it is in real life; in most cases a 9mm weapon is enough to kill somebody quickly.

Like I said earlier, I mostly agree with you. You'll have a weapon here or there in those games that are generally easier than most, if not all others. It's just that in CoD4 it's to be point of TOTAL DOMINATION. And, yes, there are tactics that counter this. My point merely is is that those specific weapons require such little effort... and just being able to counter it with strong strategy and ability isn't what I'd call a "fix".

And, I'm sorry but in HC Most Assault Rifles lose their edge- and sniper rifles all together are a distant memory. With the increased bullet damage, an mp5 can drop you with one bullet- non head shot. They have nearly 100% accuracy with the first shot, and decent with a second and maybe even a third. That's more than enough to drop anything. With that, you get top speed, great hip shot rating, and awesome firing speed. In HC, you're holding the Reaper's scythe in your hand...

Yeah, I start the game knowing I'm gonna have a lot of fun, then I leave not wanting to play it again until the next day forgetting how much I suck at it and how many times I died.

Protip: If you're not to good at fps games, use the p90/mp5 loadout with steady aim and improve bullet damage.

You'll feel a lot better in 30 minutes