Complete immunity to tactical killstreaks, radar and being completely undetectable by sound is just a tad too much for my tastes.
In CoD4 when it all began, UAV-jammer competed with Juggernaut and Stopping-Power.
Well.
And rapid-fire, and overkill.
It only gave immunity to ONE killstreak, and you had to make a huge sacrifice unless you were a sniper, and even then it was a risk.
Now.
Assassin competes with Quick-Draw -- which in essence is much like stopping power, as it allows you to kill faster than the opposition -- but Assassin is more powerful than the perk people used a lot back in CoD4.
Immunity to counter-UAV?
REALLY?
REALLY?!
SERIOUSLY?!??!?!?!
Immunity to heartbeat sensor?
Ok... I guess.
Immunity to portable radar?
Wait.
ONE perk can disable an entire TEAM's team-oriented killstreaks, their weapon attachment AND their tactical equipment?
I have team oriented class:
Mk14 Hologaphic sight + Heartbeat sensor
Sacrifices: I sacrifice kick or impact or rapid-fire, and already put myself at a disadvantage in combat for the advantage of foresight.
Tactical equipment: Portable radar
Sacrifices: I sacrifice my ability to take out sentry-guns, check rooms for enemies on the fly, kill enemies with exploding barrels and my ability to disable IMS, Claymores and Bouncing Betties, as well as sacrificing the ability to multikill stunned targets with C4 or even gunfire.
Portable radars are also countered by sitrep pros.
Perk 1: Recon Pro
Sacrifices: I sacrifice immunity to ego-killstreaks, the ability to switch to a secondary fast enough for it to matter and to reload fast enough to be able to survive going empty in a firefight.
Perk 2: Assassin Pro
Sacrifices: I cannot quickscope... and... that is it, isn't it?
Perk 3: Marksman Pro
Sacrifices: I sacrifice the ability to see through walls, and detect enemy campers on the opposite side of the map, and hear enemy footsteps. I sacrifice the ability to walk around safely, and even SPRINTING AROUND, and I am forced to crouch for most of the games.
Killstreaks:
UAV / Counter-UAV
...
Now.
Versus assassins using Predator, Reaper and AC130 in team tactical...
MY class is rendered completely and utterly useless.
ONE perk ruins EVERY SINGLE of my class components, apart from my stingers, perk 2 and frag.
My primary weapon is affected very negatively by losing one attachment.
My tactical equipment is rendred useless.
My perk 1 loses half it's effect
My perk 3 loses all it's effect
My killstreaks are useless.
Assassin is the ANTI-TEAM-PLAYER perk.
My team-oriented killstreaks were rendered useless,
My team-oriented tactical equipment was rendered useless.
HOWEVER...
Adapting to this fact that assassins render my team-oriented class useless, the class above has changed:
Heartbeat sensor --> Silencer
Changing detection for stealth
Portable radar --> Flash
Because they're more effective in Search and Destroy and Team Tactical, and actually work unlike the portable radar. (Recon)
I keep recon, because that is the only thing that works against assassins.
I change assassin for quickdraw, because when I cannot predict encounters like I originally intended to with the class, I have to be able to aim when an assassin appears in the bushes.
Marksman is utterly useless against assassins, so I change it to Sitrep-Pro and kill about four or five birds with one stone.
Killstreaks are now Ballistic Vests, Recon Drone and Stealth Bomber, like you assassins wanted me to use.
Assassin should just have been a 3 deathstreak.
CoD games are supposedly fast-paced.
Have you ever been in a game against a full team of assassins using silenced weapons?
Rainbow Six and combat simulators are faster paced.
