Oh...Oh...another overpowered thread

I do see your point but like with any problem in MW3, it can be overcome (even without assassin). It's unlocked so high and I think people will use tokens on perks and guns more often than the portable radar. I play on PS3 so I don't know the trends on other systems.

They aren't OP at all. I myself only see maybe 2 used at most (including myself) and covering hotspots is their purpose. Only organized teams that choose to do so will have mass Portable Radar usage.

When I use it, I usually either drop it in an area where there's usually traffic OR a flanking position and forget about it, or use it offensively and toss it into buildings, by corners, etc to see if there's any non-Assassin campers.

They're just fine the way they are. Otherwise, use Sitrep and spot them easily, get rid of them, and go back the other way if you're worried there's a camper there.

GonzaloJS wrote:

 

Reduce the portable radar's range, two of 'em can cover almost every map's hotspot and act as constant UAV and I'm honestly a bit tired of the Assassin overuse, and the fact that I have to change my classes constantly to the ones with assassin because people are right behind you all of the sudden when they haven't called one UAV. I think reducing the range to something similar to the Scrambler's would do, or perhaps make it scan slower. Now don't get me wrong, I use portable radars myself but they do seem a little OP, you can almost have 4 killstreaks (UAV plus your usual three).

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  WAAAAAAA  WAAAAAAAAAAAA just play the dam game and stop crying about what people use. I don't care what weapon, perk, death streak, or play style. i'm going to do my best to find and kill them.

GonzaloJS wrote:

 

Reduce the portable radar's range, two of 'em can cover almost every map's hotspot and act as constant UAV and I'm honestly a bit tired of the Assassin overuse, and the fact that I have to change my classes constantly to the ones with assassin because people are right behind you all of the sudden when they haven't called one UAV. I think reducing the range to something similar to the Scrambler's would do, or perhaps make it scan slower. Now don't get me wrong, I use portable radars myself but they do seem a little OP, you can almost have 4 killstreaks (UAV plus your usual three).

I don't think the percentage of people using Assassin would drop drastically if you reduced the portable radar range.

If Assassin didn't counter the portable radar, then it would be OP. Since so many people use Assassin, because of all the other good things it does, I don't think the portable radar is OP with its current range.

Use Sit Rep and destroy portable Radar = Problem solved

Play HC = problem solved.  They are practically useless without a UAV up in that mode. 

i actually think using recon and flash grenades are more useful than the portable radar. but i could do without the portable radar, anyways. like you said, once you figure out they are using the portable radar, you can just switch to an assassin class.

I personally love this bad boy, if I ever prestige again I will definitely be using a token on it. It does come with a downside, being that I find myself being killed by assassin users often simply because I am too busy red dot watching and not paying attention to my surroundings. I guess I use it as a crutch at times, so have considered going without it in order to improve my game and map awareness. I am a good player no doubt, but nowhere near the best and the portable radar is probably a reason why.