Platinumb wrote:
Before I start this small but important issue, I would like to say that I will ignore all "WHO CARES GO BACK TO -insert CoD game here-" or any other nonsense.
I find it surprising that in other CoDs, there would be 4-6 dots on your radar. I am pretty sure that people that have observed this after playing this game ONCE can say that they see more Ghost than any other Blue perk.
And if this is balanced, than the Ump.45 is underpowered.
Some of you may say that there is counters to Ghost, but that is not what I am getting at. An 8 killstreak is hard to come by when there is multiple people running Ghost and making it hard to know where they are EXACTLY coming from.
Not only that, but people use it for anything that is not sniping, stealth, or for trying to take down killstreaks (pro version). Some will slap it on all of their classes that another Blue perk will fit in (A LMG class). I have seen MANY users have the effin' BK-74 (Yes, BK-74u) w/ Grip with it!
Solutions?
-The player shouldn't get a Ghillie Suit if he does not have a sniper rifle. This one should have been included anyways.
-Every 2nd or 3rd "swipe" of a Spy Plane flush out the Ghost abusers.
-I have seen a thread where the OP stated that two or more Spy Planes should show Ghost users. I think this can work out.
-Keep it as it is and wait for more and more users to get Ghost Pro and have all Air Support become victim to Ghost. <-Bad option.
Flame away.
Since the site seems to think I should log in EVERY time I post, I may not be able to respond or bump this when needed.
I know that Ghost is popular, but I still see more than enough red dots on my radar to justify spy plane usage. From my experience, usually less than half of people I see in game are using Ghost; I see a lot of Flak Jacket and Hardline also lately.
I do agree that it is a powerful perk. In fact I'd say that one thing you said is inaccurate - that there is a counter to Ghost (especially pro). I really don't think there
is any counter, other than simply being more observant.
I also think it's the easiest perk to become dependent on. For me, when I switch to one of my non-Ghost classes, I just feel, well,
uncomfortable running around exposed like that, even if I shoot down the enemy spy plane. I think that may be more of the reason that so many people use it - once you get used to it, it's hard to go back. I don't know that I actually do better using it over something else, but it always
feels like I do.
Honestly I don't think it's reached a point that anything needs to be changed about it. Perhaps a few of the other perk 1s could stand to be buffed a bit to make them more enticing, but I think Ghost is fine. Also, regarding your suggestion that only snipers should get ghillie suits - remember that (especially with the current maps) you don't need to have a sniper rifle to play a sniper-type role - The M-16 w/acog works pretty well for me at long ranges, and I find the ghillie suit appropriate when I use it.
