-scavenger needs to stay the same..nobody wants to see someone shooting rockets or tubes out the a** or a claymore around every corner..

-explosives are fine the way they are..

-Knife being a 2 knife kill? That's by far the worst thing to do..

-about the m16 and type95 statistics don't matter because the game isn't " real "..

-5 shot kills on smgs??? please tell me you're joking about that one, leave them how they are...people try to change too much and want everything to be equal on this game and thats what messes it up..some guns need to be more OP'd than other guns..if not there would be no reason to rank up to get to the better guns..people need to play the game with the guns they are given and instead of complaining about guns that kill them..just use that gun, ever think of that?

With that being said, the things i stated are just what i disagree with you about..but i do agree with some of what you said, IMO i like the clan idea's because I myself am a big clan guy and i like to step up the level and compete at a higher level

At least they got rid of the Last Stand , Lightweight and Commando perks. That right there shows that IW listens to the complaints. Well some of them at least.

I'm concerned about any suggestion to improve explosives. One of the things this game actually did right was keeping them properly toned down. However I will concede that it would be nice if scavenger could refill certain items. Potentially it wouldn't be terribly hard to balance it to refill anything by making problematic items simply cost more scavenger packs to refill.

As of shotguns, their biggest stumbling block is just that even small flaws in hit detection can really screw them over, and that many other weapons can be just as effective in close quarters without demanding any precision or skill. In all seriousness, why would any pragmatic player choose a shotgun when they can just use an akimbo instead?

Fixing this will first mean nerfing akimbos to hell an back. To combat some of these other issues, there can be alternate fixes like giving shotguns near-immunity to flinch by default, that way they can at least stand a chance of retaliating while they're being sprayed at. If any damage increase is to take place, it should only happen with the slow-firing shotguns and even then only at close range. Just something to compensate for partial hits due to lag.

As of other issues, the rule of thumb is that the more something makes combat an issue of dumb luck, the worse it is. Spawns and map design for example. If luck of the draw makes a bigger difference then how good a shot the player is, then we have a problem. With weapon design too, sprayable derp-machines that have more damage output than the ones that demand precision are a huge eye-sore.

Simple rule- if its easy, then it should be weak. If its difficult, then it should be strong. Making weapons that are easy to use and also powerful may as well be the devs' way of saying "Oh no, mindless vegetables might feel discriminated against! We must give them sufficient crutches and training wheels to make them the equals of normal human beings!"

And when normal human beings get ahold of the crutches and training wheels, then you have trouble. This might just be idealism talking, but I'd love to see a system where you can only unlock an ACR if your IQ is less than 50. And the akimbos only if your IQ is less than 10. That would even things out.