Yes.

Is the term "overpowered" the most pathetic excuse for getting beat ever?

So when one Pro Football team loses to another 100 to 0 when the coach says that the other team was overpowered then it wasnt true ?

It comes down to mixing and matching perks and or weapons to give yourself a good combination that will work on that particular map and that particular gametype.

Like when you are playing Nuketown and running Akimbo as "equipment detection perk" then you got a good class for that map.

Or in BF3 Terms. When you are playing the "Metro" and you are carrying around the weapon that only wipes out Aircraft then you are playing the wrong setup.

Forgive any typos in this post. I just tried 2 bottles of Mike Hard Lemonade and loving it

Hey craig F50 PGR3, soz, i'm op.

I look at it like this, yes some guns are just better then others, but each gun has its on "type" or "class" you got shotguns SMG snipers AR etc. and each one of these different class types should have its strengths and weakness for balancing purpose. now when one gun does WAY better then it should for its class *IE a shotgun killing from a ridiculous distance away* then that gun is over powered, because it shouldn't be as powerful as it is.

Take for example a racing game it would be like a lambo getting walked out by a PT cruiser

Or a sports game where a linebacker can run faster then the best receiver

Both these instances would be something that is "over powered" and there are some guns that indeed have that (imo anyways) like I believe the PP90 has too much damage per bullet for a SMG that ***** them out so fast lol, I feel the MP7 has way too little recoil for it damage/speed especially at a range omg its as good as an AR it seems. Hell I think we can all agree akimbo FMG's were OP

Thats just my take on things

There are many reasons for this, one being, it's never their own fault, it's always someone or something else.

Don't use SF as an example lol The SF community banned Akuma because he was "op".

Anyway, no the "******* camper" is.

Well, lets ask ourselves, what does overpowered mean? First, lets take the word over, in this situation meaning to excess. Secondly, the word powered, the past participle of the word power meaning physical force of strength. Put together they of course make the word "overpowered". Sadly the term "overpowered" was lost in translation hundreds of years ago and to this day scholars debat the true meaning. One of the more popular beliefs states that overpowered means "Whodey! Whodey! Whodey think gonna beat them Bengals?'

Yes, it's the worst excuse ever. Now, if there were guns that only Elite Premium members could use, then I could see reason for all the complaining. I'd be pretty frustrated too if someone had a better gun than me because I didn't fork out extra money on the game. However, everything in the game is readily available for all players to use. If a gun is better than yours, USE IT or shut the hell up. I'm so tired of people complaining because they want to inflate their e-peen by trying to dominate the game with a crappy gun. Either get better with your crap gun, switch to a better gun, or stop complaining.

Because shooting someone first with a certain gun only to have theirs drop you in 2-3 shots when yours takes 5-6 and shoots slower?

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I get your point, But what is the point in having the other guns if people are going to be at an disadvantge using them? Does not seem right not balancing out the guns in each class. Why not just have the one/two guns in class? Why not just have the few maps that everyone plays on? Why not just have one CoD game?

I dunno if I've ever played a game where all the weapons were perfectly balanced honestly. I think some guns end up looking good stat-wise on paper, but in execution they just kinda suck. Maybe the devs do that on purpose, maybe it's an accident, I don't know. I just know that ever since I started playing shooters, I've made it a point to test out every weapon available. I spend a lot of time and effort trying to find the BEST gun/s available (to me, carefully taking into account my own playstyle) in the game. It's half the fun for me. I jumped on the CoD bandwagon at the end of CoD4, so I could be wrong as I don't remember it well, but it seems like there are a LOT more guns to choose from in the more recent versions of CoD. I think some are just bound to be crappy, and it's up to the player to identify them and avoid them, or use them if they're seeking more of a challenge.

With the maps, in my opinion it's not as bad as you make it sound. The only one I see that's an automatic vote-loser is Downturn. I dunno why people hate that map so much. Granted I don't have any of the DLC maps so maybe you're talking about that.

Yes, though I wouldn't deny that some guns are better than all the others.

How much wood could a mother fkn wood chuck chuck if a fkn wood chuck mother fkn could chuck wood?

The only thing I have seen since COD4 that is consistent when it comes to "overpowered" guns is that the person complaining that a gun is OP is the one that gets killed by  a gun he is not using.

There's no point in having a large variety of guns if they all work exactly the same. At that point, the decision to use a gun is based on aesthetic appeal, not performance.

There is a real and distinct reason for having guns that really suck really bad: to present a challenge to players.

In other words, sure I have a 3.0 KDR with the L118A. But, though I have just barely started using the Dragunov, I have only a 1.44 KDR with it. Obviously the Dragunov is much, much weaker.

Anyone can do well with the L118A ... but someone that can do well with the Dragunov?? That's cool, IMO.

The problem is that 95% of the community doesn't look at gaming in that fashion.

And Activision is all about catering to weekend warriors. After reading the perks that have been supposedly leaked for BO2? Yeah, I think MW3 is the last time we will be arguing about guns being OP or UP ... from now on, they will differ only in aesthetics.

That should keep everyone happy.