hmmm, I'm no sniper (never been able to handle teh sucker) so maybe I should shut up right away... but I won't!
This is one of those threads where somebody doesn't like a change and goes all ballistic over it... I guess some people phear change... so should SID stop changing their work just because some users don't like this or that change? No freakin' way: the game always improves in one field or another... some ideas might sound good, so why not try them to see if the masses playing the game like it (or not)... Example: SID took out the knife tossing for the reason that some in the community always started a round with discarding their knifes because they didn't like it... they got complaints that it was out... got put back in (with a few changes if I'm not mistaken). Other example: laser on AK was requested, got put in, made the weapon too good, was taken out again...
The main thing is: bitching does not help - pointing fingers does not help! Try to make your point in a well-adjusted manner, keeping to the point and stating this point as objective as possible. This way most of the crew will take it as being an argument towards your problem, and even when they don't agree with you, you'll at least get respect from your "followers" and from the others, including SID, for being a generally likeable and well mannered individual.
(BTW, I'm a euro and an automatic user...
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