OK, Im going to say it, they broke the M60! There is such a thing as overbalancing, and that is exactly what they did with the M60. I can deal with a large crosshair that sprays all over the place when I'm moving, but I despise when my crosshair goes flying all over the place when I shoot. I mean come on, last night was like firearms, I'm running around with an SA7, and 2 M60 guys 20 feet away COULD NOT HIT ME standing up with full 100 round expenditure! I was even intentionally dancing around in their line of fire! As the 1st guy is reloading I pop him with the pistol, the second guy thinks he's smart and goes prone, and promptly eats my SA7 in the face. You can't kill somthing 20 feet away from you even when crouching without shooting 50 rounds. There is also a large luck factor now when using the M60 proiperly (prone at medium range). Sometimes I can fire a 5-6 bullets and kill a target, other times I can hold the crosshair right on a non moving target bursting 3 round shots and it takes 50 rounds to kill him! Oh, and do you think the new m60 makes it easier or harder for the US to take down a chopper now? *rips out hair*At least the RPD is still lethal when prone at medium range (much to the disgruntlement of roach who I think I killed 6 times in a row spawn camping Sorry bud )The other problem is of course the LAW's new rifle. The average gamer can't use it, so I'm noticing alot less anti-tank power on the US side (espeically when Im NVA and driving tanks ). I think they should have given the LAW the m16 and the grenade launcher the mossberg for the US maps, and moved the M60 to the standard infantry slot where the RPD can be found for vietnamese. For South Vietnamese forces, they should use the CAR-15 for both assault kits, and move the M60 along side the XM148.OK, rant over.

They should use a point system like Firearms where YOU can select your equipment and Armor level.

From looking at the movie for BF2 that may be what they do Mac. If you haven checked it out on fileplanet yet...go download it and look when the movie first starts.

I hope so. It is hard to tell but that would be the best way.

Yeah, when I take the M60 now it's for the M79

I actually had the opportunity to use the M60 for what it was meant to be, artillery support. The map was Ho Chi Mien. 3 of my US buds were crossing the river so I went prone on the bank and just opened up the damn thing over their heads because I saw at least 2 Charlie hiding on the other side. My comrades got across safe. Unfortunatly a 3rd VC popped me off with a type 56.I'm not sure what to think... it has been nerfed perhaps a little TOO far. It did need a rate of fire decrease, I'd be okay if they increased the prone accuracy a bit more. But I do well enough with it as it is not to be okay with it not changing soon.As for the M14 Law combo.... I like it myself.I've heard server admins have the capability to adjust the kits the way they want using the "Custom" button as opposed to Conquest or Capture The Flag. I'll play with that a bit tonight and see if I can't confirm that.EDITOkay, I played with it a bit. Seems you can decide which kits appear in the game, but you cannot alter the contents of the kits. But you do have the option to disable any of the weapons from 1-6 in all the kits. Anotherwords, if you disable weapon 2, all pistols will be gone from the game. Disableing weapon 1 disables all knives... ect. So in theory, you could create an all knife or pistol server if the mood hits you.You also get the option to change what vehicles spawn in the various spawn areas. If you don't want Huey Slicks, you can change it to a Cobra or Duke. Think the F-4 is too cheap? You can change it to a Corsair. OR, if your feeling really crazy, you can set a particular vehicle spawn to just spawn any random vehicle of it's type in the game! (random heli spawn, random boat spawn, ect....)Lasty, you can alter what army's appear in the map. I haven't seen if you can create a US vs US game... but I succeded in removing the ARVN from one of the HUE maps and replacing it with regular American soldiers.All of this is accessable by creating a game using the "custom" setting as opposed to the Conquest or CTF setting. All these options can be found under a new option that appears when you turn "custom" on.Note, these were tested using a Listen server. I'm not sure how it would work using a dedicated server.

It's what happens when you are using a crappy wireless keyboard and can type 70wpm, occasionally the keyboard jams and spews out letters in the wrong order.

ouch...wireless anything was made by the "anti-gaming-gods".

I havent tried 1.01 yet, but I think I am going to like it. If the M60 is nerfed as bad it sounds killing Charlie copters will be harder than it already is though, not good. Still, I like the M14 a lot, and the M16. I think they made the right decision with the kit changes, though Im still wondering why the VC get the SA-7 and the Americans dont get the Redeye at least. If a VC copter takes a good position over an American spawn its game over man, they are next to impossible to kill with small arms (shotty- im looking at you in operation hastings)