Amen to that.
I was never good at guns, and I didn't think I could ever be good at it. So I started playing Knife Only and eventually became pretty decent with it. I met lots of people, practiced, learned from many (ImNimble being the first) and soon Knife Only was a stress-free, enjoyable mode I could play for fun. With an acceptable kdr, of course.
Now all that's back in January - early April.
Webzen itself hasn't made official statements/announcements, but it is an irrefutable truth that changes were made to Knife Only mode. No more 1 shot kill being the biggest and the first.
Gotta hit them multiple times? Hitmarkers? Okay. I can handle that.
But.
Slightly. Ever so slightly, knifing started to feel different progressively. I know this will sound like an excuse, and to be honest, it is.
Not playing the game for about 3 weeks had nothing to do with it. I played this game every single darn day for 3 straight months. 3 weeks of absence will not make that go away.
So what DID change?
Let's list few differences that I noticed starting from:
-No more 1 shot kill
-Running got faster (trust me on this one. I knew exactly how fast I could get from one end of Boot Camp to another.)
-The almighty long-knife. Knifing range got way longer.
- I got stabbed on my leg, but a head shot? Mmmmm
- Let's face it. Webzen. What it is it good for, absolutely not FPS.
Webzen's proud line up of games.
--C9 (Action MORPG)
--MU Online (MMORPG)
--MU Rebirth (MMORPG)
--ARCHLORD (MMORPG)
--R2 (MMORPG)
You think you can quietly sneak in an FPS game in an In-Your-Face RPG server?
Nice try.
No Reg is the result (No Register: You do not see the enemy going into a knifing motion, or
sometimes the knifing itself, yet you die).
That no reg is happening way too often. It used to be the Kamikaze69's signature move that
gently adopted the small no reg to his advantage. But now, it's everywhere, anytime, any move.
That was a lot of rambling, so let's get to my point.
I can hardly relax and have fun in knife modes now. I gotta focus and think about what I'm doing instead of just doing it. I used to know what I did wrong or why I died when I did. But now? I have no idea.
What's my favorite mode, you ask.
Any and all. As long as my friends are there to play with me.
Oh, and....let's not get into the manner issues of the people in AC these days.
P.s. I am however, enjoying guns a little more now