Friday, August 3, 2012

Dat Hotfix for 08/03/12

On the 1st of August, IW released a hotfix buffing a couple of assult rifles and SMGs. However, this hotfix was not in effect until two days later. Many of you might have seen the hotfix release notes on COD Elite or on the COD offical forums.

This includes:
FAD: increaded long range damage and increase damage range
M16A4: increase close range damage and fire rate
AK47: reduced gun kick.
UMP45: increased long range damage
MP5: increased fire rate
PM9: reduced view kick and gun kick

Now you may be asking yourself: "But REALBAUS, this isn't really specific. How much does this actually affect the guns?" Well check the jump below where I will go into detail over each gun. Enjoy!

FAD: This gun has become a serious competitor with the ACR. Previously the FAD's damage was 30-24 or a 4 bullet kill up close and 5 bullet kill at range. Now the hotfix has made this gun have a flat 4 bullet kill at all distances. With a 1000 RPM, low to moderate recoil, and a .25 sec ADS, this gun is great at controlling choke points. Add a silencer and you are good to go.

M16A4: Holy crap this gun has been buffed. If you liked the COD 4  M16 you will love this new gun. Pre-hotfix this gun had a 780 RPM and 3 bullet kill up close with a 4 bullet kill at range. Now its RPM is around 880 (this is an estimate) and takes 2 bullets to kill up close and 4 at range. This gun is now on par with the top tier assult rifles.

AK47: A very significant decrease in gunkick had made this gun much more accurate.

UMP45: Previously this gun was 3 bullet kill up close with 6 bullets at range. Now its 3 up close and 5 at range. Its a bit better but still not that big of a game changer.

MP5: Sadly, I don't think the hotfix affected this gun positively. In my opinion this is now the worst SMG. The reason I say this is because now the MP5 has a built rapid fire attachment. As a result, recoil has been bumped up. Use kick to control the new recoil.

PM9: Like the FAD and M16A4, the PM9 has received a very good buff. Recoil has been decreased significantly. It is now very similar to the PP90M1, except it kills faster at range but has more recoil. I would now place this gun on par with the P90 and PP90M1.
Have you guys tired out any of the new buffed guns? What are your thoughts on this recent hotfix?

6 comments:

  1. Perhaps it's all a placebo effect (likely since I havn't played the FAD in so long), but I really do feel the increased damage, especially at range without a silencer. People drop a lot faster than I'm used to when I counter snipe with this gun now. I don't particularly like the silencer though; I still hate plinking 6 bullets on an enemy before they die.

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  2. Put Rapid Fire on the M16, U fill up the whole fire rate bar and pretty much become unstoppable.

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  3. BAUS, have you tried the M16? I've been getting killed with it a lot, wanted to see if you have an opinion yet.

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  4. Its better than before. Compared to the Type 95, the M16 is better at range. Rapid fire and a sight is a decent combo.

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  5. The M16 is sooo O.P in my opinion but it's my most used gun now :P :D it's sick!

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