User blog comment:PresidentEden78/Battlefield Premium details and CQ release date leaked/@comment-1967485-20120530201618/@comment-1967485-20120531164435

Slop, I never said the M16A3 is overpowered. I said it has balance issues. Now I'm going to make a long comment on weapon balance because of course I think everything costs 3 pennies to make and it takes about 3 seconds to make anything too!

Now, the M16A3 is one of the best guns in the Assault class, unarguably (supported by many youtubers/pubstars), and it's also unlocked as one of the first weapons. Now, this wouldn't be a problem if all the assault rifles were half-decent. For example, the M416 feels way nerfed after the patch, the AEK requires atleast a foregrip/flashsuppressor to use effectively, and the later unlocks ((G3A3, F2000, AN-94)) are all good at ONE THING ((Long range, short range, longish range)) and don't have the multi-purpose uses of the M16A3. Along with balance issues in the Engineer class ((M4A1 for example, it excels in most ranges while the later unlocks don't.)), Support class ((Spread on all LMG's without bipod is "TOO DAMN HIGH", and suppression output seems miniscule. Recon is mostly fine, except the whole M98B chest-shot thing, doesn't work imo.

Also, like I said, when DICE should patch quickly after a COMPLETE CHANGE in gameplay mechanics. Going to Minecraft and LittleBigPlanet, any bugs are use patched soon using more common sense then "HMM LET'S DLC". It's a lot harder to patch games like BF3 with all it has, but when something is basically entirely changed, it should be revised since there are a lot of things that can go wrong ((BF3 for instance)).

Before I finish this and go play Fallout New Vegas because of course I play BF3 24/7, I'm going to comment on suppression. Now, DICE has claimed they want suppression to be a bigger part of the game, giving people more recoil and less accuracy when suppressed, correct? Now I believe a weapon such as the M240B has a 10% suppression, 10 shots at or around a person will give about 100% suppression to that person. So answer me DICE, why people who are suppressed 200% can easily turn around and shoot me in the face like they were never effected at all? ((Tried a few tests with my buddy)).

In the long range, there are more answers, but for a quick and easy answer, it's weapon balance.

Recoil of a M16A3 suppressed =/= recoil of AN-94, which goes back to "wtf is the best gun unlocked first?" ((Well, it deters people from using the AN-94 because of just recoil, the AEK for example)). This difference is increased drastically if you go M16A3 =/= M240B on suppressed recoil.

-Sincerely dumbass moneywaster who thinks everything is easy, BravoAlphaSix.