Heyy guys, so as you know Crossfire patched last night and after all the dust settled we were left with (in my opinion) one of the best patches this game has ever seen. I'm going to be breaking this blog post into two sections. The first (this one) will be about the new usable content added such as weapons, equipment, etc and the second (which I'll have up in a few days) will be about the amazing new map "Compound".
So lets start it off by looking at the weapons. Z8 usually introduces weapons in every patch in order to secure profit, and more often than not it's simply a repackaged version of a gun already in the game (p90digital, scar light dragon, etc.). However this patch we receive FOUR new guns!! (only 1 of which is a repackaged version).
Weapons:
The first, and most widely popular, is the MK23 pistol. (38,000gp)
For a long time crossfire has has only 2 dominant pistols: the deagle, and the anaconda. However, after purchasing and playing a few games with it, this pistol packs a decent punch, with a HIGH rate of fire. You can literally spam the shots from this gun and make it seem automatic if you can click fast enough. I wouldn't be surprised to see this become a competitive gun (and possibly even banned by a few leagues). The gun costs gp, which is rare for z8, and definitely a step in the right direction. Giving players something to grind up to and while it IS expensive, so is the glock... which is way worse than this gun.
Check out this video my buddy exOH made last night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCRTNT6Y-6I&feature=feedu
The second, and in my opinion a pointless gun is the m14ebr. (permanent ZP crates)
This gun is good, that's for sure. However it's "Good" as in the way the baretta is "Good". What I mean by this is that while it's a great gun, it wont be allowed in competitive play, and therefore it's useless to have/own. It's good that z8 introduced it, and it will help them earn some revenue, but for me (and other scrim players) it's pointless.
The third, and even more useless weapon is the SR-2m smg. (temporary ZP item mall)
I haven't used or seen this gun used but any gun that isn't permanent isn't worth getting. It will most likely be like the dual-uzi's... fun to use, but not viable to purchase for long, and definitely not league-legit.
The last weapon is a GREAT idea. The m4a1-USA. We already have both the m4-silver, and the m4-adv (which are basically the same gun with different skins) and now z8 has introduced the m4-usa which is... the same gun, with a different skin! However, I think it's good.... it's themed perfectly for independence day, and the gun is fairly nice looking. But.... it costs 25 coupons... and it's not permanent. DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT purchase this weapon. It is an immense waste and 30 days for 25 coupons is honestly such a horrible deal...
The introduction of the gun was a great idea... but the cost wasn't.
Gear:
Canadian/American hats and backpacks were also put into this patch. These are GP, and provide literally NO effect other than to alter your characters appearance. They are all temporary which is why I won't be purchasing any, but overall they are cool looking, and not at all a bad thing to put into this patch (especially with independence day and Canada day approaching).
Character:
The Navy Seal was also introduced into this patch at 8200zp which is the same as all the other zp characters. I like the Seal as I think it's character model is roughly the same size as the starting 3gp characters and I think that the Seal WILL be league-legit.
If you would like to check out the Crossfire content update page you can find it here:
http://crossfire.z8games.com/new_content.aspx/
Well it's about time to wrap up this post. I left out talking about the new map because I want to do an in-depth analysis of it (with screenshots, maybe video clips) and discuss the implications for competitive play. I've currently only scrimmed on it once (played it several times though) and would like to get a few more matches on it before I make the post. Look for a large-indepth analysis coming either friday or saturday.
LucK
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