I already know there's one or two threads about this, but since ND said they were willing to remove them if there were more complaints, and it would be almost as easy as a flick of a button to do so, another thread won't hurt.
Elimination has always been one of my favorite modes, it requires smart thinking throughout the entire match, one slip up could cost you the whole game...
...Until someone picks up the power weapon placed on every map, with a weapon that kills in an instant, and usually enough ammo to take out the entire opposing team, it takes very little effort to win a game by doing this. Every kill they get, they grow stronger and stronger due to the other team not respawning, so there are less chances of being taken down by multiple players. Then once the round is over, rinse and repeat, as the power weapon will return and it will start all over again. At times I've just wasted the ammo if I've had the chance to pick one up, (sometimes having to take out the power hunters while doing so), but for the most part I prefer to just stay away from them as it really ruins the fun in this game mode, and running directly into a player with a terrible connection isn't very tactical and is almost guaranteed suicide, as I've been trying out lately.
With such a small player pool in this mode (and the whole game), the lag sometimes makes the power weapons turn into unavoidable death machines, I've been shot through walls with the T-Bolt, been killed by one SAS shot at mid-long range, seen Pistole with a "RoF mod" and had Hammer kill me with one shell. Not very fun or skillful...
Another issue, is that some power weapons spawn closer to certain teams. Here's a few I noticed:
London Underground - Villians get T-Bolt
Syria - Villians get RPG
Facility - Heroes get SAS (wouldn't be this way every time if the hanging conveyor belts hadn't been removed)
Chateau - Heroes get Mag
Museum -Villians get SAS
Highrise - Villians get Pistole (if they know the shortcut)
I haven't played enough of the DDMP in this mode to know how the spawns work on those maps, but the FBMP's seem pretty fair.
And while this thread is mostly about Elimination, I do want to mention that handing out one power weapon to one player in FFA is pretty **bleep** stupid, however I do find it easier as I can respawn, know their rough whereabouts, and catch the player off guard, but they really have to be removed too.
Pepsi
