Originally Posted by kevlarorc

I really hate how slow the acog animation is. I don't mind the aimpoint so I basically would rather have a medic kit as an SL than an officer kit.

i, like i already said, think the ACOG animation makes sense so people have a tangible incentive to get iron sights and also, with the officer kit, that just gives you more reason to try to keep yourself farther out of the fighting since you are supposed to be leading.

not saying you should completely stop fighting, but the squad leader kit should be used more for guiding the rest of your group such as spotting for your squad, acting as designated marksman when necessary, and in general being more of a support kit than anything else.

for closer combat, the squad leader has his pistol, which is fairly powerful if used well, which gives the slow acog aiming even more reason to be slow since before, the pistol was pretty useless.

a squad leader is no use if he's dead.

Originally Posted by aus-trooper

Yea I hope they change the animations even slightly would be great, I remember in the version before last the Hat kit was impossible to use, then in the previous prob to easy, now they have made it too hard again.

The other day i was in a covered position, crawled up on a Apc (from a long distance) went to my knees lined him up with the hat......... 2 mins later (animation) about to fire then he kills me.. he should have gone down first. Lol maybe just bad luck... no more shooting down choppers with the Hat

oh come on, you're exagerating. it's not THAT much slower than before (if it's slower at all), and it's definitely easier in this version since you can visually see when the stupid thing is ready to fire. i highly doubt you would have been able to take out that APC whether it was 0.8 or 0.75 under the circumstances you've described.

edit: btw, i'm just curious, why did you need to crawl up to the APC in the first place? couldn't you just take it out from afar?
also, i've already seen a HAT take out a heli, in the very first round of 0.8 that i've played. why would the new animations stop you from doing so anyway.

now, i'm not trying to bash people about this, i'm trying to give you some perspective. if i seem rude, i'm sorry, but i'm just trying to balance this thread out by giving some good points to the new changes since right now this thread is just a bash about the new animations (aside from the opinions about tapping the mag on your helmet.. i don't really have anything to say about that).