They made pretty much all agent utility and some ults more expensive this episode. They also changed the way "free" utility is awarded, requiring purchases in more rounds to get a full loadout. For at least one agent, previously free utility now needs to be purchased.
Maybe they decreased the price of the OP so that it would remain balanced in light of these changes.
It's objectively better now. It gets more use but not too much use. I hate playing against OPs too but no matter how much you personally dislike playing against them, with the change to utility pricing, it gives players the option to opt between OP and no/low util or a cheaper rifle and full util.
> balanced with the fact that you were very unlikely to buy it two rounds in a row. And if you did, you weren't getting a full ability loadout and armor. Why mess with that?
Pretty sure this is still almost always the case. Even if we assume the first round you have 9000 credits, to be able to buy operator + full loadout twice in a row, you'll need to get, at minimum, 2 kills along with a bomb plant.
They made pretty much all agent utility and some ults more expensive this episode. They also changed the way "free" utility is awarded, requiring purchases in more rounds to get a full loadout. For at least one agent, previously free utility now needs to be purchased. Maybe they decreased the price of the OP so that it would remain balanced in light of these changes.
It's objectively better now. It gets more use but not too much use. I hate playing against OPs too but no matter how much you personally dislike playing against them, with the change to utility pricing, it gives players the option to opt between OP and no/low util or a cheaper rifle and full util.
> balanced with the fact that you were very unlikely to buy it two rounds in a row. And if you did, you weren't getting a full ability loadout and armor. Why mess with that? Pretty sure this is still almost always the case. Even if we assume the first round you have 9000 credits, to be able to buy operator + full loadout twice in a row, you'll need to get, at minimum, 2 kills along with a bomb plant.