Someone claiming to have gone to Valve to help share feedback on Counter-Strike: Global Offensive started up an IAmA thread on Reddit. Below are the choice responses as pulled from the thread.
Everything in this list is subject to change. We're still awaiting the official release from Valve which is rumored to occur at some point today.
- Ammo is free in current build
- Molotov grenades added (Creates fire blanket that slows players a little) (tester said he quite enjoyed using them, to his surprise)
- Decoy nade added (players weapon firing sounds)
- Armor is free in current build, possibly subject to change for competitive mode
- Money system was given an overhaul, often not enough money was given and players had to save for 3-4 rounds (mainly a problem in competitive CS)
- Dust 2 is changed only slightly from CS: Source
- Dust and Aztec have been given drastic overhauls to make them more viable for 5v5 gameplay
- Deagle is "about as powerful as in Source"
- No ironsights
- You still run faster with a knife out
- Valve is serious about making CS:GO a "good competitive game"
- There are competitive and casual modes
- Recoil is "more random" but randomized in a circle instead of a square (Recoil will be changed they say)
- UI is far from finished
- Will include matchmaking and ranking system
- The "feel" is a lot closer to Source than CS1.6
- Nade physics similar to Source, damage values still being tweaked
- Can play on your own servers, but supposedly if you want to use the built-in ranking system you'll have to play on Valve servers
- Presumably won't be free since there "are no hats"
Everything in this list is subject to change. We're still awaiting the official release from Valve which is rumored to occur at some point today.
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