CS Changes Near

[CSN NewsBot]

Counter-Strike.net has been updated with word of new changes coming shortly to Counter-Strike 1.6 via Steam. True, we reported all of this a few weeks ago, but the horse's mouth is always fresher:

Just wanted to keep everyone updated on a couple small Counter-Strike changes we're making. The zoomed Bullpup and Krieg 552 zoomed in crosshairs will now use the expanding green crosshair rather than the legacy HL sprites. The radar will have some opacity options for those brighter maps. In addition, we're experimenting with improving the Dual Elites and M249 -- which will fill the suppressive fire niche. We plan on rolling out these changes in the near future.

Like, dislike? Sound off in the comments above or the CS-Nation Counter-Strike forums.

[Mr. T]

So the AUG and SG552 will use proper dynamic crosshairs now?

[bullet_head]

Hmm sounds interesting, I'm really waiting for the opacity options, I hate nading my own team mates in matches because I can't see the radar properly



Time to p'zown with mah elites.....

[alex`]

finally, I won't have to look down every five seconds to check the radar!

[Paine]

The M249 is powerful and fairly accurate, but god, did someone say...THE DUALIES!? *cries for joy*

[daniel88c]

finally i can use my dual berettas and kill something

[trisk]

It's all good.



The radar change is the yummiest though.

[(silencer)]

m249 is pretty much equally strong as the m4 (same caliber & about same barrel length), but the recoil is unreal for being a heavier weapon (more stable should be less recoil), and the rate of fire is much slower. Maybe just increase the rate of fire to that of the m4 and give it less recoil than the m4, but less accuracy on the first shot since it's fired from the hip.

Dual berettas NEED to be stronger. 9mm Glock 18 got beefed, so why not beef the same 9mm Berettas? They should be equal in damage per bullet since it's the same caliber and about the same barrel length.

Then again.. when I'm using my nostromo n52 with Autofire, the elites will be even more lethal. :)

[EL17E]

sounds good to me, though last time they improved weapons they made them too powerful. you can jump and shoot at the same time with the g3sg1 and the bullet will land exactly where the crosshair is, which you cannot do with any other gun (besides the shotgun.) Speaking of the shotgun, ever since 1.6, when your guy pumps to rack another shell in the chamber, he does it right on top of the crosshair, which makes it impossible to see what you're aiming at. that sucks. can you fix it cliffe?

[Ava3ar]

i cant wait for the updates. even more reason to hang back and wait for the enemy to un into a shower of fire

[RaptorRage]

The problem with the Duals is they fire to the left and right of the crosshair instead of being centered on the crosshair like all the other guns.

[oReiLLZ]

Here's a terrible idea: add a secondary fire to the Elites that holsters one, letting you use two hands to fire the other and dramatically increase accuracy. Whip them both out if you just want to go nuts. You know there'd be a kickass animation of the Terrorist spinning it around his finger into the holster or something.

[peagle]

Wicked changes <3 VALVe

[Blood_Shot]

should be an awesome update! all these changes have been too long in coming

[adrianchan56]

Two berettas is what I look forward in seeing doing better.