Promod doesn't do those things..
Here is what i have noticed in playing it. Keep in mind there are many different versions of the mod. You can find a complete list of features from whatever site hosts the file im sure.
The aim of promod is apparently to removed things from the game that are abused, and to add balance to the weapons. Example: there are no hit markers through walls - you can't spray until you get a hit and then focus on that point. The only way you'll know you hit something is if you manage to kill the person, and then it will tell you who you killed. Another example is that there are no perks to choose from. The mechanics of the game are the same for everyone. They are altered heavily from normal (unmodded) play.
While apparently it aims to balance the game completely, I have my doubts. If you look at sniping, the mechanics are altered in such a way that sniping is both easier and more deadly. The hip shot accuracy of the sniper is MUCH higher. I am fairly sure its much higher than you could get with steady aim even, but i do not know for sure. These values may vary depending on which version of promod you use. The time it take for the scope to come up is TINY. Comparable to that of an LMG being brought up. This combined with the amazing hip accuracy makes for the ability to do crazy jump shots and crap. Basically, the sniper in promod is what every little bitch wants to use all the time because it is engineered to make crazy ass kills and smear your ownage all over everyone else computer screen. IMO its lame and bullshit, but I am sure promod freaks will give you some rationalization about it balancing the game.
There are lots of things in the mod that do remove noobishness. There are no perks to begin with. You do get to choose a silencer as an attachment but that's it. Everyone gets the same abilities. The game mechanics ARE altered. There is no weapon bob when you run. There is no weapon sway. There are no kill streaks. You can't "cook" grenades (im pretty sure). It's really based on SnD, so there is no respawn, so there is no playing the spawns for kills.
You get a hud that shows your teammates. Depending on what version of promod you have, enemies will appear on the map when they fire an unsilenced weapon.
Here's the problem with promod. First of all, you're not pro unless you get paid. Simple as that. If i played like Asoma Bin Laden, and i got paid, and some guy who plays promod all day and owns me 50/50 games doesn't get paid, im still pro, hes still nothing better than amateur. While the majority of players you'll find in promod pubs are better than the regular traffic on server 1 by far, there are still plenty of noobs who just play promod because that's apparently what makes you 1337.
Well promod is the place for all the fanboys, posers, assholes, and shittalkers, as well as for the people who actually get paid, and the people who ACTUALLY just like to play. Most of the time, I find promod servers to be where people go to compare cod4 dick size, rather than to just play for fun. Promod is also where youll find the people who spend hours and hours learning to hide their hacks, or the people who spend hours learning how to configure their hacks so they are impossible to pick up on. So while there are some crazy players that play promod, in my opinion, for the most part the gametype attracts some of the worst of cod4.
Basically, it DOES balance the game on a couple of points. It also UNBALANCES the game so that "pros" can make and record their leet shots and all that crap. It does un-noob a lot of the game as well.
Now, our friendly little clan that we want to play is going to rape us if we play them. Unless they are REALLY REALLY bad, were gonna get demolished. I don't really think KKK needs to enter into the promod circuit. The reasons we play the game aren't really consistent with the expectations of the promod click. I just don't think it would be that fun for our krew. If you really want to challenge them to a promod scrim, you should probably head to some promod pub servers that run SnD. I don't think the version of promod will matter, just need to get used to the way the game plays.
All in all, I think promod can be fun sometimes. The community is a huge turn off for me, and sometimes I would rather the game not be so serious.
---------- Post added at 07:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:16 AM ----------
oh yea
houston has a piece of some promod guy defending the scope op-ness.
Basically, hes (the guy defending the balance of promod) full of shit. The sniper is op. In my opinion its easier to use. Its like how i run around with a sniper like a retard as if it was an assault rifle. Well a bunch of kids said "AWESOME!!!" and made a mod where you could do that, all the fkin time, and WIN doing it. The obsession with promod seems to be the sniper, as evidence to what i just said. You'll find a whole bunch of public DM and TDM sniper only servers.
