I tested a bit with Castiel and the shotgun seems to be way underpowered now. We considered it useless for 1:1 playing and switched to SMG and AR on desert. I played SMG and it seemed ok while his AR had a hard time killing me. But that's just from 1 game with 200 pings vs. an "unknown" (for me in 1:1) oppenent.
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3008/...esertd.jpg
After that I played SMG vs AR with gibstick and I complained that I had to use the SMG on arctic, which seems like a map clearly better for AR, but I was terribly wrong.
I easily win with SMG:
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2205/...rctics.jpg
But the AR win was hard-earned and he survived a lot with 7hp left or my shots which I think clearly hit just missed...
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6921/...rctics.jpg
In conclusion: SMG is much stronger than AR now.
I also have the demos if you're interested. Note: the accuracy on the last 2 screens is meaningless.
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/3008/...esertd.jpg
After that I played SMG vs AR with gibstick and I complained that I had to use the SMG on arctic, which seems like a map clearly better for AR, but I was terribly wrong.
I easily win with SMG:
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/2205/...rctics.jpg
But the AR win was hard-earned and he survived a lot with 7hp left or my shots which I think clearly hit just missed...
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/6921/...rctics.jpg
In conclusion: SMG is much stronger than AR now.
I also have the demos if you're interested. Note: the accuracy on the last 2 screens is meaningless.