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The AWP is still kinda strong. If you use an AOC monitor, you can use the built in crosshair, and it makes a HUUUUGE difference in having a crosshair in with your sniper

Make a video on the economy, propose a new one.

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It's stupid because every nerf to the AWP has been useless or had the opposite effect The speed nerf was maybe fair but makes no sense being so excessive considering by that point is actually easier to use since now you can zero your aim by crouching. The magazine capacity is something but barely touches the actual problem with the AWP Which was how when CSGO made the players movement slower and guns more consistent they forgot to account for weapons balanced around faster gameplay And that's what really made the AWP so oppressive But instead of coming with an according balance change they just slapped random bullshit on it hoping it'd just make people hate it like they did in TF2 or really anything VALVE ever does when there's a balance problem. God forbid they have to actually do their job.

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You lost me, when you said m0NESY is on track on being the best player of 2024, just 3 days after the Major, where he partially didn't show up and the little guy won the double-crown.

Thing is I like the AWP but I think most AWPers just switch to the AK or M4 these days.

With MR 12 less rounds are played, with less rounds played there are a lower amount of AWP's being bought. The decrease makes sense, the comparison to csgo with a MR 16 makes no sense. It shows the higher impact off it when used, when the decrease for the top players is this low. It's a 20% decrease in rounds with a drop off of less then 25% in KPR, with the above it is normal for this to happen.

you forget your biggest argument which is JAME VP

IMO this is entirely down to mr12 and the state of the economy. force buys have become increasingly effective, and awpers are just simply unable to afford the weapon with these changes

Big oof for NaVi in PW Major. No era for alexi :(

RIP AWP

Valve nerfing firerate and accuary to "bring it more in line with other riffles" excuse me valve how is sg553 now slightly better than ak, yes it's bit more accurate and can still kill with 3 shot in stomach, firerate nerf is just too big.

peeker's advantage… but they're playing on LAN…? well, at least finally somebody that noticed that AWP, as a weapon, hasn't been changed since CS:GO. the only thing that changed is that your spread now increases for about 1-2 ticks after taking damage

Very nice analysis, i come to the same conclusions. I do think its a little unhealthy for the game that it has gotten so fast. The weaker AWP is an important factor for that. I do not believe the AWP really needs changes (perhaps the magazine size could be increased by 1 or 2 bullets), but the game overall could use some balance adjustments to counteract some of the more 'toxic' sideeffects of MR12. Options are to forego the 1400 loss Bonus completely, but hard resetting an opponent is very rewarding so mabye thats not it. Perhaps increasing the round timer to 2:00 Minutes would have interesting effects, certainly not the direction Valve have taken the game into, but i would really like to see some changes to make the games a little longer again. The game feels more Snowball heavy and i think its mostly because one bad half can be much more devastating than in GO. In bad case szenarios you just have too few Gun Rounds or get the Gun Rounds to late into the half. Being down 4-0 or 5-0 just sucks so much in CS2, where in GO it did not really matter, comparatively. If you go down 5-0 and you forced one to many times the AWP will also play way less of a role for your team, while in MR15 you basically still had the hole half to play and build a 5 rounds lead for 5-10 off of a single gun if you had s1mple in your team. The more i think about it: i would like to see Valve experiment with MR13. Add one more round to play. I think it can make all the difference when it comes to Tempo.

Good, what an OP pos used by people who just camp angles in casual ruining it for everyone

great video as always mate

Really well done video man, been liking for good cs content like this

I think the autosnipers had this exact problem in CS:GO- while super effective, it's a very big and risky investment in MR15, which makes players prefer the AWP over them as even that $250 saved goes a long way. With MR12 in CS2, even that has become too big of an investment as there aren't that many rounds to gain money to full buy with AWPs and util. The AUG and SG 553 also had a similar issue with the extra investment for nearly insignificant benefits over the M4s and AK, respectively, with that extra $200 price tag, before their price reductions in 2018, but then again, people weren't really abusing SMGs as much as people do now to gain more money with higher kill rewards to buy the scoped rifles. If the AUG and SG didn't get the nerfs they got in 2019 and MP9 and MAC-10 usage increased the way it did, they'd be decently good gambles for both teams for specific niches they excel at.

very educated and informative video, i think the awp genuinely feels like a weaker option, maybe a price reduction would help, or increasing scoped ms

I think it just makes the prospect of insane clutches less which is depressing. Although having fewer people become skilled awpers makes it more exciting when they do make it to the big stages, some insane plays coming 2025

i miss the 10 bullets in the awp the most tbh, it really nerfed the aggressive yolo playstyle, now its lowkey super risky to use it to prefire or try to wallbang as you will lose vital ammunition

No need to go back. Otherwise we’ll see five awp vs five awp.

Very nice video, but the video feels very chaotic, i think some segments are way too short. but very good video nonetheless :D

They should just switch to autosniper

bring back the og scoped movement speed

Its more about economy, r12 is just not enough time to accumulate enough money to use it

nice video king

Thanks!

the difference is that now when u take damage while scoped ur shots are not accurate

when you think cs you think ak not op

AWP? More like... NAP. Wake me up when it's scary again! #RIPAWP 😴💥

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I think a lot of the AWPers who have been successful are those who can play close range in CSGO, but then it's harder to hold angles, why I think a lot of the top AWPers miss a lot of easy shots, in CSGO it was easier to hold long angles and people were more successful at that

I think awp being less popular is good for the game overall. Tho it can do with a tiny buff to compensate for mr12, like drop its price to 4600 or something like that. Good vid!

Hope valve will do something in a year or so to bring the AWP to a decent spot. I think other than m0nesy and Zy, sh1ro is showing how to awp in cs2. Supportively and as needed.

Honestly see it as a plus, the AWP has always been too op, and I now think it is perfectly balanced.

because they didnt have good enough players. Wonderful sucks, im sucked for a long time, JL is and was overrated, and b1t was too good for his team + blade is literalyl the only reason these guys were top 10

Gamers never, ever, ever, ever look up.

Oof era ended early.

3:25 i have zero idea what the hell was even said here siege has what?

well that didn't age well

I miss de_prodigy

Oof

Damn great vid! Your channel is very underapriciated, hope that will change soon :)

trash

too desperate for an era nowadays, this isn't one..

Fantastic video, investing at 477 subs

Video idea you might enjoy btw: who should be in HLTV's hall of fame? maybe not just the first 4 but like the first 20. Imo, if we're going chronologically and starting with the 2012-2015 era, here's some shoe-ins old NiP's core- f0rest, get_right, (friberg?) all of old fnatic - olof, flusha, JW, krimz, pronax old VP's core - taz, snax, pasha, NEO KennyS, obviously my NA bias - skadoodle :)