I rather liked the Boltshot part. With Magnums in place, I feel more confident in going after no shielded opponents who run away. I also used Shotgun and Sword MUCH more, and melee as well. The Boltshot stopped interfering with these other weapons the moment it was taken away from loadouts.
As for Ordnance, I can't say. You know I totally agree with the Ordnance set up on small maps. Drops are medium grade, map spawns are high and low grade. I even got a Boltshot dropped and used it.
Heavy Ordnance seems to really come to a T on games like Hill 30. Everybody had Rockets and Fuel Rods eventually. They were pretty common. I also didn't like Plasma Pistol starts. It felt the same, since I used PP in BTB anyway. They shut down vehicles more than they did when they were just optional. I'd rather go with Magnums in BTB as well, OR not use the Boltshot compromise in Heavy gametypes. The BS isn't an issue in the larger games anyway, and a lot of people feel limited by cutting out the Firepower perk on big games. So maybe we should limit the Boltshot change to small games, implement the new Ordnance on small games, and work on tweaking the Heavy game Ordnance?
FC Media Links