User blog comment:Donotdiddlekids/Hahahah... Advanced Warfare/@comment-71.196.129.130-20150122061404/@comment-24756040-20150122213931

Actually speaking, the Obsidian Steed lowers TTK up close due to the lower ROF. Considering the BAL's strength is up close, you're basically turning the BAL into something like the MTAR from Black Ops 2: good at range, wonky recoil, wonky sights, unlocked automatically. If anything, the Carbon is much more deadly, as it gets almost the same damage boost and retains the high fire rate.

For me, the MP11 Goliath in hardcore is a pain, as it's always a one-hit kill no matter what range. It's extremely annoying to be killed by it over and over because it only gets 2 hit kills with the minimum damage. With the initial damage drop-off (it works like stair drop-offs from Black Ops 2), the first stair from the MP11 Goliath stays at 30, and the minimum stair goes down to 24.

My idea to fix it: for the first stair, change it to anything between 25 to 29. That way, it's still a 4 hit kill in Core, but isn't a one-shot kill unless you get a headshot in hardcore.