User blog comment:Comrade Hamburger/My Opinion on how Black Ops 3 is NOT Pay to Win./@comment-1263839-20160323002931/@comment-4872910-20160323010147

How is the M8 better than the XR-2? Sure, it's a fairly good gun but to call it OP would be a bit overboard. How is the Argus OP? It's nowhere near as good as the KRM up close, and is only better than its peers at edge of its range (because it doesn't have damage drop and lacks spread when ADS).

I don't see how the Marshal leaves you better off than if you just had the regular pistols (and there's no way it's better than the shotguns). As I said in my comment below, it's a one-shot KRM with double the pellets. And if that shot doesn't kill (and the player you're trying to kill isn't an idiot), you're screwed. The other pistols at least have the leniency to give you a follow up shot (same for the shotguns).

Are there some guns that are better? Maybe. Are there some guns that aren't that good? Most definitely. And this is where the focus of balance should be. People are too obsessed with what's OP instead of UP. And most of the time, the guns that people say are overpowered are not.