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

I understand your notion in theory, but not in practise. With the exception of the melee weapons which are pretty much identical to the knife, most of the supply drop weapons thus far have been overpowered. The mitigating factors you listed are very annoying, but they don't mitigate powerful weapons into becoming balanced.

The problem with overpowered weapons is that they allow mediocre players to have a huge advantage over players who have more skill and the players who have less skill. It's already an issue with some weapons in the game (*cough* *cough*) but at least those are weapons that (theoretically) everyone can get easily. These new weapons are acquired through RNG or by paying your way through RNG. Perhaps if these weapons were balanced it wouldn't be so bad, but they're not.

It's more than possible for somebody with the ICR-1 to take down somebody with the M8A7, but chances are the M8 will have the inherent advantage. Just as somebody who buys their way to get themselves a Marshal will invariably be better off than most people with the regular pistols or shotguns.