instead of having to keep track of item respawns and powerups, the game tells you where they are and shares them with the team.
instead of needing perfect map knowledge to get a weapon better than a peashooter before getting obliterated, they just give you a good weapon from the start.
instead of needing to research and practice strafe jumping for a week to keep up, you can now just hit shift to obtain the same speed as a high level player.

the old guard of arena shooters are throwing a fit about it not being a clone of quake live, but the changes they've made to the sacred formula actually make it fun for people outside their clique.

instead of having to keep track of item respawns and powerups, the game tells you where they are and shares them with the team. instead of needing perfect map knowledge to get a weapon better than a peashooter before getting obliterated, they just give you a good weapon from the start. instead of needing to research and practice strafe jumping for a week to keep up, you can now just hit shift to obtain the same speed as a high level player. the old guard of arena shooters are throwing a fit about it not being a clone of quake live, but the changes they've made to the [i]sacred formula[/i] actually make it fun for people outside their clique.