Quote Originally Posted by Trowalts
those items are available for free as well it might just take you a hell of a long time to get them. The good thing though is that items don't play that big a role, sure epic gear is better than uncommon gear but only by a bit and when pitted face to face with each other (which you probably wont ever be) its still anyone's game because GA relies on skill. Hmmm, now you might be thinking, skill based fps with now SA server, this is not going to work :/ Well actually it does, given sniping is rather difficult, but any other class works fine and if you practice enough, even sniping is possible.
Just want to comment on this. One thing that makes a huge difference is, this is not MW2/Battlefield where you get one-shotted from any kind of weapon. You have a very reasonable health bar and taking down anyone will require more than just being first to get a shot in. This alone makes the latency much less of an issue, over actually knowing what to do [i.e. keeping track of your power regen , using the right weapons and moving around] .

As for sniping, they've made it intentionally difficult regardless of latency [there's some sort of projectile physics going] , but even after the fact, snipers usually don't one-shot either. Yes, they can take out another recon or medic [with low health] if they line up all their boosts and such, but against something like a tank-spec assault, not a chance . An assault got an immunity shield against that kind of fire anyway.

This is why you'll see more often melee- recons than sniping recons too. More damage and all.