The anti-bunnyhopping thing is fine with me... I never really felt the need to do that in the first place. But the thing is, in my opinion, YES they ruined the sniper rifles. Overpowered before? I'd really not say so. I found it quite easy to take out snipers pre-patch, whether that was from countering with my own sniper rifle or just sneaking up behind them with a machinegun (or clubbing them with a nade hehe). Ease of use? In every other aspect the game plays like an arcadey shooter with easy to learn/use weapons. What's wrong with >all< the weapons being just as easy to adapt to and use?
Sure, some people may have complained about sniper rifles before. Myself, I didn't see any more complaints than the sniper rifles of any other game got. But there was an option to turn them off at least. So if those complaints are why they made these changes, they better at least put another patch out with an option to revert to the old mode, because there are >far< more people complaining about how sniper rifles are >now< than from before, at least from what I have seen and experienced.
Games are all about fun, and in every LAN and multiplayer game I've done, everyone was having a GREAT time with COD how it was. (Some of my greatest gaming experiences in the past couple months have come from some COD sniper matches with friends) Why suddenly attempt to try something new and not at least include an option to re-enable the old tried-and-true way?
I guess I'm mostly pissed off because I finally got out and got myself a copy to start playing online with some friends, and the next day this patch comes out and completely changes the flow of everything.