Quote Originally Posted by sunsmountain
Would it make you feel better if they said: "Movement speed is based on motion-captured animations. Kill rates are also based on those. The result we feel is more realistic"

Because that is the case. Apparently, CA are choosing realism over gameplay, and hope gameplay will get used to it.
Yes, that explanation has been given several times in this forum. I think - hope - it applies to the movement speed only. I would not like to be one of the guys killed in order to get motion-captures of kill speeds.

It would be interesting to debate this explanation in detail, especially with CA, but I fear this rather defuse and emotional thread may not be the best place for that kind of specific debate.