I've gotta say, Foxi is dead wrong, I doubt he played the game much. When you can spawn 2 more tubes in 3 seconds (I believe thats how long it took with One Man Army Pro) and they have a gigantic range, they are clearly overpowered.
The whole argument of realism is entirely false, a good balance is 9000% more important to a good competitive game than realism. If one gun is so overpowered that no one wants to use anything else, everything else in the game becomes useless. So it's either you participate in the noobtube wars, try to play legitimately and get cheated by overpowered noobtubes all the time, or you play on the AlterIWNet servers (PC exclusive option obviously) where noobtubes are disabled.
Game developers (such as Valve with TF2) talk about the importance of a good balance all the time. If your game isn't balanced, it becomes a monotonous slog with everyone using one single weapon/class/loadout instead of everyone being able to figure out what type of weapons works best for them in their playstyle.
I never said it is NOT overpowered, I said it is in the game and until Activision chooses to nerf it it is only fair to use it. Putting a gun that is overpowered to the point that nobody uses anything else was a bad move on Activision's side, but that said, rage quitting is not the answer here. Using tubes is not cheating, it's a legitimate and intended part of the game - they're being abused, that much is correct, and I myself was annoyed by them but I do not consider that cheating.
Do I think the tube issue should be tackled by Activision? Yes, I do. Do I think it should be blocked altogether? No, I don't. I think it should be nerfed by limiting the range and cutting down ammo supply to it to the bare minimum.
