Hello Crysis 2 players. My name is ENEMYo. I am one of the veterans of the community and have posted many articles and disertations on the xbox 360 version of this game. My latest report involves the perk "aim enhance". I am have compiled the data for this report from personal experience, interviews and archieved documents. I now feel confident that I can describe this perk in the best manner possible:

AE is a very effective perk in Crysis 2. It basically elimates 97% of recoil for weapons. One of biggest effects this perk has is on the Feline sub machine gun. It extends the range of the Feline to that of assault rifles such as the scar. Now, add a laser to the Feline and this eliminates all recoil, increases the range even further and drops enemys faster than assault rifles from range. This combination is also known as "shazing"(Bulls of Tom Joad, Mycrysis 2011, page 2).

So now that we have established that AE makes weapons such as the Feline overpowered, let us move to the third and most outrageous feature. Level 3-faster movement while aiming down sights. This is the biggest exploit in the game when used correctly. The most common combination is again the Feline. If used correcly a player can effectively strafe back and forth so fast that they can appear to teleport or warp when viewed from an opponent screen, all the while shooting with no fear of recoil. Furthermore, a player using AE will strafe faster once all their energy is drained leading to an even larger warping effect.

Too add to this, aim assistance and controller sensitivity is effected by AE. When using AE the weapon you use locks on the target and "sticks" there at a much greater rate than when not using it. You will notice that when you aim at a target you can see your reticle change size and lock on to the target. Now, if using AE there is no recoil, so that "lock on" stays permanant because the weapon is not bouncing around. Once this occurs the games built in aim assistance just drags your weapon along for the ride. You don't need to do much from this point on as your locked in.

So, why has AE been so commonly accepted among the community and elites for so long. Simple, because its a clear exploit that most have become dependant on. I like to compare it to professional bodybuilding. Do you ever see the pros in magazines when they are in the offseason or not taking steriods. Offcourse not, because they don't want you to see them in this state without their "performance enhancers". I am proposing a new classification of Crysis 2 players. Those that a "natural" players that don't use AE and those who are "unnatural" and turn to performance enhancing methods such as AE to achieve their status.

Keeping this in mind, 99% of the elites on Magic Mikes best player list are performance enhancing (Shazing). I have seen many of them play when their not on the shaze and their performance levels and astonishingly lower. I would go as far as to say they are merely average players without their juice. However, some of these top elites have only learned to play one way, with the same perk and weapon and have become addicted to the performance enhancments. They will not let you see what lies beneath.

In conclusion, AE is an incredible expoit to this game and is abused by the top elites. It breaks the game at times and should be banned from any competitive matches because of the effect it creates on the game. But, in the words of an oldschool bodybuilder and his views on performance enhancers...."why be Clark Kent, when you can be Superman"(encyclopedia of bodybuilding, page 112). The choice of yours. Stay Natural!



ENEMY

1 Trillion Likes good sir!

Great work you have done there! Especially,

"a player using AE will strafe faster once all their energy is drained leading to an even larger warping effect:

DaddyLicious recently showed me about this added exploit which basically makes no sense. How does one move faster when ADS, and completely out of energy?

Yes the performances are astonishingly lower. Its like the great Homerun race of 98 that reinvigorated baseball in America. One day we just woke, and baseball was popular again. In the same way suddenly players that were of little skill, or were killled easily in the past were now pwning you day in and day out--they too were some how reinvigorated! Similarly we all cried once we found out that these huge homeruns were all a lie achieved through PEDs (Performace Enhancing Drugs), and in the same way AE has taken above average players and turned them into Bonds, McGuire, and Sosa. The numbers will drop when the needle does.

According to the Sage Mage, Goblin Gambler, RavageGunna31 about a year ago:

"No I will not preorder Crysis 3. I'm waiting to see if it has Aim Enhance, because if it does, I'm done with the franchise for good."

Make no mistake about this laddies and gentlemen, THE Goblin Gambler is one of the best gamers (and people) I have ever known, and for long he has told me that this perk is cheap crap used by those that are trying hard to prove they are good, but showing nothing to him at All.

He states, "Crysis is the only competative game I have played in the world, that allows its so called elites to prance around calling themselves elite, but realying on cheap exploitation. In BF or COD, a great players shows his skill by not using what is broke, but in this way Crysis comparatively is a joke."

I could not have said it better!

I have always referred to myself as #1 in this game. I am working to reach that goal again since returning. However, in my opinion Goblin Gambler is currently the best player in Crysis 2. Yes, that involves Noobified as well. I have witnessed Goblin eliminate multiple top tier performance ehancers using Detonation delay and weapon pro. To my knowledge, no one else is capable of this.

**(double post)

Hope we get a good bit of feedback with this report.

It kind off goes on what i have said all along just you can put it in better words lol!! Still my aim enhance beats your aim enhance!!! (not pointed at anyone) . !! JOIN TEAM Heaven and Hell !! (HoH)

I am all for getting aim enhance out of competitive lobbies. It really is like a crutch that helps you get out of difficult situations without too much skill required. I know that I am known to use it as well, but it is very hard to conquer another team of aim enhancers with things other than aim enhance, unless you become far less aggressive. If we can get everyone to vow to remove aim enhance from competitive matches such as the ones that go on Friday night, I will definitely remove it from my classes. Then we can see where the true skill comes from in lobbies. Marshall time!

The only downside to this is that with aim enhance out of the picture, I can see lobbies turning into a huge boxing fest with the help of Mobility enhance...

Omen! I totally agree with that!

I don't see how people could say its not fair to use against Noobs (because they don't have the ability to kill you with A3 on) but its ok to say it can be used in competitive use.

People on these forums really need to start picking on side or the other of arguments.

It shouldn't be used ever if you are playing competitively or in a lobby by yourself it's a clear advantage and has been agreed upon by everyone in this thread.

this is why TASC was developed. To uphold the integrity of the game. AE mixed with the current net code/engine of Crysis 2 allows for a potent exploit. Already some of the elites are saying "what do I do now", if I can't use AE. Yesturday I was in a lobby with just me and a bunch of randoms on my team vs S2K + Noobified. They still were using AE because simply put, they have mastered this exploit. I have also played several games against MurderBytheBook and ecliptic son. Both were schooled accordingly without the use of AE and both resorted to C4 out of embarrassment and frustration.

Stay natural my friends!

ENEMY!