Damn, at first I was like WTF is this. And then after a while I started to get it. From The Hip is so much different, I can see where it now takes a bit of skill to pull off - but its so damn powerful now. Its actually a viable option when up close.
I don't know if the US beta will keep my stats from the HK version - but I'm downloading and replacing it as we speak.
The whole higher levels get a big advantage thing does kind of blow, but if you're good enough you can circumvent it.
I so have not gotten the hang of the Airplane portion of the Airfield map - I always ALWAYS jump to my death. lol.
This entire experience is so much different from U2 - its like night and day almost .But for now I'm loving it. Haven't tried out 2v2v2 or Co-op. So I'll do that when US beta finished downloading.