I was a pretty dedicated CoD4 player, got into the 10th prestige by the time MW2 was released.  Now i love MW2, and i'm always of the mind that, if it's in the game, it's not cheating.  That being said, Infinity Ward seemed so hellbent on outdoing themselves that they kinda went overboard with some design choices in my opinion.  A game that used to be more about precise shooting and getting a good position on the map has become a halo deathmatch in a lot of ways.  After getting into the 3rd prestige, the thing that stands out to me is the akimbo secondary weapons.  Anyone else feel the same way?

shotguns perhaps, but the SMG's and pistols dual wields are really lightweight from my experiences.

I don't really use Akimbo secondary but Akimbo P90 with steady aim and I can't remember what other perks I use is instant death if you are close to me but I don't use it a lot only when I am having a bad streak and feel the need for some.....justice.

I have to agree considering how unwieldy dual wielding is in reality.. but then again, that's just reality.
 
And I'm too busy exploiting oma to be busy bothering with secondaries anyway.

Maybe pre-patch Akimbo 1887s, but otherwise I wouldn't consider Akimbo to be a very good attachment.

Uhm no, but 1887's came close. Luckily IW was quick and fixed it after... several weeks.

Duel wield is the last of the problems with the game :P.

 I don't see many people use Akimbo anymore.

Akimbo Glocks for the win mofo.

No, but noobtubes still piss me off.

kind of, i hate when people are using akimbo models. one of the worst things to the game. now that some of the people stopped playing it i haven't really seen it as much. there are still people around that use it. i use it sometimes when i get mad about the game.

They're part of the reason why I can't stand the multiplayer.

" No, but noobtubes still piss me off. "

I think on smaller maps like Rust, or Scrapyard, akimbo SMGs are king. I use dual MP5Ks with steady aim and stopping power, plus rapid-fire from the bling. 
 
Effing unstoppable with those sometimes.

just the damn shotguns cause it's the only dual combo i ever see and it's annoying.

Akimbo is a lot of fun even though I don't use it that often.

the only akimbos i cannot stand are the shotguns. it is absolutely impossible 
to shoot a shotgun with one hand.   if they took those out i wouldnt mind the game at all.   fuckin rangers and models. so annoying

Cannot beat a set of akimbo raffikas.... 
 
Can I hear an OWNAGE! 

Akimbos are novel, but they aren't great. I don't run into a lot of people using it and those who do get killed a bunch by snipers and ACR marksmen. I used them once on accident when I was trying to steal a P90 (before I unlocked it). Unless your target is a few steps across the room or right next to you (assuming you aren't stabbed) they feel like flashy noisemakers. I also stole Akimbo 1887's in Terminal, just to see how they worked and those were a bit better even if they were totally ridiculous. However, it's still cool to see a one handed lever action shotgun cock. Kind of like those guys in black from "The Quick and the Dead" except they were using lever action rifles.  
 
I think the only version of akimbo I'd be interested in trying out would be pistols if only because I heard you get "Hard Boiled" as an accolade at the end of the game if you kill a bunch of people with them.

Other than the lvl 67 shotguns, Akimbo blows. 

i think that the game would be perfect if they took away akimbo shotguns.

It hasn't bothered me too much because you hardly ever see them in Mercenary TDM.

I use an akimbo P90 setup on smaller maps like highrise, and scrapyard. I think it's fairly balanced, at range I'm dead meat, against shotguns you end up going about 50/50 depending on lag and who sees who first. If you can close the distance and exploit corners they end up being pretty effective.

Other than the care package runners, nothing else bothers me now really.
Except people playing things like Sabotage for nukes.

I feel that the reload should be a little longer on them, other wise no. All shooters should have akimbos.

akimbo shotguns stopped me playing. Fed up with dealing with them and i won't stoop to that level of cheapness. 
 
I felt that the akimbo pistols, smgs and such were a good idea though.

The problem for me is not Akimbo.  Its all the balance issues whether its the knife runners, or the fact that you can have a sniper with dual auto pistols or a shotgun.  Sounds great on paper but the point of classes is all are supposed to have weakness.  I refuse to play cheap and those that do are killing this game for me.  The stacking of similar perks creates a balance issue that seems hard for Infinity ward to regulate.

This whole game is fucked. I remember how CoD4 was actually a fun game, one that I would play for the sake of playing. MW2 on the other hand inspired me to keep playing just to get things like killstreaks. I realized I just wasn't having fun (something that was really evident in my super erratic scores). Once I had used all the killstreaks and seen most of everything, the pig shit gameplay really started to rear it's ugly head and I just had enough of it. I'll be trading it in sometime this week (may want to go through SP on Veteran since it was still epic even though the MP is shit.)

Nah, akimbo never really ruined the game for me. I never bother using that attachment, and things have become a lot less hassling with the 1887 fixed.

Akimbo really isn't that bad at all, I don't have trouble dealing with people dual wielding at all and it's far from a game break or problem in my eyes at least. Really I don't run across Akimbo that much at all anyways, the occasional Akimbo 1887s or Rangers and then maybe once in awhile there will be someone using dual UMPs or Glocks.

no they don't at all. dual shotguns is really annoying though. other stuff i am fine with.

akimbo handguns FTW. I just accept akimbo shotties now but apart from them im fine with everything else

No, glitches and bugs out the ass did.  
 
Also, third-person modes can go too.

Akimbo Shotguns have caused problems for me in the past, however the only big problem I have with Modern Warfare 2 is that the glitches appear so easy for people to find, now I know Q&A is extremely hard work and I would never dobut any of them.

I guess I'm of a similar opinion as most. Akimbo weapons are a pain in the ass but I just sorta learn to accept that they are there, similar to things like noobtubes. If they are in the game and can be used that way.. not really much you can do aye

Fucking akimbo 1882s.

Akimbo Rangers just look stupid, as do a lot of the bigger weapons. Only small pistols (no deagels or .44s), machine pistols and a couple SMGs really make sense to wield akimbo.

nah, i only really see people akimbo those sawed offs and even then it's either they off me with those or i off em with my knife.

I look at it as a useless attachment. 

" shotguns perhaps, but the SMG's and pistols dual wields are really lightweight from my experiences. "

"No, but noobtubes still piss me off. "

Akimbos was one of many things that ruined this game for me. Gave campers a better weapon.

Since the 1887's were nerfed, I don't have too much trouble with it.  Mostly because only a small number of players even bother now.  As far as using it, I just can't.  I never, ever spray with any weapon.  Even when I have an LMG and run face-to-face into an enemy in a small room, I instinctively aim down the sight.  Sometimes it gets me killed, but there are many time I win a situation like that because a lot of people spray regardless of range.  It's laughable.

" Uhm no, but 1887's came close. Luckily IW was quick and fixed it after... several weeks. "

Nope.  Something people forget about the game all too often:  You can kill someone with any weapon.  When you actually use tactics other than "lets just run wherever", the actual guns being used don't matter for much.