It's kinda give and take. It makes you better at the game. Nowadays because of the times I play generally I'm playing with Japanese gamers, but it's made me a better player, and pretty much always even in a loss I'm either no.1 or no.2 on my team in points. When I go back and play against mostly Western gamers I find I just slaughter them in many cases.
But one thing that does drive me crazy is the use of the shield bubble special/subweapon. Japanese players seem to rely on that like crazy and its really unbalanced in the game IMO. You should not be able to activate a shield that lasts for like 15-20 seconds and bails you out of any kind of fire fight.







