Ok, to people who only play SP, the changes I'm proposing probably seem very minor and needless, but hopefully players of MP will appreciate them. I think these changes combine the deeper gameplay of C1 with the simplified suit functions of C2. So here goes:

In C1, armour was the default mode. In a way for C2 "Power" (a combination of speed and strength modes) was the default mode, as in you had the speed and strength functions on all the time, but when you weren't using them your suit recharged. I basically want to switch Armour and "Power" modes.

Armour mode: Armour is again the default mode, when you aren't taking damage your suit recharges. There is no C2 webbing and your suit doesn't shine. There is no slowing of movement. Damage could work either C1 or C2. This would allow sprinting at a normal speed when your suit is out of energy.

New Power mode: Control wise this is activated exactly how you would activate armour in C2, with your suit turning a sixy C1 red. It allows you to sprint faster, jump higher, melee harder, throw further just like C1 as if you had both speed and strength activated at once in C1. Just that you would hold jump for a high power jump like C2

Cloak: Activated just like C2, except that you cannot now combine it with power/speed/strength modes.

This would deliver gameplay pretty damn close to C1, while maitaining the simple controls of C2. In MP It would mean that if you wanted to get from one side of the map to another quickly (as FPS players always want to do), you will have to be visible, and glowing red!

I think this simple change would have made C2 MP much much better

Great post, i agree with pretty much all of it.
Now that i finally get to play the entire first one now that its coming to consoles i was looking forward to something like the original suit modes or what you described.
But its looking like they will be the same as crysis2 + prone, which is a bit of a shame. Other than that its looking great.

PS. I'm pretty sure Ive run into you a few times on the ps3 multiplayer, you are a good shot, always make for fun games. Mhmm

i would be fine with that

but i would rather have RB bring up the Radio menu just like C1 but hay

@ Uggazew
Thanks, i too was dissappointed about console C1 having C2 controls, but as its just SP shouldn't ruin our enjoyment of it. Yes, the C2 PS3 community is the definition of "a small world

@Raulo4@hotmail.com
yeah i would prefer C1 radial menu too, but seems Crytek think we console players can't handle it. I think my tweak idea would work pretty wel, especially for MP. The only problem i see with speed/strength combined is people speeding around hands free, meleeing with fists. But that could be easily nerfed.