Spam was never an issue. It wasn't a problem because everyone is using the same guns. It was never the mid tier vs top tier guns that was the issue. Every mid tier gun owner aspires to own those cool guns. It would have made more sense to separate the gun classes than nerfing guns. I can understand people complaining that GM4 spams to win against an M4.
In that case it would have made sense to nerf the GM4 but the issue is that most M4 users aspire to own those top guns because they're statistically awesome because of those features.
If the gap between the top guns & mid tier guns is minuscule it really wouldn't be worth saving.
I'm going to exaggerate but imagine if the difference between M4 & BAR less freeze by 0.1 you could say it is still statically superior & it is true but is it still worth saving to most?
Before the TOP Tier guns vs The Top Tier guns was about timing movement etc but the pace was faster its was about movement & positioning. Fast knockout.
The Mid tier guns were the same thing but the pacing was slower. Patience.
Now Top Tier guns are like only 0.1 firerate difference so the fast knockout game is already out of the picture. This is what I meant by less variety in gameplay.
You've definitely slowed the pace of the game down but that doesn't mean its more skill it just mean you need different skill.
To be more precise M4 like skill there is no way on Gods Earth that you can argue spam is an issue when it was GM4 vs GM4.
Name - M4
Freeze - 0.1945
Firerate - 0.3
Spread - 0.1
Clip - 16
Reload - 0.3
Bullets - 1
Auto - N
Stacked - N
Name - BAR
Freeze - 0.2
Firerate - 0.3
Spread - 0.08
Clip - 20
Reload - 0.5
Bullets - 1
Auto - Y
Stacked - N
M4 & Bar has same firerate its just forcing people to develop M4 like skills.
Its the M4rification of every gun in the game.
If you wanted to make dodging more a priority you could have made the main sparring rooms at complex bigger like at multiplex.
Timing is more of a priority for all guns when theres more room to manuever.
Same with basing we could try Meph's suggestion & maybe separate the gun classes.
This wouldn't have caused all the riots that previously was an issue because you nerfed everyones guns.