More stuff to spend money on.

Assault is the most well rounded class in the game but that honestly doesn't mean much in terms of balanced. He isn't the best at anything nor does he really have any faults. Sniper has no faults but has more pro killing ability than every other class.

yeah, flak can run through a blackjack (or multiple if that happens to be the case), ice keeps them from pushing, and you have an uzi and 2 grapples. Let's not forget explosive bullets either. It's not faceroll easy like Assassin to kill bots, but he most certainly can dispatch them in the required capacity for Crossfire (though Blitz they come way harder).

assault the "counter" to sniper, funny thing is, good snipers, won't give him a chance in hell to get close, and he will kill him instantly, i find assaults easiest to headset but i haven't been playing for a while