User blog comment:ElectrifiedCa/Summer Spendings/@comment-3184423-20110507045644/@comment-1906486-20110507213535

Downside to Hawk despite more speed, he lacks the stamina and gains headshot protection. So unlike the female specs, they have headshot protection vs stamina. Only real downside as I said though, was Raven has such low armor compared to Viper. Going from a medium vest (Viper) to a light vest (Raven) for that slight speed boost, while it is nice can be very costly to your health.

My longest streak is 39 which in itself is no easy feat, just I didn't want to go overkill and have people wonder. Most of my streaks come from Snow Valley spawn camping, since Bravo has a pretty big advantage for spawn camping.

Having a backpack vs specialist 2nd slot is a player choice, and obviously as you said it's well worth it for you. Sometimes just wish they'd allow the other slot be used to carry spare ammo, but possibly that would be too unbalanced for things. Still a specialist has so little room, that compared to a normal player you're limited to 1-2 guns instead of upwards of 4.