Hmm, there are some characters in the online game that in the campaign are NPC's, like Salter and Ken Willis. I don't remember how you get them in the online game but are some presets you can find here and there and some have quite favorable statistics like low recoil and high stamina or strength. Maybe one of them is actually able to have bazooka ammo without a backpack, I don't know. I would like to know the characters name so we can check.
I forgot about this when we spoke about the issue Goblin.
We once had a (private) conversation in the clan whether we considered using these characters as cheating and the consensus was "no".
For members:
this discussion.
A thing I said in that conversation:
BUT the real issue is about balance within a character choice. Normally a character has some advantages in one aspect and disadvantages in another. This is why I usually play with larry Smith because he seems the most balanced in all aspects. Having taken a closer look at the standard characters I think the "hacked profiles" don't really offer that much advantage over all. Yes 850 is a very high health but he is lousy at shooting. Ken Willis has great shooting but low health compared to most other standard game characters. So I think I change my opinion from "this is cheating" to "I think we should not care too much".