Modern Warfare 2

[fishbowlhead]

I actually had a guy spawn camp me last night, 2 different maps, and both times he killed me 7 times in a row, looking directly at me with his gun ready (I thought this crap stopped with goldeneye?), then both times my team gets destroyed by his killstreaks. To top it all of when you did get near him, his connections was through the roof, so you could unload a clip into him and he could just laugh it off and kill you with one or 2 bullets.

Ive decided that this just isnt fun on any level. I dont care if its the biggest game of the year, decade. It feels like its had about 10 mins of playtesting then sent gold.

[charlesr]

I had a dull streak of games a few days back, with every other person using the chav glitch, but more recently, I've had some amazing Merc Team Deathmatch sessions. Game after game really close and eveyone (randoms) behaving. And everyone backing each other up for the team.

[fishbowlhead]

Also forgot to mention the team of players in tdm using the javelin glitch. Most of them sodded it up each time but one guy on there team got 27 kills using it, he died nearly the same amount of times obviously but still scored big points, sometimes taking 2 out at a time due to the blast radius. Extremely frustrating.

[GarageNation]

Also forgot to mention the team of players in tdm using the javelin glitch. Most of them sodded it up each time but one guy on there team got 27 kills using it, he died nearly the same amount of times obviously but still scored big points, sometimes taking 2 out at a time due to the blast radius. Extremely frustrating.

Yea I think i've been the victim of this aswell, I've seen a couple of desperate kids running around doing this javlin/rocket launcher glitch, and everytime you kill him he lets off a rocket, even thou i've shot the c*** seconds before he's realised, you get an automatic rocket shot at you when he dies.

[Pilotwings]

I actually had a guy spawn camp me last night, 2 different maps, and both times he killed me 7 times in a row, looking directly at me with his gun ready (I thought this crap stopped with goldeneye?), then both times my team gets destroyed by his killstreaks. To top it all of when you did get near him, his connections was through the roof, so you could unload a clip into him and he could just laugh it off and kill you with one or 2 bullets.

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[EDDIE M0NS00N]

I've had big probs on MP with this game lately too:

****e connection/ping rate - frustration isnt the word & it makes me feel like a tit even tho I know its not my fault.

Players left behind - Games where my Clan dont all join the game when it loads up & some are left in the lobby, meaning we have to go back to the lobby to try again & hope it works next time. This wastes a lot of time & it happens often & I must waste about an hr in total each time I sit down & play this.

Same level - 1st I get Afghan, then next level is Skidrow, then back to Afghan, then back to Skidrow etc.

Weapons/Kill Streak overkill - A guy last night managed to kill me with a shotgun from the equivalent of about 50 feet away. Harriers, Choppers, Strikes all coming in together rather than after each other, & no chance in hell of getting away from them.

Spawn choice - a guy spawned back to the same spot time & time again on Afghan (on that little ridge that you originally have to get to by climbing the plane wing) & if I hadnt seen him doing it he would have massacred us without putting in any effort or skill.

Predator mode - Do my eyes deceive me more than once? I've seen a water ripple like human shape on a few occasions that looks like the Predator in camo mode.

All score loss - The biggest sh1t sandwich of all was last night, where halfway through a game it pauses, tries to find the next best host, finds best host, game continues & my kills/deaths/assists/score is suddenly at f*ckin zero across the board!
I had 2 games that this happened in & it only happened to ME & no one else in those games. And in 1 of those 2 games I was leading the group & had an airstrike ready to drop.

I've layed off for a few days because its not fair on my kill/death ratio which now looks ****e & its not good for my bllod pressure either!!


BTW what are these hacks you guys talk about? Have people already figured out how to cheat in this game?

[Robster]

Must admit I have become tired of this very quickly and I loved cod4 too.

Maybe im getting old but I cant be arsed with it for now and I find the likes of Borderlands much more appealing and what a game that is.

If you all looking for an alternative try it - its amazing.

[MJ]

Ive decided that this just isnt fun on any level. I dont care if its the biggest game of the year, decade. It feels like its had about 10 mins of playtesting then sent gold.

It certainly doesn't feel like two years worth of work. I mean, the entire party still doesn't follow the leader to a lobby when they leave another one.

[nonny]

I hear all of your issues/complaints and while I also share the same opinion I am still enjoying multiplayer in this.

I've always got a bad connection on this unless I have 3-4 mates in a party to take along with me. If that happens we usually get into a decent server with other local players and enjoy the thrill of actually having green bars next to our names.

I've seen the party dropping issue. In fact I've had a few instances where half my party made it into the game but we could still hear the lost ones back in the private lobby still chatting and wondering where we've gone. Weird.

As for online and playing against cheats/glitchers. If I come across any players cheating in a match whether it's javelin, map glitch or spawn camping I submit bad player reviews and report them through the dashboard. Once they become an avoided player they generally dont crop up again...

All things considered I havent run into too many d1ckheads in this considering the knowledge of what bugs are in there right now. I guess that's probably because of my peak playing hours being at a time when most of the US/EU are tucked up in bed?

We already know IW are patching matchmaking (to <30ms then incrementing upwards) and that the map and javelin bugs have been addressed. If they nerf the 1887 shotgun range now, tweak the spawning issues and the other small annoyances they'll finally have a respectful game on their hands.

I think they just got really complacent with this one in terms of testing... (this coming from someone in software testing for 12+ years). I was surprised when they decided an online beta test wasnt necessary and I guess they were probably rushing to meet their release date and assumed the knowledge they'd learnt on COD4 was enough to carry them through.

We all know about making assumptions though. They've managed to break the game in quite a few ways right now and it seems they're struggling to regain balance. Hopefully they'll address all these issues quickly in the next month or so.

As for map rotation. I actually like all of the maps in the playlist (I play TDM mostly) but my god that Estate map is probably the worst and crops up every 3 rounds when there are 16 to choose from? Grr.

[dotoko]

Since this was my first COD game I couldn't even be bothered with the multiplayer, there just seems to be too many people who were too good and too leveled up for it to be any fun. They really need to improve the ranking/matching system for the inevitable next game or even just make a kiddy pool for us noobs

[nonny]

I dont think it's that bad for noobs to be honest... there is still plenty of scope to kill a high-ranked player from the beginning even if you dont have all the equipment/weaponry unlocked.

Really with these games there is no substitute for knowing the maps and taking it cautiously. If you know all the vantage points and possible choke points you'll increase your life expectancy tenfold. That goes for any COD game to date.

If you are starting off I'd always run with an assault rifle class. They're usually the best over mid and long range with good accuracy and really you dont want to be getting up close and personal anyway. The M4A1 is a good choice here, M16 in COD4 and so on.

I'm up to level 56 now and I am still using this weapon and it can out-perform a lot of the later rifles.


As for glitches. I've just been looking at 3 more to get outside the maps on terminal, afghan and wasteland. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26jVjiU3Pao

Is it me or is youtube.com becoming THE defect tracking tool for videogames?

[FelixofMars]

I think that is wrong, I played the first one late in the day and never really got good until I was about level 40 and I had unlocked all the useful perks.

I dont think it's that bad for noobs to be honest... there is still plenty of scope to kill a high-ranked player from the beginning even if you dont have all the equipment/weaponry unlocked.

[nonny]

I disagree... if you prestige you lose everything aside from map knowledge and I found in COD4 running with the M16 I ripped through the early ranks with ease on my second play through.

With MW2 I would say the M4A1 would be a good starting choice. Of course you lose perks that are highly beneficial just starting out (hardline etc..) but if you can get up the early ranks quickly these arent that far out of reach.

[FelixofMars]

Depends what you mean by noobs, if your a casual player to COD like me who prefer things like Battlefield then you will have a hard time. Its true that some of the weapons are useful to get a quick kill but when people start using high level perks and get a few easy kills you may as well give up because then their will be a chopper and harrier and all other sorts of **** kicking off.

Basically I forced myself to play the first MW to level 55 and I struggled all the way, things started to get better at higher ranks but not because I had learn the maps they are not that complexed anyway. It was because I had enough perks and weapon attachments for it to not suck.

Once there was the option to Prestige I didn't, I don't even want to be bothered its simply a waste of my effort. While I am enjoying MW2 more I doubt I will even get to level 70 let alone be doing prestige for the simple reason its fun do drop in for a bit with my mates but its frustrating to have high level players getting the drop on you because the balance is always with those who have have prestiged 3 times already and are already 5 or so levels above me.

[Golgo]

My main annoyance with this is getting dumped into matches on the losing side seconds before the times up. Otherwise havin' a ball.