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What I hate most about the matchmaking system is when I have a party of 3 or more people we ALWAYS lose atleast 1 person when I click Find Match. Then we have to back out, invite that person, and try again. Sometimes this process repeats for 5 or more times before we all make it into a server. We all have NAT: Open.
 
dougp said:
I'm getting tired of the fucking matchmaking. I do NOT want to join a losing game - hell, if that means I don't join a winning game - fine by me. I'm at the point where I just back out of the game, because I'm going to take a loss anyways.
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LoL so true.
 
YoungGun21 said:
What I hate most about the matchmaking system is when I have a party of 3 or more people we ALWAYS lose atleast 1 person when I click Find Match. Then we have to back out, invite that person, and try again. Sometimes this process repeats for 5 or more times before we all make it into a server. We all have NAT: Open.
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samesies
 
smackababy said:
I know it shows more damage, but according to my playing, it takes the same number of ticks from the ACR to kill someone as well. It may just be that less bullets from the spread of the M16 are hitting due to it having more recoil than a fully auto (which makes no sense) but either way, I average more kills with it.

Also, the damage thing is complete BS on assault rifles with the exception of the AK-47 because it uses 7.62 rather than 5.56. But then again, I can't hope for realism in a game that allows you to run around dual wielding and jumping around like Halo 3.
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According to the data pulled off of the PC version the FAMAS and M16 do 40-30 and the ACR/M4A1 do 30-20. Now that's per shot, overall the time needed to kill a guy in the game may be shorter with the full auto vs. the burst though.

And in-game the SCAR-H should put a whallop on all the other assault rifles power-wise. It shoots a .308/7.62x54 round. The fact that the bullet power is equivilent to some of the 5.56mm or a 7.62x39 gun is retarded. Then again, firing full auto with that thing while standing the barrel should be bouncing all over the place. Hrm, maybe the ACR is the 6.8mm variant...but I doubt it.
 
Whelp, I'm officially going back to COD4. Too much imbalance and jackedness in this game. Don't know how they fucked up such a brilliant formula, but they pulled it off. Adios!
 
jbourne77 said:
Whelp, I'm officially going back to COD4. Too much imbalance and jackedness in this game. Don't know how they fucked up such a brilliant formula, but they pulled it off. Adios!
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What's imbalanced? Granted, there is some jackedness that should be fixed in the next patch - but you dealt with that how long in CoD4 before they fixed the map exploits?

If anything, I think they made the game more balanced, there's counters to everything.
 
Kabob said:
According to the data pulled off of the PC version the FAMAS and M16 do 40-30 and the ACR/M4A1 do 30-20. Now that's per shot, overall the time needed to kill a guy in the game may be shorter with the full auto vs. the burst though.

And in-game the SCAR-H should put a whallop on all the other assault rifles power-wise. It shoots a .308/7.62x54 round. The fact that the bullet power is equivilent to some of the 5.56mm or a 7.62x39 gun is retarded. Then again, firing full auto with that thing while standing the barrel should be bouncing all over the place. Hrm, maybe the ACR is the 6.8mm variant...but I doubt it.
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.308/7.62x51, you are thinking eastern bloc w/ 7.62x54 🙂

i would highly doubt they would worry about the 6.8spc version of anything as the developers probably don't even know what that is. i also believe that in the sp version of the game, after emp strike that even the acogs die from the emp - the acog is not powered by electronics, but ambient light+tritium so it would still illuminate, but not trying to get into all the fails of the game - like why not have a cqb optic along side of a powered optic - this is a normal reality so a reflex/red dot attached to a power optic (think dr optic on a acog or a 10x optic) on a m4 or whatever, but hey, what do i now. also the effectiveness of the suppressors....sorry, even suppressed a gunshot is still ~130db, so not the quietest item in real life, although a lot quieter than the ~160db+ of an unsuppressed firearm.

and about the akimbo shotguns, maybe they are loaded w/ slugs for the range???
 
dougp said:
What's imbalanced? Granted, there is some jackedness that should be fixed in the next patch - but you dealt with that how long in CoD4 before they fixed the map exploits?

If anything, I think they made the game more balanced, there's counters to everything.
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yeah, like a counter to a sniper: get shot by the sniper from 400 feet away, and spawn 10 feet away from him with him in your crosshairs.

That actually happened to me tonight. I felt so guilty about it that I gave him a quick pop to let him know I was there so he could react, then we had it out.

The spawning is so ridiculous. I don't even have words to describe it. They need to do some kind of mixture between TDM gameplay and hardcore spawning. I would play hardcore but those games are TDM campfests x10.
 
I personally am loving the FAMAS, the first time through I did not give it justice since I was learning the play the game at the same time. Now after Prestiging, the first game I played I went with the FAMAS pre-made package and went from level 1 to level 5, 35-5. Would've gotten my nuke except at Level 1 you don't get Nukes. I even prefer it over the SCAR-H right now.

The Akimbo 1887's are definitely retarded, before prestiging I made a build with them to see what they were like and completely overpowered. I finished level 70 with them really fast due to the absurdity and went 55-5 with a nuke to end the game. 1 doubt-shot kill even at medium range, had a disgusting triple kill to end one game in full red.
 
DrunkenSano said:
I personally am loving the FAMAS, the first time through I did not give it justice since I was learning the play the game at the same time. Now after Prestiging, the first game I played I went with the FAMAS pre-made package and went from level 1 to level 5, 35-5. Would've gotten my nuke except at Level 1 you don't get Nukes. I even prefer it over the SCAR-H right now.

The Akimbo 1887's are definitely retarded, before prestiging I made a build with them to see what they were like and completely overpowered. I finished level 70 with them really fast due to the absurdity and went 55-5 with a nuke to end the game. 1 doubt-shot kill even at medium range, had a disgusting triple kill to end one game in full red.
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I used the FAMAS until I unlocked the M16, and then I just switched to the ACR and I've gotten the 750 kills achieve in two days.
 
smackababy said:
I used the FAMAS until I unlocked the M16, and then I just switched to the ACR and I've gotten the 750 kills achieve in two days.
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My first playthrough, I went FAMAS then Scar-H (regular then stealth mode). Then got hooked with M-16 before hitting up the ACR. I absolutely loved the ACR at first (too weak for stealth mode though) but for some reason at around 60+, my enjoyment with the ACR declined a bit and went back to the Scar-H stealth mode at 68. At 69, I tried the overpowered Akimbo 1887s, Prestiged a couple of hours later due to how easy it was to use the shotties.

I guess I'm the type that needs to keep swapping kits to keep myself on my toes.
 
Yesterday there were so many fucking problems. I hate how you have to invite people and you can't just have them join the session in progress. And then practically every game would end early because of lag or we'd suffer lag spikes throughout the ENTIRE match and it would NEVER select a new host. Then someone would get kicked randomly and everyone would have to back out and get reinvited AGAIN. I spent about two hours playing with my friends yesterday, during which time we only played six or seven good matches.

I also encountered the Javelin glitch for the first time yesterday. Fucking annoying. I made sure to report all the guys doing it. And I ALSO encountered the first nuke boosters over the weekend, which was funny because I found where they were doing it and killed them both several times over, and I even allowed them to spawn at their tactical insertions so I could do it again. Ended up winning the match (it was a FFA match).
 
mugs said:
Huh? What'd you lose?
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About 2 levels and some random accomplishments...


This isn't the first time it's happened either. I'm on level 17 right now, I guess I should probably be around 22-23 with how many times I've lost 2 levels at a time.
 
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jbourne77 said:
Dual Rangers/1887's and the general gameplay imbalance that heavily rewards camping and punishes any modicum of offense.
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I get the imbalanced shotguns (though I find them to be worth some XP, don't die to them all that often) - but to reward camping? Perhaps in FFA or TDM, but any objective based game type does not reward camping. Quite the opposite actually ...
 
but i thought xbl was superior to all other online services because you pay for it. is the ps3 having network issues too?

so many people always saying how good xbl is but now a lot of complaints....man ms and iw are really fucking this game up in a major way. guess they took their 1/2 billion and moved and fucked everybody who paid for the service the game 🙁
 
bob4432 said:
but i thought xbl was superior to all other online services because you pay for it. is the ps3 having network issues too?

so many people always saying how good xbl is but now a lot of complaints....man ms and iw are really fucking this game up in a major way. guess they took their 1/2 billion and moved and fucked everybody who paid for the service the game 🙁
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Easy there, Sparky: let's not forget that you couldn't even PLAY MW2 on PS3 until the following Friday after release. Yeah, there are XBL issues right now, but this is a very, very rare occurrence.

I'm on my 3rd 360, and all along I've been willing to put up with its shoddy reliability solely because of XBL.
 
basslover1 said:
About 2 levels and some random accomplishments...


This isn't the first time it's happened either. I'm on level 17 right now, I guess I should probably be around 22-23 with how many times I've lost 2 levels at a time.
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Yay, it happened again!

I was at 21 almost to 22, now I'm back to just barely into level 20, by maybe 25 xp points.

So fucking awesome.
 
basslover1 said:
Yay, it happened again!

I was at 21 almost to 22, now I'm back to just barely into level 20, by maybe 25 xp points.

So fucking awesome.
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i dont get it...

it saves your stats after every match, not when you disconnect or reconnect from XBL.

it doesn't have anything to do with XBL, sounds like your game or profile is jacked up, unless this is a common bug with MW2.
 
purbeast0 said:
i dont get it...

it saves your stats after every match, not when you disconnect or reconnect from XBL.

it doesn't have anything to do with XBL, sounds like your game or profile is jacked up, unless this is a common bug with MW2.
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It doesn't make sense to me either. I could understand if I get kicked off XBL mid match and it doesn't record say the 5 kills I had, but deleting like 2-3 hours worth of gaming is a bit ridiculous.

I almost don't want to pick it back up if this is going to keep happening.
 
jbourne77 said:
Easy there, Sparky: let's not forget that you couldn't even PLAY MW2 on PS3 until the following Friday after release. Yeah, there are XBL issues right now, but this is a very, very rare occurrence.

I'm on my 3rd 360, and all along I've been willing to put up with its shoddy reliability solely because of XBL.
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but what are people paying to play on psn? maybe i am just jaded by all the xbl fanboys and the bullshit ms is putting in xbl - facebook? really? twitter? really? they are oversaturating their network w/ stuff that shouldn't be in the 360 and obviously their network can't handle it yet you will not get an extra month for your troubles but if you are frustrated in a game and use a programmed glitch to vent your frustration, you get banned for a small vacation - WTF?

i get pissed when these companies are making record profits in this economy, so you know people are really putting there money into things they really want and they still get jerked around. a biz model that doesn't take care of its buyers and rules by intimidation are ridiculous, but all these xbl/iw lovers just keep giving them their hard earned $$$ - wake up people. the grass is probably greener on the other side 😱
 
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bob4432 said:
but what are people paying to play on psn? maybe i am just jaded by all the xbl fanboys and the bullshit ms is putting in xbl - facebook? really? twitter? really? they are oversaturating their network w/ stuff that shouldn't be in the 360 and obviously their network can't handle it yet you will not get an extra month for your troubles but if you are frustrated in a game and use a programmed glitch to vent your frustration, you get banned for a small vacation - WTF?

i get pissed when these companies are making record profits in this economy, so you know people are really putting there money into things they really want and they still get jerked around. a biz model that doesn't take care of its buyers and rules by intimidation are ridiculous, but all these xbl/iw lovers just keep giving them their hard earned $$$ - wake up people. the grass is probably greener on the other side 😱
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You sound like you're just full of hate, and have pointed it in that direction. Have you even tried XBL or the 360? If not, then your opinion should be null. I own both, and all my PS3 is used for is Blu Ray. Granted, I want to get a few PS3 exclusives, but I'm in no rush with the amount of games on the 360 that I have. They load slower on the PS3, and it is louder since I can install games to my HD on my 360. Also, I've had issues with multiplayer on my PS3, issues finding games or taking awhile to load - both in Warhawk and SOCOM. But then again, I've played both and put my $25 a year to Live because it is worth it. Oh, and that's less than $2.10/mo 😉 Not THAT much.
 
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