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I think he might be referring to Cold-Blooded which has a similar effect to the UAV Jammer in CoD4. Scambler is generally not good though for the reason mentioned - it alerts people to your presence. I've seen it used relatively effectively with Marathon, Lightweight and close-range weapons because you're able to get in and get the kill before the realize where you are. I don't think scambler is really needed for that sort of attack though. I guess it helps some; there have been times when I've noticed the radar going fuzzy so I try to pinpoint the location and while I'm distracted with that I get killed. Kind of like the heartbeat monitor - it seems great in theory, but it's easy to be distracted by it.
 
Queasy said:
Just FYI - 1.05 update came out today to patch the matchmaking. 1.06 is currently in certification with MS and Sony and is going to fix the Javelin glitch, the care package glitch, and geography glitches.

I guess after that, they'll need to find a way to fix the PS3 leaderboards as they have apparently been ruined by hackers/exploiters.
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Any chance the patch will nerf the dual 1887's? Those are freaking retarded. A guy 1 shot killed me without stopping power on Wasteland from probably 50-60 feet away.

Jules said:
The 1.05 patch came out on the 4th for the PS3 and i still sometimes get thrown into a match when its about to end. Its annoying.
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Tell me about it. It put me in a game on the losing team when the score was 5900-7400. I actually got a kill before the match ended but that's just stupid...

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Jammers are funny, because I always know when that guy is getting close to me. I usually kill him.
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I think he's talking about Cold Blooded, the Jammer you're talking about is Scrambler. UAV jammer was the name of the perk in CoD 4.
 
I have a confession to make, I've started liking one of the SMG's. The UMP is ok, but the MP5K is like the ultimate havoc-causing close quarters weapon. I played on Invasion and used it and went something like 29-8. Just run like a hare and spray people.

Having prestiged there's definitely a few things I miss. Stinger missiles for one, the AT-4 sucks (they only give you one shot and that's not enough to take down a chopper/harrier). Although it is nice for long range bazooka-style killing (got a sniper at the top of the ramp on Quarry with it...lots of joy). Ninja Pro is another thing I miss. Ninja is bugged so you still show up on alot of Heartbeat Sensors, but the silent footsteps are invaluable. I got killed a time or two while trying to sneak up on people. Also, I hate not having unlocked Cold Blooded (I never unlocked Pro the first time through). I don't have a stealth class yet. I'm up to level 19 now though, hopefully it'll come soon.

I think I've finally settled on what is (to me) the perfect killstreak setup. Predator - Harriers - Pave Low. Predator I might axe eventually but if you can get your Harriers and the chopper in the air at the same time mass awesomeness ensues (assuming no one is smart enough to shoot 'em down). On a game at Quarry I got my 5 kills, called in a Predator and got 1, killed another guy and called in Harrier, got 2 with just the bombs so I called in the chopper. What happened next was mass chaos, my chopper got probably 10 and the Harrier maybe 6-7. I literally just ran around trying to find people while +100 kept popping up over and over.

On another note though on that same match I was up near the terrorist spawn point using a stolen FN FAL and I saw a guy in the top window of the warehouse near the TF141 spawn point. I put 5-6 shots in his head with stopping power and he didn't die. I wasn't shooting through anything, I dunno why he didn't die. He then fired 1 sniper shot at me and killed me. Very frusterating/confusing.

I do think the map selection gets messed up at times. I played a ton the other day and played Estate and Rundown almost every other match (6-7 times each maybe?) while I played Highrise and Invasion maybe once or twice each. I now hate Estate...alot.
 
Kabob said:
Any chance the patch will nerf the dual 1887's? Those are freaking retarded. A guy 1 shot killed me without stopping power on Wasteland from probably 50-60 feet away.
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I've seen rumors about it but don't recall anything official from Infinity Ward.

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Queasy said:
I've seen rumors about it but don't recall anything official from Infinity Ward.

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Bwahaha! Course, said knife killer probably got a tactical nuke by teaming up with his buddy on the opposing team and doing the tactical insertion thing. MAN that's annoying. Guy I played with yesterday tried to do that 2 games in a row. The first game we stopped him at 22 (didn't even realize it), the second time though he got it (wasteland he jumped into a Chopper Gunner and got his 25). So frusterating. I knew something was wrong when the highest killer on our team at 3-0 and he was just hitting 9 kills...
 
mugs said:
I really like the concept of Estate, but I hate that map.
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A huge +1. I love the idea but it just doesn't play well. On another note I played a game there yesterday and a guy on the opposing team hid in the room upstairs with dual 1887's and killed anyone who tried to get him. Even when we held the rest of the house he just camped. So retarded. Were I smart I'd have grabbed a shield.
 
What don't you guys like about the estate map? I sort of like that one a lot...admittedly it might just be that it looks cool, but there is usually a lot of action on that map.
 
Then you suck at aiming 😛

Course, if you're playing HC and everyone has cold blooded I suppose I can't blame you.
 
Predator -> Harrier -> AC130

I'm trying to get my AC-130 badge before I prestige, it's just awesome looking 🙂
 
Harrier -> Chopper Gunner -> Nuke all the way!

I guess because I have no problems getting a 7 kill streak, I can use this combo better than most people. There are some maps my chopper gunner destroys people.
 
smackababy said:
Harrier -> Chopper Gunner -> Nuke all the way!

I guess because I have no problems getting a 7 kill streak, I can use this combo better than most people. There are some maps my chopper gunner destroys people.
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Weak sauce - my only killstreak reward is the nuke, I leave the other two empty. It's just not challenging any other way.
 
mugs said:
Weak sauce - my only killstreak reward is the nuke, I leave the other two empty. It's just not challenging any other way.
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Man, and I'm just happy to get a Pave Low 😛

BTW Mugs, I checked the other day, we had identical kill ratios (1.81 at the time) and identical accuracy (16.66%) at the time.
 
Whoa, this morning I did a quick FFA game just to level my USP a little (I want the tac knife) and almost won despite getting most of my kills from the pistol. I even had a 7-kill streak with it, but I ran out of time! I had already killed someone with the Predator and had just called in the Harrier, but before the Harrier got any kills the time ran out. I ended up losing by just one kill.

Anyway, at least now I have akimbo for the USP so it should be pretty easy to get 25 more kills and get the knife. I actually quite like the pistols. It's not easy to get lots of kills with them but there are certain maps and certain situations where they work well. The trick seems to be to not panic and to make sure to aim well instead of just panic-spraying with them.

Oh, also unlocked the M93 Raffica. Quite the little gun. Basically an M16/FAMAS for the secondary slot, and yes, it actually does do equal damage to the M16/FAMAS. Reminds me of the Halo 1 pistol.
 
I like the pistols, more useful in panic situations than shotguns or machine pistols because of the quick swap. I ran out of ammo today whilst using an M4 and swapped to the USP and got 2 kills with it, then had a moment to swap out weapons and all was well.
 
I keep my stinger up as my secondary. I tried the pistols, but I find nobody else on my teams use the stinger so on the off chance of air support, I have to die to take it out. My friend that I play with constantly just started using dual Rangers, so I can't rely on him taking it out immediately. I constantly keep a full clip anyway, so I am almost never in a run out of ammo situation, plus I use cover to my advantage. Also, you can reload while dropping prone, so remember that. Playing 4v4, a full ACR clip will drop an entire team, which then gives me plenty of time to reload and prepare for the next wave.

Imported said:
I just tried the multiplayer for the first time yesterday.. man I suck. Haha.
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Doing "well" isn't the same as sucking. The friends I play with struggle to go positive, but we consistantly win games because they aren't afraid to die, or even do bad. I wouldn't say they suck even if they hardly get as many kills as I do. Plus, they have a lot of fun, and that is all that really matters.
 
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All but 1 of my secondary weapons in-game are Stingers (the other is a Javelin). Since I just prestiged though and have neither I'm sticking with Pistols until I get my Stinger back.
 
jbourne77 said:
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i get pissed when these companies are making record profits in this economy
Why? If the economy tanks, it's no longer acceptable to make money? MS has a product many people want, and they're obviously doing a helluva job with it considering they're thrashing a more stable platform that offers a FREE online service "in this economy". The question isn't what MS is doing wrong, it's how the fuck has Sony lost this battle?
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nice way to take what i said out of context....if you are going to quote, quote exactly what i said - 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.

jbourne77 said:
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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
Now this is just nonsense. Other than the slowdowns yesterday, I can't even recall the last time I had a problem with XBL. Seriously, have you actually used it? $50/year is nothing considering how much you pay for an actual game, and it's pretty tough to argue that the fee hasn't resulted in a superior gaming network.
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as i have said in other posts, yes i have used xbl for over a year

jbourne77 said:
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if you are frustrated in a game and use a programmed glitch to vent your frustration, you get banned for a small vacation - WTF?
This is where you lost me. Since when is "frustration" an acceptable reason for breaking your TOS? The XBL TOS explicitly states that knowingly exploiting software bugs is a violation that could result in a cancellation of your account. These "frustrated glitchers" are lucky they only got 1 day off, and lucky I can't get my thumbs into their eye sockets.

As frustrated as I am with the direction IW took the franchise itself, COD4 and MW2 were and are far more stable than most AAA titles. Sure a public beta would have been nice to flush things like this out, but it's absolutely no excuse for acting like a cockjockey - even if you're just "frustrated" - and literally DESTROYING everyone else's experience.
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i don't believe anybody was ever banned for using some of the exploits in other games - take the forza 2 $$$ exploits for example? imho, people are destroying everyone else's experience to show iw that they need to fix the issues, which have been quite slow coming. again, this is a frustration of how much people have had to pay and how much iw/activision has made and not taken care of putting out a product that has issues, obviously serious issues since you claim they are DESTROYING other people's experiences. the game has been out since what - the end of october? even though the release date was nov 10? again, the people that played by the rules and pre-paid got the shaft as retailers were letting out the game early for some extra $$. iw was pushing the game hard and if they kept up w/ their aggresiveness that they had pre-sales w/ fixing the game the i wouldn't have an issue, but they obviously haven't. and as far a live, they just get more and more invasive, banning over every little thing. too much control for me.
 
Kabob said:
People are being perma-banned in Forza 3 for money glitching, it's not just an IW thing.
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well, this just reaffirms my issue w/ live and their overreach and banning everybody for anything. these game developers need to get their shit together and ms needs to quit banning legit people for everything they do.

when you say perma-ban, are you talking banning the console like if they are using a modded rom or a gamertag ban?

this seems to be showing that the experienced point system is bad for gaming and is going to be bad for ms live and the developers. i have noticed recently on a lot of the newer games that you get points for the dumbest shit and way to early in the game. hell, in mw2 i think i got over 400xs pts for just running the single player in less than 10hrs(i know the time had nothing to do with it, but that is too many pts for that little time since i didn't get all the extra intelligence and only did it on the middle level)

on to a different subject but still within the mw2 realm - anybody know how much bandwidth mw2 is using? anybody have a router where they can watch bandwidth in realtime like in a tomato running router? just curious due to other things i have heard regarding mw2.
 
bob4432 said:
wall of text crying about something
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The reason the patch is takingso long is because Microsoft has to approve everything released on Xbox Live. The certification process is what is taking so long, not the fixing part. So, please blame IW all you want when they are on top of the issue. MS is doing their part to ensure all paying customers have the best experience and get the best patches without unplanned system down time.

Also, being laggy on MW2 has nothing to do with the Xbox Live network. It is P2P hosting and that is why it is laggy. I am pretty sure it picks the worst connection and gives them host, at least it seems so.
 
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