Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare

[Famine]

Reboot the router.

 

[SR-71_Blackbird]

Reboot the router.

That always does it for me. Reboot router and restart PS3 to get rid of DNS error.

Online now!

 

[TsukubaTrueno]

Damn. Your camera-in-front-of-tv tactic has better quality than my Dazzle capture card.

 

[Famine]

'Cos mine are wired, it's easier to just unplug the wire and let it freak out for a minute.

 

[Moglet]

Moglet - you on my GTP_Famine friends list? We do some private, mainly hardcore mode, matches with a small bunch every Friday. Be there, etc.

Ah, cool. I hate Hardcore mode myself unless it's a super tense sniper match but I'll give it a go.
BTW the first thing I did when I got the error earlier was reboot my router, it still didn't work correctly. It was definitely a problem with the ports since changing the PS3 to DMZ has worked just fine 👍

 

[Famine]

Ack, we just finished. Make a note for next Friday

 

[Moglet]

I've been browsing b3ta and eating Blueberry Muffins and Wheat Crunchies instead. I'll be there next Friday though.

 

[Legendary]

When I get the error, im on wireless and dont bother to reboot the router, I was told just to flick the switch at the back of the PS3, apparently there is a 0.0009% chance of it screwing up the ps3 when you do that. That works for me though .

 

[a6m5]

Quick question; is it right that I can't see my friends stats if they're offline? On the 360 version you can always see all of your friends stats whether they're signed in or not.

Yeah, this one is a real bummer. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but when your 'friend' was on just before you are, you can see their stats, even if they are off. Also with Xbox Live, connections are more stable on a pretty consistent basis.

I do like the free PSN, but I also don't mind paying for the extra perks on Xbox Live. On PSN, you also can't jump into your friend's games, I'm not sure if you can sustain private party chat during the matches either.

I'm level 5 now, after 3 games I got some good sniping going on on Crossfire, but I'm finding it hard to adapt to using the shoulder buttons the other way round. I tried switching them to the same as the 360 but the rear triggers aren't quite as 'reactive' as the ones on the 360 so changed it back.

Playstation's shoulder buttons are awesome for single/semi-auto firing. When I first started going multi-platform, it was really awkward. I'd try to chuck a grenade, instead, I'd fire my RPD at my teammate's head. Or other way around, kill myself with my own frag, trying to fire my gun.

You get use to it. Great once in awhile, I sometime startle my teammates with a random grenade or machine gun fire!

 

[Pebb]

Moglet - you on my GTP_Famine friends list? We do some private, mainly hardcore mode, matches with a small bunch every Friday. Be there, etc.

SSU - yep. Hoik the RJ45 cable out, it has a spack, put it back in, fixed.

What time do these games on Friday night finish at, mainly because I am tempted to get Call of Duty 4 on the PS3 from Shopto.

 

[breakpoint]

I wish everyone played it on 360, all i have is 360 until sony decides poor people can get PS3's.

 

[Sureboss]

'Twas fun last night with Famine's lot. Sorry if I was a bit unresponsive, my headset wasn't the best.

 

[Famine]

'Twas fun last night with Famine's lot. Sorry if I was a bit unresponsive, my headset wasn't the best.

Same time this Friday? We might even push to have enough people to get a 5 vs 5.

Two things to note:
We normally do the Vacant map using the standard Demolitions class. We didn't this week, but will next week.
We always do Shipment with KNIVES ONLY (and airstrikes/choppers). No guns (except to shoot at the chopper), no claymores, no special grenades, no normal grenades, no rockets (except to shoot at the chopper), no grenade launchers, no nothing.

 

[Moglet]

Anyone going to be playing tonight? I'll hopefully be online if I finish waxing my car in time.

 

[Stevisiov]

I may join if I can, I haven't played CoD4 in quite some time, another match for nostalgia's sake seems as good excuse as any.

 

[Famine]

Can you two make next Friday from 9ish to 11ish?

 

[Moglet]

I can, yes.

 

[Dragonistic]

Well I just came off a quick game of Sabotage, again bringing out the AK47, no attachments, on Bog. 40 kills, 0 Assists and 4 deaths. Not bad in a days work, the AK is fast become a favourite of mine, I always liked the appearance but never had the skill to wield it when I tried it first time around. Now with much more experience under my belt it feels very natural in my hands, the recoil isn't a problem as it generally kicks straight up with only some sideways movement rather then bouncing around like some weapons do. It's also reasonably powerful and very effective with stopping power, particularly when fired in bursts at range. Naturally I needed bandolier again during the course of that Sabotage game because of my long lives, I almost ran the thing dry until I swapped my sidearm for something new.

Also closing in on my 10,000 death, with 21,477 kills this milestone death is long overdue, currently at 9762 deaths but with my current death per game, and the amount of games I'm playing, it could still be a while before I reach this momentous grave.

 

[Sureboss]

Same time this Friday? We might even push to have enough people to get a 5 vs 5.

Two things to note:
We normally do the Vacant map using the standard Demolitions class. We didn't this week, but will next week.
We always do Shipment with KNIVES ONLY (and airstrikes/choppers). No guns (except to shoot at the chopper), no claymores, no special grenades, no normal grenades, no rockets (except to shoot at the chopper), no grenade launchers, no nothing.

Yeah, I heard someone shout, "it's that cheating <AUP unrepeatable> again" and realised. I thought I heard someone say, "Knives and headshots only." Not sure why my headset was so bad, it is fine when we do/did the poker nights.

 

[Famine]

Yeah, that was Nev.

He said to put headshots only on in the settings for me so that if someone accidentally let off a gun it wouldn't kill anyone

 

[Sureboss]

Ah!

Are all the others from BB? I think I'm registered there, anyone in under Sureshot?

 

[Famine]

Yep, all BBers.

And you're not registered as Sure anything

Edit: Wait, now you are.

 

[a6m5]

Also closing in on my 10,000 death, with 21,477 kills this milestone death is long overdue, currently at 9762 deaths but with my current death per game, and the amount of games I'm playing, it could still be a while before I reach this momentous grave.

Your kill-death ratio's still over 2!? I think you are the only person other than G.T on my friend's list with k/d over 2, at least on the main account. I don't want to brag or nothing, but I reached 1.45 on my PSN account today. While it's not much, this is the one that I started CoD4 on.......... or online FPS in general, so it's extra special to me! On Xbox, I reached 1.57 recently, working my way back to 1.6+.

Yeah, that was a slide. From little over 1.6 to maybe just below 1.5? That's when I started camping more, UAV Jammer, plus more reliance on silenced weapons. During that period of time, I swear, every time I played, it was like being spawn killed. As soon as it was in play, I couldn't survive for one minute.

Last night, I was on my Japanese PSN account. I realized that I've never played CoD4 on it, so naturally, I couldn't resist. I ended up playing for almost three hours. At first, I felt like a star player, shooting down bunch of noobs(and chevrons were better than the Prestiges!). But in the end, by the Level 14, My k/d was down to around 1.5. I think that's where my natural ratio is. 1.5.

 

[Sureboss]

I seem to be able to average a K/D ratio of over 1 now. 18:14 and 13:13 today. On Strike and Broadcast (my favourite map).

Really annoyed, got a streak of 5, but couldn't call in the airstrike as there someone else had one on and then the game timed out

 

[Moglet]

This is ridiculous, I'm stuck on 'Downloading Game Settings...' again despite not having changed anything. I've tried the tricks recommended in this thread but nothing seems to solve it My game is also freezing for about 1 second every 5-6 seconds or so on the menus.

I might just sell the game on and stick to the 360 version, I know you have to pay for Live but at least it works.

EDIT: I've managed to get into a few games, but it's definitely worse than the 360 online. More campers, more spawn killers, more people leaping about like morons, and the teams are never well balanced. Just now I was playing as part of a team where everyone was on their first levels and the entire other team were at least 3rd prestige. How is that fair?!

 

[Sureboss]

Hang on, how did you jump to the conclusion that it must be because of PSN? I think you'll find it's something to do with your settings somewhere.

I've rarely joined a game where there's 2 of us under level 30, so call it bad luck.

 

[a6m5]

Well, I think he's talking about two separate issues: Technical issue and game play.

On technical side, I am sorry to hear about the problem. I've had to go through a router issue, plus some adjusting on PSN account, and I did a fair amount of google search, so I can kind of relate. Personally, I'd continue troubleshooting, then pinpoint the problem using google. I'm sure you'll be able to resolve the issue.

On the way how the matches are played on Xbox Live vs PSN, I've spent as much time as anyone on both systems, so I think I'm qualified to comment.

Campers, run & gunners, and everything in between, I pretty much see same on both systems. Some great players, some idiots, many mediocre players. I have noticed many more chevron stripes on PSN, last few weeks.

When I switched from the PSN to Xbox Live(my primary account by just a bit), there were couple of my CoD buddies who made a claim that Xbox CoD players will be better than the Playstation CoD players, so brace myself, watch my K/D go down......... as some of you may have noticed in my last post, my PSN k/d ratio has never been as high as the lowest point in my Xbox Live k/d ratio. So if the Xbox players are better than the PSN players, I sure have not noticed it, and I've logged embarrassingly more hours than probably over 90% of the people here, and probably on just one of the systems.

Balancing of teams, I concur with what Mog said. I've had countless "WTF" moments on PSN team deathmatches. I'd be like the 3rd, 4th best player on the team, and the next game, they'd have me on the "other team" as the best player. My face would pretty much look like this -> It's not an issue just seen on PSN, but from my observation, it is worse on PSN.

For me, where Xbox Live shines is the stability of the connection, more flexible ways to match up with your friends, I also like how the match series doesn't end, every time the host leaves. Also, people communicate way better on Xbox, because you don't need the -don't flame me- stupid bluetooth set. Xbox headset is just incorporated much better, much easier with the system. Of course, this leads you noticing a lot of idiots, trash talking(calling 'other' campers names ), or people just being "special". Giving kids & idiots a microphone is almost a never good idea.

 

[Moglet]

Hang on, how did you jump to the conclusion that it must be because of PSN? I think you'll find it's something to do with your settings somewhere.

I've rarely joined a game where there's 2 of us under level 30, so call it bad luck.

My router is completely open, the firewall has been disabled and the PS3 has been set to DMZ. I've had problems with WaW and MW games on the PSN but never on the 360! I just find the PSN is a lot more difficult to use in general than Live too. It's not just me either, a Google search reveals the extent of the 'Downloading Game Settings' problem. Then there's the disconnections after games which is higher on PSN, and the apparent lack of being able to start a party and keep it together to play matches together, which Live does perfectly.

Anyway I got a few good games in in the end, came across a lot of people jumping about like idiots but they were soon put down by the AK47. My k/d ratio stands at 1.31 at the minute, it will be interesting to see if it goes up or down from there as my 360 ratio is 1.41.

 

[G.T]

When I played on PSN I generally found it was a little less stable. I used to occasionally get the error as well, and found you connected to hosts which were more laggy compared to the 360 verison. I'm not sure whether it's poor host matching or whether more people from countries far away from here play the game. I found the players to be much less challenging too, but that maybe due to my low rank matching me with some poorer players.

I prefer the 360 version only because the controls feel better for me and the games are more consistently stable. About 1 in 50 games I get a unable to connect to host error, and I've only once or twice had the "downloading game settings" error for the entire time I've played the game. Joining people's games through their profiles and private chat for up to 8 people is a really good thing too. No doubt Sony should add this in the future.

 

[Dragonistic]

Your kill-death ratio's still over 2!?

2.20, and would anyone like to guess my K/D Ratio on WaW? I only played up to the mid 30s ranks and it was, you guessed it! Infact all the shooters I play online have me on an above 2 K/D (Killzone 2 is the other one at 2.6).

Anything above 1 to me is someone I want on my team as chances are they didn't start above 1, so they've had to earn it by averaging higher then 1 at some point. I was incredibly fortunate with my beginning, my first game was bang on 1, it was Pipeline, I was the only rank 1 in the game and managed 7 for 7 by being generallly afraid to move it then dropped slightly but by rank 5 or 6 I was stable on 1, then had a stage hovering on 1.2, then another at 1.6 ish until I suddenly jolted up to warp speed and began rising up towards 2 and beyond. It hasn't been a steady but constant progression for me, there's been flat spots then huge gains in my ratios although currently I'm not playing enough to warrant an increase due to the totals being so high now.