Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare

[Stevisiov]

I never gave much thought to the Skorpion because of the small magazine, but I've realized it's quite good for HC matches. Skorp+Stopping Power = 1 hit kill, and the range is further than the bar would have you imagine...

Anyway, I was playing a FFA at Bog and I was having a field day with the knife. I won with 24 kills, and I estimate ~18 were melee attacks. I pissed off the other people so much because Juggernaut gave me a couple seconds to charge and slash.

The voice chat was like "Ceiling Fan? More like Ceiling Fag... *slash* What the ****?! Come on!..."

Anyway, what are your favorite/least favorite maps?

Favorites:
District
Pipeline
Wet Work
Bog (unless it's THCD... too many snipers)

I really seem to rack up kills on Pipeline and Wet Work.

Least Favorites:
Downpour ( I ALWAYS vote to skip this one)
Ambush
Bloc 👎
Showdown I swear at any given time there are several campers about to get you.
Overgrown (though I did win a FFA there today...)

Vacant is worth mentioning, either it's awesome or it's frustrating as hell.

Inverrt those choices and I a m the same, although I do share your loaath for showwdown.

Anyway, I yhave had a feww beers and I am readdy for a few matrhces

{edit] I am ggetting errror 33 ***** I ahven't had that for ageres

 

[Mr P]

Interesting subject! ..Here's my faves and hated maps also..

Faves..in order
Overgrown ( I could play this one all day if possible )
Countdown
Bog
Downpour
Pipeline
Bloc
District
Crossfire

Most Hated in order
Shipment ( I skip this every time absolutely hate it )
Wetwork
Showdown
Vacant
Backlot
Ambush
Strike
Crash

 

[icelt]

For those of you who don't regularly check the offical IW forums here's today's "feature" patch update by 402:

http://www.infinityward.com/community/forum/index.php?topic=16374.msg188946#msg188946

Xbox 360 feature patch heads to Microsoft for Certification
« on: Today at 05:02:07 PM »

Great News! The new feature patch I talked about last week (with new Kill Cams, Host Migration, and other new features) for the Xbox 360 has finished it’s internal testing and development and has officially been sent off to Microsoft for Certification. It’s only a matter of Microsoft putting it through the certification paces and it will be available for download for all Xbox 360 players.

If you forgot, keep reading to re-cap on all the new features this patch brings to players.

As for the Playstation 3 version of this patch, it’s currently finishing up it’s final internal testing (which I’m expecting to go very quickly) and should be heading off to Sony for it’s own certification in the near future, I’ll post that and full details on what that includes when that time comes.

New Kill Cams
We’ve added new Kill Cams for everything. So now those “WTF!” grenades that seemingly come from no where, you can see that a guy threw it over the house, it hit a tree branch, bounced off a rock, into a tiny window, where you happened to be pointing out of, and say…… whoa. Follow behind RPGs and M203’s kill cams, claymores, Airstrikes where you can follow the bomb from the plane until it hits you.

Host Migration:

Now you won’t have to be dropped back by yourself when a host leaves. Instead, everyone will stay together, a new host will be assigned, and the game will auto-start back up. Keeping everyone together, no more re-inviting, re-joining games because some host leaves. This has been a tall order and something that we’ve put a lot of work into which has allowed us to really optimize online play all around not just specifically with Host migration.

Improved Sniper / ACOG Accuracy:

Sniper and ACOG scopes have been tweaked and are really improved. I use to not snipe at all (mainly because I’m a horrible sniper), but now it’s so much more fluid and natural, while still having the same difficulty to use, it has no more “WTF I know I hit that guy!” moments.

Upgraded Spectator Cam:

Now when you’re in spectator mode you can follow them in 3rd person, switch to their first person view, or rotate the camera in a full 360 degrees around whoever you’re watching.

Quick Mute Option

Users will now be able to quick mute players on the fly by pulling up the scoreboard in-game or via the lobby by simply going to their name and hitting the mute assigned button. As quickly as calling in and designating an airstike. So no longer getting killed while trying to make your way through the Xbox blades for the mute option so you can shut up the guy who always seems to find it funny to sing into his mic or cover up for his lack of skill by telling you how to play Domination his way.

And...

http://www.infinityward.com/community/forum/index.php?topic=16379.msg189009#msg189009

PS3 Feature Patch Update
« on: Today at 05:25:23 PM »

Hey Everyone --

The Xbox 360 feature patch got through test a bit faster than the PS3 one, so it was sent off to Microsoft for certification today, but I wanted to let you know the PS3 feature patch isn't far behind in terms of going to Sony.

So you can expect a similar announcement for the PS3 Feature Patch heading to cert in the near future (no I don't have an ETA).

Some good news is that the patch will include among the other things, a new quick mute option so you can easily mute players as quickly as you can call in an airstrike, by pulling up the scoreboard and choosing the player you want to mute whether in-game or in-lobby.

As well as the Recently Met Players, and all other features (New Kill Cams, Improved Sniper Accuracy, etc.)

Just wanted to you guys to know what's happening on the PS3 side not just the 360.

Quick mute button confirmed 👍👍

Recently Met Players. Meh, but nice to see I guess.

Sniping - now "much more fluid and natural while still having the same difficulty to use"... so what's the between the lines read on this statement? I know there's a bunch of sniping/acog complaints out there, but I've hardly ever used either so I don't really have any direct experience.

 

[amar212]

Anyway, what are your favorite/least favorite maps?

I really like all the maps - there is no map that I ever want to skip. However, I find Showdown to lack some kind of underground passageway (as on Pipeline), because this confugiration is too predicitve in some terms. So Showdown is the only map that I do not like 100%. 80% maybe

 

[Robin]

I hope this time it doesnt take like a month to go through certification, am I right in thinking both EU and US games will be upgraded at the same time? either wise we will have that delay between the two problem again!

 

[Stevisiov]

Good maps in order
Ambush
High score for me with RPD and grip, plus good sniper spots.
Crossfire
High score for me with RPD and grip, great layout.
Downpour
Great for sabotage interesting layout
Bog
A bit simple but always high scoring
Overgown
Great map full stop.
Crash
good for small teams or FFA
Strike
good for small teams, good for snipers


O.K maps

Backlot
fun level but gets annoying
District
Easy to score high but very simple layout. (the street down the side makes for some great fights)
Vacant
Good fun when you play well otherwise its just annoying
Pipepline
Great level, but I am hopeless at it.
Bloc
Same as above
Countdown
Quite a typical first person shooter level, can be good fun, but also very annoying

Bad maps

Shipment
I am hopeless at it, its also very annoying with more than 4 people.
Wetworks
night level 👍 on a big ship 👍 unforunately the level itself is crap. Campers hide round corners of big crates and its ussually a grenade fest. 👎
Showdown
Looks cool plays crap very simple. It good for headquaters and not much else.

 

[Picc84]

most maps play with me, I would love one map, and do ****ty on it, yet hate another, and do great on it...

 

[Kelly]

I like..
Bog
Countdown
Crossfire
Overgrown
Downpour
Shipment
Crash
Bloc

Don't like much (unless I'm doing well) ...
Vacant
Wetwork
Pipeline
District
Strike


Really hate!
Showdown
Backlot
Ambush


I'm getting a lot better at it now, my kills going into double figures at last! Just love getting the heli on shipment and bog

 

[Stevisiov]

A few more private matches tonight?

The matches a few days ago where great. Challenging and tactical much better than normal matches.

 

[Robin]

Ive got so much coursework on the at the moment, really sucks, hopefully i will have more time this weekend to join a GTP match.

Robin

 

[Giancarlo]

I'll be on today; you guys seem to be on a lot around 3pm here, which i'm assuming is early in the evening for you over there?

 

[Stevisiov]

I'll be on today; you guys seem to be on a lot around 3pm here, which i'm assuming is early in the evening for you over there?

I just checked and Miami is GMT-5 hours so at 3pm Miami it is 8pm over in the UK and Portugal for beerz. Portugal is on the GMT right? I would have thought it is GMT+1 or maybe 2 for the croation player amar. I don't recall seeing any Aussie players so theres no need to go into that. The biggest time difference I have played is ceiling_fan at GMT-8. Its amazing how an online game can function at these distances.

 

[Giancarlo]

Its amazing how an online game can function at these distances.

This is the footure, after all.

 

[Beerz]

Yeah, I'm on GMT to (we're right below UK, left of Spain - yes, there's a country left of Spain - , and above Morocco, with Gibraltar in between). Country with the best weather in the world, in case anyone decides to pay us a visit.

I'm on for tonight too.

Really loved all those matches we did the other day, great fun indeed. Too bad I always have some visible lag, even with 3 green bars.
I might have to pay some more and upgrade from my current 4MB to the 8MB. Still, an extra 15 euros per month is NOT cheap...


icelt - Great news, hope it doesn't take long. 👍
Can't wait to use the improved hit detection, do a series of matches without the host leaving everytime, and very important, shut the pie-holes of all those annoying people that get off on upseting others.
What time is in Texas?

 

[Stevisiov]

Yeah, I'm on GMT to (we're right below UK, left of Spain - yes, there's a country left of Spain - , and above Morocco, with Gibraltar in between). Country with the best weather in the world, in case anyone decides to pay us a visit.

Don't worry I know where Portugal is, although I can't say I have ever been.

I'm on for tonight too.

Cool, I will be playing from 8 onwards

Really loved all those matches we did the other day, great fun indeed. Too bad I always have some visible lag, even with 3 green bars.
I might have to pay some more and upgrade from my current 4MB to the 8MB. Still, an extra 15 euros per month is NOT cheap...

Yeh the lag just game me that extra split second or 2 which enough to ensure I was always first to the trigger. A laggless match would be great although too much to ask for. Its probably not your internet speed though, my internet is only 1.1MB, it is probably the distance between countries. I seem to remember Potato_chip had only two yellow bars. With fibre optic cables it shouldn't make much difference but there is probably alot more too it than that.

 

[ceiling_fan]

I'll be on for about an hour soon.

 

[Stevisiov]

I will start I private match about 20 minutes from now, I am just going to set my headset up first.

 

[Famine]

Yeugh. I've had some great matches today (including one with a bunch of Americans who knew what they were doing and used headsets).

And a whole stack of crap ones. Some complete bell end waiting until the split-second the guy I was aiming at popped into my sights (I'd been crouched, aiming for a good 20 seconds) before running in front of me, resulting in me headshotting him and missing my target. Oh, and then dropping a grenade in a "I'm playing Hardcore and I'm too stupid to realise I've still got Martyrdom as my Perk 3" manouevre. Then there's some bloke with a royal blue name who camped out on top of the building by the HeLo at Crash and just killed everyone who occupied a sightline for even a microsecond. Eventually airstriking himself, he'd got so bored of not dying.

 

[Solid Lifters]

Maybe it was time for dinner, or he had to do his homework?

 

[Stevisiov]

Sorry about disconecting beerz my internet is not functioning correctly tonight. Great match on backlot and in the private matches, hopefully when my router sorts its self out I will be able to play more games tonight.

My computer is getting a good connection but my PS3 isn't, its weird because I am supposedly getting full green bars, yet I am not.

 

[ceiling_fan]

Great games guys, sorry for abruptly disconnecting at Vacant (I had to run and answer the phone, then school.)

About my killstreak of 7: As many of you know, killing someone who has Last Stand will delay the credit for the kill. Basically, Famine shot me and I shot him (we both have Last Stand, so we were both on the floor.) Anyway I headshot him with my pistol which brought my killstreak to 7 and literally one second later my Last Stand ran out and I died. If I had waited for him to die my killstreak would already be reset. So that's how I was able to call the chopper.


(and yes I have UAV jammer)

 

[gman07]

I'll probably be on for the next 6 hours or so (I really should get a life, but until I do COD will suffice). I'm not playing any gamebattles matches tonight, so I'll be able to accept invites if anyone else is on.

 

[icelt]

icelt - Great news, hope it doesn't take long. 👍
Can't wait to use the improved hit detection, do a series of matches without the host leaving everytime, and very important, shut the pie-holes of all those annoying people that get off on upseting others.
What time is in Texas?

Me too, but recent experience would suggest it'll probably take several more weeks. 402 mentioned this today on his blog about the 360 feature patch, "...as well as some increased spawn locations on maps, and general connectivity improvements that I forgot to mention last post." Hopefully the same will apply to the ps3 version.

"Pie-holes". Ha. Didn't realize that slang term had made its way across the pond. Too funny.

Yeah Texas is GMT -6. So that's pretty much why I don't expect to see you guys much during the week, in addition to the fact that those few times I'm on M-Thu it's usually after 8pm local (or 2am Portugal, 3am UK and of course it just gets worse from there).

 

[Mr P]

Well this lag in 90% of the matches I have played tonight has been amazingly bad the other players and the helicopters are jerking across the screen impossible to get a fix on and it has been driving me crazy to be honest! ... I have been getting so many errors since the update I am beginning to wish they had kept it as it was 👎 I dont think I could get 2 straight games tonight with the fluency it had before the patch was released.

If this is the way COD will be from now on with all the overload on the servers then I will probably be giving it a miss because that crap is unbearable

 

[Picc84]

I'm so pissed at this game right now, 40 kills in a HQ game and the god damn server shut down... I FLIPED!

 

[TsukubaTrueno]

Guys, I have bad news.. Well, bad news for me.
The news is that I have to return CoD4 to Blockbuster.
Someone buy it for me? Thanks.
Happy Gaming!

Cheers,

-TT-

 

[Formula1Driver]

OK guys good news! I am back from British Columbia, I had a lot of fun snowboarding but missed GTP and CoD. After reading all the posts from the past 10 days I am up to speed and should be joining in on the cross Atlantic battles now.

I was assuming that the patch would be out sometime during my vacation and I am glad to see it is. I am not sure if I can get back into it right away though because I have to catch up on school that I missed but it shouldnt be too bad. Also I have a long weekend coming up so I can hopefully make up the time I missed.


GOOD TO BE BACK!

 

[Scaff]

And a whole stack of crap ones. Some complete bell end waiting until the split-second the guy I was aiming at popped into my sights (I'd been crouched, aiming for a good 20 seconds) before running in front of me, resulting in me headshotting him and missing my target. Oh, and then dropping a grenade in a "I'm playing Hardcore and I'm too stupid to realise I've still got Martyrdom as my Perk 3" manouevre.

Had a kid in a Hardcore match last night who was worse than that, not only did he have Martyrdom set, but he was also shooting at anything that moved - including his own side. All combined with his voice giggling and boasting about how he was doing it. Doesn't make life easy if you have to spend as much time watching out for one of your own team as you do the other side.

The final straw was when we lost the match by 60 points, his score was -80, so the little toad not only spoilt the match in a huge way but lost it for us as well. To say he was given a small amount of verbal abuse by quite a few people would be an understatement.

Needless to say I quit that lobby as soon as the match was over.



Scaff

 

[Stevisiov]

Had a kid in a Hardcore match last night who was worse than that, not only did he have Martyrdom set, but he was also shooting at anything that moved - including his own side. All combined with his voice giggling and boasting about how he was doing it. Doesn't make life easy if you have to spend as much time watching out for one of your own team as you do the other side.

The final straw was when we lost the match by 60 points, his score was -80, so the little toad not only spoilt the match in a huge way but lost it for us as well. To say he was given a small amount of verbal abuse by quite a few people would be an understatement.

Needless to say I quit that lobby as soon as the match was over.



Scaff

It seems worse now we have the patch, before it i have been accidentally shot at and blown to bits by a teammates dying frag grenade, but never have I been repeatedly shot at right from the off nor have I ever been knifed by a teammate it happens every few matches now, yet it didn't happen once before the patch.

That said thanks to the patch we have had some great private matches, not massive numbers but 5 makes for a good game.

Hopefully another good one tonight. What do you lot recon to us European GTP'ers?

 

[Famine]

Just had some fun on HTDM with Beerz - all I need to see is a glimpse of camoflage and your head is mine

I managed to kill two people with a single sniper round - one was perched in the building at the southwest corner on Crossfire, and I was at the steps outside a building in the east, so my shot was going through a side and front windows of a shop. I took aim, and fired just as another one ran through the bullet path in the shop. I'd only just unlocked that as an Challenge too

Mind you, Beerz seemed to have a vendetta against me at Vacant!