Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

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You'll also see a whole host (pun not intended) of "xxx connected" messages in the killfeed area during match initialization if you choose your class relatively quickly.
 
The way I check is to pick a class quickly and then press select. If you're fast enough only the host will have 4 bars while everyone else is on 1 bar until it establishes their connection.
 
My internet's so crappy, I usually check to make sure I don't have two bars. By doing so, I notice if I'm the only one with four bars in the beginning.

I've been playing some Hardcore TDMs. It is interesting. Not like I've never played it before, but I like how guys actually drop when you shoot them. Stealth is nice, too. You don't see whole lot of guys running around with lightweight or blasting Danger Close everywhere. I still prefer the normal TDMs, but Hardcore's definitely cool.

Been playing too much MW2 though, I think. I miss the CoD4 maps. Backlot, Ambush, Bog, Bloc, Pipeline, OK all of them.
 
Is there a lot of cold blooded in hardcore?

I'm taking a break from COD for a little while now I think. TDMs bore me to death.
 
Time_Attack
Is there a lot of cold blooded in hardcore?
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I'd presume so, given that Stopping Power has a minimal effect in HC. HC MW2 is probably equivalent to Black Ops in that everyone uses Ghost :lol:
 
Time_Attack
Is there a lot of cold blooded in hardcore?

I'm taking a break from COD for a little while now I think. TDMs bore me to death.
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You don't need stopping power so, oh yeah, lot of cold blooded.
 
a6m5
Been playing too much MW2 though, I think. I miss the CoD4 maps. Backlot, Ambush, Bog, Bloc, Pipeline, OK all of them.
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I've just moved back onto MW2 after a month or so of solid CoD4. I was really enjoying CoD4, but hacked lobbies have started becoming the norm again and i just got tired of having to quit out of a match as soon as i discovered it was hacked, especially as i would often get dropped right back into the very same game as soon as i looked for a new one.

The change has improved my MW2 game though, those CoD4 lobbies that were not hacked were usually manned by some pretty tough players. MW2 in comparison has seemed easier.
 
a6m5
When the AC130 came, I pulled the plug. Not because I was raging, but in attempt to say 🤬 🤬, buddy! Like we've been witnessing, people are playing like jerks more & more, and I definitely felt like taking away their reward. :sly:
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My theory is that with MW3 on its way a lot of the douchebags who got bored of MW2 or left for BOps or some other FPS have come back to get back into the game before MW3 comes out. I guess I've been lucky because I haven't noticed enough of them recently to make me rage quit. I was actually using it recently to complete the Danger Close VI challenge for the first time but since then it's just gone back into reserve where if you tube me I tube you.
 
slims
if you tube me I tube you.
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Words to live by. :p I recently had run-in with this guy, Falcore-something, also Tristan-something. They hit me with noob tubes too many times, I ended up hitting them back. Hard. Numerous times. Even after lobby ended, I encountered them in another lobby, another day, I remembered their names. Hit them again. All wins. :lol:
TheCracker
I've just moved back onto MW2 after a month or so of solid CoD4. I was really enjoying CoD4, but hacked lobbies have started becoming the norm again and i just got tired of having to quit out of a match as soon as i discovered it was hacked, especially as i would often get dropped right back into the very same game as soon as i looked for a new one.

The change has improved my MW2 game though, those CoD4 lobbies that were not hacked were usually manned by some pretty tough players. MW2 in comparison has seemed easier.
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Yeah, I rarely encounter really good players. There are plenty around my skill level(pretty good), but not many who can push you into the corner. About the only time that happens is when your teammates just does not know how to play TDMs. Some of them are not aware of the most basic tactic called "flanking". I have to defend it, or if it's overwhelmingly bad, I'd bail on them before we are down by 20 deaths. :p
 
Oh! About flanking, I was playing a match on sub base and everyone on both teams just kept running to the back side of the map by the water. No one tried to flank at all. I got a precision airstrke and actually got a triple kill! That never happens! :cool:
 
G8R_MaD3
Oh! About flanking, I was playing a match on sub base and everyone on both teams just kept running to the back side of the map by the water. No one tried to flank at all. I got a precision airstrke and actually got a triple kill! That never happens! :cool:
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That is so true. I've always been under the impression that MW2 maps have more covers from up above, so that might be why.

If you played CoD4, you know that some maps have very little covers from choppers & air strike. Those two things can be your best friends, or the worst enemies on Bog. :dopey:

Edit: Too bad to hear about the hacks in CoD4 though.
 
a6m5
That is so true. I've always been under the impression that MW2 maps have more covers from up above, so that might be why.

If you played CoD4, you know that some maps have very little covers from choppers & air strike. Those two things can be your best friends, or the worst enemies on Bog. :dopey:
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Strategy in MW2!?!?!? If you held one side of Bog, all you need is Airstrikes and Choppers.
 
nk4e
Strategy in MW2!?!?!? If you held one side of Bog, all you need is Airstrikes and Choppers.
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We are not talking about D-Day or anything, but there are strategies to just about anything. ;)

On Bog, you forgot the M16. j/k Long guns pwn on Bog. Against noobs, I started using RPD with grip & deep impact(FMJ). Worked really well. Think 2+ choppers. :sly:
 
I am now liking the M16 though I always prefer the M4 and the M14 sniper rifle.
 
nk4e
I am now liking the M16 though I always prefer the M4 and the M14 sniper rifle.
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M16 was a monster. One burst, one(or more lol) kill. Accurate as hell too, and ammo went a looong way. 👍
 
After playing MW2 again tonight, i've noticed that my stats have stayed static for the past week. No kills, deaths or overall time played have been registered at all :odd:

It all seems to be since i replaced my HDD the other week.

Anyone else ever had this happen to them?
 
Its an on going glitch since the last patch. The stats on the general stat screen should still be correct but once you go to the leader boards they're mostly frozen. Things like K/D and W/L aren't being properly recorded.
 
Yeah, it's annoying as hell. It recorded my k/d ratio slide from 2.62(?) to 2.58, but it hasn't changed since. I went through periods I thought for sure it had gone down, or gone up, but no change. I never thought to check on my general stats. I'll do that right now. 👍

In the leader boards, I think it still records the accuracy(nobody cares), score, and I think win/loss. I think.

Edit: It is 2.58 :lol:
 
I know I've got at least 1500 kills since then. It doesn't matter terribly much that its not working though. I find K/D doesn't stress me as badly now. Perhaps in the future, it should only track kills and not deaths.
 
Time_Attack
I know I've got at least 1500 kills since then. It doesn't matter terribly much that its not working though. I find K/D doesn't stress me as badly now. Perhaps in the future, it should only track kills and not deaths.
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Me neither, but K/D's still important. While it's not "the" measure of your game, it is one of the major indicator on hand. Tracking kills, but no deaths would be like a counting only made baskets, RBI, or whatever. You still need both.
 
A high K/D is really only the mark of a good TDM player. K/D doesn't really become a mark of how good or bad you are in general until it gets really low. Its also hard to use as a mark of skill when you take kills from air support into account. A true gun on gun K/D on the other hand might be interesting at least...
 
W/L is a better measure of how good you are imo, K/D just shows how well you can killwhore. Having a 10K/D in Dom, Demo, S&D, CTF etc is irrelevant if you're not winning matches in those gametypes. 1.5K/D + 3W/L > 3K/D + 1.5W/L
 
Sharky.
W/L is a better measure of how good you are imo, K/D just shows how well you can killwhore. Having a 10K/D in Dom, Demo, S&D, CTF etc is irrelevant if you're not winning matches in those gametypes. 1.5K/D + 3W/L > 3K/D + 1.5W/L
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You apparently don't play with as many incredibly terribad players randomly being put on your team.
 
Maybe I should elaborate... 3 W/L with dead weight on your team > 3 W/L rolling with a party

Winning an objective match despite having scrubs on your team is more impressive than carrying the same players in a TDM, imo. A killwhore could probably win a TDM by themselves, but doing the same (winning by killwhoring) in an objective gametype is impossible. If your teammates are going 3-20 and capping zero flags, you won't win by going 70-5 with no flag caps yourself - however, if you have teammates failing to the tune of 2-10 in TDM you could win the game with a 50+ score.

In short, someone winning with noobs on their team is more impressive than owning with a full party and a 3 W/L player that gets lumped with noob teammates is a better player than one that always plays with friends. Both are better, however, than a 6KD + 1WL person...
 
I made the point in saying that K/D isn't "the" stat that shows how good you are. But if you guys don't think it's one of the most accurate indicators available, I don't know what to tell ya. I also said, "one of the", with Win/Loss being another one, of course.

Killwhoring: Yes, that applies in objective games, but killing is still the single largest point of the MW2. Air support: If you suck, you wouldn't be able get enough up in the air to start with.

Gun-to-Gun K/D is something I'd love to see. I'd probably do OK, but not much higher than 1.3, 1.4, something along those lines. But I'm not a talented CoD player like Azuremen, Drag, or Weiner, and I believe in utilizing tools given(like air support) to make up for my shortcomings(spray & pray, sucky knifing, DSL, yada yada yada).

Yeah, long winded & very passionate.
 
Time_Attack
Its an on going glitch since the last patch. The stats on the general stat screen should still be correct but once you go to the leader boards they're mostly frozen. Things like K/D and W/L aren't being properly recorded.
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Interestingly, the ranks are updating.

Last night I had 5 kills from a single predator. TEH AWESOME!!! Was almost the match cam kill too, literally about 2 seconds after it a team (and clan) mate, who was near me (Sub Base, he was in server room, I was just outside of it) shot a guy running towards server room.

Loving the M240 and been doing quite well of late, had a 22-4 the other day and been getting over 2 K/D in pretty much all matches. Only play HCTDM. Barrett is almost mastered and I'm level 69, then prestige for a 2nd time after Mastering Barrett.
 
Not to steal your thunder, but I got four MVP's in a row today. Before you guys ask, no, it was not a noob lobby.

I don't know how you guys snipe though. It was doable in hardcore when I tried it there.
 
a6m5
I don't know how you guys snipe though. It was doable in hardcore when I tried it there.
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Because we're just plain awesome like that. :D
 
a6m5
Not to steal your thunder, but I got four MVP's in a row today. Before you guys ask, no, it was not a noob lobby.

I don't know how you guys snipe though. It was doable in hardcore when I tried it there.
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.50 Cal Power Stop pro and FMJ
 
I don't like the barret or the intervention. If I'm sniping I'm using the M21.
 
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