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Re: It's getting out of hand.

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:16:34 GMT

LargeLentils wrote:

yes for sure the LAG comp and just plain LAG is really out of control on this game.

the game could be great IMO, if they dial it in. MW2 was dialed in connection wise and always ran super smooth.

MW2 STILL runs smooth which cracks me up. It has maybe 1/20th the players of this game but you can still hop on there and have a much more smoother gaming experience every time. Now, you've got to deal with noob tubes, Commando and hacking but it's really just pick you poison. Would you rather be killed by mods and OP/annoying perks or be killed as you're unloading into people who take no damage because their connection is worse than yours?

Re: A new perspective on lag in bo2.

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:11:25 GMT

ImBatmanxx wrote:

It's not your xbox it's the game. Play halo 4 better graphics and hardly any lag/latency. Infact this weekend seemed like the worst and I almost put it away. Then low and behold I had a game of god mode and it was awesome. Even though I have been on the receiving end of this. I have never been on the giving end. I went 78 and 8 KC 31 tags with it being double xp I received 61034 xp.Then it just went back to normal and got shitty again. Oh well I guess I got my 1 in a million game out of this.

It's hilarious when you're on the good end of lag comp. I've had 1 maybe 2 games where I have been (my connection is very good and my home network is extremely optimized since, you know, in the old days this resulted in a better online gaming experience) and it's just too funny. Started a game off on Drone probably about 10 days ago on a 22 or 23 killstreak before I died once. Eventually 4-5 of the 6 people on the other team quit (likely because they were shooting me like crazy and not getting more than a single hitmarker) and were replaced with new people who I no longer had lag comp advantage over. So I started off 22-0 or so and finished about 35-15. Go from 22-0 to start, replace players who I had lag comp advantage over and I went 13-15 to finish the game. It's too funny.

Re: Why are my bullets made of paper.

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 02:18:10 GMT

GunSHEEP65 wrote:

Welcome to Call of Duty. Please search for lag compensation and sync issues. Please be aware that neither of these issues actually exist. It's your connection. It's your skill. It's the phase of the moon. It's your wi-fi being orientated in a north/south instead of a east/west direction...

Don't forget about how much depends on how you tie your shoes. Double knot, single knot, rabbit through the hole method, etc., etc. This has much more bearing than any of us could have anticipated.

Re: 9/10 Bloodthirsty

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 02:15:46 GMT

When I was working on diamond shotguns the first three I got my bloodthirsty's just naturally. When I got to the last shotgun, the M1216, I was stuck at 7/10 for the longest time. And had 3-4 games in a row where I started 4-0 and then something awful would happen.

Re: Lag

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 02:13:47 GMT

Just turned my Xbox off after about the 10th game in a row where the host quit and it went to migration. This is to be expected when Activision/Treyarch/IW decide to **** players whose connection is good enough to host their games and give advantages to those who have bad internet or have their network set up poorly. Game is an absolute joke.

Re: So whose buying the Season Pass now?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:17:58 GMT

Activision isn't getting another penny from me until they allow their developers to actually fix the netcode.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:05:51 GMT

kastro187420 wrote:

I was playing earlier, and I realized that after everyone mostly moved onto Black Ops 2, it's like Christmas all over again. The lobby is stacked with the greenies, hardly any of them seem to be above rank 30. It's really enjoyable just jumping on and slaughtering them. I'm like the only 10th prestige player in the lobby (Half the time I'm the only one who prestiged at all).

I can't recommend it enough. If you're having issues on Black Ops 2, jump onto MW3 for a bit. The lag is still there, but you almost don't notice it because the rest of the players are so bad

Haha... this sounds so tempting. The only reasons I've been sticking with BO2 are trying to get stupid guns diamond camo (shotguns, specials and launchers specifically) and the fact that I just freakin' bought the thing. I'm gonna try to get something out of it.

Going back to MW3 and dropping a few MOAB's real quick sounds fun though.

Re: Where is spawn protection?

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:53:44 GMT

TheSurgeon83 wrote:

Another reason why Treyarch are ****.

What? You mean you don't like eating a Hunter Killer drone to the face a split second after spawning? Or a Lightning Strike? That's silly. I love it. I'd love for there to be an animation in the game where when I spawn my character just bends over and spreads his cheeks apart to allow the killstreak to just enter right in my *******. That would be fantastic.

Re: Is there a way to cap your internet speed?

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:52:14 GMT

Ss78_ wrote:

If you do want to have a pop it's QoS you're looking for but that only changes the pipe size not the actual speed/latency and at best it'll only stop you from being host. Other people have said changing it doesn't really help.

Yep, this is what people don't realize. The only ways of really adding artificial latency are actually against someone's terms of service (Xbox Live or Activision or someone... I forget).

Re: penalizing players for leaving mid-game. could this be unfair to some people?

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:49:22 GMT

xhalation wrote:

Dude, read what people are saying FFS, there is no grey area. If you need to leave for personal reasons then leave. Nothing is stopping you and you won't be penalized AT ALL for the occasional backing out. There is no possible reason to leave a game and then immediately search for a game again multiple times in one session of gaming, NONE. Other than if you are backing out because you want to protect your stats or avoid losing. If that is what you are doing then you will be penalized. It's a great system and I don't understand how you could have a problem with it.

Yeah, I quit out of a TON of games Thursday night when I tried playing by myself with the best search setting selected to see if it made the game any better. It didn't so I quit out of every game after my first BS lag comp death. Probably quit out of 10-15 games. Didn't get probation. People getting probation have to be chronic quitters who deserve it.

Re: THE MOST FUNNIEST THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE COMPLAINING

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:46:43 GMT

They're not going to fix the lag comp and they're probably not going to acknowledge that it's performing poorly (in most people's eyes). This has to be an Activision decision because it's plagued 3 COD titles in a row now from 2 different developers.

IW made the mistake of acknowledging then they had to lie for almost a year saying they were going to fix something that Activision doesn't actually allow them to fix. Treyarch will probably just ignore it. They've already got all of our money. They don't care.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:44:38 GMT

Ss78_ wrote:
I sorta agree and we can only speculate but isn't the blame with microsoft. They control the matchmaking servers. For some reason I'm convinced if the matchmaking was working optimally we all wouldn't have nearly as many wtf moments with mw3 or blops 2. Activision is to blame for the shovelware mentality and their annual profits justify their choice. The patterns seem obvious to me. Get a game with relatively fast and not too far away connections the game runs fine. Get a game where the connections are all over the place and the game 'can't sync'.

The problems have been across all platforms from what I've read. Have read that PS3 people are having an even tougher time with Black Ops 2. Lag comp/netcode/whatever issues plus just general functionality issues (game freezing, servers down, etc., etc.).

Plenty of games have worked just fine on Microsoft's system over the years. Halo 4 is fine and that's all Microsoft since it's their baby.

And as far as being in agmes with "relatively fast and not too far away connections"... I had a game on launch day for Black Ops 2 where I couldn't kill this one 3 bar player and I was like "Holy ****... where is this guy from? Uzbekistan?" Check his gamercard... had his location in his bio... SAME EXACT CITY AS ME...lol. I live in a smallish suburb of Columbus, OH and the person was in the exact same city as me and was unkillable. The games are just broken. There is no rhyme or reason to their behavior. I play in a party of people spread all over the country (California, Texas, Georgia, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Dakota) and it actually seems to play better. Play with a group of friends who all live within 20 miles of me... much worse.

And these experiences apply to both games. Which is why I think it's obvious this is an Activision thing more than an IW/Treyarch thing.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:38:05 GMT

maccabi wrote:

is it too early to do the this new game sucks the last one was better line?

I have no idea which game is better. I popped Black Ops 2 in my disc try, started playing and was experiencing the exact same lag comp/netcode/whatever problems I did in MW3. So I guess they're the same? Which isn't good.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:31:24 GMT

IndyOldGuy wrote:

ok, since BO 2 is HORRIBLE IMHO, can we still expect some kind of 'lag/sync/matchmaking', patch anytime soon for mw3??

It's not coming. And if a "fix" does come it will do exactly what all the other "fixes" did... nothing. Some people will feel a placebo effect for a bit and think it's better and that will buy a few days, maybe a week, of no complaining. But ultimately people will realize nothing changed and beg for another ineffective "fix."

Now that my ban is up I'd like to formally apologize to Ghandi and all the other IW folks for bitching about lag comp and your "inability" to fix it over the last year or so. With the release of Black Ops 2 it's obvious that this is something being forced upon you by Activision. I think you guys actually did fix the game with the experimental settings in TDM however many months ago that was and were forced to return it to Activision's desired settings and then pretty much just not talk about it.

Again, I apologize for complaining and being so rude. Obviously this issue is out of your hands. Hopefully you guys can get out from under Activision's cloud of failure. Of course, maybe you just like all of the money raining out of that cloud. And I guess I can't blame you. Just sucks that you're likely under orders to string us along and sometimes downright lie to us and there's nothing you can do about it without the livelihood of your families being threatened.

Good luck in your future endeavors. This series is officially dead to me.

Re: Your thoughts on Sitrep-pro. Overpowered or not?

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:47:29 GMT

trialstardragon wrote:

...the campers cannot camp as easy...

lol... 0/10 shitty troll.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:10:08 GMT

bicranium wrote:

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lol... I appreciate whichever mod who did this leaving the meat and potatoes of my post but do think it's funny they removed my comedic ending.

Re: Modern Warfare 3 Title Update and Hot Fix Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:16:59 GMT

Why neverending respect for Ghandi? What did he do exactly? What improvement was ever made to this game? The biggest changes this game ever saw were the Sitrep Pro patch which made it one of the most overpowered perks in any COD game ever (then the subsequent declaration that it was working the way it was supposed to and nothing would be done about it lolololol) and the weapon buff that came out a month or so ago that basically added another Type 95 (M16) and nothing else. Sweet... an overpowered perk that helps campers and another overpowered gun. Well done. Mad respect.

What?

And I'll never forget him firing back at me in an immature and unprofessional manner. I am merely a customer/commentator/poster on here. He is a representative of a company that has made one of the worst online games I've ever had the displeasure of experiencing. And he responds the way he did when he and his co-workers get called out for having accomplished nothing in 5-6 months (however long it was when the comment happened)? I'm sorry... no respect whatsoever from me. When you put out a game as broken and unplayable as this one you have no right to fire back at anyone who criticizes it. You sit there with your tail between your legs and beg for forgiveness as you work at a feverish pace to correct the problems with your product. All Ghandi ever did was post CSR-level responses which led to no results.

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Re: Your thoughts on Sitrep-pro. Overpowered or not?

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:22:31 GMT

adw1983 wrote:

Guess what: They do not have dead silence pro, so you can hear them at the EXACT same volume as they can hear you.

Nope. Inaccurate information again. It's amazing the patch has been out for months now and people still believe this to be the case. Anyone with non-defective ears and a decent sound system can hear the difference. Sitrep Pro hears all users, DS or not, at least 2x louder (4x louder was never the case according to those with proper measuring devices - it's just what was listed in the game manual/whatever). But keep using it and telling yourself it's not a cheap and extremely overpowered perk.

Re: Your thoughts on Sitrep-pro. Overpowered or not?

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:20:08 GMT

trialstardragon wrote:

No, I am not wrong SRP only makes non DS users be 4x louder. DS users are only 1x or normal volume. So no it is not broke and no it does not need to be changed back to how it was. Tough luch if you do not like the way it was meant to be.

Nah, I'm right. Plenty of video out there to prove it. Keep trolling though.

Re: Your thoughts on Sitrep-pro. Overpowered or not?

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:19:48 GMT

trialstardragon wrote:

Actually you are the idiot. SRP only makes DS users have 1x sound not 4x sound. It makes all non DS users have a 4x sound. So get your facts straight you noob of a fool of a tool. So yes this is how the developers meant the perk to function in the game, not how it was before. So no they are not ever going to change it back in this game just because you do not like it. So either accept this and adapt your playstyle according or go play another game.

You're wrong but you've always just been a troll anyways so it's not really a revelation.