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Re: Hardcore Gameplay Experience Vs Core Gameplay Experience

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:17:50 GMT

I feel like hardcore, with its quicker time to kill, actually exaggerates all the problems of core. One stray or lucky bullet will put an end to you. In core, a higher time to kill means you have more time to evade, go prone, get off a nade, fire back etc. Having to land 4-5 bullets on a target requires more accuracy and consistency of skill than just getting off that first one.

It's also interesting that HC rewards the two extremes of gameplay, (camping and rushing) but not anything in between. If you're rushing a corner, that ~300ms inherent latency gives you the upper hand. If you're camping, you can hold down and area, hide in corners, and remain out of sight without anyone ever seeing a killcam. In this way it has more tactical realism, but we all know CoD hasn't been remotely realistic in a few years.

Granted, I know that it's so dependent on your ping, the host, other players, and which way the wind is blowing that everyone will have a different experience.

And don't get me wrong, I was always a hardcore only player up until MW3. I just think that with the net code/lag comp/whatever being the way it is, Core is the only way I stand a chance, unless I resort to camping.

Educate Yourselves

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 17:27:36 GMT

This is hands down the most scientific and comprehensive study of lag comp I have ever seen, and it should really be brought to Vonderhaar's attention.

Every player should watch this video to fully understand how connections are handled and how you can get the most out of your game time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZoFnIckyoxg#!

The bottom line is that we're already at a three bar connection before ping is even taken into consideration.

Hopefully in the future this won't be the case.

Re: I have seen the light

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:51:38 GMT

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love the game as a whole. I have very minor gripes, but overall it feels good. The weapons are fun, the killstreaks are interesting, the objective game modes are challenging.

I'm really only speaking in regards to matchmaking, lag, inconsistencies and networking.

I just don't see why their multi billion dollar franchise gets it wrong year after year, and fails to acknowledge the issue.

I have seen the light

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:44:18 GMT

If Black Ops 2 is the only FPS you've been playing online for the last two months, I want you to do an experiment. Play another game, any game, online for an hour. Try any Halo, Battlefield, Medal of Honor, or even any CoD game before Black Ops. If you have a PS3 try Killzone or Uncharted.

Then go back to playing Black Ops 2. I guarantee you'll be disgusted. If you don't think there's a problem here, I don't know what else would convince you.

I just spent a while playing Assassin's Creed 3, Halo 4, Modern Warfare 2, Battlefield 3's new expansion, and even Planetside 2 and Chivalry on the PC. Dedicated servers or not, I just can't take what happens in this game at face value anymore.

You would think that with 300,000-500,000+ people on at any given time, I would have no problems finding people to play with. I live just outside New York City, which is typically the brightest spot on that in game map. Instead it seems worse by the day.

I sincerely wonder if the next iteration will make a move to dedicated servers, or if they'll actually address the networking problems.

As it is, I'm on the fence about buying the DLC, and I've been playing this series since it came out on PC with United Offensive, across multiple platforms. This would be the first time I don't throw my money at Activision.

Am I the only one that thinks they have one more shot at saving this series' competitive multiplayer potential before it's reputation is permanently scarred by lag and network issues?

I throttled my upload to 64Kbps... and it made me HOST!

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:39:03 GMT

And the game made me host. Seriously.

I used QoS on my router to throttle my bandwidth down to 64Kbps (that's 8kbps, which is absolutely horrendous).

I found that in my first match, I seemed to be winning head on firefights that I shouldn't be winning. I was glitched out occasionally, but for the most part it felt smooth. This makes no sense but...

The next match, with matchmaking on Best, it actually made me the host! Again, the game felt totally smooth to me, but everyone else was getting 1 red bar connections.

And yes I know, bandwidth is not ping, but the game does require a certain amount of upload bandwidth to play efficiently.

So what is really going on here? Is the answer to lag comp that we should all run around with 8Kbps upload speeds? We should all throttle our internet down to a cell phone signal in 1998 in order to compete? Why the hell would it make me host?

FYI, when I did this, speedtest.net showed me at

4Mbps download (usually around 9 with Verizon DSL)

.01Mbps upload (usually .85Mbps)

31 ms Ping

Re: weird gun camo glitch

donotreply@activision.com — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:15:55 GMT

Same thing happened to me with the FHJ (Stinger) launcher. I had to get 8 more player controlled killstreaks, but when I prestiged it just gave me the gold camo anyway.

A buddy of mine had the same exact thing happen with his AN-94, and also with this FHJ. It must be a bug when you prestige?

Re: Show off that custom emblem!

donotreply@activision.com — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:50:01 GMT

Re: This game does not give me fun.

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:51:28 GMT

The whole point of prestiging is just that... prestige. It's a way of saying 'I play a lot' and getting some cool aesthetic **** along the way to prove it.

Re: Official Sony Surroundsound Headset + Footsteps=FUUUUUUU

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:46:25 GMT

I have the Sony PS3 headset also and I'm really happy with it. The surround works great, it's just that this game doesn't do a great job of being able to hear footsteps. I can hear them, and it's usually enough to clue me in that people are nearby, but they were pretty clever in that even flapping canvases, tarps and other environmental effects can sound almost like footsteps and make you think someone's there when they're not. There's always so much ambient and environment noise going on that you just can't sound whore as well this time around. Haven't tried sitrep pro though.

Hardcore Ricochet HEADQUARTERS!

donotreply@activision.com — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:41:26 GMT

Please! Hardcore HQ was one of the only game modes I've played since CoD4, and I'm really upset to see that it's not in this game and nobody even seems to miss it. Hopefully with the Ricochet game modes they'll add this back in and revitalize hardcore...

Anyone agree? I know in CoD4 on PC it was almost all anyone played.

Elite Premium on PS3 and 360 at the same time?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:30:32 GMT

So I purchased Elite Premium/Founder on PS3. If I buy an Xbox 360, get MW3 and register my Gamertag, will I still be an Elite Premium Founder with the same account on the 360? It seems really stupid to force people to buy the same service twice when it's obvious you can register a gamertag from each system on one Elite account.

Anyone know?

Re: Free For All MOAB - Commentary

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:13:44 GMT

Agreed... sadly my gameplay looks absolutely nothing like this.

It's more like I'd be dead in every one of the encounters you got yourself into because my hits don't register.

For example when that one guy came around the corner firing at you on the stairs and you didn't get hit once. Or when you were in the corner and that guy got you down to the red but you pretty much instantly killed him anyway.

Re: Is this your last COD game?

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 23:02:19 GMT

This very well might be my last CoD game... I can't believe it even got out of the QA department with the insane inconsistencies in connection and lag from match to match.

As it is now, it's completely impossible to be competitive.

Laggiest CoD Yet - Impossible to be Competitive

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:31:30 GMT

Am I the only one that is completely outraged by this game? I can't play for more than 30 seconds without screaming BULL at my TV. I've grown up with the FPS genre, and to me it was never acceptable to play on any server that had more than 50ms (Counter-Strike, Rainbow 6, Quake etc.) Before you say 'oh well these games had dedicated servers'... Even CoD4:MW was perfect on consoles. I'd be the first to say 'wow, good shot' or 'crap I made a mistake'. In this game, I honestly don't see what I'm doing wrong. Sometimes I can go 27-4 3 games in a row, then I'll be getting absolutely **** on for several games in a row. The main difference I always see is the game feels different due to my connection.

I've played on several different connections and it's always the same. Someone will always be half a second or more ahead of me in every server I join.

It makes it impossible to take this game seriously. It is impossible to gain skill and be competitive because there is always this wild card of severe lag.

I wish I could cancel my Elite subcription right about now.

Re: Hardcore MOSH PIT?!?!?!?

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:09:57 GMT

I want HC Moshpit, and more importantly, Hardcore HQ!!!!

My favorite game mode is not in this game without even a mention...

Re: PS3 wireless stereo headset - any good on mw3?

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:06:41 GMT

It's awesome. I got it when I got the game and the 7.1 works very well. The sound quality is great, lots of bass, and the mic is nice. Keeps charge for 4-6 hours of gameplay. Really easy controls on the top/sides of the headset. Easy to mute the mic.

No complaints at all. I'd take this anyday over the similar priced Turtle Beach headsets.

Re: Lag Compensation: Video Discussion

donotreply@activision.com — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:33:54 GMT

Same problem here - really sucks.

The thing is - I don't think I'm ever chosen as host. I have a legitimate crappy connection due to area problems with Time Warner Cable. My ping is regularly 3 bars, and even when it's 4 it's laggy. I don't see myself getting any advantage at all by having high ping. I have 0% packet loss, and I still stutter around, with rubber banding and magic bullet moments behind cover. My gameplay also looks similar to the above when I come around corners and die instantly.

Hardcore Headquarters!

donotreply@activision.com — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:25:43 GMT

Where is it? Will it be coming? I wish we could get a response. I know that Hardcore HQ was pretty much all I played in MW2 and CoD4.

The hardcore mode numbers seem to be way lower this time around, but we want HQ back!

Re: Clan 50 - A clan already level 19 (PS3), for those who just want elite clan rewards. 31 founders, 6 premiums.

donotreply@activision.com — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:05:04 GMT

I'll join.

Elite Premium with Founder EXP

PSN is Targaryen04. I'm looking for some people to play with so add me up.

Thanks.

Re: this deranking is bullsh*t

donotreply@activision.com — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:16:35 GMT

I completely wasted a prestige token going from 68-71 in a few hours of gameplay. Log on today and I'm back at 68.

Add the fact that I'm getting nothing but laggy bullshit killcams that vary so differently from what I saw happen (guys facing different directions, me not firing a single shot, etc) and I really don't even want to play this game anymore. Now I know why they hyped Elite so bad, they knew we'd pay $50 up front and wouldn't buy the DLC. Last CoD game I buy, and it's a damn shame.